Chapter 122: Deep Sea Grouper King
The sea at night was pitch black, with only the lights on the fishing boats illuminating a small area of water.
Zhang Ze adjusted the tone of the fishing rod to the hardest, changed to a large fishing reel, then put down the fishing rod and went to the cabin.
He found a rope and tied the pillow to his stomach.
Just now, he caught a 35-jin emperor fish and his belly was a bit uncomfortable. This time he was going to catch a bigger fish. If he was not prepared, wouldn’t his belly suffer even more? There was definitely no belly-supporting belt now. He himself did not expect that the space would give him a fishing rod, so he did not prepare at all.
When he returns this time, he will buy a sewing machine and let his wife learn how to use it so that she can help make a belt.
After tying up the pillow, I returned to the deck and spent two hundred experience points to exchange for a special bait for seven-band grouper.
There is basically only one kind of deep-sea grouper, and you can encounter it in any waters in the country.
This is the only deep-sea cold-water grouper in the country, but it can also adapt to tropical environments, so it can also be found in the South China Sea.
Zhang Ze exchanged this exclusive bait to try his luck.
The environment of the Nanping Islands is very suitable for grouper survival, and he thinks there should be many of them here.
After putting on the bait and throwing it into the water, Zhang Ze held the fishing rod and waited quietly.
But after ten minutes or so, there was no movement on the fishing rod.
The exclusive bait basically prevents other fish from taking the hook. If there is no movement, it means that either you are attracted by bad luck or there is no such fish nearby.
Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod, returned to the cab and left the water area. After he estimated that he had left the range that the bait could originally reach, he came out to test the water depth. Unexpectedly, he came to an area of water about 180 meters deep.
Perhaps the chances were greater at this depth, so he threw the bait into the water again, and the bait sank quickly along with the lead weight.
A carpet search will definitely attract their attention as long as there are fish.
There were seven-band groupers in the waters where Zhang Ze was just now, but they were not as big as he imagined, just two small ones.
And my luck was not very good, as I only attracted the smaller fish fry, whose open mouth was not even as big as the fish hook.
This time the bait sank into the water and attracted the attention of three seven-band groupers in range.
Among them, there was a particularly large one. It was arching its back at the bottom of the water more than 70 meters deep, 500 meters away. It soon discovered a deep-sea octopus and was about to swallow it, but suddenly a smell came from the distance that it could not resist at all.
I want to eat it! But the seven-band grouper did not go over immediately. Instead, it turned around, took a look at the octopus, bit it directly, and then swam to the place that attracted it.
It was in a hurry, but unfortunately its speed was not fast due to its huge body.
After swimming for more than ten minutes, it finally reached its destination.
Just as it came here, it found that the thing that particularly attracted it suddenly disappeared.
After swimming back and forth aimlessly for a while, it followed its instinct and went to the bottom of the water to look for other food.
At this time, Zhang Ze was already exerting his strength non-stop, struggling with the fish.
This fish gave him a similar feeling to the emperor fish just now. It was estimated to be around thirty pounds, which was very good.
But it was more difficult to fish. It took a lot of effort and half an hour to catch the fish. It was not easy to fish it from the bottom of the sea 180 meters deep.
However, Zhang Ze was a little disappointed after seeing the size of the fish.
[Successfully caught a seven-banded grouper, weighing 21.33 catties, experience +20. ]
Sure enough, it was not the expected 30 kilograms, but just over 20 kilograms. Fortunately, the experience points were good.
Zhang Ze took out a special bait, hung it on the fishhook and was about to throw it into the water, but suddenly he froze, and then he slapped his head.
"Foolish, silly! The fishing man's habit is harmful to people!"
You are using special fishing bait, but you are still foolishly letting the bait sink to the bottom. Isn't this uncomfortable?
When using ordinary bait or family bait, in order to prevent the fish in the middle and upper layers from biting the hook, it is understandable that he sinks the bait to the bottom to let the grouper fish that likes to live on the bottom bite the hook first.
But the special bait basically prevents other fish from taking the bait. He can just put the bait in the upper water layer and let the fish swim over to bite the hook, so that fishing will not be too tiring.
After taking a breath and going into the cabin to drink some water, Zhang Ze simply took out the teacup and placed it in the cab.
He threw the bait into the water again, and this time he directly locked the fishing reel, allowing the bait to stay three or four meters below the water.
Just as he expected, the huge seven-band grouper that was originally humping at the bottom of the water felt the fatal attraction again when the bait fell into the water, and swam to the upper water layer.
It felt very strange as to why the attraction this time came from above, but it still swam slowly according to its instinct.
It was lucky this time as no other creatures came to snatch its food from it.
Swimming from the 180-meter seabed to the surface, its speed was not fast, even slower than when it came here just now.
It seldom goes to the water surface because the water surface is quite dangerous for it.
Fortunately, due to the slow speed, it can slowly adapt to the water pressure which is very dangerous for it.
Even when you feel unwell, it will stay for a while.
This made it difficult for Zhang Ze on the boat. He waited for half a day but no fish was caught. He wondered if there were any more seven-band groupers here.
After a little hesitation, he finally decided to wait a little longer. He had already caught one fish, so there was no reason to only have one.
Moreover, seven-band groupers are basically in deep waters, and it takes time for them to swim up, so it’s always a good idea to wait.
His decision finally made the seven-band grouper at the bottom of the water find the source of attraction, and it turned out that the attraction was the taste of food.
It swam over, opened its mouth without hesitation, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Zhang Ze's main target on the boat was the large seven-band grouper, so he did not completely lock the spool as he did before, so that there would be a buffer.
At this moment, the fish suddenly bit the hook, and the hard fishing rod could not withstand it and bent down directly like an arch bridge, but the fishing line in the spool just ran out slowly.
Zhang Ze immediately raised the rod with force and stabbed the fish first.
Then he held the crank handle and started to reel in the line. As a result, not only did he fail to crank the line, he almost fell into the water.
"Hiss~Are we going to meet the fish king again?"
Zhang Ze leaned against the side of the boat to prevent himself from falling into the water. Feeling the heavy force of the fishing rod, he knew that this fish was unusually large, even bigger than the previous sturgeon.
Fortunately, the larger the grouper, the slower it is, and it will not run away instantly like tuna.
Zhang Ze held the fishing rod tightly, unable to control his body at all. He had no way to wrestle with the fish at this moment, and could only wait until the fish got tired.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak"
It’s great that the fishing rod won’t be damaged. Zhang Ze can afford to waste his time and is not afraid of any accidents with the fishing rod or fishing line.
The fish hook used is also large enough and has barbs on it, so it is basically impossible for it to come off without special reasons.
Time passed slowly, Zhang Ze's breathing became heavier, and sweat flowed down his forehead. It was obvious that this stalemate had consumed a lot of his energy.
He had never experienced such an exciting feeling in his previous life.
He didn't have a watch and didn't know how much time had passed, but he just felt that the time was very long.
Fortunately, the big fish was finally tired and stopped to rest.
Zhang Ze placed the fishing rod against the pillow on his abdomen and began to pull back with all his strength.
The fish was pulled and he finally recovered a little fishing line.
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It is impossible for a fish to keep exerting force. When it pauses, Zhang Ze will lift the fishing rod with force and then quickly reel in several turns of line.
So what followed turned into a tug of war between the two sides. After pulling for more than twenty minutes, Zhang Ze speechlessly discovered that he seemed to have not recovered much fishing line at all.
Each time you pull it back a little, the fish will continue to pull after it has regained some strength.
This made him laugh and cry. If it was so difficult to catch a seven-band grouper, then he might not be able to catch a bigger tuna, swordfish or shark?
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the boast he made to his fishing friends in his previous life, saying that he was very strong and if he were younger he would definitely be able to catch a tuna weighing more than 400 kilograms by himself.
Thinking about it now, he blushed. He was really exaggerating! For such a large fish, it normally takes more than one person to take turns.
"It seems I need to exercise and build up my strength when I get back." Zhang Ze had a new idea in his mind.
He continued to pull the fishing line with his hands, and as time passed, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards him.
Zhang Ze changed the position of the fishing rod and held it diagonally in his arms, with the handle tucked under his armpit. He then began to reel in the line while exerting force to lift the rod.
When the rod handle is against the top belly belt, it is usually better to hold the rod with both hands during the fish's force-generating period.
In fact, when the fish is difficult to pull, you can also use this posture to pull it hard, provided that you can pull stronger than the fish.
Now the fish's resistance is getting weaker and their rest time is getting longer, so clamping the fishing rod under the armpit is more suitable for quickly reeling in the line with one hand, which also allows the waist to relax and take a rest.
As the line was pulled back little by little, he could already see the fish.
Wow, that’s quite a lot. I made a lot of money again this time.
If he is lucky enough to catch a king fish, his space can be upgraded to another level.
Zhang Ze was somewhat impatient to reel in the fish, so he grabbed the fishing rod with both hands again and suddenly lifted the tip of the rod when it was parallel to the water surface. The fish in the water was immediately pulled much closer, and the same happened to the fishing line. He was able to reel in several turns of line at a time.
However, the tip of the rod cannot be pressed too low. If you don’t have a lot of time to fish for such big fish, it will be difficult to completely exhaust their physical strength, as they can counterattack at any time.
Therefore, if the fishing rod is pressed too low and the fish struggles, it may directly pull the fishing rod away. If the hand rope is tied to the side of the boat, there will be no problem.
Ten minutes later, the seven-band grouper was finally pulled to the side of the boat.
Under the light, you can see vertical stripes on its brown skin.
The fish opened its mouth wide, and Zhang Ze suspected that it could swallow half of his body in one bite.
Zhang Ze looked at the winch behind him. It seemed difficult to operate without anyone's help. He didn't dare to let go of the fishing rod now, because the fish would run away if he did.
After thinking for a while, he pulled the fish and slowly walked towards the small door to get on the boat.
Fortunately, he was fishing at the stern of the boat, not far from the small door.
After pulling the fish to the small gate, Zhang Ze went over and put his hand on the fish. In a flash, such a big seven-band grouper disappeared under the water.
He sat down on the deck, then lay down again, with his fishing rod beside him.
Tired, too tired! [Successfully caught a seven-banded grouper, weighing 271.88 kg, experience (fish king critical hit) +2000. ]
No wonder the space seems so crowded. The side length of his space is only about two and a half meters.
“Hahahahahahaha”
When Zhang Ze saw the prompt sound from the space, his laughter suddenly rang out in the night sky.
Satisfied, more satisfied than ever before.
In his two lifetimes combined, he had never caught a fish weighing more than 200 kilograms, and the largest fish he had ever caught was only over 50 kilograms.
What's more, this is an extremely rare seven-band grouper king fish, which may not appear once a year.
A normal seven-band grouper can grow to a maximum of 1.55 meters in length, but according to the space display, this one has reached 1.67 meters, breaking the record limit. It is not an exaggeration to call it the king of fish.
With two thousand experience points, he immediately upgraded the space by one level. Now the space has reached level sixteen, which is a big step closer to level twenty.
After lying on the deck for more than ten minutes, Zhang Ze climbed up.
The sea surface was a bit cold at night in April. He had just been sweating from fishing, and if he was blown by the sea breeze, he might be in danger of catching a cold.
Even though he felt weak all over when he got up, he still went to the bathroom to take a shower and stayed in the cabin until his hair was completely dry before coming out. Life without a hair dryer was troublesome.
Actually there are hair dryers now, but they are only available in some barbershops. They have to be worn on the head like a helmet to blow dry the hair. They are strange and useless.
There are many benefits after rebirth, but there are also many frustrations. He can only endure the backwardness in technology.
Zhang Ze went to put away the fishing rod as he didn't have the energy to continue fishing.
The longline had been let out for about three hours now, and normally it could be reeled in after four or five hours, but he had used the magic bait and the fish were gathering even faster, so he went to the cockpit and drove the boat over, ready to reel in the longline and go to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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