Chapter 137 This Bull Can Be Taken into the Coffin
Seeing a big fish bursting out of the water, Zhang Ze immediately put away the twelve-claw squid hook in his hand and picked up the fishing rod next to him.
Judging from the fish that occasionally surfaced from the water, they were basically medium to large fish weighing ten or even twenty kilograms.
So Zhang Ze adjusted the fishing rod to a medium-hard tone, and then he would use brute force to fish. The hard fishing rod was a bit short, and the feel of fishing for a fish weighing more than ten kilograms would be much worse.
Because there are so many squids on the sea, if he uses squid to fish, he may need to wait patiently. By then, the school of fish will have dispersed and he probably won't be able to catch many, so he directly exchanged for ten portions of ordinary bait.
The chance of being hooked is increased by 30%, and the effect will definitely be obvious.
After hanging the bait, Zhang Ze grabbed the fishing rod and threw the bait into the water.
After waiting for about ten seconds, the fishing line suddenly became taut. He reacted very quickly and swung the rod immediately. With a "woo~" sound, the tip of the rod made a pleasant sound of breaking through the air. The sound was relatively dull, not as sharp as the medium-soft tone.
The hook pierced deeply into the fish's lips, and the fish swam quickly to the bottom of the water in pain.
Zhang Ze wanted to finish the battle quickly, so he held the fishing rod and lifted it up with all his strength.
This force immediately prevented the fish from continuing to swim towards the bottom of the water, so it adjusted its direction and swam far away towards the surface of the water.
The sudden burst of force made Zhang Ze unable to stand steadily and he took a step forward. Although he steadied himself immediately, it was quite exhausting.
He had to continue fishing and needed to save some energy, so he simply leaned against the side of the boat for leverage.
The explosive force of a fish weighing several hundred kilograms can drag a person flying, but it makes people feel it is very normal.
But a fish weighing more than ten pounds can pull a person, which only shows that the power of the fish in the water is indeed exaggerated.
But after all, it was only a fish weighing a dozen pounds, and the force of the explosion was limited to this one time.
The stalemate lasted less than a minute, and Zhang Ze clearly felt the fish's strength weakening and began to rest.
If it was a hand rod, he would probably have to pull and tug, and walk the fish around to continue to consume its energy, but with a boat rod, this is not a problem. Zhang Ze turned the fishing reel handle to directly reel in the fishing line and pulled the fish to the side of the boat.
It only takes a few minutes to catch a fish weighing more than ten kilograms using a boat rod. Even though Zhang Ze has a huge advantage in strength, this speed is still very fast.
Seeing that the fish hook had pierced the fish's lips, he placed the fishing rod on the base, held the fishing line with both hands and pulled the red snapper directly up. When the fish came from the outer side of the boat to the inner side of the boat, he reached out and touched the fish and put it into the space.
[Successfully caught a greater yellowtail, weighing 16.21 catties, experience +5. ]
This fish has five experience points, which is equivalent to earning four points, which is not bad.
Then he put on the ordinary bait again and threw it into the water.
After that, you can catch a red snapper every few minutes or ten minutes.
Under normal circumstances, octopus needs to be bled and chilled. Compared with grouper and the like, the situation of octopus is somewhat similar to that of tuna. If it is not bled, it will rot quickly and the meat quality will be affected.
Of course, most fish are better bled if they are to be kept fresh in the fridge.
Zhang Ze didn't bleed the king fish of the seven-band grouper simply because he thought it was troublesome. Secondly, it would be delivered to the restaurant in a few hours, so he just let others deal with it themselves.
It is much more convenient to have space. He can catch one fish at a time and it does not affect his fishing efficiency at all.
After fishing for an hour and a half, ten red snappers appeared in the space. The smallest one weighed 13 kilograms, and the largest one weighed 26 kilograms. Together, they weighed more than 170 kilograms.
Unfortunately, the price of red snapper is not high. The purchase price at the fishery station is only 28 cents, which comes to about 50 yuan, but it is better than nothing.
The lights on the boat were on, and the small squids were reluctant to disperse even after being hunted by their natural enemies, thus attracting another group of predators.
Zhang Ze couldn't see the situation at the bottom of the water from the boat, so he exchanged ten portions of ordinary fishing bait and continued fishing.
But when the fish was hooked, he immediately felt something different, a different feel.
Octopus is very similar to tuna, with fast speed, strong explosive power and considerable strength.
But the fish caught this time had all the first two qualities, except that it seemed to lack some sustaining power.
Zhang Ze thought he had caught a small fish, but after pulling the fish to the surface he realized he had caught a mackerel.
It is about one meter in length. There are three species of swordfish in the East China Sea that can reach this size, but most of them are Kang's swordfish.
But when Zhang Ze pulled the fish onto the boat and saw that there was only a small triangular dorsal fin on the mackerel's back and the rest of the body was bare, he knew it was a big-eared mackerel.
This type of Spanish mackerel can grow up to 1.8 meters in length, which is 50 to 60 centimeters shorter than the largest individual of Common Spanish mackerel.
The big-eared Spanish mackerel is produced in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, but the one produced in Dazhou Island in the South China Sea is of the highest quality.
Most of the Spanish mackerels produced in other places have a fishy smell. Zhang Ze has never been to Dazhou Island, but he knows that all the Spanish mackerels there are very famous.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ze sighed in his heart, wanting to go to the South China Sea more and more! But before going there, he planned to accumulate more money. The more money he had, the more confident he would be to go abroad.
Another three hours passed, and the three fishermen took turns fishing, but unfortunately no king fish was encountered.
From the time I started fishing for the red snapper to now, I have used up exactly fifty portions of ordinary bait. There are thirty-two red snappers in the space, with a total weight of five hundred and eighty-seven kilograms.
There were eighteen big-eared swordfish, the small ones weighed seven or eight kilograms, and the big ones weighed more than twenty kilograms, totaling two hundred and sixty-six kilograms.
All in all, it should be about 200 yuan, which is a decent income. But you can't expect to earn thousands of yuan every time you go out to sea. This is unrealistic.
After putting away the fishing rod, Zhang Ze returned to the kitchen, drank a large bowl of water, and rested for a while.
Fishing for four or five hours in a row, with each fish weighing an average of more than ten pounds, is too much for a normal angler to bear. Even he would feel sore in the waist and weak in the hands.
It's a pity that there were no foot baths in those days, otherwise he would have gone for a one-stop foot bath SPA.
Seeing that it was already one o'clock in the morning, Zhang Ze went to the cabin to drive the boat and came to the position to put the longline.
He was close to the longline, which was 30 meters long, so he came here first.
Just as he was thinking about putting away the float, Zhang Ze remembered that he had not put away the shrimp cage yet. He patted his head and decided that he should stay up less late in the future. If he stayed up too late, his memory would be even worse.
After finding a good position and lowering all the shrimp cages, he came back to reel in the float, wrapped the line around the winch, turned on the winch, and the longline was slowly pulled up.
Wearing gloves, Zhang Ze grabbed the sub-line that was exposed above the water. He pulled it twice and it felt light in his hand. He knew that he had no catch with the first sub-line.
When he pulled it up, the bait was still on it, so he easily put it back into the bait space.
As soon as Zhang Ze touched the second line, he felt the sound of a fish struggling. It was quite heavy, which meant that the fish was not small.
But when he pulled up the fish and saw that it was a big-eared Spanish mackerel, he wondered if it had attracted the Spanish mackerel and red fish that he had just caught. Sure enough, the next fish that was pulled up confirmed his guess.
Next, the ratio of red snapper and swordfish was almost the same as that of snapper and grouper. A total of more than 320 fish were caught, and the first two types of fish accounted for half.
Nearly 600 pieces of ordinary bait were recovered, and more than 70 pieces were lost.
This hook rate was similar to his previous longline fishing. But Zhang Ze was not so happy. If it weren't for the unexpected arrival of the red snapper and mackerel, his harvest this time would definitely be much lower than before.
But think about it, it did have a fish gathering effect before, attracting fish within a two-nautical-mile radius.
But now it can only attract fish near the longline, and the harvest is only about 30% more than normal longline fishing.
A longline with a thousand hooks can only catch dozens or hundreds of fish in later generations, and that is when the fishing conditions are good.
The resources are good now, but the harvest cannot be several times better.
Fortunately, there is a growth function, which is destined to make it go the high-end boutique route.
I caught a total of seven sea groupers today. I was lucky. One of them weighed 6.32 pounds.
Zhang Ze calculated that if this sea urchin was allowed to grow, it could grow to 8.2 jin.
The red grouper, at 8.2 jin, is considered the king of fish, and in later generations it can be sold for 1,000 jin.
But can I sell it at a high price now?
Zhang Ze was not really sure, but he felt that after the two big fish, the Wenshui City restaurant would pay more attention to some precious and particularly large fish.
Anyway, we are going to treat us to a meal at Weiyou Restaurant, and we can ask about the situation then.
If he is willing to pay a high price, that would be the best. If not, he won't suffer any loss and can just keep it in the space.
Besides, when new features come out, we have to use them after all.
So Zhang Ze spent 100 experience points and chose this 6.3-jin sea red spot to start the growth mode.
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One hundred experience points disappeared, and a blue light suddenly appeared on the sea red spot and surrounded it. There was a 24-hour countdown on the fish's head, and the space also gave a prompt.
[The sea red spot is growing, and the space cannot be taken out during this period. 】
Zhang Ze understood it. He didn't expect that there was an intuitive time progress and color changes, so he could find the sea red spot at a glance.
After understanding the use of growth, he was about to quit, but he happened to see the meter-sized yellow croaker swimming past the sea red grouper.
Fifteen pounds and three ounces, and another 30% increase, that would definitely be big news in the future!
If he set up a fishing club, he would definitely be a god-level figure among the members.
A large yellow croaker weighing nearly 20 kilograms, this news will definitely make a splash in the fishing world.
How could Zhang Ze let go of this bull that could be blown into a coffin? He decisively spent another 100 experience points and chose this big yellow croaker.
After finishing his work, he went to the cockpit to drive the boat and pull up the longline for fishing deep-sea fish.
The harvest of deep-sea fish was worse than Zhang Ze had imagined. Without a fish finder, it was difficult for him to find where the fish gathered.
He cast the longline based on experience, so he only caught about 70 deep-sea fish this time. Among them were some strange and weird ones that he couldn't sell, so he threw them all back into the water.
The bait recovery rate was very high, with only a dozen or so lost. Obviously the small harvest was due to the lack of fish here.
Although the harvest is less than before, it does not affect Zhang Ze’s mood. In fact, the harvest is quite a lot.
What's more, he was often in the empty field in his previous life, so his mentality has long been honed to the point where he is not easily disturbed.
Looking at the time, it was already half past three. Zhang Ze called Tong Yuanhang and others on the radio, but when he found no one responded, he went to take a shower and sleep. There was still a lot of things to do when he got up the next day.
He woke up naturally around eight or so. Zhang Ze was shocked to see that it was so late. Zhang Hongyu needed to be bled, so he got up quickly.
After washing up and coming to the deck, he found that there were three identical fishing boats parked around his fishing boat, obviously Tong Yuanhang and his crew.
I came to the cab and turned on the radio, and I could hear them chatting.
"Are you all done?"
Tong Yuanhang: "Oh, you're awake! It's rare that you woke up late today."
Zhang Zhenghong: "We have already finished our work and counted the groupers. We have been waiting here for most of the day."
"Then you guys go back and sell fish first. I have something else to do here, so I'll be back later." Zhang Ze thought about it and decided to send them away first. "Come to my house before six o'clock in the evening, and then we'll go to Weiyou Restaurant for dinner together."
Zhang Qinghe: "Oh, Boss Zhang is going to bleed a lot today!"
Zhang Ze laughed: "It's okay, you still owe me 2,500, just deduct it from here!"
Zhang Qinghe: “.”
After sending them away, Zhang Ze went to the fish hold and removed the quilt covering the box, and then evenly distributed the ice in the box.
Take out all the deep-sea fish, mackerel and other miscellaneous fish and put them in the box.
He took all the remaining boxes to the deck and took out the knife. Zhang Ze had an idea and a red snapper with its tail shaking rapidly appeared on the deck.
A cut was made inside the fish gills, the tail bone was cut off, and with a push of the hand, the red snapper was pushed to the side and then the next one.
Zhang Ze is a professional at bleeding fish. He had bled countless fish in his previous life, so every cut of the fish was precise. He could kill a fish in seven or eight seconds on average.
Soon the deck was filled with a group of octopuses that were bleeding slowly. There were only about a hundred of them in total, so it didn't take much time.
After finishing, Zhang Ze took out the water pipe, turned on the faucet and inserted the pipe into the fish's mouth. The clear water directly flushed out all the blood in the fish's body.
One after another, the efficiency is as fast as cutting blood vessels.
It took Zhang Ze just an hour to process the batch of red snappers and put them all in a box.
As the fish were quite large, they could not fit in the boxes. So we spread the remaining fish on the deck with ice and covered them with a quilt.
After washing his hands, Zhang Ze drove the boat to collect the shrimp cages.
He first picked up the shrimp cage that Tong Shuyao had woven before, and found it was quite heavy. He was delighted. Did he catch a lot of prawns? But when he picked it up, he found that it was a group of mantis shrimps.
Zhang Ze was immediately disappointed. This thing was too cheap, only a few cents per pound.
There were only more than twenty pounds of them and they were not worth much money, so he simply put them all into the space as prepared bait.
Then he lifted up the bamboo shrimp cages one by one and placed them on the deck. When he lifted up the last one and placed it on the deck, a little cutie popped out of a shrimp cage next to it.
"Fuck~"
Zhang Ze's scalp suddenly went numb. It turned out to be a highly poisonous sea snake.
But snakes are often encountered in rural areas, so he has rich experience with these things.
Zhang Ze quickly picked up the bamboo pole used to row the boat, and pressed the thick end of the pole against the neck of the sea snake that crawled out.
The sea snake suddenly twisted its body, trying to wrap around the bamboo pole.
He continued to hold down the snake's head with one hand while holding the bamboo pole, then slowly stepped forward and reached out to touch the snake's tail, bringing the sea snake into the space.
Sea snakes can also be sold for money. Snake meat is rich in nutrients, and people today are not as resistant to snakes as they were in later generations.
Then he checked each shrimp cage one by one and found three more sea snakes. It turned out that he had placed the shrimp cages in the snake's nest last night.
Only seven lobsters were caught, but there were four sea snakes.
(End of this chapter)
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