Chapter 153: Little Days, Big Eyed Chicken
The longline, which had become a mess, was thrown into a frame and returned to the fishermen for repair.
Zhang Ze selectively cut off some of the fish hooks on the sub-line. He still had to be careful about the things he handed over to others to organize, because when laying out the longline, there would be no chance that all the fish hooks would be intact.
When encountering a fish that takes the hook very deep, fishermen will basically choose to shorten the fishing line.
After collecting this longline, you can go and collect the second deep-sea longline.
Zhang Ze didn't have high hopes for deep-sea longlining. Before the invention of fish finders, deep-sea fish were indeed not easy to find.
But when the fish was pulled up this time, it turned out to be a bright red fish with bright eyes, and it looked very intelligent.
Zhang Ze was shocked when he saw the fish. Golden eye snapper? How could there be golden eye snapper here? [Successfully caught a red eye silver carp, weighing 2.23 kg, experience +6.]
When the fisherman saw the prompt on the space, he immediately showed an embarrassed smile. He has been a fisherman for decades, but he actually mistook the big-eyed chicken for a golden snapper.
There are many species of bigeye fish, and they basically live in the waters of Taiwan and the South China Sea in China. However, red-eyed silver carp and a few other two species of bigeye fish can be caught in the southern East China Sea. They are all deep-sea fish.
Many people in later generations confuse golden eye snapper with bigeye croaker, and even some seafood owners make the mistake.
But it is very easy to distinguish the two types of fish, just look at the fish tail.
Not only do the eyes of the golden eye snapper have a slightly yellowish color, but its tail is also in the shape of a swallowtail and is forked.
The big-eyed chicken's tail is flat and not forked.
Zhang Ze mistook the big-eyed chicken for a golden eye snapper, mainly because the light made the big-eyed chicken's eyes look a little yellowish, and he didn't notice the tail for a moment.
This type of deep-sea fish has a certain tendency to aggregate. If you catch one, you can probably pull up a lot more next time.
Sure enough, the second fishhook pulled up another big-eyed chicken, and this one was big enough, half a meter long and weighed 9.6 jin.
Unfortunately, it didn’t exceed sixty centimeters.
Zhang Ze already had some understanding of the king of fish. As long as the length exceeded the maximum length written in the encyclopedias of later generations, it was definitely the king of fish.
This is not absolute, but the king fish can basically be identified based on this point.
No wonder he hasn’t caught the fourth one after catching three. It is really rare to have such a standard.
Next, Zhang Ze collected several seven-band groupers, red snappers and a large number of big-eyed mullets.
He caught a total of 223 fish, including 19 seven-band groupers, which was his largest catch so far in longline fishing.
Unfortunately, the largest one weighed only 16.7 jin, and the smallest one weighed only a little over 3 jin. The total weight of the 19 fish was only 117 jin.
There were more than 150 big-eyed chickens, with a total weight of 428 kilograms.
Zhang Ze didn't know the price. The price list at the aquatic station was very long, so he just looked at some of the more common ones. Big-eyed chicken was not a common fish.
After the second longline was put away, Zhang Ze realized that if he wanted to stay one more night at sea, he would have to prepare a few more longlines.
If it was a very thick longline, it would be easy to organize, but this thin one, the sub-lines were tangled in a mess, and it was unknown how long it would take him to untie it by himself. It would be better to use a fishing rod to fish than to waste that time.
Looking at the time, it was already 9:30 in the evening, so Zhang Ze took out his fishing rod and started fishing.
He first hung up a special bait for moonfish, swung the rod a few times on the sea, and used the bait as a lure, but unfortunately there was no movement, which meant that there was probably no moonfish nearby.
Zhang Ze would just try his luck, and he wouldn't feel disappointed if he didn't succeed.
Then he took out the tiger shark bait and fished for the tiger shark. Late at night was suitable for fishing for this kind of ferocious fish, and he could use the darkness to collect the fish into the space.
As a result, there was still no tiger shark for most of the day.
Zhang Ze was surprised. What happened today?
Feeling that the location of this deep-sea fish was not a good feng shui spot, he decided to go fishing near an isolated island.
But before that, he took out the fishing net and put it down. He couldn't waste a whole night.
After the fishing net was lowered, Zhang Ze drove the boat to the vicinity of the isolated island and prepared to fish there.
As soon as he stopped, he saw that the fishing boats of Zhang Qinghe and others were approaching him at the same time.
Their ships were not very far away from each other, so once there was any movement, the others would be able to notice it immediately. Even if they could only see lights in the middle of the night, they would be able to tell it was them.
Not understanding what they were doing, Zhang Ze came to the cab and picked up the radio to ask, "What's going on with you? Why are you all leaning towards me?"
Zhang Qinghe's voice came out: "Aze, are you hungry? We are going to make some barbecue together. I caught a lot of squid and prawns, and Hong and the others just went to the island to get some oysters and scallops."
Zhang Ze was stunned: "Barbecue, where is the grill?"
Zhang Qinghe chuckled: "The one you have is so useful. Last time when your grandparents passed away, I specially asked the blacksmith to make one for them."
"I moved the stuff onto the boat the day before yesterday, but we ran into a storm and the boat ran aground, so we didn't use it."
"You are quite smart. It's really nice to eat barbecue and drink some wine when you have nothing to do at sea." Zhang Ze agreed with his approach after listening.
Compared to me, the food they cook is just a big pot of stew.
It is inevitable to eat various kinds of fish at sea. The taste of a pot of stew is actually quite ordinary. Even if it tastes good, you will get tired of it if you eat too much.
Now that we have a grill, we can occasionally do some barbecue, which can add some fun to life at sea.
Since they wanted to have a barbecue, they drove the boat to the leeward side of the isolated island, where the wind and waves were much smaller.
Then, just like the previous stormy day, the four boats were tied together with ropes to secure the fishing boat.
There are several large bubbles hanging on both sides of the fishing boat, so it is not afraid of minor collisions.
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This time, Zhang Ze took the initiative to climb onto the boat and came to Zhang Qinghe's boat next door.
He first opened the fish hold to see his catch, and then saw it was full of squid and shrimp.
"How about it? My harvest today shouldn't be worse than yours!" Zhang Qinghe said proudly.
Zhang Ze is always lucky, and this time it is finally his turn.
Zhang Ze nodded: "It's really good. Squid and prawns are quite expensive. It seems that when you go to Weiyou Restaurant to treat us, I will have to drink a few more bottles with you."
Zhang Qinghe's smug look suddenly changed, and he shook his head repeatedly: "You can eat whatever you want, but drinking is harmful to your health, so forget it!"
"Qing He, are you scared?" Tong Yuanhang teased.
"Coward, I admit defeat when it comes to drinking with Aze!" Zhang Qinghe admitted without hesitation.
There is no woman you like here, so what is the point of saving face?
Seeing that he was so sincere, Zhang Ze stopped teasing him.
Tong Yuanhang picked out some squids and prawns and cleaned and processed them with his two younger brothers.
Zhang Zhenghong and a few others gathered together to brush oysters and scallops, while the Zhang Qinghe brothers took out seasonings and other side dishes from the kitchen, such as potatoes, leeks, rice cakes, etc. More ingredients will make the midnight snack more delicious.
Zhang Ze lit the charcoal fire, and soon he will be the barbecue master.
Then, he roasted Zhang Qinghe and others and ate them.
However, Zhang Ze felt full without realizing it. Wouldn't it be reasonable for the chef to taste the food before serving it?
It was around midnight when everyone had finished eating and drinking and were preparing to pack up and go back to bed.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh"
Suddenly, there was a distinct sound of pheasants calling from the direction of the isolated island.
The call of a pheasant is different from that of a domestic chicken, but Zhang Ze and others are very familiar with this call.
When I was a kid in the countryside, who didn’t want to catch a pheasant and taste the meat?
"There are pheasants on this island?" Zhang Qinghe was very surprised. His father had a hunting rifle and used to organize villagers to hunt. He still remembered the pheasant meat clearly.
"How did you get up there?" Zhang Zhenghong was also very puzzled. The island was not big, but it was not small either.
The island is full of lush greenery and not far from the main island of Nanping, so it seems reasonable that small animals would appear there.
"Should we catch it?" Zhang Ze had an idea after hearing the pheasant's call.
You can still eat it now, but you won’t have the chance to eat it in a few years.
Tong Yuanhang shook his head: "How can we catch it so late? Who knows if there are any poisonous snakes on the island? Let's go to the island tomorrow to have a look!"
When everyone heard this, they felt that he was right, so they dispersed and returned to their own boats to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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