Chapter 172: Gaga Caught Fish
The purchase of the boat caused quite a stir. Not only did people in the village know about it, but even people from the neighboring village came to join in the fun.
After visiting the fishing boat, Tong Guoqi and Tong Junqiang returned to the shore, set off firecrackers at the dock and worshipped Mazu.
As long as you buy a new ship, basically you have to go through this set of procedures, so Zhang Ze was not surprised.
After returning home, the village chief came over and vaguely expressed whether he needed boatmen and could pick a few people from the village to help.
Zhang Ze's side is different from the Tong family. The Tong family has four men and can barely handle a trawler.
He was the only one here and the boat was even bigger, so according to him, it would definitely require a boatman.
The village chief originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but several families in the village came to him and asked him to help lobby.
If he didn't come here in person, it would be natural that he would have little interaction with Zhang Ze.
The village chief also thought that Zhang Ze himself needed to find someone, so he came over and mentioned it.
But he rejected this offer outright. If they were hiring boatmen, why didn't he go out to sea on a boat a month ago? He just wanted to fish quietly by himself, so he used the space function instantly.
"Kimber, it's not that I don't want to hire people, but I really don't need them here. I just put down a longline and a few cages, and fish when I have free time. I really don't need anyone."
Jin Luping was stunned after hearing this: "You only need to set up a few longlines and cages, so why buy such a big boat? If you don't set up nets, how much money can you make on a single trip?"
"I was like this before in Wenshui City. The boats at that time were 15 meters long. I bought a big boat mainly because small boats can't go far. The offshore resources are so limited that you can't make much money no matter how hard you work. There are more resources in the offshore."
"I used to mainly catch some grouper to sell, and I plan to do the same here."
Since Zhang Ze said so, Jin Luping didn't dare to mention the boatman issue anymore. He came here to recommend some jobs to the families, and now that they were not hiring, what else was there to say?
"Jin Bo, although I am not hiring. But I can ask villagers to repair the longlines and cages that will be needed in the future. The fishing boats need to be cleaned every time they come back, and I can also find those in the village who are having a hard time."
"That's fine. It's such a big ship. If you don't find someone to clean it, you will have to work all day."
After the village chief left, Zhang Ze rode his tricycle to Jin Sanbao's house. The six long ropes had already been prepared.
After knowing that he was coming back to pick up the boat, Jin Sanbao and his family specially placed all the longlines in a bamboo basket one by one, and arranged the sub-lines one by one, and hung the fish hooks one by one on the outside of the big bamboo basket for easy baiting.
Because there were six of them, there were six large bamboo baskets in total, almost filling up his yard.
Zhang Ze came here to transport the longline to the ship, and every time he used it, he would bring it back for their family to repair.
On the morning of the second day, Zhang Ze would go out to sea to test the ship, but he would not go directly to the open sea today.
Although the new ship had been inspected and found to have no problems, he still had to familiarize himself with the Duoyu in the near sea and make sure that there were no problems before he could go to the open sea with confidence.
First go to the dock and collect some baits from the returning fishermen. Because there are many fishermen returning early in the morning, Zhang Ze collects some here and there.
Many families collected it, and no one knew exactly how much bait he collected.
When he got to his boat, he brought a few large bamboo baskets and put the ordinary fishing baits he had exchanged into them.
He prepared a total of 3,000 copies, ready to be mixed with the large amount of bait purchased in the morning and hung on the longline.
Zhang Ze was not going to use the two longlines with a total length of 200 meters today. It was difficult for him to find a place with deep water and fish near the coast.
The worship of Mazu and the setting off of firecrackers were completed yesterday, so today it is quite deserted.
But after a while, Jin Sanbao came with his family. This was Zhang Ze's special order, asking his family to come and help with the baiting. Six longlines cost five dollars.
But today I only posted four, and he still gave me five dollars.
Jin Sanbao, the fish bait registration agent, accepted the money after refusing several times. He had many brothers, so his parents could not help much. After all, they could only take care of one and not the other. It was already very impressive that they could help all of his brothers get married.
Besides, he had many children, six in total. Even though raising children was not as expensive as in later generations, the family still needed a lot of food and drink per month, so he needed a lot of money. He remembered all of Zhang Ze's disguised help in his heart.
After Jin Sanbao and his family left, Zhang Ze started the Duoyu and followed the river into the sea.
Standing in the cab, he was a little excited. From today on, he could see all kinds of precious fish in the South China Sea! Nanguan was not far from Dongsha Island, and he would probably go there to fish most of the time in the future.
Although Xisha Island is more famous, it is too far away, and given the current fish resources, there is really no need for him to go there.
Because the fish that can be caught in Xisha can basically be caught in Dongsha.
Today Zhang Ze was just wandering around the coast. Five hundred nautical miles of range was more than enough for a cruise, but filling up the tank yesterday cost him more than twelve hundred dollars.
Even if he suddenly took out so much money at once, it would hurt his heart, so he still had to save what he should.
Soon, the Duoyu entered the sea from the Pearl River Estuary, where Zhang Ze could see many fishermen busy at sea.
His boat was quite eye-catching and attracted the attention of many fishermen when it came out.
Zhang Ze even saw Jin Fan and his father, so he turned around and said hello.
Then he continued sailing away.
Although I planned to fish near the coast, I didn't plan to go this close.
Most of the fishermen like Jin Fan catch here are schools of low-priced fish, crabs, squids, etc., and they mainly sell in large quantities.
If you are lucky, you can catch big bass, big sturgeon or even grouper, but there won't be many of them.
On the way, Zhang Ze would occasionally approach some small isolated islands or coral reef areas, and then observe the fish resources through a fish finder.
However, there may be many fishermen fishing near the coast, and the resources in the places we have passed so far are relatively ordinary.
So Zhang Ze continued to sail eastward, to a slightly farther place.
Go further away and explore waters that small wooden boats can't reach.
After sailing for about an hour and a half, the Duoyu arrived at a location about 20 nautical miles from the shore.
This is almost the dividing line between near sea and offshore sea. Zhang Ze plans to look for a suitable fishing spot nearby.
The sea area outside Nanfang was very unfamiliar to Zhang Ze. He didn't know if there were any fishing spots with abundant resources nearby, so the fishing boat continued to sail southeast to see if he could find a suitable location.
Another ten minutes passed, and the Duoyu arrived at a water area nearly 100 meters deep.
The fish finder can clearly show how deep it is here, so Zhang Ze doesn't need to measure it at all.
But this is not the point. The point is that a large red signal appears at the bottom of the fish finder screen, which means that there is a large group of fish gathered at the bottom of the water.
It’s really good to have a fish finder. How could he know there are fish here by himself?
Having found a good location, Zhang Ze stopped the boat and decisively dropped two longlines here.
The water surface was empty and the Duoyu was moving slowly. He stood at the stern and used the longline winch to slowly drop the longline.
After one longline was put down, Zhang Ze came to the cab and drove a few dozen meters to the side, and then continued to drop another longline.
After putting out the two longlines, Zhang Ze headed towards the shallow water according to the depth displayed on the fish finder.
After sailing for more than 200 meters, the water depth increased from about 100 meters to more than 50 meters. It was obvious that the underwater terrain was a slope.
But what surprised Zhang Ze was that although there were no schools of fish along the way, they were always shown on the fish finder.
As the fishing boat continued to sail forward, a coral reef faintly exposed above the water appeared before his eyes, and he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the resources here were so good.
It seems that my luck is pretty good today. I can find a good fishing spot just by wandering around on the sea.
But it is just good, and it is far from comparable to the Dongsha of later generations, let alone the Dongsha of today.
As we got closer to the coral reef, the number of fish shown in the fish finder increased significantly, so the longline must be placed nearby.
Zhang Ze wandered around the sea and chose today's fishing spot and the location to place the longline later.
In order to fish without being affected by the bait on the longline, he decided to put the longline on the west side of the coral reef and then fish on the east side.
Because the fishing boat had just circled, it was now on the east side of the coral reef. Zhang Ze simply took out the remaining bait he had bought in the morning and scattered some of it to make a nest.
Then we sailed to the other side to put out the longline, and when we came back after the longline was put out, the nest we made was just in time to work.
After putting down the two longlines and returning to the nesting location, Zhang Ze scattered some more bait.
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When fishing for tuna, you need a large number of fish to form a fish nest to attract them, but this is not necessary when fishing for coral fish grouper on the coral reef.
Spreading bait for free is not called making a bait but raising fish.
After spreading the bait this time, Zhang Ze immediately took out the fishing rod, installed the base on the side of the boat, and put the fishing rod on it.
Hang up a common bait exchanged in the space and start fishing.
I have been in Nanfang for a while. Since I haven't been out to sea much, my space has not been upgraded at all, and my experience points have not increased much.
But from now on, he believed that the space level would enter a steady but not slow upgrade state.
At this time, the nest has attracted many fish nearby. When the ordinary bait enters the water, several fish are immediately attracted.
These fish can be as small as one kilogram or as large as more than ten kilograms.
The fish didn't care about the food falling from the sky and rushed towards the ordinary bait.
Before Zhang Ze even took a sip of water from the cup, the small bell he had hung on the fishing rod started to jingle.
The purpose of hanging a bell is to remind himself that a fish has been caught, so he doesn't need to stare at the fishing rod all the time.
Seeing that the fishing rod had a large curve, Zhang Ze quickly grabbed it and pulled it up with force, and the fishing rod suddenly turned into a big bow.
The fishhook, which had not been inserted deep enough, immediately pierced the fish's lip and was firmly fixed on it.
If you successfully stab a fish, there is a 99% chance that the fish will not be able to escape.
After Zhang Ze felt the pull of the fish, he grabbed the rod with both hands and stayed with the fish for a while, waiting for its first round of outburst to pass.
It's quite strong. Based on his experience, it should be a large fish weighing about ten pounds.
This kind of big stuff is very powerful when it first bursts out with strength, and it is not easy to reel it in.
But after getting through it, it was not that difficult to fish. Two or three minutes later, Zhang Ze started to reel in the line and pull the fish back.
It didn't run very far, only about thirty meters of fishing line, and the fish was pulled to the surface of the water in a short while.
It is a fish that is mainly yellow-green in color, and you can tell at first glance that it is a parrotfish.
After pulling the fish to the side of the boat, Zhang Ze locked the fishing reel to unload the force, then picked up the scoop net next to it and scooped the fish up.
[Successfully caught a small green-nosed parrotfish, weighing 11.33 catties, experience +10. ]
Zhang Ze put the fish into the space. When he saw the scientific name of the fish, his eyebrows raised. It turned out to be a fake green fish.
There is a saying that there are four king fishes in Hong Kong Island, Tsing Yi is one of them, and the fake Tsing Yi is used by fishermen to fool people who don’t understand.
But even if it is fake, the price of this fish is not cheap. A fresh one can be sold for about one hundred yuan per catty in later generations, which is fifty or sixty yuan cheaper than the real Qingyi fish.
But now, the price of this parrotfish is quite average, 73 cents per pound, and this one can be sold for a little more than eight yuan.
A fish cost more than eight yuan, but in the eyes of later generations, it was as if it was sold for eight or nine hundred yuan, which was already a lot.
Take out a portion of common bait and continue.
If you set up a fishing spot at a good fishing spot and use the magic bait, you will definitely catch fish.
As soon as the bait was thrown into the water, the bell on the fishing rod rang again, and a big-eye snapper weighing about three pounds flew up directly.
Bigeye snapper, a kind of snapper that likes to travel in groups, mainly lives near coral reefs or rocky areas surrounded by mud and sand.
It is a nocturnal fish and usually likes to hide in caves or dark places. It will normally come out to look for food at night. It mainly feeds on small fish, shrimps, crabs, etc.
But given the existence of magical baits, it’s not surprising that they appear in broad daylight.
The specific name of the fish caught by Zhang Ze is long-tailed bigeye snapper. He had caught short-tailed bigeye snapper in the East China Sea before. The difference lies in the tail.
After storing it in the space, Zhang Ze discovered that the experience points it provided were the same as those of bigeye snappers caught in the East China Sea, so the actual price was probably about the same.
The fish came in a group, so he immediately started the flying fish mode.
When the fishing rod is so good, you can't spend half a day dawdling around to catch a fish weighing two or three kilograms like you would a fish weighing two or three hundred kilograms.
Just after Zhang Ze caught more than a dozen bigeye snappers in a row, the fishing rod suddenly sank and bent at an exaggerated angle.
He grabbed the fishing rod and tried hard, but it didn't move. But this made him excited, because he caught a big fish!
At this moment, the fishing rod bounced back violently with a "whoosh", and the fishing line with the hook broke through the water and bounced high into the air, then fell onto the deck.
As for the bait, it has disappeared!
"Damn, the fishhook is too small!" Zhang Ze's face was full of regret. This was the first time that the fishhook had come off since he got the fishing rod given by the space.
Small fish are fine, but it is heartbreaking to think about such a big fish getting off the hook. He hasn't experienced this feeling in a long time.
This is a coral reef in Nanfang, and the fish that was caught just now is most likely a giant grouper, also known as the giant grouper.
But no matter how upset he was, there was nothing Zhang Ze could do. He could only change to a bigger fish hook and adjust the fishing rod to a harder tone.
As for the bait, Zhang Ze looked at the special bait for giant groupers in the mall, and finally thought about it and decided to try the ordinary bait again.
If it’s not a giant grouper, it will run away. The probability of ordinary bait attracting fish is not high, but at least there is no risk of guessing wrong.
(End of this chapter)
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