Chapter 173: The Nobles of Fish
However, in the following period of time, some bigeye snappers and other coral fish came up.
Although the fish caught after changing to a bigger fishhook were much bigger than before, Zhang Ze was still very disappointed. Could it be that the big fish had run away?
There was only one package left of the ten ordinary baits he had just exchanged. If he couldn't catch it again, he would have to try his luck with the special bait for groupers.
The fishing rod moved again, and Zhang Ze showed a disappointed expression when he lifted the rod. From the feel of it, it seemed to be a bigeye snapper or a coral fish of similar size.
It was similar to what Zhang Ze thought. This was a blue spotted fish weighing about ten pounds. Smaller fish would not be able to swallow the big fishhook.
At this moment, at a place he could not see at the bottom of the water, a huge yellow-green monster was attracted by the struggling blue spot, and then it swam over quickly and swallowed the blue spot that was struggling with the fishhook in one gulp.
This is a blue spotted cat weighing over ten pounds. If you hold it in your arms, it's probably half a meter long. It can knock a person out with just one knock of its tail.
However, even such a big fish was still swallowed by other fish in one gulp.
The sudden heavy force from the fishing rod scared Zhang Ze, but then he was overjoyed. This was a force he could not resist. Even if it was not the fish that escaped just now, he would still have won the prize.
The fishing line in the big drum reel is pulled out at a constant speed. The speed is not fast but very stable, making the "sizzling" sound that anglers love the most.
Zhang Ze has basically ruled out very fast fish such as tuna. The remaining ones are either grouper or some relatively large coral fish. We will have to wait and see what they are after we catch them.
Because the unloading force is set to the maximum, even if the fishing line is running all the time, the fishing rod is still pulled into a big bow, making a "squeaking" sound under the heavy load.
Fortunately, Zhang Ze had already installed the fishing rod on a base when he was fishing for the big fish. Facing such a big fish, people would be dragged directly into the sea if they were not careful.
The crankshaft did not rotate very fast, so after he stabbed the fish, he did not continue to grab the rod with both hands to wrestle with the fish. Instead, he first looked for an opportunity to grab the crankshaft to interrupt the fish's escape.
There are different choices for fishing different fish. Tuna and swordfish run fast, and the fishing line rotates very fast as well. You cannot rashly grab the fishing line and reel it in. You have to use the fishing rod to slow down their escape speed first, otherwise no matter how long the fishing line is, it will not be enough for the fish to run away.
The speed is slow at the moment, so Zhang Ze doesn't need to do this.
In addition, the bottom of the water here is full of coral reefs, so to prevent the fish from running to the bottom of the coral reefs and even cutting the fishing line, we must first stop its momentum.
Even if the fishing line would not break, Zhang Ze did not want to fish for the earth. That was too difficult.
He grabbed the handle and tried hard to stop the big fish from going deeper into the water. The big fish suddenly felt a huge force, which slowed down its swimming momentum and the speed of releasing the fishing line was greatly reduced.
Zhang Ze clenched his teeth and used all his strength to suck.
Relying on the characteristics of fishing rods and fishing lines that will not be damaged, he could actually use a winch or troll a boat, but this idea flashed through his mind.
As a fisherman, he really doesn't want to rely on cheating methods if he can fish by himself.
In his previous life, he had never encountered any big fish. Why didn't he cherish the big fish he encountered now? As time passed, his chances of encountering big fish would become fewer and fewer.
Now we are young and strong, so just one word: do it!
Zhang Ze tried hard to stop the big fish from running to the bottom of the water, but in the end it still ran to the bottom of the water.
The underwater terrain in the coral area is complex. There are not only various huge corals but also strange rocks.
Now the big fish swam into a stone forest and became a turtle. Zhang Ze had no choice but to experience the feeling of fishing for the earth again.
"Damn, this is so difficult!" Although he complained, there was excitement in his eyes.
Then he took the fishing rod out of the base and placed the butt of the rod against his abdomen.
"Drink~"
With a low shout, Zhang Ze's muscles all bulged. The cool, sun-proof long-sleeved shirt he was wearing immediately tightened, and the outlines of his strong muscles suddenly stood out. From the outside, it looked like he had expanded a little.
This is his true full strength. The big fish that buried its head in the stone forest raised its head uncontrollably. It struggled hard, but for a moment it could not resist this force. Fortunately, this force that made it completely unable to resist soon disappeared.
Zhang Ze on the boat was breathing heavily. Although the burst of energy that he had just used with all his strength was powerful, it was very exhausting. It was like using a big move in the game. Not only did it require a cooldown time, but it also consumed most of his mana.
But the effect was very good, and he successfully pulled up the big fish that was driving the pile.
Feeling that the big fish at the bottom of the water was about to return to the stone forest, Zhang Ze quickly lifted the rod upwards to prevent it from passing.
Over a distance of just a few meters, Zhang Ze and the big fish were in a constant tug of war. Every time the fishing line was pulled out a few meters, he would desperately shake the fishing rod and try to reel it in.
In this situation, both the man and the fish gave their all, after all, one was greedy for the fish, and the other was desperately resisting.
Fortunately, Zhang Ze had the last laugh in the final endurance competition. As the fishing line was retracted more than ten meters, he knew that the fish could not run under the water anymore, so he installed the fishing rod back on the base and reeled in the line, allowing himself to take a breath.
When the fishing rod is on the base, the force is not so smooth. This is more suitable for pulling with the fish in the water to consume its physical strength. If you pull it hard like just now, you can only take it down and catch it yourself.
Now the fish is in the middle of the water layer, and Zhang Ze only needs to slowly consume the remaining energy of the fish.
But this consumption lasted more than an hour, and it was already noon. He was hungry and tired, and his clothes had already been soaked with sweat.
Zhang Ze shook the fishing rod slowly and mechanically, and continued to reel in the fishing line bit by bit. The big fish that had been in a stalemate with him at the bottom of the water for a long time finally appeared on the surface of the water.
With a length of over two meters and mainly yellow and green colors, he immediately knew what kind of fish he was catching.
This is a giant humphead wrasse, also known as Napoleon fish and rippled wrasse, the largest coral fish in the world.
Under normal circumstances, the maximum body length can reach two meters and the weight is about three hundred kilograms.
However, the size of this humphead wrasse seemed to be larger than he had imagined. Its length alone seemed to be more than two meters.
Zhang Ze didn't expect that what he caught was not a giant grouper, but a giant humphead wrasse.
But the humphead wrasse is different from many fish. Although it is a high-end edible fish, it is also an ornamental fish.
This fish has a characteristic that when it is less than one kilogram in size, the fish meat is the most delicate and delicious, and the price is also very high.
The bigger it is, the lower the price is, and the meat becomes rougher.
No one would think of eating a king-level humphead wrasse like the one in front of you.
Coral fish are prone to ciguatera poisoning. As the fish gets bigger, the more toxins it accumulates. This humphead wrasse has grown so big that, not to mention that its meat is not tasty, there is a high possibility of poisoning even if you force yourself to eat it.
Therefore, it had basically no value in the 1980s, unless a wealthy person came along and bought it as an ornamental fish.
Zhang Ze's heart sank, and his excitement was immediately extinguished by cold water.
Even if he had the space, it would be very difficult to take it back and raise it as an ornamental fish under the current conditions! If the fish died, it would definitely be worthless.
The only thing that comforted Zhang Ze was that he had enough experience points for the King of Fish. He had never caught a grouper before, but he knew that the experience points would not be small.
The grouper had now completely exhausted its energy. He picked up the fishing rod again, walked to the stern of the boat while reeling in the line, pulled the fish over, and put it into the space with a touch of his hand.
[Successfully caught a wavy lip fish, weighing 386.17 catties, experience (fish king) +30000. ]
"Cough cough cough"
When Zhang Ze saw the experience value, he was almost scared by the experience value prompted by the space.
Thirty thousand experience points is the fish with the highest experience points among all the fish he has caught so far.
That is to say, even an ordinary Su Mei has 300 experience points.
Unfortunately, even though it is the 1980s, there are not many humphead wrasses, otherwise he could definitely rely on the humphead wrasses to quickly improve the level of his space.
These 30,000 experience points directly upgrade the space to level 24. With another 18,000 experience points, the space can be upgraded to level 25, obtaining exclusive rewards for level 25.
Zhang Ze was a little excited, but he didn't know what it would be.
As for the giant humphead wrasse, he left it in the space.
This thing is a bit tasteless and a pity to throw away, but it's so big that he doesn't know if he will encounter it in the second half of his life from today. It's better to put it aside and maybe build a big fish tank to raise it in the future.
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After installing the fishing rod back on the base, Zhang Ze returned to the cabin with trembling hands.
This is the aftereffect of an outburst of strength and it will only be relieved after a rest.
After returning to the cabin and turning on the air conditioner, the living room on the first floor soon became cool. Zhang Ze gulped down a bowl of cold boiled water and immediately leaned back on the sofa, breathing a sigh of relief.
It was a great day today, as he caught such a big grouper, which satisfied his fishing addiction.
The only pity is that it is not easy to sell, but it doesn’t matter to him. He will probably make a lot of money by reeling in the longline.
After resting for a while and having lunch, Zhang Zexian went to take a nap.
It's hot in the afternoon, so the fish must be biting poorly.
After this break, it was five o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that it was still hot outside, Zhang Ze simply prepared dinner for himself before coming out.
The weather now is not as hot as in the afternoon, so it is just right for reeling in the longline.
He first drove the boat to collect the two longlines that were far away, and then came back to collect the ones near the shallow coral reefs. After that, he could go fishing there at night.
The winch started to turn, and the longline was pulled up little by little. Zhang Ze pulled the sub-line with gloves on.
These two longlines were lowered at the fish gathering area. The harvest this time should be quite good, but I don’t know whether we can encounter more precious deep-sea fish.
However, when the first opium fish appeared, flapping its tail continuously, Zhang Ze had an idea in his mind.
This group of fish should all be opium fish, also known as flounder.
He put it into the space and took a look. It weighed two pounds and six ounces, which was not bad.
The follow-up results were exactly as he expected. Apart from empty hooks, there were opium fish. He caught a total of 132 fish with one longline, weighing 363 kilograms. Together with a small number of other deep-sea fish, the total weight was just over 400 kilograms.
Then Zhang Ze went to pick up the second longline. The position of this longline was slightly off, and the harvest was about 80 kilograms less.
There are more than 630 kilograms of opium fish. The price here at the fishery station is cheap, only 33 cents per piece.
There are many species similar to opium fish in the South China Sea. There are similar fish at the mouth of the Pearl River. They are highly substitutable and numerous, which leads to the price not being able to go up.
The harvest from the two longlines was just over two hundred, not much.
But Zhang Ze is very much looking forward to the longline on the coral reef side, because there must be a lot of coral fish and groupers there.
Returning to the position of the last two longlines, the winch turned, and he pulled up the first sub-line. When he found that it was light but a little heavy, Zhang Ze's face fell. He didn't expect that the first one would catch a small fish.
However, when the hooked fish emerged from the water, he was stunned.
I thought it was a fish, but it turned out to be a speared squid.
Even though this thing is more expensive than opium fish, the unit price is only 45 cents.
But it is much lighter, a larger one weighs only a little over one pound. Considering the weight, its price is not as high as that of opium fish, and spear squid also move in groups.
Sure enough, a series of spear squids were caught next, which made Zhang Ze sigh helplessly.
It's not that the harvest was bad, but the cost of going out to sea with such a large ship is very high. Even if this time it only came to the waters 20 nautical miles offshore, the round-trip fuel cost was still as high as eighty or ninety yuan.
Including bait and other things, the cost is over a hundred.
Theoretically, the two longlines have earned more than two hundred, which is enough, but this is meaningless to Zhang Ze.
He earns two or three hundred each time he goes out to sea, and he only goes out to sea about ten to fifteen times a month. It is difficult to live a rich life with only two or three thousand a month.
Apart from anything else, I don’t know how long it will take before I can afford a Santana car.
After pulling the line about halfway, Zhang Ze pulled up another sub-line and found that it suddenly sank in his hand. This made him excited, and he finally caught a big catch.
The fish struggled hard, but the rotation of the winch made it unable to resist.
Soon, a large grouper about 60 to 70 centimeters long appeared on the water surface. It was a big blue grouper, probably weighing more than 20 kilograms.
"Finally, a good product has arrived." Zhang Ze nodded with satisfaction. There was no Ou Shuxiang here for him to cheat, but even if the big blue grouper was sold to the aquatic product station, it would earn 85 cents, which was already a lot.
After putting it into the space, he continued to pull the next one, but it sank again when he pulled it. Although it was much lighter than the previous one, it was probably not a small fish.
As the sub-line was slowly pulled back, a red spotted grouper appeared before his eyes.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the scoop net to scoop up the fish, then reached out and put it into the space.
[Successfully caught a grouper, weighing 9.73 catties, experience +30. ]
Not bad, the experience value is thirty, and it is a grouper weighing more than ten pounds. This one is at least around fifty yuan, and if it is the market price, it may reach seventy or eighty yuan.
Zhang Ze did not plan to sell these expensive fish directly to the fishery station. He would accumulate them in the space and when the quantity increased, he could take them to the city to sell in restaurants.
By then, every family will sell some, and even if the price is lower than the market price, it will still be much higher than the aquatic station.
(End of this chapter)
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