Chapter 177 Space Level 25 (Part 1)
Zhang Ze came over and ate the noodles he cooked, while Jin Fan and others went to the live water tank to get some fish to stew.
Jin Sanbao looked at the jumping fish with a puzzled look on his face: "Is the live water tank of a big ship so useful? The fish are still jumping around after a night, but our small wooden boat will become dead in just a few hours, not to mention a night."
Jin Fan sighed when he saw this: "I really have to work hard to earn money to buy a good boat. The price of live fish is at least twice as high as that of dead fish."
Chen Xudong nodded in agreement.
However, they didn't know that Zhang Ze, who was eating noodles, was laughing in his heart. If he hadn't put the fish in the space to restore their vitality, the fish in the live water tank would not only be wilted, but some would probably die by tomorrow.
Although aquatic oxygenation machines have been available in this era, they are basically used in fish ponds, and it costs a lot of money to have one on a boat.
Zhang Ze had space, so he didn't waste the money.
It was not until the 1990s that it became relatively popular, and by then it was estimated that some civilian fishing boats would also be equipped with small ones.
After lunch and a short rest, a few people came out to bait the longline.
There were six longlines this time, so even with four people working on it, it took several hours.
Seeing that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Ze started the boat and prepared to release the longline.
The location here cannot be missed, and it is just right to put out two longlines for fishing in shallow water.
With Jin Sanbao and others around, Zhang Ze didn't need to go back and forth in the stern cabin. He just had to drive the boat and the other three could put down the longline.
To be honest, at this moment he did have the idea of asking two or three people for help, but he quickly dismissed the idea.
Having more people on the boat would make it more convenient when letting out the longline, but it would be a restriction for him at other times.
After putting out the longline in the trench, Zhang Ze left here and began to look for other suitable fishing spots nearby.
During this time, he also encountered many small fishing boats and the coast guard stationed on the island came to inspect.
There is such a big ship fishing near the island. Who knows if it is a spy pretending to be here and looking for an opportunity to spy on military intelligence.
In fact, the Duoyu was noticed not long after it arrived yesterday, but they were just fishing quietly, and the coast guard on the island did not rashly come over to patrol, and just kept an eye on them all night.
Seeing that they seemed to be really here to fish, the coast guard went on board to take some inventory and confirmed their identities.
Zhang Ze and others were very cooperative, and he also knew that such a situation would occur.
It is normal for a strange fishing boat to be inspected when it appears near a garrisoned island.
After the inspection, Zhang Ze continued to look for a fishing spot nearby.
Soon, he found a good fishing spot at a depth of about 120 meters on the fish finder, and then put down two long lines.
As for the longline with the thickest line that can fish at a depth of two hundred meters, Zhang Ze did not let it go.
Because there are no such deep waters near the island, if you leave here and go somewhere else, the longline here might be secretly collected by other fishermen. By then, not only will the fish be lost, but even the longline will be taken away.
So after collecting the four longlines at around eight or nine in the evening, Zhang Ze would go find a deep water area, lower the longlines and fish for deep-sea fish. He could go home the next morning after the longlines were raised.
At ten o'clock in the evening, we started to collect the longline.
Zhang Ze parked the boat and came to the stern. Jin Sanbao had already started the winch and began to pull up the longline.
As soon as Jin Fan picked up the sub-line that was exposed above the water, Chen Xudong next to him immediately pushed him aside and said, "Let me do it. I have to see how much we can get by extending the line."
"Oh my god! The line is so heavy, there must be a big catch. Give the fishing line back to me!" Jin Fan, who was squeezed out, was unwilling to accept this and immediately tried back to grab it.
As soon as he pulled the line, he knew there was a big shipment of goods, and was thinking of having a good start, but it was snatched away.
Jin Sanbao also felt itchy and joined in, saying that he was the oldest and he should go.
"That's enough, why don't you put down four longlines, one for each person?" Zhang Ze snatched the sub-line from their hands with a smile and quickly pulled the fish up. If they continued to mess around, the fish would run away.
When Jin Sanbao and others saw him coming out, they all showed embarrassed expressions.
But after listening to his words, I thought it was a good idea. Four long ropes are just enough for everyone to handle, so there is no need to fight over them.
At this moment, Jin Fan suddenly had an idea and suggested, "Aze, how about the four of us make a bet?"
"Bet?" Zhang Ze frowned. The other two looked at him in confusion. After all, he didn't usually gamble, so why would he suddenly make such a suggestion?
Jin Fan knew from their expressions that they were overthinking it, but he didn't explain. Instead, he continued, "How about this, each of us has a longline, and whoever catches the least fish with the longline will treat everyone to a meal when they get back?
Upon hearing the proposal, everyone's eyes, including Zhang Ze's, lit up. This was quite interesting.
All the fish caught by Jin Sanbao and others on this trip belong to them. Including the hours of waiting for the longline at night, they can earn at least forty or fifty yuan each by selling the fish after returning.
With this money, even those whose families are not well off can afford to invite Jin Sanbao, get some seafood, some meat and some side dishes, and cook them at home without spending much money.
As for wine, except Zhang Ze, the other three people have some rice wine brewed at home, so there is no need to buy it.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Jin Fan continued, "The first longline is Aze's, and for the next three we play rock-paper-scissors, and the winner gets to choose first, how about that?"
Jin Sanbao and Chen Xudong had no objection when they heard this, and then they played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would choose first.
Chen Xudong won first because of luck, and then Jin Sanbao beat Jin Fan.
"Then I'll pick the next one!" said Chen Xudong.
It is hard to say how good the harvest will be with the two longlines for deep-sea fishing, but the chances of catching fish with the shallow-water longlines are greater. After all, there are trenches at the bottom of the water, and schools of fish often come here.
Jin Sanbao and Jin Fan had no choice but to choose two longlines for fishing deep-sea fish.
Zhang Ze didn't have time to pay attention to them at this moment, because the first fish was unexpectedly a bit heavy and struggled violently, which made him full of anticipation.
It’s so powerful, it couldn’t be a large grouper weighing forty or fifty kilograms!
He exerted force with his hands and cooperated with the winch to pull the rope up little by little. The fish on the hook quickly floated to the surface and struggled even more violently.
However, after seeing the fish clearly through the light on the boat, Zhang Ze's face fell, because it turned out to be a bonito.
It is indeed very big, but it is very cheap.
The meat of tuna and bonito rots very quickly and is difficult to preserve in this era, so they are used to make fish floss or dried fish, and the price cannot be high.
Only after they pulled the fish completely closer did they finally see the type of fish clearly and confirmed that it was a big bonito.
Seeing Zhang Ze's face change from excitement at the beginning to expressionless now, Jin Fan beside him couldn't help but laugh: "Aze, it's not bad actually. This big bonito weighs 40 to 50 kilograms. Even if the price is cheap, it can still sell for a lot of money."
"Alas, these fish like to gather in groups. I'm afraid they will be all this kind of fish soon." Zhang Ze said with a sigh.
Jin Fan smiled awkwardly and said nothing. Everyone who has been out to sea knows that bonito do like to move in groups, and in huge numbers.
Jin Sanbao and Chen Xudong pulled up the first bonito together, and then helped to drain its blood. After that, Zhang Ze suddenly remembered that he had to collect the fish to gain experience points, so he handed the task of reeling it in to Jin Sanbao.
I used a specially customized bamboo cart to push the fish to the cold storage compartment, and then carried it inside and put it away.
The fish was actually still barely alive at this time, so he took the opportunity to collect it, gain experience points, and then took it out again.
The experience value of bonito is higher than he expected, at seven points.
When he came back to the stern and saw that Jin Sanbao was having a hard time pulling, he knew that it was most likely bonito.
There is a price difference between bleeding bonito and not bleeding it. Although it will be much lighter after bleeding, the meat will not be contaminated by the blood and will not have a fishy smell.
If you take it to aquatic product stations, you can sell it for 1.8 cents per pound, but if it is not bled, the price may be only 5 or 6 cents.
Although Zhang Ze doesn't like bonito, thinking it's cheap and hard to catch, there are indeed a lot of them, one after another, making the people around him extremely envious.
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Especially Jin Fan and Jin Sanbao, both of them looked depressed, knowing that this time it would most likely be one of them who would pay for the meal.
So Chen Xudong was very happy. Although the fish was not his, the longline he chose was here. There were so many bonito on Zhang Ze’s longline, so there was no reason why the other one in the same position would have less.
As Jin Sanbao slowly reeled in the sub-line, other fish began to appear among the bonito school, such as his favorite grouper.
Unfortunately, his luck seems to be average at the moment, and the only things that come to him are cheap groupers such as the oblique-banded grouper, blue grouper, and dragon grouper.
The only good fish was a large tiger grouper weighing over 20 jin, but this fish was only of medium quality. It seems that next time I want those rat grouper, blue melon seed, or star grouper, I will have to go to the coral reef.
After one longline was collected, Chen Xudong beside him also did the statistics: "Aze, you caught a total of 407 fish with this longline, a big harvest!"
Jin Sanbao and Jin Fan took a deep breath when they heard this: "One thousand hooks to catch four hundred fish, is this true?"
Chen Xudong rolled his eyes at them in anger: "I counted them one by one, are you serious?"
After saying this, he couldn't help but smack his lips: "This ratio is really exaggerated. I've heard people say that catching a hundred fish with a thousand hooks is a pretty good harvest."
Zhang Ze smiled and said, "This fishing spot is still a good choice. Fish often appear in the trench, so it's not surprising that we catch a lot of fish."
Jin Sanbao and the others nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.
Then they pulled up the second longline. This time, Chen Xudong was in charge of collecting the sub-line. Jin Fan and Jin Sanbao were counting the number and helping on the side. Zhang Ze was still responsible for transporting the blood.
The second one might be in a slightly off position, resulting in a big difference in the harvest, with only 307 fish.
But it’s still a lot, and one-third of them are bonito, which is about the same proportion as the first longline.
When several people saw so many bonito, they all thought that the bonito increased the amount of the harvest, but they didn't know that the real reason for such a large harvest was that someone was cheating.
Of course, the arrival of the bonito school was just right. After all, Zhang Ze usually used ordinary bait, but the number he harvested was basically between two hundred and three hundred.
Today, the cold storage holds are filled with bled bonito and other difficult-to-keep fish.
"It feels like we are going to lose!" The fishing boat started to move towards the locations of the other two longlines. Jin Fan and Jin Sanbao stood outside in the wind and sighed.
"If you lose, you lose. It's just a dinner treat! Today one of us will treat, and next time it will be the other person's turn." Jin Sanbao was very open-minded.
Originally, Zhang Ze didn't come, and this was the situation for the three of them.
When there are a lot of catches at sea, some of the unsold fish are collected by a few people, and then they go to someone's house to drink together. This is basically what everyone in the village does.
The two long ropes at the back are not far away, only about two hundred meters away.
Because Zhang Ze's fishing boat was nearby, no fishermen on the island dared to steal.
This time Jin Sanbao went first, after all, he beat Jin Fan.
The winch started to pull slowly, and he pulled the sub-line back.
When he pulled it, it felt particularly heavy, as if he had caught a huge fish.
His face lit up with joy and excitement. Although the fish was not his, the joy of catching a big fish was shared.
But as he kept pulling, he felt something was wrong. The fish didn't seem to be struggling.
It was not until the fishing line was completely pulled back that he could see clearly what he had caught.
"." When Jin Sanbao saw a rolled-up fishing net covered with seaweed and kelp on the water, he felt terrible. "What bad luck! I thought I had caught a big fish."
Jin Fan gloated: "It's a big fish. It's good enough to give you something."
Jin Sanbao rolled his eyes and said, "With such a large net, there might be several fish hidden in it. These are all caught by me!"
"Oh my god!" Jin Fan was shocked. Thinking that there might be a lot of fish hidden in the net, he was also numb.
Then Jin Sanbao pulled up the rolled-up fishing net, and with a snap, a small stone fish fell onto the deck.
He laughed: "There's already one."
Zhang Ze smiled and picked up the fish and threw it into the bucket beside him: "You continue to pull the fishing line, I will open the fishing net for you to see if there is any fish."
"Okay!" Jin Sanbao nodded and continued to work.
Zhang Ze went to get the scissors and cut the fishing net directly, and cleaned up the seaweed and seaweed on it.
Fortunately, there is not much plastic waste these days, otherwise the fishing net would probably be entangled with a lot of it.
After cleaning up some water plants and kelp, Zhang Ze actually found a few fish, but these fish had already died, their bodies were torn to pieces by the fishing nets, and they emitted a foul smell.
He threw the water plants, kelp and dead fish directly into the sea. As he was untying the nettles, a sudden movement caught his attention.
Zhang Ze pulled aside the kelp and immediately saw a long-tailed sea bream with its head entangled on the edge. Although the fish was not big, only about 30 centimeters in length, it was the first high-value deep-sea fish he had encountered so far!
He immediately cut the fishing net with scissors, grabbed the fish and said with a smile: "Sanbao, you are lucky, you caught two fish with one hook!"
"Oh my god, isn't this a long-tailed bird? How can there be such a thing?" The others were shocked when they saw the fish. The long-tailed sea bream is a rare deep-sea fish. Usually, people can only see some when large ships return from the open sea. It is really rare.
(End of this chapter)
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