Chapter 181 Fishing for Red-billed Porcupine
The man and the fish began to wrestle. The fish dived downwards and Zhang Ze pulled it up, and the situation was deadlocked for a while.
But it's not a big problem. In terms of endurance, he can now be compared with those marathon runners.
If he waits until the effect of the physical halo wears off, he might be able to easily win the marathon championship.
The fish got tired after bursting for a while, and Zhang Ze clearly felt the pulling force become lighter, so he took the opportunity to quickly reel in the fishing line. As long as he could pull the fish to the middle and upper water layers, it would be easy to fish it out then.
After reeling in two meters of line, the pulling force increased again. It was obvious that the fish sensed the crisis and only took a breath before continuing to explode.
But its explosive power does not allow it to run far, and this will instead consume its energy faster.
After repeating this process three times, the fish was so tired that it lay down motionless.
Knowing that he had secured his spot this time, Zhang Ze heaved a sigh of relief. One pound of fish equals ten pounds of force, and the explosive power of these big fish in the water is no joke.
If he tried to pull the fish directly from the shore, he would not be able to gain leverage and would inevitably be dragged away by the fish, even if he was very strong.
Now he used his legs to lean against the side of the boat for leverage, which undoubtedly made things much easier.
Turning the crank to pull the fish to the upper middle of the water layer, Zhang Ze then inserted the fishing rod into the base, which made fishing easier.
However, in order to catch fish quickly, holding the fishing rod in your arms is naturally faster, but it is a little more tiring.
The fish was already exhausted, and Zhang Ze quickly reeled in dozens of meters of fishing line. A grouper lay on its side on the water with its huge mouth open, and its tail occasionally flapped weakly.
It is about one meter long and weighs about 100 kilograms.
After seeing it, Zhang Ze suddenly realized that it was no wonder that it kept diving downwards. Grouper does have such a habit. When encountering danger, it will instinctively drill towards its usual hiding places.
When fishing for this type of fish, as long as you don't let it drill into the cracks of the rocks and don't let the fishing line wear out, you can basically pull it up steadily. They don't run fast.
[Successfully caught a saddleback grouper, weighing 121.63 catties, experience +5. ]
Seeing the experience value, Zhang Ze shook his head speechlessly. The grouper is not a high-end fish, so the experience value should be calculated according to that of ordinary grouper.
A weight of more than 100 kilograms is far from being considered a king of fish, because the grouper can grow to a maximum length of nearly three meters.
In some short videos of later generations, those foreign weightlifting champions who were fishing for giant grouper were actually fishing for this kind of fish.
The bigger the fish is, the rougher the meat is. Even though it weighs more than 100 pounds, the price is probably only one dollar per pound, and the price does not increase because of its size.
If it were replaced with a giant grouper, the price would be different, but unfortunately Zhang Ze has never encountered one yet.
After inserting the fishing rod back into the base, he threw some bait in. Then he went to the kitchen to drink some water and rest for a while, and then went to the cabin to mark the coordinates of this position.
Today he caught a redmouth guppy and a grouper weighing over 100 kilograms. There are still many red marks on the fish finder, which means there are a lot of fish, and perhaps some big ones.
This is a treasure fishing spot, perhaps you can make it one of your own secret offshore fishing spots.
After recording, it’s almost time to rest.
Zhang Ze returned to the side of the boat to continue fishing. Just as he took out the ordinary bait and was about to hang it on the hook, the image of the red-billed sturgeon in the afternoon entered his mind.
Now that one has appeared, there might be more nearby.
At present, the value of red-billed guppy is still higher here, and it is difficult for other fish to surpass the red-billed guppy. Therefore, Zhang Ze thought about it and took back the ordinary fish bait, and opened the fish bait mall for the first time in a long time to search.
With a thought, the red-billed sturgeon bait appeared before his eyes.
Then he discovered that the red-billed sturgeon was a special species of sturgeon and was rare, so the bait required more experience points, ten portions requiring three hundred points.
An extra hundred points didn't matter to Zhang Ze. He could now gain at least two thousand experience points by reeling in six longlines. For him, the extra one or two hundred points were not as reluctant as when he first started fishing.
After exchanging ten copies, he thought that the red-billed sturgeon he caught in the afternoon might be able to use the growth function.
Although it is not very big at only a dozen pounds, a 30% increase can mean an extra three or four pounds, and the selling price may increase by one or two hundred yuan, so this deal is still cost-effective.
Gentian grouper also needs to be used. An extra thirty pounds also costs money, and one hundred experience points is not a problem.
After selecting both fish and using the growth function, Zhang Ze put on the red-billed guppy bait and continued fishing.
The sturgeon may move alone but may also gather in schools. This reef area is an ideal habitat for red-billed sturgeon, and there are indeed quite a few of them living there.
It’s just that the water is relatively not that deep. Especially large red-billed sturgeons usually stay in deeper waters. They will only run to this side or other nearby reef areas when they need to find food.
So Zhang Ze threw the red-billed sturgeon's special bait into the water, and the 60% chance of catching the fish immediately attracted several red-billed sturgeons of all sizes nearby.
Among them, there happened to be a red-billed sturgeon weighing more than 30 kilograms right at the nesting location. It was attracted here by the food that fell from the sky.
A 10-pound fruit might be sold for 500 or 600 yuan, and a 30-pound fruit might be sold for at least double that, or even more.
If he can catch something, the income from Zhang Ze's trip this time will be enough to equal the income from the trip he took Jin Sanbao and the others out to sea.
If the fish looks good and has a fat belly, it may be sold at a higher price.
Zhang Ze gently threw the hook and bait at the nesting location and just held the fishing rod waiting for the fish to take the bait.
He was in good shape at the moment, so he decided to do the same as before, relying on brute force to quickly deplete the fish's energy and then hook it up.
As long as the fish is not as big as the grouper, he can catch it very quickly.
The fishing line was slowly let out, and when the hook and bait sank to the bottom, he began to shake the crank to slowly reel the fishing line in a few meters.
There are many reefs here, so you can't fish completely at the bottom, as the hook will be pushed by the underwater current and easily hit the ground.
He can't pull this fishing line apart, so he'll just have to cut it when the time comes.
Fishing lines and fish hooks all require experience points to replenish. A bundle of one kilometer of fishing line requires 10,000 experience points, three thousand meters requires 30,000 experience points, and one fish hook costs one thousand. Zhang Ze can't bear such a high price.
At this time, the bait of the red-billed guppy in the water is fatally attractive to several nearby red-billed guppies.
Even though the 30-pound red-billed sturgeon did not react, the two 5- or 6-pound red-billed sturgeons nearby had already rushed over.
Zhang Ze made the right decision not to bring anyone with him this time. If he had brought anyone with him, it would have been difficult for him to keep the red-billed sturgeon he caught in the space.
The growth function increases the weight by 30%. The more he catches, the more extra he can earn. The price difference here is not a small amount.
Just when Zhang Ze was wondering whether he could catch the red-billed sturgeon, there was a sudden movement on the fishing rod.
Most sea fish eat very fiercely, so the fishing rod bends down suddenly, causing the bell hanging on it to make pleasant sounds continuously.
Zhang Ze raised the rod and stabbed the fish in time. The rod was tightened and made a squeaking sound as the fishing line was pulled.
The fishing line in the fishing reel also pays out quickly, making a constant hissing sound.
I held the fishing rod and felt it. This red-billed sturgeon was much stronger than the one in the afternoon, but it was completely incomparable to the grouper just now.
So he decisively adjusted the unloading force to the maximum, and he could withstand this pulling force relatively easily.
The way red-billed sturgeon escapes is different from that of grouper. The red-billed sturgeon runs directly far away instead of hiding in underwater caves.
Zhang Ze lifted the fishing rod up with force, showing off his amazing waist. If he had an electric guitar instead of a fishing rod in his hand, women would probably like it more.
Because the fish was in the explosive stage, it was a bit difficult for him to reel in the line, and his hand was stuck on the handle.
The fish couldn't run away even if it wanted to, but he couldn't reel in the line for a while.
After a stalemate, the tip of the fishing rod straightened slightly. Zhang Ze knew that the fish's explosive period was almost over, so he slowly lowered the angle of the rod tip and then raised it suddenly.
This immediately interrupted the fish's rhythm, even caused it to gasp, and caused its brain to become dizzy and unresponsive.
Zhang Ze took the opportunity to reel in the line, and the fishing reel was shaking rapidly.
After reeling in a few meters of line, the fish came to its senses and continued to struggle. Zhang Ze saw that he could not shake the rod anymore, so he started to lift the rod continuously, using the pulling force of that moment to reel in the line.
It is not easy to start the fish again after it stops, so I just reeled in the fishing line in circles. After a while, the fish in the water finally appeared on the surface.
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As expected, the red-billed sturgeon, since a special bait was used, it was basically impossible for other fish to take the bait, after all, there was a 30% dissuasion effect.
Because he was fishing right at the stern of the boat, Zhang Ze pulled the fish directly to the entrance of the boat, then squatted down and put the fish into the space.
[Successfully caught a redmouthed bream, weighing 33.61 catties, experience +20. ]
Spending 100 experience points to choose growth, Zhang Ze put up the bait and continued fishing.
Then I caught two more fish in a row, one weighing seven kilograms and the other weighing just over five kilograms. However, using the growth function on such small fish only added one or two kilograms.
Moreover, the price difference between less than ten kilograms and more than ten kilograms is huge, and an extra ten or twenty yuan doesn't matter to him, so Zhang Ze didn't waste the experience points.
I continued fishing later, but I didn't keep fishing. After all, I couldn't attract fish to bite the hook 100%. After I had caught most of the red-billed sturgeons near the boat, I needed to wait slowly for the red-billed sturgeons in the distance to come over.
Sometimes Zhang Ze needs to reel in the line, throw the bait down again, and brush it repeatedly to attract the red-billed sturgeon from far away.
As I was fishing, I unknowingly caught thirteen red-billed sturgeons in the space, the largest of which was the one weighing more than thirty kilograms.
There were no fish weighing more than 20 jin, but there were three fish weighing more than 10 jin. The rest were all under 10 jin, and two of them were only 2 jin.
But Zhang Ze still collected such an expensive fish. He was actually curious about whether the fish meat of the red-billed sturgeon was delicious. He could take it home and share it with his family.
Unfortunately, there were only so many red-billed sturgeons nearby, and after waiting for most of the day he still couldn't find any, so he decided to drive the boat to another location and try.
He exchanged a total of twenty red-billed sturgeon baits. Excluding the one he bought in the morning, he used a total of twelve, leaving eight left.
Zhang Ze has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder and wants to use up the remaining eight portions of bait.
As a result, it was already past eleven o'clock when he ran out of bait, so he went to collect the shrimp cage and longline.
The lobster cage had a good harvest at night, with a total of more than a dozen lobsters caught, including dense-haired lobsters, green lobsters and gorgeous lobsters.
After collecting the shrimps, the shrimp cages were put back so that we can collect another wave tomorrow.
After putting away the shrimp cages, it’s time to collect the longlines.
Zhang Ze drove the boat to the longline position and was just about to leave the cockpit when Tong Yuanhang's voice sounded on the radio.
"Aze, can you hear me?"
Zhang Ze was very surprised. He didn't expect Tong Yuanhang to be nearby and looking for him.
"Yes, what's up?"
"Where are you now? Give me the coordinates and I'll come over."
Although Zhang Ze didn't know what he wanted to talk to him about, he still told him the coordinates, told him that he was busy, and then came out to collect the longline.
Tie the longline to the winch and start it, and the longline in the water will be slowly pulled up.
Zhang Ze was standing nearby. As the longline was pulled up, the branch lines were also retracted one by one. Big black sea bream and big grouper were quickly collected into the space.
There was no one around, so he collected the fish very quickly and in a short while, the whole longline was collected.
I originally thought that the resources on the other side of the trench were already abundant enough, but I didn't expect that this side was even better. Not only did we see more than a dozen sea urchins, but there was also a group of mullets.
But Zhang Ze didn't have time to see the harvest. He had to quickly collect the second longline before Tong Yuanhang came over.
The second longline yielded better results, and when he had finished reeling in the longline, he heard the sound of a fishing boat’s engine approaching from afar.
Zhang Ze washed his hands and waited for a while, and Tong Yuanhang's boat came alongside.
He walked into the cabin, picked up the radio and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Aze, guess what I saw?"
"What?"
"I came here to trawl today and accidentally discovered someone smuggling at sea."
"Fuck, you weren't discovered?"
Zhang Ze was very surprised. How could this allow Tong Yuanhang to come here safely?
Thinking of this, he was shocked and said quickly: "Leave here quickly, it will be troublesome if the other party finds you and follows you."
"Don't worry, my fishing boat was next to the isolated island. The lights were off and you couldn't find it unless you got close. I came here after they left." It was quite a coincidence. Tong Guisheng didn't go out to sea with them today, only Tong Yuanhang and his three brothers went together.
After they finished their work in the evening, they went to bed early. As a result, Tong Yuanhang came out to release some water beside the boat, and he saw two boats leaning against each other in the distance. The lights on the boats were on, so they were clearly visible.
Then they used a telescope and found that there were many people carrying things on the two ships, so they thought it was smuggling.
He knew that Zhang Ze was sailing in this direction today, so he sailed in this direction and turned on the radio to ask.
The main purpose is to tell him to try not to take this route in the future. If he is caught smuggling others, he will probably be hunted down.
"Then let's leave this place!" After listening to Tong Yuanhang's explanation, Zhang Ze was still worried. The two ships sailed for more than ten nautical miles one after the other before stopping.
At this time, he already suspected that the ship he saw in the afternoon was a smuggling ship. Even without Tong Yuanhang's reminder, he would never take this route again.
Those who engage in smuggling are all extremely vicious people. There are probably a lot of hot weapons on the ship. He doesn't want to try the taste of peanuts.
(End of this chapter)
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