Chapter 183 Tong Yuanhang discovered a piece of it.
Zhang Ze thought there was only one oil cone, but when he was fishing at the bottom, another oil cone would come up from time to time, which surprised him.
It looked like there was a group of oil cones at the bottom of the water, but didn't these guys like to hide in caves? Why did they all come out? The magic bait didn't have the effect of attracting fish, so he was a little confused about what was going on.
Fortunately, the price of oil cones is not bad, and can be sold for 60 to 70 cents per pound.
Moreover, the dried oil cone is delicious. Compared with dried eel, the meat of dried oil cone is thicker and has fewer fine thorns. Zhang Ze loved to eat it in his previous life.
While fishing, at about four o'clock, Tong Yuanhang's shouting suddenly came from the sea.
Zhang Ze looked up and found that he was waving his hand to signal him to go to the cockpit, as if he had something to say.
He thought something important happened, so he didn't care about the fish on the hook and ran into the cabin.
"Aze, come with me quickly, I found a reef with lots of abalone!"
"How many is a lot?" Zhang Ze was immediately confused. He was so scared just now that he thought it was a warship from Taiwan attacking. And now they told him about abalone?
"There are so many. They are all densely packed at a glance!"
“Is it that exaggerated?”
Zhang Ze was skeptical, so he came out and retrieved the fishing line and hook that were still in the water.
As for the fish that was hooked, of course it took the opportunity to run away.
Then he walked into the cockpit again and drove the boat to catch up with Tong Yuanhang's trawler.
After driving only three or four hundred meters, Zhang Ze came to a hidden reef.
It was low tide now and the reef had already emerged.
He used the telescope to look and actually found some abalone that were attached to the reef and had not had time to hide in the water, but the number was not as exaggerated as Tong Yuanhang said.
But it's not just abalone here, there are also conchs, crabs and even lobsters that didn't have time to escape and were exposed in broad daylight.
This is just what we see on the water surface. There is definitely much more beneath the water surface, and the tide is still receding, so even more will be exposed soon.
If you go fishing here, it's no different from picking up money.
Tong Yuanhang is quite good. He came to inform us as soon as he found this treasure trove of fishing spots. It was worth it that Zhang Ze told him about the fishing spots for red-billed sturgeon.
"Well, I didn't lie to you!"
"Still have time to chat? Hurry up and take a boat over to pick it up!"
After saying that, Zhang Ze immediately dropped the anchor, then took out the air pump and inflated the rubber boat.
After the rubber boat was inflated, he threw away the air pump and couldn't wait to pick up various tools for fishing and paddled the rubber boat closer to the reef.
As soon as they approached, the lobsters and crabs crawling on the edge were immediately frightened and ran around.
Especially the lobsters covered by water, they were very agile and ran away.
Crabs are no exception. Although they don't swim as fast as lobsters in the water, they are impossible to catch with bare hands.
Zhang Ze found a good landing spot nearby, mainly because there was a reef here where he could tie a rope. Otherwise, if the rubber boat was washed away, he would have to swim back to the Duoyu.
To prevent his shoes from getting soaked by sea water, he took off his shoes and rolled up his trouser legs before climbing onto a wet reef.
Maybe because it pops up every time the tide goes out and is exposed to the sun, this reef is not as slippery as he imagined.
However, the uneven reefs hurt my feet and it was a bit painful.
Fortunately, his kidneys are good, so the soles of his feet are not that painful.
Zhang Ze squatted down, picked up the dagger, inserted it into the gap and pried it down several times. An abalone was easily pried off and put into the space.
Abalone and small abalone are the same. They will rely on their developed muscles to firmly attach themselves to the reef at the slightest disturbance.
Zhang Ze inserted the knife into the tree while it was not paying attention, which prevented it from clinging to the reef, so it was easily pried off.
[Successfully captured an ear abalone, weight 167 grams, experience +10. ]
"Fuck, so many experience points?" Zhang Ze didn't expect that an abalone could give ten experience points. There were more than a dozen abalone on the small reef in front of him. One could imagine how many there were in this reef area. It seemed that today was destined to be a bumper harvest day.
He didn't know much about ear abalone, he had just heard of it.
The abalone with relatively large domestic production belongs to the wrinkled abalone in the northern coastal area, which is the abalone that we often eat in daily life.
This type of abalone is also the largest abalone produced in my country, commonly known as nine-hole snail, large abalone, etc.
The abalone that is more common in the south is called variegated abalone, and it is distributed all the way from Fujian Province to the southernmost coast.
As for abalone, it is only produced in the waters near the Taiwan area, including Dongsha.
The appearance of this abalone is a little different from ordinary abalone. Its shape is a bit like a human ear, so it is named ear abalone.
This abalone will not grow too big, and its general length is between five and eight centimeters. The one that Zhang Ze pried open only weighs more than 160 grams. It is a six-headed abalone, which is very large among ear abalone.
The number of abalones depends mainly on their weight.
The number of abalones in a pound is called abalone. For example, if there are nine abalones in a pound, it is called a nine-head abalone, which is why one-head abalone and two-head abalone are so rare and precious.
Next, Zhang Ze did not put the ear abalone that he pried off into the space, but put it into the bucket first.
Abalone can survive for several days out of water, and can even survive for several hours if exposed to the sun.
There is no sun today, so Zhang Ze doesn't need to worry about the abalone dying.
Tong Yuanhang and his companions had already rowed over in the same rubber boat, so he couldn't use space to cheat.
"Aze, how is it? There are a lot of abalone here, right?"
"It's really good. During the time you've been here, I've already caught more than a dozen abalone." Zhang Ze handed the bucket to them and said, "You guys should hurry up too. It's a rare opportunity to catch them while the tide is low."
"Of course, these abalones are quite big! And they do look a bit like ears, no wonder you call them ear abalone." Tong Junqiang, who was nearby, took the bucket and his eyes lit up when he saw more than a dozen ear abalones in it. He felt that he was going to get rich today.
Tong Yuanhang and Tong Junqiang didn't waste any more time and quickly pulled the rubber boat to the shore and came up to pry the abalone.
The four men dispersed, each carrying tools and buckets to pry up the abalone, and also took in the conspicuous conchs and crabs and lobsters that didn't have time to escape.
Apart from the crabs hiding in the cracks of the rocks, lobsters are actually not that easy to catch, and there are not many of them.
Except for those lobsters that run into puddles, the rest will basically crawl back to the sea.
Crabs are easy to catch because they will hide in any small gap, thinking it is safe there.
As for the abalone, they either die or go into their buckets.
Zhang Ze and his companions took their own tools and pried the buckets one by one. At first, the buckets made a "dong dong dong" sound, but soon the sound disappeared and was replaced by the sound of shells colliding with each other.
At this time, a crawling little green dragon caught his attention.
Zhang Ze was just about to go over and catch it, but the startled little green dragon jumped into the puddle next to it with a splash.
The puddle is not very big, but it is big enough for a person to lie down and take a bath.
There seems to be some depth, and it is not easy for Zhang Ze to reach in and grab it.
He turned his head and saw Tong Yuanhang fiddling with a scoop net in a puddle, so he immediately walked over.
"Brother-in-law, lend me the scoop net. A lobster has escaped into the puddle."
"Don't worry, don't worry. Let me see if there is anything in this puddle first." Tong Yuanhang continued to search back and forth, but found not even a small fish fry.
Zhang Ze grabbed his landing net and said, "Alright, alright, hurry up and pry your abalone. Why are you fiddling with it so hard when there aren't even any fry?"
"Who said there was no sound? I clearly heard a noise just now!" Tong Yuanhang muttered, but when the scoop net was taken away, he gave up on this puddle.
Zhang Ze returned to the puddle, scooped up the little green dragon twice and caught it.
But the harvest these two times was not just lobsters. He also found a white fish with spots in the muddy puddle. It was very likely a rare species that he had always wanted to catch but never caught.
Unexpectedly, he had such good luck. He put the little green dragon into the bucket and continued to fish with the scoop net.
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I didn't fish so aggressively this time because I was afraid of hurting the fish or disturbing them to run around in panic.
So he used the scoop net to slowly push it in a straight line. If it didn't catch anything the first time, he would change direction and continue.
This time, a fish being chased appeared in front of the scoop net, the same fish he saw.
It's white with spots, its mouth is shaped like a mouse, and its back is a little hunched. It's obviously a rat spot.
When he saw him, Zhang Ze felt excited. This is the dream fish species of fishermen!
His hands suddenly moved faster and he caught the unsuspecting rat in one fell swoop.
"Haha, look what I caught!"
"Fuck, rat spot!" Tong Yuanhang, who was close by, cursed immediately after seeing the fish in the scoop net clearly.
"There are grouper fish here?" Tong Guoqi, who was concentrating on prying abalone, stood up and turned to look over. Seeing the little grouper fish struggling in the scoop net, he showed an envious look.
"Aze is lucky! Our fishing boat has been dragging the net for the whole afternoon and has caught three times. We have caught a few groupers, but not a single rat grouper."
"Not even a single one?" Zhang Ze was also stunned. Even with the trawling method of plowing the land, not even a single whitebait was caught, which meant that there were probably not many whitebait in this area of water.
Although these fish were rare, they were not as rare as they were in later generations.
As long as you find the right fishing spot, you might be able to catch several fish in one night.
Tong Yuanhang nodded: "That's not to say there's not a single one. How much does a pound of grouper sell for? I don't think I saw the price at the aquatic station."
"It can be sold for about ten yuan per pound. It's quite valuable." Zhang Ze learned a lot about the price of fish from Jin Guangcheng.
Of course, this is the purchase price. If he sells it himself, the price will naturally be higher.
"About ten yuan per pound, that's a lot!" Tong Yuanhang and others exclaimed.
Even though they can earn at least two or three hundred yuan each time they go out to sea after deducting the costs, and their savings have reached several thousand yuan or even close to ten thousand yuan, they still cannot ignore ten yuan, because there are so many things that can be bought with ten yuan.
"Sell it for nothing, take it back to your sister to eat!" Zhang Ze was very happy to catch the mouse grouper, but it was only a little over one pound, so he wanted to take it home for his family to taste.
This is the fish that he was reluctant to eat in his previous life!
Of course, Zhang Ze is referring to wild ones, and farmed ones do not count.
Although farmed rat grouper is expensive, it cannot be compared with wild ones.
When he heard that it was for his sister to eat, Tong Yuanhang chuckled, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
Of course he knew how good Zhang Ze was to his sister, but he didn't expect that he would be willing to give away such an expensive fish.
Several people continued to work. Zhang Ze pretended to put the mouse spots into the bucket, but actually took the opportunity to put it into the space and take a look at it.
[Successfully caught a humpback bass, weighing 1.56 catties, experience +35. ]
Very high experience value. If you catch a king fish, you can get 3,500 experience points. The king grouper fish basically weighs more than ten kilograms. You can pay more attention to it in the future.
After watching, he continued to pry up the abalone. He estimated that the tide would rise by dinner time and there was not much time left.
There were so many abalone here that even if they tried their best to pry them open, they could only pry open a small area.
It can be said that they can come to this group of reefs to catch seafood in the next period of time.
I just don't know if these abalones will come up here every time. If they gather at the bottom of the reef, it will be difficult to pry them out and we will have to dive.
It was just after six in the afternoon. Zhang Ze looked at the full buckets and the gradually rising tide, so he called Tong Yuanhang and the others to go back first, otherwise they might be in danger when the tide got high.
After returning to the boat, he put all the abalone into the space. While gaining a series of experience points, he also found out how many abalone he had caught in the afternoon, a total of 75 pounds and 6 ounces.
However, the price of abalone varies depending on its size, so it would be a bit troublesome to calculate the actual price, not to mention that Zhang Ze doesn't even know the specific price of ear abalone.
Because this thing is produced in the waters near Taiwan, it is basically not seen in the Nanguan market.
But because of this, the price of abalone may be quite high due to its scarcity here.
After looking at the abalone, he continued to look at the number of other fish caught in the afternoon. There were already 23 oil cones in the space, of different sizes, and the smallest one weighed more than three and a half pounds.
Then he looked at his approximate harvest in the afternoon. The total weight of the bao fish reached 237 kilograms, and the number was 132.
The number of yellow-winged black sea bream also increased, and the total weight reached more than 180 kilograms.
Because we were fishing at the bottom later, we caught fewer fish above the surface. Instead, various groupers, red friends, parrotfish, etc. appeared.
Unfortunately, I haven’t caught any grouper, bluefin bream or the valuable grouper yet.
Even if he was reborn in this era, there were still not as many fish as he imagined! Seeing that it was almost time, Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod and went to prepare dinner.
After dinner, he did not rest, but came out to put the shrimp cage down.
There are so many fish under the water, and there must be quite a few lobsters as well.
Then he sailed the boat to find a sandy area nearby and put down the traps. The resources here were good and there should be a lot of swimming crabs.
As for the crab cages that are still being produced, they can be placed in coral areas or reef areas in the future.
He also asked the village blacksmith to help make ten deep-sea crab cages made of stainless steel. These crab cages are quite large, weighing at least 150 kilograms each.
Only because his boat was big enough to hold the crab cages, and secondly because he was strong, he could move the empty crab cages.
Normally, ten crab pots wouldn't catch much, but he was somewhat envious of the deep-sea resources, so he decided to give it a try.
(End of this chapter)
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