Chapter 209 This fish is so coquettish!
It’s almost time, Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod and went back to wash up and sleep.
I woke up around nine in the morning and then sailed to the place where I had agreed to meet Jin Sanbao and the others.
By the time he arrived at his destination, it was already 3:30 in the afternoon.
Jin Sanbao and his crew's fishing boat is currently parked on the sea. The three of them are pulling the net, probably collecting the first batch of cargo for today.
Zhang Ze was a little curious about their harvest, so he sailed over.
"How is it, are there any big goods?"
"We've just started harvesting. Do you want to come to my boat and have a seafood barbecue when we're done?"
"That's fine!"
Zhang Ze had no mood for fishing late in the afternoon. When he heard Jin Sanbao invite him to a seafood barbecue, he nodded and went to get the rubber boat.
After inflating the balloon, he brought Xiao Hei to Jin Sanbao's boat.
As soon as I got on the boat, the fishy smell of seafood hit my nose. Most fishing boats have this smell.
"There's a really strong smell on your boat. Could you please clean it more often?" Zhang Ze looked disgusted after getting on board.
In fact, there was a slight fishy smell on the Duoyu, which could not be avoided even if he cleaned it frequently.
But it's okay as long as he can't smell it. Only people who don't come to the beach very often can smell this odor, but it usually doesn't make people find it unacceptable.
"Hehe, there's no smell at all." Jin Sanbao smiled foolishly.
How can a bunch of lazy guys who need their wives to urge them to go home and take a shower wash the boat frequently? It's already good enough to have sea water to fill it with clean water.
Zhang Ze rolled his eyes, put Xiao Hei down and stood aside so as not to disturb the others who were pulling the net.
He said that, but he wasn't so pretentious as to go back immediately because he couldn't stand the smell.
There is an area for drying nets at the dock that is much more smelly, with flies flying around. It makes you dizzy if you walk by.
Jin Sanbao and his men changed their nets. They no longer used the same fishing nets as Zhang Ze used, but instead used gill nets that were five kilometers long.
The wire of the barbed net is very thin and is mainly wrapped around the wire.
Although five kilometers sounds like a long time, in fact, a net gathered together does not take up much space.
This type of net is very similar to a longline whether it is released or retrieved.
When collecting the net, three people stand together, two are responsible for untangling the fish entangled in the fishing net, and the person at the back is responsible for closing the net.
Going out to sea to fish requires at least two people working together. For someone like Zhang Ze, it is really troublesome to cast and retrieve the nets, so he usually doesn't like to cast the nets.
The main thing is that he has made enough money from longlining, and casting a few more nets will keep him busy.
When Zhang Ze arrived on the boat, Jin Sanbao and others had just begun to close the net.
Chen Xudong was at the back gathering the fishing net, but apart from being a little dirty, there was nothing on it.
I don't know how long it was after I collected it, but a small snail appeared on it.
"Oh, not bad! This thing is good. We can roast it and eat it in the evening!" Zhang Ze teased as he picked up the small snail.
Jin Sanbao was a little speechless: "Didn't we agree to gather here? But when we got here, we couldn't find you. We had to find a place to cast the net ourselves."
"Looking at this, this network is going to be pretty bad!"
Zhang Ze Xiaoxiong spread his hands and said, "We went out to sea late yesterday, so I just found a fishing spot nearby and caught a lot of fish. I forgot the time."
"Damn, you said you caught a lot of fish, so that must be a lot!" Jin Fan envied, "I don't even know if my 5,000-meter net can compare to what you caught last night."
Zhang Ze shook his head: "Based on your current situation, it's hard to say!"
As Chen Xudong pulled the fishing net, he sighed, "I still miss the days when I went out to sea with you, Aze. If I followed you, my position would be liquidated the next day. If I followed Abao and Afan, I would starve to death!"
"Go to hell, who bought a bicycle and a radio to show off to me yesterday?" Jin Sanbao said unhappily. At this moment, his eyes lit up, "Yo yo yo, a fish is caught, it must be a big fish."
As Chen Xudong continued to pull the fishing net, two light pink snappers hanging on the fishing net appeared in front of everyone.
"Wow, they are really big! They are two grouper fish!" Zhang Ze looked at the two red sea breams of different sizes in front of him, and spoke in a Taiwanese accent with full of ridicule.
(╬￣皿￣) Jin Sanbao suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did he call this guy over?
However, his hands were very skillful. He quickly untied the two grouper fish and threw them into the bamboo basket next to him.
These two grouper fish are not big. The smaller one is probably only 50 to 60 grams, and the larger one may be over 1 kilogram.
In Zhang Ze's eyes, these were all small fish fry, but the fish entangled in the gill net no longer had much vitality and would not survive even if they were released.
However, two fish finally appeared, which made Chen Xudong excited and he became more skillful in pulling in the net.
There are already fish appearing, so there will definitely be more to come.
As a result, after spending most of the day pulling up the fishing net, there was still not a single fish.
"Hiss, it's so miserable today. We've harvested several hundred meters, but in the end, there are only two small grouper?" Jin Fan looked at the fact that he hadn't caught any fish for a long time, and his expression was a little unbelievable.
Even if it was bad at other times, this situation never happened! Jin Sanbao looked at Zhang Ze who was watching the fun nearby and made a little joke: "Aze, is it possible that I have no fish because you are here?"
"Oh, do I have this ability?" Zhang Ze looked very surprised.
Jin Sanbao untied the Nth small stone that was tangled in the fishing net and said, "Look, I didn't catch any fish when you came, but I caught a lot of stones."
"Tsk tsk, I made a mistake and didn't get the job done. What does that have to do with me? Hey, this hermit crab is pretty good. I'll grill it for dinner."
Zhang Ze saw a hermit crab bigger than his fist, and happily went forward to untie it and threw it into a bamboo basket next to him, which also contained a small snail.
This giant hermit crab is called a shrimp monster in some places, and it is still very cheap even in later generations.
But it tastes very fresh. If you can't afford lobsters and crabs, this is also a good choice.
Zhang Ze didn't know much about it, but he felt that this thing was probably not the same species as the hermit crabs that could be seen everywhere on the beach.
He had never eaten a small hermit crab, but he had watched some survival videos in his previous life, and from the expressions of the people filming the videos, he could tell that small hermit crabs were quite unpalatable.
After the big hermit crab passed, some peeled fish finally appeared on the fishing net.
There was also a porcupine pufferfish, which is poisonous. Jin Sanbao took it off and threw it back into the water.
Although the catch was not much, Zhang Ze watched with great interest.
But compared to longline, the advantage of gillnet is that it does not require more cost to buy bait, but because of this, how much you catch depends purely on luck, and the catch rate is relatively lower than that of longline.
Secondly, the chance of catching precious fish with longline is higher. Even without the magic bait, as long as it is placed in the right place, the catch rate of grouper and the like will be higher than that of gillnet.
Look at what Jin Sanbao caught in this net, grouper, peeled fish, mullet, etc., all of which are fish that make money by selling in large quantities.
The only thing that comforted Jin Sanbao and others was that there were more than a dozen incense sticks, and a small half of them weighed more than five kilograms.
Zhang Ze estimated that Chen Xudong had collected about a thousand meters of gill nets, but only harvested about thirty fish, with a total weight of about 60 to 70 kilograms, most of which were fragrant heads worth only 0.12 cents.
"How does your usual gillnet catch compare to today's?"
"That depends on luck. If you're lucky, you'll get a lot of hits online. If you're unlucky, you'll get less than this." Jin Sanbao replied, "Actually, this is a normal gain. Most people get about the same."
“So we usually put down five nets, each of which is five kilometers long.”
Zhang Ze nodded in understanding, thinking that this was basically how fishermen’s earnings were, and that all the money they earned was hard-earned.
If they could earn a few thousand yuan each time like him, people from inland areas would probably move to the coast to fish.
His income of several thousand yuan is considered very exaggerated in this era.
Even in the future, a few thousand yuan of net income from one trip to the sea is not a small amount! He now goes to sea for an average of three days at a time, and under normal circumstances, he goes out to sea about seven or eight times a month. Even if each trip is only three thousand, he can still make more than 20,000 yuan a month.
He earns about 300,000 yuan a year, and some small bosses don’t earn as much as he does.
This does not include cases of good luck, such as encountering a school of tuna, which can increase income by several thousand yuan.
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For normal fishermen, fishing at sea still depends mostly on luck. The amount of income is largely related to luck, which can even account for more than eight levels.
Zhang Ze used an ordinary fishing bait to raise his luck to this level.
Chen Xudong continued to pull the fishing net, and after a while, two strange-looking fish appeared on the gill net.
At first glance it looks a bit like a sculpin, with a big head and a small tail, but this fish is mainly pink and looks much more ferocious.
It was the first time for Jin Sanbao and his companions to catch this kind of fish, and they were very curious about the fish.
"Aze, do you know this fish?"
"I know him!" Zhang Ze nodded.
"What is this fish called and how much does it cost? I've never seen it at the aquatic station."
"This fish is called teng. It has very tender meat and is very delicious." Zhang Ze picked up one of them and began to introduce it.
"The most delicious part of this fish is its belly. Look at its bulging belly, which is full of essence. But it's a pity that the price is not high. The market price is probably only about 10 cents!"
"The price is indeed not that high, but the taste is very good. How about we have one tonight?"
"I see. It's a pity that the price is a bit cheap."
Jin Sanbao and his companions all showed a look of sudden realization, but they did not notice that someone was trying hard to hold back his laughter.
They thought that this unfamiliar fish would be very valuable because the price was a bit regrettable, but the result was just the opposite.
Jin Fan unhooked another bigger mullet, which also had a bulging belly. He picked it up and weighed it, then said with a smile, "It may be cheap, but this fish is still pretty big. It must be at least 15-20 pounds."
After saying that, he suddenly smelled a strange smell.
He found that the strange smell came from the fish. He frowned and stretched his head to smell it.
"Oh my god, this fish is so sexy!"
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Chen Xudong: (￣ェ￣;) “Afan, how long has it been since you last touched your sister-in-law? Why do you think a fish looks coquettish~” Zhang Ze carefully placed the shawl fish in his hand into the bamboo basket next to the hermit crab, and then teased.
Jin Fan didn't want to be slandered about his sexual orientation, so he quickly explained: "Damn, who would have such thoughts after seeing such a strange fish? I mean this fish smells very bad, like urine."
"Smell of urine?" Jin Sanbao and Chen Xudong were both stunned.
"Aze, didn't you say this fish tastes good? Why does it smell like urine?"
"This is about the habits of the shaggy-shouldered fish. In fact, its belly is full of liquid. When it encounters danger, it will spray liquid, so it is also called the urinal fish and the fish full of urine."
"But this doesn't stop the fish belly from being delicious. You can try it later." Zhang Ze said nonsense seriously.
He didn't have too deep an impression of this fish. In his previous life, he had fallen into trouble because of his curiosity.
If it's not handled properly, the smell can make people question their lives.
But Jin Sanbao and his companions don’t know this yet. They believe his words without a doubt and say they must try the fish in the evening.
Zhang Ze said that this fish is best steamed. Of course, he originally wanted to say sashimi, but he thought it was too much and finally gave up.
Another twenty minutes passed and the first net was finally collected.
Jin Sanbao and others moved the fish aside and brought a beam scale.
Zhang Ze helped to weigh the catch and found that a 5,000-meter gillnet only caught 267 kilograms of fish, which was a very average harvest.
There were no high-value seafood such as red grouper and lobster. The location he chose had the most grouper, followed by mullet and peeled fish.
There were also a few sturgeons and sea bass, the largest of which weighed no more than seven pounds.
Zhang Ze roughly calculated the value of their catch and found that it was less than a hundred yuan, probably around sixty yuan.
If the harvests from the remaining four nets are similar, the total income will be around three hundred yuan.
The cost of a round trip for the fishing boat is estimated to be between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and fifty. The amount of fuel in their wooden boat is much less than that of the Duoyu.
With this calculation, each of the three of them can get more than 50 yuan.
If we go out to sea ten times a month, each person can earn around 500 yuan.
No wonder everyone built houses and bought this and that, their income is really not low.
Think about those workers who make forty or fifty yuan a month. The money they save in a year is almost the same as what others have left in a month. I know that they will definitely feel unbalanced.
After collecting the first fishing net, they naturally went to collect the second one, but Zhang Ze no longer planned to watch.
It's already four o'clock, and by the time they have put away the remaining four nets it will be six in the evening. If they barbecue then, will that be dinner or a midnight snack?
"Abao, since we're having a barbecue tonight, let's go to my boat! When you're done, just bring the ingredients over. I have a grill and all that stuff there."
"I'll go take a look at the reef and make some preparations in advance."
It was Zhang Ze who taught them how to grill seafood, and he was also the first one to go to the blacksmith shop to make the grill, so his equipment was actually more complete, and the food on the boat was more enjoyable.
"Why do you need to go to the reef to catch the sea? We are already prepared."
Then Zhang Ze picked up Xiao Hei who was lying on the side and took the rubber boat back to his boat.
(End of this chapter)
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