Zhang Ze tried to turn the crank as hard as he could, but the fish struggled so hard that he couldn't even turn it.
He simply took the fishing rod off the base so that he could exert more force.
Lift the fishing rod up with force and hold the crank with your other hand to prevent the fishing line from running out.
He just kept pulling without reeling in the line.
Because of this upward pulling force, the bait at the bottom of the water will feel pain in its mouth and be forced to swim to the upper water layer.
For deep-sea fish, swimming to the upper water layers is basically the same as committing suicide.
Even if the fish does not come up very quickly so that it can continue to adapt to the water pressure, it is still easier to fish than at the bottom of the water.
It was almost the same as Zhang Ze expected. The fishing rod was lifted up all the time, and when the fishing line was fed a little, he turned the crank to continue tightening it. The fish at the bottom of the water was not strong enough to defeat him, so it was forced to swim to the surface.
Although the speed was not fast, it only took three or four minutes for the fish to appear in the middle and upper water layers, and its original struggling force had obviously become much weaker.
However, most people cannot use Zhang Ze's trick because they don't have that much strength.
Once the fish reaches the middle and upper water layers, it is easy to fish. Just reel in the line.
He lifted the rod and reeled in the line. After a moment, a pitch-black fish came into his sight.
Zhang Ze had a strange look on his face, feeling that something was not right about this sea voyage.
It's either the slutty urinal fish or the exotic snake mackerel that easily makes your butt leak oil?
That’s right, this black thing is the legendary oil leak fish. Don’t be fooled by its snow-white meat when cut open, which looks as delicious as cod.
But after eating it, it can temporarily solve the problem of constipation.
Especially when fishing, once you catch a fish, you exert your strength, the fish is caught, your pants are wet, and you are even happier. [Successfully caught a snake mackerel, weighing 32.53 kg, experience +2.]
Thirty-two and a half kilograms is not considered big for the Heterodon mackerel, which can grow up to two meters.
This fish has no value and is rarely seen in the market. Zhang Ze originally wanted to release it, but then he thought again and felt it necessary to give Jin Sanbao some scientific knowledge.
Otherwise, they would sell the fish without knowing it, and then the customers who bought the fish would suffer.
So he temporarily left the fish in the space and took it out before lunch tomorrow.
Another half an hour passed, and we found that the fish caught on the hook were getting fewer and fewer. It was estimated that the fish density in this area under the boat had become much lower.
Zhang Ze left the side of the boat and went into the cab to check the fish finder.
If there are few fish at the bottom of the water, he will simply take a break, wait for another hour, reel in the longline and then go to sleep.
Then, looking at the fish finder, Zhang Ze discovered that there were indeed not many fish at the bottom of the water, but the area of about 60 to 70 meters was bright red.
It turned out that the water layer was wrong, but why didn’t the fish intercept the food when the hook went down?
But he might continue fishing anyway.
Returning to the side of the boat, Zhang Ze sank the hook and bait to a water depth of sixty to seventy meters, then turned off the line-release switch and turned the unloading force to the maximum.
Just as I finished, I heard a loud noise coming from the fishing rod, which was even louder than the noise made by the mackerel I had just caught.
Afterwards, Zhang Ze was about to exert force, but the tip of the fishing rod suddenly bounced back, and the taut fishing line relaxed at the same time.
The fish is off the hook!
It's a bit of a pity for Zhang Ze, but there aren't many surprises.
The fish that just bit the hook was not small, and his hook was not big enough, so the chance of it getting unhooked was indeed quite high.
So he quickly took back the fishhook, replaced the string hook and fishing reel, and adjusted the fishing rod to a hard tone, preparing to catch the big fish.
I put the bait on again and threw it down. This time the fish took the bait faster and swallowed it as soon as it reached the right spot.
Zhang Ze didn't even have time to close the fishing cup. At that moment, the fishing line was pulled out more than ten meters.
After he realized what was happening, he quickly turned off the spool and set the unloading force to the maximum.
In an instant, the fishing rod bent sharply, making a continuous creaking sound.
This time the fishing took a longer time, more than half an hour, and he caught a 53-pound red snapper into the space.
This catch is worth about fifteen yuan. Most fishermen would be very happy, but Zhang Ze was a little disgusted, as it was not as much as what he could get with a string of hooks.
Those deep-sea fish weigh three or four kilograms each, and if you catch three or four at a time, that would weigh more than ten kilograms.
Not only is it easier to fish, but the total value is much higher, so it’s no wonder he was a little disgusted.
But there are not many fish at the bottom of the water at present, so we can only catch red snapper.
An hour and a half passed quickly, and the four longlines that had been lowered could be collected.
In an hour and a half, Zhang Ze caught another five red snappers. The smallest one weighed 27 kilograms, and the largest one weighed 53 kilograms. It was a pretty average harvest!
Then Zhang Ze collected all four longlines. There were no particularly amazing fish, but there were some high-value fish such as longtailed bird, ruby, and yellowtailed snapper. Overall, the harvest was good.
He took a shower and went back to sleep. He didn't care even if there was a school of red snappers at the bottom of the boat.
If you continue fishing, you will stay up all night, which will affect your mental state the next day.
He can go to the reef area in the morning to fish for grouper and some valuable coral fish. There is no need to focus on red snapper.
The next day, Zhang Ze, who was full of energy after only five hours of sleep, ate breakfast and fed Xiao Hei. Then he moved a lounge chair to the deck and stroked Xiao Hei in his arms.
It is cloudy today. The sun is blocked by clouds, so the temperature on the sea surface is not high, and the sea breeze is very refreshing.
After lying down for a while, Zhang Ze heard the sound of fishing boats on the sea. He stood up and took a look. Seeing that it was Jin Sanbao and his men who had started working, he simply got up and went fishing as well.
After putting Xiao Hei down, he twisted his waist and stretched his body. After a crackling sound, he started the fishing boat and looked for a reef and coral area to fish for grouper.
After walking around for a while, Zhang Ze found a suitable fishing spot.
The water quality is pretty good today, it is blue-green.
If the water is too blue and clear, it will be difficult to fish, and the fish will feel insecure and keep hiding.
Of course, the water cannot be too muddy, as the fish will feel unsafe coming out.
After the fishing rod was installed on the base, Zhang Ze exchanged it for grouper bait this time.
Coral fish is naturally his target, but the lower limit for grouper is high, so he plans to catch most of the grouper nearby before fishing for other fish species.
For him now, the experience points required to exchange for bait are completely affordable.
Secondly, Zhang Ze’s cooperation with the restaurant began to gradually deepen.
Because the fish is so good, the restaurant has attracted a group of the most discerning gourmets.
The fish in other restaurants are not as fresh and lively as his, so naturally they cannot compete.
So the restaurant manager asked him to send more grouper and some high-end coral fish in the future, and price was not an issue.
Even now, restaurants are willing to buy common grouper such as blue grouper from him at market price.
After the grouper bait is taken out, it turns into a tiger shrimp, the size of a palm.
Zhang Ze hooked the fishhook on the shrimp's back, with the hook tip slightly exposed, and then threw the hook and bait into the water.
Grouper likes to hide, and even when swimming to find food, they will stay close to corals or reefs, so it is necessary to fish at the bottom.
The water here is 41 meters deep, and Zhang Ze lets the fishing hook stay in the water layer at about 37 meters.
At this height, as long as there is no fault slope underneath, there will generally be no bottom hanging.
The time is now 8:43, which is normally the time when fish start to come out to look for food.
Sure enough, after only waiting for half a minute, a fish took the bait.
"Swoosh~"
The fishing rod is slightly bent downward, and judging by the movement, the fish shouldn't be that big.
Zhang Ze grabbed the fishing rod and lifted it up to stab the fish, then he grabbed the crank handle with his right hand and began to reel in the line.
There is no need to be polite when dealing with these small fish, just fly up directly.
The crank turned quickly, and after a night, his right arm, which had been a little sore, had already recovered to its best condition.
I guess if I keep going like this I will be able to develop the arm of a unicorn, which will make fishing more efficient in the future.
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After a short while, the fish at the bottom of the water appeared on the surface of the sea, and Zhang Ze didn't even feel warm.
Red grouper, I was lucky, it was a red grouper.
Lift it in, and then put it into the space. It weighs one pound and six ounces.
In fact, grouper weighing about one pound or one and a half pounds is the most popular in restaurants. It can just fill a plate and the price is acceptable to most people, so it sells very well.
Normally when Zhang Ze fishes, fish of this size are not common, but every time he goes longline fishing, there will be a batch of fish weighing around one kilogram.
Because of the hook, the fish caught by longline are not too big.
Many times there may be big fish on the hook, but most of them are able to break free. In the end, when Zhang Ze pulls it up, he can only see a straightened fish hook.
Occasionally, there are big fish that fail to break free. That’s because the fish takes the hook too deep and swallows it directly into its stomach.
For example, the big grouper couldn't escape because a fishhook was stuck in its stomach.
Not bad, not bad, today we caught a grouper, this is a real good start! Unlike longline fishing, Zhang Ze does not have any metaphysics when fishing, there is no situation where the first catch is good and the next catch is poor.
He continued fishing with grouper bait. A small grouper was just an appetizer. If he didn't catch a hundred fish early in the morning, he would not have lunch.
As a result, Zhang Ze was a little disappointed with his next cast. He spent five or six minutes catching a small grouper weighing 8.7 kilograms, also known as the oblique-banded grouper.
8.7 jin is actually not bad, but compared with its father, it is just a small fry.
At this moment, the sound of an engine was heard, and Jin Sanbao was driving a fishing boat past him.
Jin Fan was standing on the deck smoking. Seeing him fishing, he called out, "Aze, you're up so early to fish. How much have you caught?"
"I just started fishing, and there's only one small fish." Zhang Ze scooped up the grouper with a scoop net and replied while holding it half-raised.
"." Jin Fan was speechless as he looked at the struggling fish in the scoop net. This is called small? But thinking of how Zhang Ze often caught big fish, this one seemed really small in comparison. What the hell! They had just collected a net, but there was no fish bigger than this one.
If there were more groupers as big as this one, Jin Fan felt that he could laugh all the way back.
Because Jin Fan was watching in front, Zhang Ze could only carry the fish to the live water tank and then put the fish into the space.
The purpose of coming to the live water tank is to sit there. Small fish can be easily put into the bucket next to it, but big fish are not suitable.
As for groupers, no matter which fisherman they are, they will try their best to raise them. After all, the price difference between dead fish and live fish is half.
Perhaps the previous two baits awakened the nearby groupers. When Zhang Ze went fishing for the third time, a grouper snatched the bait before it even hit the bottom.
The fishing rod in his hand shook rapidly, and the tip of the rod nodded from time to time, but the amplitude was not large, and it was obvious that the fish was not big.
It doesn’t matter if it’s not big. Anyway, the fish that has eaten his bait is his.
"Swoosh~"
Lift the fishing rod with force, and then reel it in quickly.
This fishing spot was obviously well chosen. There were quite a few grouper and we started catching fish in succession right from the start.
Maybe the fish were hungry after sleeping all night, so they gathered here when they saw food.
After a shaking, a light gray-blue grouper with irregular small black spots all over its body flew up directly.
This is a rich grouper, the fine-point grouper, also known as blue melon seed.
Of course, the stripes on the blue melon seeds are not just one color. The color of many groupers will change according to the environment, age and other changes.
Some blue melon seeds have white spots on their bodies, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the tiny round dots on their bodies, which is also the origin of their name.
This is a grouper whose price is not lower than that of the red grouper. Unfortunately, it is similar to the previous red grouper, not very big, this one is only two and a half kilograms.
I don’t know if the bigger groupers are more sleepy, but the groupers I caught are not that big.
Afterwards, Zhang Ze quickly used up the ten groups of grouper baits he had exchanged.
What was more surprising was that he caught a grouper weighing just over 5 jin, which was worth a lot of money! Catching so many groupers early in the morning was more fun than fishing for deep-sea fish with string hooks last night.
Although every deep-sea fish caught last night was more valuable than the grouper now, for some reason, Zhang Ze particularly liked these groupers.
Since there were so many groupers in the morning, Zhang Ze did not hesitate at all and exchanged another fifty grouper baits.
If he could use up these fifty baits in the morning, he would make a lot of money.
The protection department estimated that these 60 groupers weighed at least 150 kilograms and could be sold for at least 300 yuan.
Unfortunately, by half past ten, only thirty-three grouper baits had been caught.
Now it has been three or four minutes since the bait was put in and there has been no movement. Zhang Ze estimates that the groupers in the small area under the boat should have been caught almost all.
So he took back the fishing rod and took out the ordinary bait to replace the grouper bait.
If it was still early, he might have changed his position.
But it is almost noon now, which is not a good time for fishing.
Moreover, the thick clouds in the morning had been blown away by the sea breeze, and the sun came out again.
Zhang Ze didn't want to fish under the scorching sun. Even if he wasn't afraid of getting dark, it would still be hot! At this moment, the sound of the fishing boat's engine drifted from the distance again.
Zhang Ze turned his head and saw that it was, as expected, Jin Sanbao and his group’s fishing boat.
Their fishing nets should have been collected, and they stopped opposite him.
This time it was Zhang Ze's turn to ask: "How was your harvest?"
Jin Sanbao and Jin Fan were sorting the catch on the deck. When they heard his shout, they replied, "Not bad. I guess we can go back tomorrow morning after we collect the nets."
"By the way, Aze, let's eat together at my place at noon!"
"Okay, I'll be welcome then!"
"By the way, bring me two boxes of ice when you come over!"
".So your purpose is to get ice cubes, and you asked me to come over to eat just to bring you ice cubes, right?" (End of this chapter)
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