"I plan to go for a stroll in the open sea this time. Are you sure you want to come with me?" Zhang Ze asked again.
Because he had a small tugboat, he didn't plan to go near Hailing Island this time.
Although the resources there are good, it is still a bit close to the coast. There must be a lot of fish, but the chance of encountering big fish is still not as high as in the open sea.
After all, only ocean-going fishing vessels can venture into the distant seas nowadays, and the number of fishing vessels is definitely far less than that in later generations.
For Zhang Ze, the unknown distant sea is where the real treasure lies.
He has been in the fishing village for so long and has basically visited all the nearby and famous fishing grounds. It is time to go somewhere further.
"Go, of course. But you have to wait a moment. I'll ask Adong to prepare a few more barrels of diesel." When Jin Sanbao heard that they were going to the open sea, he agreed without hesitation.
He was a smart man and knew that as long as he followed Zhang Ze, he could eat meat, so the small cost of fuel was nothing.
"Okay, you arrange it quickly and send the longline over. I'll go to the boat first." Seeing that he insisted on following, Zhang Ze just let him do it. Otherwise, what about chasing him away?
Let’s go shopping first. I can’t tell how long this trip to the open sea will take, but I estimate it will take at least three days.
It is estimated that it will take a whole day just to go back and forth, maybe even longer, mainly because the Jin Sanbao fishing boat is slow.
So Zhang Ze bought a large amount of supplies from the supply and marketing cooperative and asked Lin Long and Lin Hu to help deliver them.
When he arrived at the dock, he bought a lot of bait, just like before.
But this time, we not only have shrimps, we also bought some mullets as bait.
The bait in the space is a spare one, and he will certainly prepare it if he can.
After the longline baits were hung up and put into the cold storage, Jin Sanbao and the other two also prepared the supplies for going to the open sea.
Just as Zhang Ze was preparing to leave, Tong Yuanhang learned that he was going to the distant sea and followed him to join in the fun.
Although they are trawlers, it is not impossible for them to go to the open sea together.
They had wanted to go before, but were stopped by Tong Guisheng, who was afraid that something unexpected might happen and they would not be able to come back.
When fishermen go fishing in the open sea, they are actually risking their lives, because the farther they are from the coast, the greater the danger.
Apart from anything else, the unpredictable weather at sea alone is a considerable danger to fishermen.
But now that three ships are going to the open sea together, they can help each other and the safety will be much higher.
We set out during the day and arrived at Zhangze's destination at a little after two in the morning.
The sailing lasted for a full thirteen hours and was almost one hundred and fifty nautical miles from the coast, which was a long enough distance.
Zhang Ze came here not blindly.
In fact, he had been to this location during the limited number of sea fishing trips in the South China Sea in his previous life.
At that time, he caught a lot of deep-sea fish, and also caught a lot of sea wolves and red snappers. It was one of the sea trips that he remembered most vividly.
The main reason why Zhang Ze chose to come here first was because Tong Yuanhang and Jin Sanbao came with him, and he had to make sure that both groups could gain something from their trip to the sea.
If he were alone, he might choose to wander around and look for places with particularly good resources. The cabin is large enough to support him to travel around.
However, it was already late at night, and Zhang Ze had no intention of going fishing. He simply turned off the engine and went back to his room to take a shower and go to bed.
The same was true for Tong Yuanhang and his group. Jin Sanbao and his group needed to set down the nets, so they stayed up late to find a place to set down the nets.
They were not in a hurry to ask Zhang Ze for the location of resources. If the fishing boat was not full this time, they would not go back. It would not be too late to ask for resources next time.
Moreover, not only did Zhang Ze's boat have a fish finder, but Tong Yuanhang and his crew also had one, so Jin Sanbao and the others were not in a hurry at all.
The next day, Zhang Ze did not get up until eight in the morning. He was going to do trolling during the day, so he was not in a hurry to get up early to fish.
When he came to the deck, he could no longer see Tong Yuanhang's trawler. He guessed it had gone to trawle somewhere else.
Jin Sanbao and others had also gotten up long ago. The fishing nets had to be collected after lunch, so they started fishing by the side of the boat.
Look, Chen Xudong happened to pull up a bright red deep-sea fish, which looked a bit like a red snapper, or a deep-sea red snapper.
Zhang Ze did not delay any further. After feeding Xiao Hei breakfast, he used a crane to lift his six-meter tugboat and placed it steadily on the water at the stern of the Duoyu.
He put the fishing gear, bamboo basket and other items on the small trolling boat and also picked up a bucket of diesel.
There is a small thruster installed on the small trawler, otherwise how can it trawle fishing if the boat cannot move?
However, with it, rubber boats are no longer necessary. In the future, when going to the reef or returning to the dock, a small tugboat with a propeller will definitely be more convenient.
Xiao Hei stayed on the Duoyu, and Zhang Ze carefully closed the door at the stern to prevent Xiao Hei from jumping into the water and swimming towards him.
Sitting on the small trolling boat, Zhang Ze first installed the base at the stern, and then began to assemble his fishing gear.
He uses a large fishing reel, and his target fish for trolling are usually fast-moving fish such as Spanish mackerel, red snapper, and tuna.
These fish have strong impact force, so it is more suitable to fish with large hooks and large fishing reels.
It is actually better to have someone to help drive the boat when trolling, but there are no isolated islands or exposed reefs in this sea area, so it is spacious enough and suitable for him to troll alone.
When the fish is hooked, he will reduce the power and let the small tugboat sail independently.
Get ready and drive the boat away from Duoyu towards the open side. Then Zhang Ze takes out an ordinary fishing bait, hangs it on it and throws it into the water to lock the fishing reel and unload the force. Then he drives the small tugboat on the sea.
Driven by the small tugboat, the bait is like a small fish chasing the boat, very eye-catching, just waiting for the big fish to come and take the hook.
If you want to troll, it is crucial that the fishing boat is sailing on the sea where fish are present.
But in fact, Zhang Ze had no experience in trolling, and he didn't know which waterways would have fish.
But he was not worried at all and just wandered around on the sea.
Because of the special nature of ordinary bait, he doesn't need to look for fish. As long as he passes by the vicinity of the fish, the fish will come to him. This is also the confidence he has in doing trolling alone.
Zhang Ze was spinning around on the sea, and the bait was swimming happily behind him like a live fish, but suddenly a black shadow flashed by the side, and the bait immediately disappeared in the waves.
“Crunch~”
The fishing rod without the bell made only the most primitive sound. When fishing for a big fish, the fishing rod shook and the bell kept ringing. Zhang Ze felt it was too noisy so he simply took it off.
Therefore, he was affected by the sound of the propeller and did not hear the movement of the fishing rod at the first time.
Fortunately, the pulling force when the fish was hooked caused the fishing boat to pause noticeably, reminding him that a fish was hooked.
Zhang Ze quickly reduced the power of the thruster, then turned around, grabbed the fishing rod and lifted it up, and immediately felt a strong force pulling it.
But no matter how hard the fish pulled, its strength was no match for the power of the trolling boat, so it could only be pulled along.
The fishing line was pulled out a little bit, but not very fast. Zhang Ze put his hand on the crank and started to reel in the line.
But the fish was currently strong enough that it wasn’t so easy for him to reel it in.
Zhang Ze simply let the boat continue to tow the fish for a while, and then make another move after it got tired of struggling.
It just consumes a little diesel, so what does it matter if it can save effort and money? It's a pity that there is no electric reel. If there is an electric reel, it will be more convenient for him to troll.
After a while, feeling the pulling force weakening, Zhang Ze knew it was time.
So he reduced the power of the trolling boat to minimum and began to turn the crank to reel in the line.
Soon the fish was pulled to the side of the boat. It was a meter-sized sea wolf, probably weighing more than 20 kilograms.
This body size is considered relatively large among sea wolves. In later generations, it is estimated that it can be sold for about 60 yuan per kilogram, and one can be sold for more than 1,000 yuan.
However, sea wolf is not a particularly popular fish. If the fisherman wants to sell it, the actual price should be much cheaper, maybe half the price.
Fortunately, the price of sea wolf in this era is not particularly low. Even if you take it to a fishery station, sea wolf can be sold for 40 cents per pound.
So this one costs at least eight dollars, which is quite a lot.
Zhang Ze pulled the fishing line and lifted the sea wolf directly onto the trolling boat. He stepped on the fish's head with his foot and used pliers to remove the fishhook from the sea wolf's mouth full of sharp teeth, and then ignored it.
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Jin Sanbao, who was fishing, saw Zhang Ze bringing up a very long fish from a distance and said with a smile, "Aze is really good at having fun. He even got a small boat to go fishing."
Jin Fan nodded: "It seems very easy for him to fish like this, how did he come up with this idea?"
Chen Xudong rarely interjected: "I always feel that Aze knows a lot, especially about fishing."
Jin Sanbao agreed with this: "I heard that Aze was very good at fishing in his hometown, and he made his fortune by going out to sea. Without some skills, how could he come back with a full load every time?"
Zhang Zeke was unaware of the discussion and chat between Jin Sanbao and his companions in the distance. He put up the bait and continued fishing.
This time he drove back, mainly because he didn't want to be too far away from the Duoyu, and secondly because he wanted to return to the place where he had caught the fish just now.
Since there are fish, it means that the location just now might be the channel where there are fish.
Just as Zhang Ze was approaching the previous position, a huge force suddenly came from the fishing rod, and the small tugboat was pulled to a stop.
The sudden inertia almost threw Zhang Ze out, but fortunately he held the steering wheel firmly.
He was not frightened, but instead showed a look of surprise.
How big must the fish be to be able to stop a moving tugboat?
Moreover, at this moment, the unloading force of the fishing reel is simply unable to prevent the fishing line from being released, which also shows that the fish caught is a super big fish.
There was no need to keep the thruster on at this moment, so Zhang Ze turned it off directly, turned around, grabbed the fishing rod, lifted it up hard, and stabbed the fish first.
The fishing rod was pretty much as he expected, basically just bent a little more and barely moved.
Then he sat back and, instead of stopping the line from paying out, he grabbed the rod first and let the fish drag the boat along.
The fish was strong enough that it not only stopped the small tugboat, but also started to drag the boat along with it.
To others, it seemed that Zhang Ze's boat suddenly began to move backwards for no apparent reason.
Jin Sanbao was puzzled: "What's going on? Why is Aze driving backwards?"
"Is it possible that it was not Aze who was moving backwards, but the fish was dragging the boat?" Jin Fan had been keeping an eye on Zhang Ze, so he happened to see the pause for a moment and the violent bending of the fishing rod.
"Hiss~ If the fish is pulling the boat, how big of a fish must it be?" Jin Sanbao took a breath and became envious again.
They might only encounter one or two particularly large fish throughout the year, but Zhang Ze always has a catch every time he goes out to sea.
How can the difference between people be so big? It's outrageous! Zhang Ze is now concentrating on the movements of the big fish under the water.
At present, the big fish was running right in front of him, getting closer and closer to the Duoyu.
Although the current angle won't cause a collision, we still have to take precautions to prevent it from running under the fishing boat.
The second thing is to let the fish drag the boat to consume its energy and wait for the moment it stops.
But at present the speed of the trolling boat has not increased any more. The speed is about four or five nautical miles per hour, which is not fast. It depends on how long this big fish at the bottom of the water can hold on.
As the trolling boat got closer and closer to the Duoyu, as Zhang Ze expected, the big fish seemed to be really preparing to hide under the boat.
This won't work. A fish this big that can pull a boat along is likely to hide under the boat and drive into a pile. At that time, he will have no way to pull the fish out except by using a winch.
Moreover, he didn't want to collide with the Duoyu, which would cause the ship to be destroyed and people to die.
So Zhang Ze quickly took the fishing rod out of the base and began to pull it towards the open sea on the left.
It didn't work at first, but when he exerted all his strength, the big fish finally couldn't stand the pain in its mouth and shifted to the left side from the heart.
As it tilted, the small trolling boat also began to shift to the left.
Zhang Ze felt a little relieved, but he didn't relax completely and continued to pull.
He won't feel at ease until he's away from the fishing boats.
After about ten minutes, when the trolling boat had completely passed the Duoyu, Zhang Ze finally relaxed. All he had to do now was wait for the big fish to get tired.
However, the fishing line that had been let out was now more than a hundred meters long. The fish was not close to him, but not far away either.
Zhang Ze felt that the distance was just right, so he placed his hand on the rotating crank handle and slowly exerted force.
As he exerted his strength, the speed of the trolling boat was obviously increasing.
But it was not much faster. From this we can see that the fish was not very fast. Zhang Ze immediately excluded large and fast fish such as tuna, bluefin tuna and swordfish.
If he caught any of these, he would probably be speeding across the sea like a speedboat.
However, after ruling out those big fish, Zhang Ze became curious about what kind of fish was in front.
The speed is average, but the strength is plenty. As for the physical strength, it is hard to tell as it is still a short period of time.
But the fish didn't appear, and Zhang Ze couldn't guess what would happen no matter how hard he tried, so he just held the fishing rod and started fishing on the sea.
When the fish ran away, he pulled the fishing rod hard to adjust the direction of the fish's swimming.
Jin Sanbao and others watched him circling on the sea, and all showed envious looks.
This looks like a lot of fun, they want to play it too!
"Afan, Adong, how about we get a small boat as well?"
Chen Xudong asked expressionlessly: "Okay, but where should I put it?"
Jin Sanbao was choked up. Yes, it was easy to buy a boat, but where to put it? Their small boat didn't have enough space. If they put another small boat, would they still be able to fish? (End of this chapter)
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