After successfully pulling out the anchor, Zhang Ze breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to swim back at night.
Returning to the spot where he had just made the nest, he hung up the bait and continued fishing.
It didn’t take much time to fish for the sawfish, and there was still more than an hour before the longline was reeled in. Maybe I could catch some of the fish I had caught before, or another big one.
Without the sawfish, the fish at the bottom of the water gathered again.
Zhang Ze lowered his rod and waited for half a minute before a fish took the bait.
The pulling force is quite strong, it is on the upper layer of the water, and it keeps running away.
If the sawfish couldn't escape, how could these "small fish" escape? Zhang Ze lifted the fishing rod with force, and the tip of the rod suddenly made a "whoosh" sound, and the fishhook pierced into the fish's lips fiercely.
Normally, this strong pulling force would feel quite good, but he had caught too many big fish, and now fish weighing less than 20 kilograms were commonplace for him.
After all, even if it’s a fish weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, it will only take two or three more minutes.
Zhang Ze quickly turned the crank and pulled back the fish that was trying to run away. It was a miracle of great strength.
"Seven-star sea bass!" Looking at the 13-pound sea bass in the space, which is considered a very large seven-star sea bass, Zhang Ze felt that it was a bit tasteless.
The experience value is only five points and the price is not high. It is a little worse than the blue shortfin snapper just now, but fortunately the weight is still good.
"There really isn't a single grouper here today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fishing rod moved again, and this time he could clearly feel that the fish was running to the bottom of the water.
This noise, it might be a grouper! As a result, when the fish was caught, it turned out to be an orange and green parrotfish. After storing it in the space, the experience value was gained by 15 points.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up. There were so many types of parrotfish, and many of them were very similar.
He had not fished much in the South China Sea in his previous life, so it was good enough for him to recognize most of the groupers. It would be a bit difficult to recognize all the less famous parrotfish.
But it doesn’t matter if you don’t know it. The experience value of the space also indirectly illustrates the value of the fish.
Factors such as the meat being tender and tasty, being in the upper-middle level of the food chain, being large enough, or being rare and in small numbers, as well as fame, will all affect the amount of experience points provided by the space.
Fifteen experience points are not high, but it is quite high for a parrotfish. Even the bluefin bream is about the same level.
This green-spotted parrotfish is 73 centimeters long and weighs 15.5 kilograms. According to the unit price of fake green parrotfish, it should be able to be sold for one yuan per kilogram.
If it is the genuine Qingyi, also known as Shu's pigtooth fish, the price will naturally be higher, after all, the genuine Qingyi is more famous.
I didn’t catch any grouper today, but I still caught a lot of valuable fish.
After catching a few more fish, Zhang Ze felt that the speed of taking the bait was slowing down, so he spread some more bait to gather the fish again.
More than an hour is not enough time for fishing. Before he realized how many fish he had caught, it was almost nine o'clock. Zhang Ze decided to finish fishing with the rod in front of him and go back.
“Clatter, clatter~”
“Clatter, clatter~”
The last cast also caught a fish. Zhang Ze, who was reeling in the line, suddenly felt something was wrong. The sound was a bit strange, a little different from the sound of the waves, and there were also some "plop" sounds mixed in.
Just as he turned his head in confusion, a dark shadow suddenly attacked him and his pupils contracted uncontrollably.
“Pah~”
A fish fell from the sky and landed directly on his face, then slowly slid down, causing a lot of pain.
However, this was only the first surprise.
Wherever the light reached, small fish were flying towards him madly.
"Fuck~"
Zhang Ze's scalp tingled and he didn't care about fishing. He clamped the fishing rod with his legs and hugged his head. Then, with crackling sounds and splashing sounds, a "violent fish" swept in immediately.
Small fish, the size of a palm, either fell into the water or hit him and landed on the trolling boat.
Zhang Ze had no idea. He had encountered countless rainstorms since he was a child, but this was the first time he was harmed by "violent fish".
These are all flying fish. Although they are just jumping on the sea surface, they can jump very high.
In this way, even if they are not big, it will still hurt when they fall down.
At this moment, Zhang Ze, who had nowhere to hide on the trolling boat, was like a handsome guy surrounded by dozens of beauties. He was so pitiful that he could not resist and let the punches fall on him like raindrops.
In fact, he could jump into the water and hide under the boat, but he couldn't see clearly what was happening in the water at night.
Schools of flying fish can attract a lot of large carnivorous fish. There may not be sharks, but there may be swordfish and other fish that are also very dangerous to humans.
It just hurts on the boat, but at least your life is not in danger after protecting your vital parts.
I don’t know how long it took, but Zhang Ze only felt that there were more and more flying fish on the trolling boat, and they formed a thick layer on the deck. This also indirectly shows how many flying fish there were at that time.
Fortunately, the originally dense falling has become scattered now, and the group of flying fish passing by have finally left.
After waiting for a while and making sure there were no flying fish, the shrunken Zhang Ze dared to let go and look up.
"Hiss~ You know what, this massage is quite effective."
It was quite painful at first, but after moving my body around, I feel quite relaxed. The only thing is that the fishy smell on my body is a bit overwhelming.
Looking at the flying fish on the boat, most of them were dead, but the remaining few at the back were still alive.
The boat is small, so even with a thick layer of water, there is still not much, probably only a few dozen kilograms.
Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod, and the fish that had been hooked had already taken the opportunity to escape.
He reeled in the fishing line, put away the fishing rod, and then retrieved the anchor, then started the boat back.
However, when Zhang Ze got closer to the Duoyu and saw its miserable condition, he felt very upset.
The Duoyu was not far away from him, and as expected, it was also baptized by the "rainstorm" at this moment.
If it were in the future, Zhang Ze would be happy about this unexpected fortune. After all, the flying fish on the deck were large and probably weighed several hundred kilograms, which could be sold for two or three thousand.
But now, flying fish is not valuable, and it is very good if these several hundred kilograms can be sold for ten yuan.
The Duoyu is now extremely dirty, and it would probably cost this much money to have someone clean it up.
Zhang Ze didn't have time to clean up at the moment, so he could only make do with it for now.
He returned to the Duoyu, and Xiao Hei seemed to notice him and came closer, wagging his tail.
Seeing that he was clean, Zhang Ze couldn't help but laugh and scold: "You have a place to hide."
He wanted to stroke the dog's head, but his hands were also dirty, so he simply ignored it. If it got dirty, he would have to wash it himself.
Take a broom and clear the space where the trolling boat is usually placed, then hoist the trolling boat up and put it away.
As for the boat full of flying fish, they had to be put away first.
No matter how worthless it is, it cannot be wasted. It will take a lot of time to collect the longline later. Even if the temperature is lower now, it will still easily deteriorate if left outside.
Fortunately, it was not cleaning and the speed was not slow. In about half an hour, all the flying fish on the entire boat, including the trolling boat, were put into bamboo baskets and then moved to the refrigerator for freezing.
After finishing his work, Zhang Ze washed his hands, returned to the cockpit, started the fishing boat, and went to the farthest longline first.
The winch turned slowly and the longline was pulled up little by little.
As a grouper with its mouth wide open appeared, Zhang Ze's heart skipped a beat. It was a good start for longlining, so the catch shouldn't be bad, right?
The head and sides of this grouper are light yellow, with multiple dark brown curved wide stripes, about seventy centimeters long.
“Oh shit, oily spots?” The arc grouper, like the cloud grouper, is also called an oily spot in some places, which means that this type of grouper is particularly rich in oil.
Arc-shaped grouper is rare. Zhang Ze was able to recognize it mainly because he had caught one in his previous life. The taste was still fresh in his memory. He personally felt that it tasted better than the authentic oily grouper.
It was the first fish like this that he caught, and he was both happy and nervous.
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After all, past experience has taught him that if the first fish caught in longline fishing is too good, subsequent catches will not be very good.
[Successfully caught a grouper weighing 13.66 catties, experience +18. ]
After collecting the space, Zhang Ze pulled up the second line with some anticipation and trepidation, but it came up empty.
"It's normal that it's empty. There can't be fish on every line!" He pursed his lips, put the ordinary bait hanging on it back into the bait space, and continued to pull the third one.
Fortunately, as soon as he started, he felt a pulling force, and it was obvious that the fish at the bottom of the water were still quite energetic.
A smile appeared on Zhang Ze’s face. This fish should be quite big.
As the fishing line was pulled in, a big fish more than one meter long appeared.
"Hey, mackerel?" Zhang Ze's eyes lit up. This is a kind of fish that lives in groups and is more delicious than mackerel. It is also called noon fish.
It was over one meter long when it came up. I think today's grouper was a good start! [Successfully caught a four-finger mackerel, weighing 22.98 kg, experience +10.]
One fish weighs 23 kilograms, which can be sold to Zhao Xianghua. It is also a popular fish and the price is very reasonable.
Many seafood are more valuable as they get bigger, and the same is true for mackerel. Those that are over one meter long can be sold for RMB 1.20 each in the market.
The smaller ones are about 50 to 60 centimeters long and weigh three to five kilograms each, and the market price is around 60 to 70 cents.
The winch on Zhang Ze's side did not stop, and just as he expected, a mackerel came up, followed by a group of fish.
During the period, there were also some deep-sea fish such as big stone nine kings, red friends, coastal snappers, and red snappers, but these fish generally do not form large schools, so the number is scattered.
After the two longlines were pulled in, the largest number of mackerel caught was 2,187. The smallest one weighed three kilograms, and the largest one even weighed thirty kilograms, which was considered very large.
The total weight of the Ma You fish is more than 1,930 kilograms. From the weight, we can see that it is not a small number.
Zhang Ze had nothing to do when collecting the fish, so he specially calculated the size and number of the fish.
Unfortunately, there are only 21 meter-sized ones, while the number of those over 50 centimeters is the largest, with 167.
He estimated that the mackerel alone could be sold for around 2,500 yuan, and with other fish, the total should be around 4,000 yuan.
The number of mackerel accounted for three-fifths, so the remaining fish catch was actually quite a lot.
Deep-sea fish are difficult to catch, so their prices are generally high.
If you come across a school of fish, the catch with two longlines can be as high as four thousand.
Unfortunately, after Zhang Ze finished collecting the other two longlines, his harvest was rather mediocre.
Although these two longlines also caught a lot of left-mouthed carp, the price of left-mouthed carp was cheap, and a large one was only five kilograms and was not weighed, so the income was not comparable to the previous one.
Zhang Ze estimated that if all of them were sold, they would only be worth seven or eight hundred yuan, a huge difference.
But this is the normal income. Two to three thousand yuan for a trip to sea is his average income.
The last two longlines dropped next to the reef brought up a much more diverse variety of fish.
There are cat sharks, black and red snappers, spotted rock snappers, striped rock snappers, pepper snappers, various parrotfish and groupers, and several large flower dragons.
There are not many groupers, and there are many inedible ornamental fish, such as clownfish and various colorful fish.
After releasing this batch of ornamental fish, the overall harvest was just average, probably selling for about a thousand yuan! Adding up to the income of about 6,000 yuan, Zhang Ze was not dissatisfied. It was impossible to catch another group of bluefin tuna like last time! It seemed that it was not impossible. Zhang Ze looked at the sea with a little expectation, but it was pitch black, calm and there was no problem at all.
With a regretful sigh, he took the broom and faucet and began to clean the fishing boat.
The scales and mucus left by the flying fish need to be washed off at night. If you wait until the sun comes out tomorrow, the sour smell will be enough to drive Zhang Ze away directly.
The deck, the side and the flying bridge, as well as the left side of the boat.
The first time he felt that a big boat was not a good thing. Not only was it tiring to clean, it also took time. In the time spent cleaning, he could have caught twenty or thirty fish.
But there was no way. By the time Zhang Ze had washed the entire boat, it was already two o'clock in the morning.
Well, why bother fishing now? He might as well go back and take a shower and go to bed.
A new day, a new beginning.
Zhang Ze has completed his main work on this trip to the sea. He can go back to sell fish or stay for another day.
But after learning that Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang planned to go back tomorrow, he decided to stay with them.
Now that the longline has been used, what else is there to do? Let’s put down the fishing net!
Zhang Ze walked around the island and then placed two fishing nets on the reef and to the left of the center of the island.
He came here not because there were schools of fish, but through observation, he found that from time to time a small school of fish would pass by the bottom of the water.
It is not suitable to cast nets over the reef as it will easily get tangled, so it is better to cast them in an open area.
After finishing, Zhang Ze turned off the engine, stopped the boat, and went to get all the diving equipment.
Jiangyao conchs and sea cucumbers are quite valuable. The fish I caught yesterday could be sold for six thousand yuan, but these things caught at sea can also be sold for a few hundred yuan.
Carrying the oxygen tank on his back, Zhang Ze suddenly felt that maybe he could get a long leather tube.
It’s not that fishermen don’t dive to catch fish nowadays, but they are very few.
They also have no channels to purchase equipment such as oxygen cylinders, so they bite a leather tube in their mouths, with the other end on a small boat on the water, so they can breathe through their mouths.
It's just that the range of movement is limited by the length of the tube, unlike him, who can move freely as long as there is oxygen. (End of this chapter)
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