Chapter 258 Whale Fishing
After fishing for about an hour in the middle of the area and catching a lot of groupers and redmouth bass, the number of fish inevitably decreased.
A large fish school does not mean that there are a lot of these high-value fish.
Zhang Ze didn't want to waste time on these ordinary fish, so he continued to go to the cabin to change places.
There are many isolated islands and reefs in this fishing spot, and there are plenty of fish.
The Duoyu began to sail slowly on the water, and Zhang Ze looked at the fish finder from time to time.
Suddenly, a small red dot caught his attention.
It came from the front left side of the ship and was slowly approaching his position.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up, a big fish has come!
In addition to schools of fish in the sea, if you occasionally encounter a big fish, the fish finder can also detect it individually.
I don’t know what kind of big fish it is, but judging from its slow movement, it is most likely a grouper.
The swimming speed of large groupers is not very fast, but this is not absolute. After all, there are many marine creatures that are large and swim slowly.
For example, the sunfish, but this one is definitely not it, the sunfish is too slow.
So after thinking about it, Zhang Ze decided to use ordinary bait, which is the safest.
A fish weighing several hundred kilograms can be caught with a small winch, so he was too lazy to use a large winch.
Zhang Zeke didn't know that a massacre was happening about two nautical miles away from him.
An adult female Cuvier's beaked whale lay flat on the sea, the surrounding sea surface was covered with its blood, and several sea huskies were enjoying their evening's meal.
If Zhang Ze were here, he might be able to recognize that these killer whales were the same ones that had previously hunted great white sharks.
Tonight, they hunted a female Cuvier's beaked whale that had just given birth.
Normally they would prioritize attacking newborn whales, but since the big whales are weak right after giving birth, they decisively chose the big ones.
As for the smaller one, it had already run away in fear.
The small group of Cuvier's beaked whales wandered around for a while, wailed for a while, and then swam in the direction of the little whale.
They were not looking for the little whale, but simply found a direction to leave.
Cuvier's beaked whales are the most powerful diving whales. Their highest recorded diving depth is 2,992 meters. Normally, they can avoid being chased by prey by diving.
In addition, these killer whales were eating, and they could not eat a single Cuvier's beaked whale at all, so the other Cuvier's beaked whales did not dive away, but left normally.
Because they know very well that these natural enemies are full and will not harm them for the time being.
As for the little whale, it was tired and hungry after running two nautical miles.
Just when it didn't know what to do, a fatal attraction caught its attention.
Soon, it found something that attracted it.
When it was born, it had almost no knowledge of the world and didn't know what it was, but it instinctively opened its mouth.
Cuvier's beaked whales feed primarily on fish and crustaceans, but they do not have functional teeth and primarily hunt by suction.
So the little whale opened its mouth and suddenly exerted a suction force to suck the hook bait into its mouth.
However, the moment it closed its mouth, the fishhook pierced its mouth.
The little whale, feeling the pain, instinctively began to shake its body, causing a series of chain reactions.
Zhang Ze, who had been waiting on the boat for a while, saw that the fish was finally hooked, so he quickly started the winch to stab the fish and let the winch pull the fish up.
A newborn Cuvier's beaked whale is two meters long and weighs five to six hundred kilograms.
Males can grow up to 25 feet long and weigh 3 tons, while females are smaller.
So at this moment the fishing rod reacted very strongly, and the winch was not pulling the line very fast, so it looked a bit difficult.
Zhang Ze observed it and saw that there was no problem, so he went to pull the crane rope over and made a lasso to make it easier to pull the fish up later.
After getting the lasso ready, he stood by and waited.
The water here is also not deep, only about fifty meters. No matter how strong a creature is, it has its endurance limit. This big fish could not resist for long and was pulled to the surface.
"What the hell, what kind of fish is this? It looks like a whale?"
Zhang Ze was shocked when he saw the creatures on the water. He didn't expect that he would catch a whale. Although this whale was very small, it was still a whale.
This thing has to be released. He is a person who will not let go of anything that is valuable, but whales are not among his money-making projects and he has no interest in them.
However, the big fish hook had to be removed first, so he continued to tie the tail of the small whale with a lasso and lifted it up with a crane.
The little whale waved its body helplessly in the air, but it was useless.
Zhang Ze used tools to remove the fishhook and was about to release the little whale when he suddenly had an idea.
So he reached out and touched the little whale, and took it into the space.
That’s right, I don’t plan to buy or sell whales, but I can put them into space to gain experience points!
This was his first time to fish for whales. He didn't know whether these whales gave him a lot of experience points. If so, he would have to go fishing for whales specifically.
After all, the bait space also sells various whale baits, so you can fish for whales.
[Successfully caught a Cuvier's beaked whale, weighing 587.56 catties, experience +500. ]
"What?"
Zhang Ze wiped his eyes and looked again. It was indeed 500 experience points. He was not mistaken.
What the hell, the experience points given by whales are so much?
Of course, the hundreds of experience points from ordinary whales were meaningless to him. After all, catching a whale was not that efficient, and there were not as many of them as ordinary fish.
But in the case of Fishing King, it is completely different.
Zhang Ze didn't know what type of whale the Cuvier's beaked whale was, but judging from its size, he knew it was not a large whale and could definitely be fished.
At most, it’s about the same weight as a manta ray. He has even caught manta rays, so why would he be afraid of ordinary whales?
Using a winch and a crane, you may be able to fight against the killer whale. If it doesn't work, go back and get a bigger one.
It is obvious that the lowest level of whales, Cuvier's beaked whale, is given 500 experience points, and the whale king is directly given 50,000. How fast can it upgrade?
Unfortunately, killer whales are too vengeful, and if you hurt them, they may retaliate continuously. Otherwise, Zhang Ze would have been planning to fish for them.
Being at the top of the food chain, the experience points given by killer whales are absolutely exaggerated.
It’s so exciting. If he encounters a whale in the future, he will have to pay attention to it.
There are many species of whales in the South China Sea. Zhang Ze has gone out to sea so many times that he has naturally encountered many whales.
Many of them are not big, only about two to three meters or four to five meters. Compared with them, killer whales are very big.
Zhang Ze doesn’t dare to mess with big guys like blue whales and sperm whales, so why doesn’t he dare to mess with these small guys?
He seemed to see a large amount of experience points sweeping in and the space level rising rapidly.
The length, width and height of the space are now more than seven meters. If we work hard to upgrade it to level 100, it will be 1,000 cubic meters. I don’t know how many fish it can hold.
Zhang Ze was just about to release this Cuvier's beaked whale when he heard a special cry coming from the sea in the distance.
This sound is quite familiar to him. Isn't the cry of the little whale he just caught similar?
Zhang Ze's eyes suddenly lit up. If you think of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will come!
Without saying a word, he immediately took out three thousand meters of fishing line, which he had exchanged earlier as a spare part.
Untie the crane rope, and then tie about 1,800 meters of the 3,000-meter fishing line to the big winch.
The rest is then tied to the wheel of the crane rope, so that when fishing for whales, the winch and the crane can exert force at the same time and use the force in one place.
To catch a big one, Zhang Ze had to do this, mainly because he was afraid that a single winch could not pull the whale.
The shouting in the distance was getting closer and closer, obviously coming towards him.
He immediately exchanged a piece of Cuvier's beaked whale bait from the space. When the bait appeared, it turned into a deep-sea fish, limp.
Zhang Ze hung the bait on the big fish hook, threw it into the water, then started the winch and slowly let out the line.
As the fishing line is released, the power of the winch causes the small wheel on the crane at the back to turn as well.
However, Zhang Ze did not let out much fishing line. He stopped at about fifty meters and waited for the Cuvier's beaked whale to take the bait.
A few hundred meters away, five Cuvier's beaked whales were swimming towards the fishing boat. They were attracted by the lights and came to see out of curiosity.
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Secondly, they just heard the signal for help from their own people, which was the baby who escaped.
However, before he got close to the fishing boat, a strong attraction came from the fishing boat.
The five Cuvier's beaked whales immediately went crazy and swam towards the fishing boat at an accelerated speed.
Before, he came here out of curiosity and because he heard his fellow tribesmen’s cries for help, but this time he came here for the thing that attracted him.
However, every small group has a leader.
Their leader is a male Cuvier's beaked whale that is over 7.5 meters long and has reached the level of whale king.
That little whale was its child.
Its body size, which is more advantageous than that of its peers, also allows it to successfully grab things that attract it.
However, the next moment, the sharp pain in its mouth made it realize that it had fallen into a trap.
Before it had time to resist, Zhang Ze decisively started the winch and quickly went over to start the crane.
The two machines worked at the same time and directly flipped the Cuvier's beaked whale over.
But it reacted quickly. Even though its mouth was in great pain, it still burst out with extremely powerful strength, just enough to counteract the huge pulling force.
"Shit, luckily we brought the crane, otherwise the winch wouldn't be able to pull this big thing."
With a body length of over seven and a half meters, it is larger than a white shark.
But because of their greater tonnage, whales are also more powerful.
Fortunately, the winch and crane combined had more advantages, and the force on his side was greater. The Cuvier's beaked whale just exploded and was pulled towards the ship little by little.
The other Cuvier's beaked whales were all swimming around in panic, not knowing how to help their leader at all.
Time passed minute by minute, and Zhang Ze poured cold water on the machine that had already heated up.
Fortunately, it is winter, as it is difficult to dissipate heat in summer.
I don’t know how long it took, but the Cuvier’s beaked whale appeared at the stern of the ship.
At this point, it had fought to exhaustion and had no extra energy to struggle.
If a physical creature wants to fight against a machine, it cannot win unless it has overwhelming strength.
So the Cuvier's beaked whale slowly left the water, appeared in mid-air, and was about to be pulled onto the boat.
However, Zhang Ze did not let it lie on the deck. As soon as it showed its head, he reached out and put the Cuvier's beaked whale into the space.
The side length of the space is not as long as that of this Cuvier's beaked whale, but fortunately it can be placed at an angle, so there is enough space.
There are quite a few fish in the space. Fortunately, we just went out to sea today, and with this big Cuvier's beaked whale, the space is not yet full.
After collecting the experience points, he immediately released the two Cuvier's beaked whales.
The leading Cuvier's beaked whale looked at the scene in front of him in confusion. When he found that his child was also beside him, he quickly called out to it and ran away.
The anxious Cuvier's beaked whale nearby saw the leader coming back and hurriedly followed.
Zhang Ze looked at them leaving, smiled slightly, and then upgraded the space to a higher level.
The leading Cuvier's beaked whale brought him 50,000 experience points, plus the remaining ones, a total of more than 53,000.
Currently, it only takes 37,000 experience points to upgrade. After clicking to upgrade, there are more than 16,000 experience points left. Another 22,000 experience points are needed to upgrade again.
Simply put, as long as Zhang Ze gets two more whale kings, he can upgrade the space to level 40. It seems that he has to pay more attention to this in the next few days.
He looked at the time and it was just after ten o'clock in the evening, so he simply found a place to continue fishing and did not finish until midnight.
After sailing towards the open sea for an hour, the boat stopped, dropped the anchor, turned off the engine, and went back to take a shower and sleep.
This location is generally not accessible to nearshore fishermen, and it is not easy to encounter with few distant sea boats, so you will most likely not be disturbed at night.
A night passed, and Zhang Ze got up at six o'clock the next morning. He first went to the deck to practice boxing, and then made breakfast after exercising.
After eating, he sailed southwards towards the coast, preparing to stroll along the coast of Nanfang to see if he could encounter any giant groupers.
Basically, every time he finds a fishing spot or a place where big fish are present, Zhang Ze will prioritize putting down a special bait for giant groupers.
After waiting for a while without any fish taking the bait, I switched to something else.
After a day, I caught a lot of fish, including two big fish weighing 100 kilograms, one red snapper and one grouper.
We also have the giant grouper species, but unfortunately they are all small ones weighing only about 10 to 20 kilograms.
Zhang Ze continued to head south and was about to drive towards Hailing Island when he unexpectedly encountered a group of little cuties.
The little cuties were very curious about Duoyu. They kept swimming around him and spit at him.
In the past, he might just take a few photos and then quietly watch the little cuties leave.
But the extremely high experience he gained from fishing for whales last night made him realize that many aquatic creatures can actually be fished for.
"It's you. You spit on me. I'll teach you a lesson!"
Zhang Ze immediately exchanged for a porpoise bait, hung it up and started the winch to let out the fishing line a little. When he felt the length was about right, he threw the bait directly with his hand and it landed in front of the naughty porpoise.
The little porpoise was originally just curious about what was thrown to it, but it didn't know that a fatal temptation was attracting it.
It immediately let out a roar and swallowed the bait.
Then, it suffers.
It had no power to resist and was pulled up by the winch.
Zhang Ze chuckled and patted the porpoise's face: "I'll let you be naughty!"
Then he put it into the space.
[Successfully caught an Indo-Pacific porpoise, weighing 187.65 catties, experience +60. ]
(End of this chapter)
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