Chapter 259: Basic Goal Completed
Sixty experience points, Zhang Ze showed an expression of "as expected".
When he was fishing for Cuvier's beaked whale last night, he wondered if it was because of the mammals that the Cuvier's beaked whale's experience value was so high, far exceeding that of the ferocious sharks. When he caught the finless porpoise again today, he confirmed this.
The Yangtze finless porpoise is not a very large marine creature and is even food for many large marine creatures.
But it can still give 60 experience points, and the king level can give 6,000, which is not a small amount.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that their numbers are relatively rare in later generations and they have been protected.
Generally speaking, there are two types of finless porpoises. One is the Yangtze finless porpoise, which is a freshwater porpoise unique to China. It will not enter the sea and is also a first-class protected animal.
The second is the Indo-Pacific dolphin, which likes to move around in waters where fresh and salt water meet and can often be seen on the beach.
These finless porpoises are also hunted by fishermen because they are heavy and have good meat quality.
There are also Indo-Pacific dolphins abroad, and their numbers are not small, so they were later given level 2 protection.
These are not mainstream economic aquatic products, and Zhang Ze is not very interested in them.
I collected the finless porpoise just to see how much experience points it could get.
He looked around and didn't find any particularly large porpoises, so he simply released the porpoises in the space and left.
If there is a particularly large one, he would try to fish it to see if it is a king-level creature.
After more than an hour's driving, Zhang Ze discovered a mangrove forest along the coast on his way to Hailing Island, which had not been discovered before.
Although he had been to Hailing Island several times before, he did not drive along the coast.
What is the most impressive thing about mangroves? Of course it is the blue crab.
The next are crab tigers and mudskippers. The mudskipper is the "Lawu" that Zhang Zegang caught when he took his younger brothers and sisters to the sea after his rebirth.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ze felt quite nostalgic.
In the beginning, he relied on these things to improve his family's lives bit by bit!
I haven't caught it for a long time and suddenly I feel like eating it.
Thinking of the two traps on the boat that had never been used, Zhang Ze stopped the boat and took out the traps.
After checking that there were no signs of damage, he put the two traps down.
With a float, you don’t have to worry about not being able to find it when you come back.
If someone took it away, Zhang Ze wouldn't care. He was just in a whim and he had long stopped making money by trapping.
After putting away the trap, we continued on our way to Hailing Island.
Giant groupers generally live around islands. As long as you come across an island and try fishing, you can basically catch this grouper.
But if you want to catch those that are over 1.5 meters long, you have to rely on luck.
Coming to Hailing Island after a long absence, Zhang Ze met many local fishermen working nearby.
He didn't come closer, but stayed farther away.
Fishermen are xenophobic. He used to compete with others for resources. He can't use a troll to intimidate them, right? There are troops stationed on Hailing Island. He dare not do that.
The resources near Hailing Island are very good, and there are many reefs distributed under the water, which are enough for Zhang Ze to fish.
He drove the boat slowly through these areas while watching the fish finder.
Finally, after passing by many small red circles, in a place where there were few fish resources, the fish finder detected a big fish.
The big fish should be resting at this moment and not moving much. It should be in its own nest, so no fish dare to approach it.
With the detector, the fish really has nowhere to hide! Zhang Ze drove the boat closer and came to the position above the big fish.
It was just one fish, and he hadn't caught it for a while, so he decided to do it himself this time.
He untied the fishing line from the bamboo pole, picked up the bamboo pole, and then took out a large fishing reel from the warehouse and installed it on it.
Tie the fishing line, hang the big fish hook, take out some ordinary bait, and start fishing.
With a 30% chance of catching fish, many times no fish will be attracted, so Zhang Ze waited for a while, and when he saw that no fish was hooked, he had to reel in the fishing line and cast the rod again.
Repeat several times until the fish attraction effect is triggered.
Of course, this is only true for a single fish. If it is a school of fish, some of them will always be attracted, so there is no need to worry that the fish will not take the bait.
After seven consecutive casts, the fish finally woke up from its sleep and was attracted by the bait.
Zhang Zeke on the boat didn't know this. After waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no response from the fishing rod, he was about to turn the fishing rod to reel in the line, but the next moment a huge force hit him, causing him to stagger as he was caught off guard.
The impact of this big fish was so strong that the fishing rod immediately bent into a big bow.
"Damn, this thing is quite big!" Zhang Ze was a little surprised. He thought it was just an ordinary thing, but the power was obviously beyond his imagination.
But he reacted quickly. After leaning against the side of the boat, he immediately raised the rod to stab the fish. However, he couldn't lift it hard because the fish was stronger than he thought.
Fortunately, the fishing line did not run out very quickly, which meant that the fish was just strong but swam relatively slowly.
Zhang Ze grabbed the crank handle to consume the fish's energy as much as possible and make the fish run less distance.
My blood was boiling. It had been a long time since I started fishing with a small winch.
Zhang Ze wasn't sure whether the fish at the bottom of the water was a giant grouper or some other fish, so he decided to just fish it first.
At this moment, his attention was focused on the fishing line, observing the condition of the fishing line.
At this time, the fish should run to the bottom of the water to clean its gills, and keep shaking its head, trying to spit out the hook.
The tip of the fishing rod swayed left and right, and the fishing line kept vibrating.
“Swoosh~”
Zhang Ze would not let it go as he wished. He immediately pulled the fishing rod upwards and tightened the slightly loosened fishhook again, allowing it to pierce into the fish's lips once again, almost penetrating them.
The fish felt so much pain that it suddenly became ferocious and started running around pulling the fishing line.
Zhang Ze on the boat was holding his breath, his face flushed red, and the muscles in his arms bulged, even his thick coat was stretched out to reveal his outline.
When the fish sees that it can't get rid of the hook, it starts to really explode. It has a lot of strength and its physical strength is almost at its peak. This is the most difficult time.
Zhang Ze found that he was actually unable to win the fight, so he had to let go of the crank, hug the fishing rod in his arms, and let the fishing line let out.
The unloading force has been turned to the maximum, and he loosened the crank, so it is not easy for the fish to escape.
This round of outbreak did not last that long. After only five or six minutes, the fish stopped to take a short breath.
Zhang Ze immediately grabbed the crank handle to reel in the line, and took the opportunity to reel in a few meters.
However, the fish was still very strong at the moment. When it felt itself being pulled away, it could no longer hold back and started running again.
Seeing this, Zhang Ze stopped and maintained the situation.
If you want to pull a fish back when it still has plenty of energy, unless several people work together to play tug-of-war with the fish, it is impossible for one person to do it with just a fishing rod, even the strongest person in the world.
The fish ran and stopped, and Zhang Ze pulled it back and forth.
An hour passed quickly. Except for the time when the fish ran over a hundred meters at the beginning, it basically just circled in the same place afterwards.
After running some distance, Zhang Ze pulled him back during the rest time.
After an hour, both sides were exhausted.
But Zhang Ze took advantage of the fishing rod and was in much better condition than the fish.
Although the fish continued to run after a rest, it didn't know that it was getting closer and closer to the fishing boat.
Another half an hour passed, and a huge stonefish, mainly silver in the sun, appeared on the water.
The estimated length was more than two meters, probably between two meters three and two meters five. Zhang Ze, who saw the fish, fell into a state of ecstasy.
A stonefish that is more than two meters long. What is that? Of course it is a yellow croaker!
The largest yellow croaker recorded in later generations was only two meters long, but this one is almost two and a half meters long.
How could he not be happy after making a big profit this time? His heart was beating rapidly, and Zhang Ze forced himself to suppress his excitement. The fish hadn't come up yet, so he would be happy after putting it into the space.
Generally speaking, it is safest to use a crane to lift the fish up and then put it into storage during the day.
But Zhang Ze couldn't wait any longer, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
He didn't get close to Hailing Island himself, and he ran a little further away because of the local fishermen.
Because we were looking for fish, we ran further away, and there were no boats nearby at that time.
There might be a certain risk of being seen, but because of this huge yellow croaker, Zhang Ze no longer cares about this risk.
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He dragged the fish to the stern of the boat and quickly reeled it in.
At this moment, the fish was completely exhausted and was lying on the water, allowing him to pull it.
In half a minute the fish was at the stern of the boat.
Zhang Ze looked up and around, and when he didn't see any fishing boat, he immediately reached out and put the fish into the space.
Phew~ I feel relieved! He had caught a fish about two meters long before, which made him a lot of money. This one is two meters and forty-three meters long, isn’t it even more exciting?
[Successfully caught a yellow croaker, weighing 310.31 catties, experience (fish king) +10000. ]
Weighing 310 kilograms, it should be the largest yellow croaker in the world.
Just at this moment, he was given another 10,000 experience points. Zhang Ze spent them on the yellow croaker without thinking.
By this time tomorrow, the weight of this yellow croaker will be over 400 kilograms. It is estimated that even he himself will not be able to break this record.
"Cool!"
Zhang Ze, who was originally tired, now felt that he could catch ten more big fish. Maybe he would make a living by fishing in this life. Catching these precious fish would make him happier than finding a box of gold jewelry.
It was obvious that gold jewelry was more valuable, and he himself was a little unsure of his own mentality and thoughts.
After returning to the kitchen to pour a bowl of boiling water and replenishing his water, Zhang Ze continued to go to the cab to drive the boat and look for new big fish.
Among the three targets of this sea voyage, the most difficult yellow croaker has been achieved, and the only one left is the giant grouper.
Compared with yellow croaker, there are much more giant groupers, even giant ones.
At least in later generations, wild yellow croakers are almost extinct, but giant groupers still appear occasionally.
Just in the evening, Zhang Ze finally caught a giant grouper, but unfortunately it weighed only a little over 100 kilograms.
Both the redmouth guppy and the yellow croaker are king-level fish, so you can’t pair them with a small guy, right?
In the middle of winter, Zhang Ze stayed in the cockpit to keep warm at night. Even though he was not afraid of the cold, he still didn't want to fish in the sea breeze.
At this time, he was heading towards the distant sea.
In fact, all three goals have been achieved. The grouper is a little small, but it can be tolerated.
I'll try my luck at sea more often in the next period of time, and I might catch a bigger one.
Therefore, Zhang Ze now set his sights on two large fish, tuna and bluefin tuna. These are his new targets.
When opening a business, a row of big fish lying on the boards is attractive and can leave a deep impression on people. After being shocked by just one fish, people will probably forget it soon.
Now in winter, there are a large number of fat and strong yellowfin tuna in the waters 200 meters deep in the southern part of Dongsha.
Bluefin tuna can be encountered in the northern part of Dongsha, near the Wanwan area.
Of course, these fish are migratory fish, and the location where you encounter them is not absolute, it’s just that the chances of encountering them in these two places are very high.
But the direction Zhang Ze is heading to now is not these two locations, but the continental shelf close to the high seas.
The fish resources in these places are very good, and it is easy to encounter various large fish that are relatively rare.
It is just more dangerous, as you may encounter fishermen from other countries who sneak into the country to fish.
You may also encounter some ships going to the high seas to trade, and even pirates.
But the chances are not high. The ocean is so vast and the Duoyu is too small.
Originally, Zhang Ze wanted to reach the continental shelf directly at night, but halfway along the way, he accidentally discovered a small archipelago.
After getting closer, the fish finder showed a large amount of resources, which made it difficult for him to give up.
Don’t fish, it’s a waste of such good resources.
Go fishing, it will delay you for another day.
Finally, Zhang Ze stopped the boat and dropped anchor. If he didn't catch the fish, was he still a fisherman? He took off the big fishing reel with bamboo pole, installed it on the winch, tied the fishing line, hung ordinary bait and started fishing.
The five fishing rods started working one by one, and Zhang Ze stood by and waited.
Originally, although there were many fish at the bottom of the water, they were still relatively scattered.
But the five baits worked at the same time, each attracting some nearby fish, and suddenly a school of fish gathered.
The fishing rods in the boat were trembling, almost partially moving forward and backward.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up. There were quite a lot of fish! He quickly turned on the winches and pulled the fish up.
The fish hooks are relatively large, and the main target is fish between three and ten pounds. Of course, some fish with small mouths cannot be caught.
Soon, two groupers and three coral fish were caught.
Both groupers were blue ones, two of the coral fish were parrotfish, but the other one was a humphead wrasse, so we were lucky.
The meat of large grouper is rough and not tasty, but grouper weighing less than five kilograms is still good.
The smaller the thing, the more expensive it is, but the price of large ones is actually about the same, so size does not matter to fishermen.
Put them all into the space and continue fishing.
While fishing, suddenly, one of the fishing rods bent sharply, and Zhang Ze immediately became nervous.
How did this fishing rod catch the big fish? This fishing rod is not a heavy boat rod, which will easily explode if it catches a big fish. Secondly, the fish hook is not big, so the fish will easily escape.
But now that you've taken the bait, you have to fish.
Zhang Ze started the winch anyway. Maybe he would be lucky enough to catch the fish?
The water here is not deep, only a little over thirty meters, so there is a certain chance.
The greedy Zhang Ze did not choose to cut the fishing line immediately. Seeing that the fishing rod was severely bent but not broken, he felt a little relieved.
The quality of the fishing rod is indeed very good. The fish hooked at the bottom of the water is obviously a very large fish. The winch does not catch it very quickly.
The depth was only thirty meters, and it took more than twenty minutes of fishing with the winch to completely pull the fish to the surface.
"Fuck, I'm so lucky today!"
(End of this chapter)
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