Chapter 266 Seabirds Like a Falling Plane
We came to the reefs east of Hailing Island. We had caught big fish here before, but this area is so vast that there should be more big fish.
The sea water today is exceptionally clear and slightly blue, making it a good time for fishing and hunting.
But Zhang Ze is not a self-abusive person. Even in Nanfang it would not be very warm in the winter, so he certainly would not go into the water.
Standing by the boat, a group of fish lingered nearby and were reluctant to leave, as if they were all curious about what this big thing on the water was.
The marine resources in the 1980s were indeed good!
In terms of scenery, the islands and reefs in the South China Sea have always been beautiful, but when he went fishing in the South China Sea several times, he could never see a group of fish that looked like they weighed two or three pounds, not small, wandering around the boat. Judging from their size and appearance, they should be a group of golden pomfret.
Although the name is only one letter different from tuna, the price difference is quite large.
These two or three pound golden pomfret are not small, but they can still only be sold for around 40 or 50 cents in the market.
In other words, it has not been farmed in large quantities yet. Once the farmed fish come out, the price of golden pomfret will drop further.
When fish resources become exhausted in the future and wild fish become valuable, the price of wild golden pomfret will increase slightly.
Take grouper for example. Grouper is quite expensive in restaurants now, especially when grouper resources decline further in a few years. It will cost an ordinary person half a month's salary to eat one.
It was not until the emergence of farmed grouper that the price of wild grouper dropped significantly.
However, the price of wild grouper is still not cheap, especially those particularly rare treasures, but ordinary people now have the choice.
The time for this voyage was not in a hurry. Seeing this group of tuna, Zhang Ze was excited and wanted to catch some.
These fish move in the upper water layer and will bite the hook as soon as the bait is thrown in.
Zhang Ze, who wanted to relax before working, didn't need a winch to fish. He picked up a bamboo pole, installed the fishing rod, hung the bait and started fishing.
The golden pomfret, whose name contains the word "pomfret", is actually a kind of sea bass and is extremely aggressive.
When Zhang Ze's bait fell into the school of fish, he saw with his own eyes that the fish that were originally scattered at the bottom of the water immediately swam towards the bait. They scrambled to grab the bait that fell into the water.
However, the fish are about the same size, so their swimming speeds are naturally not much different. The one that is closer has an advantage, but it also dies faster.
Zhang Ze was watching a golden pomfret take the bait. After biting the bait, the golden pomfret pulled the fishing line and ran away, bringing a strong pulling force.
Sea fish are very strong, but a golden pomfret weighing two or three pounds is easy for him to catch.
Lift the rod with one hand to hook the fish, then quickly shake the fishing reel to reel in the line.
The golden pomfret that had escaped stopped immediately, but it struggled frantically, causing a splash of sea water.
In just a short while, the fish flew into the air and was directly lifted into the side of the boat.
Zhang Ze saw that the fish had a thick back and a big belly, nodded with satisfaction, and put the fish into the space.
I didn’t expect the fish to be quite fat at this time. It seems that they have enough food even in winter.
I put the bait on again and threw it into the water, and soon another golden pomfret was caught.
Golden pomfret tastes pretty good when fried, and it feels great to catch it.
So even though the water surface is full of golden pomfret, Zhang Ze is quite happy fishing, as he is doing it purely for entertainment.
As there were fewer and fewer golden pomfret on the sea, the group of fish finally sensed something was wrong and began to slowly move away from the fishing boat.
Then a more interesting scene happened. The fish ran away and Zhang Ze's bait fell down.
The next moment, a small group of fish split out from the school of fish and rushed towards the bait frantically. After a fish bit the hook, the attracted fish quickly went back.
The main reason is that the school of golden pomfret is not too far away and can be attracted by the bait.
Unfortunately, after going back and forth several times, the fish finally left this place.
After fishing for more than half an hour, Zhang Ze warmed up his body and prepared for the next fishing activity.
He returned to the cockpit, restarted the Duoyu and slowly sailed here, looking for a place with abundant resources.
A few seabirds passed by the boat but did not attract his attention.
However, a few minutes later, several groups of seabirds passed by one after another, which finally made him pay attention.
In the vast ocean, wherever there are seabirds, that is either their home or where there are schools of fish.
If there are no isolated islands in sight, there are definitely schools of fish, and there is a high probability that there will be big fish among them.
Zhang Ze didn't look for fish here anymore. He turned around and accelerated to follow the seabirds.
After about half an hour, he finally found where the seabirds gathered.
However, today he was greatly surprised to see a group of seabirds rushing into the water like dumplings, and when they floated up from the water, they would often catch something.
But when he saw the red dot appearing on the fish finder, Zhang Ze also smiled. Not only did he catch seabirds, but he was also about to have a big catch!
Judging from these movement trajectories, it is most likely tuna. Nowadays, the number of tuna is much more abundant than that of sharks.
As for whether there are tuna near the coast, of course there are, but they are most likely yellowfin tuna.
The yellowfin tuna does not meet the requirements for being shipped on the Chixian seafood boat, but it is no problem to be shipped on the 15-meter seafood boat, and Zhang Ze does not mind.
"Beep~"
A long cry scared the seabirds and they quickly flew away from the fishing boat, leaving a large open space.
Zhang Ze drove the boat above the school of fish, but because of the horn, the seabirds did not dare to approach for a while.
He pressed it twice more, driving the seabirds further away.
Then I stopped the boat and dropped anchor, walked out of the cab to get out the fishing line, and wrapped it around the large winch at the stern.
After the fishing boat was taken for maintenance, Zhang Ze untied the fishing line and put it into the warehouse, so he had to do it again now.
Fortunately, I started to winch it and let it rotate on its own, and the fishing line was wound up very quickly.
With such a large school of fish around, it was impossible for Zhang Ze to attract the tuna by bait. He just needed to attract them directly with the bait, so he exchanged ten sets of tuna-specific bait.
Tie a lead weight on the hook and hang a small tuna on it. This is what the bait looks like after the change. Obviously, using a small tuna will be more effective when fishing for tuna.
I threw the hook and bait into the water, started the winch to let out the line, and stopped after about fifty meters.
Tuna are active in the upper water layer because they are looking for food, so you can still have a chance to catch them even if you place them 20 meters away.
However, Zhang Ze's target is larger tuna. The bigger the fish, the more it likes to move in deep water areas.
Even when foraging, they only eat fish below the school.
The tuna swam too fast. It was at the bottom just now, but it might have run to another place now. Zhang Ze waited for a long time before the fish took the bait.
The fishing line was stretched very tight, and the angle was rising rapidly. Even the large winch was pulled by the great force of the fish and began to turn slowly.
However, after Zhang Ze started the winch, the fish had no way to escape and was instead pulled back at a constant speed by the winch.
It's only a few dozen meters away, so even if the tuna is very strong, it won't take much time.
After about ten minutes, a yellowfin tuna over 1.5 meters long emerged from the water, then quickly approached the fishing boat and was pulled into the air.
When the fish was in mid-air, it still had the strength to struggle and shake its body, but the next moment it disappeared from sight and was taken into the space by Zhang Ze.
He wasn't surprised to see it was a yellowfin tuna, as he had guessed it when he was fishing.
But he is having a great time now, as the big winch is very efficient in catching these big fish that are no more than two meters long.
Although it is not as exciting as fishing with your own hands, the constant harvest still makes people happy.
After that, we would receive a big one almost every ten minutes or so.
It's not all tuna, there are occasionally GT and tarpon larger than one meter.
Zhang Ze collected all these into his space. Neither GT nor the tarpon were tasty, but he still planned to keep the tarpon and release GT before leaving.
Because tarpon can be made into fish balls, even with the skills of an ordinary chef in a seafood restaurant, the fish balls will taste delicious.
Unfortunately, the big school of fish also attracted some sharks, which resulted in Zhang Ze catching several large fish heads and several small and medium-sized sharks under two meters in length.
That is the yellowfin tuna. If the bluefin tuna were stolen, Zhang Ze would definitely take out the shark-specific bait first and catch all the sharks in one net.
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I fished from morning until two o'clock in the afternoon before the fish completely dispersed. This time the fish stayed for a very long time.
Zhang Ze looked at the harvest in the space. The yellowfin tunas were all over 1.5 meters and under 2 meters long. The largest one weighed over 200 kilograms, and the lighter ones weighed over 150 kilograms. There were 27 in total.
Of course, there were also five large tuna heads and skeletons on the deck, which were eaten by sharks.
There were quite a few tarpon, seven in total, which was enough to make a lot of fish balls.
GT had released all the fish, so he didn’t pay attention to how many he caught.
Zhang Ze threw all the fish heads on the deck into the water, and then went to the kitchen to cook.
He didn't eat anything at noon, and when he was hungry he just had a few snacks to fill his stomach. He was already starving.
Xiao Hei was also hungry and had just started gnawing on the fish head.
After eating, Zhang Ze finally felt much better. Otherwise, the feeling of being weak and hungry would be really uncomfortable.
Xiao Hei's belly was full after eating so much, and he was sleeping comfortably on his side in his doghouse.
Zhang Ze went over and picked it up: "You just had a meal and are still sleeping? Hurry up and take a walk to help digest the food."
Xiao Hei, who had already fallen asleep but was forced to turn on the computer, was confused. When he saw that it was his owner who woke him up, he immediately got angry and barked at him "Woof woof woof".
Xiao Hei has now grown to his adult size. When he stands up, he is as tall as Zhang Ze and looks quite majestic.
"Hey, you dare to roar at me?" However, when Zhang Ze saw that it was angry with him, he immediately rolled up his sleeves.
When Xiao Hei saw this, he immediately felt something was wrong and ran away.
"Still running? Fight me if you dare!"
“Woof woof woof.”
With one chasing and one fleeing, the deck suddenly became very lively.
The main reason why Xiao Hei dared to yell at Zhang Ze was that he was really too mean sometimes.
Of course, Xiao Hei only cursed a few words and would not really bite anyone. He has always been very friendly to Zhang Ze’s relatives and friends.
After playing for a while and digesting the food, Zhang Ze came to the cockpit and thought about it and decided to go directly to the open sea.
There are resources in that reef area, but there are more in the open sea.
Now that we have a batch of yellowfin tuna, let's go to the open sea to get a batch of bluefin tuna, and get some good stuff from the deep sea.
This time, Zhang Ze had ten more large crab cages and ten shrimp cages on his boat. These crab cages and shrimp cages were ordered to be made at the end of the year. They are made of stainless steel and are specially used to catch deep-sea crabs and crayfish.
Most high-end restaurants in China import crayfish, but they are also available in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and they taste quite good.
As for deep-sea crabs, they mainly target spider crabs.
Of course, crab and shrimp cages can capture creatures at a maximum depth of 500 meters, but they can also be placed at a depth of 50 meters.
You can use the seafood you catch flexibly!
Zhang Ze’s target this time is the island with the shipwreck treasure, the place that Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang particularly liked to go to before.
But now I heard that they seem to have changed their location and went to the farther sea.
Zhang Ze went there because he had found a lot of tiger crabs and lobsters when he was diving before, and he also often encountered schools of prawns.
These are high-consumption seafood, you can eat them yourself or sell them to the seafood boat.
It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Zhang Ze arrived at his destination.
After throwing down crab and shrimp cages at the edge of the reef, he sailed out to the open sea to try out the fish-attracting lights on the boat.
When the fish-attracting lights were turned on, the deck suddenly became as bright as day.
Zhang Ze did not wait on the deck, but went to the kitchen to make himself a midnight snack. After he finished eating, about forty minutes passed before he slowly came out.
When he came to the side of the boat again, there were a lot of small squids gathered around the fishing boat.
But the sea was calm, there was no explosion of water, and it was not obvious whether any big fish were attracted by these small squids, so he went to the cockpit to check the fish finder.
There was a red patch on the water surface, which was obviously a small squid. There were also some red dots scattered underwater, but they were not particularly big fish. This made him a little disappointed. It seemed that there were no tuna nearby.
Seeing this, Zhang Ze took out a casting net and caught some small squids, which he stored in the cold storage compartment as bait. After he was done, he turned off the lights and went back to take a shower and sleep.
He went to bed early last night, so he got up early the next day.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Zhang Ze came to the deck to practice boxing. After sweating a lot, he went back to take a shower and then prepared breakfast.
After eating, feed Xiao Hei.
He started the Duoyu and came to the place where the crab and shrimp cages were placed, not knowing how much he would catch in one night.
The shrimp cage is small, so put it away first.
He used a hook to retrieve the float floating on the water, and then tied the rope to the crane.
There is no need to use a winch if the fishing line is still tangled in it. The same goes for using a crane, which is actually more convenient.
Because it can be dropped into the sea at a depth of 500 meters, the rope is very long and it takes a long time to retrieve it.
When the first shrimp cage was pulled out of the water, the shrimps that had run in last night immediately jumped up and down as if the water was boiling.
Zhang Ze was very satisfied when he saw the shrimps that took up almost half of the space in the shrimp cage. He estimated that there were about thirty or forty kilograms, which was not a small amount.
Now it depends on what kind of shrimps are inside and whether they are worth the money.
(End of this chapter)
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