Chapter 254 Encountering a school of big fish, searching for treasures from a sunken ship
After loading the big fish onto the car, Zhang Ze instructed, “Along, take the fish to Mr. Zhao’s restaurant, and let him decide the price! I’ll go out to sea first, and will be back in about five or six days.”
He didn't recognize the fish and didn't know whether it tasted good or not, so he let Zhao Xianghua decide for himself and pay for it.
After such a long period of cooperation, he knew that the other party would not let him suffer any loss, so he was so casual.
Lin Long nodded to show that he understood, and then continued to deal with the villagers who were watching the fun.
After Zhang Ze finished explaining, he returned to the cockpit and drove the boat to the island.
Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang went out to sea yesterday, which is why they did not come when the "water monster" appeared.
This time, Zhang Ze's route has changed. He plans to go diving on the island first to see if he can find possible treasures from an ancient ship that sank in the sea.
If you can’t find it, go fishing in Dongsha. When you’ve caught enough, visit the fishing spots for red-billed sturgeon and then come back to sell the fish.
After walking all the way, it took Zhang Ze a day to reach the island.
Jin Sanbao and his crew's fishing boat was nearby, and it was obvious that they had no plans to change their fishing location in the short term.
It was late at night and they were busy, so Zhang Ze didn't go over to disturb them.
Near the reef. Hey, the reef!
Zhang Ze suddenly reacted and understood why the ancient ship was stranded on the island.
There is such a large reef. If you rush in without knowing it, you will definitely run aground and the ship will sink as a matter of course.
According to his original plan, he would sweep this reef, and even if he didn't find the ancient ship, he might still discover something.
Having determined that there was a high probability of treasure in the reef area, Zhang Ze became impatient. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the underwater situation clearly at night, so he could only wait until tomorrow.
Just as he was about to continue looking for a suitable fishing spot, a large red area suddenly appeared on the fish finder and moved towards the bottom of the boat.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up. He was so lucky that he encountered a school of fish.
He quickly picked up the radio and said, "Ahang, where are you? Come to the island quickly. There is a big school of fish, perfect for you to trawle."
"By the way, when you come here, please inform Sanbao and the others. I don't have time to go over there. I have to quickly keep the fish."
Tong Yuanhang did not go anywhere particularly far, as the resources near the island were more than enough to satisfy them.
Every time they are harvested, the fish will gather again the next time, and their numbers will not decrease at all.
They only encounter large schools of fish very rarely, so when they heard that there was a large school of fish on the island, they hurried back.
If the fish hadn’t run far away, they would probably have lost their nets in one go and would have had to go back to sell the fish tomorrow.
Zhang Ze hung up the radio, hurried out of the cab, took out the bait he bought in the morning, and poured it directly into the sea.
There is such a large school of fish, how could they stop without some bait?
He would buy a lot of fish every time he went out to sea. This habit was well kept and came in handy today.
The temperature in the refrigerator compartment is not that low, the bait is just frozen and will melt quickly when it comes into contact with water.
Before long, a large group of fish gathered to grab the food, and some even swam to the surface to splash water.
Zhang Ze was tying the line nearby and happened to see the fish bursting into the water.
He looked surprised: "What the hell, it's actually a group of fighting pomfret!"
Dou pomfret is the best among all pomfret fish. In later generations, if an extra-large Dou pomfret weighing more than five kilograms appears, it can be sold for more than two hundred yuan per kilogram, which is definitely a high price.
Judging from the size of the fighting pomfret that just jumped out, it is estimated to be around three or four kilograms.
Zhang Ze doesn't believe that there are no fish weighing more than five kilograms in such a large school of fish. The bigger the pomfret, the more expensive it is. These fish are not cheap even in this era, and their popularity is also high.
He stopped working on the fishing line and quickly took out the small fishing net that was gathering dust in his warehouse and put the net down first.
After setting down two fishing nets along the route of the fish, he came back with peace of mind to continue working on the fishing lines.
No matter how big the fighting pomfret is, it won’t be that big, so the line group doesn’t need to be too thick, and the fish hook doesn’t need to be too big, and it’s better to tie a string hook.
After preparing the line, Zhang Ze directly put on the bait and started fishing.
He started the winch to lower the hook and bait, which stopped at a depth of about three or four meters. Then he hurriedly tied the line group of the second fishing rod.
Only a dozen seconds after the hook and bait were in the water, the tip of the fishing rod began to vibrate rapidly, obviously a fish had been hooked.
Zhang Ze tied the knot in his hand, then went over to start the winch and reel in the fishing line.
The hook wasn't deep enough, so the fish was quickly pulled to the surface.
The three pomfret flapped their tails quickly to try to break free from the hook, but Zhang Ze was faster. He grabbed the fishing line and lifted the fish onto the deck, then put it into the space.
Three pomfret are considered very large, the smallest one weighs two and a half kilograms. In later times, they can be sold for one hundred yuan per kilogram.
He hung the bait again and put it down, and continued to tie the line group. He repeated this operation. After Zhang Ze caught more than 60 pomfret, all five fishing rods were finally arranged.
At this time, the two ships of Tong Yuanhang and Jin Sanbao also arrived nearby.
With the fishing situation so turbulent, they got right down to work, racing against time.
The school of fish can disperse at any time, and an extra second may allow you to catch a few more fish.
Zhang Ze had no time to deal with them at the moment. Five fishing rods were working together, and fish were caught as soon as the hooks and baits were put into the water. He was very busy.
I always catch at least two fish with one rod, and I have no idea how many I can catch in ten minutes.
His speed was not slower than that of Jin Sanbao and his companions, but it was still a little slower than Tong Yuanhang's dragging net.
Their net was full, at least a thousand pounds.
They only circled the sea three times, less than an hour had passed, and not only was the fish hold full, there was almost no place to step on the deck, which made the three Tong brothers laugh so hard that they couldn't stop.
"Aze, you guys continue. We will go back to sell the fish tonight and come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Tong Yuanhang said hello to Zhang Ze and the others, then drove away.
"It's still more fun to trawle. Our fishing nets have just been put down for a while and their decks are already full of fish." Jin Fan held a fishing line in his hand and watched Tong Yuanhang's fishing boat leave with envy.
"If we wait a little longer, we will get the new ship next year." Jin Sanbao was also envious, but the new ship could not be launched yet, so he could only wait.
Zhang Ze did not feel any envy, as such high-value fish were hard to come by.
Fishermen may encounter schools of fish many times in their lifetime, but some unlucky people may never encounter a school of high-value fish even once in their lifetime.
And his catch tonight will not be bad. The space can hold much more fish than the fish hold.
Another two hours passed before the speed at which the fishing rods tagged with hooks became slower. It was obvious that the fish had left. Even though Zhang Ze threw some bait from time to time, he couldn't keep them.
Zhang Ze looked at the number of fighting pomfret in the space, 873 of them, with a total weight of 3,142 kilograms, and an average weight of 3.6 kilograms.
Among them, there are not many pomfret weighing more than five kilograms, only 126.
It’s not that there are no smaller fish in the school of fighting pomfret, but his target fish are those weighing more than three kilograms, so he used a larger fishhook to prevent the small fish from biting the hook.
It is not difficult to catch more than 800 pomfret weighing more than three kilograms from the school of hundreds of millions of pomfret.
After collecting the fishing line, Zhang Ze went to collect the fishing net.
Bring up the float, wrap the rope around the big winch, start the big winch and pull up the fishing net.
As a result, the winch turned very slowly, obviously it had exploded again.
Zhang Ze slowly pulled up the rope and wrapped it around the crane again, then started the crane.
With the combined efforts of the winch and crane, the fishing net was quickly pulled up.
The net was full. Zhang Ze went over and opened the opening rope, and the pomfret inside poured out directly, forming a small hill on the deck.
There were other fish mixed in, but more than 95% of them were pomfret, of varying sizes, not as evenly distributed as those caught by fishing.
Because the time was short, only a few died and most people are still alive.
Zhang Ze didn't bother to put the fish into the space, and immediately pulled up the second net.
It was also full, with almost the same number as the first net. All that was left was to put all the pomfret into the space.
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Zhang Ze worked for another hour before he collected all the living pomfret into the space, causing the space to be almost full.
For the rest, I picked a few fish weighing about one pound and put them in the refrigerator, planning to eat them in the next few days. The rest were put together with some miscellaneous fish and can be used as bait at any time.
This time he was out at sea for five or six days, and those that could not be collected had to be kept in the cold storage and frozen at low temperatures. When they returned to the shore, the freshness and meat quality would be inferior to the fighting pomfret in the space, so he did not plan to sell them, as that would damage his reputation.
"Aze, do you want to go back with me? My fish tank is full." Zhang Ze had just finished his work when Jin Sanbao drove the boat to his side and asked.
"You guys go back first. I'm fine here. The boat is big and there are a lot of fish. Come back in a few days."
Zhang Ze shook his head and refused. The space was full but the fish holds on the ship were empty. It would actually be a waste of time to go back.
"Okay, then we'll go back first." Jin Sanbao nodded and didn't care. Now everyone has shotguns to protect themselves, and they are not afraid of someone hijacking the ship at night.
After watching them leave, Zhang Ze used a hose to rinse the deck. After cleaning it, he went back to take a shower and sleep.
Zhang Ze woke up naturally at eight o'clock the next morning.
After getting up and having breakfast, he slowly put on his diving suit and carried his oxygen tank.
Today's main goal is to search for treasure from a shipwreck, and using a leather tube is inconvenient as it limits the range.
After hoisting the trolling boat to the water surface at the stern, Zhang Ze stood on the deck and began to observe the position of the ancient ship on the island and the direction of the waves.
He couldn't guess whether the people on the ancient ship rowed to the island immediately before the ship sank after it ran aground, or whether it was pushed over by the waves.
But if we search in the direction of the ancient ship, we should not go wrong.
After determining the approximate location, Zhang Ze came to the trolling boat and drove to the waters below the ancient ship.
After dropping the anchor and putting on his gear, he fell backwards into the water.
I looked down and found that it was very shallow here, probably only about ten meters.
But because of the loss of soil from the mountain, the water in this small area was a little turbid, so he couldn't see the bottom of the water in the boat just now.
Zhang Ze moved his flippers and dived headfirst into the water.
All kinds of small fish hiding underground scattered, and there were quite a few black sea bream here.
But Zhang Ze is not interested in fish at the moment, he has to hurry to find it.
It is about five meters above the bottom of the water. At this height, the field of vision is wide, and you can see clearly the various conditions at the bottom of the water and pay attention to whether there is any danger approaching.
He had a javelin in his hand so he could defend himself.
However, there will be no large sharks coming to the reef, which can easily cause stranding, so it is still relatively safe.
Zhang Ze ignored all the conchs, scallops, and Jiang Yao at the bottom of the water. It was tiring to go up and down, but he could pick them up slowly later.
Therefore, his searching speed was still very fast. In just over ten minutes, he reached the westernmost end from the east side of the reef, but unfortunately he found nothing.
He moved sideways about ten meters to the south and began to swim back.
However, after going back and forth twice and using up an oxygen tank, he still found nothing.
He went back and changed a bottle of oxygen to continue. When this bottle of oxygen was used up, Zhang Ze swept the waters where the ancient ship might have run aground and lost its cargo, but found nothing.
The reef was very large, and if he wanted to sweep it all, he would have to prepare at least ten bottles of oxygen.
"Where did it sink to, or is it simply not there?" Zhang Ze felt a little depressed after returning to the trolling boat.
After using up two bottles of oxygen, it was almost noon, which meant I had wasted an entire morning.
Seeing that there were still so many reefs that had not been searched, Zhang Ze thought about it and felt that this matter could not be rushed and it would be better to just take things as they come.
If there really is a treasure, it won’t run away. It’s better to pick it up Jiang Yao. Everyone in the family likes this thing.
This time when he returns, he might have to meet Yu Jiangji Ting's family, so it would be a good idea to bring back some top-quality seafood and have it prepared and entertained at Zhao Xianghua's restaurant.
It’s a pity that the seafood restaurant is not open, otherwise it might be better to cruise on the river.
After returning to the Duoyu to rest for a while and have lunch, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Ze brought the leather tube and came to the reef again.
It’s the place I explored in the morning. I came here mainly to collect Jiang Yao’s. I discovered a lot in the morning.
Although the space was almost full of Dou Pomfret, it would be no problem to take in another Jiang Yao weighing several hundred kilograms. At most, they would just have to squeeze in, and they wouldn't die anyway.
It was still the same place where he went into the water in the morning. Holding the leather hose in his mouth, Zhang Ze jumped directly into the water.
He swam to the bottom of the water and watched Jiang Yao standing up one by one. He pulled them out one by one and then put them into the space.
He collected all the big ones and left the small ones to continue growing, and his body slowly swam forward.
After swimming for about twenty meters, Zhang Ze came to a new area where Jiangyao grew. Just as he pulled up a Jiangyao that was bigger than his palm, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.
Why does Jiang Yao's bottom look weird?
Zhang Ze turned around and observed carefully, but due to the lighting problem underwater, he couldn't see the specific problem, so he moved his flippers and swam to the surface.
When he came to the surface and poked his head out, his eyes lit up when he saw a piece of wood stuck to the bottom of Jiang Yao.
Yes, it is normal for the treasure to be buried by mud and sand after hundreds of years. The reason you can’t find it is not because there is no treasure, but because the treasure is buried by mud and sand.
Having made his discovery, Zhang Ze immediately dived back into the water excitedly. Seeing that the sand was full of Jiang Yao, he quickly pulled them out one by one and put them into the space, even the small ones.
Many Jiangyao have wood chips on the bottom, which are obviously grown on the outer box of possible treasure.
After clearing Jiang Yao out, Zhang Ze started digging the mud and sand with his hands. After digging twice, he touched something hard.
(End of this chapter)
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