Feng Ye ignored him. Instead of going to the cabin to get the hand-thrown net, he found a stick and held it in his hand.
Once he reached the side of the boat, he began to repeatedly slap the water with the stick in his hand.
Ah-Can's mind was completely focused on the hand-throw net, and he didn't notice Feng Ye's movements.
When he pulled up a net and wanted to share his joy, he discovered Feng Ye's strange behavior.
"Brother Ye, what are you doing? Why aren't you casting your net? Are you just splashing around in the water with a stick?"
Ah Can looked at Feng Ye with a blank expression, the net in his hand was heavy, indicating a good harvest.
But at this moment, his attention was completely drawn to Feng Ye's seemingly nonsensical behavior.
“I’m trying to attract the dolphins, otherwise they’ll swim further and further away, and I’ll have to chase after them in a boat. It’s said that…”
Feng Ye explained with a smile, his stick rhythmically slapping the sea surface, creating ripples.
He had stumbled upon information online in his past life that could attract dolphins by striking water with a wooden stick.
It is said that the sound is caused by a type of fish that dolphins like to eat, which sounds like a stick hitting water.
Therefore, people take advantage of this characteristic by using similar sounds, such as sticks hitting the water, to make dolphins mistake them for food signals, thereby attracting large numbers of dolphins.
Who are you trying to fool?
Ah-Can was completely bewildered.
If you tap the water's surface with a stick, will the dolphins be attracted?
This sounds so unreliable!
But then I thought, Brother Ye wouldn't do something so stupid as not even casting a net at this time.
Perhaps there's something he doesn't know about this.
"I'm not entirely sure, but let's give it a try. Maybe it'll work?"
Feng Ye wasn't sure what he was getting from the internet; it was all a mix of truth and falsehood.
But it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. If it really doesn't work, it'll just be a waste of time.
At worst, we can just set sail and catch up later.
If it works, we'll make a fortune when we encounter pods of dolphins in the future.
It's important to know that when a group of dolphins swims in the same direction, it creates a very large sound.
This causes fish in the vicinity to keep fleeing forward, resulting in a situation where dolphins are driving away the fish.
Of course, if that were the case, we wouldn't be able to use trawl nets or hand-thrown nets; we'd have to use gillnets, and we'd have to set them up in advance.
Feng Ye wondered if he should buy some fishing nets to keep on the boat next time he went to the county or town.
It's always better to be prepared!
Sticky nets are also a commonly used netting tool, so they won't go to waste even if you don't encounter a pod of dolphins in the future.
When winter comes and the weather gets cold, most fish become less active.
Moreover, they mostly stay at the bottom of the water and don't often forage for food, which greatly increases the difficulty of fishing and reduces the catch from trawls.
At this point, we need to use gillnets to improve fishing efficiency.
While he was thinking about it, his hands didn't stop.
After knocking for a while, the dolphin didn't react at all; instead, it moved further and further away.
He wondered if the dolphins hadn't heard him because they were too far away.
However, dolphins have complex vocal systems and highly developed hearing abilities, so they should be able to hear them.
Does this mean that all our efforts were in vain, and the information was false?
He was starting to have doubts and was even considering giving up.
"Look, the dolphins are swimming further and further away. You're doing useless work and wasting your time."
Ah-Can curled his lip, his mockery evident.
He then cast another net, but the catch was much smaller than the previous one.
"So what if it's a waste of effort? How will we know if it's true or false if we don't try? We'll learn from our mistakes and make the best of a bad experience..."
"Alright, Brother Ye, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and start the boat to catch up, so we can cast more nets."
"Hey, how come it's useless?"
Feng Ye muttered something, glanced at the circle of dolphins, and prepared to put the stick away and abandon this absurd attempt.
Just then, a miracle occurred.
The dolphins that were swimming at the back suddenly stopped, no longer swimming forward, but instead turning around.
Upon seeing this, Feng Ye excitedly shouted, "It's here! It's true! Dolphins really are attracted by the sound of sticks hitting the water..."
Ah-chan turned his head to look with some skepticism, and his mouth immediately opened so wide that an egg could fit inside.
"Holy crap, this... how is this possible?!"
Nothing is impossible!
Feng Ye laughed loudly, and at the same time, he hit the stick with even more force.
As if summoned by some mysterious force, the dolphins swam toward them.
They leaped on the water's surface, making joyful calls, seemingly calling to other dolphins.
Upon hearing this, the dolphin pod, which had been moving further away, stopped and leaped out of the water, responding with calls.
The fish trapped inside the enclosure, unable to bear the dolphins' calls, panicked and thrashed about in the water, desperately trying to escape this dangerous and horrible place.
Ah-Can watched this unbelievable scene, and the hand-thrown net he was tidying up fell onto the deck with a "thud".
His eyes widened as he stared at Feng Ye in disbelief: "This actually works?!"
"Hehe, trust Brother Ye, you can't go wrong with me!"
Feng Ye grinned widely, his face full of smugness.
"Keep showing off!"
Although Ah-Can was unconvinced, he was already completely in awe of Feng Ye.
He quickly picked up the hand-thrown net from the ground and tidied it up, preparing to welcome the approaching school of fish.
Upon hearing the sound of the wooden sticks hitting the water, the dolphins immediately swam over.
Even their encirclement had gaps, allowing many fish to escape.
But many more fish were swept along and driven toward the fishing boat where Feng Ye and A Can were.
When the driven fish reached the fishing boat, Ah-Can couldn't wait to throw the net out.
As Ah-Can's hand-thrown net drew a graceful arc in the air, it fell into the school of fish, stirring up a splash of water as the fish struggled.
"Brother Ye, come help me, I can't pull it up by myself."
Ah-chan tried to pull it up, but found that he couldn't pull it up by himself.
Upon seeing this, Feng Ye immediately put down the wooden stick in his hand and quickly went over to help.
The two of them worked together, grimacing as they pulled upwards, the veins on their arms bulging, using every ounce of strength they had to pull the net up.
This net was full and extremely heavy, much heavier than Ah Chan's previous two nets combined.
They actually have a way to save effort, which is to use a crane.
However, the crane operates rather slowly, far slower than manual operation.
At this point, time is money.
Looking at his catch in the net, Ah-Can almost jumped up in surprise: "So many silver pomfret! I'm rich now!"
"Hurry, hurry, forget about the fish, get the nets out of the way and cast more nets, that's the important thing."
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