The machine was bought and installed on the Rising Sun that very night.
Unfortunately, although the weather was great the next day, with bright sunshine, the waves were a bit high, making it unsuitable for going out to sea.
Two days later, when the wind and waves subsided, they were able to go out to sea to work.
When they arrived at the work area, it was still dark, so they hauled in a net.
They dragged the net for more than two hours at an average speed of 4 kilometers per hour, and it was almost 7:30 before they finally set it up.
There was a lot of goods, a big, bulging bag, but the quality wasn't very good.
There are mostly toadfish, and quite a few small fish and shrimp too, but they're not worth much.
Once the goods are hoisted into the air, we'll leave them for now.
"Ah-Can, go and steer the boat forward a little, and watch the direction of the bow. We'll set the net down first."
"good."
Feng Ye went into the cabin and took out the fishing net.
After Ah-chan had driven the Rising Sun a considerable distance, he shouted to the driver, "That's enough, let's get off here."
Although the wind was a bit weaker today, the noise from the machine meant he had to speak louder so that Ah-Can in the driver's cab could hear him.
"Okay, I'll stop the boat then."
As Ah-chan responded loudly, he immediately slowed down and stopped the boat, and made slight adjustments to the course, allowing the Rising Sun to drift with the seawater.
The method of setting a net is different from setting a trawl net. You cannot set the net while the boat is sailing. The net must be set in still or slow water.
Otherwise, the fishing nets will easily get tangled when hit by the water flow, affecting the fishing results.
Moreover, you need to go deeper so that you can catch fish at the bottom.
When casting the net, follow the order, casting one float at a time to avoid skipping steps and causing the net to become tangled.
In addition, do not pull the fishing net too tight; keep it loose in the water for better fishing results.
They set down all the nets they brought, dropped the buoys, and continued trawling. They would come back to collect the nets before returning in the afternoon.
Making a mesh screen is that simple, but it's too easy to break and become unusable.
Most of the fish caught in the net are larger than the mesh size, and to get them out, you either have to flip the net or break the net line.
Especially the three-tailed fishing net, it always has a gap.
If you can find it, you can take the fish out without damaging the fishing net.
If you can't find it by searching, you'll have to break the net cable to get the fish out.
On a boat, where would there be time to carefully search for the gaps and cut the fish?
This is clearly unrealistic.
Therefore, even if a net is frequently repaired, it will be scrapped in a short period of time.
In addition, large fish are also one of the main culprits that damage fishing nets.
Its struggle was incredibly powerful and destructive.
Fishermen often find a huge hole torn in their nets when they haul them in, but no fish are to be seen.
That's a good thing for dried fish.
Feng Ye estimates that these fishing nets will need to be replaced countless times during the winter months.
They have a total of 60 fishing nets, but only brought 30 out today. They'll leave the remaining 30 nets for tomorrow.
Thirty nets is quite a lot.
If one net is 100 meters long, then 30 nets would be 3000 meters long.
If the harvest can remain the same as yesterday, then reduce the number of trawling operations and continue to increase the number of nets used for trawls.
He ordered another batch of sticky nets from Grandma Orchid.
Because the second netting took a lot of time, it was almost noon when we started the second netting.
"It's toadfish again."
Ah-Can was extremely disappointed to see that most of the goods that were poured out were ugly toadfish.
Feng Ye wasn't disappointed; it was something he had expected.
There are many of these fish in winter.
"Don't just think about selling fresh fish. Think about how dried fish can sell for 5.5 yuan per jin."
The toadfish itself has an extremely high water content, reaching 90%.
Therefore, after drying, its weight will be greatly reduced. Ten pounds of toadfish will only yield about one pound of dried fish after drying.
Therefore, dried toadfish is very expensive.
Otherwise, who would bother with the effort of drying the produce? It would be better to just sell fresh goods directly.
"That's true, consider it as supplying raw materials to the workshop."
Ah-chan nodded, and suddenly didn't feel so disappointed anymore.
Feng Ye kicked the pile of fish: "Although most of them are toadfish, there are actually quite a few good ones here."
"Where is it? I can't see it."
Ah Can opened his eyes wide and looked around, trying to find the "good stuff" Feng Ye had mentioned, but he found nothing.
"Damn, are your eyes on your ass? Isn't this what they are?"
Feng Ye bent down and grabbed a dead mantis shrimp in his hand.
The scientific name for the tiger prawn is *Litopenaeus monodon*, also known as the giant tiger prawn, ghost prawn, etc.
Its name comes from the horizontal stripes, one light and one dark, on its body. After cooking, it displays nine distinct white segments, hence the name. Legend has it that the nine-segmented shrimp is very principled.
Once in water, it will expel secretions, causing its own death and preventing those who like to try new things from getting their hands on it, displaying a heroic and tragic spirit of "better to be a broken jade than a whole tile."
"Mantis shrimp? What's so special about that?"
"But it's expensive!"
Mantis shrimp is a very common seafood here.
Whether it's trawls, gillnets, or fish traps, you can catch them from time to time, more or less.
However, this type of shrimp is relatively expensive among common seafood.
Especially the larger ones, about ten per pound, can sell for five or six yuan per pound.
The one Feng Ye has is about one or two ounces in weight.
"It's expensive, but I don't know how much it costs?"
Ah-Can stirred the pile of fish with his foot, and several mantis shrimps that had been pressed down by toadfish were revealed.
He bent down in surprise and picked them up: "There seem to be quite a few."
"Don't rush, let's get the trawl net sorted out first."
"Okay, Brother Ye, I'll sort them out later, you go and start the boat."
"Okay, I'll cook lunch after I finish sorting. It's getting late."
"Um."
Once the trawl net was ready, Feng Ye turned and walked to the driver's seat to continue their fishing trip.
As the Rising Sun slowly started, ripples spread across the sea once again.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
