Seeing the orcas disappear into the distance, the small boats carrying hand-thrown nets rowed back to cast them out.
Even though the dolphins have escaped and the fish that gathered together will swim away, it's still better than them trying their luck casting nets elsewhere.
"You brothers are really brave. Such a big orca came over and you still dared to stay still. Aren't you afraid it will smash the boat to pieces with its tail?"
Someone rowed up and said with a hint of reproach.
"Don't be afraid if you encounter an orca; orcas will not attack people or boats."
Feng Ye smiled and replied, then hooked a live shrimp onto the fishing hook.
The fish in the water are no longer threatened and don't need to run away, so they will definitely have the desire to eat.
"Oh, is that a saying?"
"Then... Holy crap, I've caught a fish."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt the fishing rod in his hand suddenly sink.
He quickly looked at the float and saw that it had indeed sunk into the water, so he hurriedly lifted the rod.
It was quite a struggle; it seemed like they had hooked a big fish, as the fishing rod had bent into an exaggerated arc.
Fortunately, the bamboo is tough enough that it hasn't broken yet.
"It looks like a big fish. I don't know if your fishing rod can hold it."
"Ah Ye, don't pull it too hard, use your hands to pull it."
Feng Xuan was pulling in the net when he heard this and quickly reminded him.
Feng Ye thought that made sense; one shouldn't have too high expectations for this broken fishing rod.
Fortunately, he wore gloves to make it easier to hook and untangle the fish; otherwise, he wouldn't even have been able to do it with his hands.
Pull the fishing rod closer, pull the fishing line up with your hand, and wrap it around your hand again and again.
"hiss……"
Feng Ye grimaced.
pain!
He struggled to pull the line, his hands aching from the tightness of the line, especially when the fish struggled in the water, his hands felt like they were about to be strangled.
When fishing with a hand line, you need good equipment, otherwise your hands can easily get injured.
Finally, the big fish was slowly pulled out of the water, revealing its true form.
"Sea bass, it's a sea bass, it's so long, it must weigh twenty or thirty pounds, right?"
"About twenty-odd pounds."
Feng Ye was a little surprised and a little disappointed.
I was surprised to find it was a large sea bass; no wonder it was so strong.
The disappointment stemmed from the fact that it was a sea bass, and despite all the effort put into it, it wasn't worth much money.
However, he still happily took it off and threw it into the live water tank.
No matter what, it's still several tens of yuan.
Just as he was struggling to pull up the sea bass, Feng Xuan easily pulled up a net.
This net was significantly smaller than half of what it had been during previous dolphin hunts.
Feng Xuan said with great dissatisfaction, "Damn, so little, did you have to run so fast?"
Feng Ye laughed and said, "Brother, be content. You've made a fortune with just one yellow croaker. Look at everyone else, none of them have had as good a catch as you."
"Hehe." Feng Xuan chuckled twice. "Of course, the more fish the better, even if they're worthless. I just love the feeling of the net being heavy when it's pulled in."
Feng Ye shook his head, ignored him, and baited the hook.
He needs to fish a few more times before the fish completely disperse; maybe he can catch something valuable.
The fishing hook went into the sea, and in less than a minute, another fish took the bait.
Judging from the force transmitted through the fishing rod, the fish caught this time shouldn't be very big, so he simply lifted the fish up.
It was a black sea bream, and indeed it wasn't very big, only about a pound.
Hang up the live shrimp and continue.
Next, as soon as the fishing hook is in the sea, fish will bite very quickly, and one fish after another will be caught, the smallest of which weighs more than a pound.
I didn't catch a single eye-catching fish; they were all common catches.
"Ah Ye, let's switch. I'll fish for a while, and you can cast the net."
After casting the net repeatedly, Feng Xuan's arms ached and he was a little tired.
He was told to stop and rest, but he was unwilling to give up as he watched the fish swim away. However, he was about to give up, so he thought of letting his younger brother earn some money.
He can then take a break and go fishing.
"Sure."
How could Feng Ye refuse?
Fishing one by one is nowhere near as fast as using a hand-cast net.
Feng Xuan brought the boat closer and took Feng Ye's fishing rod: "Give me some small fish and shrimp. The fish I caught in the net are too big to be used as bait."
As he spoke, he handed over a bucket along with the hand-thrown net.
"I'll give you shrimp. Shrimp is a universal bait; most fish will eat it."
Feng Ye scooped some live shrimp out of his bucket and handed them back.
After adjusting the hand-thrown net, I stood on the bow of the boat, twisted my waist, and threw the net out, releasing it with my hand.
The hand-thrown net spreads out into a large circle in the air, then falls into the water and sinks.
After waiting for a while, I started to pull in the net rope. As the rope was slowly pulled back, I could feel the weight of the net.
"If there are fish, it's definitely faster to use a net."
Feng Ye thought to himself with delight and quickened his pace in closing the net.
He felt that this net would catch at least twenty pounds of fish.
The hand-thrown net was pulled onto the boat, and the fish inside were finally revealed.
The fish were a mixed bunch, including black sea bream, yellow sea bream, mackerel, sea bass, flounder, and white croaker...
These were all common fish, none of which caught Feng Ye's special attention.
However, the weight was beyond his expectations, about ten kilograms more than he had initially anticipated.
"Ah Ye, you're really lucky, you caught so many on your first net."
Feng Xuan said with no small amount of envy.
Despite the presence of fish below, he hadn't always managed to catch any fish with his nets before; sometimes he'd come up empty-handed, let alone catch so many in one go.
"It's alright, but there aren't any really good products."
Feng Ye untied the fish one by one and threw them all into the live water tank.
They then tidied the fishing net and cast out a second net...
...
"Ah Ye, I'm getting ready to go back. Do you want to come with me?"
Feng Xuan rowed his boat to Feng Ye's side and placed his fishing rod on Feng Ye's boat.
He watched Feng Ye fish and thought it was easy to catch fish, but when it was his turn to fish, he found it difficult. Often, the shrimp on the hook were completely dead, and no fish would bite.
After fishing for more than an hour, I only caught a mere five fish: two mackerel, one barracuda, and two sea bass.
"Let's go back together, but I need to check out longline fishing first."
Feng Ye was also a little tired.
Casting a net is tiring, but the harvest is decent.
Although no particularly valuable catches were found, the total quantity was still acceptable.
"I'll help you, let's collect it together faster."
The two rowed their boat to the area where longline fishing was being done. Feng Xuan jumped onto Feng Ye's boat and let his boat drift on the waves.
The two worked together, one reeling in the line and the other removing the fish and baiting it.
After the first basket was collected, the harvest was not ideal; only about ten fish were caught out of a hundred hooks, and most of the bait was still on the hooks.
Then the second basket, the third basket...
Basically, the situations are all pretty much the same.
Feng Ye had no complaints; it was normal for the catch to be small because the longline fishing was only cast for a short time.
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