They sailed around the island, but did not find any more large numbers of squid.
"Brother Ye, what do we do now? Should we just wait here?"
Ah-chan asked, frowning.
Feng Ye pondered for a moment and shook his head: "There aren't many squid left here. The flood season has just begun, so there won't be many. It would be a waste of time to stay here."
"Let's go to another island and see if they don't have many there either, then we'll see if we can use trawling."
"Okay, I'll drive over there right away."
Ah-Can nodded, piloting the Rising Sun in a beautiful arc as it sailed towards Island Number One.
A few minutes later, the Rising Sun arrived at Island No. 1, only to find another ship anchored in the sea, but no one in sight.
Feng Ye called out a few times before Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing came out of the cabin.
After exchanging a few words, I learned that their harvest was less than mine, barely filling two baskets.
On the Rising Sun, at least three baskets were already fully loaded.
"The flood season has just begun, and I don't think there will be many squid coming to lay eggs today."
Feng Jiaqing said somewhat helplessly, "You can either wait and see, or you can go trawling. It's up to you."
After discussing it, Feng Ye and A-Can made a decision immediately.
"Let's haul in a net first, then we'll see if there are any squid."
"Okay, waiting indefinitely isn't going to work."
Although the resources here aren't great, as long as you trawle, you'll get something, which is better than just waiting around.
Ah-chan turned the boat around and steered the Rising Sun to a deeper area.
Just as Feng Ye was about to lower the trawl net, he inadvertently noticed something swimming towards him.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large group of squid.
"Ah Chan, stop the boat quickly, there are squid coming..."
He shouted with delight as he ran to get the hand-throwing net, quickly prepared it, and then cast it out.
There are no egg-laying devices here, so you don't need to avoid them; just aim at the squid.
Moreover, the net was cast very smoothly, almost catching the entire vanguard.
The sinker, carrying the fishing net, sank rapidly, engulfing a large group of squid.
Ah-chan reacted quickly and immediately threw out his net.
The lucky ones who weren't caught in the net were startled and scattered. After going around it, they gathered together again and continued swimming forward.
It's a pity they didn't go to Island Number One; I wonder who will benefit from it.
As he pulled in the net, Ah-Can couldn't help but say, "Judging from the direction they came from, it's our island. I should have just stayed on the island and kept watch."
"If they didn't come over, how could we catch more eggs? This must be a diversion; the main group should have been attracted by the egg-laying devices we deployed and stayed to lay eggs."
"Then let's take this net and hurry over."
"Um."
Feng Ye nodded in agreement, feeling fortunate that he had sharp eyes and had spotted it before the trawl net was lowered.
Otherwise, it would waste a lot of time to bring the trawl net up.
"Damn, this is really heavy. There will definitely be a lot of squid in this net."
Ah-chan grinned, veins bulging on his arms, as he used all his strength to drag the net that had been pulled to the side of the boat back onto the boat.
Sweat beaded on his forehead, forming large drops that dripped down his cheeks.
After the start of summer, the midday sun has become quite scorching.
The light reflected off the sea surface also created a dazzling glare.
Feng Ye was also sweating profusely, and even though he was wearing a straw hat, it didn't help much.
It took them a lot of effort to finally pull their net onto the boat.
In an instant, another splash of ink splattered, turning the already washed deck black once more.
Moreover, the squid inside the net were also stained black by their own ink.
When the contents of the net were poured into the basket, there were even some miscellaneous fish and shrimp mixed in.
They didn't have time to sort the squid right away, so they carried the baskets full of squid into the cabin and quickly steered the boat toward Island No. 2.
The sun is too strong; we can't let them bake on the deck.
When they arrived near Island No. 2, Feng Ye and A-Can both widened their eyes.
"So many squid!"
Not far ahead, many squid gathered underwater, all huddled around bunches of branches to lay their eggs.
Sure enough, the results were fantastic.
The main force was drawn to the egg-laying devices they had deployed and stopped.
"Stop the boat immediately and cast the nets..."
As Feng Ye spoke, he quickly prepared the hand-thrown net, and as soon as the boat stopped, he couldn't wait to aim at the squid and cast it out.
He didn't dare cast the net too wide, for fear of bringing up the ovum.
Their ovipositors are connected together; if one gets entangled in the net, it will inevitably cause the other ovipositors to move as well.
In that case, the squid would be startled and scatter, making them harder to catch.
He also realized that they had made a mistake by connecting the egg appendages together.
They should be released individually so that they won't be carried up and disturb other squid laying eggs in other egg-bearing organs.
However, this would require more buoys and floats.
However, compared to the gains, this investment is insignificant.
Moreover, these items can be recycled and reused.
We're still cutting tree branches at home to make the egg-laying device; that's how we'll do it tomorrow.
As he thought about it, he pulled the net back up from the bottom.
Because the net wasn't cast too wide, this net didn't catch a particularly large number of squid, but it still weighed around 30 pounds.
Ah-chan, who was standing nearby, also cast his net and grinned from ear to ear: "The method of luring squid with branches is so effective. I wonder which genius came up with this idea."
"Who knows? These are all experiences passed down from our ancestors, used for who knows how many years."
Feng Ye hauled the goods onto the boat, poured them into baskets, and then cast a net.
Despite his careful attempts to avoid the egg-bearing organs, the net still got caught on a tree branch.
Sure enough, as he was retracting them, he caused the other ovipositors to move as well.
The squid, which had been gathering in their ovipositors to lay their eggs, were startled and scattered.
Seeing this, Feng Ye secretly lamented his loss, but could only helplessly continue closing the net.
As the net was pulled onto the boat, several bundles of branches attached to it were also carried ashore.
You can clearly see that the branches are scattered with bunches of squid eggs, like bunches of grapes, which looks very pleasing.
It's probably not the eggs laid by this group of squid, but rather by the eggs of a previous group that escaped.
Because it's impossible for it not to be that fast; ten minutes isn't enough time to lay so many eggs.
He went to get a bucket, untied the bundle of branches that was tangled in the fishing net, collected the squid eggs on it, and put them into the bucket.
There weren't many, just five skewers.
As for the other appendages, he did not collect them.
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