After resting for several minutes, Feng Ye finally recovered and slowly stood up.
By this time, everyone was already pulling the rope and dragging the tuna towards the stern of the boat.
Such a huge bluefin tuna could only be hauled up from the sunken deck at the stern.
Feng Ye took a deep breath, walked to the stern, and glanced at the giant fish struggling in the water.
Its current struggle is not because it has recovered and regained its strength, but because of the painful struggle caused by suffocation and lack of oxygen.
However, its tail was tied with a rope, so no matter how much it struggled, it was useless; it just made everyone expend a little more effort.
Logically, it should be killed completely first.
But the problem is that there are now too many large predators in the ocean, especially sharks.
If this bluefin tuna is killed in the water, the smell of blood will likely attract sharks, and then this big bluefin tuna will be lost.
Therefore, we can only put in more effort to drag it onto the boat first, and then deal with it.
When the tuna is in the water, it's fine, since it has buoyancy, so dragging it is relatively easy.
However, once it was towed to the stern and pulled onto the sunken deck, the difficulty increased dramatically.
Without the buoyancy of the water, everyone had to exert tremendous effort to move even a little bit.
Everyone pulled the rope with all their might, their muscles tense, their faces red and necks bulging, using every ounce of strength they had.
Although Feng Ye had recovered, he had just gone through a long fight and hadn't rested for long, so his physical strength had only partially recovered.
But he couldn't just stand by and watch; he had to grit his teeth and join the rope-pulling team.
Finally, after a difficult effort, most of the bluefin tuna's body was dragged onto the sunken deck, with only its head still sticking out.
It wasn't that they didn't want to haul it up whole, but the deck was too small to accommodate the whole fish.
"No, I can't take it anymore."
Panting heavily, Cai Guoqiang loosened the rope with trembling hands and plopped down on the deck.
The others were in the same boat, exhausted to the point of collapse, panting heavily.
Qin Aijun leaned on the railing, taking deep breaths, but his eyes never left the giant fish: "It's damn heavy, probably eight or nine hundred pounds."
"There should be, it's almost three meters long."
Hao Aiguo was also very surprised by the weight of this big guy.
He had tried handling fish before, and it did feel like pulling a small mountain, but he never imagined it would be that heavy.
Feng Ye was also somewhat surprised. He thought it would only weigh five or six hundred jin at most, but he never expected it to be close to a thousand jin.
After thinking it over carefully, he understood why he had made a wrong prediction.
The reason for this is that the fishing rod was not removed and remained inserted in the holder.
During the process of playing the fish, most of the force is distributed by the support, so the actual force felt by the fish is not that great.
That's why they underestimated the weight of the fish.
"I never knew a tuna could grow this big."
Cai Guoqiang exclaimed in amazement, "This fishing trip was truly worthwhile. Not only did I make money, but I also broadened my horizons."
"Only bluefin tuna can grow this big; other species can't. However, such a large bluefin tuna is indeed rare. It is said that someone has caught an even larger tuna, weighing over 1,400 pounds."
As for whether this record has been made yet, Feng Ye has no idea; it's information he knew from his previous life.
Anyway, with information not flowing smoothly now, it's unlikely that you can verify it.
Everyone gasped in astonishment, imagining what a spectacular sight the 1,400-pound giant fish would be.
"This fish is too big. It's not realistic to pull it up here, but leaving it down here isn't a good idea either."
Qin Aijun frowned and raised a practical problem they were currently facing.
"It really can't be placed at the bottom; the fish head is still hanging out. If a shark comes along, we're doomed."
Hao Aiguo shook his head. "Why didn't you install a crane? We wouldn't have had to struggle so much just now."
"Oh well, I miscalculated, but who would have thought I'd catch such a big fish?"
Qin Aijun was also helpless.
He's been out fishing on his yacht quite a few times, and occasionally catches some big fish, but this is the first time he's caught a fish this big.
He never imagined such a day would come.
Feng Ye frowned: "Adjusting the position and placing the fish at an angle would make it fit, but the problem is how to prevent sharks from entering?"
He paused for a moment, then murmured, "If only there were something to block it."
This reminded Qin Aijun: "How about using a fishing net?"
"Are there fishing nets on the boat?"
Feng Ye was quite surprised.
"Yes, but I bought it a long time ago."
Qin Aijun nodded. "Ever since you brought it to the South China Sea last Dragon Boat Festival, it hasn't been used and has been gathering dust in the warehouse."
"Damn, why didn't you say you had a fishing net? If we had put the net down, we could have easily caught a thousand or two thousand catties of that swarm of yellowtail a few days ago."
Feng Ye said with great regret.
This wasn't the only time we missed out on a school of fish.
He went out to sea fishing three times, and each time he encountered schools of fish to varying degrees.
Although none of them are particularly rare species, fishing with nets relies on large quantities, not on high or low prices.
Of course, it can't be too cheap either, since the fish hold has limited capacity.
Qin Aijun smiled awkwardly: "I forgot. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have remembered that there was such a thing on the ship."
"The only thing we can do is try using a fishing net to cover the fish's head and block the gap, hoping to stop the shark."
After thinking for a moment, Feng Ye nodded, feeling that this was the best solution at present.
We had no choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.
At that moment, everyone disregarded the need for rest and immediately got to work.
Qin Aijun led everyone to the warehouse and found the fishing net that hadn't been used for a long time, and moved it to the aft deck.
There were quite a few fishing nets, a total of twenty, all of them drift nets.
These fishing nets had accumulated a lot of dust because they had been idle for a long time.
However, it was quite clean, without any clutter, and very well organized.
After some effort, everyone adjusted the fish's position so that it was placed at an angle, with its head barely squeezed onto the sunken deck.
Then they spread out the fishing net and wrapped it around the fish's head layer by layer.
Wrapping it in multiple layers can provide sufficient protection when a shark attacks, although it's uncertain whether it will be effective, it's better than being completely unprepared.
Next, the fishing net was wrapped around the gap in the deck and secured.
This adds another layer of defense.
In addition, the rope tied to the fish's tail was not loosened, but reinforced, with the other end tied to the gunwale to ensure that the fish would not slip into the sea.
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