As the net bag surfaced, Feng Ye and A-Can cheered almost simultaneously.
The net bag was full of goods, a huge bag that almost completely filled the net bag.
The variety is also very diverse, including both valuable and worthless items.
However, no big fish have been seen yet.
The heavy net was lifted up by the crane and dumped onto the deck.
"So it was a mullet."
Ah-chan was a little disappointed.
Although this net of fish looked like it had a lot of different varieties, once it was poured out, it became clear that most of them were mullet.
Mullet is very cheap, usually only about one dollar.
The price of this fish is somewhat counterintuitive; it's usually cheap, but it tends to rise during the flood season when large quantities are caught.
However, the price increase applies to female fish, specifically female fish carrying eggs.
The price of female and male fish without eggs is almost halved.
The reason for this is that the eggs of the female fish can be dried into mullet roe, a delicacy with a high price, commonly known as "black gold".
"Although the price is cheap, it's not bad to have this many."
Feng Ye didn't feel there was anything to be disappointed about.
Trawlers love to catch schools of fish, even the cheap ones.
This is much better than dragging a bunch of miscellaneous fish.
"It's not even the mullet season yet, so why are there so many?"
While tidying up the trawl net, Ah-Can asked in confusion.
The fishing season for mullet is generally in winter, between October and December.
"The flood season is still more than a month away. This time, the fish were probably disturbed after the typhoon and gathered together."
That was all Feng Ye could guess.
Ah-chan nodded in agreement: "That should be the case."
After lowering the trawl net back down, Ah-chan went to set sail.
Feng Ye stayed on the deck to sort the catch.
At least seven or eight out of ten fish are mullet, so they're quite easy to sort.
He mechanically tossed the fish into the basket, not even needing to look; he could almost tell whether they were mullet just by feel.
He picked one up casually, and was about to throw it into the basket when he realized something was wrong.
The texture of this fish is not cylindrical like that of a mullet; it's flat, and the dorsal fin is different too.
He looked down and saw that it was a fish with rather unusual patterns.
Its entire body is covered with dark brown dots, while its abdomen is pale and without dots, and its tail fin is slightly concave.
"Huh, a thick-lipped rock perch!"
Feng Ye was surprised.
Thick-lipped rock perch
The scientific name of the thick-lipped rock perch is *Spotted Pepperfish*, also known as Swallow Flower Girl or Flower Girl Bride.
It is a type of marine fish belonging to the order Perciformes, family Perciformes, and genus Pepperfish, found in tropical coastal areas and coral reef regions.
Thick-lipped rock perch is also known as "chocolate".
Because their larvae are brown with many large, milky-white spots, they look as tempting as milk chocolate.
When this fish matures, its body is bluish-white with many pepper-sized spots, hence the name "pepper snapper".
In their juvenile stage, they live alone on coral reefs and have a unique swimming style, mimicking flatworms by rapidly twisting from side to side.
As adults, they live in groups in the water layer outside the coral reef cliffs. They are carnivorous, mainly feeding on small fish and crustaceans.
The juvenile fish have unique and beautiful colors and can be kept as ornamental fish; the adult fish have delicious flesh and are considered high-grade food fish.
Thick-lipped rock perch are not common in this area, and are mainly distributed in the waters of the Philippines and Taiwan.
"Ah-Can, look what this is?"
Feng Ye raised the thick-lipped rock perch high in his hand and shouted excitedly.
When Ah Can heard Feng Ye's shout, he immediately turned his head and his eyes lit up.
“Thick-lipped rock perch, this is a good thing.” He exclaimed with delight, “I thought there was no good stuff, but it turns out it was buried in the middle.”
You can tell if something is valuable or of good quality just by looking at its color and pattern.
Generally speaking, yellow and red fish, as well as fish with special patterns, are mostly high-quality, with only a small portion being worthless.
Thick-lipped rock bass are much more expensive than common fish, but of course they can't compare to the rare grouper.
However, compared to cheaper varieties of grouper, such as tiger grouper and green grouper, it is not much different.
"These fish like to swim in groups, there should still be some left."
Feng Ye happily placed it in an empty basket and began searching for it.
Sure enough, among a large number of mullet, he also found quite a few thick-lipped rock perch.
"There really is one, they've struck it rich."
How many?
"More than thirty, each weighing at least two pounds."
"Over 60 pounds, looks like I'm having a really good day. Hopefully, the next net will be a hit too."
Ah-chan said with delight, his enthusiasm for sailing the boat even higher.
There was so much to say that Feng Ye spent more than an hour doing it.
The mullet weighed an estimated 1,200 jin (approximately 650 kg) and filled 21 baskets.
There were also quite a few thick-lipped rock perch, and the total weight of all sizes was more than sixty pounds, probably around ninety pounds.
In addition, there were also many yellow sea bream, black sea bream, barracuda, sea bass, crabs, shrimp...
As for the worthless goods that nobody wanted to buy, Feng Ye didn't even bother to sort them and just threw them all back into the sea.
We don't know when the weather will clear up, so we won't leave it to dry in the sun, lest we've wasted our time.
He rested for a while, and then the third network started up again.
The catch this time was quite substantial, weighing six or seven hundred pounds, but there were no surprises; it was all ordinary stuff.
Feng Ye looked at A-Can, who was tidying up the trawl net, and shook his head: "Forget it, let's stop trawling and go back."
"Alright, let's go back then."
Ah-chan did not object.
Although the third trip was unremarkable, the gains from the second trip made today's journey worthwhile.
The two quickly gathered the catch on the deck, throwing the worthless fish and shrimp back into the sea and keeping only the ones that could be sold.
Two people can sort much faster than one person; it only took about twenty minutes.
Immediately afterward, Ah-chan drove the boat back.
The closer you get to the shore, the more small wooden boats you see.
"Brother Ye, look, why are they all gathered together?"
Suddenly, Ah-chan pointed to a group of small wooden boats to his right and asked, puzzled.
Feng Ye followed A-Can's finger and frowned slightly: "It seems like something happened? Let's go take a look."
"Could someone have fallen into the sea again?"
A-Can wondered, and adjusted the direction of the Rising Sun, slowly sailing towards the group of small wooden boats.
Feng Ye shook his head: "It's probably not very likely. The waves aren't big today, so even if someone falls into the sea, they can get up quickly."
As they got closer, they finally saw the situation clearly.
It turned out that the group of small wooden boats were gathered together to watch a group of light blue spheres floating on the sea.
Feng Ye and A-Can exchanged a glance, both filled with curiosity.
It's too far to see clearly, so I don't know what exactly they are.
But it's highly likely that it's a jellyfish.
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