"So many squid!"
Ah-chan, beaming with joy, steered the boat over, then stopped and ran out of the wheelhouse.
Feng Ye had already taken out two hand-thrown nets and handed one to him.
One net per person, casting them simultaneously, can be more efficient.
There were originally three hand-thrown nets on the ship, but one was given to another ship.
This way you can buy one less ticket; you only need to buy one more.
The large group of squid they had just seen were all attracted by the branches floating in the water and stopped swimming forward.
Feng Ye quickly tidied up the hand-thrown net in his hand.
Once he was ready, he looked out at the sea, found a good spot, stood sideways, with one leg in front to support his body and the other leg behind.
Then, the arm behind suddenly thrusts forward, throwing the net out.
At the same time, keep holding the end of the rope in your palm.
The net flew out, rope attached to it.
As the body rotates, the net is thrown out in a near-perfect circle.
The seawater was so clear that you could clearly see the entire process of the sinker carrying the net hitting the surface and sinking to the seabed.
Therefore, there is no need to rely on feeling to determine whether the net has sunk to the bottom; it can be observed directly.
Not to be outdone, Ah-Can followed suit, throwing his own net from another location.
The two moved almost in sync, and two nets quickly unfolded, covering countless squid.
Once you can clearly see the sinker pulling the net to the bottom, pull the rope and slowly bring the net back in.
When Feng Ye cast his net, he was already trying to avoid the egg-laying organs that he had dropped in.
The main problem is that tree branches get tangled in the net, which is troublesome, time-consuming, and can easily damage the net.
However, it was still unavoidable that some branches got tangled in the net.
The squid eggs attached to it were also brought up along with it.
He also collects these squid eggs, which are edible.
Anyway, everyone else will collect them, so one more won't make a difference.
It's not that if we don't collect them, the squid fishing season can continue for decades.
There are many factors that prevent fishing seasons from forming, with overfishing being just one of them, along with marine pollution, climate change, and so on.
However, he wouldn't deliberately try to fish it out of the water.
We must not engage in short-sighted practices.
Moreover, he only collected the squid eggs in the early stages; he stopped collecting them later, when the fishing season was almost over.
Leave some extra for others so that things can continue next year.
Feng Ye's net was very precise, and it contained quite a few squid, probably several dozen kilograms.
It's fine when you're in the water; the buoyancy of the seawater makes it not too strenuous.
However, things were different when he came out of the water; it was time to test his arm strength.
He used every ounce of his strength, dragging the boat upwards little by little, close to the side.
At that moment, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
He chose the wrong spot to cast the net; he should have stood where the crane could reach him.
Then we can use a crane to pull the net up, which will save a lot of effort.
He's standing at the bow of the ship right now, which is out of the crane's reach; the boom isn't long enough.
In addition, there was originally a rolling wheel at the bow of the boat, which was used to retrieve the netting and was also a labor-saving machine.
But before going to the island in the sea, it was dismantled because it was no longer needed.
Damn, that was a miscalculation!
Feng Ye cursed under his breath; now he could only painstakingly move the net onto the boat bit by bit.
Ah Chan's net, however, was pulled onto the boat first.
The number of squid in his net was much smaller, probably only about forty pounds.
With its lighter weight, it's no wonder that the net can be hauled in faster.
A large bag of squid was thrown onto the boat by Ah-Can, splattering ink everywhere.
He wasn't paying attention and got splashed with ink, turning his face into a mess.
"Damn it!"
Ah Chan was speechless.
Why am I so unlucky? Why do I always get sprayed by squid?
Looking at his expression, Feng Ye couldn't help but chuckle.
His smile seemed harmless, but his hands had lost their strength.
The net, which had been almost pulled to the edge of the boat, fell back down and sank back into the water.
"Keep laughing, keep laughing!"
Ah Can glared at Feng Ye with annoyance.
"Stop talking nonsense and come help me. This net is too heavy."
Feng Ye quickly suppressed his smile, refocused, gripped the rope tightly with both hands, and used all his strength to pull the net upwards again.
Ah-chan threw the net aside and quickly went over to help.
With their combined efforts, the two finally managed to drag the heavy net onto the ship and slam it onto the deck.
Ink splattered everywhere again.
However, this time both of them were prepared and didn't get sprayed in their faces.
But there was no way to avoid getting it on my clothes; it splashed all over me.
The deck was covered in puddles of ink.
"You caught a lot in this net, probably seventy or eighty pounds."
Ah-Can kicked the squid that were still struggling in the net and said something.
"Pretty much. After all, they had just swum over and were quite concentrated. I cast the net before they had spread out much."
"Today is the first day of the flood season. We should remember this date so that it can be used as a reference for next year."
"That's hard to say. Last year's flood season started more than half a month early, and I didn't even catch the tail end of the squid's flood season."
As Feng Ye spoke, he untied the branches with eggs tangled in the net and threw them back into the sea.
There are no squid eggs on these branches, so there's no need to collect them.
The squid were caught as soon as they swam over; how could they have time to lay eggs?
Then, he untied the fishing net, lifted it into the basket, and poured out the squid.
One basket wasn't enough, so they brought over another basket, and only then were they finally done.
Ah-Can didn't say anything more and went back to deal with the goods in his network.
In comparison, his harvest was only slightly more than half of Feng Ye's, and he didn't even fill a single basket.
After finishing, the two then tidied up the fishing net and cast it out from a different location.
There are still many squid living underwater; they can't be caught in just one or two nets.
It's true that the squid came together, but they can't all concentrate in one place to lay their eggs; they definitely have to spread out.
Moreover, their ovipositors are deployed in a dispersed manner.
The two men cast their nets several more times, but each time the catch was worse than the last.
After all, the flood season has just begun, and there aren't enough squid migrating to spawn yet; only the vanguard has arrived.
Only during the peak fishing season can there be a continuous supply of fish.
The total catch from their subsequent net casts was less than fifty pounds, averaging less than ten pounds per net.
Actually, there are still squid underwater, but they are too scattered.
There are only a few fish laying eggs on the side of a bunch of branches, so casting a net is too much trouble and not worth it.
The two decided to stop fighting for the time being.
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