Hearing Feng Ye's excited shout, everyone looked over, wanting to see what kind of fish he had caught as his first catch.
The fish wasn't big, and Feng Ye quickly pulled it out of the water.
A small, silvery-white fish with black stripes was pulled into the air; it weighed about a pound.
"What kind of fish is this? It looks a bit small!"
Fang Yi didn't recognize him, so he asked casually.
Wang Teng and Zhang Qiang also shook their heads, indicating that they had never seen this kind of fish before.
Ah-Can said with some delight, "It's a Ding Gong fish, this fish is good."
Feng Ye added, "These fish don't usually grow very big, and this one is considered quite large. The meat is tender, doesn't fall apart easily when cooked, has a good chewy texture, and tastes very good."
The Dinggong fish, also known as the Flowery Chicken Fish, is a small fish that is eurythermal and euryhaline, and usually only weighs three or four ounces. It is very rare for this one to grow to one pound.
Its typical features include a large black spot on the dorsal fin, diagonal black stripes on the upper and lower tail fin, and three black longitudinal stripes forming an arc on the sides of the body.
It is also a typical carnivorous fish, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in shallow waters of estuaries and harbors along the coast.
Its juveniles often appear on the sea surface or seashore, or invade river mouths, foraging in groups along the water's edge.
Because of their fast swimming speed, this type of fish is mostly caught by hand fishing, longline fishing, or drift nets.
He's been trawling the net for over a month and hasn't caught a single fish.
"Oh, is that so?"
Everyone glanced at it and lost interest; it was just a small fish, not a big one.
Just as Feng Ye removed the dinggong fish from the hook, he suddenly saw the fishing line he had previously tethered begin to move, darting back and forth in the water.
Clearly, the fish that had taken the bait was struggling violently, thrashing about underwater, trying to get rid of the hook in its mouth.
He quickly threw the fish into the bucket, not even bothering to hang the bait, and rushed over in three steps.
However, before he could bend down to pull the fishing line, he saw the fishing line next to him also start to tremble.
"Holy crap, another one! Damn it, if you don't want to come, you don't have to, but you have to come two at once."
Feng Ye was overjoyed. He quickly grabbed a fishing line and shouted to A-Can, "A-Can, stop fishing and come quickly to retrieve this one next to me. I can't keep up with catching two at once."
"Two of them came at once, what a stroke of good luck!"
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can was also very excited. He immediately put down his fishing line, ran over, grabbed the other trembling fishing line, and started reeling it in.
"The worst situation is when too many fish bite at once, and you can't keep up. If you don't reel in the line in time, it's a shame if they get away."
"Yes, with longline fishing you can't see the fish, so if it gets away, it's fine; but if you just watch the fish get away, it's heartbreaking."
As they talked, their hands moved quickly as well.
Just then, Fang Yi suddenly shouted, "Ah Ye, there are three fishing lines moving over here too!"
"Grass!"
What you fear most is what happens.
Upon hearing this, the two of them simultaneously sped up the reeling process.
Feng Ye asked loudly, "Does anyone have time to help me collect this?"
"No, I've already hooked a fish."
Fang Yi was busy reeling in the cable and couldn't help.
"I've caught a fish too."
That's Zhang Qiang's voice.
"I haven't had any fish bite yet, I'll come help you."
As soon as Wang Teng finished speaking, he felt a pull on his hand. He hurriedly raised his hand to hook the fish, saying at the same time, "I can't help you anymore, a fish has taken the bait."
"Holy crap, can't we all be grouped together like this?"
Feng Ye was utterly speechless.
Because in that very short time, he saw two more fishing lines move.
"Hurry, hurry... hurry and reel them in, don't let them get away..."
"Damn it! They weren't here a moment ago, but now they're all here at once..."
Ah-Can also got anxious, and quickly pulled the line up with both hands, trying to pull the struggling fish up as soon as possible.
"Hurry up, you guys, finish collecting and then help out."
Feng Ye was also anxious, his hands almost dancing in a blur, and he didn't forget to turn around and shout at Fang Yi and the others.
When he pulled the fish out of the water and saw that it was a sea bass weighing more than three pounds, he didn't even have time to be happy and quickly untied it and threw it into the bucket.
He immediately threw down the fishing line and rushed to the side, pulling up a fishing line that was cutting through the water with a "whoosh" sound.
As soon as he touched it, he felt a heavy weight in his hand, and his gloved hand was a little sore from the tightness.
Clearly, this is a big fish!
He excitedly pulled upwards, but before he could pull it up much, he heard a "snap".
The fishing line snapped!
He was caught off guard and fell flat on his backside.
"Grass!"
Feng Ye cursed, ignoring the heartache of losing a big fish, and immediately got up to pull on the fishing line of another fish that had been caught.
This one is equally substantial, though not as large as the one that just escaped, it's not much smaller either.
This time, fearing the fishing line would break again, he dared not pull it with brute force, and could only loosen and tighten it intermittently, letting it run for a while.
As for the three fishing lines that had caught fish on the other side, he couldn't care less about them anymore and could only hand them over to Ah Can or Fang Yi and the others.
I just hope the fish doesn't struggle too much, or bites the hook deeper, so it doesn't get away.
Ah-Can hurriedly reeled in the fishing line, and upon seeing that it was a bluefin bream, he immediately said with a look of disgust, "Damn, what a waste of your time. I thought it was some kind of fish, but it's just this trash."
Although the fish was not what I expected, since I had already pulled it up, I couldn't just release it back into the wild.
He untied it and threw it into the bucket, then quickly ran to the other side of the Rising Sun and grabbed a fishing line that was shaking violently.
Fang Yi and Wang Teng also pulled the fish up one after another, and quickly put down their fishing lines to help.
Fortunately, the fish on these three fishing lines were not large, their struggles were limited, and they all bit the hook quite deeply, so none of them escaped.
Three fish, three varieties: a catfish, a yellowtail snapper, and a lager.
They had all pulled the fish up, but Feng Ye hadn't even reeled in half of the line.
Despite having countless loops of fishing line wrapped around his hands, which were so tight they caused him unbearable pain in his entire palm.
But he gritted his teeth and persevered, trying his best to control the force and rhythm to prevent the fishing line from breaking again.
That's the downside of handline fishing; it's tiring to catch big fish and they're hard to reel in.
"Ah Can, come help me out. This fish is a bit big and it's not easy to handle."
Seeing that Ah Can and the others had already pulled the fish up and were baiting the hooks, Feng Ye hurriedly called out.
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can threw the baited hook into the sea. Just as he turned around, he saw the fishing line moving again.
"Another fish has taken the bait. Now you can pull it in slowly."
He exclaimed in surprise and rushed over.
Feng Ye turned his head and saw that not only A-Can, but also Fang Yi and the other two were pulling fish from the side of the boat. He could only sigh helplessly.
"Damn, did they have to arrive so just in time?"
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