Sometimes the pufferfish is grayish-white, and sometimes it is golden yellow. It can change its color depending on the environment. Generally speaking, its back is grayish-yellow and its belly is golden yellow.
In terms of overall appearance, the croaker is somewhat similar to the yellow croaker and is sometimes mistaken for a juvenile yellow croaker. In fact, the croaker, yellow croaker and large yellow croaker all belong to the Sciaenidae family, so it is understandable that they look alike.
The Plumfish was a tribute fish during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its flesh is tender and delicious, melting in your mouth. It is delicious whether steamed or fried.
However, the Plum Turban Fish has two drawbacks. One is its small size; even adults only reach about 20 centimeters in length, and anything over 2 taels is considered large.
Another problem is that it's expensive!
It's certainly not as expensive as large yellow croaker, but it's definitely more expensive than small yellow croaker.
Moreover, the pufferfish has another characteristic: the bigger it is, the more expensive it is. A tael or 50g fish has a fixed price, but a tael or 20g fish is extremely rare and the price doubles. Sometimes, it is even priced according to the number of fish, with each fish costing several tens of yuan.
"Little Tiger, look, it's yellow again! God is making it up to you." Ye Cheng teased Little Tiger, then obediently put the Plum Tong fish back into the tank. Live fish are more expensive than frozen ones.
Little Tiger, quick-witted and agile, immediately picked out a large, lively pufferfish and lifted it up.
"Brother, this one probably weighs over 2 ounces."
Ye Cheng estimated with his eyes that it was over 20 centimeters long, which should be over 2 ounces, bigger than his own.
The two first sorted through the pufferfish, getting a little over a hundred in total, and then began to clean the other fish.
Besides the croaker, the most abundant fish in this net were white croaker.
The white croaker is also a member of the Sciaenidae family, and belongs to the same genus as the silver croaker. It is also called silver croaker, white mouth, yellow croaker, etc., and is commonly known as white croaker or white rice croaker.
The white croaker has an elongated oval body, a blunt, rounded head, a short, blunt snout, a large, slightly slanted mouth, a silvery-gray to grayish-brown back, and a silvery-white belly.
White croakers are generally 30-50 cm long, much larger than croakers, and the largest can reach over one meter, even larger than large yellow croakers.
The flesh of the white croaker is delicate and tender. In addition to being delicious, it is also believed to have many health and beauty benefits.
However, the price of white croaker is not very expensive, usually only a few tens of yuan per kilogram, which is similar to the price of small yellow croaker.
The main reason is that its meat quality is somewhat inferior, and its silvery-white color is not as appealing as the golden-yellow color of other meats. In addition, it has a strong reproductive capacity, is easy to catch, and is easy to transport, so the price is low.
Ye Cheng and his team caught quite a few white croakers in this net, most of them over 30 centimeters long. The two of them picked out seventy or eighty of them, which they estimated to weigh around 100 jin (50 kg).
Besides these two types of fish, the rest were small, miscellaneous fish, including an octopus, which the two of them casually threw into a tank and that was it.
After washing the remaining stones and worthless shells back into the sea, the two began casting their second net.
It was getting late by the time they finished fishing, so they ate lunch while sailing. Xiao Hu had bought a lot of things, and the two of them could only eat half of it before they were full, so they mainly drank water.
Although the sea breeze was strong, the sun was also quite intense. Since he knew there were pufferfish here, Ye Cheng deliberately pulled the net down to the seabed, hoping to catch more.
The second trip was also planned to take an hour. After 40 minutes, Ye Cheng suddenly felt the boat slow down and the hull began to sway slightly.
Xiao Hu, sitting in the back, also noticed it, and he quickly stood up while holding onto the railing.
"Brother, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the boat?"
Ye Cheng frowned, he didn't know what the problem was, he was still a novice when it came to boats.
"I don't know, come and take a look."
Xiao Hu walked over, and the two of them pretended to look around in the cockpit, but couldn't see anything wrong at all.
Suddenly, Ye Cheng looked back and saw a flock of seabirds following behind the boat, right where he was trawling his net.
"Little Tiger, look behind you," Ye Cheng called out.
Xiao Hu looked over as well and immediately realized what was happening.
"Brother, you must have caught a school of fish. I've heard them say that if there's a school of fish, seabirds will fly over it."
"Damn, what good luck! We even caught a school of fish," Ye Cheng muttered.
"Brother, hurry up and set up the net. This fish is quite strong. If you keep going, you might break the net, and the boat is rocking more and more."
Ye Cheng also felt it; at first the boat was swaying slightly, but now the swaying was getting bigger and bigger, and the two of them had to hold onto the boat to stand up.
"Alright, set up the net."
Although it wasn't the scheduled time, Ye Cheng didn't dare to wait any longer, and the two of them staggered to the back.
The trawl rope was taut and swaying back and forth, indicating that there was a large cargo struggling inside the trawl net, which slowed down the ship and caused it to rock back and forth.
Ye Cheng quickly reduced the boat's speed again and started the net winch. This time, he could clearly feel that the net winch was working much harder and the net was being pulled up very slowly.
"Little Tiger, be careful, don't fall off." Ye Cheng reminded him, adjusting his position to make sure he was standing steadily.
As the trawl net slowly rose, the force felt increasingly stronger. Although the amplitude of the swaying from side to side decreased, the force of the boat's swaying did not diminish at all.
As the net drew closer, seabirds followed, occasionally swooping low to try and snatch some food, but they were all trapped inside and couldn't get any.
When the net was almost pulled to the stern, the entire trawl net tilted to the left, and Xiao Hu couldn't pull the line at all.
With no other option, Xiao Hu found a hook, hooked it onto the net, and pulled hard, finally managing to move the trawling net to the middle.
The fish in the net were jumping in terror, splashing water all over the sea surface, mixed with the tail currents. Ye Chengjian could only see a white blur, and he couldn't make out any of the fish.
The two men, one on each side, helped the winch pull the fishing net out of the water.
As soon as it emerged from the water, the weight suddenly increased, and the winch seemed unable to get up.
"Damn it! Bro, this is a bit heavy!" Xiao Hu shouted through gritted teeth.
Ye Cheng's side was similar. "Damn, there must be several hundred pounds of fish. We really caught a school of fish."
This was the first time the two of them had ever felt such weight. They had to admit that the trawl net provided by the system was of good quality; it didn't break even with so many fish.
Fortunately, both men were in their prime and strong enough that they managed to get the net up using all their might.
As soon as it came up, without even needing to pour it out, fish jumped out of it, with black backs and slender bodies.
"Brother, it's Spanish mackerel! We've encountered a school of Spanish mackerel."
Ye Cheng looked around and saw that the net was full of mackerel; they had indeed encountered a school of fish.
Spanish mackerel, also known as Spanish mackerel, is the fish used in the Spanish mackerel dumplings that are very popular in Qingdao, Shandong.
They usually move in schools, sometimes numbering in the thousands. Ye Cheng and his team estimated that their net contained about a hundred fish, making it a small school.
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