So for anglers, the only use for pufferfish is—to clean their shoes!
That's right, it involves using the swollen body of a pufferfish to brush your shoes before throwing them back into the sea.
Ye Cheng looked at the little thing on the fishing rod and felt a chill in his heart.
"Damn, bro, you even caught a pufferfish? That's amazing! Hahaha, you can polish your shoes now."
"Get lost, take it or leave it."
Ye Cheng doesn't even dare to brush his shoes now. He's not wearing gloves because he's afraid of coming into contact with sharp thorns and getting poisoned.
Having exhausted all other options, Ye Cheng took out his gloves, put them on, and carefully removed them from the creature's mouth. Then, he spoke gently into its adorable mouth.
"Brother, next time you want something to eat, just tell me. Don't eat the bait, okay? Fishing isn't easy for me, so don't ruin my life."
After saying that, he tossed the ancestor back with both hands, making Xiao Hu laugh uncontrollably.
Ye Cheng rolled his eyes at him, "What are you laughing at me for? Hurry up and post the next one."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Xiao Hu's fishing rod started moving, leaving him flustered and confused.
Ye Cheng shook his head, glanced back at the puddle, and saw that a third of it was already submerged. He could go offline in another hour.
Ye Cheng cast the rod again, this time casting it a little further. The seawater surged, and the float bobbed up and down. In less than two minutes, the float moved. Ye Cheng pulled the rod, and his hand felt a strong pull.
Ye Cheng stood up and skillfully used the technique of playing the fish and setting the hook. This time, it took him twenty minutes to pull the fish out of the water. It had a bluish back, a white body, and a pointed mouth, and was 40 centimeters long.
Ye Cheng carefully pulled it to the surface of the water and let it float for another 5 minutes before finally lifting it up with a rod and catching it in a net.
This is a golden-eyed bass, also known as a barramundi. It's very aggressive, which is why Ye Cheng had a hard time reeling it in earlier.
Goldeneye sea bass has flesh that is plump like garlic cloves, tender and smooth, and tastes very good. It is generally considered to taste better than sea bass, but it is not expensive, only a few tens of yuan per kilogram. This fish weighs almost ten kilograms, which is not bad.
After fishing for a while longer, Ye Cheng caught two more seven-star grouper and one bluefin bream, bringing his total catch to nearly ten fish – a good haul.
On the other side, Xiao Hu caught three fish, all of them sea bream.
Ye Cheng looked back and saw that the water in the puddle was beginning to run dry, and the back of a large fish could be seen floating on the surface. It was time.
"Little Tiger, get some water in the pond." Ye Cheng called out, then put down his fishing rod, found a net, and started catching the big fish floating on the surface.
Ye Cheng first tested the water depth, which was already below waist level, and then he went into the water. A startled black fish flew out of the water from beside Ye Cheng, and its tail lashed out at him, making him stagger.
"Damn, you dare to assault a police officer?" Ye Cheng was quick-witted and swift, scooping up the net and catching the fish, which was over half a meter long.
However, this guy was not well-behaved at all. He struggled in the net, trying to escape, but Ye Cheng pushed him to the bottom of the water.
Suddenly, I felt a prick on my hand; the fish's dorsal fin was quite sharp.
Ye Cheng adjusted the angle and then lifted it out of the net. It was a black sea bream, but it was a bit big.
Black sea bream are generally 30-40 centimeters long, but this one is probably the king of fish, it's 50 centimeters long and weighs seven or eight pounds. I don't know how it got in here.
"Little Tiger, come help, this guy is really fierce."
Xiao Hu quickly waded over and helped Ye Cheng lift it out of the water.
This thing is so big, the water tank is almost too cramped to fit.
After dealing with the large black sea bream, the two went back into the water. The water level dropped considerably, and a white fish emerged from the water. Xiao Hu caught it in the net and lifted it up.
"Brother, a sea bass, and it's not small either," Xiao Hu said excitedly.
"Okay, keep going. Try to catch a grouper this big, then we'll be rich." Ye Cheng gave a half-hearted encouragement and continued catching fish.
"Brother, this puddle is too big, and it's too slow to scoop it up with a net. Why don't we go to the internet cafe?" Xiao Hu said.
Ye Cheng looked at it and thought it made sense. Such a big puddle would take forever to clear with just two people using a net.
It's still faster to log off.
"Okay, let's pull the net."
No sooner said than done, Xiao Hu went back to the tricycle and grabbed the net, and the two of them, one on each side, started pulling the net.
As the net slowly closed in, it was clear that fish were frantically trying to escape, occasionally bumping into Ye Cheng's legs.
As the net was pulled closer, the fish were already eager to jump out of the water, making a lot of splashing noise. Ye Cheng roughly counted them and estimated there were about ten.
"We've caught the fish!" Ye Cheng shouted, and the two of them pulled the net ashore together. It felt very heavy, and Ye Cheng couldn't hold it by himself. It took the two of them working together to pull up a full net.
A group of lively, jumping fish!
Black, white, and red—what a greedy child!
No wonder everyone loves watching the net being pulled in; it's really exciting and makes everyone who watches it very happy.
Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu took the water tank and took out the largest ones first.
First up was a dog shark, half a meter long, which Ye Cheng grabbed by the tail and threw into the tank, where it fought with a black sea bream.
Then came a Spanish mackerel, not as long as the one Ye Cheng caught in the last competition, only about 30 centimeters long, but it was still acceptable.
Then came the smaller ones, three 20cm long pepper snapper.
The Flowertail Pepperfish is a type of sea bream. It has three wide, black diagonal stripes on its sides, and its dorsal fin and tail have dense dots, like scattered black peppercorns, hence its name.
The horned pepper snapper is also known as the "sea chicken" because its meat is similar to chicken, and it is low in fat and high in protein, making it similar in nutrition to chicken. In addition, it can be cooked in many ways, such as steaming, braising, frying, or making soup, hence the name "sea chicken".
Besides the sea chicken, the flower-tailed pepper snapper is also commonly known as the Bao Gong fish, mainly because its body color is blackish-brown or dark gray, and it has dark wide stripes on its body, which is somewhat like the image of Bao Gong in opera, hence the name Bao Gong fish.
Peppered snapper isn't expensive, only 20-30 yuan per catty, which is considered good value for money.
Besides peppered sea bream, this net also caught a few red sea bream.
By the time Ye Cheng and his team finished cleaning up, the water in the puddle had mostly drained, and the water pumps could no longer pump any more water.
The two men stopped the water pump and then went down into the pit to look for the goods.
Big Yellow had somehow crawled over and squatted by the puddle, watching. Seeing the small fish and shrimp in the puddle, the little guy happily rushed in, wanting a piece of the puddle.
The large puddle turned into small puddles, and the first thing Ye Cheng saw was that pig's head.
Damn it, there's only a bone left.
The thing's bones looked a bit disgusting, especially that row of teeth. Ye Cheng was a little disgusted by it and quickly threw it away.
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