Beautiful Windmill Island
The four men carried their catch onto the boat, and then spent another half hour sorting and arranging their morning's harvest.
After settling everything in, Chen Zhiyao rubbed her lower back a few times, then excitedly took out her fishing gear.
"I just found a great fishing spot while I was beachcombing. Let's go fishing there."
Yan Shuting, who was also holding fishing gear, originally wanted to fish on the boat, but after hearing her daughter's words, she immediately grabbed her things and followed her off the boat.
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang, who came out of the cabin, were somewhat confused when they saw the mother and daughter running off with their fishing gear.
However, the two acted quickly, immediately grabbing their usual fishing gear and following closely behind.
Led by Chen Zhiyao, the family soon arrived at the right side of the rocky beach.
There are two large, protruding rocks there, and the water below is very deep. Even when the tide receded to the very back, it didn't affect them at all.
Excellent fishing spot
Moreover, beneath the rocks are coral reefs and rocks of varying sizes, making it a favorite habitat for fish.
"Tangtang, you have a sharp eye. There are definitely a lot of fish in this place."
As a seasoned angler, Grandpa Chen could tell at a glance that this place was good.
Having just been praised, Chen Zhiyao became quite smug, happily turning around with her hands on her hips and laughing:
"Absolutely, I'm very capable."
Actually, when she was beachcombing earlier, she had already looked around with her X-ray glasses and saw that there were quite a few fish down there.
At that moment, she also turned on her X-ray glasses.
Like they were on a picnic, they cheerfully led their elders around the two rocks.
Several large, dark shadows could be seen in the water below, some of them round and plump, looking like groupers.
Some of them have long, slender bodies and are very likely to be worthless creatures like sea bream or silver carp.
There are even more fish in the middle and upper layers, with groups of little creatures leisurely playing and foraging around.
The fish were distributed quite evenly, so Chen Zhiyao didn't need to arrange the seating. Everyone chose a corner to sit down.
While beachcombing earlier, the four of them picked up some dead fish and shrimp, which they used to bait their fishing spot.
Chen Weiqiang threw half a bucket of fish into the sea, which slowly attracted more fish to come over.
Just as her father was busy baiting the fishing spot, Chen Zhiyao cast her bait onto the nearest medium-sized dark shape.
Fish conditions usually improve after heavy rain.
The moment the bait was cast into the water, the dark shape that Chen Zhiyao had her eye on swam over automatically.
In the blink of an eye, the small black shadow representing the shrimp disappeared without a trace.
The fishing line suddenly taut, and the reel on it creaked as it was pulled.
Feeling the pull from the fishing rod in her hand, Chen Zhiyao immediately became excited and skillfully lifted the rod to set the hook.
The shadowy shape was oval and chubby; she initially thought it was a grouper.
However, after walking around for a while, she felt that it was not quite the same. The force was less than she had imagined, and it was very agile.
She felt that the fish didn't look like a grouper, but rather like a rock snapper.
"But this fish is quite big, it must weigh at least several pounds. Even a rock bream isn't this big!"
Chen Zhiyao was very curious about what kind of fish she had caught.
Seeing that the creature underwater wasn't too strong, they quickly sped up the process of playing the fish.
When the fish swam forward, she didn't relax and stay still like before. Instead, she went against it, frantically turning the fishing reel and reeling in the line.
Once the fish below get tired, they'll be even less likely to relax.
The reel creaked as the fishing line, carrying the fish in the water, was quickly pulled back in.
A few minutes later, she pulled a huge pepper snapper weighing over 4 kilograms out of the water.
"Hehe, this pepper snapper is huge! It must be expensive."
The money-grubbing Chen Zhiyao looked at the ugly peppered sea bream as if she were seeing an extremely handsome man.
The surrounding environment and air pressure suddenly changed, and the fish, which had been somewhat exhausted, suddenly became excited.
The large tail thrashed wildly in mid-air, splashing water directly onto Chen Zhiyao's face.
"Pah, pah, pah."
Chen Zhiyao wiped the seawater off her face with her arm and with a strong effort, swung the pepper snapper back from mid-air.
Chen Weiqiang had just finished baiting his spot and hadn't even settled into his chair when he saw his daughter catch a giant pepper snapper, and he was incredibly envious.
Just then, Grandpa Chen and Yan Shuting also caught their fish at the same time.
Now, Chen Weiqiang felt even more sour than pickled cabbage.
The prices of different types of sea fish can vary drastically.
Even the largest barracuda only costs 10 yuan per kilogram, while more expensive fish like the three-knife fish and the red-spotted fish can cost several hundred yuan per kilogram.
Thinking of the red-spotted fish she caught yesterday, Chen Zhiyao stopped focusing on the large, dark clumps and decided to start by catching the fish in front of her, moving from the closest to the furthest.
After rebaiting, she spotted a small, dark shape to her left.
Based on her experience over this period, it's probably around two pounds.
However, the shape of this dark shadow was rather strange. It seemed to have many thorns on its body and didn't look like a fish at all.
Chen Zhiyao was very interested in the fish and threw the large shrimp in her hand directly at it.
Because the fish's shape was so strange, she couldn't tell which side was the head and which side was the tail.
It could only control the shrimp, which was desperately struggling to escape, and slowly circled the fish once.
Fortunately, the fish was quite cooperative and took the initiative, swallowing the delicious shrimp in front of it whole.
The greedy fish probably never expected that its feast would be thorny; after its mouth was pricked, it began to struggle frantically.
However, the fish was not big and was not a threat at all. Chen Zhiyao was too lazy to play the fish and simply reeled it in violently.
The fish were already very close to the shore, and in less than two minutes, a strangely shaped, dark fish leaped out of the water.
Tigerfish
"So ugly."
Chen Zhiyao, who is obsessed with appearances, turned her head away with a look of disgust, not wanting to see this fish that was so ugly to look at.
However, he was still very quick with his hands and soon caught the fish.
The fish had many sharp spines, and it looked very poisonous. Chen Zhiyao didn't dare touch it directly with her bare hands; she had to wear gloves before she dared to remove the fishhook.
Although she grew up by the sea, she doesn't recognize all the sea fish; at least she didn't recognize this eye-catching fish.
Chen Zhiyao picked up the bucket and walked to Grandpa Chen's side. "Grandpa, what kind of fish is it? It looks so ugly."
Grandpa Chen, who had been taking his granddaughter for a walk, immediately turned around and patiently explained to her:
"This is a tigerfish. Don't let its ugly appearance fool you, it's quite expensive, over 100 yuan per pound."
"So this is a tigerfish. It looks quite unique."
Knowing that the fish could sell for over 100 yuan per kilogram, Chen Zhiyao no longer cared that it was ugly; in fact, she praised it for its unique appearance.
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