Take a break and relax~
Chen Zhiyao had just gotten up when Chen Weiqiang returned from the fishing tackle shop.
Previously, the grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter usually fished in the nearshore waters, and the fish they saw were generally 20 to 30 pounds.
However, in the open sea, you might encounter giant fish weighing over 100 or even 200 kilograms, which are no longer enough with ordinary fishing hooks and lines.
There are also lead weights; the previous ones were all too light. For deep-sea fishing, you need to use specially made lead weights.
They had gone fishing once before at the place where the inner sea and the outer sea meet, and they had prepared some thicker fishing lines and hooks, but it was still not enough.
Chen Weiqiang went to the fishing tackle shop in the morning and brought back a lot of different types of sinkers, fishing rods and fishing lines.
Let alone a fish weighing over 100 jin, Chen Weiqiang felt that he could even catch a fish weighing 300 jin.
After lunch, Grandpa Chen also brought back several kilograms of large shrimp from the shrimp pond.
The ocean isn't all big fish. If you encounter rockfish or schools of pomfret, shrimp can also be used.
The longtail snapper and pomfret I encountered before sold for quite a bit of money.
The fishing boat set sail at 8 p.m., and the group ate dinner early and couldn't wait to bring all kinds of fishing gear and leave home.
They arrived early, just as the sun was setting.
Chen Zhiyao thought they were already quite early, but when she boarded the boat, she saw several fishermen wandering around on it.
In addition to the crew lounge, there are four rooms on board for people to live in.
Chen Zhiyao's room was room number 1. As soon as she boarded the ship, a friendly-looking young lady led her to her room.
"Ms. Chen, there are four people in your room. You are the first to arrive. You can choose your own bed."
The room wasn't big; it contained four small bunk beds.
Each bed also has a lockable cabinet for storing clothes and valuables.
Chen Zhiyao chose a lower bunk by the window, from which she could see the sunset.
Sunset
After a while, the other three roommates arrived.
Unexpectedly, two of them were acquaintances, one of whom was Sister Yan, a fishing expert.
There was another woman, Lino, who, like her, had only recently started fishing but was quite lucky.
Both of them were regulars on their uncle's fishing boat, and had even gone fishing with her at sea before.
There's also a cheerful and outgoing short-haired woman named Shen Zhitao, who is Sister Yan's fishing buddy and is said to be an excellent angler.
Fishing wasn't allowed yet, so the four of them lay on the bed and chatted.
Sister Yan and Shen Zhitao, being experienced, told Chen Zhiyao and the others about techniques for catching giant fish like tuna.
"Shrimp and squid are okay for catching grouper weighing tens of kilograms, but they're too small for catching tuna or moonfish weighing hundreds of kilograms."
"To catch big fish, it's best to use larger baits like sea bream or mackerel."
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Chen Zhiyao and Li Nuo had only ever fished in nearshore areas, so they listened very attentively.
The four chatted and laughed, and soon became good friends.
Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited, Shen Zhitao urged them to get some rest:
"The fishing is pretty good this morning. This boat should reach the first fishing spot around 6 o'clock. Everyone should get some rest so we don't run into any big fish that we won't have the strength to reel in."
"Okay, thank you, Sister Yan."
Fishing is hard work, so Chen Zhiyao and the others went to bed around 9 p.m.
At 5:30 a.m. the next day, Chen Zhiyao woke up on her own thanks to the biological clock she had developed during this period.
At the same time, Li Nuo, who was sleeping opposite her, also had her phone alarm go off.
After the two changed their clothes, they discovered that Sister Yan and Sister Tao had already gotten up.
While Chen Zhiyao was still brushing her teeth, the ship's loudspeaker came on:
"Dear guests, we have now arrived at the first fishing spot. Yellowfin tuna are frequently spotted in this area. We wish you a pleasant fishing experience."
Upon hearing that there were yellowfin tuna, Chen Zhiyao skipped breakfast, brushed her teeth, and hurriedly ran to her fishing spot.
There are 24 fishing spots on the boat, and Chen Zhiyao drew spot number 8, which is right at the stern.
Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen were at fishing spots number 6 and 10 respectively, while Chen Hu was at spot number 11. The group was not far apart from each other.
Yan Rui provides each angler with two kilograms of large squid every day.
Chen Zhiyao volunteered to help everyone collect it, and when she came back, she secretly put bait additive inside.
The squid provided on the boat were larger than those that Chen Zhiyao and the others had caught at the dock; all four of them used these larger squid.
Chen Zhiyao turned on her fishing goggles and saw many dark shadows on the seabed, including several large fish.
This is already deep sea, with water depths reaching seventy or eighty meters.
Although she could see where the fish were, Chen Zhiyao had no way of controlling where the bait would land.
As the squid swam and the ocean currents moved, the bait gradually drifted away from Chen Zhiyao's intended location and landed in a place where there was nothing.
With the help of the bait and the lucky fishing rod, she soon saw a dark shadow approaching the bait.
Two minutes later, Chen Zhiyao felt a huge pull on her hand holding the fishing rod.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the massive object weighing over 100 pounds that she had hoped for.
Judging from its strength and size, it should be a grouper weighing 20 to 30 pounds.
She made sure to have time to prepare the X-ray glasses in advance for this trip to sea.
To conserve her energy, Chen Zhiyao turned on her beachcombing glasses as soon as she caught the fish, maximizing her strength.
She had just drunk two bottles of strength-boosting potion at noon, and now her strength had doubled. Playing with these fish, which were only twenty or thirty in size, was a piece of cake.
Compared to the fish that were swimming wildly on the seabed, she seemed much more at ease.
After struggling with the fish in the sea for 20 minutes, she pulled a blue-gray grouper with white spots on its body out of the water.
This blue-spotted grouper was almost as long as her leg, and it was bigger than the ones she had caught before.
As soon as the fishhook was removed, Chen Zhiyao happily carried it over to be weighed.
"27.6 jin (18.3 catties), the deep sea is really different, it's almost twice the size of the blue-spotted grouper I caught before."
The previous 17-jin (6.5 catties) one could sell for 160 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), and this 27-jin (18.5 catties) one can probably sell for more than 200 yuan per jin (0.5 kg).
The thought of getting several thousand yuan so easily made Chen Zhiyao grin from ear to ear.
She earned back half the cost of a boat ticket in less than half an hour.
The fishermen nearby looked at her with envy and longing, making Chen Zhiyao feel embarrassed.
Just as she was preparing to press on and catch another big fish.
Suddenly, I saw waves surging towards me, and these waves looked rather strange.
"Strange, is there something on the waves?"
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