The fishing line was taut, pulling hard on the flesh of the mouth, and the big fish in the sea was in pain from the fishhook.
The stinging sensation gradually made it agitated, and it began to irrationally rampage through the water.
A sudden, strong pull came from the fishing rod in her hand, and Chen Zhiyao, caught off guard, almost fell over.
Holding onto the railing in front of her, Chen Zhiyao quickly changed to a more comfortable position and began to play the fish.
Just as she was happily playing with the fish, Grandpa Chen, who was not far away, caught a pearl grouper weighing more than 5 kilograms.
That guy was quite big, and when he pulled him up, the old man was so happy that his face turned red.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Weiqiang also caught a grouper weighing about 4 kilograms.
Two groupers swung their tails in mid-air, just like the father and son, who were showing off.
Looking at the two smug-looking people, Chen Zhiyao muttered resentfully:
"It's just a four or five-pound grouper, what's so special about it? Mine is even bigger."
The fish below was very strong, and it moved in a jerky motion. Chen Zhiyao could tell that it was a grouper.
Based on the force and the size of the shadowy figure, she was certain it was at least a large fish weighing eight or nine pounds.
Chen Zhiyao was getting more and more excited about the eight or nine-pound grouper, and the intense pulling sensation was also very addictive.
As the pressure from the fishing rod increased, Chen Zhiyao felt her heart pounding faster, and her blood seemed to boil.
The two, one human and one fish, were still struggling desperately, and Chen Zhiyao was putting all her effort into it.
Unexpectedly, the fishing rod in her hand suddenly lost its grip, and Chen Zhiyao, who had exerted too much force, fell straight backward.
In this state, it's either unhooked or cut off.
"Oh ho!"
"Oh ho!"
As the father and son helped her up, they gloated and said "Oh ho!"
Chen Zhiyao pulled in the fishing line and realized that only a bare piece of line remained; the hook was long gone.
When they looked up again, the father and son eagerly threw their bait in the direction where the fish had escaped.
Chen Zhiyao: "..."
After replacing the fishing hook, Chen Zhiyao turned on her X-ray glasses. The dark figure from before was nowhere to be seen; it had long since disappeared.
In the water in front of her, only small dark shadows remained, the largest weighing no more than two or three pounds.
The big fish got away, so Chen Zhiyao had to switch back to a smaller hook.
The dark shapes ahead were mostly long and round, with flat bodies, somewhat resembling the butterflyfish we had just caught, but thinner.
Chen Zhiyao didn't know exactly what kind of fish it was, but that didn't stop her from throwing the bait at the dark figures.
Soon, I felt a slight pull on the fishing rod in my hand.
The fish had no strength at all, so Chen Zhiyao started turning the reel to reel in the line.
Two minutes later, she flew an egg-shaped fish with bright and beautiful patterns onto the deck.
The patterns on the fish's head and tail are quite beautiful, and the tail is particularly unique.
Upon seeing the fish's tail, Chen Zhiyao immediately knew what kind of fish it was.
This is a spinytail fish, an ornamental fish that inhabits coral reefs.
The spiny fish has hard, very sharp spines on its caudal peduncle, which can easily cause cuts, hence the name "spiny fish".
Spinetail
This fish is flat and very light in your hand, weighing at most a little over a pound.
However, it looks quite nice, and I estimate the price will be similar to the butterflyfish I just saw.
Chen Zhiyao chuckled and put it into the bucket, then hooked half a shrimp onto the bare fishing hook.
Seeing that the group of dark figures were still there, she cast the bait back to its original spot.
Less than a minute later, Chen Zhiyao felt another pull on the bamboo pole in her hand.
The black shadow that bit the hook was a bit bigger than the one before, and its body was also rounder. Although it didn't look big, it was quite strong.
The fish on this coral reef are all quite beautiful, and Chen Zhiyao is very much looking forward to seeing what kind of fish the next one will be.
Although this fish had a slightly stronger pull than the previous spiky fish, it was no match for Chen Zhiyao, who was used to playing with large fish.
After a few minutes of walking, the sea fish below were exhausted and stopped in the water, dazed, as Chen Zhiyao pulled them back.
Soon, she pulled up a blue-purple spiky fish with yellow spots.
Spinetail
Although this fish's color and patterns are completely different from the previous one, and its shape is even rounder.
However, judging from its tail, it is also a spiny-tailed fish.
Between the two spiny fish, she preferred the blue-purple one she had just caught.
These butterflyfish and scorpionfish are quite beautiful. Chen Zhiyao was still thinking about whether to keep them in the fish tank at home.
However, these fish looked rather delicate, and she was worried that she wouldn't be able to keep them alive.
The two pufferfish she had been raising died the day after they arrived at her home.
Chen Zhiyao thought of the two pufferfish that had gone to other planets, and finally shook her head:
"Forget it, it's better to sell it for money than let it die."
She quite enjoys fishing on the coral reef; the fish there are so beautiful, they almost seem unreal.
As soon as she took the hook off, she couldn't wait to re-bait it and cast it towards the group of small dark figures.
When the fish took the bait again, Chen Zhiyao was very excited and stared at the water with anticipation.
She was trying to guess whether it was a butterflyfish, a spiny fish, or some other pretty fish.
Suddenly, a dark brown fish covered in black spots appeared before her eyes.
"This fish is so ugly."
Chen Zhiyao took a second look before recognizing it as a pepper snapper.
Peppered bream
She thought to herself, "This name is quite fitting."
I had just caught some beautiful fish like red sea bream, butterflyfish, and scorpionfish, but then I saw a rather plain-looking pepper sea bream. The contrast was just too great.
Chen Zhiyao felt that the pepper fish was really too spicy for her eyes.
Although pepper snapper may not look appealing, it has thick, tender, and very delicious flesh, making it a particularly tasty sea fish.
Moreover, the price of rock bream is usually not low, and for the sake of money, the money-grubbing Chen Zhiyao immediately smiled.
When this pepper snapper was placed in the bucket, it stood out conspicuously among a group of butterflyfish and spinyfish.
Chen Zhiyao quickly took out her phone, snapped a few photos, and posted them on her WeChat Moments, where they immediately garnered a string of likes.
Chen Zhiyao glanced at the time on her phone; it was almost 3 o'clock.
But she only caught a few small fish, which was still a bit inferior to the grouper that her grandfather and father caught.
Just as she was wandering around the boat, trying to find a big fish, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the father and son at the stern.
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