Moonfish are extremely rare, and are even called lottery fish by many anglers because catching one is as difficult as winning the lottery.
Moreover, it is the dream fish of many anglers.
Chen Zhiyao only knew that this fish was very expensive, but she didn't know exactly how expensive it was.
So I immediately took two photos and sent them to Boss Yang, and then asked:
"Brother Yang, what's the price of a 30-plus pound moonfish these days?"
As soon as the message was sent, Chen Feng excitedly ran over.
"Tangtang, your luck is simply incredible! This moonfish must weigh at least thirty pounds."
As he spoke, he picked it up and took it to be weighed, and Chen Zhiyao, who was beside him, happily followed and ran over.
"Tangtang, your moonfish weighs 36.8 jin (18.4 catties), it's probably worth several thousand yuan," Chen Feng said excitedly as he turned around.
Moonfish can grow to two or three hundred pounds, so this one, weighing just over thirty pounds, is practically a child.
However, moonfish are rare, and this one weighing over 30 pounds is quite a find.
Moonfish usually appear in groups, but not in large numbers, usually in groups of three to five.
If Chen Zhiyao caught one, there should be two or three more below. Thinking of this, the fishermen on the boat were extremely excited.
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang reacted the fastest, immediately arriving at Chen Zhiyao's fishing spot and casting their bait directly towards where she had been fishing.
Other anglers also gathered around, eagerly casting their bait.
When Chen Zhiyao returned after weighing the moonfish with her cousin, she was stunned to see so many people. Where could she stand?
Just then, Yang Jiajun called:
"Tangtang, please save this moonfish for me, the price is negotiable."
Chen Zhiyao didn't answer directly, but instead asked with a smile:
"Brother Yang, what's the price of that 36.8 jin (18.4 catties) moonfish?"
Yang Jiajun didn't mince words and said directly, "180 yuan per catty for a whole fish."
“Okay, let’s do it your way, Brother Yang.” Chen Zhiyao’s eyes lit up when she heard that it was 180 yuan per kilogram.
At 180 yuan per jin, 36.8 jin would be 6624 yuan. Adding the stonefish I caught this morning, it's another day with a daily income of over 10,000 yuan.
Yang Jiajun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Zhiyao had agreed.
"Tangtang, you have to save this fish for your brother, okay?"
In Japan, moonfish are very popular, and he can make a fortune selling them.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhiyao glanced at her original fishing spot. In the center were her grandfather and father, and around them were several boat owners who had chartered the boat. It was as lively as a bustling market.
Instead of joining in the fun, she turned on her X-ray glasses and walked around the fishing boat, observing the other fish below.
After wandering around for a while, Chen Zhiyao was pleasantly surprised to find more than a dozen round, dark shadows in the water below.
"Strange, weren't they saying that moonfish would only appear in groups of three or five? How come there are so many here?"
Although a little confused, Chen Zhiyao still happily cast the bait towards the largest dark shape.
This big guy was very cautious. After about two or three minutes, he slowly swallowed the squid in his mouth.
The fishing rod sank at first, and then remained motionless.
"Strange, why isn't it moving? Did it break free?"
Seeing that the dark shape was still there, Chen Zhiyao tried to reel in the fishing line. However, the resistance from the line was still quite strong, indicating that the fish simply didn't want to move.
"This fish is such a lazy bum, it doesn't fight back at all."
Thinking of the moonfish from earlier, which had also remained motionless, Chen Zhiyao suddenly became excited and began to boast:
"Haha, this big guy must be a moonfish."
The fish was like a dead thing; there was resistance, but it didn't fight back at all.
In less than 5 minutes, Chen Zhiyao easily pulled a huge dark shadow to the side of the boat.
As the fish gradually came into focus, she belatedly realized that something was wrong with it.
Although the shadow was round, it had no fins and a long tail.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao pulled a large, gray, disc-shaped fish out of the water.
"It was a manta ray after all. What a disappointment."
Once she could clearly see the fish she had caught, Chen Zhiyao's initially excited face immediately fell.
stingray
Stingrays are actually rays, and apart from their ghostly faces, their venom is also very similar to that of a devil.
Its tail has long, poisonous thorns; if you get pricked, it can be life-threatening.
The saying goes, "First stingray, second tiger, third sand ray," with the stingray ranking first, which shows how terrifying it is.
Although manta rays, like moonfish, tend to slack off, their prices are worlds apart.
The market price for stingrays is generally 30 to 40 yuan, but if sold to a purchasing station, it only costs 20 yuan per kilogram.
This manta ray was huge, much larger than the moonfish we just saw; the net couldn't even fit it.
In the end, Chen Zhiyao and her brother Chen Feng pulled him up together.
At this moment, the manta ray lay on its back on the deck, revealing its white belly.
The mouth at the very top looks exactly like a human face, and it's gloomy and adorably ugly.
(Friendly reminder: The following images may be a little scary.)
It got its name from its human-like face, which makes it look rather scary.
People who like it find the fish's melancholic charm adorable, while those who dislike it find it terrifying.
stingray
Soon, Chen Feng jogged over, holding a pair of scissors in his hand, and cut off the venomous barb on the manta ray's tail.
The brother and sister had just finished processing the stingray when several shouts of cursing came from ahead.
"What a disappointment. It's just a worthless manta ray."
"Yeah, I thought it was a moonfish just now."
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It seemed everyone had caught a manta ray, and with this comparison, Chen Zhiyao visibly became happy.
She was the only one who caught a moonfish.
When she was in a good mood, she couldn't resist going over to watch the fun.
Several people caught manta rays, but they were smaller than the one she had just caught, which weighed over 30 pounds; they were probably only about 20 pounds.
As for Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang, who had occupied the best spots, their faces looked terrible, practically screaming "Keep Out!"
"My fish must have weighed at least 40 pounds, how could it have gotten off the hook?" Grandpa Chen slapped his thigh in anguish.
Chen Weiqiang, standing to the side, became even more excited, saying, "This one weighs at least 50 pounds. The force was so strong it almost dragged me into the sea."
It turned out that the father and son had both broken free of their hooks and cut the thread, their thighs were almost swollen from slapping.
Seeing that the father and son didn't look too good, Chen Zhiyao was afraid of being blamed, so she secretly slipped away to the fishing spot at the back.
She turned on her X-ray glasses and examined each of the dark figures below.
When her eyes were almost cramping from looking at them, Chen Zhiyao finally chose the fish that she thought most resembled a moonfish.
Casting the bait and catching the fish, Chen Zhiyao felt a slight vibration in her hand within minutes.
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