The pulling force from the fishing rod wasn't very strong, and the fish below didn't seem to be moving much.
If the fishing rod hadn't been vibrating slightly, she would have thought the fish that hadn't taken the bait had gotten away.
Chen Zhiyao immediately shifted her gaze from her father to the bottom of the water.
The large, dark figure that she had been eyeing had somehow disappeared to the side.
The shrimp on the fishing hook was eaten by a strangely shaped black shadow, and the hook is still inside the shadow's body.
The dark shape that bit the hook looked strange; it wasn't long and thin like a normal fish.
The pulling force wasn't strong, and after it took the bait, it didn't run away; it just stayed there doing nothing, behaving somewhat like a manta ray.
However, this thing was irregularly shaped, and Chen Zhiyao couldn't guess what it was for a moment.
Fortunately, the guy didn't resist much. The handle of the fishing reel was turned very fast, and the fishing line was quickly reeled in.
The mysterious creature below did not resist being dragged along, and soon it was pulled out of the water by Chen Zhiyao.
Amidst the splashing water, Chen Zhiyao saw a round, large head, followed by several menacing tentacles.
It turned out to be a large octopus weighing seven or eight pounds.
When she reeled it in, she thought it was a sea turtle. Luckily it was an octopus, at least she could sell it for money.
Chen Zhiyao's requirements for fishing are now very low. She doesn't even mind bream anymore, as long as it's not the small, unsellable fish like wrasse or sea turtles.
At that moment, Chen Weiqiang, who was standing next to him, also got a bite.
Feeling that the fish below wasn't very strong, Chen Weiqiang stopped playing it and started reeling in the line.
The fish was only a little bit strong, and Chen Weiqiang thought it was just a small fish weighing one or two pounds. Unexpectedly, he caught a small green dragon weighing more than one pound from the sea.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the little green dragon on the fishing hook with curiosity, never expecting that such a thing could be caught with a fishing hook.
Thinking about how small green lobsters are now over 200 yuan per kilogram, I can't help but feel a little envious, and the big octopus I just caught suddenly doesn't seem so appealing anymore.
Soon, she forgot all about being envious, because she caught a fish too. And this time, the fish was very strong; it was clearly a big one.
Chen Zhiyao immediately perked up and skillfully started playing with the fish.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The fishing line was continuously pulled in, and soon a sea bass weighing more than ten pounds was pulled out of the water.
This seemed to be a signal, and soon after, Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang also caught a sea bass weighing over 10 pounds.
Needless to say, the fish we encountered this time were sea bass.
When the alarm rang at 3 o'clock, the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson each caught several sea bass, some weighing over ten kilograms and others seven or eight kilograms.
"Ring ring ring..."
The alarm on her phone kept ringing, so Chen Zhiyao took a moment to turn it off while she was still playing with her fish.
Just as I was about to continue playing the fish, the fishing rod, which had been being pulled violently, suddenly lost its tension.
Chen Zhiyao, who was still holding her phone, suddenly collapsed to the ground with a thud.
“My fish…”
As she was still patting her thigh in distress, two gloating voices sounded beside her:
"Oh ho!"
"Oh ho!"
"You two have gone too far."
Chen Weiqiang replied with a grin, "It's a habit we anglers have ingrained in our DNA."
Chen Zhiyao stood up cursing and pulled in the fishing line. Sure enough, only a bare line remained; the hook was long gone.
Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Zhiyao simply packed up her fishing rod, grumbling as she went to the cockpit to collect the gillnets and fish traps.
Today's catch was so-so; the fine-mesh gillnet was sparse, yielding only about twenty golden pomfret and a few worthless small fish.
The coarse-mesh gillnet was slightly better; it caught about twenty turbot weighing around two pounds each, and also a three- or four-pound bluefin bream.
The crab traps yielded very poor results; the 10 traps together only produced 3 jin of octopus and 5 jin of small blue crabs.
The harvest was mediocre, and the smiles on everyone's faces were faint.
Everyone became excited only after the cranes successively pulled up several of the system's ground cages.
Chen Zhiyao even saw several large, glittering yellow croakers in the last fish trap.
She originally thought she wouldn't be able to catch any big yellow croakers today, but unexpectedly she caught one in the fish trap.
Chen Zhiyao pulled the last cage directly in front of her.
There were three large yellow croakers weighing over 2 jin each, and another large blue croaker weighing 5 jin.
The remaining fish traps mostly contain pearl grouper and turbot.
The live fish tank, which was originally a little empty, was suddenly filled to the brim.
With only four days left until Lunar New Year's Eve, Chen Zhiyao decided to save the two large yellow croakers, one for the family reunion dinner and the other for the start of the new year.
The remaining large yellow croaker was taken to my uncle's house.
I have to thank my older cousin for discovering this auspicious place so that I could have such a great harvest these past two days.
Chen Zhiyao held the large blue garment weighing over 5 jin (2.5 catties) in both hands, looked at it for a moment, and then decided to keep it as well, so she could eat it during the New Year.
As the Lunar New Year approaches, the docks become more and more bustling, and the hardworking fishermen return later and later, all hoping to take advantage of the good seafood prices to earn more money for the New Year.
Before disembarking, Chen Zhiyao made a point of putting away all the seafood and large yellow croaker that she had saved for her family.
Basket after basket, overflowing with fish, were all loaded onto the truck at Yang's purchasing station.
Looking at the pearl grouper, sea bass, and goose barnacles being unloaded from the truck, Yang Jiajun was so happy he could hardly stop smiling, showering everyone with compliments:
"You guys are really something. I don't know where you found so much top-quality seafood. No other boat on the entire dock has a catch like yours."
"The price of seafood has risen quite a bit today, at least 60% or 70% higher than a month ago. Even though there are no large yellow croakers left, I don't think my income is any lower than yesterday's."
Upon hearing that seafood prices had risen again, Chen Zhiyao couldn't hide her joy.
The beachcombing yielded a lot of varied items, so the three decided to settle the accounts together, leaving only the goose barnacles and the fish they caught to be accounted for separately.
60 jin of snails, 30 yuan per jin, totaling 1800 yuan. 32 jin of clams, 15 yuan per jin, totaling 480 yuan.
Golden pomfret, 30 jin, 32 yuan per jin, total 960 yuan. Turbot, 66 jin, 40 yuan per jin, total 2640 yuan.
12 jin of small green lobster, 250 yuan per jin, totaling 3000 yuan. 36 jin of pearl grouper, 46 yuan per jin, totaling 1656 yuan.
The red flower crabs and those super-large bread crabs totaled 20 jin (10 kg), at 75 yuan per jin, for a total of 1500 yuan. The flying fish totaled 180 jin (90 catties), at 25 yuan per jin, for a total of 4500 yuan.
The blue crabs and blue crabs totaled 32 jin (16 kg), at 60 yuan per jin, for a total of 1920 yuan. The remaining various sea snails and abalone sold for a total of 1680 yuan.
The total catch from beachcombing and fishing today was [amount missing], with each person earning 6424 yuan.
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