Cute little dolphin
We ate early today; the three of them, grandfather, grandson, and son, finished their meal around noon.
Having come all this way, Chen Zhiyao certainly wasn't just here to go beachcombing. She felt she'd wasted her trip if she didn't bring back a couple of big yellow croakers.
Chen Weiqiang even joked that she was so overweight that the electronic scale couldn't even weigh her anymore.
Chen Zhiyao said she wouldn't listen, turned around and went to the driver's seat to look for the big yellow croaker.
She first wandered around the area near Turtle Island, but she didn't see any large yellow croakers, or even any other small fish or shrimp.
So Chen Zhiyao expanded the scope, circling around Turtle Island from the outside of Seagull Island.
Just as the fishing boat began its third lap, two adorable dolphins suddenly leaped out of the water ahead.
Cute dolphins
Immediately afterward, a chubby little dolphin jumped out of the water right behind it.
The little guy is round and chubby, and very cute and adorable.
Seeing the happy family of three, Chen Zhiyao quickly stopped the fishing boat, afraid of bumping into the adorable little dolphins.
The family of three wasn't afraid of people at all. When they saw the fishing boat stop, they looked over with curiosity.
The baby dolphin was very curious and quietly slipped out of its parents' sight, swimming happily towards the fishing boat.
A short while later, the dolphin parents, realizing their child was missing, quickly gave chase.
Then it turned into a family of three circling the fishing boat.
Seeing how adorable the family of three was, Chen Zhiyao quickly took out some octopus and cheap small sea fish from the live fish tank to feed them.
These three dolphins were quite intelligent; seeing that Chen Zhiyao meant no harm, they took the initiative to move closer to the fishing boat.
When several octopuses were thrown down, these greedy little creatures leaped out of the water and devoured them in mid-air.
Chen Zhiyao took half a bucket of octopus and various other fish she had just picked up while beachcombing, and fed the three little guys until they were full.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two larger dolphins turned and sank into the sea.
A few minutes later, Chen Zhiyao saw something swimming rapidly toward the fishing boat, accompanied by the waves.
"A school of fish is coming; it looks like red sea bream," said Grandpa Chen, an experienced fisherman.
Soon, Chen Zhiyao saw a dense swarm of red sea bream swimming quickly toward the fishing boat, while behind them were the two dolphins she had just fed.
Everyone says dolphins are very friendly to humans, but she really didn't expect them to actually catch fish for them.
Before Chen Zhiyao could react, Grandpa Chen had already returned with the hand-throwing net.
When they were catching flying fish last time, they were missing a hand-thrown net, and Chen Zhiyao paid for a replacement out of her own pocket yesterday.
At this moment, the grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter each took a hand-thrown net and threw them in unison into the school of fish in the sea.
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang are both veteran fishermen, needless to say.
Chen Zhiyao also inherited the old man's true skills, and her net tossing was very beautiful.
The net spread out in mid-air, then fell onto the sea surface. When it was pulled up again, there were already more than a dozen red and pink sea bream inside.
The second net yielded about the same number of fish as before, but in addition to red sea bream, there were also two or three black sea bream mixed in.
By the third and fourth netting, the number of fish had gradually decreased.
By the fifth net, the fish had mostly dispersed, leaving only two red sea bream and one black sea bream.
After several casts, Chen Zhiyao had caught a full bucket of stonefish, most of which were red sea bream weighing over a pound each, with black sea bream making up only a small portion.
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang had similar results, and the three of them couldn't stop smiling as they carried their buckets to be weighed.
The grandfather, grandfather, and grandson caught a total of 116 jin of red sea bream and 32 jin of black sea bream.
Chen Zhiyao is also a grateful person, so she specially picked out a few smaller stone fish to feed the adorable dolphin family.
After eating, the family of three didn't leave; they just played and frolicked near the fishing boat.
I don't know if it was because the commotion these past two days was too loud and scared away the fish in the neighborhood. I circled around twice but didn't see any fish.
Chen Zhiyao simply steered the fishing boat to the west.
The three baby dolphins swam alongside the fishing boat for a while before reluctantly swimming away.
The western sea area is significantly deeper, and the corals and seaweed below are more abundant, making it a perfect habitat for fish.
Suddenly, Chen Zhiyao stared intently at the fish finder's monitor. It turned out that a small group of small fish was swimming towards their fishing boat from the sea ahead.
Immediately afterwards, she heard a splash ahead, and when she looked up, she saw a pink dolphin leap out of the water.
Pink Dolphin
It's obvious that the pink dolphin led the school of fish here.
This was the first time she had ever encountered such a beautiful pink dolphin, so she naturally didn't confidently assume it was bringing them fish.
It must be this little guy hunting.
Chen Zhiyao was wondering whether she should avoid it when the dolphin ran away on its own, leaving behind a group of small fish.
Chen Zhiyao was still a little confused as she watched the pink dolphin swim away.
Why did it run away? Did it really come to deliver fish?
Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang didn't care why the adorable dolphin came over and then left.
With their eyes only on the school of fish ahead, the two excitedly grabbed their hand-thrown nets and ran back onto the deck.
Although the fish are not very big, only about 1 jin or 8 liang, there are quite a few of them.
Moreover, its location is relatively close to the water surface, making it ideal for catching fish with a hand-thrown net.
Chen Zhiyao, who was a bit slow to react, finally realized what was happening and quickly followed after the two of them as they ran away.
The fish delivered this time were yellowtail amberjack, not very big, but there was a large, densely packed group of them.
Chen Zhiyao cast her net several times, and the number of fish she caught did not decrease.
She's like a ruthless fishing machine now, casting and reeling in the net, repeating the same series of actions over and over.
After working for nearly twenty minutes, the fish below slowly dispersed.
This time, they caught even more fish; the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson caught a total of 208 jin (104 catties) of yellow croaker.
Although the price of yellow croaker is not high, only about 20 yuan per catty, the quantity is so large that it is worth several thousand yuan here.
The two live fish tanks were more than half full, and even though they hadn't caught any large yellow croakers, Chen Zhiyao was still very satisfied.
After pouring the last bucket of yellow croaker into the fish tank, Chen Zhiyao said happily:
"Thank God, I'm having good luck today."
Grandpa Chen said in a strong voice, "We're really lucky. Go home early today. I'll call your grandma and ask her to kill a little hen so we can go to the Sea God Temple to pray when we get back."
Chen Weiqiang shrugged. "Sure, it's already past 2 o'clock anyway, there's not enough time to go fishing."
The grandfather, grandfather, and grandson, beaming with joy, retrieved the fish traps and gillnets they had set that morning, returning home with a boatload of fish.
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