Chen Zhiyao had incredibly good luck this morning, catching two longfin tuna weighing over 100 pounds each.
By the afternoon and evening, the catch was mediocre; they only encountered a small group of white pomfret.
After a busy day, I caught half a bucket of white pomfret and two small bass weighing two or three pounds each.
Overall, however, the catch in the first two days was quite good.
The third and fourth days were slightly different.
On the third day, the captain changed to a new fishing spot and encountered a school of rock bream.
However, they were all common rock sea bream such as red sea bream, black sea bream, and bigeye sea bream; I didn't see a single longtail sea bream or pepper sea bream, which are more expensive.
The fourth day was even worse; they mostly encountered cheap barracuda and silver carp.
There are quite a few fish, but they're not worth much. The two buckets of fish together probably won't even amount to 1,000 yuan.
Before we knew it, it was the fifth day of our voyage.
This sea voyage lasts 6 days and 6 nights, and we will return to port on the morning of the 6th day, so this is considered the last day of the journey.
During her time working as a fisherman back home, Chen Zhiyao has gotten used to going to bed early and waking up early every day.
She woke up early because of her biological clock before the alarm clock even went off.
Chen Zhiyao slowly opened her eyes and found that the view outside the window was still gray and hazy.
She could vaguely hear voices coming from the deck; it sounded quite lively.
I pulled my phone out from under my pillow and saw that it was only 5:20.
Chen Zhiyao originally thought she was the first one to get up in the room, but she was surprised to find that two beds were already empty.
"It's not even 5:30 yet, Sister Yan and Sister Tao are so diligent!"
Knowing that today was the last day of fishing, Chen Zhiyao quickly got up and washed up. The boat ticket was so expensive, she couldn't let it go to waste.
As soon as I opened the door, I felt the air outside was cool. The wind wasn't strong, but it carried a chill.
Chen Zhiyao zipped her coat up to her neck and then quickly walked to her fishing spot, number 8.
The sun had just risen, and the clouds and sea were tinged pink, which looked quite romantic.
The sea in the morning
Seeing that most of the anglers were already fishing, she had no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery before her. She quickly took out her fishing gear and bait, ready to get started.
She had just mixed the bait with bait additive when Chen Weiqiang, Grandpa Chen, and Chen Hu arrived together.
Chen Zhiyao divided the shrimp and squid baits, which had been mixed with bait additives, into four portions and then quickly sent the people away.
As soon as she turned on her X-ray glasses, she spotted a large group of fish coming out to forage for food in front of her to the left.
These sea fish are not very big, mostly weighing about one or two pounds, but their numbers are enormous, and the water is full of densely packed little black shadows.
Catching small fish in the upper waters is too slow if you just use a hook.
After several days of repeated practice, Chen Zhiyao has mastered the skill of using bait additives with a hand-thrown net to catch fish.
Several large shrimp laced with chemicals were thrown into the sea, and nearby fish swarmed over.
The net was spread out in mid-air and then covered the heads of these cute little guys.
When the fishing net was pulled up, nearly 20 small fish were hanging on it.
It contains turbot, small sea bass, white pomfret, golden pomfret, and yellow croaker, a fairly diverse selection.
When the second net was cast, there were even more shadowy figures in the water, but they were all very uniform in size, each one small.
Immediately afterwards, a net full of golden fish was pulled up.
Looking at the golden croaker shimmering in the sunlight, Chen Zhiyao felt a deep sense of regret:
"If only they were all large yellow croakers, that would be wonderful."
Fortunately, not all the items listed online were cheap goods priced at 20 yuan per kilogram; there were also two pink red sea bream.
Chen Zhiyao only fished at her own spot and did not affect others, so the people on the fishing boat did not say anything.
However, soon several people appeared on the boat, fishing with nets. Some anglers who didn't have nets simply used them to catch fish in the sea.
Use whatever you have; at least you can't go back empty-handed.
Early in the morning, not only are the small fish hungry, but the big fish also start to come out to forage for food.
Just as Chen Zhiyao caught a few more red sea bream, a group of large, fast-moving dark figures quietly approached from a distance.
She had just finished tidying up the fishing net and was preparing to cast the last net.
Unexpectedly, they discovered several huge dark shadows in the sea, and these big guys were chasing small fish nearby.
"Judging by its size, it's definitely a tuna."
With a smile on her face, Chen Zhiyao quickly took out a turbot weighing about two pounds from the bucket.
Before hooking it, I soaked it in a small bucket with bait additive.
Soon, she flung the spiked turbot into the area where the shadows were most concentrated.
Less than a minute later, she felt the fishing rod in her hand suddenly sink, followed by a familiar, violent tug.
Chen Zhiyao skillfully lifted the rod to set the hook, and immediately felt the pulling force in her hand increase significantly.
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
With a strong pull, the big guy in the sea caused the reel to whistle and dangle six or seven meters of fishing line in no time.
That strength—it must be a giant weighing over 100 pounds.
Chen Zhiyao immediately doubled her strength and adjusted her energy release to the maximum.
As she felt the pulling force from the fishing rod increasing, Chen Zhiyao started to get excited, and her heart began to pound wildly.
"Wow, it's heavy. Looks like it's another tuna weighing over 100 pounds."
"One pound of fish requires ten pounds of strength," and that's no joke. Even with all her strength, she still found it somewhat difficult to handle the fish.
At the beginning, the person and the fish could pull each other, and the fishing line would be constantly being pulled back and forth.
But after 15 minutes, Chen Zhiyao felt a bit powerless, and even felt that the fish below her were getting stronger and stronger.
She knew that it wasn't that the fish had become stronger, but rather that she wasn't strong enough.
Chen Zhiyao immediately thought of Uncle Li and was just about to ask someone to call him when Uncle Li strolled over by himself.
"Xiao Chen, do you need any help? We're acquaintances, I'll give you a 20% discount today."
"Yes, yes, yes! Uncle Li, come and help! It's another tuna weighing over 100 pounds!"
"Here you are! You're so lucky, little girl."
When Uncle Li woke up in the morning, he had a feeling that something good was going to happen.
I came here specifically to check on Chen Zhiyao, and I didn't expect there to actually be a giant weighing over 100 pounds.
He absolutely loved this dream job—being able to walk around such a big guy and make money at the same time.
He had even decided that he wouldn't go anywhere else today; he would just stay at fishing spot number 8.
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