After catching three groupers weighing over 10 pounds each, Chen Zhiyao noticed that the large clumps of dark shadows in the sea had disappeared.
So she turned her attention to the giant eel hiding in the crevices of the rocks.
Just two or three meters away from her, there was a long, slender, and winding creature. Chen Zhiyao could tell from its size that it was a large eel.
She quickly cast the bait into the water, where it slowly landed in front of the moray eel.
Sensing danger, the shrimp in the water frantically scurried in the opposite direction, causing ripples to spread across the seawater.
It was this escape that woke up the giant eel that was resting.
In less than a minute, Chen Zhiyao felt a pull on the fishing rod in her hand.
A moray eel of the same weight is not as strong as a grouper, but this creature is very good at burrowing.
If you crawl into a crevice in the rocks, the fishing line can be easily cut by the sharp stones.
Sensing that the moray eel had taken the bait, Chen Zhiyao immediately lifted the rod to set the hook.
Immediately afterwards, it frantically turned the handle of the fishing reel to start reeling in the line, giving the fish no chance to hide in the crevice.
A few minutes later, she pulled a red eel as thick as a wrist out of the water.
In mid-air, the giant red eel opened its mouth wide, revealing a set of sharp teeth, and its body continued to thrash, looking rather frightening.
Chen Zhiyao was afraid that the terrifying eel would lash her, so she was extra careful when reeling in the line.
Just as the fishing hook was removed, Chen Weiqiang, who was standing next to him, caught a large eel, weighing about five or six pounds.
Grandpa Chen, who had already caught several stone eels, looked at the large eels in the hands of the father and daughter and felt extremely envious.
The old man quietly moved the fishing rod in his hand towards his son.
Chen Zhiyao caught another eel not long after. By this time, there weren't many fish left in the water, so she got up and suggested:
"Dad, you're going to the fishing tackle shop later, why don't we go back early?"
Today is the 28th day of the lunar year, the last day the fishing tackle shop will be open for the year. Chen Weiqiang will be going to the fishing tackle shop this evening to take inventory.
Chen Weiqiang took out his phone and saw that it was already 2:30. He happily talked about his catch that day:
"Alright, let's go back then. Today's harvest was pretty good."
Whether it was the grouper at the beginning or the suspension bridge grouper just now, they were both expensive seafood.
On their way back, the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson walked with their heads held high and chests puffed out, looking quite pleased with themselves.
The place to set the nets is located between the mangroves and Seagull Island, and it only takes less than 5 minutes to get there.
Today's catch from both fishing nets was mediocre; the fine-mesh nets mostly caught small, worthless fish.
These small, miscellaneous fish are small and have many bones, and they usually only cost a few yuan per kilogram.
The coarse-mesh gillnet yielded a better catch, including several five- or six-pound sea bass and seven or eight turbot.
The crab trap yielded a mediocre harvest, mostly consisting of familiar species such as blue crabs, mud crabs, conger eels, and octopuses.
The system's cage was quite unexpected.
Besides some common sea fish and two large octopuses weighing over ten kilograms each, there was even a small pink dolphin.
Chen Zhiyao was startled when she saw the pink dolphin in the cage. How could there be a dolphin in there?
Grandpa Chen also checked the little dolphin and was relieved to find that it was not injured.
Then carefully free it from the cage.
Just then, two robust white dolphins leaped out of the sea, seemingly looking for their child.
Grandpa Chen quickly took the little creature out of the cage and put it back into the sea.
As soon as the baby dolphin entered the water, two large white dolphins immediately surrounded it.
This was the first time Chen Zhiyao had encountered such a situation. Feeling guilty, she took out some small fish and began feeding the family of three.
After eating and drinking their fill, the family of three was reluctant to leave and leisurely followed behind the fishing boat for several minutes.
The three adorable dolphins reluctantly stopped only when the fishing boat began to accelerate.
Seagull Island grew smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely, and several dolphins also vanished into the sea.
Chen Zhiyao tidied up the fish she had just caught and got up to rest in the cabin.
Suddenly, she saw a fountain-like column of water on the distant sea.
Chen Zhiyao excitedly patted Chen Weiqiang's arm:
"Dad, look at that column of water up ahead, isn't that a whale?"
"That's right, that whale must be hunting."
whale spouting water
Chen Zhiyao was quite interested in the giant whale, but unfortunately, it sank to the bottom of the water in no time.
It only takes 40 minutes to get from Seagull Island to the town's pier, and the fishing boats dock at 4 o'clock.
It was quite early, and the dock was deserted at this time, with only a few fishing boats but a large number of fishmongers.
As soon as the fishing boats docked, the fishmongers swarmed over.
When Yang Jiajun saw that some people were trying to take his catch, he immediately pushed these shameless people aside:
"I ordered these fish a long time ago."
The fishmongers wanted to try again, but seeing that Chen Zhiyao and her group seemed quite familiar with Yang Jiajun, they left.
However, as they left, they all stuffed business cards into Chen Weiqiang's hand, which infuriated Yang Jiajun.
After helping deliver the fish to the purchasing station, Chen Weiqiang took a taxi to the fishing tackle shop in the county.
My family's fishing tackle shop will be closed starting tomorrow and will not reopen until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
We're all old acquaintances, so whether Chen Weiqiang is there or not doesn't really matter.
100 jin of small miscellaneous fish, 6 yuan per jin, totaling 600 yuan. 35 jin of sea bass, 42 yuan per jin, totaling 1470 yuan.
Turbot, 28 jin, 38 yuan per jin, total 1064 yuan. Green grouper, 36 jin, 65 yuan per jin, total 2340 yuan.
34 jin of threadfin bream, 50 yuan per jin, totaling 1700 yuan. 33 jin of giant octopus, 37 yuan per jin, totaling 1221 yuan.
The fishing boats caught a total of 8,395 pieces of fish, 2,798 pieces per person.
The rest was up to each person to see what they caught while fishing at the beach.
The old man didn't have many things, so Yang Jiajun started settling the bill directly from his side.
13 jin of spotted rat meat, 368 yuan per jin, totaling 4784 yuan. 23 jin of yellow-footed wax, 55 yuan per jin, totaling 1265 yuan.
15 jin of grouper from the suspension bridge, 188 yuan per jin, totaling 2820 yuan. 2.3 jin of rockfish, 90 yuan per jin, totaling 207 yuan.
Grandpa Chen earned 9,076 yuan today by fishing, and with the catch from the fishing boat, his total income was [amount missing].
Chen Weiqiang caught 6 grouper, 2 stag grouper and 1 eel, earning a total of 8,688 yuan.
The seafood caught while diving in the sea that morning sold for a total of 2,860 yuan.
Chen Weiqiang earned a total of [amount] today.
After the father and son's catch was taken away, there was still more than half of the fish left in the shop, all of which were Chen Zhiyao's catch for the day.
Grouper (21 jin): 368 yuan per jin, totaling 7728 yuan. Slab fish (46 jin): 188 yuan per jin, totaling 8648 yuan.
11 jin of small green lobsters, 238 yuan per jin, totaling 2618 yuan. 16 jin of conch and coconut snails, 125 yuan per jin, totaling 2000 yuan.
32 jin of conger eel, 68 yuan per jin, totaling 2176 yuan. 4 jin of sea cucumber, 128 yuan per jin, totaling 512 yuan. Other seafood in smaller quantities totaled 680 yuan.
Adding the 2798 yuan from the fishing boat, Chen Zhiyao earned a total of [amount missing] yuan today.
I had a great day today, with lots of money and points.
After the money arrived, Chen Zhiyao immediately urged Grandpa Chen to go back, as she couldn't wait to take advantage of the system's benefits.
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