Chen Zhiyao immediately moved the stone in front of her, and then a black sea bream weighing more than two pounds and several yellowtail sea bream were exposed.
The black sea bream in the center was vigorously thrashing its tail, splashing water everywhere, as if it were about to jump into another puddle at any moment.
However, Chen Zhiyao didn't give it a chance to perform. She grabbed it and easily picked it up.
"Not bad, this thing can sell for at least 100 yuan."
Oversized black sea bream
Black sea bream +1
The yellow wax berries at the bottom of the puddle weren't very big, mostly around a pound each. Chen Zhiyao used her universal tongs to scoop them into the bucket.
Yellow foot wax +4
Chen Zhiyao picked up the bucket and was about to go to the puddle in front to catch a few big fish.
Just then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw two enormous whelks in a crevice in the rocks beside me.
Flower snail +2
After throwing the whelks into the bucket, Chen Zhiyao couldn't wait to go to the bottom of the puddle.
This area is the lowest point and was the last to be drained. Many fish were hiding here during the pumping process.
In the small puddle, several large fish could be clearly seen swimming around, but most of them were not very valuable barracuda.
Chen Zhiyao took out the net and scooped three sea bream weighing about five pounds each into the bucket.
Fortunately, the sea wolves are slender and slim, so they can be squeezed in with a bit of effort.
Sea Wolf +3
At this time, there were still two dog sharks and a bass in the water pit, but the bucket was already full, and Chen Zhiyao was a little worried.
Just then, Grandpa Chen appeared out of nowhere, carrying an empty bucket.
The old man smiled broadly, while gently scolding his granddaughter:
"You're so lucky, you always get a full bucket. Why don't you learn your lesson? Next time, remember to bring more stuff to hold your catch."
"It's all because of you, Grandpa. I knew you were the most careful and reliable."
Chen Zhiyao took the bucket of water with a smile, her little mouth as sweet as honey.
The remaining dogfish and bass in the puddle were not large, each weighing only a little over a pound, and she quickly caught them all and put them in the bucket.
Chen Zhiyao finally caught all the fish in the puddle, but she also circled the bottom of the puddle and picked up a few whelks and a large handful of spicy snails.
"Splash..."
Just then, they heard a loud crashing sound of waves coming from outside, and it was very close by.
Chen Zhiyao stood on tiptoe and looked towards the sea. She realized that the seawater had unknowingly submerged half of the entire reef island.
And the water will soon flood this side of the pit.
high tide
Seeing this, the grandfather and grandson quickly got out of the puddle.
The reef island wasn't big. Before going to the waterhole to catch fish, the grandfather and grandson had already explored the entire island. At this point, they didn't plan to continue beachcombing.
The grandfather and grandson sat on a large rock that was not submerged by the sea, rested for a while, and then paddled their small kayak back to the fishing boat.
The two quickly sorted the fish they had caught from the beach by size and type, and then put them into the live water tank.
While tidying up, Chen Zhiyao took the opportunity to take stock.
Today, in the dredged water pit, there were 3 barracuda, 3 dogfish, 1 black sea bream, 5 yellowtail abalone, 2 sea bass, 1 moray eel, 2 coconut snails, 1 red sea bream, and 4 rock bream.
As for the remaining conch shells and goose barnacles, Chen Zhiyao put them together with her beachcombing haul and didn't count them separately.
Overall, however, the results from this pumping operation were quite good.
She thinks that when she goes beachcombing in the future, she can also pump water from the puddles, which seems quite exciting and fun.
After finishing her work, Chen Zhiyao took out her phone and saw that it was only 10 o'clock.
Seeing that it was still early, the grandfather and grandson took their fishing boat and used a fish finder to search for schools of fish at sea.
Fishing boats sailed continuously on the boundless sea.
The weather is nice today, calm and still, the blue sea is as smooth as a mirror.
Calm sea surface
After sailing on the open sea for about 20 minutes, the fish finder finally located a small school of fish in the middle layer of the water.
As can be seen from the fish finder's pictures, these fish are not very big, only about one or two pounds, but now they are quite large.
Since the fish wasn't big, the two of them tacitly switched to size 6 hooks.
Whole prawns were also cut into small pieces and then hooked onto the fishing hook.
"thump"
"thump"
The fishhook was thrown forcefully onto the water's surface and then slowly dragged to the bottom by the sinker.
About two minutes later, Chen Zhiyao felt a slight pull on the fishing rod in her hand.
She sensed that the fish was weak, so she stopped playing it and started reeling in the line quickly.
Soon, she flew a small pink and red sea bream onto the deck.
The little guy wasn't very big, only about seven or eight ounces. Chen Zhiyao tossed it into the live fish bucket with a slight look of disdain.
Then, the fishhook was re-hooked with shrimp meat and thrown into the sea.
At this moment, Grandpa Chen next to him also caught a fish. Judging from the degree of bending of the fishing rod and the speed of the line coming out of the reel, it was obviously much bigger than the red sea bream that Chen Zhiyao had caught earlier.
Sure enough, two minutes later, the old man pulled a large red sea bream weighing about two pounds out of the water.
Seeing that the red sea bream was quite large, Chen Zhiyao took a net and went over to help catch the fish.
Seeing this, Grandpa Chen shook his head and said confidently:
"No need for a net, the fish isn't very big, I can just fly it up."
As he spoke, Grandpa Chen swung his fishing rod forcefully, bringing the fish up from the sea.
Suddenly emerging from the sea and flung into the air, the fish was terrified and frantically thrashed its large tail.
The struggling fish swung rapidly toward the old man.
Grandpa Chen didn't have time to dodge, and the red sea bream's tail lashed right across his face.
Grandpa Chen: "..."
Chen Zhiyao: "..."
For a moment, both grandfather and grandson were stunned.
Grandpa Chen was the first to react. He gritted his teeth, held down the red sea bream that was still jumping on the deck, and then fiercely removed the fishhook.
"Hahahahahaha..."
Chen Zhiyao, who was not far away, was laughing so hard she was doubled over.
Seeing his troublesome granddaughter still laughing, the old man glared at her angrily, while also giving her a warning:
"You can't tell anyone about this, especially not your dad and grandma."
Chen Zhiyao asked with a grin, "Was there any hush money?"
"Stretch out your hand." Grandpa Chen smiled with unusual kindness.
"I don't want to."
Chen Zhiyao saw through her grandfather's little scheme at a glance. He wanted to slap her? She wasn't going to fall for it.
However, the grandfather and grandson didn't argue for long, and soon they both caught their fish.
The two men each caught a red snapper weighing over a pound, one after the other.
Just as Chen Zhiyao lowered the fishing hook back down, a strong pull suddenly came from the fishing rod.
Moreover, it was a significantly different kind of pulling force compared to the small red sea bream from before.
"How come there's a big fish? I'm using a size 6 hook, and the line is just average." Chen Zhiyao was completely bewildered. Weren't they all small fish?
Feeling the increased tension in her hands, Chen Zhiyao immediately tensed up and quickly released the resistance.
Normally, Chen Zhiyao would be full of excitement when reeling in a fish, but now she was frowning, afraid that the big fish in the sea would break the line.
"Smack!"
Suddenly, a soft sound came from the sea, followed by the slack in the fishing line, and Chen Zhiyao fell backward violently.
"My fish, a big fish weighing over ten pounds..."
Chen Zhiyao shouted excitedly, slapping her thighs frantically.
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