On this beautiful morning, seeing the fish take the bait so quickly, Chen Zhiyao was overjoyed, grinning to reveal two rows of white teeth.
At this moment, stimulated by the fishing hook, the fish in the sea struggled violently, darting around wildly in the water without regard for anything else.
Another sharp tug sent Chen Zhiyao nearly losing her balance, sending her crashing straight into the fence.
Standing firmly against the iron bars of the railing, Chen Zhiyao was not angry at all; instead, her smile became even brighter.
"This fish is really strong; it must be a large grouper."
Grouper is great! Grouper that can grow to over ten kilograms usually doesn't fetch a low price.
Just as Chen Zhiyao was feeling happy, the fish in the sea suddenly swam away into the depths of the ocean.
Knowing that she would be spending the next two days on the boat, she was worried that her X-ray glasses wouldn't last long enough, so she had to rely on her own strength to carry them for the time being.
The strong pull forced her to readjust the drag on the fishing rod.
Looking at the fishing rod, which had been deformed by the fish, she changed to a better grip, holding the rod tightly in her hand.
Using her own strength, Chen Zhiyao spent 15 minutes to almost exhaust the big guy's stamina.
Seeing that the reel at the top of the fishing rod had almost stopped spinning, she began to vigorously turn the handle of the reel.
The reel paused briefly, then began to spin rapidly in the opposite direction, and the fishing line in the water began to be reeled in little by little.
Immediately afterwards, the fish in the sea were dragged back.
The fish was still trying to struggle, but it had already been exhausted from being played around, and its struggling strength was no match for Chen Zhiyao.
However, just as the fishing line was halfway back in, the fish, which had rested for a while, regained its strength and began to fight back.
Faced with a powerful will to survive, the large fish in the sea unleashed tremendous strength, desperately swimming in the opposite direction from the fishing boat.
The reel was immediately pulled with a squeaking sound, and then began to spin wildly in the opposite direction.
The fishing line, which had just been reeled in, was quickly pulled out several meters again, and the speed at which the line and fish were pulled out was getting faster and faster.
Chen Zhiyao had no choice but to change her strategy and slowly wear down its strength.
The fishing line was pulled back and forth between the woman and the fish, and with her deliberate indulgence, the fish in the sea swam further and further away.
However, it wasn't long before the fish reached its limit and stopped in the water, exhausted.
Seeing that the reel was basically still, Chen Zhiyao, who had already rested, seized the opportunity and immediately started frantically turning the handle of the reel.
The fishing line was quickly pulled back in, and a few minutes later, the fish in the sea was pulled to the surface.
Chen Zhiyao glanced at the big fish she had pulled out of the water and immediately became excited.
"It's actually a grouper from the suspension bridge. Looks like I'm in luck today."
Suspension bridge grouper is a top-grade ingredient for sashimi, and its price has never been cheap.
When they get back, this should be the last batch of fish caught before the fishing ban, and they'll definitely get a good price for it.
Chen Zhiyao, carrying the exhausted grouper she had been walking, arrived at the weighing area with a smile.
Just then, I saw my mom happily carrying the big blue-spotted fish over.
Chen Zhiyao was closer to the electronic scale, so she quickly took two steps at once and placed the grouper in her hand directly on it.
After seeing the numbers clearly, she turned to her mother and started showing off:
"Haha, my suspension bridge grouper weighs a full 17.2 jin (8.6 catties)."
"Alright, alright, stop showing off here and get out of the way."
Yan Shuting was in a hurry to weigh her large blue spot, so she pushed her daughter aside.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao heard her mother's hearty laughter:
“My big blue-spotted cat is even bigger, weighing a full 18.6 jin.”
"Amazing! Amazing!"
Chen Zhiyao gave a perfunctory reply, then quickly put the fish in her hand into the live fish tank to keep it alive.
Yan Shuting followed behind her, and quickly put the large blue grouper in her hand into the live fish tank.
As soon as the mother and daughter turned around, they saw Grandpa Chen beaming as he carried a tiger-spotted cat weighing about twelve pounds over.
Except for Chen Weiqiang, who was still fast asleep in his room, almost everyone on the boat had a grouper weighing more than ten pounds, and everyone was overjoyed.
Yan Shuting, who had stayed up half the night, was no longer sleepy and wished she could catch a few more groupers.
After catching the largest grouper, Chen Zhiyao caught two more tiger groupers, each weighing about 10 pounds.
However, there weren't any big ones after that; most of what I caught were sea bass weighing five or six pounds, or barracuda.
After the three men had caught all the big fish around the fishing boat, Chen Weiqiang finally arrived late.
Knowing that everyone else had caught several groupers weighing over ten pounds, Chen Weiqiang felt like he had missed out on a fortune and was so frustrated that he kept slapping his thigh.
At this moment, he noticed that his wife had dark circles under her eyes, so he quickly told her to go and catch up on her sleep.
Yan Shuting was feeling touched when she turned around and saw that this person had taken over her fishing spot.
"That old bastard actually did it for my fishing spot. Men, huh."
Yan Shuting glared at him, then walked away grumbling.
Ignoring the commotion between the two, Chen Zhiyao, seeing that there were no more large fish left on the seabed, turned around and chopped up a few shrimp.
Then, the shrimp were scattered on the sea surface to create a feeding area.
At the same time, he didn't forget to remind the father and son who were bottom fishing not far away:
"Dad, Grandpa, there were only about twenty groupers back then, but we've caught almost all of them. There probably aren't any big ones left in the sea."
"I think you should switch to smaller hooks to fish for the small fish in the upper layer, or do what I do and use a hand net to catch them."
Although what she said made sense, Chen Weiqiang and his grandfather were only focused on catching big fish and wouldn't listen to any advice.
Seeing this, Chen Zhiyao ignored them and forcefully threw the net in her hand into the air.
The fishing net slid down quickly, immediately trapping the area with the largest catch.
The fishing net sank rapidly into the water under the weight of the iron block, quickly encircling the sea fish.
During their struggle, the fish got stuck in the mesh of the fishing net.
Before long, when the fishing net was pulled up, it was covered with all kinds of sea fish.
"This turbot is too small."
"Get out of here!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhi Ziyao threw the two turbot weighing less than half a pound each back into the sea.
"Wow, this bluefish must weigh at least two and a half pounds! Not bad at all!"
"These yellow-legged wax crabs are quite fat, each weighing two pounds!"
"These two black eagles are not bad either, they weigh almost two pounds each."
Chen Zhiyao was like a broadcasting machine, making a big fuss about every time she unwrapped a sea fish.
Chen Weiqiang and his grandfather, who had been calmly waiting for the big fish to take the bait, immediately became restless, their eyes constantly darting towards their daughter/granddaughter.
Chen Weiqiang, who hadn't caught a single fish yet, felt particularly envious.
Waiting here idly isn't a solution either. Why don't he cast a couple of nets and catch some small fish?
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