A short while later, Chen Zhiyao caught another white pomfret.
These pomfret were probably starving, as they were extremely greedy. As soon as the bait hit the water, fish took the bait one after another, creating a thrilling and addictive fishing experience.
Shen Qingmei, who was holding the live-streaming equipment, smiled warmly and explained to the camera:
"Maybe it's the school of fish we encountered last night. The owners on the boat are loaded; they used several boxes of bait just for groundbaiting. These little guys are probably here for breakfast."
Hearing this, Chen Zhiyao nodded to herself, thanking the rich kids for their generosity.
One by one, the people on the boat caught fish, as if in a competition, their movements skillful and fast, afraid that if they were too late, all the fish below would be caught.
In just half an hour, Chen Zhiyao caught more than ten pomfret.
Most of them were white pomfret, with only a few golden pomfret.
Chen Zhiyao deftly hooked a squid leg onto the fishing hook and then casually tossed it into the sea.
The school of fish below was quite large, and as far as the eye could see, they were all small black shadows, so she didn't need to specifically look for a spot; she could just throw them anywhere.
She was going to fish all day, so to prolong the use of her X-ray glasses, she turned off the X-ray function early on.
Less than a minute after the fishing hook went into the water, Chen Zhiyao felt a light but not heavy dragging sensation in her hand.
The fishing line was pulled taut all at once, but the fish wasn't very strong, and the reel turned slowly.
Chen Zhiyao reacted quickly and immediately reeled in the line. In no time, a silvery-white pomfret was flying onto the clamp.
"Another white pomfret."
After catching so many small fish, Chen Zhiyao was getting a little tired of it and wondered if she should switch to a bigger hook to catch bigger fish.
Grandpa Chen, who was standing nearby, glanced at his granddaughter casually after hearing her voice, then immediately started shouting excitedly:
"You silly girl, this isn't a white pomfret, it's a fighting pomfret, the Hermes of pomfret."
Upon hearing that it was pomfret, Chen Zhiyao's eyes lit up. "Grandpa, is it the pomfret that costs several hundred yuan per catty?"
"It's that pomfret that costs several hundred yuan per kilogram, what kind of eyesight do you have?"
Chen Zhiyao muttered under her breath, looking guilty, "It's not my fault. I've never fished for pomfret before, and besides, it looks so much like white pomfret."
Pomfret
Knowing that the fish cost several hundred yuan per kilogram, Chen Zhiyao changed her previous perfunctory attitude and carefully but quickly removed the fishhook.
Pomfret will die soon after being taken out of the water, so they must be placed in a freezer immediately.
The Chinese pomfret, scientifically known as *Sinocyclocheilus chinensis*, has a flat, rhomboid body with small, easily detached scales.
However, in Chen Zhiyao's opinion, it looks similar to a white pomfret.
Pomfret is currently difficult to breed artificially, and the main way to obtain it is by fishing boats going out to sea to catch it. Moreover, its growth rate is very slow, and it only grows to about half a pound in half a year.
Therefore, it is also known as the "Hermes" of pomfret, costing several hundred yuan per kilogram.
Pomfret are schooling fish, and when they saw Chen Zhiyao catch this treasure, the fishermen on the fishing boat went even crazier.
A group of anglers stared at the sea with shining eyes, all hoping to catch a pomfret.
Sister Yan and an older middle-aged man generously placed two large shrimp bricks into the sea to create a fishing spot.
The other two owners were not to be outdone, and they threw a lot of bait onto the water.
With the help of money, the fish in the seabed did not disperse; instead, more and more fish gathered around.
Chen Zhiyao's side continued to catch pomfret one after another, including both white and golden pomfret, but she had not yet seen a second fighting pomfret.
After everyone else had caught pomfret, she finally caught a two-pound pomfret.
This fish grows slowly; it takes several years to find one this size, so the price definitely won't be low.
The money-grubbing Chen Zhiyao looked at the fish, which she estimated could sell for thousands of dollars, with eyes full of tenderness and love.
Chen Hu, still in the novice stage, caught three pomfret in a row, but unfortunately they were all small, mostly around one pound each.
Everyone on the boat was beaming with joy.
Oh, except for Chen Daqiang, who hasn't caught a single pomfret yet.
Chen Daqiang was already annoyed that he hadn't caught any pomfret, and seeing his youngest son's smug look, he wished he could throw the brat down to bait the spot.
Chen Zhiyao was in a much better mood after catching this expensive fish, and happily cast her fishing line into the water ahead.
I don't know what happened this time, but it took several minutes before I heard any movement from the fishing rod.
Moreover, the fish was very strong; Chen Zhiyao felt a strong pulling force, indicating it was a large fish weighing at least 30 pounds.
Clearly, this couldn't have been caused by a small, cute fish like a pomfret.
She was just about to play the fish when she suddenly remembered that it was a hook and line used for catching small fish and probably wouldn't last long, so she quickly turned the drag to the maximum.
This fish was very ferocious and strong. The fishing reel spun very fast, and the fishing line shot out more than ten meters in an instant.
Chen Zhiyao suppressed her urge to play the fish, looking at the dwindling fishing line on the reel with a worried expression.
After all the lines are drawn, I don't know if it can hold up.
Suddenly, she felt a violent tug on her fishing rod, followed by a faint sound.
"Smack!"
The fishing line, which was originally taut, suddenly became loose and floated on the water.
Chen Zhiyao suddenly fell backward, and when she came to her senses, she found herself sitting on the ground.
The 30-pound fish had already escaped.
"Oh ho!"
"Oh ho!"
"Oh ho!"
...
The repeated "Oh ho"s around her infuriated Chen Zhiyao.
But what angered her the most was that these people had all switched to bigger hooks and were trying to steal her fish.
Chen Zhiyao, who was so angry she was practically turning into a pufferfish, changed the fishing hook even faster, and immediately cast it in the direction the fish had fled.
All she could think about was how to prevent those bad guys from stealing her big fish.
After the fishing hook was in the water, Chen Zhiyao belatedly realized that she had forgotten to turn on her X-ray glasses.
Chen Zhiyao immediately activated her cheat, and then saw several particularly large dark shadows directly in front of her.
She was lucky; the bait landed not far from the shadowy figure.
Chen Zhiyao was carrying her fishing rod, preparing to move the bait over, when unexpectedly, a dark shadow from not far away delivered itself to her doorstep.
The squid was swallowed whole by the dark shadow, and then I felt the fishing rod in my hand sink.
With a forceful lift of the rod to hook the fish, Chen Zhiyao felt an even greater pull from the rod in her hand, and knew that the fish had been hooked.
Seeing that the hook was already firmly attached, Chen Zhiyao didn't hold back and started playing the fish with all her might.
This pulling force is greater than that of the 20-plus-pound mackerel, and comparable to the fish whose line was cut earlier.
Chen Zhiyao took a closer look through her X-ray glasses. The dark figure was round and very large, weighing at least several tens of kilograms.
Even with her strength doubled, she still found it somewhat difficult to reel in the fish, which showed just how big it was.
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