"Strange, it's been half an hour, and we haven't seen a single fish, let alone a school of them. What's going on today?"
Chen Weiqiang sailed his fishing boat around Turtle Island, but he didn't catch anything.
Then he thought of those expensive big sea fish from yesterday, which sold for tens of thousands. Could it be that they caught all the fish in the area yesterday?
Chen Weiqiang quickly shook his head, feeling it was simply impossible.
The ocean is so vast that even if all the fish near Turtle Island are caught, they will swim over from other places.
Seeing that there were no fish nearby, he steered the fishing boat a little further away, intending to check the waters to the left of Turtle Island.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao was busy in the kitchen.
Six crabs and two fish had just been prepared, and the large steamer next to them was starting to steam, the bubbling sound of boiling water echoing throughout the small kitchen.
Chen Zhiyao hurriedly put two sea fish and three large blue crabs into the steamer.
Next, I prepared some scallions, ginger, and garlic, and stir-fried the crab pieces, which were cut into eight large pieces.
Before long, a delicious aroma wafted from the kitchen, whetting the appetites of the grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter.
A fresh, refreshing vegetable dish is essential in Cantonese cuisine, so I made oyster sauce lettuce at the end.
The dishes were all ready, but the rice in the pot wasn't done yet. Chen Zhiyao took off her apron and slowly walked to the deck at the stern of the ship.
Suddenly, she saw a bird on the sea that looked very familiar.
"This bird is quite beautiful, but it looks so familiar."
Chen Zhiyao felt like she had seen this bird somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember where.
Immediately afterwards, many birds that looked like both birds and fish jumped out of the sea one after another.
Chen Zhiyao slapped her thigh. This wasn't a bird at all; it was clearly a flying fish.
Flying fish, also known as flying ray or flying ray, are among the fastest swimming fish in the world.
Flying fish have long and wide pectoral fins, which allow them to briefly fly out of the water when they encounter danger.
Its long pectoral fins resemble a pair of bird wings, and it can fly in mid-air, hence the name "flying fish".
The flying fish looks just like a bird from the back, so it's no wonder Chen Zhiyao mistook it for a bird.
However, from the side, you can still tell that it is a fish, a fish with wings.
flying fish
Flying fish generally live in the upper layers of the ocean and only leap out of the water to escape danger when threatened.
The flying fish flew at a height just high enough to reach the deck. Seeing the flying fish about to fly towards her, Chen Zhiyao instinctively took a few steps back.
Immediately afterwards, she saw a large group of winged flying fish rushing onto the boat.
Flying fish are not real birds; they can only glide briefly in the air before falling onto the deck at the stern of the ship.
This was the first time Chen Zhiyao had ever encountered a fish that jumped onto the fishing boat on its own, and she was completely stunned.
"What's going on? How come fish are being delivered to my door automatically?" The voice was filled with excitement and joy, but also with some doubt.
The flying fish landed on the deck with a crackling sound, and Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang came over immediately after hearing the noise.
Grandpa lived nearby and was the first to arrive.
"How come there are so many flying fish, and they've even jumped onto the deck?"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, two large wolves, each weighing over ten kilograms, leaped out of the water not far away.
Grandpa Chen had been a fisherman for half his life, so he knew exactly what was going on at a glance.
"It seems these sea barbs are hunting and have driven the fish onto our boat. Hahaha, we're in luck."
Meanwhile, flying fish continued to jump onto the fishing boat, scattering them all over the deck.
The fish tide came and went quickly, and the deck was calm again in two minutes.
Chen Weiqiang had already stopped the fishing boat, and at this moment he hurriedly grabbed the landing net.
Most of the flying fish in the sea had already jumped onto the fishing boat, but there were still a few scattered fish in the sea, and a few large sea bream were still in the sea.
The father and son each grabbed a hand-thrown net and quickly threw it into the sea.
When the fishing nets were pulled in, each net had 10 to 8 flying fish, along with one or two sardines.
After casting the net five times, the fish on the surface of the sea either left or were caught, and there was nothing left.
The father and son caught more than thirty flying fish and several kilograms of sardines.
On his last haul, Chen Weiqiang also caught two large sea wolves.
By this time, Chen Zhiyao had finished collecting all the flying fish on the deck, filling three large buckets.
Including what the father and son caught themselves with a net, there were a total of 180 jin of flying fish, 5 jin of sardines, and two large barracuda weighing more than 10 jin each.
This was the first time Chen Zhiyao had ever encountered such a fish tide, and the fish were even jumping onto the fishing boat on their own, which excited her immensely.
"Oh no, I forgot to record a video. If we had captured the moment when the flying fish jumped onto the fishing boat, it would have been so amazing."
Grandpa Chen, a man of great experience, smiled and patted her shoulder comfortingly:
"What's so rare about flying fish? If you go out to sea a few more times, you'll always encounter them again. Such fish tides are quite common at sea."
"Really? I've been back for over two months, and this is the only time I've seen him." Chen Zhiyao was skeptical, thinking her grandfather was just trying to comfort her.
“We used to fish in the waters near the village, where there were few fish. If we went to more distant places, we would encounter fish surges like today every few days.”
When Chen Weiqiang was young, he was a sailor who often worked in the deep sea. He had seen many such fish tides and was used to them.
Thinking about what she had gained over the past two days, Chen Zhiyao nodded happily:
"There are too few fish resources in the nearshore areas, it seems we still have to go to more distant places."
After cleaning up the fish on the deck, Chen Zhiyao was already starving.
More than six hours have passed since she ate breakfast at around 5 a.m., and she feels like she could eat three large bowls of rice.
Chen Zhiyao ran excitedly into the kitchen, "Eat, eat! If you're not enthusiastic about eating, there's something wrong with your thinking."
The fish swarm came quickly and dispersed quickly.
Chen Zhiyao left the kitchen and returned within 10 minutes, and the food was still hot.
Steamed black carp, steamed wrasse, stir-fried blue crab, steamed blue crab, and lettuce with oyster sauce – the three men, who were already starving, ate to their hearts' content.
After eating and drinking their fill, the three of them were already thinking about fishing.
Chen Zhiyao went to the wheelhouse, and the fishing boat encountered a small school of fish less than 10 minutes after it started moving.
The school of fish was small, only about ten, but they were quite large.
Chen Weiqiang threw the bait forcefully into the water, then smiled and gave his daughter a thumbs up:
"Tangtang, you're amazing. You always manage to find great schools of fish."
Chen Zhiyao was also very happy and was about to show off when she felt a strange tug on the fishing rod in her hand.
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