Yu Shengnan had heard of the term "ground trap" when he lived in Nanjiao Village, but he never quite understood it. Now that he heard that it was done by someone on a boat, he immediately became interested in it.
He has a boat. Although it is not big, it is more than eight meters long. He can use ground traps and longline fishing. He will go back and look up information to see how to do it.
Ground trap
Using a ground trap is a traditional fishing method used by coastal fishermen. It's similar to using a ground trap in freshwater rivers; in simple terms, it involves throwing the trap into the water and waiting for the fish to fall into the trap.
However, because marine fish are usually larger, more ferocious and stronger than freshwater fish, the net line of the ground trap will be tougher. Because the sea has a much larger area than freshwater water, the ground traps in the sea are usually much larger than those in freshwater.
The most crucial factor in casting ground traps is choosing the right area for the landing. The presence of fish in the area is the most crucial factor in determining the yield of the traps, and this is precisely Yu Shengnan's greatest advantage.
He can tell where the fish are and where there are no fish by just taking a look around in advance. When Yu Shengnan saw this, she was very excited. It was like when you were taking exams as a child, and you reviewed the same questions before the exam. Is this as simple as copying homework?
He had never thought of setting up traps before. He had subconsciously ruled out the idea of setting up traps. The sea was so big that when he set up the traps and collected them, he might not even know where they were.
Admittedly, there is a possibility of losing the cage when putting it in the ground, but there is also a way to solve it.
Once the location is selected, the fishermen will unfold the ground trap and then secure it to the reef or other stable objects on the seabed with ropes to prevent the ground trap from being washed away by the waves.
There are usually some special mechanisms at the entrance of the ground trap. Generally, the opening becomes smaller as you go in, making it easy to get in but hard to get out. In order to attract fish to enter, some dead fish or animal offal are usually placed in the cage as bait, and the more rotten the bait, the better the effect.
Then slowly sink the trap to the bottom of the sea. The next step is to wait patiently for the fish in the sea to discover this "trap" themselves.
At this time, don't be anxious. The waiting process may take several hours or even a whole day, but it is worth it for a good harvest. The key is that it does not delay you from doing other things. You can set up the trap and do what you love.
When it is time to collect the cages, just drive the boat to the place where the cages were previously placed, pull up the ropes, and lift the cages up from the bottom of the sea little by little. You can then see whether the cages are full of fish.
Yes, this can be done. Yu Shengnan was very excited watching this. They could just set up the traps and go fishing. They didn’t even have to go to the boundless sea to look for traps. The water was too deep and he didn’t know if there were any fish.
But like the last time on that island, when a bunch of small yellowfin snappers were caught, we put down the ground trap and caught them directly.
I have a cheat, I can catch fish in shallow water, why should I go to the deep sea and try my luck?
By the way, there is also a longline fishing, let’s continue to look at this.
Longline fishing is an ancient fishing method in coastal areas. It involves stringing together many hooks with a long rope, hanging bait on them, and then quietly waiting for the fish to bite.
Huh? Yu Shengnan looked at this method and thought, isn't this just fishing? It's just a long main line with many sub-lines below. He understood it at a glance.
There is a difference between bottom fishing and float fishing, and longline fishing is definitely no exception.
Yu Shengnan used to be used to bottom fishing because the detection distance of his fishing system was not very far. If he fished at the surface, the chance of catching fish would be even lower.
But you can't think like that about longline fishing, because longline fishing is usually very long, hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters is normal. Hundreds or thousands of hooks are put into the water at the same time, and this fishing system is not very effective.
To be exact, not necessarily. The main reason is that it could only detect about five meters before. The secretary did not give the specific distance after the upgrade, but he tried fishing and it was about ten meters. However, in the vast ocean, if you want to use this plug-in function to longline fishing, you need to drive the boat around.
If you are lucky enough to encounter it, it's fine. But if you are unlucky, to be honest, you may not even get back the money you spent on gas.
There is another point that makes Yu Shengnan a little hesitant about longline fishing, and that is that it is too complicated.
The long main line and the countless sub-lines and hooks below it can easily get tangled and need to be manually untangled. Not to mention this, it would probably take more than an hour to hang up the thousands of hooks and baits.
Yu Shengnan also checked online and found out that longline fishing usually involves several people on a boat. Some are responsible for collecting the ropes, some are responsible for sorting the fish, and some are responsible for arranging the lines at the back. The lines are then placed in baskets.
This is a bit complicated, so let’s put it aside for now and set up the ground trap first, then we’ll talk about it later.
A quick search online shows that there are quite a lot of these sea traps. The big ones are very large, some are fifty meters long, and the small ones are actually about the same size as those used in rivers, some are one or two meters long.
The price is not expensive. The large ones of 50 meters cost hundreds or thousands of yuan per set, while the small ones only cost tens of yuan.
Yu Shengnan chose between the two, choosing neither the largest nor the smallest. He opted for the ten-meter-long traps. Since they could be connected together, if they were much larger, he could just add a few more.
Maybe if there are only fish, a big cage will not be suitable. But if there is a school of fish, a cage that is too small will not be suitable either. A cage of about ten meters is just right.
A set cost just over one hundred yuan, so he placed an order for ten sets. Later, he thought about the various reefs on the seabed, which could easily damage the nets, so he placed another order for 20 sets of ten-meter-long traps, which should be enough.
While looking for traps online, he also discovered something he might be able to use – a hand-cast net.
Principle of hand-throwing net
Hand-cast nets are a very common fishing tool! You can find them in seaside fishing villages, along rivers and lakes, and beside mountain streams.
Those big nets that are spread out like a round sky curtain, as long as you throw them out, the nets are fully opened, and there are indeed fish underwater, you will definitely have a good harvest.
When you put down the ground trap, you have to wait for the fish to enter the trap, but the hand-cast net is quite proactive. You can just cast the net when you see the fish. When Yu Shengnan saw it, she immediately thought that this thing was suitable for her.
When fishing, if the fish is full and doesn’t eat the bait, you know there is nothing you can do about it, but if you have a hand-cast net.
Hehe! Hehehe... I don't believe you can escape from the Five Finger Mountain of Tathagata Buddha. Yu Shengnan's mind was already imagining the scene of the Monkey King being suppressed by a flip of the hand.
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