The fishing boats arrived at Twin Islands.
It's a bit windy.
The fishing boats were rocking violently, which, despite the good weather, still had some impact on the fishing operations.
Fortunately, the fishing boat had a good catch and a heavy load, which made it more stable in this kind of weather, although the speed of the boat was relatively slow.
Wu An checked the time; it was almost eight o'clock.
Ah Qing, holding binoculars, shouted that she had found the buoy.
Old Fu stopped the boat.
Wu An used a hook to pull up the float, then wound the rope around the winch. With the switch pressed, the winch started working and slowly pulled up the cage.
Wu An observed the winch working and saw no signs of strain or jamming.
The fish trap was successfully pulled up.
"The water has come out."
Aqing shouted happily.
He stared at it.
Then, his smile stiffened, and he scratched his head, saying, "That's strange, I see a lot of stone crabs in the trap."
"Splash!"
He picked up the fish trap, opened it, and poured all the catch onto the deck. There was quite a lot of fish, piled up into a small mound.
However, at first glance, they were all stone crabs.
This is the most common type, and also the least valuable.
Mei Wu also looked puzzled: "What's going on?"
Old Fu, seeing their "I don't understand, I don't accept" expressions, laughed in exasperation: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"So many stone crabs can be sold for money."
"You've had too many good days, you don't know what hard times are like anymore, do you?"
He disciplined the two boys like this.
Actually, he himself was also a little unaccustomed to it.
Since he came to work on Wu'an's boat, every time he set the traps, the worst catch was mostly flower crabs and mantis shrimp.
It is indeed rare to see a whole trap full of stone crabs.
Even so, it's pretty good!
Many fishing boats throw fish traps into the sea, mostly with the idea of trying their luck. Even for professional fish trap setters, it's common to find nothing when the traps are pulled up after being left in the sea for several days.
As long as there are no empty cages, it's all profit!
To paraphrase Brother Benshan, what more could you ask for?
Wu An was not surprised.
He had predicted this would happen from the moment he discovered that the luck value of the fish trap was depleted very slowly. Only low-value catches like stone crabs would cause the luck value to decrease slowly.
He rummaged around and said, "There are still some mantis shrimp left. Don't just stand there, hurry up and sort them."
Shrimp and crab are actually fine.
The main advantage is their strong vitality and ease of survival. With simple handling, they can survive until the fishing boat returns to the dock.
Mei Wu squatted down, put on gloves, and rummaged around for a bit. He saw a large mantis shrimp, picked it up, and said, "Hey, this mantis shrimp is pretty."
"It's this big."
"That's quite rare."
Aqing glanced at it and quickly showed off, "Oh, I know this. It's called a zebra mantis shrimp."
Old Fu was startled when he saw it: "Awu, be careful."
"See that big pair of pincers?"
"If a mantis shrimp attacks you, you can get hurt even if you're wearing gloves."
As they were talking.
He walked over, carefully took the mantis shrimp from Mei Wu's hand, and then used tongs to pull out the mantis shrimp's pair of sickle-like pincers.
Mei Wu asked, "Is it that powerful?"
Old Fu nodded and said, "I have a friend who almost lost his finger because he was injured by this kind of zebra mantis shrimp."
Wu An glanced at Old Fu and thought to himself, "You'd better have a friend like this." Seeing that Mei Wu still looked doubtful, he said, "Old Fu wasn't bluffing you."
"These two large scythes are catching legs. Catching legs can be divided into two types: piercing and crushing. This one is the piercing type. Doesn't it look a lot like a praying mantis?"
Mei Wu nodded.
Wu An continued, "Mantis shrimp are ferocious and mainly feed on various shellfish, crabs, sea urchins, etc. Judging from this stone crab with a damaged shell, it is probably the prey of the mantis shrimp."
"Mantis shrimp are the top predators in the beach ecosystem. They can be described as lawless creatures at sea, preying on any creature they encounter. Even when attacked by fish larger than themselves, they will never run away and will fight to the end."
Mei Wu suddenly realized: "This thing is so fierce."
Ah Qing exclaimed, "Brother, you know so much!"
Wu An smiled and said, "From Baidu."
In the internet age, you can search for anything. He only searched for information after he and Aqing caught a lot of mantis shrimp, and only then did he realize that mantis shrimp were actually so dangerous.
The fact that he and Aqing were not injured at the time was probably due to the luck that their gloves and tools provided them.
otherwise.
I'm afraid the money from selling the seafood will all go towards medical expenses.
Therefore, people who don't understand the sea or don't know how to go beachcombing should be very careful at the beach, because who knows who is the prey and who is the hunter?
Old Fu took out a pair of scissors, cut off the large sickle-shaped claws of the zebra mantis shrimp, and then put it into the net basket.
Soon, Aqing pulled out another one and said, "This mantis shrimp isn't very big, but why is it all yellow?"
Upon seeing it, Old Fu's face lit up with joy, and he said, "This zebra mantis shrimp is top-notch. Look at it... it's full of roe."
Aqing asked, "Is it very expensive?"
Old Fu said, "That's extremely expensive."
Ah Qing immediately perked up, but after thoroughly searching through all the fish in the first row of fish traps, he only found two top-quality zebra mantis shrimps.
Mantis shrimp are already relatively rare, and this kind of top-quality one is one in a million.
Since most of the crabs in the traps are stone crabs, there is no need to tie them up. After sorting them, the stone crabs are simply thrown into the net basket.
This also greatly improved their work efficiency.
Next.
Wu An was in charge of retrieving the fish traps, Mei Wu and A Qing were in charge of sorting them, and Lao Fu Tou was the mobile one, either driving the boat or helping with sorting.
The harvest from the fish traps was quite good.
Each row of traps, once pulled up, yields dozens of kilograms of stone crabs, and as for mantis shrimp, there are at least a dozen or so, and at least six or seven.
Even though stone crabs aren't worth much, the sheer number of them brought smiles to everyone's faces.
With half of the traps collected, looking at the mountain of fish on the deck, Wu An said, "Luckily, most of them are stone crabs, otherwise we could have been busy all day just with the traps."
He stopped the winch and squatted down to sort the goods.
We still lack manpower.
There are too many tools on the ship now, which far exceeds the workload of just a few people.
It's because Wu An paid them high wages that everyone worked so hard.
Aqing suddenly exclaimed, "Ouch!"
"Gan Linmu, you almost got me."
Wu An asked, "What's wrong?"
Ah Qing grabbed the mantis shrimp and slapped it, saying, "Luckily I dodged quickly, otherwise it would have gotten me. Its big pincers are stuck in the deck and I can't pull them out."
Mei Wu went over to take a look and was also startled.
The large pliers reached deep into the deck, which contained treated wood.
If Aqing hadn't dodged in time, her fingers might have been pierced.
Old Fu told them to be more careful.
Wu An secretly added luck to their gloves to ensure their safety as much as possible.
My luck score is low today, only 201 points.
Throw the fish trap into the sea, and you can easily clear your luck value for the day.
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