at this time.
It was already a little past six in the morning.
Two or three hours have passed since we started longline fishing, and everyone has been working without a break for so long.
Stop now.
Looking at the rising sun in the east, the sea under the sunlight in the classroom is bathed in countless rays of light, a beautiful and magnificent sight.
"Holy crap."
"This is so beautiful!"
"No wonder rich people like to go out to sea by boat."
Mei Wu was somewhat overwhelmed by the beautiful scenery and couldn't help but sigh.
Wu An curled his lip. Those rich people don't go out to sea on yachts to see the scenery.
Only those who don't have much money but still want to travel and have fun will actually go to see the sights.
Fortunately, the fish traps didn't yield much, so everyone now had time to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Old Fu didn't take it seriously.
It is indeed beautiful, but after seeing it too many times, it just gets the same.
Wu An quickly heated up the breakfast, which was quite varied, including clam omelet, eggs, soy milk, and a bowl of rice noodles.
Clam omelets? My sister-in-law made them yesterday, and there was a big bowl left over, so I had him bring it over.
Soy milk was something he bought last night when he went to sell seafood and saw that the owner still had some left over, so he simply packed it up and brought it back.
This is probably what they mean by good deeds being rewarded.
He went out to sea in the early morning; if he hadn't bought it in advance, he would never have been able to buy it.
The free-range eggs and rice noodles were prepared by Li Juan. The rice noodles were homemade, purely handmade, with no additives or pollution, making them an excellent green food.
Add some fish balls inside, and you can slurp them up silently, one after another. It's considered a local specialty of rice noodles.
After finishing the meal.
We're back at Life Island, where we do longline fishing.
Old Fu was still in charge of steering the boat, and Wu An, without hesitation, took the lead and picked up the hook.
Aqing asked, "Brother, what are our plans?"
Wu An thought for a moment and said, "You and Brother Wu will handle the fish, and let the eldest brother handle the longline fishing."
Although my older brother hasn't been to sea much, he and his wife run this longline fishing business together, so he definitely knows exactly how to handle it.
Everyone nodded, having no objection to his decision.
on board.
It's fine for everyone to chat and laugh, but when it comes to homework, Wu An basically makes the decisions.
They all listened to him.
It wasn't because of any rules, but I just felt that supporting Wu An on the boat was the right thing to do.
Wu An quickly retrieved the buoy and checked his luck value, which was indeed empty.
He was planning to add more luck to the longline fishing, but then he noticed that the longline was shaking.
Aqing and Meiwu, who were standing nearby, also noticed and shouted, "Time to fetch water!"
"They're actually drawing water like this, the fish must be quite big."
Both of them were quite excited; small fish usually wouldn't make such a commotion.
"Get up."
With a shout, he hooked one end of the longline onto the winch.
The winch was put into operation immediately.
With a winch, at least half the manpower is saved when operating on a fishing boat.
Soon, the first fish was caught in the water.
Wu An was initially quite pleased to see that it was a rock sea bream, but when he saw the condition of the sea bream, the smile on his face immediately froze.
This rock bream looks quite big; the head alone probably weighs a pound or two.
Why single out the fish head for discussion?
Because there was only one fish head on the hook.
The fish disappeared
Aqing saw it too, her eyes widened as she leaned over to look: "Holy crap, where's the fish body?"
The fish head stood alone, its eyes wide open, bloodshot, looking as if it had died with its eyes wide open.
Ah Qing removed the fish head and sighed, "Fish, tell me, who ate you? I'll avenge you!"
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, clearly indicating that he wasn't just saying it casually.
He truly wanted to avenge the fish.
This fish is worth at least a thousand yuan, but all that's left is the head. Luckily, the head is quite big, so we can make a fish head soup later.
The winch is still operating, continuously pulling up the longline.
Many other fish also met their demise, making Ah Qing furious.
There are so many fish heads, we can't possibly eat them all, we simply can't.
Wu An's expression was also not good, but there was nothing he could do.
He had heard people talk about this before: the fish caught by longline fishing would be stolen by other fish.
However, it is relatively rare to see such a large-scale interception as today.
Wu An guessed that he was attracted by the luck boost from longline fishing.
Unfortunately, luck is always a double-edged sword. If used well, it can bring in a lot of seafood; if used poorly, it can lead to significant losses if it exceeds the limits.
In the past, when fishing, luck was the fishing rod you were using, and it would even give you a range of how many kilograms you couldn't lose.
If you go too far, you might end up with a broken rod and a lost fish.
The same principle applies to longline fishing right now.
no way.
We have no choice but to accept our fate.
When the old man learned of this, he came over to take a look, picked up a few fish heads and examined them carefully, saying, "They were swallowed whole, not torn apart."
“Look at these breaks, they’re almost identical.”
"The one who intercepted it was a big fish."
"Or it could be a school of fish of roughly the same size."
Wu An asked, "Old Fu, can you tell what kind of fish is behind this?"
Old Fu smiled and said, "It's most likely a giant grouper."
Aqing's eyes lit up: "I know, I know, that thing is huge. I saw someone catch one at the dock before, it's a whole size bigger than me."
"Its mouth is even bigger; it feels like it could bite my head off."
"Brother, can we arrest him?"
"We should arrest him, tear him to pieces, and give him a thousand cuts!"
"Cut it into fish slices, eat it raw or boiled!"
Old Fu laughed heartily: "If we catch it, we won't be willing to eat it, that stuff is very expensive."
Wu An was taken aback: "Not a protected animal?"
Old Fu shook his head: "No."
Wu An seemed to be deep in thought; he remembered that the giant grouper would be a protected animal in the future.
Unfortunately, giant grouper are generally too big, and with the equipment they currently have on their ship, they simply cannot acquire one. Even if they did, it would be very difficult to catch one.
We have no choice but to accept this loss.
Watching the fish that had been intercepted while being caught on a longline, I felt a deep sense of helplessness.
The overall catch of longline fishing is only about one-quarter of the fish that are caught being intercepted.
Aqing threw all the fish heads into a net cage: "These fish are too clever, they only leave the fish heads and don't eat them."
Old Fu said, "That's normal. Some giant groupers are even older than me."
"Having lived so long, what haven't I seen in the sea?"
"Maybe the fish he's fishing with the longline were driven up by him, and then he slowly enjoys this buffet."
Ah Qing imagined the scene and cursed, "Damn, that really could become a spirit."
"It's a pity we couldn't catch it."
"Brother, think of something."
Wu An ignored him.
If he had a solution, would he be sitting here idly staring?
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