Mei Wu and A Qing scratched their heads in frustration, Old Fu sighed repeatedly, and Wu An acted as if nothing had happened.
They seem a bit carefree.
Aqing asked, "Brother, should we continue?"
Wu An said, "Continue."
Aqing nodded.
They fished another 1000 meters, but only managed to pull up a few sea bass.
Compared to Mei Wu and the others' gloomy faces, Wu An was quite happy.
The reason why there were no questions about this 1000-meter run was partly because the run was too short, and partly because the luck points had already been depleted.
So here's the question.
How could my luck points be depleted so quickly?
This indicates that a large catch was caught on the 2000-meter longline before it was even started.
This explains why, once the fishing boats arrive here, any bit of luck they gain is instantly wiped out.
Aqing and Meiwu were both somewhat dejected.
Old Fu walked over and, seeing their state, scolded, "What's wrong with you? You look so listless."
"Be quick."
"Hurry up and pull the longline up so we can put it back down sooner."
They've already started.
There's not much to say; he can't very well scold Wu An over this.
What exactly is going on?
Wu An is the boss; they are just employees.
When the boss makes a mistake, employees shouldn't nitpick or cause trouble, but rather try to find ways to make amends.
They pulled for another hundred meters or so.
The longline shuddered violently, splashing water everywhere on the sea surface.
Seeing this, Aqing immediately leaned over to take a look. Before the fish even came out of the water, he shouted, "It's red!"
"It's not small at all."
"Red spots...red spots..."
"It's erythema, brother, it's erythema!"
Aqing jumped up excitedly.
Mei Wu quickly went to prepare the fish.
The red-spotted fish was quite strong; its tail slapped Mei Wu's face, instantly turning his face red.
Despite the pain from the beating, he couldn't help but smile. He held the fish up with both hands and showed it to Old Fu, who was looking in their direction: "Look, a big red grouper weighing over ten pounds!"
"Quickly give him an injection."
Old Fu grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "No need, the water isn't that deep here, just hurry up and put them in the live fish hold."
Mei Wu quickly and carefully placed the fish into the live fish container. As soon as he stood up, he heard A Qing shout, "Another big red grouper!"
"Damn, this tiger stripe is huge! Bro, give me a hand and help me hold it down."
Mei Wu hurried back to help, but the winch pulled up two more red spots in succession.
Besides the red spots, several tiger stripes also appeared, all of them quite large, with the smallest being a size larger than the largest red spot.
However, if you look at the price, the erythema is more valuable.
The winch continues to operate.
Tireless.
After catching a few more tiger groupers, the longline fishing began with a large number of bare hooks, but Aqing and Meiwu were still in high spirits.
There's not much to say.
This wasn't their first time catching red grouper and tiger grouper, so they were familiar with their prices.
Just the five large red spots and nine tiger stripes alone could easily fetch a price of fifty to sixty thousand.
Even if all the subsequent hooks are empty, it's still a huge profit.
Old Fu had to keep the boat steady and couldn't leave. Hearing them shouting and yelling, he felt an itch to get to them and couldn't help but ask loudly what was going on.
Aqing and Meiwu were unwilling to leave; they stared longingly, their eyes practically popping out of their sockets, waiting for the big fish to emerge from the water.
Wu An walked over and told them about his harvest.
Old Fu was delighted to hear this and said, "Ah An, your intuition is truly amazing."
Wu An said, "I just happened to be lucky."
Old Fu said, "It takes skill to keep running into dead rats."
Wu An smiled and said, "Old Fu, if you keep praising him to his face, it might seem like you're flattering him."
Old Fu picked up a cigarette: "Hey, I know, but I can't help it."
Wu An lit a cigarette for him: "Why should I endure it? I think it's fine."
Old Fu laughed heartily.
Wu An had only smoked half a cigarette when he heard shouts from A Qing and Mei Wu, so he quickly went over to check.
He asked, "What kind of fish?"
Ah Qing had just caught one, grabbed it, and held it up, saying, "Brother, it's Black Hair."
Wu An was surprised.
Blackfish aren't very big, but they're still valuable.
Since I stopped going to the sump, I haven't caught anything for a long time.
Mei Wu also untied a black fur coat, held it up to look at it, and said, "This is the black fur coat."
"It seems to be quite valuable."
"But it looks pretty ordinary."
Aqing said, "It's very valuable, over three hundred yuan a pound."
"I'm rich!"
"The black hairy ones all live in clusters, and you can see several black hairy ones hanging on a single line."
Wu An stopped the winch.
There were so many blackfish that the whole family was neatly hung on the hook, looking like a bunch of grapes when you lifted them up.
Mei Wu watched with awe.
Wu An was also somewhat surprised. Longline fishing is not like net fishing, where you never let a fish go by. Longline fishing uses hooks to catch fish. As long as the fish doesn't bite the hook, it won't be a problem even if it swims around the hook.
But this black-haired fish seemed intent on biting the hook completely.
There wasn't a single empty hook on the rope.
Because there were so many black-haired fish, and they were all very lively, it was quite difficult for them to unhook them even while wearing gloves. They had to stop the winch every now and then. Later, Old Fu saw that the efficiency was too slow, so he came over to help.
Wu An handed a small black fish to Old Fu and asked, "Old Fu, can you take a look? Will it survive if we release it?"
Old Fu took it and looked at it, saying, "There's a high chance he'll survive."
Wu An nodded: "Okay, then let's throw it back into the sea."
"Anyway, we can't sell such small black fish."
"Aqing, Meiwu, take a look too, don't bother with this size."
Aqing and Meiwu looked up and responded in unison.
After pulling for dozens of meters, the number of black-haired fish gradually decreased.
Even so, they still managed to catch several buckets of black-haired fish, which together weighed over 100 pounds. They were lucky to have encountered a family of black-haired fish.
However, if it weren't for the luck factor added by longline fishing, longline fishing might have caught a few blackfish, but definitely not as many as it has now.
The value of luck is constantly increasing.
"Brother, tiger grouper."
"Two."
"The longline is fully pulled up!" Aqing shouted happily.
Wu An smiled and nodded.
Because most of the catch is of high value, it is processed very quickly.
All the fish were removed from the fish tank. Most of the fish in good condition were placed in the live fish tank, while the few that were escaping more air than they were taking in were killed. After processing, the fish were sent to the cold storage.
Roughly calculated, longline fishing alone could bring in around 100,000 yuan.
How could everyone not be happy?
Next, there's the sticky netting.
After finishing their work, the three of them leaned against the side of the boat and smoked.
Wu An, while examining the small island not far away, said, "Old Fu, what does this island look like to you?"
Old Fu looked up and said, "I didn't realize you were thinking of naming the island again?"
Wu An nodded: "You can come here often in the future."
Old Fu nodded in deep agreement: "Indeed."
This trip took us so far, and besides the catch, the biggest gain was actually discovering another resource-rich fishing spot.
Wu An then remembered to check the system.
Good heavens, my luck value is almost depleted. What did I catch that's draining my luck value so quickly?
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