At the stern of the boat, the winch was slowly turning, and Zhang Ze pulled the sub-line to collect the first fish.

"Shi Jiugong weighs three pounds and five pounds? He's only given eight points of experience, so he's not the King of Fishes?"

"Seventeen pounds of seven-banded grouper, good luck..."

"It's a twenty-three-pound big sea bream, why don't you get a double one?"

When there are no outsiders around, it is very convenient for Zhang Ze to put the fish away. When the sub-thread is pulled back and touches the fish, he can put it into the space.

Not only can you know the size of the fish immediately, but you can also accumulate experience points along the way.

Because of the Seven-banded Grouper Fish King, he gained over 700 more experience points after his space was upgraded to level 16. Once the longline is completed, he will probably be able to level up again.

The water area where the longline is located this time is about 70 meters. He used one hundred experience points to exchange for ten grouper baits and fifty ordinary fishing baits, which were mixed with the mackerel bait he purchased and hung on the longline.

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Therefore, it not only attracts shallow-water fish near the isolated island, but also attracts a group of deep-sea fish that live underwater.

The experience value of deep-sea fish is quite high, basically more than five points. The experience value of shallow-water fish is a little lower, and some only have one or two points.

With a thousand hooks, Zhang Ze caught a total of more than 300 fish, with a total weight of more than 1,500 kilograms.

It can only be said that the magic bait is very strong. A normal longline with a thousand hooks can catch more than fifty fish, which is considered very good.

But now that we are in the 1980s, the harvest will definitely be better than in later generations.

This time the experience value increased a lot, reaching more than 1,600 points, so he decisively chose to upgrade.

[Fishing Space (Level 17)]

【Experience:0/1700】

[Function: Magic bait]

[Space size: 17 cubic meters]

【Fishing experience:782】

Even if he still has nearly 800 experience after upgrading, according to this progress, he will be able to upgrade his space to level 20 after three more trips to sea. This year, he may be able to upgrade to level 70 or 80. Zhang Ze suddenly felt full of motivation.

After collecting all the fish, he threw the messy longline aside and handed it over to the fishermen to tidy up and repair tomorrow.

...

The next day, Zhang Ze did not wake up the people on the other boats in advance like last time, but Tong Yuanhang, Zhang Zhenghong and others who had lowered the nets still went over to close the nets at 5:30.

When he got up and came to the deck, several other fishing boats had gathered. When he walked into the cab, he heard Tong Yuanhang's voice coming from the radio.

"Aze, we are all well now, do you want to go back now?"

"Go back!"

Zhang Ze gave him plenty of time today and made an appointment with Ou Shuxiang at two o'clock in the afternoon.

But since everyone has finished their work, it doesn't matter if they go back early. Just let someone ride a bicycle to call someone.

Zhang Ze then came to the front deck and slowly added a bucket of diesel fuel into the oil tank.

With a range of eighty nautical miles, they need to prepare an additional barrel of diesel fuel to put on the ship every time they come here.

Nanping Island is 50 nautical miles away from Wenshui City, and it takes 100 nautical miles to go back and forth. It is impossible to drive back without additional preparation of diesel fuel.

Each time they come here, the cost of fuel consumption alone is about 100 yuan. Including each time the longline is repaired, etc., the total cost of a visit to Nanping Island is about 120 yuan.

Zhang Ze's cost may be higher, after all, he often travels back and forth to places such as Yuewan County, Lumen Island, and Mangrove Forest.

So if you catch hundreds of kilograms of small yellow croakers in a net before, you will still lose money after you go back.

Of course, there are not many fishermen on a 15-meter fishing boat. They only get a few hundred kilograms of small yellow croakers that are not very valuable and then go back. Basically, they will not go back until the boat is full.

Going to sea for two or three days is considered a short time, and going to sea for a week at a time is considered normal.

This also resulted in the freshness of the fish they brought back being so-so. Even if some of the fish that could be kept were put in live water tanks, they would not be kept for a week.

Aquatic product stations can only sell these fish to the local urban area, and will choose to lower the price when there is a lot of fish.

As for the fish caught by small wooden-hulled boats that go out to sea today or come back the next day, they will be relatively fresh. These will be selected and transported to some nearby cities that are not close to the sea, and then the freshness will also drop a bit after arriving in those cities.

This has nothing to do with Zhang Ze and others, their current income is quite good.

He asked Tong Yuanhang and others to calculate the weight of the grouper first, and then he went to the cabin and spread the ice cubes evenly in the box.

Then put the less valuable fish in the space into these boxes one by one, including two hundred kilograms of Penaeus monodon.

If you send them back alive, you are definitely causing trouble for yourself. There is no problem in sending a small amount of live shrimps back, but if there are too many, it will be difficult for him to explain how to feed these shrimps.

Shrimps will die soon after they come out of the water, and they won't last long in the living water tank.

What's more, he has to keep grouper in the living water tank. If he puts it in, he will probably eat at least half of it.

The lobsters have not been confiscated yet, but apart from the seven-banded grouper king, the remaining fish and prawns in the space total more than 1,800 kilograms, and a large part of them must be kept fresh in the box.

Except for some cheap fish, all the fish Zhang Ze took out were deep-sea fish.

Among them, six seven-banded groupers were placed in one box, and three-color calamus was placed in one box.

These two plus the prawns monodon, Zhang Ze plans to sell them to restaurants, maybe there is a chance of selling them at a high price.

With more than 1,200 kilograms of sea fish and two hundred kilograms of sea shrimp, the fish cabin was suddenly full of fish.

Finally, Zhang Ze picked up a box of crushed ice and spread it on an empty space. After laying it out, his heart moved, and a huge seven-banded grouper appeared on the ice.

The sudden cold and lack of oxygen made this fish king immediately feel that its life was in crisis. It struggled hard, but its huge body became a huge burden after it came out of the water.

It could only barely move its tail a few times, and its mouth opened wide and moved, as if it was trying to breathe.

Zhang Ze went out to sail the boat, collected the lobsters, and put them into the live water tank along with the remaining grouper of more than 400 kilograms. When he came back to the fish tank, the huge king fish was already cold.

Seeing this, he picked up the last box of ice cubes and spread them on the fish's body, and even stuffed some into its mouth.

After finishing it, Zhang Ze went to the kitchen and took out a bag of chicken cakes, poured a large glass of water, came to the cab, and called Tong Yuanhang and others back to sail.

After eating a piece of cake and drinking water, he picked up the radio and asked: "Ahang, how was your harvest?"

"Oh, it's a little worse than the day before yesterday. The three fishing nets only caught 600 kilograms of fish, which is estimated to be only about 200 yuan. The three longlines also contained more than 500 kilograms of fish, which can be sold for about 150 yuan."

"Unfortunately, the grouper was a lot worse this time. We only caught about 200 kilograms on the longline. Including the three of us fishing for a while, the total was only more than 260 kilograms, which is not as good as last time."

"The lobster is only over fifty kilograms, and it can be sold for more than a hundred!"

Zhang Ze calculated in his mind that if the proportion of more than 260 kilograms of grouper in the grouper was higher, it would probably be sold to him for around 350 pounds.

Including the income from other fish and lobsters, it is almost more than 800. After excluding the cost, the remaining income is about 678, and one person can get more than 200 points. This income is already very strong.

Then he asked a few other people and found out that Zhang Qinghe's harvest plummeted after leaving his ship.

Together with his brother, the two of them caught more than 150 kilograms of grouper and more than 30 kilograms of lobster. Because there was no fishing net, they only caught two longlines, and the other fish only weighed over 300 kilograms.

After some estimation, the total income can be around 400. After subtracting the costs, if they divide it equally, the total income will be 123 per person.

But Zhang Qinghe borrowed money from him to buy the boat, and he didn't know how the two brothers divided it, so he didn't know the specific situation.

As for Zhang Ze's three cousins, they are probably evenly divided like Tong Yuanhang and the others.

After two long lines and some fishing, there were always more than 200 kilograms of grouper. Two fishing nets were set, and together with the long lines, there were more than 400 kilograms of other fish caught. There were only a few lobsters, but

I was lucky enough to catch it on a longline.

The total income is estimated to be around RMB 450, and after excluding costs, the three of us can split over RMB 100.

The harvest of the three cousins ​​surprised him. He did not expect that these three novices would have a good harvest on their first trip to sea.

After all, Zhang Qinghe has been with him for a longer time and has more experience than them. It is quite surprising that he can earn around 400 yuan without setting off a fishing net.

However, Zhang Ze still suggested on the radio that several people should catch more fish in the future. If the fish catch is not full, there is no need to go to sea today and go back tomorrow like him. This can make more money and reduce costs in disguise.

The three of them go to sea together and can take care of each other even if he is not around.

Back at the dock, when Tong Yuanhang and others brought the grouper over, he walked into the fish hold out of curiosity about his catch, and as a result, several "fuck" sounds were heard inside.

Zhang Ze came to them with a smile: "Low-key, low-key, isn't it just a grouper that's 1.67 meters and weighs more than 200 kilograms? There's nothing surprising. Keep your voice low, I don't want to follow

Just like before, I went around in a big circle before going home."

"How did you catch such a big guy?" Tong Yuanhang's lips trembled. Such a big fish was almost as tall as him.

Zhang Qinghu and Zhang Zhenghong were even more stunned. When had they ever seen such a big fish?

They are not like Zhang Qinghe and others, who have seen a giant mullet that sells for a thousand yuan a meter and a white shark that is six meters long.

"Can this... such a big fish be sold?"

"Brother, let me tell you, last time Aze sold a big croaker of about 1.5 meters for a thousand yuan!" Zhang Qinghe said to his brother with an excited look on his face. He didn't know how excited he was.

What.

"One thousand yuan!!!" Zhang Qinghu's voice was raised in vain. That high-pitched voice was thought to be that of the last father-in-law in the country.

Zhang Zhenghong and others were also frightened. They pointed at the King Grouper in disbelief and said, "Wouldn't this one also sell for a thousand yuan?"

Tong Yuanhang shook his head: "It must be more than that. The grouper itself is more expensive than the catfish, and this one is bigger, weighing more than two hundred kilograms."

Zhang Ze himself couldn't tell how much the grouper could be sold for, so he didn't talk about it. Instead, he ordered: "Ahang, ride your bicycle and help me contact the owners or managers of several restaurants and tell him

I have big deep-sea groupers here. The bigger the groupers are, the more delicious they are. They are different from green groupers. I’ll call Ou Shuxiang over by the way."

"Okay." Tong Yuanhang also knew that it would not be good to attract attention like before, so he nodded and agreed.

After he left, Zhang Ze also began to count the groupers of the remaining people and asked them to send them to his boat.
Chapter completed!