Zhao Dahai held his breath for a moment and stared at the fish pulled out of the water with wide eyes for a long time. The deflated ball suddenly relaxed.
"Why!"
"Haruko!"
"Thought it was a big yellow croaker!"
Zhao Dahai smiled and shook his head. Chunzi fish looks a bit like a large yellow croaker. Not only are they similar in body shape, but both fishes will turn golden in color in muddy sea water, like gold bars. Some places joke that they are "large yellow croakers".
Cousin".
Zhao Dahai pulled the fish to the side of the boat, lifted the net and took a closer look. Yes, it was indeed a spring fish and not a large yellow croaker.
Chunzi fish is indeed not as good as large yellow croaker, but it is definitely a good fish. The fish has thick flesh, no small bones, is very tender, and tastes very good. Children, the elderly or people with weak constitution can eat it.
The price of spring fish is far lower than that of large yellow croaker, but relatively speaking, spring fish worth eight taels or more can sell for eighty yuan or even one hundred yuan per catty, and the bigger the fish, the more expensive it is.
Zhao Dahai picked up the hook and weighed it. The spring fish he caught weighed no more than two kilograms. This fish could be sold for at least two hundred yuan. It was not a large yellow croaker. The chance of making a big fortune was gone, but a small fortune was inevitable.
Zhao Dahai was a little surprised. The water depth here was about ten meters, which was not the best water depth for spring fish to grow.
Zhao Dahai thought about it for a while, but he had no clue. It didn't matter, as long as it was there. The sea was connected in all directions, and spring fish came when they wanted. No one could care about it. So he hung a sea centipede on the hook, threw the pole to the end, and tightened it.
I caught the line, stared at the tip of the rod, shook it a few times, and didn't raise the rod to stab the fish immediately. I waited for a while until the rod bent down and then raised the rod to hit the fish.
Chunzi fish is a bit like a dog shark. It eats very fiercely and can easily be eaten to death. This is different from black sea bream, especially yellow sea bream. Black sea bream and yellow sea bream are very precise when eating bait, so be careful and test it.
If the fish is not stabbed in time, it will spit out the hook and run away after eating the bait. This is more obvious for yellow sea bream. When eating the bait, you have to let the line unwind and lower your vigilance to get hooked.
The more Zhao Dahai fished, the more surprised he became. One spring fish was hooked one after another. The smallest one was one pound, and the largest one was almost three pounds. They hit the nest again, and this time it was the nest of the "cousin" of the big yellow croaker. I really didn't expect that there would be one.
Such a surprise.
Zhao Dahai shook his hand. The fishing rod in his hand was mainly used to catch about one kilogram of black bream and yellow bream. What he caught now were two to three kilograms of spring fish. The rod had a thin soft line and was very labor-intensive. He caught ten of them.
, my hands are so sore that I have no choice but to keep going. In the water of about ten meters here, the spring fish must be a passing fish. I definitely won’t be able to catch it at another time. So hurry up and catch a few more.
The sun sets in the west.
Zhao Dahai put away his fishing rod, and the time to make money passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. The last spring fish he caught was half an hour ago. There should be few fish, so he decided not to catch it.
Zhao Dahai looked at the living cabin, which was full of fish. He took the net and kept the live ones in the living cabin. He took out the dead ones and put them in the refrigerator. He folded them neatly, especially the spring fish.
The price is very high, so don't be careless. If the appearance is bad, you won't be able to sell it at a good price.
Zhao Dahai drove his fishing boat back to the village dock. When he almost arrived, he remembered that Zhao Shi had told him during the day that a lot of squid could be found every year within ten nautical miles to the northeast. He changed his mind and refused to go home for the time being. He turned a corner and
Run over.
Night falls.
Zhao Dahai rushed to the place and looked around. There were no fishing boats nearby. It was pitch black and he could only hear the sound of some waves crashing.
Zhao Dahai raised his head and looked into the distance. The dots of lights were not too dense. They were fishing boats, and there were not many. However, at four or five o'clock in the morning, the entire sea was brightly lit, which was very spectacular.
Zhao Dahai stopped the fishing boat, set up the lights on the sea, and turned on the switch. The little sun was as bright as the sun. The blue-green underwater lights were lowered along the side of the boat. The water was six meters deep and the sea water was relatively muddy, so it could only be seen vaguely. A group of yellow-green can be seen.
Zhao Dahai rested and waited. There were no squids or cuttlefish. Instead, there were groups of small fish. After careful inspection, they were anchovies. This is a small fish common in shallow coastal waters. When the season comes, the groups are very large. But generally no one catches them. They are small and the price is low. The prices vary from a few yuan per catty to more than ten yuan per catty. The key is that it is too troublesome to catch fish online. If you encounter a large group, the entire fishing net will be full of them. Fishing is very labor-intensive and may even result in the entire fishing net being scrapped, which is not cost-effective.
Zhao Dahai picked up the fishing net and tried five or six times, but only caught two or three fish. He remembered that he had bought a few pairs of fish skin hooks, so he immediately tied a fishing rod and threw it into the sea. After a few clicks, one after another bit on the hook, pulling up a string of five.
Catching anchovies is very easy. If you encounter a school of fish, you will bite the hook as soon as you see it. However, unhooking and unhooking fish is very troublesome. There are many hooks in string hooks, and you may catch them accidentally when you are not moving. Catching anchovies especially in a string When I was fishing, I jumped out of the water with all my strength. When picking fish, the string hook accidentally got wrapped around my hand. Once the barbed hook penetrated into the flesh, it would definitely hurt to death.
Zhao Dahai did not unhook the hooks one by one. This was too troublesome. He held the lead in his left hand and the fishing rod in his right hand. He tightened the line and shook it violently up and down twice. The anchovies hanging on the hook were unhooked and fell to the deck with a crackle. It's like raining.
Zhao Da swung the hook into the sea, and then another string, and then another string. In less than twenty minutes, the whole deck was covered with anchovies. This was the real madness.
Zhao Dahai lowered his head and looked at the sea. Under the strong light, groups of anchovies were swimming around in the water, constantly shuttling back and forth.
It’s over!
The sea is full of anchovies, there are no squid or cuttlefish at all.
Zhao Dahai was a little unwilling to give up. After waiting for an hour, he replaced the wood shrimp and fished for 20 minutes. All he caught were anchovies. He was very speechless and gave up fishing. There were indeed cuttlefish or squid in the sea, but the quantity There are definitely not many, at least I didn't run into them tonight. I have made up my mind to try here every time I go fishing in the future, and see if I can make a fortune one day.
Zhao Dahai started to pack up the anchovies on the deck. They were cheap goods. He didn't intend to sell them but just eat them for himself. There was nothing special about them. He put them in a bucket and put some crushed ice on them.
Zhao Dahai returned to the dock. It was almost eight o'clock in the evening. He took the time to pack up his things, clean the fishing boat, and catch a lot of fish. He took the live fish and the valuable spring fish home first, and then rode his motorcycle there. At the pier, I took two mesh bags, one with five or six kilograms of anchovies, and the rest in another mesh bag. I went to the second grandfather Zhao Shi's house and gave away the five or six kilograms of anchovies before returning to me. Home.
Zhao Dahai took a knife and a chopping board, scaled and opened the fish belly, cleaned about four kilograms of anchovies, each one weighed two taels, they were very fat, and their stomachs were filled with oil. He heated a large iron pot and added some oil.
When the smoke came out, I put the fish in and lightly fried it, then added water, ginger slices, salt, and soy sauce, covered it and let it simmer for ten minutes. When I opened the lid, my saliva almost flowed out.
Zhao Dahai took the big iron basin, which was full of steaming water. He just went out and placed it on the table in the yard, and called his grandma Zhong Cuihua to eat.
"grandmother!"
“These days I go out fishing and come back late!”
"About this time today."
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"I want to see if there are any squid or cuttlefish in the sea!"
"This has to be done at night."
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Zhao Dahai told his grandma Zhong Cuihua that he would come back later in the next few days, picked up an anchovy, put the whole piece into his mouth, pulled it out, and a fish bone came out. The fish meat was all in his mouth, salty and fresh,
Coupled with the taste of ginger, it goes very well with rice. I ate one piece after another, making me sweat profusely.
After Zhao Dahai finished his dinner, he looked at the fish caught today in the fish pond. Most of the fish that could be fed were black sea bream. There were not many spring fish. He was a little proud. He made a lot today. He checked the fresh fish in the refrigerator.
Chunziyu, don’t worry about taking a bath if there is no problem. It was almost one o’clock in the morning when I lay in bed. The tide will be early tomorrow. I have to get up at 4:30 in the morning to cook breakfast. After eating, I will go to the pier to go to sea at 5 o’clock.