Zhao Dahai was so excited that his hands were shaking a little. It took him a while to unhook the hook, and he held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while to make sure that he had read it correctly.
Not a yellow croaker!
Not a spring fish!
Big yellow croaker!
This is a big yellow croaker!
"How could that happen?"
"Why is there a big yellow croaker here?"
Zhao Dahai was very surprised. Large yellow croaker is a very valuable seafood with a very delicious taste. In the early years, the output was very large, but overfishing has made this fish almost extinct. In recent years, this kind of fish has basically not been seen. He did not expect his luck.
It was so good that I actually caught one.
Is it wild?
Zhao Dahai knew that in recent years, some places have begun to release large yellow croaker fry into the sea, and some places have even begun to breed large yellow croaker.
If it is cultured large yellow croaker, especially the large yellow croaker that escapes from the breeding tank, it is not very valuable. Only pure wild large yellow croaker can be sold at a high price.
Zhao Dahai looked carefully at the large yellow croaker he caught. It was not big in size, about five or six ounces, and the shape of the fish was very slender.
Zhao Dahai reached out and plucked the fins under the fish's eyes and folded them toward the fish's head, directly covering the eyes.
"ha!"
"wild!"
Zhao Dahai couldn't help but clenched his fist hard. The slender shape of fish is a common feature of wild fish. Farmed fish have very abundant food. People who raise fish hope that the fish will grow up in the shortest time, so they often provide sufficient food.
, the fish that grow out are big, fat and fat. Fish in the wild are very short of food, and they exercise a lot, swim very far distances, and are usually very thin and elongated. The eyes that are directly covered by the fins are in the wild.
The hard standard for large yellow croaker.
"This little mouth is really red!"
Zhao Dahai stared at the large yellow croaker for a while. The fish's mouth was really distinctive, with a bright red color like rouge.
"quick!"
“Hurry up and keep it fresh!”
Zhao Dahai was a little confused.
The large yellow croaker caught in mixed sea water is completely golden, which is the most beautiful color. The large yellow croaker has another nickname called gold bar. One is because of its color, and the other is that its price is very high.
The caught large yellow croaker does not need to be raised. If it is kept in a live fish pond for a while, the color will turn white. If you want to keep the golden color of the large yellow croaker, you have to use something with a dark color, such as yellow or black.
Wrap it in a plastic bag or something else and put it in the refrigerator immediately.
Zhao Dahai searched for a long time on the fishing boat. He didn't expect to catch a large yellow croaker. He was not prepared at all. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything suitable. He could only wrap the large yellow croaker in a towel and put it flat in the refrigerator.
, the ice is pressed.
Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the beads of sweat that had appeared on his forehead at some point. It was not from heat but from nervousness.
There can't really be a school of large yellow croaker, right?
Zhao Dahai remembered that when they went out to sea in the morning, Zhong Shizhu and the others had said that someone had set out fishing nets to capture a large yellow croaker in the past two days. At the time, he thought it was a joke. There was no way there really was a large yellow croaker. Unexpectedly, not only did he catch it, but he caught it himself.
Zhao Dahai picked up the fishing rod and was able to catch one, maybe a second and a third. After fishing for a long time in the live cabin, there was not a single small mud shrimp.
Dry!
Zhao Dahai was so anxious that he jumped up and down.
Large yellow croaker only eats live bait. The one we just caught was fished with live shrimp, which means that it likes to use live shrimp to catch it. There are sea centipedes on the fishing boat, so it is basically impossible to catch it.
What to do?
Zhao Dahai patted his forehead hard and tried to calm down for a while.
go home!
I went home immediately and bought live shrimps for fishing!
Zhao Dahai made a decision very simply. Sea centipedes definitely cannot catch large yellow croakers. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to seize the time to go home and buy live shrimps before fishing. In addition, fishing for large yellow croakers during the day is not as good as at night. Generally, large yellow croakers
It’s time to catch food at night, so buy live shrimps and come over here, and we’ll stay here all night to catch large yellow croakers.
Zhao Dahai looked at the surrounding sea, remembered this place, immediately pulled up the anchor, drove the fishing boat back to the dock, parked the fishing boat, and went home immediately.
"ah?"
"Why are you back so early?"
Zhong Cuihua was weaving a fishing net in the main room. When she heard the sound and came out, she saw Zhao Dahai coming back. The expression on her face was very serious and nervous. She was startled and didn't know what was going on.
"grandmother!"
"I caught a large yellow croaker. But there were no live shrimps. I hurried back to the town to buy live shrimps. I will go out for night fishing later in the evening and I won't be back tonight."
"The weather is relatively good and the place is not far from the pier, so there is no need to worry about safety."
As Zhao Dahai spoke, he put all the yellow snapper he caught into the live fish pond, turned on the oxygen and turned on the water pump, opened the refrigerator and took out the large yellow croaker.
Zhong Cuihua saw that it was really a big yellow croaker.
"OK!"
"You go to the town and buy live shrimps now. I'll cook them right now. You can eat them when I come back later. After you finish eating, you can go out to sea."
Zhong Cuihua was a little uneasy. People in the fishing village knew very well that the big yellow croaker was a fortune fish. Zhao Dahai caught one, and it was very likely that he could catch several others in the same place. Don't look at it as the last five or six liang, it was already
It costs a few hundred yuan, and if it can be adjusted to weigh more than one pound, the price will be even higher. One piece costs at least two to three thousand, three to five thousand or even higher.
Zhao Dahai nodded, immediately rode a tricycle out to the town, bought ten kilograms of live shrimps, and immediately rushed back home. The rice was already cooked, and he finished it quickly. He sorted out his things, and they had to be dark red.
Or a black plastic bag, put everything in order, including some food, a gas lamp is essential, ride a tricycle, rush to the dock with your things, get on the fishing boat and go out to sea immediately.
Night falls.
The sea was pitch black.
Zhao Dahai slowed down the speed of the fishing boat and stopped steadily at the place where he caught the large yellow croaker during the day.
Zhao Dahai looked around and saw that there were no other fishing boats nearby. He breathed a sigh of relief. If someone occupied this place, he would not be able to find a place to cry.
Zhao Dahai lit a gas lamp and hung it on the pillar. He planned to stay up all night tonight. It was impossible to use the diesel engine all the time. The gas lamp was very bright and very convenient. After hanging the lamp, he carefully checked that the position was correct, and then looked at the sea surface for any signs.
There is a little running water and the sea water is a bit turbid.
Zhao Dahai hooked the fishing boat with an iron anchor and immediately began to prepare. Three poles were all used for bottom fishing. They were all hooked up and thrown out alive.
I wonder if there are any fish?
Zhao Dahai rubbed his hands. He was not so nervous when fishing for other fish, even red spots or blue spots. The big yellow croaker was really different.
Zhao Dahai took a stool and sat down. Fishing for large yellow croaker is different from fishing. The rhythm of black sea bream and yellow sea bream is faster. You have to throw the rod or reel in the line constantly. When fishing for large yellow croaker, you have to stick to it and throw the rod.
Generally speaking, you have to wait twenty to thirty minutes before checking to see if the shrimp on the hook is dead. In addition, the number of large yellow croakers is relatively small, so there is no chance of a crazy situation.
Zhao Dahai waited for half an hour, but there was no movement at all. He picked up a pole and pulled it gently. He felt the live shrimp on the hook on the seabed jump a little, and immediately put down the pole. If the shrimp did not die, there was no need to close the pole.
I picked up the second pole and pulled it gently. I didn't feel the movement of the live shrimp. I pulled it twice more and still didn't feel the movement of the shrimp. I put it away and saw that the shrimp was dead. I immediately changed it to another one.
One of the poles was recast at the same position, and there was no problem with the third pole. Just a slight pull, and I immediately felt the live shrimps on the seabed jumping around and full of energy.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and in a blink of an eye it is almost twelve o'clock in the evening.
Zhao Dahai checked the poles again to make sure that the shrimps hanging on each pole were alive. He sat down and continued to wait. The big yellow croaker was like this. It was very torturous. He didn't know when the fish would come. He had to wait all the time.
Staring constantly without being distracted is very exhausting.
One o'clock.
The sea breeze is getting colder and colder.
Zhao Dahai shivered. He was a little sleepy at first, but he immediately became energetic. He took out his lunch box and started eating. While eating, his eyes swept around the tip of the fishing rod placed on the boat from time to time. At the beginning, he caught three handfuls of fish.
There are now six fishing rods, and they can be placed in all directions of the fishing boat. I don’t know if there are fish or where there are fish, so I can only cover them all, so I just start a "newbie setting up a street stall".
coming?
coming!
Zhao Dahai kept watch for half the night, but there was no movement at all. As soon as he took out his lunch box to eat, there was movement on the pole. He couldn't care about eating at this time. He picked up the pole, stared at the tip of the pole with his eyes wide open under the light of the gas lamp.
It stopped for a moment and then immediately moved again.
Zhao Dahai didn't hesitate at all, and immediately raised the pole to stab the fish. The big yellow croaker is very alert when eating bait and has a very tricky mouth. Once the bait is eaten, he immediately raises the pole to stab the fish, leaving the line alone and seizing the opportunity.
bingo!
The moment Zhao Dahai raised the pole, the line straightened directly. He was very heavy-handed. There was a fish on the hook, so he immediately took up the line. The water was not too deep. After a while, he pulled the fish out of the water. Under the light, it was golden, and the fish's mouth with the hook was shining brightly.
red.
Big yellow croaker!
Zhao Dahai was very excited. After watching for half a night, the fish finally came, and it was a large yellow croaker. He quickly took the net and picked up the fish. While unhooking, he scanned the remaining poles, the one on the left.
The tip moved slightly.
Dry!
No way?
A group of people!?
Zhao Dahai ignored the big yellow croaker in the net and immediately picked up the pole. As soon as he picked it up, the tip of the pole shook a few more times. He simply raised the pole and pulled the fish out of the water. Another big yellow croaker came out.
As soon as the net was lifted, the pole on the right hand side shook a few times. I put down the net and picked up the pole again and raised the pole to stab another fish.
Zhao Dahai picked up the fish and stared at the remaining pole for a long time. There was no movement. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't come back, he would have caught three fish in a row. He didn't have time to breathe, and the clothes behind him were soaked through.
.
Only then did Zhao Dahai have time to deal with the fish he had caught. The three fish were about two pounds in size, all golden in color, and they kept screaming "GooGooGoo". Many fish in the sea will hear such sounds, and the most common ones are long and long.
It is a bit similar to the yellow croaker and spring fish, but the call of the big yellow croaker is clearer, like the oriole, which is very nice.
Zhao Dahai took the red plastic bag that he had prepared earlier, carefully wrapped the large yellow croaker, straightened the tail and fins, opened the refrigerator, smoothed the ice at the bottom, put it down and laid it out, and covered it with a thin layer of ice.
, press it gently with your hands for a while, wait until the fish doesn’t move, release it, and close the refrigerator, so as to ensure the perfect shape and appearance of the large yellow croaker.
Zhao Dahai looked at the tip of the pole while arranging the large yellow croakers. However, until the three large yellow croakers were sorted, the remaining three poles remained motionless.
Zhao Dahai thought for a while, then he pulled up the remaining three rods and checked that all three shrimps were dead. He shook his head. If they were all alive, he might have just had the opportunity to catch one or two more. The big yellow croaker was
They hunt in groups, and the dead shrimps will not be eaten, and the remaining fish may go elsewhere.
Zhao Dahai immediately changed the shrimps and carefully hung them on the shrimp gun and threw them out. However, this time they were not scattered but concentrated at the place where they had just been caught. The three fish were all in almost the same place. This was most likely a large yellow croaker preying on them.
line.
Zhao Dahai waited for a full hour, but there was no movement. He picked up the rice that he had no time to eat just now to fill his stomach.
Four o'clock in the morning.
The wind at sea is getting stronger and stronger.
Zhao Dahai shivered a little from the cold.
Is it time to go back?
There won’t be any fish, right?
Zhao Dahai raised his head and looked at the sky. It was a little dark, but it had begun to gradually become lighter. The sky would light up earlier on the sea. In another hour or even half an hour, the sky would slowly get brighter.
Zhao Dahai stood up and moved his hands and feet. The last time he caught a fish was a few hours ago. He had been sitting there with his eyes wide open and looking at the tips of several fishing rods. He was cold and
Tired, but it was all worth it. I caught three large yellow croakers of good size and made a small fortune.
Zhao Dahai walked back and forth on the deck five or six times. There were no fish for several hours. It was almost dawn. Maybe other fishing boats would see him fishing here. Although he didn't know what kind of fish he was catching, he kept watch all night.
I know there will definitely be valuable fish, so don’t worry if you fish in other places, but this is the place to catch large yellow croaker.
Zhao Dahai thought for a while and decided to put away his fishing rod and go home. He would rather fish less and not let others know about it. He made up his mind and bent down and picked up a fishing rod from the bow of the boat.
ah?
No way? Are there fish again?
Zhao Dahai was stunned for a moment. When he just picked up the fishing rod, the tip of the fishing rod shook slightly.
Hands shaking?
Waves in the sea?
Or are there really fish?
Do you want someone to lift the pole?
Various thoughts flashed through Zhao Dahai's mind, and he immediately raised his pole without wasting any time.
middle!
big!
Zhao Dahai immediately felt that the fish that was hooked was very big, and the fishing rod immediately changed its bow.
Five or six pounds!
Zhao Dahai didn't expect such a big surprise when he was ready to stop and go home.
The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish?
No!
For large yellow croakers, the bigger the fish, the more expensive it is!
Zhao Dahai carefully controlled the rod, using a soft rod and a thin line to catch the fish. He was extremely careful and could not be careless.
more than!
Definitely more than five or six pounds?
Zhao Dahai pulled for five or six minutes, but the fish didn't come out of the water at all. He was very nervous. As long as it weighs more than one kilogram, it is already very valuable. The bigger it is, the more valuable it is. For large yellow croakers that are more than two or three kilograms, the weight only needs to differ by one or two, and the price will differ.
At one level, I originally thought it would only be five or six kilograms, but the bigger it gets, the heavier it gets.
what to do?
Zhao Dahai regretted that he had used such a soft pole and such a thin line. He thought that the large yellow croaker he could catch here was only one and a half pounds, and it would not exceed two pounds if he died. He would never have thought that he could catch such a large yellow croaker.
big.
Zhao Dahai didn't dare to take a breath. He was worried that the fishing line would break if he took a breath, and his face turned red from holding it in. He controlled the fishing rod more carefully, stood firm, and took a good look, then reeled in one or two meters of line.
It took Zhao Dahai almost twenty minutes, panting and his hands were sore, to finally pull the fish out of the water.
Dry!
This is ten pounds, right?
Zhao Dahai suddenly widened his eyes and became even more nervous.
Ten pounds of large yellow croaker?
How much can this be sold for?
Zhao Dahai gritted his teeth and controlled the fishing rod more carefully. The fish was already visible when it was pulled out of the water. He couldn't accept it if it decoupled or broke the line and ran away. He slowly pulled it to the side of the fishing boat and held the fish with his left hand.
He pulled the rod to his left rear and took the dip net in his right hand to catch the fish. Watching the fish head slowly get into the dip net, it felt like a century had passed.
Zhao Dahai held the net and stood beside the boat. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down before carrying the fish onto the fishing boat. He didn't bother to deal with the big yellow croaker he had just caught, and he hurriedly put away all the fish.
Take the fishing rod, pull up the anchor, and leave immediately. You might be able to catch something if you keep holding on, but this place must not be known to others.
Zhao Dahai drove for a full mile or two before stopping the fishing boat.
Ten pounds!
Definitely ten pounds!
Zhao Dahai picked up the net that was soaked in the live cabin and weighed it. The large yellow croaker he caught when he reeled in the pole must have weighed more than ten kilograms. He took several deep breaths and tried to calm down but it was no use. So he just decided to
No matter what, I immediately took a red plastic bag and wrapped it carefully, especially the fins and tail of the fish, put it in the refrigerator, covered it with ice, and closed the lid.
Zhao Dahai was completely exhausted and sat directly on the deck. He couldn't care less about the sea water. He rested for almost an hour until the sun rose and his face turned red. Then he stood up and drove the fishing boat to the village pier.
Zhao Dahai drove his fishing boat. As the sun rose and the sea breeze blew in his face, he rode the wind and waves. He raised his neck and felt so proud that he couldn't help but start to wonder how much these fish could be sold for.