Zhao Dahai smiled bitterly. There were almost twenty speedboats around, and each speedboat had its lights on. It was very clear on the dark sea.
Zhao Dahai sighed, left the village pier early this morning, and drove here by speedboat. At the beginning, he only had one speedboat, but after half an hour, other speedboats began to appear one after another, more and more.
By five o'clock, there were already more than twenty ships.
Who said we caught a lot of big yellow chickens here yesterday?
Zhao Dahai shook his head.
Yesterday, there was a lot of big yellow roosters in this place. I and many speedboats caught them. However, dolphins appeared later and I was unable to catch them.
Today I rushed here early in the morning, thinking that the dolphins had already left, to see if the school of fish from the Big Yellow Chicken was there, and if so, to see if the sky would open.
With so many speedboats here, it was obvious that he was not the only one who had such an idea. The people who caught the big yellow chicken here yesterday invited some of their familiar friends and all of them to come here early in the morning.
Zhao Dahai lowered his head and looked at the tip of the fishing rod mounted on the gun mount. He remained motionless for more than ten minutes.
"never mind!"
"Forget it if you don't speak!"
"There's no point in waiting!"
Zhao Dahai put away his fishing rod, packed up his things, and left in a speedboat, rushing to the fishing spot where he caught the dolphin yesterday, especially the mouse-like one. There was a swell when he caught the fish yesterday, and the swell was very big. For safety reasons
We can only leave. The yellow chickens are not opening their mouths now. Go there early and have a good fishing to see if you can catch another owl or rat spotted fish.
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhao Dahai held the lunch box and squatted on the deck to eat his meal.
Zhao Dahai devoured two large bowls of rice, four or five palm-sized pieces of pork belly, and some green vegetables. In less than ten minutes, he stuffed them all into his stomach. He picked up the kettle next to him and drank heavily to cool it down.
Strong tea.
Zhao Dahai burped and stood up, looking at the sea next to the ship's side.
Calm and calm.
Not to mention the surge, there were no waves at all.
The sea water is so clear and translucent that you can clearly see things below ten meters under the huge sunlight. This is a typical water that people who go fishing in the open water often call it "rich water".
Zhao Dahai glanced at the two poles mounted on the two gun mounts on the left and right sides of the speedboat's cockpit, motionless, and let out a long sigh.
I went out to sea today and rushed to the yellow chicken fishing spot early in the morning. I fished for almost two hours, but the fish didn't open its mouth. So I decided to switch to the fishing spot in the trench. I wanted to catch anchovies, especially since I only caught one rat spot yesterday and was forced to leave. Today
I came here to catch ten or eight fish for revenge. The reality is that it took more than six hours, and I used all kinds of baits and means, including the water depth of 120 to 30 meters without hesitation, holding a hand spinning wheel, and my arms were so painful. Don't say it.
Even the small owl can't catch a valuable item like rat spot.
"Why!"
"Don't you think these two days are not suitable for fishing?"
Zhao Dahai shook his head. Yesterday, there were fish in the sea. He could catch them and even catch them wildly. When the fishing was very good, the fishing did not go well for various reasons. He made money but not much.
I went to the same fishing spot today, there were no dolphins or swells causing trouble, the sea was calm, and the weather was very good, but I couldn't catch any fish.
After Zhao Dahai finished his meal, he continued fishing until three o'clock in the afternoon. The entire trench or any place with a drop in the reef was thoroughly fished. In some places, he even fished several times and encountered two or three bites. However,
The reaction was a bit slow and I didn't hit the fish. The most unfortunate thing was that one fish was obviously hooked. I don't know when the release force of the electric winch hit it. It was relatively loose and it suddenly went into the bottom of the sea. After pulling for a long time, I couldn't pull it out.
The thread can be cut off abruptly.
Zhao Dahai slapped himself twice in succession. This was an extremely low-level mistake. It could cost as little as one or two thousand yuan, as much as five or six thousand yuan, or even seven or eight thousand yuan, or even more than ten thousand yuan. Such an oversight was all wasted.
Zhao Dahai decided not to fish anymore and went to several other fishing spots to inquire about the situation.
Five p.m.
The breeze blows gently on the sea, and the golden light sparkles.
The speedboat driven by Zhao Dahai rushed to the Windmill Foot fishing spot. After watching it for half an hour, he chatted with a few people on the speedboat and learned that in the past five or six days, the entire fishing spot has been able to produce ten or eight fish every day.
But they are not big.
Zhao Dahai shook his head. It sounded like there were indeed fish, but the number of fish was really not enough. There were more than fifty speedboats fishing here every day, and sometimes more than a hundred. On average, five speedboats or even
Ten speedboats can only catch one fish a day.
Could it be said that almost all fishing spots have not had many fish in recent times?
Zhao Dahai frowned tightly and left the fishing spot where he caught the rat spot. Instead of returning directly to the village pier, he went around the road to several fishing spots. There were many speedboats at each fishing spot, but he didn't catch much.
fish.
Zhao Dahai thought about asking around to see which fishing spot caught more fish and come directly tomorrow, but now his wishful thinking came to nothing.
Zhao Dahai had no other choice but to go home first. The speedboat was speeding, like an arrow leaving the string, at a very fast speed. The long water tail left on the calm sea slowly disappeared.
Langtou Village Pier is very lively.
"Hurry! Hurry!"
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"What are you waiting for? All these fishing nets must be ready and placed in the cabin!"
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"ha!"
"What the hell!"
"I haven't gone fishing for almost two months, and the fishing nets are all moldy!"
"You have to take a dip in the sea water!"
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"There is only a little oil left in the diesel engine. I have to fill it up soon!"
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"Yo!"
"The boat is leaking a little, and it needs to be repaired. If something happens to someone who doesn't go to sea, it will be troublesome!"
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There are people on every fishing boat who are busy and busy. In the last two days, the long fishing moratorium will end and the net-fishing boats can go out to sea again. They are all making final preparations.
Zhao Dahai drove the speedboat slowly to the dock and saw Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da working on the fishing boat. He parked the speedboat and walked to the fishing boat of Lei Dayou, Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin and shouted loudly.
, is there any help?
"ha!"
"Zhao Dahai."
"What time is it now? If you come back so early, you must not have caught many fish!"
Zhong Shizhu looked up and saw that it was Zhao Dahai, and made a joke.
"Why!"
"Who said it wasn't?"
“I really didn’t catch any fish today, and I didn’t even get the fish soup for tonight!”
Zhao Dahai nodded, he really didn't catch any fish today.
"No way!? Is it so difficult to catch fish in the open sea now?"
Lei Da was a little strange. It was normal for other people not to catch fish. Zhao Dahai couldn't catch fish, so that was not a normal thing. If he couldn't catch fish, it meant there were no fish in the open sea.
Zhao Dahai briefly talked about the fishing experience yesterday and today. Yesterday there were fish, but there was an accident and there was really no fish today.
"What can be done about this? Fishing is always like this. Sometimes many fish make a fortune, and sometimes there are no fish at all, not even a fish scale!"
Liu Bin opened the mouth of the bag containing fishing nets placed on the deck, pulled out all the fishing nets, and threw them directly into the sea water next to the fishing boat. He had not gone out to sea for a long time to fish, and the fishing nets had long been dried out.
Soak it in water to avoid not being able to put it in when you put the net in.
"ha!"
"No matter how hard Zhao Dahai catches fish, he can catch more than others and earn more than others!"
Lei Dayou stopped what he was doing, took out the cigarettes in his pocket, threw one each to Liu Bin and Zhong Shizhu, lit one himself, and took two puffs.
"Uncle Shizhu!"
"Are you all planning to go fishing?"
Zhao Dahai looked at the fishing nets on Zhong Shizhu's fishing boat, then at the fishing nets Liu Bin was soaking in the sea, and the fishing nets Lei Dayou was sorting. They were all fishing nets ready for fishing.
"ah?"
"What's wrong with this?"
"Don't you use fishing nets when you go fishing at sea?"
Zhong Shizhu was a little strange and didn't know what Zhao Dahai meant by what he said.
Zhao Dahai smiled and explained that after the fishing moratorium, you can fish, you can catch shrimps, you can also catch crabs, you don’t have to fish, that’s what he said.
"Uncle Shizhu."
"Just saying it casually."
"When I came to your fishing boat just now, I saw that all the other fishing boats were covered with fishing nets. No one was catching shrimps and no one was catching crabs."
"Is it possible that everyone knows that there will be a lot of fish in the sea this year?"
Zhao Dahai gestured with his fingers as if he were joking.
Zhao Dahai chatted with Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou for a few words. Seeing that he didn't need his help, he rode a tricycle home.
Night falls.
Zhao Dahai took Xiao Naihei to Dashi Village early, and when the moonlight was unnoticed, he turned to the open space in the woods where he usually met Ding Xiaoxiang.
Zhao Dahai waited until it was almost nine o'clock before he saw Ding Xiaoxiang walking over in a hurry.
"What's wrong?"
"What's the matter?"
As soon as Zhao Dahai saw Ding Xiaoxiang, he hurried up to meet her. Ding Xiaoxiang usually came early, but today she waited until now because she was worried about something.
"It's nothing."
"Isn't it about to open the sea?"
“I have a lot of things to help with!”
Ding Xiaoxiang knew that Zhao Dahai was worried, and immediately said that he has been busy with things after the fishing moratorium recently. A fish stall and another shop next door have been taken down and are being renovated and the area has been expanded. It must be
Focusing on the decoration, plus the family business of buying fish, shrimps and crabs, I need help with some things. I have been very busy these days and only sleep for three or four hours a day.
Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is nothing to do, there is nothing he can do if he is busy, the fishing moratorium is about to end. Ding Xiaoxiang's family buys fish, shrimps and crabs and sells fish, shrimps and crabs, so there will be a lot of time in the past few days before the sea is opened.
Very busy.
"The sea!"
"How's the fishing been these days?"
Ding Xiaoxiang looked at Zhao Dahai.
"Why!"
"Don't talk about it. The fishing has not been very good these days. It's not that we don't make money, but we really don't make much. The main reason is that the fishing is not going well."
Zhao Dahai told Ding Xiaoxiang about fishing in the past few days, especially what happened on the day when he caught the rat spot.
"ah?"
"Are there dolphins in the open sea? And are they large dolphins?"
Ding Xiaoxiang's eyes suddenly sparkled with little stars.
"ha!"
"Maybe there won't be any?"
“You can often encounter dolphins on speedboats fishing in the open sea!”
Zhao Dahai smiled and nodded.
Fishermen definitely don't like dolphins, but they must admit that dolphins are indeed very cute, especially in a calm blue sea with a group of dolphins rising one after another. It is really spectacular and beautiful.
"Whenever you have the chance, I will take you to the open sea to find a pod of dolphins!"
Zhao Dahai knew he wanted to see dolphins as soon as he saw Ding Xiaoxiang's appearance.
"ah?"
"Really?"
"Very good!"
Ding Xiaoxiang was very happy.
"correct!"
"The fishing moratorium is about to end, and many fishing boats will soon go out to fish. Will this have a certain impact on you?"
Ding Xiaoxiang thought of this immediately and forgot about the cute dolphins.
Zhao Dahai nodded. The fishing moratorium is over, and a large number of fishing boats go out to sea to fish. It does have an impact. There are more fishing boats placing fishing nets, and the number of black sea bream and the like must be affected. The efficiency of fishing with fishing nets is definitely higher than that of fishing.
High. Another thing is that some fishing spots have fishing nets, so you can’t catch them at all. More importantly, there are more fish, shrimps and crabs on the market, and the price will definitely be greatly affected. The black sea bream caught in the open sea can now be sold for eight or nine.
It costs ten yuan per catty. Once the fishing moratorium ends and there are black sea bream or other fish caught by other fishing boats, they may only be sold for forty or fifty yuan.
"ah?"
"Is it such a big impact?"
Ding Xiaoxiang suddenly became worried.
"ha!"
“It does have an impact, but there’s no need to worry too much!”
Zhao Dahai shook his head. It must have an impact, but it really doesn't have much impact on him. What makes him most profitable is not fishing for black sea bream or yellow chicken, but fishing for valuable fish, such as various groupers.
Ding Xiaoxiang breathed a sigh of relief. What Zhao Dahai really makes is catching all kinds of valuable fish. When the fishing moratorium is over, the large numbers of fish, shrimps and crabs that appear on the market are all ordinary fish, shrimps and crabs. It is impossible that there are blue spots everywhere.
The real impact of the Great Red Spot is not that big.
"correct!"
"Have your father received many fish from your fishing port recently?"
"Especially the black snapper and other common fish caught in the inland sea, including sand pointed fish, are there many common fish?"
Zhao Dahai didn't know why, but he remembered that in the evening, he saw Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou, including the other fishing boats at the village pier, all of which were equipped with fishing nets specially prepared to catch fish.
Ding Xiaoxiang thought carefully and shook her head. In the past few days, especially in the past seven or eight days, she has received very few fish from the fishing port. She sells fish every day, especially to Liu Gang's restaurant, so she knows very well what is going on.
"The sea."
"Why did you ask this?"
Ding Xiaoxiang was a little strange and didn't know why Zhao Dahai asked this.
Zhao Dahai did not hide anything and told Ding Xiaoxiang that he felt that after the sea opened, he would not catch too many fish in the first few days. On the contrary, he would catch a lot of crabs or shrimps.
"ah?"
"Why do you feel like this?"
Ding Xiaoxiang was even more curious.
"ha!"
“I haven’t been fishing particularly well in the open sea these past few days.”
"I just asked you again. Those speedboats in the inland sea don't catch particularly many fish."
“With so many people going out to fish, it’s impossible not to catch everyone, right?”
"There are not many fish collected. It is definitely not a matter of one or two speedboats. Most of the speedboats can't catch fish. Most of the speedboats can't catch fish. It's definitely not a technical problem. It must be that the fish in the sea are not special.
many."
"The fishing boats that go out to sea after the fishing moratorium, especially those smaller ones, are basically fishing nearby."
"If there are no fish in the sea, there will definitely be no good harvest."
"If there is no fish, there must be something else. The most likely thing is crabs or shrimps."
Zhao Dahai expressed his guess.
"Hee hee hee!"
"The sea will open in a few days, and fishing boats will go out to sea to fish. Then we will see if your guess is correct."
Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and didn't pay too much attention to this matter. What she does is a purchasing business. She collects fish when there are fish, and collects crabs and shrimps when there are crabs and shrimps. Collect whatever is available and sell what is available. Zhao Dahai is a fisherman.
Yes, I mainly fish for grouper. Whether there are fish in the inland sea or not does not have much impact.
"correct!"
"I installed a phone the other day!"
"If you need anything, just call me. During the day, I go fishing a lot when I'm not at home. At night, especially after nine or ten o'clock, I'm basically at home."
Zhao Dahai told Ding Xiaoxiang about the phone number he pretended to be and his phone number.
Ding Xiaoxiang immediately wrote it down. It would be much more convenient if she had a phone.
Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dahai chatted for a while. There were still things at home and they had to go back and continue working.
Zhao Dahai waited for Ding Xiaoxiang to go far away before leaving the woods, riding a tricycle and returning home with Xiao Naihei.
Night falls.
The Langtou Village Pier is brightly lit.
Each fishing boat has lights on, and from a distance, the sea around the two piers looks the same during the day.
"ha!"
"We will go fishing at 12 noon tomorrow!"
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"Everything is ready, the diesel engine is full of oil!"
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"ha!"
“I haven’t gone fishing for so long, my hands are itchy!”
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"I haven't caught the fish in this sea for two months. They have all grown up and must be densely packed. There will be a big harvest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the boat will be full of fish."
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Zhao Dahai stood on the speedboat. He had just returned from fishing and had not earned enough gas money for another day. It had been like this for two days in a row.
Zhao Dahai took a look and saw that there were fishing boats all around. Everyone had a smile on their face and looked forward to it. He quickly found the fishing boat with three people, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da, leaning against it.
Stop together.
Zhao Dahai hesitated for a moment, then went up to the pier and walked towards Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou.
"ah?"
"The sea."
"Are you serious?"
Zhong Shizhu's eyes suddenly widened, the smile on his face disappeared, and he became very serious.
"Uncle Shizhu."
"Didn't I just go fishing in the sea for a few days? When I came back, I visited other fishing spots around me."
“There are not too many fish caught in the fishing spots in the outer sea or in the inland sea.”
“Two days ago, I asked people who bought fish, shrimps and crabs, and I didn’t receive many fish from the fishing port.”
"I always feel that there are not too many fish in the sea."
"The old man in the village said that when there are not many fish in the sea, there will be a lot of shrimps and crabs."
"but."
"Uncle Shizhu."
"I may be better at fishing, but you are the real experienced fishermen."
"I'm just telling you my guess."
"Whether this is really the case, you can think about it later."
Zhao Dahai knew very well that people like Zhong Shizhu had very rich fishing experience, and what he said was just a reminder.
"What do you two think?"
Zhong Shizhu watched Zhao Dahai leave, then turned to look at Liu Bin and Lei Dayou.