Happy Fishing Village

Chapter 172 Crab Pot Operation
It snowed heavily for a whole night, but the next morning, it had stopped, but there was also thick snow on the boat.

Early in the morning, after dinner, Wang Hai led people to start clearing the snow, as long as the snow was shoveled into the sea.

At noon, although the weather was still gloomy, but the wind and snow had passed, Wu Han decided to continue to set off, heading north.

Another day passed, and as for the sea area, the weather became clear at this time. The sun, which had not been seen for many days, was hanging in the sky, and it looked so beautiful and warm.

After arriving in this sea area, several boats dispersed. After all, everyone did not have accurate coordinates, so they could only try a little bit.

After saying hello, Wu Han and the others drove the boat and left. Whether they can catch them now depends entirely on their own abilities.

Wang Hai is not very worried, after all, he can detect the situation on the bottom of the sea, so he doesn't need to go into the sea to check.Now it's so cold here, if you still go to the sea, it's a bit abnormal.

After probing, Wang Hai found that the sea area here is really deep, the lowest is more than 100 meters, and the deepest place, he can't even detect it, probably more than a thousand meters away.

Just below the boat, Wang Hai found that there were indeed scattered crabs.If you are not familiar with it, it will feel a little strange. Their bodies are dark red, as if they have been boiled.

The carapace of ordinary crabs is oval, but the carapace of snow crabs is rounded and triangular, and they can grow very large, even as large as the lid of a large pot.

Wang Hai did find groups of snow crabs, but they were scattered, not many.

Because it is too far away, the detection may not be very accurate, Wang Hai decided to try it in the cage.

As a result, a group of people became excited, and under Wang Hu's command, they began to put down the crab cage.

A round crab cage with three funnel entrances, this is the channel for snow crabs to enter, because it is funnel-shaped, snow crabs can climb in, but it is difficult to climb out.

There are baits inside the crab cage, and these baits are specially made. These baits have a strong fishy smell, hard meat and good gloss.

Wang Hai chose some mackerel. After cutting the fish, marinate it with salt water, and then freeze it. When it melts, the fishy smell will come out.

Moreover, in addition to Wang Hai, some abalones were put in, because snow crabs like to eat abalones very much.

Therefore, the cost of catching snow crabs is very high, and the choice of bait is one of them, and the other is crab cages.

These crab cages are custom-made. After all, snow crabs are not the same as other crabs. It is not very good to use this to catch other crabs.

Wang Hu began to check the assembly of the crab pots. Its quality directly affected the fishing effect.

Wang Yunsheng put the main line of the crab cage on the sea surface. There is a lead block at one end of the main line. The purpose is that after sinking to the bottom of the sea, the other rubber floating ball will float up to mark the position of the crab pot.

Crab pots have knots tied to the main line, and there are branch lines on the main line, and each branch line has a crab pot, and one main line has fifty branch lines almost, that is to say, fifty crab pots can be hung.

The main line is very long, all of which are thick and thick cables, coiled together, like a hill.Following an order, the crab cage was slowly lowered down.

The cold sea water splashed up, and soon the two people in the stern were wet. Fortunately, the coats Wang Hai bought were all waterproof, so they would not be cold.

"Second group".Soon, work in turns, one group at a time, and put down the crab pots.

"Be careful, this thing costs more than a ton in a string. If you touch it, you will be injured. If you get injured here, it will be very troublesome."Wang Hu kept reminding and ordered the cage to be released.

"It's broken, come quickly, Wang Ying has been taken down, help me!"Wang Yong yelled because he and Wang Ying were in the same group, and Wang Ying accidentally knocked off his clothes and was taken down with him.

"Fuck".As soon as Wang Hai took off his coat, he jumped down with a touch, and the crab cage fell down with a clatter. If he didn't hurry up, Wang Ying would be taken to the bottom of the sea.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Wang Hu grabbed the rope on Wang Ying's side, and Wang Hai also swam to Wang Ying's side.

Wang Ying was also terrified, almost bewildered, he didn't know what to do, he couldn't even struggle anymore, thinking that he was going to die now.

Violently tore off Wang Ying's clothes, and led him to swim up.

This is Wang Hai. If it were someone else, he wouldn't dare to come down at all, for fear that just after entering the water, his limbs would become stiff from the cold and he would not be able to swim.

"Hoo hoo hoo!" After surfacing, Wang Ying panted heavily, trembling unceasingly, his face turned blue, Wang Hu and others hurriedly pulled them up.

Wang Yong brought clean clothes and coats and helped the two of them change into them. Wang Yunsheng also boiled ginger tea, which was warm from inside to outside.

"Be fucking careful, you said you have to tie your clothes well, snow crabs are expensive, and you can make money, but if you're not careful, will you lose your life?"Wang Hai cursed angrily, if something goes wrong, it will be troublesome.

This is not the South China Sea, where it is okay to fall, but not here, people will die if they fall.

Snow crab fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, with dozens of people dying each year as a result.

Wang Ying was scolded the most, and he didn't dare to speak, his face was pale, he didn't know whether he was frightened or cold, and he was immediately carried into the cabin.

Wang Hu said: "I am also responsible for this matter. If the inspection is not in place, you all stand up before the homework, and then start the work after the inspection. Moreover, I will keep an eye on you."

When Wang Ying had an accident, all the people were frightened and checked themselves one after another. No one wanted to have another accident.

There is also an order to put down the crab pots, first buoy buoy rope, sinking stone, main line, branch line, net cage, and so on, until fifty crab pots are placed.

With the lesson learned, I will be more cautious in the future. Although it is slower, it is safe.

After the eight groups of cages are put down, the next step is the waiting time. Generally, after [-] hours, they can be fished up for inspection.

In fact, the real waiting time is not very long, because there are a total of eight sets of crab cages, and the workload is heavy. It takes almost an hour for one set to go down. After the last set goes down, the time for the first set is also short It's been a long time, and the wait won't be long, and it will be almost done after a short rest.

Relatively speaking, collecting crab cages is much simpler. If there is a winch, just start the winch directly, twist the buoy rope, and then pick up the sinking stone main line and branch lines, and pick them up in order.

Soon, as the first group of crab cages came out of the water, the people who were lying on the sidelines cheered when they saw snow crabs in the crab cages.

(End of this chapter)