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Chapter 225 Toadfish

"Huh? It has a small one on its back."

Ye Yaodong put it on the ground, looked at it with its mouth still open, how did it look familiar?

"Fuck, this is a toadfish!"

He took a closer look, and instantly thought of what it was. No wonder he felt that the pole on its head was so familiar, and it looked so similar to the face of a toadfish. This horse is a toadfish.

Common toadfish are brown, but this one is suddenly black, no wonder they didn't recognize it for a while.

"Toadfish? Aren't all toadfish brown?"

"There are also black ones, which are relatively rare and different species. It's disgusting. The big mouth is still moving there. It's not dead yet. I'll give it a stick and let it die first."

Generally, they will kill the big fish that are pulled up first, lest some fish will explode and hurt people if they are not completely dead.

They didn't recognize the fish before, so they didn't move for a while out of curiosity.

After killing it, Father Ye wanted to take off the small one on its back, but found that it was stuck on it and couldn't be taken off. The small one was only three to four centimeters in size by visual inspection.

Ye Yaodong explained: "The one that's a little bit bigger is the male one, and the one that's a little bigger at the bottom is the female one."

When a male toad fish encounters a female, it will parasitize and cling to each other until death, commonly known as eating soft rice!
Toadfish is the name of their local people. Its official name is anglerfish and anglerfish. It is a carnivorous fish at the bottom of the sea, and it is usually the most in winter and spring.

Their bodies are short and conical, but their heads are wide and flat, like a toad, with a big mouth filled with jagged sharp teeth, eyes on the back of their heads, and no scales all over their bodies.

However, there are low and round tumors on their foreheads, and it is these tumors that make them look "improper" and ugly.

The longline fishing he played last time did not use a float, but sank to the bottom to catch low-level fish, so he was able to catch this black frogfish.

This fish is characterized by a fleshy protrusion above the head, like a small lantern, which is formed by the gradual upward extension of the first dorsal fin of the anglerfish.The reason why the small lanterns glow is because there are glandular cells in the lanterns.

Many fish in the sea have phototaxis, so they often use their small lanterns to hunt for prey.

There is a lot of sticky mucus on its body, which makes people feel disgusting, but it is a kind of colloid. The fibers of the meat bubbles inside have very high elasticity. The skin is rich in colloid, which can beautify the skin and increase skin elasticity.

But also because it looks ugly and feels disgusting, so the price is very cheap.

"Ugly fish do more mischief, waste time, continue to reel in."

This one is so big, it will not cost more than five cents a catty at most, and the small one may only cost two or three cents a catty.

After Ye Yaodong muttered a sentence, he continued to reel in the line, but it turned out to be an empty hook. The bait on it was gone long ago. It must have been too long since he came to reel in, and he was run away.

He didn't have any hope at first, it would be great to get these threads back.

I continued to gather the thread, only to find that another toad fish had been caught, and this one was normal in length, brown in color.

It may be because of fishing for bottom-level goods. Except for most of the empty hooks, the remaining hooks are loaded one after another, and the freshness is quite good.

It's cheap, but it's better than nothing.

He closed it, but found that the hook was a bit heavy, and he regained his energy immediately. As the line became shorter and shorter, both father and son saw a long white fish, which was pulled out by the shaking water. figure.

Father Ye was also surprised, "Tarpon!"

This fish can be caught not only in the sea, but also in some freshwater rivers. Tarpon has a migratory habit. It is distributed near the coast of the ocean and in the waters at the junction of freshwater and freshwater.

Ye Yaodong grinned, finally there was a big fish, "Father, help me get a net with your hand, this one weighs dozens of catties, it's not easy to pull."

It may be because the time of taking the bait is too long, the activity of the big silver carp is not so good, and it feels a little bit more air out and less air in.

In the past, he had heard that when the big silver carp took the bait, it could easily jump out of the water 2-3 meters.

Just as he shortened the distance of pulling the line so that the fish was close to the side of the boat for his father to catch, he saw a large group of tarpon jumping on the sea surface not far away, rising and falling one after another.

"Father, look over there."

Father Ye was holding a net in his hand and was about to lean over to catch fish, but when he heard his call, he looked in the direction of his finger in doubt, and was also surprised, "It's all tarpon?"

I saw that they jumped out of tricks, and they kept changing directions while leaping.

The tarpon's body is slender and flattened, like a heavy saber, with a silvery light and a chill all over its body.

This slender fish is good at jumping, and can change direction from time to time during the jump with the help of an extended ray on the trailing edge of its dorsal fin.

"Fill this one up first, and I'll put the buoy back on. Just as this fish is brought up, it just reaches the interface of a basket of branch lines. Untie the line and take it back. Tie the upper buoy back and throw it down to make a mark. Let's start the boat. Go over there and have a look."

This big silver carp is also very cheap. Although it looks delicious, its meat is actually soft and spiny, and the meat tastes poor. It is usually pickled into salted fish.

But, although it is cheap, but the size is there, one can be worth a few dollars. If you can catch a few more, you can also earn some gas money back. The harvest situation today is not very good.

But something went against our wishes. The father and son worked together to drag the big silver carp ashore, and when they got the fishing line done, they found that the group of big silver carp had stopped jumping and dived into the water.

Ye Yaodong didn't give up, he increased his horsepower and drove the boat towards the sea where they jumped just now.

Looking at the smaller and smaller figures under the sea, Father Ye quickly opened the hand-throwing net to the maximum. When the boat just sailed over, he had already arranged the fishing nets. When he arrived, he found them diving to the bottom of the water. Just throw it at speed.

After staying for a short while, the two of them pulled up together, and the biceps on their arms bulged.

"Damn it, it's so heavy."

Each one weighs tens of kilograms, so it's not easy to grab a few at random.

He felt that he needed a net hoist, and he couldn't bear to drag such a heavy cargo every three days.Originally, I thought that it would be winter, and the chances of going to sea would be reduced, and it would not be too late to wait until next spring, but now it seems that it is better to prepare in advance and put it there.

In case a big cargo or a big fish comes from time to time, the arm can't stand it.

The father and son bit their back molars and moved the net up little by little. There were only four fish in this net, but each one was more than one meter long, about 3 to 1 meters. Together, there are two or three hundred catties.

"I'll throw another net and see if there is any more."

"It should be gone. They may have all swam to the bottom of the sea."

Father Ye thought it was better to give it a try, but he didn't expect it to be gone. This net only caught 4 soft silk and 9 prawns.

"That's right, it's okay, it didn't fail, I can take them back to eat these few nights." Ye Yaodong happily picked up these few on the deck into a bucket and put them separately.

The soft silk and big prawns are good products for him, and all four of them like it.

Father Ye gave him a disgusted look, thinking about eating!
Ye Yaodong also saw the look in his father's eyes, he didn't take it seriously, how could he understand the joy of simple eating and drinking.

After trying a net and finding nothing to catch, they continued to go back to collect the hooks.

As a result, the two sea breams were stinky, and they were kept for too long, and the hooks were swallowed deeper, and they died early.

Most of the lines collected next were empty hooks, and many fish were broken free.

After receiving it, a few flatfish also came up, which were flounder and turbot.

Because left flounder and right flounder.

Plaice flounder are easy to attract attention because both eyes are located on one side of the head and there is no eye on the other side.

Lay the fish flat with its belly facing you.The one with the head facing left is the flounder (turkey) and the one with the head facing the right is the plaice, also called opium fish.

Ye Yaodong took two of them one after another and threw them directly into the basket.

It only took him more than an hour to collect 1000 hooks. It was also because there were many empty hooks, so today he saved a little effort. He didn't need to fight with big fish, and the speed was faster.

After all the ropes were disassembled, he checked the goods. In addition to the 4 tarpon caught by the hand-throwing net, the longline also caught 3, and there were two baskets of frogfish, a few little devils, and a few flounder. , are all bottom fish, and there are a few soft silks, which are barely enough.

"Father, let's eat first, and it's almost enough to drag two nets after eating."

"what time is it?"

In the past, when they didn’t have watches, they didn’t check the time. They ate when they were hungry, and returned when the sun went west. If there was no sun, they would return according to the situation.

Now it is much more convenient to have a watch to tell the time.

"It's four o'clock."

"Ah."

The two went to the cabin to keep out the wind, each took out the already cold lunch box, and ate in big mouthfuls. There was no condition, and they didn't pay attention, as long as they could fill their stomachs.

Fortunately, although it is cold, the food is really delicious and the portion is full. Going to sea is hard work, and eating enough is the most basic requirement.

Ye Yaodong began to think about it while eating, maybe he could buy a coal stove when he went back, and put the lunch box on it to heat it up, otherwise in the winter, eating cold food would not feel comfortable in his stomach.

You can also bring a small pot, bring a little fresh water on board, and throw some freshly caught shrimp and crabs into it to cook for extra meals. If you bring a small pot of rice wine, heat it up, drink two cups to warm your body, think about it It also feels beautiful.

Suddenly the cold food in his hand was not delicious, but he still had to eat, so he speeded up his eating.

Seeing this, Father Ye also accelerated his speed.

The two rested in the cabin for a while after eating, and then went out to continue setting nets.

After the weather turns cold, it may be windy when the sea surface is said to be windy. Take advantage of this moment to quickly release the nets and try to drag two more nets.

　My tooth hurts all day, I don’t care to type, there is still a chapter that I haven’t finished yet, an hour late
　　
　
(End of this chapter)