Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1226 The longer the hook, the better?

"There must be quite a few people who can catch fish and make money in this place."

"This is really just the beginning. As time goes by, more and more people will become familiar with the seabed structure here, and there will definitely be more speedboats coming here to fish."

"Haven't we already talked about this? In a year or two, this will be another Windmill Foot fishing spot."

Zhao Dahai looked at the sea around him, then looked at the rod in front of him, thought for a while, and shouted to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to put away their rods.

"what?"

"Should we go back now? Ding Dawen's fishing boat hasn't come back yet, right?"

Zhong Shizhu was a little puzzled. It was still very early. They had come here at noon and had lunch before coming out, so they had little time for fishing. Another person was Ding Dawen, who was driving his fishing boat back to the Shijiao Village Pier to put the fish into the fish farm. He probably didn't have time to get back and park his boat now.

"Correct!"

"Aren't there still fish here? Let's continue fishing and go back when the time is right."

Liu Bin was equally confused and didn't know why Zhao Dahai wanted to leave at this time.

"We are definitely not going back to the fishing boat now. Da Wen Ge really hasn't come back yet."

"Change the fishing spot. I'm thinking about going somewhere else to catch some black porgy."

Zhao Dahai shook his head. It was not that he didn't want to go fishing. He just came out late today, and the time they had been fishing for less than five hours. In addition, Ding Dawen's fishing boat had returned to Shijiao Village and had not yet returned to the agreed place to moor the boat. Even if he drove the speedboat back, he would have to wait. So they would just continue fishing. Now they were just fishing in a different place.

“The fish bite here is too slow right now!”

"In the past hour, the four of us have only caught one grouper. It's not small, weighing thirty kilograms."

"If other speedboats or other people can catch a fish like this, they will be very happy and feel that they can make money, but for us it is really not worth it at all."

Zhao Dahai shook his head.

It is already quite good if an ordinary speedboat can catch a 30-pound grouper, especially if it can catch such a fish within an hour, which is considered very good.

I will definitely not be dissatisfied.

But for me, this really doesn’t work.

Although the price of black porgy is far lower than that of grouper, if the black porgy bites hard, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Da and I can catch a lot in a short period of time. In this way, the money earned from fishing black porgy is actually more than that from fishing grouper.

If you just go out to sea to catch big fish, you don't need to think about this matter, and you don't need to do such a calculation. But for those of us who go out to sea to fish and to make money, we will definitely catch the kind of fish that can make more money.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou then realized what Zhao Dahai was planning. They immediately put away their fishing rods and quickly packed up the things on the speedboat deck.

Zhao Dahai drove the speedboat away from the grouper fishing spot and drove southeast for about an hour before looking at the coordinates on the fish finder and navigation and stopping.

"Well, well! Our luck today is really pretty good."

"I originally thought I was just giving it a try, but I didn't expect that there are so many black sea breams on the seabed here. Now the only thing I can do is give it a try and see if they will open their mouths and bite the hook."

Zhao Dahai was very excited when he saw the signals from the dense schools of fish on the fish finder.

Before coming here, I was just trying to see if there were many black sea bream in the sea. What I didn't expect was that when I came here, I found that there were not only many black sea bream, but also a lot of them. The entire fish finder screen was almost filled up.

There are plenty of fish in the sea here. The only thing now is to see if these fish will bite the hook.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou immediately started to tie up the string hooks for fishing black sea bream. They were all ready-made and were quickly prepared. The bait cage was filled with Antarctic shrimps, and the hooks were hung with specially selected larger Antarctic shrimps, which were then put into the sea and the lines were released directly.

"The water here is not too deep. The fish are only about 30 to 50 meters away."

Zhao Dahai took a look at the water depth of the fish school on the fish finder and reminded Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou not to fish too deep, just around thirty-five or forty-five meters.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da nodded and stopped when they let out the line to 35 meters or 40 meters.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Sanjo!"

Zhao Dahai stared at the pole on the gun mount. It had just stopped at about 35 meters when a fish took the bait in the blink of an eye. In about ten seconds, all three hooks on the string were bitten by fish.

Zhao Dahai pushed the switch of the electric reel to reel in the fish. After a while, three large black sea breams, each weighing about three pounds, floated to the surface of the water.

"After this trip, I'll change to a string of five or even seven hooks."

“You have to be a little more careful when you put the bait on, and the other thing is to use a heavier lead weight.”

Zhao Dahai took the black sea bream off the hook and threw it into the live water tank. He was anxious to continue fishing. He saw that Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da had caught fish in exactly the same short time. This proved that the fish school on the seabed not only opened their mouths, but also bit very fiercely. This was a good opportunity to grab fish and make money. He could not miss it. He had to change to longer lead sinkers with more hooks. In this way, he could catch more fish each trip and save time.

Although longer hooks have a greater chance of getting tangled, you just need to be careful when using heavier lead weights and hanging baits. Both Zhong Shizhu and I are experienced veterans, so it won't be a big problem.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou all nodded, waited for the fish to be pulled out of the water, and immediately began to change to longer hooks.

"Liu Bin."

"Are you really too greedy?"

"How come you can string together nine hooks without hooks?"

Lei Dayou changed the string of hooks to seven, turned his head and took a look, and found that the string of hooks used by Liu Bin was longer than his own, with nine hooks in total. You have to know that this is a very long string of hooks.

"With so many fish in the sea right now and the bite so strong, it won't matter at all."

"That's what I just said, right? Use a heavier lead weight, so that the entire string hook can be stretched straight."

"But you have to be careful when you put the bait on, and the other thing is to be careful when you pull the fish up, right?"

"If there are five or six or even seven or eight fish in a string, the whole string will be ruined if you pull it up."

“It’s still a great bargain.”

As Liu Bin spoke, he stuffed a few Antarctic shrimps into the bait cage, hung the bait on the hook, put the lead weight, and then put the string hook. It is very difficult for an inexperienced person to put such a long string hook. It is easy for the whole string hook line to get tangled together and become useless. Lei Dayou was a little hesitant when he saw Liu Bin like this, wondering if he should just put on nine hooks to string the hooks together. In this way, it is really possible to catch more fish in a very short time.

"Uncle Dayou."

"You don't have to be like this!"

"Seven hooks are actually more than enough. Nine hooks have a high chance of getting tangled. I estimate that Uncle Liu can't use them after two trips."

"Actually, seven hooks are a bit long. If you can use them, use them. If not, five hooks are enough."

Zhao Dahai smiled and shook his head.

The hooks in a string of nine are really too long.

While there is a chance to catch more fish, there is also a higher chance of getting tangled, a mess that is of no use at all.

For deep-sea fishing, the longer the hook, the better. It still has to be suitable. Generally speaking, a hook without any hook is considered very long.

A string hook with three hooks can be used when there are fewer fish. It may not be enough when there are many fish and the fish bite fiercely. In fact, it is sufficient to change it to a string hook with five hooks.

A fish weighs three pounds or even larger. If all five hooks catch the fish, you can catch fifteen or even twenty pounds of fish in one trip.

The speed of the electric winch is very fast, or it is very labor-saving.

It is much easier to fish, especially when fishing for a school of black sea bream. There is no need to pursue a too long hook.

Liu Bin was a little greedy and used nine hooks at once, which was really a bit long.

"what!"

"Liu Bin."

"What Zhao Dahai said is right. If you use such a long hook, I think you will be exhausted after just one trip. By the time you go fishing for the second time, it will be useless."

Zhong Shizhu did not use longer hooks, but only five hooks. He felt that what Chao Dahai said was right. Using hooks that are too long may not necessarily be a good thing.

Lei Dayou originally wanted to change to a longer string hook, but after hearing what Zhao Dahai said, he immediately changed his mind, stuffed Antarctic shrimp into his bait cage, then hung the bait on the hook and put it into the sea.

"No rush! No rush!"

"Wait and see how many fish Liu Bin can catch with this string of hooks and whether it is easy to get tangled. If one string can catch nine fish and it is not easy to get tangled, then change to a string of hooks this long."

This is exactly the idea that Lei Dayou had.

"There are so many fish in the sea right now, and the bite is so fierce, it's really not difficult to catch nine fish in one trip."

As Liu Bin spoke, he looked at the rod in his hand. The line had almost reached thirty-five meters and stopped immediately.

Liu Bin looked at the tip of the fishing rod. Just as he stopped letting out the line, a fish took a big bite and immediately shook it violently. Then, he shook it violently every two or three seconds.

"what!"

"Did you see that? Why worry about no fish taking the bait? Didn't you see that the bites were really fierce?"

Liu Bin watched the rod shaking non-stop. Every time it shook, a fish took the hook and the fish became thinner and thinner. He was very happy and showed off proudly to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bing, Lei Dayou and Zhao Dahai.

"Uncle Liu."

"We will definitely be able to catch eight or nine fish this time."

"The most troublesome part about the long string hook is not here, but when the fish is pulled out of the water and floating on the sea."

"If you're not careful, they'll get tangled together."

“It’s easy for fish to escape at this time.”

"Another thing is that when these fish are hooked and pulled out of the water, they don't just sit there and do nothing. Instead, they struggle. They just jump a few times. Such a long string of hooks can get tangled."

Zhao Dahai smiled.

Don’t look at Liu Bin looking smug at this moment, because he probably won’t be able to cry in a while.

It is not a big deal to put down a long string of hooks. As long as you have experience, you can handle it.

The most troublesome part is when fish bite the hook, and a long string of fish bite the hook and are pulled out of the water.

With such a long string of hooks, when the first fish is pulled out of the water, the remaining fish are still in the sea, and the last fish may even be under the water several meters deep.

All the fish that were hooked were alive and kicking, trying to escape. They were struggling non-stop and swimming around. When they were pulled out of the water, they were struggling even more violently.

Swinging and jumping around is definitely inevitable.

It is impossible to lift such a long string of hooks all at once. If you do this, it is very likely that they will get mixed up.

If you are lucky, the fish will not escape. If you are unlucky, the fish will escape before you can lift it onto the deck.

Liu Bin was a little nervous for a moment. He knew that what Zhao Dahai said was right. String hooks, especially long ones of this kind, have such risks.

Liu Bin regretted using such a long string of hooks. He caught a fish, but when he pulled it out of the water, the line got tangled and the fish ran away. It was really a waste of effort. He would have been better off using a shorter string of hooks with five hooks.

Liu Bin looked at the rod, which shook seven or eight times. After thinking for a while, he pushed the switch and reeled in the line.

"Not bad!"

"There are quite a few fish on the hook, at least eight if not nine!"

Liu Bin stared at the rod for a while. There were quite a few fish on the hook. Now he had to see if there would be a full string of nine fish. Another thing was to see if there would be any accidents when the string of fish was pulled out of the water.

Zhao Dahai collected his fish, picked them all off and threw them into the live water tank, then immediately stuffed some Antarctic shrimps with bait and put them into the sea. While letting the line out, he turned his head to look at Liu Bin to see how many fish this string of nine hooks could successfully catch on the speedboat.

(End of this chapter)