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

Chapter 919: Big appetite!

"what!"

“This time I really caught a fish!”

Zhao Dahai turned the spinning wheel vigorously to reel in the fish. In just ten seconds, the line was pulled more than five meters away from the seabed. Feeling that the fish was not too big, he held the fishing rod with both hands and pushed it upwards. He looked at Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou. Although he didn't catch a fish just now, this time there was really a fish on the hook.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were stunned for a moment, then they immediately stared at the rod in Zhao Dahai's hand. It took them several seconds to realize that there really was a fish on the hook, and this time it was not fake.

"Yo!"

“There really is a fish!”

Zhong Shizhu suddenly became excited.

The fish that was caught didn't look big, only about twenty pounds. Unless it was a red spot, it would not be very valuable. He, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou didn't take it seriously, not to mention Zhao Dahai.

But this was not about catching a fish, but about proving that Zhao Dahai might be able to find a way to catch grouper on the seabed here, and it was a method that would not easily get stuck on the bottom.

Liu Bin and Lei Dayou looked at each other. They both thought of this matter, but now they had to wait for Zhao Dahai to catch the fish before asking him if he had really found a way.

Zhao Dahai bent the fishing rod. The fish that was hooked was not too big, so it didn't take long for him to start turning the spinning reel to reel in the fish without much strength.

"what!"

"You're so small? Why would you need a net?"

Zhao Dahai saw Zhong Shizhu waiting by the speedboat with a copy of the website and shook his head.

The fish caught would not be more than 30 kilograms. There was no need to use a scoop net for such a small fish. The rod in my hand was very hard, so I could just let it fly.

Zhao Dahai pulled the fish out of the water and took a look. It was a blue spotted fish weighing about 30 kilograms, exactly as he had guessed. He held the rod with both hands, lifted the flying fish up to the deck, and gently put it down.

Lei Dayou came over with a pair of pliers, gently pressed Qingban with one hand, waited for him to stop struggling, and then removed the hook.

"what?"

"Zhao Dahai."

“Is your fishing rig like this?”

After Lei Dayou took off the hook, he discovered that the fishing gear Zhao Dahai used was very different from that used by himself, Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin, or in other words, it was different from the fishing gear used for catching bottom grouper.

Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin walked over immediately, looked down, and found that it was indeed different.

The general bottom fishing grouper fishing rig is very simple. The main line is connected to a figure-eight ring, and then a lead weight is hung on it. A sub-line is hung below the lead weight, and the sub-line is tied to the hook, and the bait is hung on the hook.

The method Zhao Dahai is using now is exactly the opposite.

A balance was used with the fishing line on top and the lead weight at the bottom.

"Why is this?"

Lei Dayou was very puzzled. He didn't know why Zhao Dahai tied the fishing gear like this. The key point was that Zhao Dahai really caught fish by doing this.

"The seabed here is very complex and it's easy to get stuck. The three of you got stuck just now. If I still use the same fishing gear and the same method, it will definitely get stuck. It will get stuck very badly. We may not be able to catch any fish here for the next few hours."

"Even if you do catch fish, you won't catch many."

"I thought about it and decided that I definitely couldn't use the normal bottom-drilling method to catch grouper."

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"Use a heavier lead weight, and place it at the bottom. Then use a hand-cranked spinning wheel to slowly lower it and keep pulling it up."

“It’s relatively easy to feel the lead weight hitting the stone.”

"Once you feel the lead weight hitting the rock, you know you have reached the bottom of the sea and you must be extremely careful not to lower it any further, otherwise you will almost certainly get stuck."

"When the lead weight hits the rocks on the seabed, you have to bend the rod."

"Pull up and down in small increments."

"The advantage of this is that it is not easy to get stuck. Another advantage is that you can keep tapping the rocks on the seabed. This has the same effect as knocking on the bottom, which can attract the attention of the groupers around the seabed."

"When these groupers or other big fish come over, they will see the octopus or crab hanging on the hook not far above and they may take the hook."

Zhao Dahai looked at the blue spot that Lei Dayou took off the hook. It was not big, but it was not small either.

Zhao Dahai explained in detail why he did this.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayi knew what was going on as soon as they heard it. This was indeed a good idea. They immediately followed Zhao Dahai's example and tied a new fishing gear. The only thing hanging on the bottom was the rod on the gun mount, which did not affect fishing, so they did not need to pay attention to it for the time being.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou tied up a new fishing gear, hung the big octopus on the rod of a hand-cranked spinning reel, and released it into the sea.

"Let the line out to 165 meters."

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"The rocks at the bottom are big and small, high and low. You have to be careful starting from this depth and lower it slowly."

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"Pull it up and down as you lower it. The amplitude doesn't need to be too large, just ten or twenty centimeters. Once you feel the lead weight hit the rocks on the seabed, stop immediately."

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"We need to pay attention now!"

"I kept pulling the lead weight up and down, hitting the rocks on the seabed."

"No need to make big moves!"

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"Concentrate, a fish could bite at any moment."

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Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry to continue fishing. He stared at Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou, and reminded them loudly how to fish.

"Correct!"

"Did the lead weight hit the rocks on the seabed?"

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"what!"

"Zhao Dahai, you're right. It's really not easy to get caught like this."

……

“Why do I feel like this isn’t that difficult?”

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Zhao Dahai was relieved when he saw that Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou had all found a way and felt the lead weight hit the reef on the seabed.

The most important point in fishing is that the fisherman must be able to feel the lead weight hitting the rocks on the seabed.

If you can't feel it, you will keep letting out the line. This is not much different from ordinary bottom fishing for grouper, and it is also very easy to get stuck on the bottom.

This matter looks simple, but in fact it is not simple at all. You should know that the water depth here is not ten or eight meters, but one hundred and seventy meters. With such a long line, it is not an easy task to know whether the lead weight has hit the seabed by relying on the feeling of your hand.

People without experience simply cannot do this, and even people with experience may not be able to do it.

Zhao Dahai is very clear about the difficulty involved.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou can do this now, which means they can catch fish in the sea, at least the chance is very high, but they can do it tonight because I asked Zhong Shizhu and others to use heavier lead weights, and the other most important thing is that the speed of the seabed water is very slow at this point tonight. Once the seawater flows faster and the line tilts very sharply, not to mention Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou, even I may not be able to feel the lead weight hitting the seabed.

"Yo!"

"Here it comes!" Zhong Shizhu shouted suddenly, holding the pole with both hands and lifted it up hard. Feeling a little uneasy, he lifted it up a second time.

"Is it big?"

Liu Bin immediately turned around and shouted at Zhong Shizhu.

"Not big, not big!"

"About 60 kilograms!"

Zhong Shizhu shook the wheel vigorously to pull the fish away from the seabed. He held the rod bent and waited for more than ten seconds. He shook the wheel vigorously again and reeled the line up for five or six meters before stopping. At this time, the fish could no longer escape.

"That's it! That's it!"

"How can you catch a grouper weighing 100 to 180 kilograms every day?"

Liu Bin felt that weighing 60 kilograms was already quite good.

"what!"

"We don't need a big 60-pound fish. We can catch a hundred tonight until dawn!"

As Lei Dayou spoke, he gently lifted the rod in his hand up and down. The movement was very small, and he firmly remembered what Zhao Dahai had just said about ten centimeters. He didn't know if it was an illusion, or if he really felt the lead weight hitting the rocks on the seabed one after another, but it didn't get stuck.

Lei Dayou knocked the rod more than ten times in a row. Suddenly, a fish took the hook and he pulled it hard with such great force that the fish almost flew out.

Lei Dayou's face suddenly turned red. He clenched his hands, held the end of the pole with his arms, and lifted it up hard.

"what!"

"Lei Dayou, are you hungry? It's just a fish, why are you so depressed?"

"That's right! You're not pretending, are you?"

Liu Bin didn't care much about it. He thought Lei Dayou was just showing off and it was impossible for him to catch such a big fish.

"what?"

"No way, is it really this big? Is it more than 100 kilograms?"

At first, Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin thought that Lei Dayou was acting.

Zhao Dahai caught a blue snapper weighing more than 30 kilograms, and the one he caught was about 60 kilograms. It was not surprising that Lei Dayou caught a fish. The method Zhao Dahai came up with was indeed useful. However, given Lei Dayou's current condition, if he really caught a fish, and a fish of this size, it would have to weigh at least 100 kilograms.

Zhong Shizhu was just about to laugh at Lei Dayou like Liu Bin did when he realized something was not quite right.

"Dry!"

"Hurry and help!"

Lei Dayou held the pole tightly with both hands and spoke word by word with gritted teeth.

"quick!"

"Liu Bin!"

"Hurry! Hurry!"

Zhong Shizhu shouted loudly to Liu Bin to help quickly, because there was a fish on his fishing line that had not been pulled out of the water, so Zhao Dahai had to take control of the speedboat.

Liu Bin knew that this was no joke, and he quickly turned the wheel in his hand, wanting to reel in the line and help immediately. Unexpectedly, a fish took the bait before he had reeled in less than ten meters.

"no!"

"I have a fish biting the hook!"

At first Wu Bin thought that there was no bite and thought it was an illusion, but he continued to shake the reel several times to make sure that there was no problem. There was indeed a fish taking the bait, and the sudden pulling force that pushed it into the sea was definitely not an illusion.

"What are you doing?"

"No need to rush!"

"So what if a grouper weighs over 100 kilograms? It's not like we haven't caught fish this big before."

Zhao Dahai felt a little dumbfounded.

I don't know if the groupers under the speedboat are crazy. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou caught fish at almost the same time. Each fish was bigger than the last.

Liu Bin's catch was even more unexpected. He was ready to reel in the line, but he didn't expect that the grouper on the seabed would swim up almost ten meters before biting the hook.

Zhao Dahai did not go to help Lei Dayou.

The fish caught weighed more than 100 kilograms, which was indeed a big one. However, Lei Dayou was physically strong and not inexperienced, so he didn't need any help from himself. He didn't need any help from Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin either, he could handle it by himself.

"Uncle Dayou!"

"Stand firmly on your feet and brace your knees against the side of the speedboat."

"Hold the pole tightly with both hands and lean back."

Zhao Dahai shouted loudly to remind Lei Dayou.

Lei Da didn't say anything, but he calmed down all of a sudden. He stood firmly on his feet as Zhao Dahai said. He supported his knees on the side of the speedboat, used the force to arch his body backwards, and immediately grasped the rod in his hand. Although the grouper that was hooked was very big and tried hard to drill down, he had already caught the fish.

Lei Dayou waited for two or three seconds, exerted force with both hands, leaned his body back, and lifted the pole with all his strength.

"okay!"

"No problem!"

"The fish's force in diving down is not that strong anymore. I hold the rod with one hand and shake the wheel with the other hand to reel in the fish!"

Zhao Dahai glanced at Lei Dayou and then looked at the rod in Lei Dayou's hand. There was no problem. The fish that was hooked could not escape.

Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lei Dayou control the fish.

Zhong Shizhu turned the spinning wheel to reel in the line and pulled up the fish he had caught. He went up to the deck of the fishing boat, used pliers to remove the hook, kicked it and slid into the live water tank. He immediately took the scoop net and walked to Lei Dayou.

Liu Bin reeled in the fish and waited for it to float to the surface, then called out to Zhong Shizhu to scoop the fish for him first.

"It's such a small fish, why do you need a scoop net? And you don't need my help. Can't you catch it yourself?"

Zhong Shizhu looked at Liu Bin with contempt and shook his head, ignoring him.

"Yo!"

"Zhongshizhu!"

"It seems that you have a very big appetite now. You even look down on the 60-pound Qingban?"

"I can't say how much more it is. Two hundred yuan a pound is definitely no problem!"

"Twelve thousand dollars for a fish!"

"What the hell!"

"The bell stone pillar."

"When did your appetite become so big?"

Liu Bin cursed with a smile.

"If Lei Dayou hadn't caught this grouper weighing over 100 kilograms, yours would be a treasure."

"Now that there is a bigger fish, who will care about your small fish?"

Zhong Shizhu was not polite at all. He was not joking. If Lei Dayou had not caught this fish, he would have definitely fished for Liu Bin. Now that there was a bigger fish, he didn't care about Liu Bin's fish.

Liu Bin had no choice. Zhong Shizhu did not come over to pay attention. He looked at the blue spot weighing about 60 kilograms floating on the water. He could only control the fishing rod with one hand and use the scoop net with the other to scoop up the fish.

(End of this chapter)