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

Chapter 975: New Method to Catch Big Fish and Make Big Money
Zhao Dahai took a scoop net, scooped up a lively shrimp the size of his palm, hung it on the hook, put it directly into the sea and started to let out the line.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou did exactly the same thing: they hung live shrimps and cast out lines to fish by tapping the bottom.

Zhao Dahai tried a few times and his brows furrowed again. Something was not right.

If the live shrimps you use are effective and can attract the attention of the grouper on the seabed, there would have been fish taking the bait long ago.

It's been more than ten minutes, and I've knocked on the bottom three times but there's still no movement.

Not only was he unable to catch any fish, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da next to him were in the same situation.

Zhao Dahai thought for a while and asked Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to replace crabs.

Zhao Dahai caught a crab, hung a huge hook on the crab's shell, took a pair of scissors and cut off the rubber band that tied the crab, and suddenly opened his mouth and waved his claws.

"Yo!"

"This crab is really good in size, weighing half a pound. It's really better for fish to eat than for humans."

Zhao Dahai shook his head.

Octopus, crabs or live shrimps used for deep-sea fishing, especially for grouper, are very large and are not cheap.

When fishing for grouper, live bait is usually used. Dead shrimps, dead crabs or dead octopuses will not catch any fish.

If you hook a fish and put it into the sea, it will surely die if no fish takes the bait for a long time.

What should I do at this time?
I definitely won’t throw it away. Instead, I’ll throw it in the refrigerator and wait to eat it when I get home.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayi all laughed when they heard what Zhao Dahai said.

This is indeed the case. The people who went out to sea to fish used this bait, which was really valuable. Take Zhao Dahai to look at the crabs hanging on the hook, and they cost nearly 80 yuan per catty.

Don't look at these people who have made a lot of money now, especially Zhao Dahai, who can eat as much as he wants and can never spend all the money he has. But under normal circumstances it is impossible to eat every day, and he still feels heartbroken. Only when going out to sea to fish can he afford to use such big shrimps, octopus or crabs.

Zhao Dahai looked at the fish finder and saw that the sea water was 170 meters deep, which was deeper than other places around.

Zhao Dahai did not use the pole on the gun mount but the pole on the hand-cranked spinning wheel which was easier to control.

"No?"

"Could it be that even crabs are useless?"

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"What do the groupers here like today?"

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"What the hell!"

“This is really a bit of a headache!”

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Zhao Dahai muttered in frustration. He knocked on the bottom five times but didn't hit the top once, but no fish took the bait.

Zhao Dahai was a little unwilling to give up and tried to hit the bottom again.

"no!"

"Looks like you won't be able to catch grouper here tonight!"

Zhao Dahai sighed deeply, feeling very depressed.

Today was really a bit weird. I have been fishing on artificial islands and reefs for so many times, but this is the first time I have encountered something like this.

After trying various methods for an hour, I changed the bait on the hook from octopus to live shrimp, and then to crab, but still no fish took the bait.

"Forget it!"

"It looks like I really have to admit defeat tonight!"

Zhao Dahai was a little amused and helpless. As he spoke, he opened the spool of the spinning wheel and let out the line in annoyance and helplessness, letting the lead weight drag the crab hanging on the hook and hit the seabed.

"what!"

"Zhao Dahai!"

"I really didn't expect you to be here this day!"

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"Who doesn't encounter something like this when they go fishing or fishing at sea?"

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"Hey!"

"When faced with something like this, who could have a better solution?"

“There will always be times when you can’t catch any fish.”

"Let's take a break and wait until daybreak to see if there are any fish biting their tongues."

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou laughed out loud. This was the first time they encountered such a thing while going fishing with Zhao Dahai.

"There must be fish here, but the fish here won't bite the hook. We've tried everything but to no avail."

Zhao Dahai shook his head and looked down at the rod in his hand. He stretched out his left hand and was about to turn the spinning wheel to reel in the line, but at this moment, the line "swished" out.

Zhao Dahai was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react what was happening. He quickly turned off the spool of the spinning reel. A huge pulling force pulled hard, and the rod in his hand almost flew out.

Zhao Dahai reacted very quickly. He immediately turned off the spool and lifted the rod with force to stab the fish.

"middle!"

"fish!"

"big!"

Zhao Dahai shouted.

"Yo!"

"What's going on? Why did a fish bite the hook all of a sudden?"

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"It's weird! We spent so much time and effort, but there was still no bite, and now suddenly a fish is biting the hook!"

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"It's really big! This fish must be more than 100 kilograms!"

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were a little slow to react and it took them a while to speak.

Zhao Dahai shook the spinning wheel vigorously, and only breathed a sigh of relief after reeling in about fifty meters. When the fish took the hook just now, the spool of his spinning wheel was not closed. Fortunately, the seabed was not a reef, but just an undulating seabed. If it was a reef, the fish would definitely have drilled into a stone hole.

"Zhao Dahai."

"What's going on? How come a fish suddenly took the bait?"

Zhong Shizhu looked at the curved arc of the fishing rod in Zhao Dahai's hand. This fish was really big, definitely weighing more than 100 kilograms.

Zhong Shizhu was very curious about how he caught the fish so suddenly. This was the key. Otherwise, there would only be this one fish tonight, and he, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou would not be able to catch any fish.

Liu Bin and Lei Dayou both looked at Zhao Dahai, wanting to know whether this was just luck or if he had really found a solution.

"Uncle Shizhu!"

"Try it right now!"

"No need to knock on the bottom, just put it on the seabed!" "Once it's on the seabed, there's no need to pull it up!"

"Loosen the line and wait for the crab to crawl on the seabed."

"Don't use electric reels, use hand-cranked spinning reels. It's easier to control."

While Zhao Dahai was reeling in the line, he shouted loudly to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to start fishing immediately.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou didn't know what was going on, but Zhao Dahai told them to follow this method. They put a new crab on the hook and let the line out directly without hitting the bottom. They let it out to a depth of more than 160 meters on the seabed, and then loosened the line again when it reached the bottom.

"Attention!"

"A fish may bite the hook at any time. When a fish bites the hook, you must immediately raise the rod and stab the fish!"

Zhao Dahai took a look and found that the fish pulled out of the water was a large blue spot weighing about 110 kilograms, a very good size.

Zhao Dahai reminded Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou that they must be careful because the line is loose at this time and it would be easy for the fish to escape if a fish bites the hook.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were extremely alert. They held the rod tightly in their right hands and placed their left hands on the spool of the spinning wheel, ready to close the spool and raise the rod to fish at any time.

"coming!"

"middle!"

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"big!"

"Over 100 jin!"

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"what!"

"Finally I caught a fish!"

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou shouted loudly with excitement. They had tried every possible means for several hours but no fish took the bait. Now Zhao Dahai's new method was very effective. Within a few minutes, fish took the bait and their heads were all big.

Zhao Dahai picked up his own fish with a scoop net, and looked at the fish caught by Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou, proving that the method he had just mentioned was useful.

Zhao Dahai did not waste any time. He took a picture of the hook hanging on the corner of the big blue crab's mouth, checked it to make sure there was no problem, then hung a new crab on it, put it on the loosened line on the seabed, and gently tugged it a few times.

"what!"

"That's right!"

"That's the method. It turns out that this is what the grouper here eats tonight."

Zhao Dahai was very excited. He was now 100% sure that there was no problem with the method he had found. He could definitely catch the grouper here.
"quick!"

"Uncle Shizhu."

"We have to hurry up and catch more fish!"

Zhao Dahai turned the spinning wheel vigorously to reel in the fish and shouted loudly to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to hurry up, as they had wasted too much time in the past few hours.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da nodded and quickened their movements. Now they had caught fish, proving that the method was effective. The fish on the bottom of the sea were biting their mouths frantically. This was a good opportunity to catch big fish and make big money. They absolutely could not miss it and had to seize every minute and every second.

8am.

As the sun rose, the temperature on the sea surface suddenly became very high. The sea breeze blew over and beads of sweat suddenly appeared.

Zhao Dahai shouted, and Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou stopped fishing.

"Hey!"

"How come time flies by so fast? In the blink of an eye it's already daybreak and eight o'clock."

Zhong Shizhu patted his thigh and rubbed his eyes vigorously several times. When there was no fish to fish, time passed very slowly. When there were fish to fish, especially big ones, he always felt that time was not enough and several hours had passed in the blink of an eye.

"what!"

"It doesn't matter if time passes quickly. The problem is that the fish in the sea are probably almost all caught now, or maybe the fish in the sea have stopped biting their lips."

Liu Bin drank a few sips of water, then immediately lit a cigarette and took several deep puffs. He had been fishing non-stop for the past few hours and had no time to drink water, let alone smoke.

When Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou saw this, they immediately lit up their cigarettes and smoked for a long time before slowly relaxing.

Zhao Dahai finished drinking the water, took a rest, and looked at the two living compartments in front and behind with the lids opened. They were full of groupers of various sizes. The small ones were about ten pounds, the big ones were seventy or eighty pounds, and some even exceeded one hundred pounds. The largest one was about one hundred and sixty pounds.

This time we went to the artificial islands and reefs, the fishing was pretty good in the beginning, but in the middle we couldn't catch any fish. In the last few hours, we caught very good fish.

"The total amount of fish we caught this time must be around 6,000 kilograms."

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"what!"

"Who would have thought that we would dance so well in the second half of the night?"

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“There’s really a method to fishing, it’s really not luck.”

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were smoking, drinking water and wiping the sweat on their foreheads. They had a very good harvest and were in a very good mood.

"correct!"

"Zhao Dahai."

"What's going on? Why couldn't I catch grouper here at first?"

Zhong Shizhu was very curious about what was going on. At the beginning, Zhao Dahai and his men spent several hours in the sea in front of them, trying various methods but unable to catch any fish. But then they suddenly found a way, and the rest came naturally. They caught grouper one after another, and they were all big ones.

"what!"

"It's not that I'm smart, I just happened to come across this."

Zhao Dahai did not try to be mysterious, nor did he brag about how great he was. As for the fact that he found this method, it was really just an accident. He hung a crab and kept knocking on the bottom. He tried several times, but no fish took the hook. The last time he was a little angry, so he opened the spool and the crab hanging on the hook fell to the bottom of the sea with the lead weight. He did not close the spool or reel in the line. The crab crawled around on the boat on the seabed and attracted the attention of the grouper on the seabed. It took only a short while for the crab to bite the hook.

“At the beginning, I didn’t know if this method would be useful.”

"Everyone tried it and caught fish, proving that this method is effective. Then, of course, people will go fishing like crazy."

Zhao Dahai drank a few sips of water. It was really an unexpected discovery that he found this fishing method. If he hadn't been angry, he wouldn't have discovered this.

"Zhao Dahai."

"You mean, when these live crabs hanging on the hooks were crawling around on the seabed, the groupers around them were not wary and just bit them directly?"

Lei Dayou thought about it and figured out what Zhao Dahai meant.

"Correct!"

"That's right, it's like this."

"It's not that there are no fish on the seabed, but these fish are very wary. No matter whether we use live shrimp, octopus, or crabs at the beginning, it's useless."

"It's not that there are no fish in the sea, it's just that we are using the wrong method."

"When the crabs are hung on the hooks and the line is loosened, the crabs crawl around on the seabed, and the groupers around them are not so vigilant and think that this is just normal food."

"Take a bite!"

"I don't know if it's true, but we can catch fish this way anyway."

"ha!!!"

Zhao Dahai didn't know whether his guess was correct or not, so he used the new method. In the next few hours, he and his men caught a lot of fish and made a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)