In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Chapter 37 The First Catch Fish (for further reading)

Uncle San's fishing boat is a single trawling net, and the operation is a bit complicated and dangerous when the net is released, and it needs the cooperation of acquaintances.

Novices like Li Duoyu are forbidden to go to the stern of the boat where the net is lowered, which is a high-risk area. If they walk around randomly, they will be entangled in the net rope and taken down. It is not a joke.

Although Li Duoyu in his previous life often did trawling, but in this era, in everyone's mind, Li Duoyu is just a rookie who has never caught fish.

It is impossible to let him participate in the work of releasing the net.

When ready to go off the net.

The third uncle was in charge of sailing the boat, the eldest uncle stood at the stern and was in charge of releasing the nets, while the cousin and the second uncle stood on both sides of the stern, where there were two large curved net panels.

The whole bottom trawl net consists of a net bag for holding fish and crabs, a floating ball, a weighted pendant, a net plate and a stay rope.

The stencil is the core component of the trawl.

Once this thing enters the seabed.

The mouth of the trawl net will automatically open to both sides.

Prevent the net rope from getting tangled up.

After the uncle threw all the net bags down, the remaining fishing nets kept going into the sea like the noodles below due to the pulling force of the sea water.

The main responsibility of the uncle is to prevent these "noodles" from getting entangled. After the floats and sinkers of the trawl net are put into the sea, the cousin and the second uncle must hang the rope buckles on the net panels on both sides of the stern in advance.

If this step is not done.

It is estimated that the person who forgot to hang the rope buckle has to be a "water ghost" and go down to fish for the net.

After the net board goes down,
The bottom trawl is almost ready.

And at this time, everyone can go to relax, rest when you need to rest, and shush when you need to pee.

Because the next thing is the captain's business.

The captain must pull the trawling net in a certain direction for two or three hours based on his own experience.

And at this stage.

What everyone is most afraid of is that the trawling net will hang on the reef or be cut by other things.

Once the trawl net hangs on the bottom or is scratched, all the crew members are expected to have to mend the net on board the whole day. If the damage is too serious, they can only return to the voyage.

When the uncle and the others went to rest.

Li Duoyu stood on the deck and looked at the two large and small tugboats not far away. Judging from the distance they kept, they should be double tugboats.

The two ships pull a net together, so that the trawl net can be opened wide and more seafood can be caught, and a ship with double trawl nets like this requires more crew members. The two ships add up to more than 20 people.

The fishing boat kept heading east like this. After driving for about two hours, the sun's rays turned yellow, and Uncle San also planned to pull up the net before the sun went down.

So the speed of the fishing boat began to slow down.

Uncle San didn't even need to notify, all the crew members who felt the slowdown of the fishing boat left their cabins one after another and returned to their posts.

With the trawling net being retrieved.

The net bag at the stern gradually emerged from the water.

Li Duoyu also took a closer look. The net bag was very large, and the fish caught was at least half a ton.

But the catch is very mixed, and it feels like everything is there.

After seeing this net bag, the nearest uncle couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, it's another mess."

Everyone shook their heads and sighed.

For them, the more diverse the types of seafood they catch, the better. If they are more miscellaneous, not only will it take a lot of time and effort to pick them, but it will also be difficult to sell them for money.

Along with that, the net package is unpacked.

Thousands of catties of seafood covered half the deck, live crabs were running around, hundreds of oil eels and lampreys were scurrying around like snakes, and there were all kinds of sea fish.

Li Duoyu found that there were not many crabs in the trawling net, and most of them were red-spotted round-toed crabs, which are called red-spotted crabs locally.

Not all crabs are delicious, and this red spot crab is one of them. It doesn't taste fresh, and the meat is not sweet. The only thing that has economic value is its crab legs, which are used to make drunk crab claws.

If you catch this kind of crab in this era, you can't even sell it for the price of miscellaneous fish. You can either pull it to make crab sauce for others, or shovel it back into the sea.

In addition to red-spot crabs, the most productive fish should be halibut, that is, flounder. There are many varieties of this kind of fish, including flounder, plaice, and sole.

In addition to this kind of fish, there are also many boss fish, that is, ray, which is the fish that often feels that it is smiling at you when you see it in the aquarium.

The biggest problem with boss fish is that it is not durable to storage. Fresh boss fish will emit a smell similar to ammonia after being stored for a long time. Generally, no one eats it in this era.

In addition to this, there are many skinned fish. It can be said that this net almost gathers the most difficult to sell fish species at the moment, and it is a proper money-losing net.

And those with a little economic value are the nine-section shrimp and cuttlefish scattered in the fish school.

At Li Duoyu's feet, there is a nine-section shrimp, which is much longer than the palm of his hand. This thing is definitely a sought-after item in later generations.

The third uncle who drove the boat, after coming down from the captain's room, his face was extremely dark when he saw the seafood. For him, this net of fish was a serious loss of money.

Because it is the first net, according to local customs, it cannot be thrown into the sea, and must be pulled to the shore to sell. If it is shoveled, it is said that it will be bad luck for a year.

"Pack it up, pack it up, pull it to the shore to see if you want it, if you don't want it, give it away."

Followed by.

Everyone started picking fish and picking fish, and the same kind of fish had to be put in the same basket. At this time, the high rain boots that Zhou Xiaoying gave him came in handy.

When picking fish, if you don’t have this thing, if you are bitten by those eels, you will suffer, and many sea fish have spines.

The tail of the boss fish is highly poisonous.

There are also thorns on the head of the skinned fish. After all, everyone lives in the sea, and they more or less carry some "self-defense weapons".

The uncle sitting next to Li Duoyu picked it up and taught him:
"Duoyu, that kind of boss fish, you must never grab its tail. If you get stabbed, it will hurt your leg cramps."

"When catching this prawn, don't grab the head, there is also a big thorn there."

"And when catching cuttlefish, don't point it at people, otherwise"

Before the uncle could finish his sentence, the cousin opposite him smeared his face with cuttlefish juice, his whole face was completely black, and he wiped his eyes with his clothes.

The clothes turned out to be all black.

The uncle couldn't help cursing: "Li Qiusheng, are you a fool? You've been out at sea for so many years, and you still spit on people with cuttlefish mouths."

"Send some, I didn't mean to."

"Then let me nourish you too."

After seeing this scene, everyone laughed together, and soon with the cooperation of a group of people, thousands of catties of seafood were picked out, and then everyone fetched water together to wash the seafood.

Then put them in the cabin.

In this era, the vast majority of fishing boats did not have cold storage and ice. If they did not return to the port immediately, they had to sprinkle coarse salt on the seafood to prevent them from rotting.

And this kind of fish that has been sprinkled with coarse salt is generally not sold at a high price after landing, and most of them will be bought by others to be dried in the sun.

After picking the fish.

The group of people who cast the net at the beginning will leave, and as for cleaning the deck, it will naturally be the turn of newcomers like Li Duoyu.

Uncle San's fishing boat doesn't have a water gun.

If you want to clean it, you can only fetch water in the sea with buckets, and then flush the deck with buckets.

(End of this chapter)