I rely on fishing to achieve freedom in life

Chapter 17 Discovery of giant lobster

Bailang frowned when he saw the prompt message above. The situation was worse than he thought.

He did not expect that the fishery resources in the offshore waters had been depleted to such an extent. There was not even a decent school of small fish within a radius of 1000 meters.

Bailang shook his head and continued to drive forward.

The information on the interface is also constantly being refreshed, but it is still some small fish and shrimps. Not only the scale is small, but the varieties are also mostly common and worthless goods.

Bailang originally wanted to go back to the village, but he was a little unwilling to see this situation. He simply arrived at the small pier in the village and continued to drive forward.

He planned to take a look at the reef in the northeast corner of Dalang Village, which was the most likely place to hide fish in the sea near the coast.

If there are no fish in that place, then it is really impossible to have any big fish in this coastal area.

If he goes out to fish again in the future, there is no need to waste time here.

Bailang drove the boat for another half an hour and slowly arrived at a reef area.

There are many rocks in this place, some exposed on the water and some hidden under the water, which only appear when the tide is low.

This kind of reef area is very suitable for the growth of fish, shrimps and crabs. In the past, when the sea water was at high tide, this place was often the place with the most fish near the coast.

"Let's see what the situation is like here. If the situation here is exactly the same as on the road just now, it will be really troublesome."

Bailang has slowed down. In the early years, due to overfishing and pollution, the fishery resources in the sea, especially the coastal fishery resources, were greatly damaged.

In recent years, the policy of fishing moratorium and the control of coastal pollution have been implemented. The situation may have improved, but to what extent it has improved is not clear.

Now he was searching carefully.

"120 meters due east, 21 golden drum fish, with an average weight of five taels."

"220 meters northwest, 5 moray eels, with an average weight of eight taels."

"310 meters due west, 3 octopuses, with an average weight of four taels."

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Bailang carefully drove the fishing boat through the reef area. You must be very careful in this kind of place.

Especially now that it is night, the light is not particularly good. If the bottom of the boat accidentally hits the rocks, it is very likely that the boat will break into water and sink.

If it weren't for the fact that he was now confident in his physical fitness and diving skills, he would never have risked coming here at this time.

It was pitch dark all around. Apart from him, there were no other fishing boats at all. Other fishermen also knew that there might be fish in this place, but they did not dare to come here at night.

“There are still too few resources.”

Bailang paid attention to the information provided on the interface. Although the situation here was slightly better, it was not much different from the situation along the way just now.

Reef areas should often have big fish or more fish, but he didn't see them here. The most common ones were Shi Jiugong, but the Shi Jiugong here was relatively small, and the number was not very large.

"It seems that there is no need to come to this place for fishing in the future."

Bai Lang shook his head, this was definitely not a good sign.

If there are not many fish in places like the coast, it means that if you want to catch more fish, you have to go further.

From this point of view, he encountered a large group of white pomfret yesterday not very far from the coast. His luck can be said to be very good.

Bailang was a little unwilling and continued to sail forward.

Although the situation so far is a bit disappointing, the only thing he can do now is to see if there will be improvement in the previous place.

"920 meters to the southeast, there are 2 Chinese Splendid Lobsters, with an average weight of five kilograms and six taels." Not long after the fishing boat started to move forward, suddenly an eye-catching reminder appeared in front of Bailang.

He didn't react at the first moment, but it took him a while to realize that this area was full of rocks, and the chance of lobsters appearing was very high.

"Chinese Splendid Lobster? Isn't this the legendary divine shrimp? And two appeared at once, with an average weight of more than five kilograms?!"

Bai Lang was immediately startled. He had grown up on the beach since he was a child. He had already heard the rumors about the 'Magic Shrimp'.

Without hesitation, he immediately drove the boat towards the indicated direction.

It was nearly 1000 meters away and we arrived in just a few minutes.

"Why do you feel that the location of these two lobsters is a bit strange?" After arriving at the location, Bailang felt a bit strange.

Although there are many reefs under this sea area, there are also some relatively gentle places between the rocks. The two lobsters are exactly in this kind of place now.

Generally speaking, lobsters will hide in natural caves formed by reefs and rarely climb out.

"Regardless of why they're here, it's an absolute windfall."

Bailang couldn't help but start to feel his heart beat faster. The Chinese Splendid Lobster is a legendary divine shrimp with high symbolic significance and ornamental value.

Generally, the small ones are not worth much, but according to the tips, the two Chinese lobsters in the sea are definitely first-class in size. Although they cannot be said to be the largest, they can still be ranked.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

Now these two Chinese Splendid Lobsters are still in the sea and do not belong to me yet. They must be caught immediately. (Note: The Chinese Splendid Lobster will be listed as a second-level protected animal in my country in 2021, and private fishing and trading are prohibited. However, the book can be understood as a parallel world.)
He thought for a while and decided to dive to catch it. This was the best way.

If you use a fishing net, regardless of the hit rate, even if you really catch these two lobsters, it is very likely that the long beards will be broken, and the lobsters will be worthless if they are in bad condition.

You must know that Chinese Splendid Lobster is only valuable when alive, and rich people will keep them in their own aquariums.

The water here is not very deep, about three to five meters, so diving is completely feasible.

The most important thing is that if we don't hurry up, the two lobsters may crawl back into the caves in the reef area, and it will not be easy to get them out intact.

After making up his mind, Bailang immediately threw the anchor into the sea and pulled hard to make sure the hook was stable.

Then he stood on the boat and moved his body. After holding his breath, he jumped directly into the sea.

He could swim originally, and after acquiring the ability to dive, he now looked like a fish in the water.

After diving to the bottom of the water, he followed the prompts and slowly moved toward the two lobsters.

Although it was already late in the morning, due to the lights on the fishing boats on the surface and the fact that the water here was not very deep, Bailang soon vaguely saw the figures of two large lobsters.

One of them is very powerful and huge, and the other one is slightly smaller.

"Aren't these two lobsters a pair?"

After Bai Lang observed carefully for a while, he discovered that the two lobsters were probably a male and a female, and they looked very close to each other.

"Could it be that the Chinese Splendid Lobster goes out for walks and falls in love like people?" At this time, such an idea popped up in his mind.

If not, he really couldn't figure out why the lobsters who liked to stay in the cave came out, and there were two of them together.

Of course, his thought also passed away in a flash. The most important thing now was to find a way to catch them. As for whether they sneaked out here to do some invisible things, that was none of his business.

The two lobsters were bigger than Bailang imagined, and it was not easy to catch them.

But he had no other choice now. In this situation, he could only rely on his bare hands to catch them, so as to have the best chance of not hurting them.

(End of this chapter)