Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  Chapter 189 Extreme Joy Begets Sadness

  After collecting three soft silks in a row, another devil fish came up, it was not too big, Ye Yaodong grabbed its nose without any morals, pulled it up roughly, and threw it on the boat for his father to tidy up.

  Look so ugly, and so small, don't expect him to be gentle.

  After loading 5 in a row, the hook was empty again. The fish meat on it was still hanging there, and there might be no fish to bite.

This time when he went out to sea, he hung a variety of baits, some with shrimp baits, and some with various fish pieces, because they were all pulled up from ground cages, and small fish of different species were cut and used as bait , Those who wish to take the bait.

  Ye Yaodong continued to close the line to open the blind box, and he knew it was another big fish when he pulled it. The feeling of receiving the goods is really good, so happy~

   "Oh, mackerel, it weighs 5 catties!"

  This longline fishing is more interesting than trawling nets and ground cages. There are no small fish on the branch line, and the trawl nets and ground cages are pulled together in a pile. Although it is also very cool, it lacks a little feeling.

Father Ye was also happy to pick up the goods and let the blood out. He didn't expect that the longline fishing was quite easy to use. Every fish was not small. in a basket.

  Ye Yaodong also had a good time loading goods. The quality of the fish in the offshore area was higher than that in the coastal area, and there were more big fish. It may also be that the baits they used were relatively large.

  In this era, the ocean was not overfished. Except for a few species that were originally scarce, most of the resources were still very rich. Decades later, there are still many animals under second-level protection and first-level protection.

  Ye Yaodong hangs bait while collecting, and it will be two hours after collecting a thousand hooks. If you don't feel tired, you can go back and collect it again from the beginning.

It’s just that he is inexperienced this time, and he brought too little bait. 1,000 hooks need 1,000 baits. The small fish that caught dozens of kilograms yesterday were all used to make up the number, which was not enough bait. After the second time of baiting, The washbasin and bucket are all empty.

  Father Ye also saw that there was no bait after packing up the goods, and murmured: "This bait is used up a little too quickly? When I cut it in the morning, there was still a big washbasin and several catties of shrimp."

   "That's right, there were only three to five hundred hooks to try to put in before. I left all the small fish and shrimps on purpose yesterday, and didn't take them to dry, so they weren't enough."

   "Go back at night and ask your elder brother and second brother to keep all the small fish and shrimp. You can pay some money to collect it, otherwise the bait is not enough, what to do?"

"I came out late today. If I go out at night tomorrow, I will not be able to double the bait. If I go to the pier to collect fish and shrimps, I can get a lot of money. Small fish and shrimps can't be sold for much, and most people can't buy them." I want to keep it and eat it, but I don’t want to sell it.”

  Thinking about Father Ye makes my heart ache. Originally, I thought that the longline fishing would be so efficient, that it could be loaded one after another, and that it would only catch big fish, not small ones. It was too strong.

  Looking at it now, it costs a lot of money to buy the bait alone, as well as the cost of diesel and wages. If the couple go to sea, they can save a wage.

  Looking at it this way, unless there are many and good fish on the market, it may not be comparable to trawling.

   Trawl nets have everything.

  Ye Yaodong also felt that it was a bit of a waste of bait. The number of worthless small fish and shrimp pulled up from the ground cage was not enough to support his longline fishing. Fish that could be sold for a price must not be used as bait.

   "I'll tell my elder brother and second brother when I go back at night. I'll take all the fish and shrimp that can't be sold at his place."

  The bait has been hung up, and after the second wave is finished, they also have to take up the line and return. They are not in a hurry for this wave, they have enough time, and plan to put it on for a longer time. It is only 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

  Father Ye planned to lie down and squint for a while, while Ye Yaodong looked at the harvest just now.

  Ransi fished a bucket full of them, and they were all packed, weighing more than ten catties.

In terms of fish, the 20-jin yellowtail yellowtail is the biggest, and there are many other big fish, the most of which is mackerel, two of which weigh more than 10 catties, and two flounder weighing more than 3 catties, sea bass, There are many varieties of black sea bream, red sea bream, sea wolf, etc., but the weight is different.

  There are a lot of baits that don’t move, and there are also a lot of empty hooks running fish, but the harvest of a rope is also very impressive. Ye Yaodong’s visual inspection is already worth dozens of dollars.

  I only collected it once. If I went out at night and collected more times, the day would be good. If there is not enough bait, it would be worthwhile to buy some.

  Ye Yaodong waited until around three o'clock to wake up the sleeping and snoring father Ye, intending to continue to take up the line, and just returned home for dinner.

  The sea area here is far away, not the coast. Ye Yaodong intends to collect the fishing line together while harvesting, and it is not suitable to leave it overnight.

After collecting three Spanish mackerel in a row, a cuttlefish (squid) came up. Ye Yaodong was afraid that its ink would spray his face, so he stretched his arms to pick it up, and turned his face to the side, only to see a trawling net. The fishing boat was slowly heading towards them.

  He didn’t take it seriously, it’s not uncommon to run into fishing boats that are working, you do what you do, I do what you do, without interfering with each other.

However, the surrounding sea surface not far from the fishing boat was sparkling, which immediately attracted his attention, and then a big fish rushed towards the front sea area from far to near, at different speeds, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the left. right.

  He also forgot to take up the line for a while, and looked at the tin boat that was trawling the net. The fishing boat reacted quickly, turned around and chased after the big fish, trying to drag it into the net.

  Father Ye saw that he had been looking into the distance, and also looked over, but there was nothing special about it. There was only one fishing boat working, but he was driving a little faster. The normal speed of trawling was 3 to 5 knots.

   "What are you looking at? Take up the line quickly, and go home after finishing."

   "I just saw a big fish, and the boat seems to be chasing that big fish now."

   "What does it matter to us?"

   "The boat is coming our way."

  Seeing the boat getting closer and closer to his direction, Father Ye also looked over.

   I don’t know if a big fish has been caught, but the boat actually slowed down, and it was just in front of them, only a few meters away from them, and then I saw them collecting the nets there.

  Father Ye patted him on the shoulder, "What's so interesting? I'll accept your goods."

   "Oh." He was actually curious, wondering if they caught that big fish, and what kind of fish was that big fish? Looking at the movement on the sea at that time, the fish seemed to be quite big, and he felt a little itchy in his heart.

   When he just turned his head, he heard a sudden exclamation from that boat. It was so close that he couldn't even hear it.

   But he couldn't see it, so he had to give up temporarily, regardless of the movement over there, and continued to take up the line.

   But he was pleasantly surprised when he got started. It was difficult to pull the line with his hand, and the waves aroused on the water splashed on his face. He dragged it slowly and carefully so as not to be run away, until the fish came out of the water!

   "Bomb fish? No, it's tuna, dad, come on, get a net with your hand! It's tuna!" Ye Yaodong shouted excitedly to his father.

   This one looks definitely more than one meter long. This is the biggest catch today. It is much more valuable than the yellowtail yellowtail that ran away before. We can’t let it escape now.

  After he pulled the fish to the surface of the sea, he didn't dare to pull it hard, waiting for his father to catch it with a net.

He slowly pulled and sawed with it, the water splashed so badly that his face and Father Ye's face and body were splashed wet by its churning water. Scoop the net to catch it.

   But this fish was very big, Father Ye didn't check it for a while, let it flip out, but fortunately the fishhook caught it and didn't let it run away.

  Father Ye took his sights again, holding the handle of the net with both hands, he scooped it up and threw it onto the deck in one breath.

  The two of them saw clearly that it was an albacore tuna, and their happy faces burst into smiles.

   "It's albacore tuna!"

   This fish has a torpedo-like shape and smooth skin. He recognized its species at a glance because its first dorsal fin is dark yellow, its second dorsal fin is light yellow, its back has a dark blue metallic luster, and its edges and belly are silvery white.

  This albacore tuna is widely distributed in various sea areas in China, as well as in sea areas all over the world.

  There are many kinds of tuna, such as bluefin tuna, albacore tuna, bluefin tuna, bigeye tuna, and blackfin tuna, etc. The best one is of course bluefin tuna, but albacore tuna is not bad.

   This one is about 1.2 meters long, and its size is absolutely superb.

  After the albacore was thrown onto the deck, it bounced a few times and swung its tail. Ye Yaodong planned to bleed him while it was still alive, and then let his father take up the line.

  He wanted to handle such a top-quality tuna himself. This was the first time he encountered it after being reborn in this life.

  At this time, the boat in front also sailed towards them, approaching their boat.

   "Hey, you also caught a tuna?" A short, dark, middle-aged man leaned against the side of the boat and stretched his neck to look at the albacore tuna on their boat.

  Ye Yaodong was curious about what kind of fish they found on the Internet just now, and said with a smile, "Uncle, I just saw a big fish in the sea, did you catch it?"

  The short, thin and dark middle-aged man smiled proudly, "Yes, the one I caught just now is bigger than yours and worth more than your albacore. It is a yellowfin tuna."

  Father Ye said enviously: "Really? You are so lucky, we have seen it before."

  “It was chasing a school of anchovies. We dragged the net to the front and found that part of its body had come out of the water, so we chased it. Unexpectedly, we caught it.”

   "It's a school of anchovies, no wonder, I just said that fish looked like it was hunting." Ye Yaodong felt a little sorry, the yellowfin tuna was also top quality.

"Lucky, we saw it as soon as our boat came over, and then caught it immediately. You can't do it, you actually use this kind of longline fishing. If you also trawl in this sea area, you probably already fell into your net. .”

  Ye Yaodong shrugged, "Albacore tuna is also good, not much worse."

  A middle-aged woman on that boat, probably his wife, also said at this time, "Who said, it's much worse, okay? The yellowfin tuna is much better than yours, show them."

"I'll show you, I just finished bleeding." The short, dark, middle-aged man was really happy, and proudly pulled out the yellowfin tuna, held it in his hand and showed it to them, triumphantly, "Look Come on, this head, this golden fin, isn't it beautiful?"

  Ye Yaodong also saw it, it was indeed a bit bigger than them.

  The woman also said proudly: "It's better than yours, right? It's so big, it's so rare for this fish to appear in the sea..."

  Before he finished speaking, suddenly a wave rolled over, and the ship shook for a while, and the middle-aged man also shook his body. He couldn't hold it firmly in his hand, and his pupils constricted in shock.

   "Ahhh~"

   "Ah ~ fish...my fish..."

   That yellowfin tuna fell straight into the sea...

  The middle-aged man responded quickly and immediately leaned half of his body out of the side of the boat, trying to catch the fish. When he went to see him, he only touched the tail of the fish, and the yellowfin tuna sank directly.

  The woman also rushed to the side of the boat excitedly, leaned out half of her body, stretched her arms, but only touched the sea water.

   "Ahhh~ my tuna..."

  (end of this chapter)