Golden Fishing Village

After a season of recuperation, the ocean has gradually caught more fish.

The underwater propeller that Ao Muyang got from Jin Hong helped a lot. He held the propeller and moved freely in the water, much faster than he could swim.

Looking down at the ocean, he first saw a small school of perch.

Most of the fish in this school were small fish, so although there were many of them, Ao Muyang did not want to catch them. Catching such small fish would be exhausting the pond.

The tiger was not interested in these small fish. Before going out to sea, Ao Muyang had fed it with freshwater fish mixed with beef, and it was full now.

After missing the small school of perch, Ao Muyang rushed in the water again for a while and finally encountered a large school of fish.

This new school of fish was huge, and there were probably tens of thousands of fish in it. The big fish were half a meter long, and the small ones were about the same as his fingers. Most of them were about 30 centimeters long, with a large number and a very fast swimming speed.

Fishes were scurrying in the ocean, and Ao Muyang looked down from the sea, feeling the spectacular view!

At first glance, Ao Muyang was delighted: these fish were thick and spindle-shaped, with strong tail peduncle, and they slapped the seawater very powerfully. Their body color was blue-green, which looked very much like Spanish mackerel.

Spanish mackerel is not a precious seafood, but it is valuable because of its delicious meat, good price, and it can often grow into a big fish, which is a favorite catch of fishermen.

But after a closer look, he felt something was wrong. Most Spanish mackerels can grow to more than one meter long, and these fish are too small.

He gradually dived, and as he got closer, he could see the appearance of these fish clearly.

They do look very similar to Spanish mackerel, but there are still some differences. These fish have large eyes and high positions. There are some irregular dark blue horizontal stripes and spots on the blue-green back of the body, and the stripes extend below the lateral line. The overall appearance looks like a small torpedo with patterns.

After a careful look at these fish, Ao Muyang recognized their identity. This is a mackerel.

After seeing the location of the school of mackerel, he surfaced and sent out a signal.

The fishing boat had been floating not far from him, and rushed over when he saw his signal.

Ao Muyang patted Tiger's head to signal it to swim behind the boat to avoid getting tangled in the fishing net, then got on the fishing boat and said, "Loose the net, Tiger has found a school of big fish."

The three people who were discussing whose wife had big breasts and whose daughter had a big butt immediately became excited. Ao Daguo went to steer the rudder, and the other two joined forces to cast the net.

The fishing net was pulled over, and after the first wave of harvest came up, Ao Mubing shouted, "Not bad, a net of blue and white, hurry up and get another net!"

Blue and white fish is a common name for mackerel, because the patterns on their surface are like traditional Chinese blue and white porcelain, and these patterns are very beautiful when they just go out to sea.

The big fish fell down one by one, and the general and the head of state ran to grab them with interest, each dragging one and running away.

Ao Qianpan chased after it and took it back, scolding with a smile: "Eat, eat, eat, eat a hammer, aren't you afraid of eating your life?"

The reason why the value of mackerel is much lower than that of swordfish is not only the difference in meat quality but also the difficulty of processing. Swordfish can be eaten as soon as it is caught, and it can be stewed, braised, fried, dried, etc.

In contrast, it takes much more effort to process mackerel. The blood, ovaries, internal organs and head of this fish contain a lot of histidine. If the histidine is not properly handled, it will cause food poisoning after being ingested by people.

Generally speaking, mackerel is suitable for drying or smoking fish. If you want to dry fish, you need to cut off the head, remove the internal organs, drain the blood and dry it for a period of time. For smoked fish, it is best to only use the body parts.

The mackerel group grew larger, and they chased it and cast two nets in a row. The first net was full, and the second net was less harvested.

Ao Daguo shook his head regretfully: "The fish school ran away. If there was a fish finder on the boat, we could chase the fish school. This school of fish can feed our boat."

The cabin of the fishing boat was still empty. Ao Muyang smacked his lips and said, "I'll go down and take a look."

Ao Qianpan interrupted and said, "Dragon head, doesn't the tiger catch fish for you? It's so smart, can you train it to guide us in the direction of the fish school?"

Hearing this, Ao Muyang's eyes lit up. He had always forgotten this. Yes, he could train the tiger to show the way.

Standing at the stern, he blew a whistle, and the tiger swimming behind caught up with him, revealing half of its head.

Ao Muyang jumped into the water and swam to the tiger, taking it to find the school of mackerel.

The school of fish was frightened and scattered, but mackerel live in groups. After a while, without the interference of the fishing net, the scattered small schools of fish gathered together again and formed a large school of fish again.

Ao Muyang, who was swimming beside the tiger, patted its head and pointed at the school of fish.

The tiger thought it was going to catch the mackerel by itself, so it rushed up with a flick of its tail.

Ao Muyang hurried and finally caught up with it.

He stopped the tiger and led the way to chase the school of mackerel. During this time, he kept floating up and down, teaching the tiger to float to the surface to lead the way when tracking the school of fish.

Killer whales are smart, and tigers often eat gold drops. After being transformed by gold drops, it has become smarter, and like generals and heads of state, its ability to imitate has become very strong.

After swimming with Ao Muyang for a while, it understood the new task. Even if Ao Muyang no longer gave guidance, it would chase the school of fish to lead the way.

Seeing this, Ao Muyang was very pleased. He threw a little gold drop to the tiger and then returned to the boat.

The tiger led the way, sometimes diving and sometimes surfacing. Ao Daguo chased its dorsal fin with a telescope. With the tiger's precise guidance, the fishing boats could cast their nets in the right place.

In one morning, the cabin of the fishing boat was full. Ao Muyang took out a piece of beef stored in the boat and threw it down.

The tiger grabbed it happily. It also knew that this was a reward for itself, and shouted happily: "Woof woof woof!"

Ao Muyang held his forehead. He gave the killer whale the wrong name. It should not be called tiger, but puppy.

Returning to the dock in advance, Ao Daguo and his party were very happy.

This batch of fish does not need to be processed in the county market. It can be sold when it returns to the village.

Mackerel is suitable for drying fish. After rough processing, its value increases exponentially. Fishermen usually do not sell mackerel directly after catching it, but bring it back to sell to neighbors for dried fish.

Especially now in autumn, the sky is high and the air is clear, the sun is strong and the temperature is low. Now the weather is most suitable for drying fish.

Mackerel is not a rare aquatic product, but for Longtou Village, which does not have large fishing boats, it is rare to catch so many mackerel.

Ao Daguo went to the village committee and shouted with a loud speaker: "There are mackerels for sale at the village dock. If you want to dry fish, go buy them. Fish caught in our village are cheap."

Ao Muyang picked some good-looking mackerels and took them home. He also wanted to dry fish. In autumn and winter, fishermen would dry this stuff.

Fish is a common name for aquatic products, which means dried fish that has been cut open and dried. Among them, wild yellow croaker is the best. In the past, when yellow croaker had not been completely fished out, fishermen liked to dry yellow croaker fish the most.

Now wild yellow croaker is extremely rare and very valuable. There is no yellow croaker fish anymore. Instead, there are mackerel fish and mackerel fish, which are better than farmed yellow croaker fish.