All the catch from the traps had been poured into a bucket, and he hadn't sorted them out. Now he had to pick out the shrimps to use as bait.
The live shrimps worked great as bait yesterday!
He pushed all the fish and crabs into another bucket, leaving only some shrimps at the bottom. He poured them all onto the boat and used the bucket to collect sea water, which he would use to hold the fish later.
After finishing all the preparations, he followed the example of Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao yesterday and picked a larger white shrimp as bait, hoping to have a good start and make up for the loss of his entire row of traps being stolen.
Ye Yaodong confidently put on the bait, threw the hook into the sea, and waited quietly.
I waited and waited, but I felt something was wrong. Yesterday, I caught fish very quickly and continuously, but why is it not the same today? Is there no big fish
I lifted the hook and looked at it. The bait was still there! Could it be that the shrimp was too big and there were no big fish nearby to bite, so the small fish couldn't bite? That's why there was no movement for a long time.
He tried to take the shrimp off the hook and picked one with a small head and hung it up. Sure enough, within a minute, there was movement.
He lifted up the fishing rod and was happy. It was a huge red seal that looked to weigh two kilograms. When it was hooked up, its tentacles were still hanging in the air and wriggling.
"I let you be greedy, now you are done for, right?"
As soon as he took it off the hook, the big guy immediately wrapped its tentacles around his arm again.
Ye Yaodong could only put the fishing rod down and free up his other hand to grab it off his arm, but it refused to give up and wanted to hang on to his hand. However, it was too big and its tentacles were too long, so he was entangled by it again.
This sticky, soft thing was really troublesome. He had to use both hands to throw the big red seal into the bucket. His arms were covered with the slippery mucus, which was so disgusting.
I heard that the octopus is the smartest among fish.
After the autopsy, experts said that it not only has three hearts, but also two memory systems. Some people also say that this octopus may have nine brains, because each of its arms has independent thinking ability.
He even saw a short video saying that some scientific experiments had proved that octopuses have complex thinking and their intelligence may be no less than that of a six or seven-year-old child.
It's a pity that technology is not well developed nowadays. Not to mention watching videos, even mobile phones have not yet entered their country.
Fortunately, he is not addicted to his mobile phone. In his previous life, he didn’t even have anyone to call when he had a mobile phone. Let alone his son, it’s good enough if he can make a call once every two weeks.
The purpose of his mobile phone is to watch videos and kill time.
He is now busy making money every day. He goes to bed at night and gets up at dawn. He feels very fulfilled and does not need a mobile phone to kill time.
After catching such a big octopus, his confidence increased greatly. He thought that it was because no big fish swam over just now, and he should wait patiently for a while.
Not giving up, he hooked up the bigger white shrimp again, threw the hook into the sea, then took a small stool and sat there, pulling his hat down. It was already autumn, but they were still scorching hot during the day.
This time he waited patiently. After about five minutes, the fishing rod finally moved. He stood up with a smile on his face and pulled up the fishing rod.
"Fuck... Stupid! So greedy? You made me wait so long."
Although this fish looks to weigh four or five kilograms, the value of this fish is really too... too low!
The purchase price was only two or three cents, it was worthless. He unhooked the black carp in frustration, threw it into the bucket, and took it home to cut it into pieces enough to pickle a small basin of it.
Now he dared not use big shrimp as bait anymore. What if the fish was still stupid? Wouldn't it be a waste of time? It was good enough to catch a fish of about 500-600 grams or 1 jin with similar bait.
I hooked another small shrimp, and this time it was caught quickly. In just a dozen seconds, I felt the hook moving.
"Fuck, a Shi Jiugong this big?"
As soon as Ye Yaodong pulled up the fishing hook, he saw a bright red fish. He thought he was seeing things, but when he pulled the fishing line closer, he saw that it was indeed Shi Jiugong!
"Isn't it rare to see a stone nine gong this big?"
A small wooden boat happened to be rowing over here and saw him fishing. It came over to take a look out of curiosity and unexpectedly saw him lifting the fishing rod.
He smiled and looked over. This person was not from their village. "Lucky, I have never seen such a big stone nine gong."
Although this fish is not big in size, it has a big mouth and a varied diet, eating everything.
"Half a pound, right?"
"almost!"
"You're great! You even brought a fishing rod out to fish. You look quite leisurely. The Shi Jiugong I've seen before are around 200-300 grams. This one should be the King Shi Jiugong. It's quite rare."
"Yeah." He smiled and unhooked the fish from the hook and continued to bait.
The man also found it interesting and didn't want to leave, so he stayed next to his boat.
Ye Yaodong also felt bored being alone, so he started chatting with him, "Are you interested, uncle? It would be nice to make a fishing rod and go fishing in the sea next time."
"Haha, I had that idea. Today's calm sea is quite suitable for fishing. Whose fish is this?"
"My father is Ye Jianzhang. He was the one who caught a large yellow croaker some time ago! I am the third oldest, Ye Yaodong."
The uncle suddenly realized, "Oh~ So it's Ye Lao San's family, I know your father, I'm from Xishan Village next door, go back and tell your father about Lin Lao Liu, he will definitely know, we even ran a big ship together a few years ago."
"Oh, haha... here it comes..."
As he was talking he caught another fish, but it was another stupid one, but it was better than nothing, so he threw it back into the bucket.
"You're fishing pretty fast, the fish you caught must be big, right?"
"I use shrimp as bait. Fish that are too small won't bite. They have to be at least half a pound or more. These are the small shrimps I picked up just now. I just used bigger shrimps to catch a silly fish that weighed about four or five pounds. It wasn't a good catch, and it took a while to get hooked. So I just used the smallest shrimps, which at least take the bait faster."
"That's right. Big fish are hard to catch and there are few of them."
He then took out a small red shrimp that was almost as big as a shrimp and used it as bait to see what he could catch with such a small bait.
After waiting for a long time, I caught another stone Jiugong. It was not bad. Stone Jiugong was worth some money.
"With a big mouth and a greedy mouth, it is destined to be easily hooked." Lin Laoliu watched with great interest and muttered to himself.
"Haha, you are indeed greedy."
Ye Yaodong thought it would be a good idea to catch more stonefish, so he used some very small shrimps to fish. Unexpectedly, he caught several Huangshan fish and two red snappers, all weighing about 60 to 70 grams. One of the Huangshan fish weighed over 1 kilogram.
Huangshan fish is what the locals call it. It is also called yellow croaker, which is also a good thing. It looks quite similar to yellow croaker. It is usually steamed, and one pound costs 70 or 80 cents.
Seeing him catching fish one after another and with a good catch, Lin Laoliu was very excited and itched to go home and make a fishing rod to go fishing. But he was reluctant to leave and wanted to watch for a while to see what other fish he could catch.
"You always fish with shrimps, why don't you try fishing with fish meat? Let's see what kind of fish you can catch?"
"Not much difference. These are the only fish we have in this sea area. We can't catch big ones even if we want to."
"Try it."
"That's fine." Anyway, there was no loss for him, so it made no difference what he used to fish.
He took a small fish. There were no tools like scissors on the boat, so he cut off a small piece of fish meat and put it directly on the bait.
Lin Laoliu watched for a long time using shrimp as bait, and was curious whether using fish as bait would yield any difference? He stared at it, "It's moving, it's moving."
"Oh my god, tiger spots!"
He looked even more nervous and excited than Ye Yaodong, and his saliva was spitting out.
"Fuck... this one weighs at least two kilograms!"
Ye Yaodong excitedly untied the fish and held it in his hand to look at it. The fish had a dark brown body with spots and distinct black and brown stripes. Although it was a common species of grouper, it was still a grouper, right
This is the most valuable fish in this bucket.
The cracks at the corners of his mouth grew bigger and bigger. He was about to put it into the bucket but its tail flicked it, causing it to slip and he couldn't hold it properly.
Grass…
At this moment, his heart was lifted up instantly. Tong Kong stared at the parabola in the air with a frown, and quickly reached out to catch it. He weighed it several times and exclaimed, "Hey, youyou... youyou..."
Don’t try your best to draw water in a bamboo basket!
Bang... It fell onto the fishing boat!
He breathed a sigh of relief; he was very panicked just now.
"Damn, I was so scared. I thought I was going to let it fall back into the sea."
At that moment, Lin Laoliu's heart was in his throat, and he cried out in pain. He wished he could rush over to catch it, for fear that this precious baby would fall into the sea.
"Oh my god, it's okay, it fell on the boat, it's still there, hurry up and put it back in the bucket."
Without his reminder, Ye Yaodong knew that he had to quickly pick up the still-jumping tiger grouper and throw it into the bucket. If it jumped back into the sea, he would cry...
"Adong, you have a good harvest, both Huangshan and such a big Shijiugong, as well as other good stuff. Finally, you got a tiger grouper, which is worth several dollars." Lin Laoliu stretched his neck to look at the stuff in his bucket and said with envy.
"It's okay. You can bring a fishing rod tomorrow and maybe you can catch a lot of good fish." Ye Yaodong said with a happy smile.
Everyone saw him sea fishing here, and he had a good catch. Whether he said it or not, this Lin Laoliu would definitely get a fishing rod and come here to fish when he returned.
This is the herd mentality that most people have!
He smiled and said, "I think so, but I don't know if it's easy to fish."
Having just caught a tiger grouper, Ye Yaodong was in a good mood and said generously, "Let me lend you a fishing rod!"
"Really? That's so embarrassing!"
"It's okay, just give it a try and give it back to me after you fish once."
He rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll give it to you no matter what fish I catch. I'll try to catch it and see."