The boat was floating on the sea at this time, rising and falling slowly along the water flow, relying entirely on the swaying of the waves.
Ye Yaodong went to the basin where his father had just chopped the fish and randomly picked up a small piece of fish meat and hung it on the fishhook.
Father Ye didn't believe him, "What can you catch?"
"Dad, you underestimate me. Watch me. I'll catch you a big fish later."
Father Ye looked at him with disdain, "How dare you hang such a big bait on your broken fishing rod? If a bigger fish comes up, it will break your bamboo rod with just a little effort."
"Uh... Then I'll change the bait. Shrimp should catch smaller fish."
Some time ago, I caught a 20-pound sturgeon, and the fishing rod was bent so much that it was almost broken.
Whenever he makes money, he will change his equipment. Last time he was on the yacht, he saw the fishing rods used by those rich second-generations. They seemed to be very good and could catch bomb fish weighing dozens of kilograms. He was really envious.
"Dad, don't despise me. I've caught a lot of fish with this fishing rod. I'll catch one for you now."
Father Ye pursed his lips, ignored him, and found an open space to lie down and take a nap.
Ye Yaodong didn’t care. If he didn’t want to believe it, then he didn’t want to believe it. He would just continue fishing.
After hanging the bait, he threw the hook into the sea, lowered the brim of his hat, and waited patiently. As a result, within less than a minute, the fishing rod moved.
He was not surprised at all and lifted the hook without any accident. This was totally within his expectation. However, surprisingly, what he caught was not a fish, but soft silk!
It’s actually soft silk!
Soft silk is a kind of fish between cuttlefish and mullet, and can also be called soft fish and soft wing fish. The tail end of the trunk of soft silk is round, and the flesh is transparent and shiny. It grows in shallow reefs. It has an oval shape and tastes crisper than mullet. The production of soft silk in the Taiwan Strait is relatively scarce and the price is high.
The difference between it and squid is that it has no bones.
By the way, cuttlefish is also called cuttlefish, squid…
The cuttlefish has a large calcareous inner shell and its body is relatively flat and very wide.
There are several types of fish. The most common one is the iron plate fish lying on the iron plate, sprinkled with pepper, salt and chili powder. It is everywhere on the streets.
There is also the lock pipe, which comes in different sizes, with a round and plump upper and middle body. Local fishermen call the smaller ones (less than 12 cm) "small pipes", which are the young form of the lock pipe.
The author loves to eat small tubes! Love to eat soft silk!
There are the most small tubes in summer!
shashasha
Suck it~
There is also the squid called the sword-tip squid, the real lock tube, and the sword-tip squid. The adult squid has a slender body, a pointed tail end, and long fins.
"Dad, look what I caught?"
Father Ye took off the hat covering his face and turned to look, "Yuyu? Hand-fishing Yuyu?"
"No, it's soft silk!"
"oh?"
Ye's father instantly became interested and stood up to take a look. Ye Yaodong simply brought the other end of the fishing rod to his father, but he didn't expect that the soft silk would spray a lot of water directly on his father's face.
"Um?"
Father Ye frowned and wiped the water stains off his face, "Fortunately it's not a squid."
"Hahaha, if this were a squid, it would spray ink all over your face."
"Not bad. This one weighs half a pound. Since you caught soft silk, you can continue fishing with small shrimps."
As Father Ye spoke, he took the soft silk off his fishhook. After thinking for a while, he decided to get a bucket of sea water and put the fish in to raise it. It is better to be alive than dead.
Ye Yaodong saw the soft silk swaying in the bucket, and his eyes lit up. He could keep one to blanch at night! It doesn't make sense that he can't eat the ones he caught. This fish is delicious and tender.
He tried again and hung up some shrimps, but for some reason he took them down again.
"What are you doing?"
"Try using fish meat as bait? If it doesn't work, try another one."
He wanted to see what he could catch in this area with the fish chunks. If it wasn't ideal, he would continue to use shrimps to fish for soft silk, which wouldn't be a loss anyway.
"You just caught a soft fish, why don't you just use the shrimp to catch that one?"
“It won’t hurt to try.”
After putting the bait on the fishing rod and casting it, Father Ye did not lie down to sleep this time. Instead, he watched him fishing leisurely, curious about what he would catch.
At first, Ye's father didn't believe that he could catch anything good. When he saw that he really caught something, how could he bear to lie down and sleep? And he also wanted to know what he could catch with fish meat
What man can resist the charm of fishing
This time the waiting time was long, after 5-6 minutes. When Ye's father became suspicious, the fishing rod moved again. Ye Yaodong tried to pull it, but the fishing rod was pulled in the opposite direction, splashing waves in the water.
"Fuck, Dad, this fish is so big and heavy, I can't pull it in, and it keeps pulling on the fishing rod and trying to escape."
“Let me see, let me see…” Father Ye came forward excitedly, wanting to help pull the fishing rod.
I saw the bamboo pole bent at 75 degrees, and I could barely pull the fish a little bit to the surface of the water. The fish head was exposed, and the fish body was still struggling and slapping the water surface.
"Yellowtail amberjack!"
"Yellowtail amberjack!"
The father and son called out the name of the fish in unison in surprise!
This is known as the beef of the ocean. At that time, this kind of fish was still a niche product and many fishermen had never heard of it. Those who had heard of it were those who knew the goods, and Ye's father certainly knew the goods.
This fish can be used to make sashimi, and is regarded as a treasure in countries such as Japan and South Korea. Although its taste is not as good as tuna, it is not bad either.
The most important thing is that this fish is big and valuable!
The father and son looked at the big fish in the sea with shining eyes, estimating that it was more than 1.2 meters long.
"Quick, pull it up quickly..."
"Oh my god... this is too heavy. The fishing rod is bent badly. Dad, wait... wait, try harder..."
Ye's father was pulling the bamboo pole with all his might, but Ye Yaodong wanted to relax his strength and bring the bamboo pole in first and then pull the fishing line.
"Wait a minute, Dad, put away the bamboo poles first..."
"Snapped… "
But it was too late. With a strong push from Ye's father, the fishing rod snapped into two...
"Shit... it's broken!"
The yellowtail on the sea surface rolled over and pulled the half bamboo pole directly into the sea.
Ye Yaodong was so angry that he knocked on the side of the boat with the half-broken bamboo pole, "Fuck, fuck, fuck! It's broken. It ran away!"
Father Ye touched his nose awkwardly and blamed him!
Hearing what the third brother said, he wanted to relax his strength, but before he could, it was cut off...
"Damn, is it true that I was affected by that sunfish? What bad luck!"
Ye Yaodong was very depressed. The big fish that was about to be caught slipped away. He was so angry. It was still because his equipment was not up to standard.
"Haha~ I'll get you another rod when we get home tonight, and we can try it again tomorrow." Father Ye said with a wry smile, which was rare for him being out of breath.
"Don't you believe you can catch something good?"
"It's true that you can't catch anything good. Look, isn't the fishing rod broken?"
Seeing Ye Yaodong's depressed expression, Ye's father hurriedly continued, "Haha, not really. The soft fish you just caught is pretty good. Look at you. I told you to use shrimp to catch the soft fish, but you didn't listen. You even tried to use fish chunks to try fishing. Look, isn't this just a loss? You even lost the fishing rod, and now you can't fish even if you want to..."
The more Ye's father spoke, the more confident he became, as if it was all his fault for not listening to the old man!
Ye Yaodong didn't care whether his father was trying to turn the tables on him or not. He was really depressed. If he had known earlier, he would have simply used shrimps to catch soft silk. Now he lost the fishing rod due to all the trouble and now he has nothing to fish.
Soft silk is also very good!
Alas~
"Forget it, forget it. There's nothing I can do if he runs away. I'll come back to fish tomorrow."
Now he could do nothing, his only entertainment was taken away. He sat down on the bed, looking at the lonely soft silk in the bucket, and regretted it.
So angry.
Father Ye felt guilty and dared not say anything.
After waiting for a while, he said, "Can I go and reel in the line now?"
Ye Yaodong nodded, relaxed, and his depressed mood passed.
Father Ye drove the boat towards the floating location in the distance. When he reached the destination, he stopped the boat and asked Ye Yaodong to reel in the line.
He also walked forward. He had never tried longline fishing, so he didn't know what the harvest would be like. How would it compare to trawling
Ye Yaodong pulled up the buoy, pulled up the sinker rope that he had thrown down, and then began to reel in the line.
"Ah? Yellowtail? Shit, a big one ran away and a small one came."
Father Ye looked at the struggling figure that had just emerged from the water, and his face was filled with joy. "Not bad, this one looks quite big. I estimate it to be half a meter long and weigh more than 20 kilograms. It can be sold for quite a bit of money."
The yellowtail amberjack lives in the warm middle and upper layers of the ocean, so this could barely comfort him.
The fish was struggling desperately in the water. The fish caught by longline fishing were all very active. Except for the eel that strangled itself, the other fish were very lively.
The branch line is very thin, so it is not easy to pull in big fish, so tools are needed.
"Dad, go get the hand net. It's in the cabin. It's hard to pull it. Don't let it run away again."
Father Ye quickly went to the cabin to get it, and then gestured with his hand, "Your handle is a bit short. I'll make a long one for you when I get home tonight."
Ye Yaodong looked at his father struggling to salvage the fish. It was indeed a bit short as it had been placed on a small boat before.
The short-handled hook I made is too short, so I have to make a long one when I get home, otherwise it will be difficult to hook fish.
When Ye's father scooped up the yellowtail with a hand net, Ye Yaodong felt relieved as he no longer had to worry about it running away.
It’s more than half the size of the one I just caught, and its weight is incomparable, but it’s still okay, it’s a good fish!
Not as good as the best, but better than the worst!
After the yellowtail was fished out, it was still wagging its tail and shaking its body. Ye Yaodong didn't bother to continue reeling in the line. After removing the fishhook, he took out its gills and bled it.
If this kind of large fish is not brought to shore immediately after being caught, it must be bled immediately to keep it fresh.
"You go collect your thread and I'll do the bleeding. Leave this to me."
"That's fine."
It does save trouble to have someone to help, otherwise he would be overwhelmed and unable to handle it by himself, and setting the hook would be a big problem.
Handing the knife to his father, he continued to reel in the line. To his delight, the second hook caught a soft silk thread, which was bigger than the one caught earlier. It weighed at least 8 ounces, and was very active.
When he was removing the hook, he was sprayed with water in the face just like Ye's father, so he threw it into the bucket, splashing water all over the ground.
"What? Throw it like this?"
"Ruan Si, I have a feeling there will be a lot of Ruan Si today."
Many marine creatures move together in groups, so it is easy to catch the same species repeatedly.
Look, here comes another one. The soft silk looks very transparent and very beautiful.
He continued to reel in the line. It felt like opening a blind box. He was full of anticipation.
By pulling one end of the fishing line, you can tell whether there is any cargo and whether it is a large cargo or a small fish.