There is a saying that goes "the carp leaps over the dragon gate". If you can see a carp jumping out of the water, leaping over the water in the form of an arch and entering the water, it will be considered very lucky and good things may happen in the future.
But what is happening now
The crackling sound of the jumping fish almost drowned out the diesel engine. Large waves appeared on the sea surface. Large schools of fish jumped out of the sea, chasing the waves and playing. The water surface of nearly 100 meters was boiling.
"What kind of fish are those?" After realizing what was happening, Ye's father asked excitedly as he drove the boat over.
"Just drive over and take a look."
Ye Yaodong also lay on the side of the boat and looked into the distance. He suddenly felt that the hat on his head was a bit annoying, so he took it off.
Although it does not affect his vision, psychologically, he feels that he can see more clearly if he takes it off.
"Damn, that looks like a lot. It's a good idea to move to a new location today."
"Closing the net first."
You cannot stop trawling halfway. Once you stop, the net will sink. Now you can only pull the net up temporarily.
Ye Yaodong responded and hurried to close the net.
"Damn it, it's unfortunate that they jumped at this time. It will take more than ten or twenty minutes to collect the net quickly. I hope we can make it in time."
The fishing boat is trawling the middle and lower layers, and the boiling fish are on the water surface. Otherwise, if they were trawling the upper layer, they could have caught them all in one net, saving trouble and no need to rush to collect the nets like they are doing now, for fear of missing out on these boiling fish.
Father Ye was driving the boat there and was also anxious. If he had known earlier that this was going to happen, he would not have dragged the net. In order not to miss this batch of fish, he now deliberately drove the boat around the school of fish, not daring to go too far away for fear of being too late.
Ye Yaodong was keeping an eye on the sea while collecting the net, and he felt relieved when he saw them still jumping there. He kept praying in his heart that they would jump a little longer until he finished collecting the net.
There were two fishing boats on the sea in the distance. I didn’t know if they were too far away to be noticed, or if they were also busy trawling and did not move for the time being.
Ye Yaodong watched the net-lifting machine pulling up the net slowly and wanted to pat it twice to make it go faster.
Normally, I like it so much, but now I feel disgusted with it.
From time to time he would check how much the net had pulled up, and from time to time he would look into the distance, and then he would shout to his father, "Dad, come closer and see what kind of fish it is."
Father Ye controlled the boat to get closer, "Mullet, it's a mullet!"
When he heard his father calling, he also figured out what kind of fish jumped out of the sea.
"Ah! It really is a black mullet!"
It turns out that this "fish leaping over the dragon gate" spectacle was brought about by the black mullet.
He had caught many black mullets in the past, but this was the first time he saw so many black mullets jumping out of the water and playing together.
Playing? It should be playing...
I heard that one of the reasons why mullet jump out of the water is because they are frightened, feel threatened, and react according to their own conditioning to escape harm.
Another reason is physiological changes. When reproduction is approaching, the body produces a substance that stimulates the nerves, making it in an excited state, so it particularly likes to jump.
When he got closer, he found that some of the fish were very big and some were very small. The big ones looked to weigh about five or six kilograms, and the small ones were three fingers wide.
Sometimes they wander in the sea, sometimes they jump out of the water, and from time to time they make a few jumps in a row. They look very naughty, and their tumbling appearance looks like the scene of water boiling in a pot.
He felt that these jumping black mullets should be the second imagination, and now is the period for black mullets to lay eggs and reproduce.
"Luckily it wasn't a school of tuna, or I would have slapped my thigh and regretted it."
Father Ye: You wish!
After Ye Yaodong saw that it was a school of black mullet, he was not so anxious anymore. This fish is cheap now, and the price should be between 80 or 90 cents and 1 cent.
The more you can catch, the better. You are always lucky to encounter a school of fish. Even if the quality is not good enough, the quantity is fine. You just hope it can be active for a while longer.
But to his disappointment, when the fishing net was dragged to the end, the schools of black mullet stopped dancing one after another, and the sea surface returned to calm intermittently within a minute.
"Fuck! I'm almost pulling up the fishing nets, and you're telling me you don't want to play anymore? It's so short, so short, so short!"
Father Ye was also depressed and shouted to Ye Yaodong: "How much of the fishing net is left to be pulled up?"
"The tail is almost there, just drive the boat over and it will be almost there."
If the remaining tail is not collected, you can drop anchor and stop the boat.
When Ye's father drove the boat to the sea where the group of black mullets were jumping around, he went to help Ye Yaodong pull up the fishing net.
Although the net had been lowered and dragged for a short time and there was not much stuff inside, the fishing net itself was quite heavy.
The father and son did not even bother to look at the scattered catches inside. Without even untying the fishing net, they hurriedly moved towards the side of the boat with their hand-cast nets to see if they could pick up any leaky catches.
It was a good idea, but after a few minutes, there were no black mullets on the sea. There was no chance of picking up any even if you wanted to, as they had all swam away.
Ye Yaodong looked at the calm sea, sighed regretfully, threw the casting net in his hand aside, and felt depressed.
"No matter how fast I hurry, I still can't make it. I still miss it. Isn't this too short? How long has it been?"
"Forget it, it's gone. Let's straighten out the fishing net and continue to let it go." Father Ye also shook his head regretfully, and walked towards the fishing net that had just been pulled up. He untied the net and poured out the little bit of fish inside to free up an empty net for further use.
"Damn, what a waste of time. I just collected it and I have to put it down again. It delays things."
"no way… "
Ye Yaodong had just finished complaining and was about to do as he was told, but he found that the sea in the distance had begun to roll again!
"Why!
There, there! It has gone there again, hurry up and sail, hurry up and sail…”
"It's running over there!" Father Ye also saw the black mullet jumping out of the water in the distance, and his face instantly lit up with smiles again.
Although it is a bit far away, it can still be seen clearly.
As the fish jump, a group of seabirds are attracted to fly over there.
"What the hell, you're just a hooligans, jumping around here and there... Are you kidding me? I'll catch you later!"
"Fortunately, the net hasn't been put down yet!" Thinking of this, Ye's father couldn't help but feel fortunate that they didn't act so quickly.
Father Ye reacted quickly. While speaking, he quickly started the boat and headed away. This time, the school of black mullets was closer to the two boats that were operating.
After Ye's father stopped the boat and dropped anchor, without waiting for his reminder, Ye Yaodong took advantage of the fact that the fish were still jumping there, and reacted quickly to open the fishing net and cast it towards the school of fish.
I don't know if they are the same batch as just now, and I don't know when they will stop jumping. Anyway, I should quickly catch them in a net while I can still see them clearly, otherwise the fish will run away just as I was about to go over, like what happened just now.
If it's really too late and they run away again, he might as well buy a piece of tofu and kill himself with it.
Just a short while after throwing the hand net out, he pulled it in.
When he was raising the net, he saw two boats not far away heading towards this direction. They probably saw the seabirds and reacted.
He guessed that one ship should belong to his eldest brother and second brother, but he didn't know about the other one.
Sure enough, when he pulled up a net of fish, he saw that his eldest brother and second brother's boats had also docked around the boiling school of fish, and then he saw them quickly cast out a net.
I can't see his facial expression, but I can tell from thinking that he must be smiling with his eyes shining.
At this time, another boat also arrived nearby, and the moment they stopped the boat, they also cast their nets.
Ye Yaodong only took a glance and then focused on the net in his hand. After pouring out the catch, he didn't bother to look at it a few more times. He then adjusted the fishing net a little and continued to spread it into the sea.
Who knows when he will run away again? No matter what the other party does, we should keep to ourselves and do our own thing. You catch yours and I catch mine.
Catching fish is the most important thing now.
However, when he cast out the second net, the boiling sea calmed down again.
Ye Yaodong was surprised. "What the hell, it's gone again? So fast! It's only been a short time? Are you kidding me?"
"Gone again?" Father Ye was also dumbfounded. "It's only been a few minutes?"
"Shit! It doesn't last that long! It's faster."
Father Ye was also depressed. "Let's pull this net up first. At least we pulled up two nets, which is considered a free gift. It's much better than those two boats."
Ye Yaodong kept cursing, saying that the time was so short, and he was closing the net while cursing.
"How much do these two nets weigh? About 70 or 80 kilograms, maybe?"
"Almost. Why don't you try to cast the net again later and see if you can catch a few more?"
“I don’t know if there will be any more later.”
"Wait and see."