On the deck, a group of people sat together eating breakfast.
The breakfast was very rich. In addition to the indispensable eggs and fruits, there were also yogurt of various flavors and corn hot dogs and sausages. There was no limit on the quantity. You could eat whatever you wanted and as much as you wanted. Xiang Yang felt that the crew should follow him, and it would be unreasonable if he restricted the crew from eating.
After breakfast, Xu Fang had already driven the fishing boat to the outside of Qinglongwan waters. The water here is clear, and few ships arrive, so the fishery resources are relatively abundant.
"Get off the Internet!" Zhou Wang said.
"You can cast the net." Xiang Yang nodded, picked up the intercom and said, "Master Xu, the boat will stop after the net is cast. I want to go to the sea."
"Received." Xu Fang's voice came from the intercom. Although he didn't know what Xiang Yang was going to do in the sea, he would absolutely obey Xiang Yang's orders.
After getting Xiang Yang's consent, Zhou Wang immediately ran back to the winch to control the fishing net to go into the sea.
Chen Qingsheng walked to Xiang Yang's side and asked, "Why don't we just wait here instead of dragging the net?"
"We won't be dragging the net for now, but we can't just sit there and wait." Xiang Yang gave He Mingde a look, and He Mingde immediately understood and ran into the cabin with two sailors.
After a while they carried out two large boxes of things from the cabin.
"Is this a shrimp cage?" Chen Qingsheng took out something made of plastic fiber and a bit like bamboo from the frame and said uncertainly.
"This is a ground trap, or a shrimp trap." He Mingde said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by the fact that this cage has many entrances. In fact, its internal structure is very complicated. There is not even a single exit. Once the shrimp enters, it will never come out."
The ground trap is also called the maze. Because this tool sinks to the bottom of the mud, it is named the ground trap.
The tool called ground trap has many knots, and each node is connected to each other. When using it, tie a heavy object to the tail and a strong rope to the upper part. After throwing it into the water, tie the rope to a fixed object and fix it.
The length of the ground trap can be determined according to the length and width of the water surface. It is generally about 15 sections, with a total length of about 7 to 8 meters.
Xiang Chen had an idea, "Can ground traps be used on the seabed?" Ground traps were originally used in the Central Plains to catch eels, loaches, river shrimps, and small fish in ponds. Later, they were gradually spread to coastal areas, but they were rarely used by fishermen on the coast.
"Ground traps are fixed fishing gear that can be used for fishing all year round. They can be used on the seabed or the bottom of a lake. Put the ground traps on the seabed and fish them out every few days. You will definitely get a lot of fish and shrimp." Xiang Yang said.
"Come here every few days?" Chen Qingsheng frowned. "That's fine. After we go out to sea, we have to pass through this sea area no matter which direction we go. But do we have to go out to sea every few days, or go home every few days if we go to the ocean? This is not good."
"Who said that?" Xiang Yang said with a smile, "This sea area is just outside the Qinglongwan Sea Area. It will take a long time to row a boat, but if a fishing boat equipped with an engine comes here, it will only take more than half an hour. In the future, when we go out to sea, we can stop by to fish. When we are not out to sea, we can send someone to rent a motor fishing boat to come over. That's it."
"What if we go overseas and don't come back for ten days or half a month?" Fang Youqun asked.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, "If you're deep-sea fishing, don't you bring the traps up before you go out?"
Chen Qingsheng fiddled with the ground cage and said, "I've seen similar cages in Zhoushan Fishery. They often catch dozens of large lobsters with one scoop. But their cages seem to be more advanced than ours. There are also fixed stakes on the sea surface to fix the cages."
"They use special shrimp traps, but we can just use ground traps." Xiang Yang began to put on his diving suit. "Those who are willing to go into the sea with me to place the ground traps can sign up. After the ground traps are placed, we will go around the seabed to see if there are any swimming crabs or the like. If there are, we will catch some and I will give bonuses to those who go down depending on the situation."
He Mingde took out another plastic bag from the cabin. He opened it and found a whole bag of chicken racks inside.
When using a ground trap to catch shrimp, the best bait is leftover chicken bones, because shrimp particularly like to eat chicken, and using chicken as bait is most effective.
If you can't get chicken bones in a short time, you can also go to the market where chickens are slaughtered to buy chicken intestines and put them in the shrimp cage to catch shrimp.
Of course, that is for general interest enthusiasts.
For a fisherman like Xiang Yang who specializes in fishing as a career, chicken bones are not acceptable. He has to use the best and buy chicken frames with meat as bait.
"How many chicken racks should be placed in each cage?" Chen Qingsheng asked Xiang Yang.
"How many are not enough? If you want to catch lobsters, you have to be willing to invest. Put a chicken rack in each trap." He Mingde said.
Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang. A ground trap has fifteen sections. If one is placed in each section, that means fifteen chicken racks. The cost is not low. If no lobsters are caught, won't it be a big loss? Chen Qingsheng thought it would be better for Xiang Yang to speak on this matter.
"Break a chicken rack into several pieces and put a chicken rack in each section." Xiang Yang said.
Xiang Yang's meaning is the same as He Mingde's, that is, if you are reluctant to use bait, you will not be able to catch lobsters. As long as you can catch lobsters, you will not mind spending more bait.
There are four cages in total, each with fifteen sections, which adds up to a total of sixty chicken racks.
Several crew members worked together, and soon sixty chicken racks were broken into pieces and placed in each section of each cage.
Xiang Yang took Chen Qingsheng and several other crew members to fix the trap.
Fixing the ground cage is not a difficult task. Just tie the rope to the nearest seabed reef and secure it.
Xiang Yang had just tied a rope when Fang Youqun patted Xiang Yang's shoulder hard, pointing his finger in a certain direction and asking Xiang Yang to look.
Xiang Yang couldn't help but look in that direction, and when he saw it, he was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
It turned out that before the trap was even fixed, a greedy and bold tiger crab couldn't stand the smell of the chicken carcass and drilled into the trap. Its two big claws were tearing the meat off the chicken carcass bit by bit and putting it into its mouth.
"What a fellow who is so eager to eat that he doesn't care about his life." Xiang Yang thought to himself, then reached into the trap, caught the palm-sized tiger crab and threw it into the net bag he carried with him at all times.
This tiger crab was an unexpected surprise. Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun with admiration, then gestured with his hands, indicating that they should search around to see if they could catch some more tiger crabs.
Fang Youqun nodded immediately and swam in one direction.
On the other side, after Chen Qingsheng fixed the trap under a protruding reef, he looked around with satisfaction. Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a black object.