Zhang Qicheng laughed when he saw Xiang Yang casting the hook. "How can you cast bait like that when fishing in the sea? Brother Xiang, look at me casting the rod."
Zhang Qicheng straightened his body, coordinated the strength of his arms and wrists, and threw the bait forward with force using his waist and hands. In an instant, the bait was thrown nearly a hundred meters away.
"How is it? Am I awesome?" Zhang Qicheng looked at Xiang Yang proudly after throwing the bait. "But only a true fishing master can throw the bait more than a hundred meters when fishing in the sea."
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, "Great."
"It's just so-so. Actually, I didn't cast it a hundred meters. I'm a little unfamiliar with the rod." Zhang Qicheng smiled and said, "There are skills to casting a rod when fishing at sea. It's not easy to go fishing at sea. It's a wonderful enjoyment to look at the boundless sea and enjoy the beautiful scenery while fishing. But from my experience, Brother Xiang, you even cast the rod incorrectly. If you use this casting method to fish, you won't get anything from sea fishing. I feel sorry for you wasting such a good opportunity for sea fishing. Do you want me to teach you the correct way to cast a rod?"
Xiang Yang continued to smile and nodded, "Okay, wait until I catch this fish, and then next time I cast the rod, Brother Zhang, you can teach me."
"What are you waiting for? The rod you cast is so close to the boat, when will you be able to catch a fish?" Zhang Qicheng shook his head and said, "In fact, the technique of casting is very simple. Everyone's physical condition is different, so everyone's strength is also different, which creates different casting strengths. Some anglers use more force and there will be a pause when casting the sea rod. For example, my casting action is very elegant. Every time I cast a rod to fish, it's like a painting."
Just when Zhang Qicheng was talking excitedly, Xiang Yang made a gesture to silence him, "Shh, don't come out yet, I have a fish that's about to be hooked."
Zhang Qicheng was stunned, and then he saw Xiang Yang's luminous fish marker, twenty or thirty meters away, suddenly sink into the water.
"You caught a fish like this?" Zhang Qicheng was stunned.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Yes, I feel like this fish should be quite big, all thanks to Brother Zhang."
Zhang Qicheng curled his lips and felt a little embarrassed. He had just said that the other person's fishing method was wrong and he couldn't catch any fish, but in the blink of an eye, the fish were hooked.
"It seems that we are lucky tonight. There are a lot of fish in this sea area. Brother Xiang, let's see who catches more?" Zhang Qicheng tried to hide the embarrassment on his face.
"Okay!" Xiang Yang agreed readily and began to reel in and out the fishing line.
After a stalemate with the fish, Xiang Yang quickly pulled up the fishing line that had sunk into the sea, and shouted loudly, "Fish basket."
"Here it comes." He Mingde, who had been prepared, immediately stretched out a fishing net with a handle toward the water surface and caught the grouper, which was half a meter long.
"Oh my goodness, this is a grouper." Zhang Qicheng screamed and hurried over to help.
"It's a pity that it's not the top-quality grouper." Xiang Yang smiled and unhooked the hook from the fish's mouth, then stabbed the fish's belly with a needle and pulled it out. "Put it in an oxygen tank. If the fish dies, it won't taste good."
Although this fishing boat is equipped with an engine, it does not have a live water tank. However, there are two fish tanks neatly placed in the middle of the boat. Generally, when rare fish are caught, they do not die immediately and can be transported back to the shore alive.
After the grouper was put into the water tank, it was still jumping around and struggling.
Zhang Qicheng's eyes lit up. "This fish should weigh about four or five kilograms, right?"
Xiang Yang nodded, "A grouper this big should weigh at least five kilograms."
"Sell it to me." Zhang Qicheng's eyes lit up and he said, "I'll give you 500 yuan."
Xiang Yang looked at Zhang Qicheng in surprise and asked, "You are also in the grouper business?"
"No." Zhang Qicheng shook his head like a drum. "The number of groupers is too scarce. There is no way to do wholesale. You know I don't do retail."
"Then what did you buy it for?" Xiang Yang asked.
"Of course I'm buying it for myself. This is a wild grouper that I caught while watching."
Xiang Yang thought about it. One hundred yuan per pound of wild grouper is almost the market price. In addition, Xiang Yang himself doesn't like eating this fish very much. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay? Then I'll sell it to you."
Zhang Qicheng was immediately overjoyed. "Okay? I'll transfer 500 yuan to you when we get ashore."
Xiang Yang sorted out the fishing rod and fishing line, and hung another dead shrimp on the hook.
Zhang Qicheng spoke again at this time. "Brother Xiang, I will teach you the "splitting and casting" method of fishing in the sea so that you can understand it in the shortest time. That is, when casting the rod, your body should face the fishing spot, your feet should be shoulder-width apart, and you should stand firmly. You need to hold the handle of the fishing rod tightly with both hands and raise it directly above your head. Your hands, eyes, body and sea rod should all face the target. Then use a chopping action, with the fishing rod from top to bottom. When the fishing rod forms a 45-degree angle with the water surface, start to release the line. Do not hesitate during the entire action. If you pause, you must start again."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "It's too complicated. I think it doesn't matter which method you use to cast the rod."
As he spoke, Xiang Yang aimed at a grouper more than 30 meters away from him and threw the hook accurately.
"You cast the hook like this again. Look how far you have thrown it. It would be strange if you can catch any fish like this. Listen to me. Don't be afraid of the complexity. As long as you study hard, I promise to teach you in one night. Don't be bothered by the trouble for the sake of harvest." Zhang Qicheng said.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Why can't I catch any fish? Didn't I just catch a grouper?"
"You are just a blind cat that has caught a dead mouse." Zhang Qicheng said angrily.
As soon as Zhang Qicheng finished speaking, Xiang Yang made a gesture to silence him, "Shh, don't talk yet, I have another fish on the hook."
"Huh?" Zhang Qicheng had a lot of question marks on his head.
Xiang Yang, however, could not care less and continued to pull the fishing line or release the line to fight with the fish in the sea. Seeing the fishing line getting longer and longer and getting tighter and tighter, Xiang Yang could not help but shout, "Oh no, this fish is too big, uncle, please help me get the fish basket."
"Okay." He Mingde was also very excited. He picked up the fish basket and walked forward. "Mr. Zhang, please make way. This is a big fish. Don't let it run away."
Zhang Qicheng: “???”
Soon, the fish was pulled up by Xiang Yang and He Mingde together. It was a blue grouper weighing about four or five kilograms.
Xiang Yang first took out the hook from the fish's mouth and put it into the water tank, then looked at Zhang Qicheng, "I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I didn't hear you clearly just now. What did you say just now?"
Zhang Qicheng: "..."