"Isn't it because I didn't buy it that I asked you to borrow it?"
"How much did you pay for this fishing rod? Why don't you sell it to me? I'll give you an extra ten bucks, and you can go buy a better one later."
A group of people were playing and fighting, it was so lively.
Even the oldest Xu Fang walked over with a smile and asked, "Xia Pengjie, can you go sea fishing?"
When the group of people saw that it was Xu Fang coming, they immediately calmed down a lot.
Xia Pengjie quickly shook his head, "No, this is my first time fishing."
"How about you teach me, Master Xu?" Xia Pengjie handed the fishing rod to Xu Fang in a flattering tone.
"This sea fishing..." Xu Fang posed while holding the fishing rod, "If I could do it, I would also ask you if you could do it?"
"Ah?" Xia Pengjie almost fainted. So you asked me if I could do it because you can't
"puff."
The crew members burst out laughing.
Finally, Xiang Yang said, "Just fish for fun. It's not important whether you catch fish or not. What's important is the process of fishing."
"I still hope to catch a fish." Xia Pengjie put bait on the hook and then threw it into the sea.
Very unprofessional hook casting action.
If the ocean-going fishing boat was stationary, Xiang Yang even doubted whether he could throw the bait beyond the range of the fishing rod.
However, because the ocean-going fishing boat was sailing at high speed, the bait he threw out landed more than ten meters away from the stern.
"good."
"Wow."
"It's thrown far."
This is the scream of a group of blood laymen.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. If this could be considered right, then what exactly was wrong
Throw out the bait and hit yourself in the face
Xiang Yang was too lazy to look at it.
With just one glimpse, Xiang Yang knew for sure that Xia Pengjie would not be able to catch any fish just by watching him cast the hook.
Just as Xiang Yang was about to leave, he was suddenly startled. He saw a dark shadow deep in the water rushing quickly towards the bait.
"What is this?" Xiang Yang immediately perked up.
"Ouch," Xia Pengjie, who was holding the fishing rod with one hand and reaching for a cigarette in his pocket with the other, suddenly exclaimed, "A fish has taken the bait."
Everyone looked at Xia Pengjie with contempt.
"Just blow it. The bait just fell and the float hasn't even come up yet, but a fish has already taken the bait. Why don't you fly up?" Fang Youqun rolled his eyes.
Xia Pengjie was about to cry. He held the fishing rod tightly with both hands, his body tensed. "There really is a fish taking the bait, big fish, come and help me."
Xiang Yang shouted quickly: "Quick, let go of the line."
Everyone looked at Xiang Yang strangely, not knowing what he was talking about.
At this time, the fish on the seabed began to struggle to escape. As it struggled, it immediately bent the front half of the fishing rod.
Everyone took a deep breath. There really was a fish on the hook.
A group of people rushed over to help.
Chen Qingsheng rushed forward in a flash, opened the reel on the fishing rod with a snap, and the reel immediately rolled rapidly.
"Are you stupid? You want to be dragged into the water after competing with a big fish in strength?" Chen Qingsheng shouted angrily.
The reel rolled for a while, and a long strange fish jumped out of the sea not far from the stern, then crashed into the sea, causing a huge wave on the sea surface. The fishing line was broken by the sudden force.
Fang Youqun looked at the empty fishing line with lingering fear and said to Xia Pengjie, "It was a close call. You were almost dragged into the water by the sea snake and fed to it."
"That's not a sea snake." Xia Pengjie shook his head.
He was also very scared. He didn't expect to catch such a big fish on his first sea fishing trip. If Chen Qingsheng hadn't helped him open the reel immediately, he might have been dragged into the water by the big fish.
"If it's not a sea snake, then what is it? I just saw it jump out from the water with my own eyes." Fang Youqun looked at Xia Pengjie as if he were an idiot.
"Stop talking." Xiang Yang said, "That is definitely not a sea snake."
Xiang Yang also saw what happened just now.
The long creature just now was indeed not a sea snake, but a cutlassfish.
It is a very famous type of cutlassfish, called the oarfish.
The oarfish is the longest bony fish in the ocean. The longest one is 15 meters long and weighs eight or nine hundred kilograms. When it is winding in the shape of a long ribbon, it is as high as several stories high. Even old sailors who often go to sea often mistake them for sea snakes when they see them.
"Those are oarfish. They are extremely ferocious and even scarier than sea snakes." Xiang Yang said seriously.
The earliest record of the oarfish dates back to the 4th century BC.
Aristotle wrote in Histories of Animals:
In Villa, sea snakes are larger than those in other countries. Sailors sailing along the coast said that they were often attacked by these giant sea snakes during their voyages...
The giant sea snake that Aristotle mentioned is actually the oarfish.
The other crew members all gasped after hearing this. What kind of cutlassfish is this? It's even more terrifying than a sea snake. No wonder it's called the oarfish.
Xiang Yang's face didn't look very good.
The oarfish is also known as the messenger of hell.
Many people believe that the sea serpent mentioned in the ancient mariners is the oarfish.
Horrible legends about "sea serpents" have been circulating throughout Europe. Many ancient and medieval navigation works describe encounters between ships and sea serpents.
What is creepy is that every time a creature called the "sea serpent" appears, an earthquake or tsunami will occur in the area, so in most legends, the appearance of the "sea serpent" has become a harbinger of ominous events.
For thousands of years, the shadow of the "sea serpent" has been looming over the hearts of all sailors. To this day, the oarfish is still known as the devil's messenger.
"Oarfish generally live in the deep sea below 800 meters and rarely appear on the sea surface or in shallow seas. Once they are found floating on the surface or appearing on the shore, it usually means a tornado or an earthquake." Xiang Yang said with a grim expression.
"Well."
Chen Qingsheng groaned and said nervously, "No way, Captain, the weather forecast didn't mention a tornado."
Xia Pengjie also said: "Captain, there is actually another situation where oarfish will float to the surface. When they are sick or about to die, they will also float to the surface of the water."
"The ocean has always been extremely mysterious. Even scientists cannot guarantee many things. The oarfish was not introduced into scientists' field of vision until 2006. There is no accurate identification of the specific reasons for their appearance on the sea. It may be that there is not enough food, so they come out to hunt." Xia Pengjie said with a smile to ease the tense atmosphere.
"I hope so." Xiang Yang nodded slowly.
He actually had a very bad feeling in his heart, but this was all he could say now.