After leaving Qinglongwan Wharf, the two ships began to move forward side by side.
Most of the people on both ships were acquaintances.
A few people who usually like to join in the fun simply leaned on the railings and chatted loudly with each other.
Among them, Fang Youqun even wanted to climb over the railing, but was immediately scolded by Chen Qingsheng.
Even though there seems to be some space outside the railing of the fishing boat, as long as you are careful, you generally won't fall down.
In fact, the fishing boat shakes violently while sailing, and it is possible to fall into the sea if you are not careful.
Don’t think that when Xiang Yang led the crew to fish, so many people jumped into the water and nothing happened.
Ocean-going fishing vessels make a lot of noise because they have many machines on board.
A normal person cannot hear the sound of a person falling into the water from a boat.
Once a person falls into the water and no one on the boat finds him, his chance of survival is infinitely close to zero.
Xiang Yang looked at it with a smile. In fact, this was a very new model of ocean-going fishing boat, with surveillance cameras installed all around and a sonar detection system that was always on.
If someone falls off the boat, the people in the cockpit will definitely find it immediately, but Yang doesn't mention this.
"call-"
Xiang Yang narrowed his eyes. The wind was a bit strong today and the waves were high, but it was just the north wind blowing from the mainland, not the weather that meant a storm was about to come.
In fact, Xiang Yang is not afraid even if there is a storm.
If the people at the Meteorological Bureau can't even predict a storm that can overturn a thousand-ton ocean-going fishing boat, they should all be laid off.
"Captain, the ocean current is moving southward. Should we follow it?" Chen Qingsheng asked.
"Of course." The direction in which ocean currents move is often rich in microorganisms, which means there are many fish.
On the other side, He Mingde's boat had already started casting nets.
To avoid accidents, Xu lowered the command cabin and increased the distance between the two fishing boats.
"Captain, should we try casting a net?" Chen Qingsheng asked.
Xiang Yang looked down at the water and saw a lot of fish swimming under the water. He nodded and said, "We have to move forward anyway, so let's just drag the net forward."
Chen Qingsheng hurried to convey Xiang Yang's instructions.
Soon, the winch on the ship started to work, and an extra-large trawl net was lowered to the bottom of the sea. Under the influence of the tide, it automatically spread out into an umbrella shape.
The fishing boat was moving southward at a constant speed of seven or eight knots.
Xiang Yang didn't delay for long before he ordered Chen Qingsheng to close the net.
A small bag of fish was dragged out of the sea, but Chen Qingsheng didn't care at first.
It is a consensus among fishermen that there are no fish near the coast. It is difficult to catch fish in such shallow waters.
As a result, when Chen Qingsheng saw the fish in the net bag clearly, he was immediately stunned.
"Wrasse, Captain, it's a wrasse. We caught a wrasse. It's actually a one-meter-long wrasse." Chen Qingsheng said with joy on his face.
Xiang Yang smiled. Although this was not what Xiang Yang expected, it was not surprising.
The wrasse is mainly distributed between tropical and subtropical areas and likes to live in shallow waters with many reefs or corals.
"Move this fish to the live water tank and keep it well, and quickly process the rest of the catch." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
A wrasse weighing more than one meter in length was an unexpected surprise. At least this time, I don’t have to worry about not making back the money I spent on the fuel.
The price of wrasse has been rising year by year in recent years.
Although there are already very mature methods of breeding wrasse in Liaogang, Zhoushan, Shanwei and other places, this fish has extremely high requirements for water quality and environment, so the cost of breeding is extremely high. The price of farmed wrasse on the market is over 100 yuan per catty.
As for the wild ones, the price is naturally more expensive.
Of course, the wrasse is worthy of its price.
Wild wrasse is delicious and has a delicate texture, comparable to chicken fillet. It really melts in your mouth. Despite its high price, it is still in short supply in the market.
The fish Xiang Yang caught was more than one meter long and weighed about 40 kilograms, which was considered a good start.
Continue sailing south.
The temperature began to rise gradually, but the wind and waves did not decrease at all.
Xiang Yang let the crew take a break and did not immediately order the second net to be cast.
Strictly speaking, this place is still near the sea, and there is not even the Qinglong Bend on the map.
Even if there are more wrasses below, Xiang Yang is not planning to cast a second net here.
"Xiaoyang." He Mingde shouted loudly while standing on the deck.
"Uncle?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully, "What's the matter?"
"The wind and waves are a bit strong today. Our boat is small, so we will head west along the coast. We will not continue south with you." He Mingde shouted.
This is the difference between a small boat and a big ship.
Many times, small boats dare not go to the open sea even though they know they cannot catch much fish near the coast. Wind, waves, fresh water reserves, etc. are all restrictive factors.
"Okay." Xiang Yang nodded with a smile, "Then I'll go east and take a look around the high seas."
Not long after driving eastward, Xiang Yang discovered that Big Head and Second Head were following him.
This is a very strange thing.
The Qinglong Bend is so big that Xiang Yang still can't understand why the two humpback whales can accurately spot his ship every time he goes out to sea.
Walking eastward, the color of the sea surface gradually becomes darker and darker, which means that the water in the sea where Xiang Yang is currently located is relatively deep.
Xiang Yang liked such deep water areas. He immediately ordered Chen Qingsheng to cast the net and continue trawling forward.
It took more than three hours to pull in the net.
When the net was pulled up, there was still only a very pitiful small bag of catch, about two thousand kilograms in total, and most of them were the least valuable brothers, octopus and squid. Among the remaining fish, catfish accounted for the majority, and horsehead fish accounted for a small part.
In addition, there are several strange fish with very strange looks.
Most of the fishermen on the boat had never seen this fish before. They were very curious and used harpoons to pry it open, but then they didn't dare to get close.
"Fuck, this fish is so ugly." Fang Youqun said with disdain.
"Indeed." The people around agreed: "This appearance is comparable to that of an anglerfish."
I saw those fish, which looked like enlarged and shortened loaches. Their bodies were like enlarged versions of loaches, and their mouths were very large with a row of very sharp teeth in their mouths.
Its teeth, very similar to those of the anglerfish, are outrageously long and completely out of proportion to its body, so that it can't even close its mouth, or if it closes its mouth, it will be hurt by its teeth.
The most amazing thing is that its teeth are actually transparent, just like crystal pillars.
"This." Xiang Yang frowned, "This should be a viperfish."
"Viperfish?" Fang Youqun had never heard of this name, and he didn't care about it. He only cared about two things: "Is this viperfish delicious? How much does it cost?"