There is a reason why Xiang Yang doesn't want his fishing boat to be covered with a circle of steel wire on normal days.
First of all, it is not easy to retract and deploy the wire ring. Normally, Xiang Yang often likes to take the crew to the bottom of the sea for underwater operations. If a circle of wire mesh is surrounded by the boat, it is easy to hurt yourself by accident.
Another point is that Xiang Yang really feels that tying a circle of steel wire ring on the side of the boat will affect the appearance of the fishing boat.
The sturdy man in blue overalls thought about it carefully, and then said to Xiang Yang: "If you need a retractable anti-pirate spike, we can customize it for you, but it will take a while."
"What about the price? How long is the time you mentioned?" Xiang Yang asked.
"I don't really understand this. I have to go back and ask." said the man in blue work clothes.
Xiang Yang nodded. As long as the other party didn't stay too long and the price was similar to what Xiang Yang knew, Xiang Yang planned to buy the anti-pirate spikes in this shipyard.
Soon, two days passed.
The lookout was finally installed.
However, the other party said that it would take two months to produce the anti-pirate thorns, and the price was even lower than Xiang Yang knew.
Xiang Yang could still accept two months, and he immediately ordered a batch of anti-pirate spikes from the shipyard.
After finishing the renovation of the fishing boat, Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng went to Huhai Town to buy a batch of supplies necessary for going out to sea, and decided to lead the crew out to sea again.
The fishing boat sets sail.
The male Steller's sea eagle circled in front of the fishing boat, occasionally making a low, sonorous cry.
Xu Fang squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. "It has been a long time since I last saw the female Steller's sea eagle come out of the eagle's nest. I guess the two little Steller's sea eagles are about to be born."
Xiang Yang nodded. He was not worried that the two little Steller's sea eagles would freeze to death in Antarctica.
The Steller's sea eagle is a kind of bird of prey that can adapt to extreme cold and is not afraid of high temperatures. When they were in Antarctica, the extremely cold weather at most delayed the hatching of the two little Steller's sea eagles for a while.
After continuous feeding by the crew, the male Steller's sea eagle in the sky was obviously fatter than before. When flying in the sky, it was very powerful and looked extremely majestic.
"Let's speed up a bit. After we pass Qinglong Bend, we will drag a net and try our luck." Xiang Yang said.
Chen Qingsheng nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go talk to Old Xu right away."
At this time, Fang Youqun came over with a fishing rod in his hand, "Brother Yang, I'll go to the observation deck to keep watch."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, "This is our country's territorial waters, what are you doing on the observation deck?"
Ever since the lookout tower was built, the crew members on the ship have been very curious about that towering thing and want to play on it.
However, according to Xiang Yang, the lookout tower only needs someone to guard it when it is on the high seas. There is no need to go up there within one's own country's territorial waters.
Chen Qingsheng looked at Fang Youqun and revealed his little idea: "You want to go up to see the scenery and take a break while fishing."
Fang Youqun was not embarrassed after Chen Qingsheng revealed his thoughts. He smiled and said, "Isn't it okay now? I want to go up and take a few photos."
Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly. "Go ahead. You will have to go up there sooner or later when you take your shift. Maybe you can get used to it now. But let me make this clear. No matter whether our current situation is safe or not, once you are on the observation deck, you are absolutely not allowed to play with your phone or sleep. You must pay attention to the surroundings of the fishing boat at all times."
It's a matter of habit.
If Xiang Yang allowed these guys on the ship to go to the watchtower for the first time with a playful attitude, then when they really arrived at an area where pirates were frequent on the high seas, they would not observe their surroundings so seriously.
So either don’t go up to the observation tower, or make sure you pay full attention once you go up.
Seeing Xiang Yang's resignation, Fang Youqun quickly patted his chest and assured: "Brother Yang, don't worry. I will pay full attention when I get up there."
"Go ahead, and be careful." Xiang Yang waved his hand and said.
Soon, the fishing boat sailed away from Qinglong Bay.
Xiang Yang walked to the side of the boat and looked into the sea.
Xiang Yang saw that there were many sea fish swimming around in the sea water under the side of the ship. Unfortunately, Xiang Yang did not find any larger schools of fish. He looked down upon these scattered small sea fish.
Chen Qingsheng didn't know the secret. He said based on his own experience, "Captain, we have already left Qinglongwan. Other ships outside this sea area should not come here. There are no more than five fishing boats in our entire Qinglongwan that can reach this sea area."
"Plus, the water in this area is very clear, so there must be a lot of fish. Should we cast a net and give it a try?"
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, let's try casting a net and dragging the net forward."
The reason why Xiang Yang agreed with Chen Qingsheng's opinion was because Xiang Yang saw that although there were not many marine fish in this sea area, there was a kind of marine fish called bluefin tuna.
It’s not that mackerel is expensive.
In the market, fresh frozen mackerel usually costs only about 30 to 40 yuan per pound.
What Xiang Yang really values is that bluefin tuna is a migratory fish that swims in the middle and upper layers near the coast. It generally likes to swim in schools, and seeing one usually means there is a school of it.
In fact, the best time to catch mackerel is at night.
When bluefin fry, they often form groups with other species of mackerel or sardines of the herring family.
Like most marine fish, mackerel is phototactic and has the ability to move vertically.
During the day, bluefin tuna generally likes to hide and live in the bottom of the sea near the coast.
At night, they swim upwards to the water layer where they can prey on copepods, other pelagic crustaceans, small fish or squid.
Speaking of which, mackerel is a very strange fish.
In summer, mackerel likes to live in shallow water areas.
But once winter comes, bluefin tuna will live in groups in deeper waters and their activity will be reduced to the lowest level.
After the fishing net was cast, Xiang Yang's eyes never left the discovered bluefin tuna.
The mackerel probably didn't know that it was in great danger, for when the fishing net was dragged towards it, it was swimming leisurely with its mouth downward and tail upward, and its tiny mouth was constantly searching for something in the mud on the seabed.
Soon, the bluefin tuna was caught in the fishing net.
At the same time, a smile appeared on Xiang Yang's face.
Sure enough, Xiang Yang guessed correctly, bluefin tuna is indeed a kind of gregarious marine fish.