Chapter 1581: Large red squid

"This is a big sea bass caught by the boss, Chen Shi has to eat two more bowls at night."

"Hahaha, then I earned it."

"Earned it for you, eat more."

Ye Yaodong also smiled and said: "Eight or nine jin is enough for everyone to eat, put more ginger, it has been raining for these few days, don't know when it will rain."

"Looking at the sky, it is dark, there is no sign of clearing up."

"Then while it's not dead, I'll kill it first..."

"Taking advantage of changing shifts, I'll also hook and try..."

If it weren't for Chen Shi's foot being bitten by an eel, everyone would have taken the bamboo pole with a hook to try.

At this time, they started to try eagerly.

Ye Yaodong only exhorted them to be careful, after all, the ship was still driving slowly, not just stopping there, plus there were waves, swaying.

Not long after, exclamations were continuous, accompanied by a few sentences of surprise scolding.

These people are unhappy and scold a few dirty words, and those who are happy also have to say two dirty words.

This is a fixed modal particle.

Some people hooked a mackerel of more than ten jin, some people hooked red sea bream, and some people hooked croaker of several jin. There are more empty poles, and everyone is taking turns. After all, the bamboo pole with a hook is not one for everyone.

Everyone just tried it casually, and when it was time to cast the net, they stopped immediately. The fishing net hundreds of meters long piled up on the deck, and they had to start doing business.

The dim sky, the sound of rain, almost made people forget the time, but the work that should be done still had to be done.

Ye Yaodong commanded everyone to release the fishing net. After the net was released, it was already dark. It was not even 6 o'clock. In normal times, it would be close to 7 o'clock before the sky was dark in this month.

Woke up from sleep and didn't eat, busy until now, he was also hungry to the chest and back.

After releasing the net, everyone hurriedly went to eat, and those who should rest rest, and those who should change shifts change shifts.

Ye Yaodong drank two big bowls of sea bass soup, the empty stomach was immediately filled, and he was satisfied.

The milky white soup was thick and fragrant, and a little wolfberry was sprinkled, floating in the fish soup, looking appetizing, the fish meat was tender and melted in the mouth, with a little spicy ginger, and the stomach was warm after drinking.

Fresh and tender, it also retained the taste of the sea bass itself. It is a pity that there is no radish.

In winter, push some radish shreds into it to cook fish soup, which is more delicious and nourishing.

Full and satisfied, he felt comfortable all over, and when he went to the wheelhouse to change shifts, he was still holding an enamel mug in one hand and picking his teeth with a toothpick in the other.

Looking very relaxed, as if not on a fishing boat, but at home, the weather outside is not so bad, but sunny.

As soon as he sat down, he took a sip of the strong tea just brewed in the enamel mug.

"Ha~"

If it weren't for floating on the sea, everyone would have to praise him for a good life and a comfortable life.

After Ye Yaodong put down the cup, he began to focus on work.

The rain at night seemed to have converged a bit, and the weather forecast at night also played that there would be heavy rain to moderate rain tomorrow. Don't know if this is heavy rain or moderate rain, compared to last night, it is moderate rain.

In his opinion, last night should be considered a rainstorm, not just heavy rain.

His eyes shifted back and forth between the display screen and the pitch-black sea surface, and one hand was still touching the enamel mug.

The radar ripples suddenly jumped violently, and the blue-green pixels gathered into a strange vortex shape.

This is not a failure, nor is it an illusion. The bottom of the ship is covered by some kind of glowing living thing, looking like jellyfish.

Those translucent jellyfish are like crushed moonlight, and the tentacles bring up tiny phosphorus fire when stretching with the ocean current.

It is a krill group, they are tempted by biological fluorescence, and are hiding under the umbrella of jellyfish.

And deeper shadows are gathering, slender arms sweep across the sonar range, and it is another large piece of squid group.

Not long after, the surroundings of the fishing boat and the bottom of the fishing boat were almost occupied by squid, because the surroundings of the fishing boat were considered a safe range, attracting many small fish and shrimp, and now they have become ready-made canteens for squid.

His net has already been released, and these squid can only be left to listen to it. They can only hide at the bottom of the fishing boat, and he has to chase the school of fish in front.

However, when he saw more and more squid gathering, he couldn't sit still.

He took a look, these squid are not small squid, but deep-sea large red squid, one can weigh seven or eight jin in hand, and the big one can weigh more than ten jin.

This thing is the raw material he uses to process squid silk. Such a large group, processed out, is a lot of money.

He thought about it, took the loudspeaker and went out to shout Old Xiao.

After calling someone over to replace him, he put on his hat and went out to the deck to take a look.

He turned on the flashlight in his hand. Although the orange light was not particularly bright, it was still the brightest beam of light in the dark night.

When shining casually towards the distant sea surface, he could also clearly see the garbage floating on the sea surface and some fish with their bellies turned up.

He shook the flashlight and shone everywhere, the rain falling on the light of the flashlight, but there was a kind of beautiful feeling.

Phew, sick, watched too much "Deep Love and Rain".

From far to near, he shone the flashlight to the surroundings of the fishing boat. With the movement of the light circle, things kept jumping in the water, which was much more obvious than the feeling of rain falling on the sea surface and boiling.

Ye Yaodong shone a circle, thought about it, still opened his mouth wide, held the flashlight in his mouth, and touched the cable of the fish-finding lamp, loosening it circle by circle.

With a "click" sound of the switch, the kilowatt xenon lamp suddenly lit up, and the dazzling white light split the pitch-black sea surface like a sharp sword.

At the moment the light penetrated the seawater, the water surface that was still boiling suddenly jumped like dumplings, and thousands of squid floated up from the water, jumping non-stop on the sea surface where the light shone.

The gray-white body is almost transparent under the strong light, those whiskers, should be called arms, bloom like death flowers.

The fishing boat is moving, the light circle is also moving, and these squid are also chasing the light circle and moving forward.

They chased the light source crazily, like being hypnotized, rushing to the side of the ship, and the "pa pa" sound of tentacles hitting the water surface connected into a piece.

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened, "Damn..."

"Someone is coming, come quickly..."

"Where did you die? Come and get some people..."

He shouted for people while knocking on the door, and this called people over.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Did something happen? But the fishing boat doesn't sway much?"

Ye Yaodong shouted at them, "Look at the water surface, come and help."

"Ah? I fuck..."

"I go? So many squid?"

"Is it to fish? Hurry up and take the hand net..."

He stared at them speechlessly, "Take a hair-line hand net, tired to death, how many jin can you fish in one net in your hand? Forty or fifty jin. If you want to fish a ton, how long do you have to fish?"

After speaking, he rolled his eyes, and then said: "Come and adjust the light for me, extend the light wave, attract the squid from the bottom of the ship to the stern first, and by the way, watch the situation on the sea surface, those who should be on duty should stay there, can't all shrink back."

Large red squid has strong phototaxis and is most sensitive to blue-green light. Can only try to adjust the wavelength of the fishing boat's fish-luring lamp to make it away from the bottom of the ship, so that it is convenient for fishing.

However, it is not guaranteed to be feasible, and he has to slightly change the heading or speed, use the water flow to bring the squid group away from the bottom of the ship, making it enter an area that is easier to fish.

This is even more reliable. Anyway, double-pronged approach, try more, otherwise it is a pity that so many large red squid at the bottom of the ship are wasted.

Everyone responded, honestly standing in the rain on the deck, staring at the sea surface and the light circle.

Ye Yaodong also went up to the cockpit.

Old Xiao excitedly said: "I said why you called me to watch, it turned out that you found that there were squid groups at the bottom of the ship, a large piece, dense, why did they all hide at the bottom of the ship."

"Yesterday was a piece of small squid, and then successively beaten up by waves, today it became a large group of large red squid, and they are not afraid of being beaten into slag by the propeller."

"What to do now? They are all hiding at the bottom of the ship, not easy to fish, do you have to wait for the waves to beat them up? But today's rain doesn't look so big, and the waves didn't hit as high as yesterday..."

"Fishing with a small net by yourself is also laborious, and you can't fish much. You still have to trawl, catch them all in one net, clean and save trouble..."

Old Xiao chattered for a while.

Ye Yaodong didn't answer, and after entering the cockpit, he began to control the fishing boat. Let him say, now he has to sail first.

Old Xiao reacted later, what he wanted to do, "Why adjust the direction?"

"Turn the direction and try, use the water flow to see if you can convert the squid at the bottom of the ship to the stern, lengthen the light wave at the bottom, and see if you can enter the trawling range." 【1

Lao Xiao's eyes lit up. "Brilliant! You really have a way. Can this actually work?"

"I'm just trying it out; I can't guarantee it'll work. Anyway, if it doesn't, there's no real loss. At most, it's just a lack of fate, and the next haul will be better."

Or he could wait until he gets back to make a few squid cages, specifically to drop along the sides and stern of the boat, and then direct the lights specifically toward those spots.

In any case, squid are phototactic, and light fishing has always been a thing; there are even specialized light fishing boats now.

"Right, there's no loss in trying. It's worth a shot. If we can get these squid to move to the stern and then sink a bit, that would be just perfect."

"Let's try it and see."

Lao Xiao looked at him with admiration. "Dongzi, how is your brain so sharp? You can think of anything and handle any situation."

"What's the big deal? Besides, this is just what I'm thinking; it's not certain it will work yet. You're already praising me."

"At least you can think of it, while others can't. After hearing it, I feel like this should work."

"Let's talk about it later."

While still working, Ye Yaodong focused a bit more. Turning this boat around isn't something you just do casually, especially with the fishing net dragging behind, and the radar and sonar still probing—everything needs to be kept in mind.

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