Chapter 161: Fish school

Currently, there is no yacht production in the country, and there are no relevant laws and regulations. Now this yacht sailing on the sea is equivalent to driving casually.

According to what he knows, after 20 years, there will be a specific division for this kind of leisure ship.

The lowest should be a class 5 ship, the distance from the shore cannot exceed 5 nautical miles, and its minimum design wave height is 0.5 meters.

The wave difference on the boat is large, the height is uneven, the wave height can be understood as the wave height you observe, usually 1.6 times the average wave height.

Then class 4 ships cannot run more than 10 nautical miles from the shore, class 3 ships cannot run more than 20 nautical miles from the shore, class 2 ships cannot exceed 200 nautical miles, and the highest level class 1 ship can exceed 200 nautical miles. Only such ships can go to the deep sea to fish.

Every time when approaching the shore on the sea before, I would see many fishing boats fishing dozens of nautical miles from the shore. He was also curious and searched for relevant content about fishing boats and understood it.

But now in this era, they are fearless, no relevant laws and regulations, sail casually, sail as far as you want.

Many fish gather in the sea fishing wells, sea trenches, faults, mostly more than 60 or 70 nautical miles from the shore. He estimated that these people definitely won't run so far to take risks, at most fish in the near sea, play a bit.

Sure enough, he estimated that after sailing for about an hour or so, about 30 nautical miles out, the yacht gradually slowed down and stopped.

He estimated in his heart, this distance is about 10 nautical miles further than the points they used to drag nets before. After all, from the pier in their village to Hairun pier, it is 15 nautical miles. In the past, they also sailed about 35 nautical miles out to start dragging nets.

At this time, the sky was completely dark. After the boat stopped sailing, Ye Yaodong saw them excitedly open the packaging, take out fishing rods one by one, and discuss starting to work there.

Some look brand new, estimated can't wait for people to send them over, hurriedly bought them temporarily.

He was not far away, and saw the brand of the fishing rod at a glance, Dija fishing rod, produced in Taiwan, sold in large Taiwan goods stores.

"Tsk tsk tsk—such a good fishing rod, we still use bamboo poles to fish." A-Zheng whispered there.

"Blame you for not knowing how to reincarnate."

"No need to compare, let's just see the world, and have wages to take, how good, equivalent to someone spending money to invite us out to increase knowledge, hahaha."

The three discussed there, but Ye Yaodong walked closer a bit. Anyway, just said don't affect them, didn't say can't look closer. Hong Wenle also told them to be casual when getting on the boat.

Seeing them shake the spinning wheel not very skillfully, trying it out, they were shouting there, "Start, start."

"Always heard that sea fishing is fun, I'll try it too."

"Fish bait?"

"Here here, the shrimp bought seem to have some dead."

"Only shrimp? Let's fish with live ones."

These people are not professional, all are rookies. The fish bait seems to be only the simplest small live shrimp prepared by Wang Maoquan for them.

After all, "big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat soil mud" is a food chain principle. Sea fish not only eat small fish, but also especially like to eat shrimp.

Small shrimp are considered better bait for sea fishing.

At this moment, a young man hurriedly grabbed a shrimp and hung it up casually, the hook was exposed, looking at his face, he was directly black.

People who don't understand at all, actually dare to come sea fishing?

Seeing a young man, directly intended to throw the hook, he hurriedly reminded, "This comrade, your fish bait is hung wrong..."

"Ah? Hung wrong."

Others also have those who know a little, reminded him, "Fish hook don't expose, otherwise where will fish come to eat your bait."

Ye Yaodong also said by the way, "You can try to avoid the head position of the shrimp head, hang it on the position of the shrimp gun. This hanging method, the shrimp is not easy to be thrown off when throwing bait, and the activity is maintained for a long time, and the swimming posture is relatively natural, I tried it."

"Where is the shrimp gun?"

Ye Yaodong:...

"The front of the shrimp head is pointed, the part like a gun is the shrimp gun." He said while going up to help him hang a fish bait.

"Oh—understood, many thanks!"

Others whose hanging methods were wrong also took them down and learned from him, re-hanging them.

Ye Yaodong temporarily entered the interior and didn't walk away, naturally standing on the side, watching at close range.

The other three saw it, and also secretly followed, standing quietly on the side to watch.

That young man took the well-hung fishing rod, hesitated, and threw the hook towards the distance, about five or six meters away.

As a result, before ten seconds, he felt the pulling force on the fish hook, and the fish was hooked.

"Coming, coming."

Those young people were instantly excited and lay on the railing looking at it.

"So fast?"

"Hurry up and pull it up to see what fish it is?"

Ye Yaodong felt the pulling force transmitted from the fish hook, happily turned the hand rocker slowly, and waited for the fish to automatically unload force, then quickly took the line.

At this time, the fish on the fish hook was also exposed on the water surface, and everyone saw its true face.

"Holy crap, it's a yellow-standing pomfret!" Ye Yaodong was surprised. This fish is definitely five jin.

Those young people instantly cheered along.

"Opening red, okay."

"Hurry up and pull it up, this fish looks quite big."

Ye Yaodong happily kept taking the line, Xiao Xiao simply took the long-handled hand net on the side, helped him scoop the fish up, and then put it on the deck.

Those young people immediately surrounded it, one of whom grabbed the fish and compared it with his palm. "Bigger than my face, this must be a few jin, right?"

"Obviously bigger than your butt, okay?"

"Hahahaha—"

"Should be five jin, right?"

Ye Yaodong finished the task and put the sea rod aside, returning it to that young man.

Didn't expect that young man to say with a smile: "This fish was caught by you, it's yours, take it."

"Ah?"

Hong Wenle smiled and said: "Indeed, there are buckets on the boat, you can take one casually to hold it."

"Good, then many thanks."

Ye Yaodong happily took the fish, A-Zheng saw the opportunity and quickly took a bucket to hold it for him, and said enviously, "Okay Dongzi, got a fish for nothing!"

Fatty also said enviously: "Such a big yellow-standing pomfret, one jin is two yuan."

Xiao Xiao also said: "This one is estimated to be five jin."

"Didn't work in vain!"

He weighed the fish in the bucket and put the bucket in the corner, and paid attention to those people again.

Those young people directly threw the hook towards the sea surface after the young man who helped hang the bait threw it first, and others didn't want to be behind, standing in a row and throwing it one after another.

As a result, before 30 seconds, the young man beside him shouted and took the line frantically, "Hit, hit!"

Everyone looked over in surprise...

"Ah, it's just black sea bream!" The young man's voice was slightly disappointed.

Ye Yaodong said: "This season, black sea bream is full of white oil and very fat, the size is also large, this one of yours is two or three jin, not small."

Hong Wenle also smiled and said: "Yes, Zhiming, you are the first to catch it, we haven't moved yet..."

Didn't expect that the words just fell, his fishing rod also moved. He couldn't care about talking, immediately turned the spinning wheel to take the line, but found that this fish seemed a bit big, he had to keep releasing or taking the line to buffer the fish's resistance.

"Ah, it's red sweet fish..."

His friends shouted excitedly first.

Ye Yaodong also looked at it in surprise. It is a Du's amberjack. Some people call it red sweet fish. In fact, its scientific name is called Zhanghong fish.

This Du's amberjack is not big, it is only half a meter long, but compared to other fish, it is already super big.

Hong Wenle happily kept playing with the fish, until the fish had no strength, then took the line. He had fished before, had some experience, and was better than others.

"Ah, so big, this one is half a meter long, right?"

Everyone looked at the red sweet fish still hanging on the fish hook in surprise.

"Ah, mine also moved moved..."

"Mine too..."

Others couldn't care about looking at Hong Wenle's red sweet fish, and all transferred their attention to their own fishing rods.

Hong Wenle happily took the fish down and threw it on the deck.

Compared to that black sea bream, this red sweet fish was three or four times bigger.

For sea fishing, fish are more willing to bite the hook at night, because fish rely on vision to find food, and at the same time rely on smell. Although it is night, the fish's skill in finding bait is no worse than during the day.

And the change of tide seriously affects the activities of marine fish. Most near-sea fish will make short-distance migration with the rise and fall of the tide.

Swim to the shallow beach by the shore to forage when the tide rises, and swim back to the deep water area when the tide falls.

Rising tide is the best time for sea fishing, followed by falling tide. Fish are least willing to bite the hook during flat tide and stop tide.

Today is the first day of the lunar month, the tide level is at its lowest at 12 o'clock at night. It is only past 7 o'clock now, still in the rising tide state.

Hong Wenle looked at others taking the line, and was not in a hurry to put bait, wanting to see what fish others caught?

Ye Yaodong looked at the red sweet fish on the deck, just wanted to remind him, but heard them shouting excitedly there.

"Ah ah, coming coming..."

Just at this moment, everyone suddenly heard the sound of "ge ge", a bit like a pig grunting.

"Ah... it's yellow chicken fish..."

"Mine is too..."

"Damn, mine is too."

They went up the rod one after another, and they were all stunned when they saw it was all yellow chicken fish.

"Why are they all yellow chicken fish?"

Hong Wenle laughed there. "Maybe just happened to have a school of yellow chicken fish passing by? So you are all yellow chicken fish?"

"Too possible..."

"Could it be that the sound just now was made by yellow chicken fish?"

Ye Yaodong was itchy, couldn't help but popularize it for them. "Yellow chicken fish is a bit special, it can use the teeth in

They reeled in their lines one after another, and upon seeing they were all yellow chicken fish, they were all a bit stunned.

"Why are they all yellow chicken fish?"

Hong Wenle laughed there, "Maybe a school of yellow chicken fish just happened to pass by? That's why you all got yellow chicken fish?"

"That's very possible..."

"Could the sound just now have been made by the yellow chicken fish?"

Ye Yaodong's heart was itching, and he couldn't help but popularize some knowledge for them, "Yellow chicken fish are a bit special. They can use the teeth in their throats to make a sound similar to a pig's grunt, and then use their swim bladders to amplify it, which is why you heard their 'cluck' sound when you reeled them ashore."

"Ah, is that so? That really is special."

"It is indeed special. Although the yellow chicken fish isn't large, only 1-2 jin, the impact it brings after being hooked is not generally large. The hand feel is very satisfying, making me think I had hooked a big fish."

"Me too, I also thought I had hooked a big fish just now..."

"You're still the lucky one, catching a half-meter-long red amberjack first," said the young man named Zhi Ming who lent the fishing rod to Ye Yaodong. "You guys are all better than me, mine was just a black bream. Come again, come again, I also want to catch a big fish."

"Maybe it's still all a school of yellow chicken fish down there, haha."

"That's fine too, anyway we have plenty of time since we just came out."

Seeing them joking around while throwing the yellowtail kingfish into the bucket just like that, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but remind them, "Are you guys planning to just throw this fish into the bucket and leave it?"

He had wanted to ask when he saw him throw it directly onto the deck just now.

"Ah? Otherwise what?"

He said with a wry smile, "Mr. Hong, as long as the fish in this sea weighs a certain amount, the first thing to do after removing the hook is to bleed it. You can't just throw it there."

"Ah? Bleed it???"

These young people don't know anything, yet they want to learn sea fishing from others?

"Sea fish swim fast and have strong athletic ability. As the fish struggles continuously after being caught, the accumulation of lactic acid in the fish meat will become more and more serious. At best, the sour taste in the meat will increase, and at worst, the fish meat will change color significantly. Once the blood vessels are pierced by the fish hook, blood will seep into the muscles, forming bruises, which will greatly affect the color and taste of the fish meat."

"And as lactic acid accumulates, the fish meat will be 'burned' or damaged. The more damaged the fish meat, the lower the value of the fish."

"So bleeding is to let the fish die quickly and maintain the freshness of the meat to the greatest extent."

Hong Wenle listened in a daze. He had fished before, but only when he was bored and fishing on the pier. He had never caught such a big fish; he had always only been responsible for eating.

Others also listened in a daze, but they understood that this fish must be bled to maximize freshness.

"Thank you. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't said it. I don't know how to bleed it either. Can you help me bleed it?"

"Okay."

Anyway, since he was idle, he might as well help to the end!

The method of bleeding is very simple: use scissors or lure pliers to pull out part of the fish gills, or cut the connection between the fish gills and the body directly, and put it in a water bucket to let the blood flow out before burying it in ice cubes for preservation.

If the fish is larger, you can also add a cut to the tail to speed up the bleeding, but it's not necessary for this one.

There is a small kitchen counter on the yacht with everything. Ye Yaodong just took a pair of scissors and processed it, then threw it into the bucket to let it bleed slowly.

Those young people watched him process it with great interest, and were glad they found someone who knew his stuff, otherwise the things would have been wasted.

After bleeding, they started casting their lines again.

Ah Zheng watched Ye Yaodong washing his hands and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Don't know anything, yet still come fishing..."

"Shh..."

With the experience of the first time being hooked, this time, they were much calmer when the fish were hooked, but they didn't expect that this time everyone hooked yellow chicken fish!

Listening to the discussion of those people, Fatty couldn't help but poke his head out, "It really is a school of yellow chicken fish down there!"

Ah Zheng nodded, "Definitely."

Xiao Xiao, however, felt a bit regretful, "Sigh, if only we had brought a fishing net? We could have caught them all in one go, then we would have gotten rich. How slow it is to fish one by one."

Ye Yaodong looked at the pitch-black water surface. Affected by the night vision, he couldn't see anything. Even if a school of fish passed by, he couldn't see clearly, unless they stirred up waves or flipped out of the water while hunting.

"Who doesn't think so? But the point is, they came out to sea for sea fishing, and what they enjoy is the fun of catching fish during the sea fishing process."

"When can we also come out at night to fish? There seem to be so many fish at night, and they look very easy to catch."

"Then it would be better to come out for night fishing, maybe the efficiency would be higher."

Unfortunately, when they went out to sea at night in the past, by the time the boat reached the destination, the sky was already dawning, so they had never really done night fishing.

"Each has its own fun..."

Just as they were chatting and muttering, Ye Yaodong suddenly discovered a large area of golden light under the sea surface in the distance, and it was constantly moving.

"Holy crap, it's a school of large yellow croakers!

!"

His exclamation directly attracted the attention of the three people who were chatting, as well as the young people who were fishing. Everyone looked into the distance, and instantly, exclamations rose one after another.