Chapter 186

The next morning, he was going to sea to test the waters. Before going to sleep, Ye Yaodong checked several baskets of fishing lines. The damaged ones had been repaired very well. Each hook was neatly hung on the edge of the bamboo basket, and the fishing lines were coiled properly. Only after confirming there were no problems did he go to sleep.

The next day, at nine in the morning, the fishing boat was pushed into the water with the joint efforts of everyone. Immediately after, firecrackers crackled on the pier, setting off one string after another. Both Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu had joyful faces.

Buying a boat is no less important to fishermen than building a house. The villagers around the pier came forward one after another to congratulate them and kept praising Ye Yaodong with kind words...

Ye Fu also felt honored, his whole face glowing. Which family's son can afford a 17-meter boat at a young age? Isn't it all because he followed his father's footsteps?

Ye Mu helped Lin Xiuqing carry a load of sugar cakes to the pier, distributing one to each of the friends who set off the firecrackers, and every relative and friend who sent firecrackers also had a share.

Ye Mu helped handle the matters on the shore, and Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu set sail directly after setting off the firecrackers.

Although it was late to go to sea, the time was a bit tight, but it didn't matter. Today was just to test the waters, first to find a suitable fishing ground to set the hooks.

Ye Fu watched Ye Yaodong drive the boat the whole time, and by the way, took the small fish Ye Yaodong left yesterday to chop them up and hang them on the fishing hooks as bait. His experience was already rich enough; what needed to be tempered was Ye Yaodong. Driving the boat more could also improve his sense of direction.

For 1,000 fishing hooks, ten baskets were placed on the boat. Baiting these was also a time-consuming task. Fortunately, he had people organize the fishing lines, which saved a lot of trouble.

By the time Ye Yaodong drove the boat to the target fishing ground, his father hadn't even finished baiting. He was afraid that the number of small shrimp was limited and not enough for bait, so he also prepared a lot of small fish to use as bait.

A basin of small fish was chopped to pieces. Ye Fu quickly used the fishing hooks to pierce through them, and Ye Yaodong also helped.

After they were almost hung, he let his father slow down the boat, about the same speed as trawling.

While the boat was moving, they lowered the fishing hooks one by one, then tied the float ropes and sinker ropes. After throwing the baskets of gang hooks into the sea, they also had to put a stone at the last end of the gang hooks, and then throw the last float down. This float was for positioning.

Longline fishing is divided into floating longline and bottom longline.

The floats used for longline fishing are wooden spherical or long rod-shaped.

The amount of floats used should be determined according to the purpose of fishing.

For example, when fishing for bottom-dwelling fish, the fishing gear must be completely submerged to the bottom of the water, so there is no need to use floats, just use the hook string as an identification mark.

When fishing for mid-layer fish, the floats must ensure that the fishing gear can be suspended in the middle layer of the water.

When fishing for upper-layer fish, more floats are needed.

He had always been fishing for bottom-dwelling fish along the coast. Now that he had come to the near-sea area, he wanted to try what could be caught with mid-layer longline fishing.

Experience is accumulated from constant attempts.

After everything was finished, he washed his hands with fresh water, stood up, and looked at the sea surface.

Yet at this moment, he suddenly saw a huge fish floating on the sea surface in the distance.

He shouted loudly to his father: "Father!"

Ye Fu turned his head to look at him, not knowing why.

Ye Yaodong pointed his finger in the direction of the big fish, "Look over there, let's drive the boat over to take a look. That floating object seems to be a fish."

Ye Fu looked in the direction his finger was pointing and also saw the white big fish floating on the sea surface in the distance to the east. Thinking that the ropes had already been set, he was idle anyway, so it would be good to go and take a look.

As a result, as soon as the father and son approached, they were shocked.

"Yu Guo?!"

"Mola mola!"

The former "Yu Guo" was said by Ye Fu, and "Mola mola" was said by Ye Yaodong.

Minnan dialect calls the mola mola "Yu Guo".

"Damn, why is it so big?"

Ye Fu's heart jumped. This fish is inauspicious. Fortunately, they didn't catch it, just saw it. That's fine.

Ye Yaodong curiously leaned on the side of the boat and observed carefully, "Father, this one is very big, it should be over two meters. I estimate it should weigh more than a ton."

"Hmm, it should be. Stay away from it, this fish is inauspicious."

Their fishermen all rely on the sea for a living and have many taboos. They wouldn't even eat mola mola. For them, catching a mola mola represents bad luck. As long as they catch one, they must release it to ensure safety.

If you don't believe in evil and don't release it, but use it for food, you will encounter evil at any time and may very well lose your life. Of course, some places believe it, while others don't believe in evil.

People in Wanwan like to eat mola mola very much. Because the skin is thick, the bones are many, and the meat is little, they mainly eat its intestines. The famous dish "Stir-fried Dragon Intestines" is based on the intestines of the mola mola.

Their local villagers believe in evil very much. No matter how expensive or valuable it is, they won't catch it. The first thing to do when catching a mola mola is to release it. To put it bluntly, it's superstition.

Going out to sea itself is for safety.

There are also fishermen in some places who are more wicked. They cut off the fins of the mola mola and then release it back into the water, because they think the mola mola has no value to speak of, it's just a pure waste of their bait, and it's a hateful thief.

These mola mola with their fins cut off completely lose the ability to swim in the water and can only die slowly.

The mola mola as a whole looks like a flat oval, the body is very short, and the sides are very fat and thick. The tail fin has degenerated, and there are only dorsal and anal fins, which are very developed.

Looking from a distance, the mola mola seems to have only a big head and a very small tail, so in some places, the mola mola is also called the head fish.

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The name mola mola is actually the name used in Wanwan, because fishermen often see them lying on their sides on the sea surface sunbathing, just like a car that has overturned.

But the color and appearance of the mola mola are not very good-looking. If you have to correspond to a car model among cars, then this car might be a garbage truck.

At this time, it should be lying on the sea surface sunbathing. It especially likes sunbathing, so it is also called sunfish abroad.

It is also called moonfish, because the mola mola can secrete a special substance that can cure diseases and heal wounds for other creatures on the seabed. It can be said that it is a "seabed doctor".

Many fish often surround it, including some small fish that can glow. These fish swim together with the mola mola, and looking through the water surface, it looks like a glowing moon.

The father and son both felt that encountering this kind of fish was very unlucky. Although it is very large, looks very rare, and can be sold for money, it cannot change the fact that it is a mola mola.

Neither of them intended to touch it. It is not easy for this fish to grow so big.

They planned to drive the boat and leave this sea surface directly to avoid this mola mola, but they saw a sea lion suddenly emerge from the sea again. This time, the two stopped their actions again.

They saw the sea lion, which looked small compared to the mola mola, but was extremely fierce, directly biting the fin of the mola mola and gnawing and swallowing it. The mola mola, however, was stupidly neither fighting back nor running away, letting the sea lion gnaw on it motionless.

Suddenly, two more sea lions emerged from the sea surface, gnawing together. The mola mola still didn't move at all. The father and son were anxious for it just by watching.

"This idiot! No wonder it's called the head of the three idiots of sea, land, and air."

Ye Fu looked at him, not knowing why, "What head of the three idiots of sea, land, and air?"

"You don't understand, it's useless to tell you."

Ye Fu glared at him. Is this the attitude to talk to his father?

"Hey hey hey, look look, that that that..."

Ye Fu's attention was immediately diverted again.

They saw a white figure being thrown up from the sea surface not far away, the water ripples rippling and rolling, and white figures were thrown out of the sea surface one after another, like flying saucers.

The father and son also saw clearly that those mola mola thrown into the air like flying saucers were all mola mola, and the seabirds flying in the sky also saw the opportunity and swooped down to peck and eat, gathering more and more.

A large group of sea lions in the distance threw those small mola mola into mid-air, and after teasing them, they kept attacking the 2-meter-long mola mola in front of them.

This mola mola was gnawed by them like a big pancake, still not knowing how to resist, and not knowing how to run away, just watching itself being slowly bitten and swallowed by the sea lions, becoming their buffet.

The intelligence of the mola mola is too low. It may not have realized that it was going to die. After all, it has a big body of about two meters, but its brain is only 6g heavy.

It is also a famous stupid big guy.

Immediately after, the group of sea lions dragged it into the depths of the sea while gnawing. It may be that this one is too big, so it is not convenient to throw it into the air, so it dragged it into the sea.

Generally, sea lions will throw the mola mola they have eaten enough of into the air, letting the seagulls have a full meal, just like what the father and son saw just now, several "flying saucers" flew up in the sky.

The waves on the sea surface gradually became smaller, and the sea lions also dived into the sea. Ye Yaodong still felt it was a pity. If this were another fish, he would definitely find a way to drag it up.

It is not easy for this fish to grow so big. I heard that it will take several decades to grow to such a size, and it was stupidly killed without moving.

"It's a bit unlucky. The first day the boat was driven out, we encountered a mola mola." Ye Fu is still more superstitious, feeling quite uncomfortable in his heart.

"We didn't catch it up? What's unlucky? It's my first time seeing such a big mola mola. It's a pity. If it changed its name, I would go down and drag it up even if I had to."

Ye Fu gave him a fierce look, "What nonsense are you talking about? What we seek when going out to sea is safety. When people hear its name, everyone wishes to hide far away."

"That's why I said it would be good if it changed its name."

"Don't ponder on things that don't exist all day long..."

Ye Yaodong shrugged. His father is just so boring, even thinking about it is not allowed!

"Dongzi, these gang hooks need at least an hour or two to be collected after being put into the sea. The time in the middle is too delayed. When you go back, ask your mother to help weave a net. During the idle time in the middle, you can also trawl in the surrounding sea area. Or get some crab cages, shrimp cages, and catch them together, the efficiency will be a bit higher."

Ye Yaodong also felt the same. The shortcoming of longline fishing is like this. The time in the middle is too idle, unlike trawling, which requires driving the boat at sea all the time.

Seeing that he didn't talk back, Ye Mu didn't nag anymore. She killed all the sea centipedes in the basin and went back first.

"Okay, I will find time to buy materials when I go back and ask Mother to help weave one. It's not easy to go to other places to get nets temporarily. I will go find Azheng tonight when I go back and borrow the hand-throwing net he has on hand first, and use it for a few days."

"You decide."

Ye Yaodong used to set gang hooks along the coast and could still go to Azheng's place to hang out and chat, occasionally fishing a few rods. At this moment, he could only fish a few rods to pass the time.

Yesterday he moved everything from the small boat to the big boat, and the simple fishing rod was also there.

Ye Fu saw him take out that simple fishing rod, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He really wanted to say, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit...

He's already out at sea, and he's still thinking about playing!

Ye Yaodong: I'm wronged~

Although this broken fishing rod of mine is simple, it can also catch fish and make money!

Some people can fish with only fishing lines and fishing hooks.