Chapter 187

The boat was floating on the sea surface at this time, moving slowly along the water flow, rising and falling, all relying on the waves to sway.

Ye Yaodong went to the basin where his father chopped small fish just now and casually took a small piece of fish meat to hang on the fishing hook.

Ye Fu didn't believe him a little, "What can you catch with this?"

"Father, you underestimate me. Look at me, I'll catch you a big fish in a while."

Ye Fu looked at him with disgust, "You dare to hang such a big bait with this broken fishing rod? If a bigger fish comes up, a little tossing can break your bamboo pole."

"Uh... then I'll change the bait. The fish caught by small shrimp should be smaller."

A while ago, he caught a 20-jin croaker, and the fishing rod bent until it was about to break.

When he makes money, he will also change his equipment. The fishing rod used by those rich second generations on the yacht last time seemed quite good. They could catch big fish of several dozen jin. He was really greedy.

"Father, don't dislike it. I have caught many fish with this fishing rod. I will catch one for you to see now."

Ye Fu pursed his lips and ignored him. He found an empty space and planned to lie down and squint for a while.

Ye Yaodong didn't care either. Believe it or not, he fished his own.

After hanging the bait, he threw the hook into the sea, lowered the brim of his hat, and waited patiently. As a result, before a minute had passed, the fishing rod moved.

He lifted the hook without surprise or accident. This was completely within his expectation, but what was unexpected was that what he caught was not a fish, but a soft silk squid!

It was actually a soft silk squid!

Soft silk squid is a kind between cuttlefish and squid. It can also be called soft squid or soft-winged squid. The tail end of the soft silk squid's torso is round, and the meat is transparent and shiny. It grows in shallow reefs, has an oval shape, and tastes crispier than squid. The production of soft silk squid in the Wanwan Strait is relatively scarce, and the price is high.

The difference between it and cuttlefish is that it has no hard bones.

By the way, cuttlefish is also called inkfish, squid...

Cuttlefish has a large calcareous inner shell in its body, while the body of the squid is relatively flat and very wide.

There are several types of squid. The most common one is the teppanyaki squid lying on the iron plate, covered with pepper and chili powder, which is all over the street.

There is also the lock tube squid. It has large and small body sizes. The upper and middle parts of the torso show a round and fat body shape. Their local fishermen call the smaller ones (under 12 cm) "small tubes". It is the juvenile form of the lock tube squid.

The author loves to eat small tubes! Loves to eat soft silk squid!

Small tubes are the most abundant in summer!

Slurp slurp~

Slurp~

There is also the transparent squid, the real lock tube squid, also known as the sword-tip squid. The adult transparent squid has a slender body, a pointed tail end of the torso, and longer fins.

"Father, look what I caught?"

Ye Fu took off the hat covering his face and turned to look, "Squid? Hand-fished squid?"

"No, it's soft silk squid!"

"Oh?"

Ye Fu became interested instantly. He got up and went to take a look. Ye Yaodong simply brought the other end of the fishing rod to his father, but he didn't expect that this soft silk squid sprayed a big mouthful of water directly on his father's face.

"Hmm?"

Ye Fu frowned and wiped the water stains off his face, "Fortunately, it's not an inkfish."

"Hahaha, if this were an inkfish, it would spray ink all over your face."

"It's okay, this one weighs half a jin. Since you caught a soft silk squid, then continue to use small shrimp to fish."

Ye Fu said while taking the soft silk squid off his fishing hook. After thinking about it, he simply fetched a bucket of seawater and put this one in to raise it. Living is always better than dead.

Ye Yaodong saw the soft silk squid swinging in the water bucket, and a wolf-like light shone in his eyes. He could keep one to blanch in the evening! There is no reason why he couldn't eat what he caught himself. This tastes better than squid, crisp and tender.

He made persistent efforts and hung up the shrimp again, but he didn't know what he associated it with, so he took the shrimp off again.

"What are you doing?"

"Try using fish meat as bait? If it doesn't work, then change it."

He wanted to see what could be caught with fish chunks in this sea area. If it wasn't ideal, he would continue to use small shrimp to fish for soft silk squid. Anyway, it wouldn't be a loss.

"You just caught a soft silk squid, so just use small shrimp to fish for that properly. Why toss around?"

"Trying it won't be a loss."

After hanging the bait and throwing the rod, Ye Fu didn't lie down to sleep this time. He watched him fish from the side with ease, curious about what else could be caught.

At first, Ye Fu didn't believe he could catch good things. Once he really saw him catch something, how could he be willing to lie down and sleep? And he also wanted to know what could be caught with fish meat?

Which man can refuse the charm of fishing?

This time the waiting time was long. After waiting for 5-6 minutes, under Ye Fu's suspicion, the fishing rod moved again. Ye Yaodong tried to pull it, but the fishing rod was pulled in the opposite direction, and the waves in the water splashed.

"Damn, Father, this fish is very big, very heavy, I can't pull it up, and it keeps pulling the fishing rod and wants to escape."

"Let me see, let me see..." Ye Fu excitedly stepped forward, wanting to help pull the fishing rod together.

They saw the bamboo pole bent at 75 degrees, barely pulling the fish to the water surface, revealing a fish head, while the fish body was still struggling and slapping the water surface desperately.

"Yellowtail kingfish!"

"Yellowtail kingfish!"

The father and son shouted the name of the fish in surprise and unison!

This is known as the beef of the ocean. At this time, this kind of fish is still very niche. Many fishermen have not heard of it. Those who have heard of it are knowledgeable. Ye Fu is of course knowledgeable.

This fish can be used to make sashimi. Countries like Japan and South Korea regard it as a treasure. Although its taste is not as good as tuna, it is not bad.

The most important thing is that this fish is big and valuable!

The father and son looked at the big fish in the sea with glowing eyes. Visually, it was over 1.2 meters.

"Quick, quick, use force to pull it up..."

"God... this is too heavy, the fishing rod is bent severely, Father, wait... wait before using force..."

Ye Fu was pulling the bamboo pole desperately, but Ye Yaodong wanted to relax his strength, wanting to retract the bamboo pole first before pulling the fishing line to pull it.

"Wait, Father, retract the bamboo pole first..."

"Snap..."

But it was too late. With Ye Fu's exertion, the fishing rod snapped into two sections with a snap...

"Damn... it broke!"

The yellowtail kingfish on the sea surface rolled, and the half-section of the bamboo pole being pulled directly dived into the sea.

Ye Yaodong was furious and knocked on the side of the boat with the half-section of the bamboo pole, "Fuck fuck fuck~ it actually broke, let it run away~"

Ye Fu touched his nose in embarrassment. It was his fault!

Hearing what the third son said about wanting to relax his strength, it broke before he could...

"Damn, is it really affected by that mola mola? Unlucky!"

Ye Yaodong was depressed. The big fish that was almost in his hands ran away. He was so angry. It was still because the equipment was not up to standard.

"Hehe~ I'll fix you a rod when we go back tonight, and we'll try again tomorrow." Ye Fu was rarely short of breath and said with a smirk.

"Didn't you not believe that I could catch good things?"

"It's true that you can't catch good things. Look, didn't you break the fishing rod?"

Looking at Ye Yaodong's depressed expression, Ye Fu hurriedly continued, "Hehe, it's not that either. The soft silk squid caught just now was quite good. Look at you, I told you to use small shrimp to fish for soft silk squid, but you didn't listen, and you had to use fish chunks to try fishing. Look, isn't this stealing a chicken only to lose the rice? You lost the fishing rod, and now you can't fish even if you want to..."

The more Ye Fu said, the more righteous he became, as if it was all his fault for not listening to the elders!

Ye Yaodong didn't care whether his father was reversing the blame. He was really depressed. If he had known, he would have just used small shrimp to fish for soft silk squid. He tossed around and lost the fishing rod. Now there is nothing to fish.

Soft silk squid is also very good!

Sigh~

"Forget it, forget it, there's no way if it runs away, let's come and fish again tomorrow."

Now he couldn't do anything. His only entertainment was stripped away. He sat directly on the bed, looked at the lonely soft silk squid in the bucket, and regretted it.

It's so annoying.

Ye Fu didn't dare to make a sound with a guilty conscience.

After waiting for a while, he said: "Is it time to collect the lines?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, and after relaxing, his depressed mood passed.

Ye Fu drove the boat towards the position of the float in the distance. After arriving at the destination, he stopped the boat and let Ye Yaodong collect the lines.

He also walked up together. He hadn't tried longline fishing and didn't know how the harvest was, and how it compared to trawling?

Ye Yaodong pulled up the float, pulled up the sinker rope that had been thrown down, and then began to collect the lines.

"Huh? Yellowtail kingfish? Damn, a big one ran away, and a small one came."

Ye Fu looked at the struggling figure that had just emerged on the water surface, and was overjoyed, "Not bad, this one looks quite big, estimated to be half a meter long, and it's also 20-something jin. It can be sold for a lot of money."

Yellowtail kingfish lives in the warm-temperate mid-to-upper sea area of the ocean. This one can barely comfort him.

This fish was struggling desperately in the water. The fish caught by longline fishing all had good vitality. Except for the eels that would strangle themselves to death, other fish were all jumping around.

The branch line is particularly thin, and it is not very easy to pull big fish. At this time, tools are needed.

"Father, go and get the hand-held net, it's in the cabin. It's not easy to pull this, don't let it run away again."

Ye Fu hurriedly went to the cabin to get it, and then gestured in his hand, "Your handle is a bit short. I'll make a long one for you when we go back tonight."

Ye Yaodong watched Ye Fu struggling to fish with his body there. It was indeed a bit short. It was used on the small boat before.

The short-handled hook made was also short. He had to make a long one when he got home; otherwise, it would be difficult to hook the fish.

After Ye Fu caught the yellowtail kingfish with the hand-held net, Ye Yaodong was also relieved. Now he was not afraid of it running away.

Compared with the one just caught, the body size shrank by more than half, and the weight was even more incomparable, but it was still okay, it was a good fish!

It's better than the top, but worse than the bottom!

After the yellowtail kingfish was caught, it was still wagging its tail and shaking its body there. Ye Yaodong couldn't care about continuing to collect the lines. After taking off the fishing hook, he took its gills and bled it.

If you don't return to the shore immediately after catching such a large fish, you must bleed it as soon as possible to keep it fresh.

"You go and collect your lines, I'll do the bleeding, just leave it to me here."

"That's fine."

Having someone to help is indeed easier; otherwise, he would be in a hurry and couldn't be busy alone. Setting the hooks is a big problem.

Handing the small knife to his father, he continued to collect the lines. What is worth being happy about is that the second hook caught a soft silk squid. The size was bigger than the one caught, not a jin but eight taels, and the vitality was also very sufficient.

When removing the hook, he also sprayed a face of water like Ye Fu, and threw it into the bucket, splashing water all over the floor.

"What is it? Throwing it like this?"

"Soft silk squid, I have a premonition that there won't be few soft silk squids today."

Many marine creatures move in groups, and it is very easy to catch the same variety one after another.

Look, another one came up. The soft silk squid looks very transparent and has a high appearance value.

He continued to collect the lines. This feeling is like opening a blind box, with special anticipation.

Pulling one end of the fishing line, you can know whether there are goods, whether it is big goods or small fish.