Chapter 195

Ye Fu sailed the boat in the direction the sardines were swimming, planning to follow it. With a compass in hand, he was also an excellent helmsman when he was young, not afraid of getting lost at sea.

Moreover, the number of fishing boats on the sea surface at this time was getting more and more, all attracted by sardines, and all were fishing desperately.

Ye Fu just sailed past an iron-hulled trawler, clearly seeing several large deep-sea fish piled on that boat, as well as a boat full of sardines, all caught by taking advantage of the sardine storm.

He was envious, "If I had known, I would have told your mother to weave nets in advance. Trawling is so effortless, the range is wide, and it catches more."

"Without a net-lifting machine, small boat trawling also requires manual pulling, dragging the net from the tail slide to the deck. If the cargo is too heavy and there are few people, they can't pull it up."

"That's still more effortless than a cast net. You cast 6 or 7 nets and didn't catch any big fish."

"No way, can't know in advance. If I had known, I would have told Mom to weave nets earlier, and the light at night was not good."

He was also greedy for the big fish on other boats. Just now he saw a bluefin tuna on a boat.

"The sky is bright and the light is good. After putting down longline fishing, we've rested enough. Let's aim for two big fish."

Ye Fu couldn't wait to not rest, turn continuously, but there was no strength in his hands. Now he could only watch.

After dawn, the boats on the sea gathered more and more, all attracted by the overwhelming seabirds, and the exclamations were one after another.

Passing several fishing boats that were reeling in nets, one could hear their joyful discussion, guessing what big fish this net was again.

The fishing boats on the sea today are really going to get rich.

Ye Fu looked at the sardine storm on the sea surface, both happy and regretful, "Don't know if your eldest brother and second brother are in this sea area, if they have a chance to encounter it. If they didn't encounter it, it would be too regrettable. This is completely money falling from the sky for you to pick up at will."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "Who knows, the sea is so big, so vast, who knows where they went to trawl. Hope they can catch up."

"The boats are getting more and more, one by one today is going to be full of money."

Looking at the cargo on other people's boats, then looking at the cargo on his own boat, Ye Fu didn't feel it was much anymore, just felt it was caught too little, heartache to death, five features were crumpled, and there was no joy when the cargo was first hauled up.

Ye Yaodong also felt it was a pity not to catch big goods like tuna and mahi-mahi, but thinking about it, he was already lucky enough. Fortunately, he borrowed a fishing net to prepare, otherwise he would have to spit blood and die.

"Eh? A-Guang's boat."

Ye Yaodong looked into the distance while putting down hooks, and a familiar iron-hulled boat appeared in his field of vision.

Ye Fu also saw it, but he was putting down longline fishing, so it wasn't convenient to approach the fishing boat over there. Those over there were all trawling. If not careful, their hooks would easily get entangled.

Ye Yaodong specifically didn't put down floats this time, letting all the hooks sink to the seabed, performing bottom longline fishing, to avoid being hooked and entangled by the trawlers on the sea surface.

Those fishing nets were now working on the surface, specifically catching sardines and big fish hunting inside.

An hour later, the longlines were all put down. After throwing the float, he didn't care anymore. Longline fishing is just so effortless.

Looking at the sardines that were continuous on the sea surface, he picked up the cast net again with high spirits.

If you can't be tired to death, continue to work!

After resting for more than an hour, he recovered some strength. He let his father sail the boat closer to the school of fish. Fortunately, there was no wind today, and the waves were all brought by big fish.

He aimed at a mahi-mahi hunting not far away. Since its color was bright and eye-catching, he started with it.

Ye Yaodong cast the net toward it, and very smoothly covered it inside.

"Hit!"

Ye Fu was instantly full of joy, and hurriedly went to help drag.

The mahi-mahi was eating happily when it was interrupted, and it struggled and wagged its tail violently in the fishing net. The father and son dragged and reeled in more laboriously than sardines, not daring to loosen it at all.

Mahi-mahi, also known as dolphin fish, is the beauty of the ocean. Its color is green, so some people say: "This fish looks like a fake fish."

It is also particularly greedy, often chasing and hunting flying fish and sardine-like surface fish, sometimes jumping out of the sea surface to hunt, and is a companion fish of tuna and swordfish.

In fact, ocean fish are diverse, with different forms. Even fishermen living by the sea cannot recognize all the fish nearby. Because of its bright colors, the recognition of mahi-mahi is still very high.

Its body is elongated and laterally flattened, the front part is high and large, and it gradually becomes thin toward the back. The head is large, the back is very narrow, and the back of the male's head is square and raised. The fish face is steep like a ghost head, which is also the source of their "ghost head knife" nickname.

At the same time, it also has a nickname of "underwater fox." Like a fox on land, it lies down and pretends to be dead in times of danger.

At this time, it was a bit pretending to be dead, struggled for a while and then didn't move, which facilitated them to pull it up.

After untying the fishing net, the fish was jumping around in the pile of sardines again. Its body size was too large compared to sardines, and it was just on the top when reeling in the net. A net of sardines couldn't crush it to death.

Having a beautiful big fish, Ye Fu was also happy. If there is one, there will be two. There is still plenty of time today. If you can't die, continue to work!

He excitedly used the long-handled landing net he made yesterday to dial that mahi-mahi to the front from the pile of sardines. After such a toss, it was also breathing more and exhaling less.

As its life gradually passed, the gorgeous colors of the fish body would soon fade, and finally only a dim piece of gray-white would remain.

Ye Fu held it directly in his hand. This was the first time he had caught this kind of fish. He said happily: "It's one meter long, over 20 jin."

"Catch a few more!"

"You go bleed it, let me cast a net!" Ye Fu put down the mahi-mahi that was still opening its mouth continuously, and excitedly went to take the cast net to try.

Ye Yaodong also let him go, let him enjoy it!

He picked up the mahi-mahi on the deck that had no beautiful colors, patted it, stood on tiptoe and went to get a knife. At this time, sardines were scattered everywhere on the deck, and there was almost no place to step, except for a small open space in front of the cabin.

Used too much strength in his hand. At this time, holding the knife actually started to shake. He estimated that he would have difficulty even eating when he went back at night.

He shook his hand, laboriously cut the white membrane between the gill silk and the gill cover, cut the artery, let the blood flow to the gill part, and lifted the pectoral fin, cutting out a short and shallow cross-section under the pectoral fin, which could cut off another main blood vessel of the sea fish.

Also cut a mouth at the small fin part of the fish tail, ensuring that the final accumulation of blood could be handled, and then threw it aside to bleed slowly.

"Dongzi, hurry up and help!"

Hearing his father calling him to help urgently, he hurriedly stepped forward to help pull, "Is it a bomb fish? You didn't catch a mahi-mahi?"

"Didn't see any around. Those over there are too far away. There are more and more boats on the sea surface now. We don't run around, to avoid not being able to occupy a good position. Just catch whatever is nearby."

There are indeed more and more. At dawn, the boats on the sea surface could be counted with ten fingers. As the sardines move forward, the number of boats attracted will only increase.

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"This bomb fish is also not bad, bigger than mahi-mahi. Although the price can't compare, the weight is there. Dad, you are really good at catching."

Ye Fu was very happy. For fishermen, nothing is more happy than catching valuable big fish.

"Hurry up and use some strength, pull it up hard, there are quite a lot of sardines in this net."

Needless to say, he also knew to use strength, but this net was heavier than the previous few nets.

The father and son used all their strength to pull this net up, and threw these fish on the deck at will, piling them up.

The quantity was really too large, and they could only throw them on the deck casually without sticking to small details.

Ye Yaodong pulled out the tuna alone, knowing his father was in high spirits, he took the initiative to bleed, letting the old man catch enough.

Like mahi-mahi, first cut the artery, then cut the pectoral fin, and finally cut a knife at the small fin part of the fish tail. After finishing, throw it aside, let it be a difficult brother with mahi-mahi, and bleed together.

"Dongzi, Dongzi..."

His father needed him to help there again...

At this time, with the flow of seawater, their boat gradually got closer to A-Guang's. When A-Guang and his father were reeling in the net, they also saw the father and son reeling in the net laboriously there.

"Dongzi, Dongzi."

Hearing the sound, Ye Yaodong raised his head. Originally, his hand shook because of excessive force. At this time, he shifted his attention, and the big fish struggling in the net almost loosened his grip. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and grabbed it again.

This time, it was still a bomb fish. Since this fish was closest to their boat, Ye Fu could only catch the nearest one. Fortunately, there was a pelican in the net, and Ye Fu netted it very accurately.

After pulling this net up with extreme effort, Ye Yaodong let out a long sigh of relief, "Tired to death."

He swung his arms and looked at the boat of A-Guang not far away. He saw that they had also pulled this net up. Although he only took a hurried look, he also saw a mahi-mahi inside. That color was eye-catching, and he saw it at a glance.

Don't know how many big goods A-Guang caught, he shouted to that guy: "Caught a few big goods?"

A-Guang smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Many."

The two boats were a bit far apart, so it wasn't convenient to talk. The two greeted each other and went to work on their own.

Ye Fu also felt his arms aching, planned to rest again, and eat a meal before continuing. Physical work consumes energy very quickly. The morning hadn't passed yet, and he was hungry.

Ye Yaodong also felt that physical work makes one hungry quickly, but he wasn't in a hurry. The fish had to be bled first.

By the way, put the first mahi-mahi that had almost finished bleeding into the plastic big box with ice cubes.

Big fish of course have the treatment of big fish. The luxury single room must be there. This was what he specifically prepared. The yellowfin tuna didn't enjoy it a few days ago, and it was neglected.

Ye Yaodong held the lunch box, his hand shook so much from exhaustion that the lunch box almost fell onto the deck. Fortunately, he caught it quickly, otherwise he would have to drink the northwest wind or lick the deck.