Chapter 523: A pod of dolphins surrounds and hunts a shark

They felt that the weather was cold and the cargo from the trawling was pitifully small, and the longline fishing was probably about the same.

As Ye Yaodong drove the boat to the spot where they had set the longline fishing gear, he was also pondering whether to make a few sticky nets like last year to catch bottom-dwelling fish, so that they could at least catch more turbot, sole, toadfish, and other bottom-dwelling fish.

It was just that he had to borrow the rolling wheels from his father's friend again, and he felt a bit embarrassed.

It wouldn't have mattered once or twice, but he had borrowed them for a long time the first time. He had originally wanted to return them early, but Lin Shu kept saying there was no rush.

As a result, because there was no rush, and because of his procrastination, they were left on the boat for several months before being returned.

He had originally wanted to spend some money to buy them, but Lin Shu wouldn't sell, saying he wasn't in urgent need of money and that he might be able to use them occasionally, so he had to give up.

There was no need to go and buy a new one, and he didn't plan to keep using sticky nets, so he could only put it aside for now.

At worst, they would drag a few more nets in the next two days to see the situation. If the cargo was still small, they would just use manpower. Anyway, it wasn't like they hadn't used manpower to haul nets and put in effort before. In the early days, they all relied on manpower, and most of the village now also relied on manpower to haul nets.

They drove the boat back to the vicinity of the sea area where they had set the longline fishing gear. This was also their old spot. They hadn't come to set nets here for more than two months, and no one had occupied this area yet.

Generally, families had familiar fishing spots and wouldn't run to someone else's "responsibility field." It was also safer to be in a familiar territory.

During the period after the Mid-Autumn Festival, they didn't set longline fishing gear, just tried trawling for a few days. Today was the first time they had set them after such a long interval.

The two of them arrived at the place after driving for about ten minutes and were preparing to start collecting the ropes. They happened to find a shark actually hunting nearby, and it was eating small fish one by one, enjoying itself immensely, and from time to time, the fish head would rush to the water surface to chase.

Seeing the fish head exposing half of its body on the water surface, the father and son realized it was a shark and withdrew their gaze.

Its size was estimated to be over 2 meters. It was so big that it would be very strenuous to get it up. Besides the fins, the meat wasn't valuable, and the father and son didn't want to go to the trouble.

"If only this were some other valuable fish."

"Stop thinking about it, hurry up and collect the row hooks, and go back early."

"Mm."

Ye Yaodong stretched, checked the time, rolled up his sleeves, and was just about to get to work when he noticed rolling waves on the water surface not far away, as if a wave of fish was galloping under the water.

Huh?

He rested his hands on the edge of the boat, leaned forward to look, and felt the water waves getting closer and bigger.

Seeing him motionless and only looking forward, Ye Fu also looked in the direction of his gaze and was suddenly surprised, his eyes widening a little.

"Eh? Those splashes? Is a big fish swimming over?"

"Could it be a shark pod?"

"Uh..."

"Hey, that's not right, those mouths are dolphins."

After swimming closer, they also saw the dorsal fins and fish heads exposed on the water surface and identified them as dolphins.

A pod of dolphins could actually restrain sharks.

Ye Yaodong looked at the shark that was happily hunting there. It was estimated that the goal of this pod of dolphins should be that big shark, intending to bully the few with the many, surround it, and have a full meal.

The shark was completely unaware that behind it, a pod of hungry dolphins was slowly swimming on the sea surface, gradually approaching.

"Are these dolphins preparing to go and bite the shark together?"

"Probably."

This shark was quite large in size and looked exceptionally fierce. Its rows of teeth looked very sharp, as if it could tear a dolphin apart in one bite. It was unknown whether these dolphins could take it down?

In the human impression, dolphins have always been very gentle marine creatures, especially those living in aquariums, which can not only perform but are also friendly to humans and can happily kiss and play with humans. However, these wild ones are different.

At this time, they seemed to have slowed down their speed again, as if they intended to attack when unprepared.

After swimming a little closer, the father and son heard a loud dolphin sound. At the same time, the pod of dolphins also instantly accelerated and charged over, each using their exceptionally stiff long mouths to fiercely ram the shark's abdomen.

And the shark was attacked once, looking as if it really wanted to fight back, but its body was not as flexible as the dolphins, and it couldn't even touch the dolphins before being avoided first.

The battle was triggered just like that. The dolphins directly surrounded the shark in the middle, taking turns to attack using wheel tactics, and specifically attacked the shark's abdomen.

The dolphins' speed was far faster than the shark's, and their flexibility was exceptionally strong. It was very difficult for the shark to bite the dolphins, while it was particularly easy for the dolphins to attack the shark.

Moreover, dolphins also use sonic attacks. Their dolphin sounds will cause all fish in the surrounding area to lose their composure, have very low judgment, and lose their original combat effectiveness. Small fish have even worse endurance.

As rapid dolphin sounds came from the sea surface from time to time, the battle quickly entered a white-hot stage. Occasionally, a little blood would appear on the water surface, but it was diluted by the seawater in just a few seconds.

Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu also watched with wide eyes, because with the increasingly frequent dolphin sounds from the dolphin pod, besides blood occasionally staining the water surface, many small fish also floated up, including small yellow croakers, Huangmeiding, and most of all, mackerel.

It seemed that what the shark was hunting just now was also mackerel. Should these fish that were accidentally injured by the sonic attack be considered an unexpected joy for them?

"Hand net, hand net..."

Ye Yaodong couldn't wait for his father to bring the hand net over. He first picked up the stick at his feet, which had a sharp bent hook tied to the top. He directly reached out toward the fish that were turning their bellies up in front, hooked one, and lifted it onto the boat.

"Mackerel of about seven or eight liang."

The back was blue-black, and the abdomen was white with a bit of yellow. They like to swim in pods.

Ye Fu came over with two hand nets and also saw the fish hooked on his hand. "The size is okay. It's just right to take the opportunity to catch some small fish to subsidize the pitifully small fish cargo today."

"It's just too scattered, I only caught four or five after scooping."

"They will be concentrated after the seawater ripples and impacts them later..."

The father and son were attracted by the fish stunned by the sonic attack on the sea surface, and didn't pay much attention to the fierce battle over there, not noticing that the shark couldn't hold on for long and died with hatred.

It wasn't until the dolphins happily carried the shark to the surface and whistled wildly again, as if telling the fishing boat over here about their victory, that they noticed the battle had ended.

The dolphin's powerful weapon is its beak. If it strikes at high speed, it will cause the shark's internal organs, which have special bone quality, to rupture and die.

Their current behavior, in Ye Yaodong's view, seemed like a little cat catching a mouse and bringing it to its owner to claim credit.

"Good, very good, that's it, call out louder!" He even reached out his palm upward, signaling them to continue...

Ye Fu watched with black lines all over his head...

"Stop messing around, hurry up and scoop up these fish that have been washed and concentrated by the water flow. We can scoop up one or two baskets."

"Got it, I heard that dolphins can help fishermen drive fish pods."

"Are you dreaming? Hurry up and drive the boat to approach those fish that are turning their bellies up. Don't think about this and that. After scooping up these fish, collect the row hooks, and then go straight back. It's a pity that they didn't end up both injured, otherwise we could have gotten a few dolphins back."

Regarding this, Ye Yaodong only wanted to say that he wasn't as cruel as the Japanese. Dolphins were still quite soft, cute, and adorable. In this era, marine resources were abundant, and dolphins were still quite common on the sea surface. He had seen them many times, and every time he looked at them, he felt they were very spiritual.

After these dolphins showed off their trophies, they dragged the shark back into the sea, sank, and shared the food.

"I heard it, maybe it's possible? I heard that they often surround and intercept fish pods, and there are fish to catch behind them."

"Drive your boat first, scoop up these fish, collect the longline fishing gear, and then you can think about this and that."

"Forget it if you don't believe me."

Actually, he was just hearing things, and hadn't experimented with it.

Because the battle between the dolphins and the shark was short-lived, the shark was fighting alone and was no match for that pod of dolphins at all. The battle ended hastily, the dolphins also stopped the sonic waves, and the fish floating on the sea surface were limited.

He drove the boat close to that wave of fish pods and scooped them up with Ye Fu for a few nets, and it was finished. Two baskets were full, with all kinds of fish, basically all small fish not exceeding 1 jin. The big ones weren't stunned by the sonic waves.

"There are only a few small yellow croakers, mostly mackerel. This fish is cheap. These two baskets are estimated to only be worth a few yuan."

"Mm, about the same, at least it can subsidize the fuel money."

"You look at it and pick it, I'll collect the longline fishing gear."

Ye Yaodong said while collecting the buoys, and his peripheral vision kept paying attention to the sea surface from time to time, wanting to see if those dolphins would surface again?

But he only saw ripples rippling in the water from time to time, and didn't see their figures surfacing, so he had to focus on his hands. After the buoys were pulled down, he collected the floats again.

It was just that when he pulled the main line of the row hooks, the nearby branch lines were also pulled up along with the main line carrying fish. Four or five branch lines on the top were hung with mackerel and small yellow croakers.

"There are so many mackerel here today? Even the hooks are hooked."

"There should be a fish pod passing through here, right? Then there should be quite a lot of mackerel hanging on the hooks underneath."

"Trawling has no cargo, longline fishing has cargo. This is God closing a door for you, but leaving you a window. I'll collect it and see. If the quantity is large, it should also be considerable."

It was just that when Ye Yaodong had collected more than ten hooks, he felt like he hadn't seen an empty hook today?

He puzzledly pulled the whole main line upward with force, only to see mackerel hanging full on every hook on the branch line, the whole thing as dense as a curtain.

"Holy crap? The longline fishing gear placed here encountered a mackerel pod? Rare!"

Ye Fu also looked in surprise at the whole main line that was pulled up. Although he could only see more than ten meters and the rest were still in the water, the whole row of hooks pulled up had no empty hooks.

"First time catching a fish pod." ===== CHAPTER 524 =====