Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 580 Less than two tons
Qin Dahe was treated to all-around service, with one person holding the camera and another helping him hook the fish.

Mr. Li's fish came first, a 145-pound tuna.

It's hard to imagine that a strong man weighing over 200 pounds would need to put in so much effort to catch it.

After being hooked, it took two people to pull them up.

Cheers erupted from the crowd. Although someone had just caught a fish weighing over 150 pounds, it couldn't compare to this one, which was caught by hand.

His hands were trembling after he finished fishing; he was exhausted.

He lit a cigarette while grumbling, and his colleague started helping him install the electric winch.

One of these behemoths is enough to drive you crazy; having another one would be fatal.

The reason Qin Dahe's tuna catches are a little slower is because the drag is a bit softer, making it slower to reel in the fish, and the fish may not necessarily be bigger than others.

The fisherman had to hook the fish several times before he could get it firmly in place. He didn't dare to loosen his grip on the reel either, and together with the fisherman's hook, they pulled the fish up.

"Not bad, this one is 1.5 meters long." Boss Li nodded, this scoundrel has something.

Whether it's reeling in or letting out the line, there's a method to it all. Even the strongest, most clueless fish are likely to get away with it.

"Haha, let's take a picture." First, I took a picture of him alone with the fish, and then I took another picture after weighing him.

Weighing 147 pounds, it's considered a large-sized gold-plated gun.

The guy quickly carried the fish into the icy seawater and made several cuts on its body.

Then they brought some ice from the warehouse to cool it down.

If you don't process the fish you catch properly and just cut them up, even if the fish weighs over 100 pounds, you can only make fish balls with it.

If we try to salvage the situation now, at least we can eat the large belly part. The fish fillets will probably taste much worse after the acid is removed.

A little while later, Qin Dahe managed to lower the bait into the electric winch, but he was too weak to stand up.

Sitting on the fishing box, panting heavily, I lit a cigarette and took a deep, satisfying drag, feeling refreshed.

Fishing in the sea is so damn fun! I caught a 147-pound fish that almost sent me flying.

If it weren't for the ship's gunwale, it wouldn't have been able to stop it at all.

Even a 200-pound grass carp can't compare to the explosive power of a tuna; thankfully, the fishing line was quite long.

Although they didn't use loudspeakers, the two show-offs were still quite satisfied.

There were already many tuna in the several ice transport boxes on the foredeck, the smallest weighing thirty or forty pounds and the largest weighing one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds, all caught by everyone in the past three hours.

Before he could even finish his cigarette, the fishing rod on the electric reel arrived. Qin Dahe glanced at it with his cigarette still in his mouth, and seeing that the drag wouldn't budge, he simply pressed the reel button.

That's so easy! The fishing rod bent without any problem.

After finishing his cigarette, he went to drink a glass of water, and the fish were also pulled down by the waiter and tagged.

The meat, weighing over 60 kilograms, was preserved in relatively good condition because it struggled for only a short time.

Today, almost none of the fish weighing less than 40 jin (20 kg) were tagged, and nobody cared about these worthless fish.

Unless it's a bluefin tuna, other tuna such as bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna will only be used for canning if they become too small after seven days.

Skipjack tuna, a sub-brand of the tuna family, is even cheaper.

Once the workers are free, these garbage fish will be sent directly to the mixer to be made into bricks or chopped into fish chunks.

Unfortunately, the fish stopped biting around 2:30 PM because the tuna got away.

Even with continuous fishing, the fish were still disturbed; they're not stupid.

Boss Li went to the captain's cabin, cursing and swearing, to check the direction of the fish migration. A little while later, the loudspeaker blared.

"Everyone, pack up your lines and set sail. We'll head to Shenhu Ansha later. If we can't catch any fish, we can fish in the Shenhu Sea."

Since most of the work was done with electric winches, everyone wasn't actually tired. After reeling in the line, they all went to the stern to drink soda and chat.

The crew started processing the catch, and Qin Dahe took a picture. In four hours, they caught about 3,700 jin (approximately 1,550 kg), less than two tons.

The target catches for second-class tuna are at least tens of tons, so what they catch has little impact on the fish population.

If it were a large enclosure net, it could catch everything in one fell swoop; tens of tons of goods would be worth at least several million.

There's no fishing right now, so we can only hope that Boss Li can catch up with the fish.

Tuna bites come in bursts and they don't gather in one place to wait for people to catch them, unless it's in some special sea areas.

For example, shoals, which are habitats for fish, or places where ocean currents intersect.

The fishing boat was fishing ten nautical miles east of Yitong Reef, specifically for the tuna school. Now that the school has gone, they're going to chase after it.

The speed is definitely not fast enough. Tuna swim extremely fast. It takes more than two hours for a fishing boat to get to Shenhu, but they can get there in less than an hour.

"No wonder he runs a fishing tackle company, Xiao Qin is really something."

"They have good skills; they can control the rhythm of casting and reeling in the line."

"Yes."

Qin Dahe was secretly pleased after hearing this, "Electric winches are no fun, manual winches are much more satisfying."

He took a deep drag on his cigarette and calmly accepted everyone's praise.

To handle a 147-pound tuna without any help is truly impressive.

Even though his shoulder blades are starting to ache now, it doesn't stop him from bragging.

"Oh dear, I'm not heavy enough," Guo Shao sighed.

He just tried fishing by hand, and he almost flew out of the water.

If his friend hadn't stopped him, it's not impossible that he would have directly attacked the nest. Even so, he lost a 20,000 yuan set, resulting in a heavy loss.

"Haha, Xiao Guo, next time get a rope to tie yourself to." At this moment, Boss Li walked over with a smile.

Unless there are specific matters to attend to, the chief engineer usually steers the ship for him; he's quite free.

The burly figure sat on a recliner, picked up a cigar, cut it, lit it with a match, and exuded an air of sophistication.

"Tuna are not easy to catch in captivity. I can't control any that weigh over 200 pounds."

"Boss Li, what's the biggest fish you've ever seen caught by hand-fishing?" Qin Dahe asked curiously.

"Four years ago in New Zealand, a 420-pound bluefin tuna was caught by a guy with a hook on it."

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately shocked. Four hundred and twenty pounds, that pulling force must be incredible!
“My older brother fished here. Even with his weight of 270 pounds, he couldn’t hold the rod down. He could only catch one more person.”

"Damn, the fishing rod didn't break?"

"A few hairs pop out, a solid glass pole, it can be carried by a shoulder pole."

"Brilliant."

This is truly amazing; even Qin Dahe was impressed.

That tuna almost killed him. He estimated that if it weighed more than 170 pounds, he would need someone to help him.

Sea fish are naturally strong, and tuna is among the best.

This is a disadvantage due to weight, and has nothing to do with skill. If a simple-minded person were to fish, they would definitely do much better.

While he was bragging, the waiter came over and called Boss Li to the captain's cabin, saying that they had found a school of tuna.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this; the repairs were almost done, and it was time to get to work.

Boss Li nodded, took a cigar, and headed to the captain's cabin.

(End of this chapter)