Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 581 Big Red

This time, the tuna school is different; it's become a first-level punctuation mark.

"I guess the fish have been diverted; these fish are really unpredictable," Boss Li announced grumbling, signaling everyone to get ready to fish.

The area ahead is where traditional ocean currents converge, and there are abundant fishery resources, so it will definitely stay there.

Qin Dahe rubbed his shoulders, picked up his heavy surf rod, and prepared to continue his manual fishing.

My body will definitely be swollen after tonight, so I might as well enjoy myself a couple more times now and then use the electric winch later.

He found the electric winch he used now really clumsy. Although he had never used one in his previous life, he always felt it was lacking.

With the reel in and out, plus the drag provided by the wheel, you only need to use different gears when reeling in.

Fishing by hand is a completely unenjoyable experience; it's much more enjoyable.

Before long, the boat arrived at its destination.

The water is over 300 meters deep, and the fish are located at depths ranging from 170 to 250 meters. However, there are also large fish of irregular shapes at depths of 100 to 170 meters. It is up to them to decide how to cast the line.

Qin Dahe thought for a moment and used the golden threadfin bream he had caught yesterday to fish at a depth of 150 meters.

The tuna pull is quite strong; if I catch another big one, I might not be able to get it up myself.

However, you can remember these ocean current coordinates, make a few more trips to accumulate experience, and charter a boat to come here next year.

Ah Wei is planning to start a fishing boat business, so I'll support his business when the time comes.

Having an underwater fish finder is so great! You cast the rod down, pull it back and forth a little higher, and a fish will bite right away.

With a sudden jolt, the 30 kilograms of drag on the reel were slightly reduced, and he immediately began to pull the line wildly, preparing to make a successful catch. The rod tip was even bent under the pressure.

The line broke after only two rotations.

hiss!
The fishing rod hit the end of his head, and he quickly squatted down to rub his head.

"Are you alright?" The waiter came over to check on him. "Mr. Qin, would you like some safflower oil?"

"It's okay, I'll rest for a bit." Ouch, that hurts.

My scalp was red from being hit; there was a crisp "bang" sound.

Heavy surf rods are also very heavy; a single blow from one can be quite severe.

"Don't push too hard. The explosive power is very strong when you first start to release the pressure. Wait a while." Boss Li looked at him with amusement.

"know."

Having fished for so long, he must know this principle; he just wanted to show off.

Damn it, the big fish weighing over 100 pounds didn't break the line, but this small one did. Who can I complain to?

But that's just how fishing is. I rubbed my head and quickly tied on the leader line; there was no time to waste right now.

I asked the guy to get a 3-kilogram sinker. The line was too thick, and with the strong current here, it was easy for it to drift away and get tangled with other people if I wasn't fishing on the bottom.

There were just two fish with knotted fishing lines.

When I cast my line again, someone caught a fish. The fish here are quite diverse; there are not only tuna, but Jin Ya just caught a black ribbonfish, which was quite large.

Qin Dahe didn't know the specific variety either; the waiter said he'd fry it up and eat it that night.

I put a frozen little fish back down, and after three minutes I tried to catch it again. Seeing that it wasn't very strong, I started turning the wheel again.

The drag of modern reels is actually sufficient. Under normal circumstances, if the drag can't pull the line, the fishing line can definitely withstand it.

Before long, they brought up a "big bream".

"Fighting pomfret?"

The waiter nodded and picked up the walkie-talkie: "Congratulations to Mr. Qin in position number five for catching a pomfret weighing about five pounds."

"Haha, this one's worth so much!" He happily handed the fish to the waiter.

"Dahe, let's have something to eat tonight."

"Okay, no need to make the clips, it's on me." "Mr. Qin is so generous."

Today's catch was all tuna, and they were quite large. They need at least two days to acclimate before they're ready to eat, and we're running out of fresh fish for dinner.

Qin Dahe didn't care about the two thousand yuan. As long as everyone had a good fishing atmosphere, it didn't matter if they ate something. Yesterday, someone else had contributed a grouper worth several thousand yuan.

Not long after, someone else caught a trumpet-shaped fish, which was also added to their dinner that evening.

I ate mostly steamed buns for lunch, and only had some canned food during my break. I'll have to have a good meal tonight.

Tuna has a low unit price, but once it reaches a certain weight, it becomes the main source of revenue, so you won't lose too much money.

Finding a bluefin tuna is where the real money is; any fish weighing over 100 pounds can easily fetch over 10,000 yuan.

Yellowfin tuna are cheap; even if you catch a fish weighing over 140 pounds, the price per pound will not exceed 50 pounds.

I cast the line again three minutes later and caught another fish, this time a big one, weighing at least 70 or 80 pounds.

"Awesome, haha." He held the fishing rod with great enthusiasm, and even had time to light a cigarette to show off.

The main advantage is that with a fishing belt and the gunwale, you don't need to pay special attention to the line when you're casting.

"Damn, what a show-off." Hua Ge scoffed when he saw it.

"Why don't you try manual fishing?" Ah Long said with a laugh. "That position is fun too, like taking a dump."

His posture was rather unseemly; the fishing rod was tucked into his belt around his stomach, and Qin Dahe had to squat down as hard as if he were taking a dump to light a cigarette.

"Damn, a fishing rod and reel set costs over 20,000 yuan. I'll save it for fishing for small fish." Hua Ge said with a wry smile.

In this type of fishing spot, manual fishing is a bit risky, so using a fly fishing rod is quite common.

It's not impossible for a fish weighing three or four hundred pounds to be caught like that; it would be almost impossible to catch one manually.

Moreover, not everyone is very wealthy; it might take a month of saving up to afford a suitable set of equipment.

The main issue is the expensive reel. If you don't care about the weight of a heavy surf rod, you can buy a decent one for around a thousand yuan.

After a 30-minute standoff, another large truck arrived at Qin Dahe's side.

It looks like a very ordinary fish, but there is a yellow stripe that starts from the back of the middle of the upper jaw, goes all the way past the eye to the tail, and this yellow stripe is a bit strange.

It weighed around 100 pounds, which really startled him, but then he remembered that he had just been comparing his strength with a tuna, and he felt relieved.

"Congratulations to Mr. Qin in position number five for catching another octopus weighing around 100 pounds."

"Damn it, even Zhang Hong is up here?" Boss Li couldn't sit still any longer and turned to take a look.

"Damn, this one should be worth at least 20,000, right?"

"Not only that, but sashimi is ridiculously expensive, and the portions are huge."

Qin Dahe was dumbfounded. This ordinary-looking fish was so expensive?
"How do you eat this fish?" It's so expensive, it must be delicious.

"Sashimi, this is the best way to eat it."

"Never mind then." He shook his head, turned around and shouted, "Is anyone eating Zhang Hong tonight? I'll cut off a piece."

As a result, everyone said they wouldn't eat sashimi on the ship.

There are still five days and five nights left. It would be ridiculous to get sick from eating raw fish. We'd have to call a speedboat to take people back to port.

The fishing boat still has a mission to complete, so it can't return at this time.

Besides, Qin Dahe has already contributed a pomfret, so it's not reasonable to keep catching fish.

It was already five o'clock, and with the excitement of catching the red octopus, everyone prepared to continue fishing, and indeed, the catch below was plentiful.

Not only tuna, but also various other rare fish, it's simply amazing.

　I forgot because I went out to eat, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)