Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 603 New Types of Bait for Fishing
Everyone was happy to receive a tray of Antarctic shrimp. Qin Dahe specially granted a short leave and had two employees deliver the items to everyone's homes.

Because there was no refrigerator, Xiao Zhang only gave out 20 yuan, but at noon he cooked two shrimp bricks for everyone to try.

At this moment, Qin's father also returned. He picked up ten prepared shrimp bricks and hurried back on horseback.

I'll give some to everyone, and keep a few for myself. I haven't tasted deep-sea shrimp yet.

If it weren't for the distance, bringing this thing back from Antarctica and selling it for a couple hundred yuan a kilogram wouldn't be a problem.

Qin Dahe also took the two drivers up to the office to settle accounts, and Xiao Zhang followed with the receipts.

"Boss Qin, what kind of goods did you take back?"

"The bait and tackle box don't need to be kept cold. You guys can rest more on the way."

He sent 8,000 yuan, and the remaining 2,000 yuan was paid by the fishing tackle company in Shenzhen. The total shipping cost was 10,000 yuan, which was almost half the price of the entire shipment.

The main reason for the price increase is the large investment required for refrigerated trucks, coupled with the relatively high toll fees incurred along the route from Guangzhou to Anhui.

The fuel consumption is actually not high; I estimate that 1500 yuan worth of fuel will be enough for the round trip.

The two drivers were overjoyed to receive their money; they had made a good profit on this trip, with cargo on both the outbound and return journeys.

"Could we park the car at the factory, take a nap in it, and leave this afternoon?" Time is money; we can't afford to waste any more time.

"Okay, I'll take you to the grain warehouse to sleep. It's not comfortable in the car. We'll go out for lunch later."

Today's main task is to collect shrimp bricks. There's no need to go to the grain warehouse to get anything else, so the driver can get a good night's sleep.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Qin."

They went back to the car, grabbed their blankets, and went to sleep.

Qin Dahe's side also started getting busy.

After blanching the shrimp, they are directly sent into a drum to dry, a process that is much faster than frying soybean pulp.

Then grind it twice, and then stir-fry it again.

Antarctic krill looks incredibly beautiful after processing; the shrimp powder is all red. Because it's stir-fried quickly, it also has a unique fresh, fishy smell characteristic of sea shrimp.

This stuff can be used like dried shrimp; adding a little to soup will definitely enhance the flavor.

The price is also high. The cost is over 80 yuan per kilogram, but it is sold wholesale for 22 yuan per 100-gram pack. He doesn't care how much other agents sell it for.

Small packages won't be made in large quantities, and using them individually is already a luxury item, so they're definitely not suitable for mass consumption.

It's mainly used for commercial bait, mixed with grade 3 shrimp powder in a 50/50 ratio.

After making this, he started making new commercial bait himself, and made a large basin of it with 5% first-grade shrimp powder according to the original plan.

After thinking about it, I made a separate batch of special bait with 20% of the original ingredients to see how it would work.

After lunch and seeing the driver off, he excitedly took five underwater cameras from the car and went with his four apprentices to the river opposite the factory, which connects to the Yangtze River, where they were sure to catch fish.

However, large crucian carp are probably relatively rare; the main bottom-dwelling fish in large bodies of water are carp and bream.

After preparing the bait, he used a lure rod to place the cameras one by one, and then he started assembling the road slides himself.

It's been so many days since I last went fishing, but I can still have some fun today. Although it's too cold to catch silver carp and bighead carp, crucian carp and common carp are still no problem.

“Awu, Yazi, each of you watch one of the cameras. Remember to tell me if any fish get in.”

"Understood, boss." They looked at the "high-tech" device in their hands with great curiosity; it was truly advanced.

This time, we used commercial bait directly, with a large ball in each spot and a 30-meter distance between them to prevent them from interfering with each other.

As the red ball entered the water, it created a large splash. Qin Dahe went up to get a stool first. No matter how awesome the flavor is, it still takes a while to set the pot.

However, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, grass carp, bream, and crucian carp need to consume a lot of protein, so they probably can't resist the temptation.

Qin Dahe thought that when he wasn't so busy, he would let the kids fish here every day without any problems, to test the effectiveness of the bait in wild fishing. It would also supplement their food expenses, killing two birds with one stone.

If you want to test your own fishpond, you'll have to wait until next year to let the fish overwinter in the pond for two winters before they can be considered truly wild fish.

When we got back, half an hour had passed, and the four little ones were shouting and yelling.

"Fish have been introduced?" He walked over.

"I saw a big carp on A-Wu's TV."

"No rush, you guys keep watching, see when they start gathering." He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and leisurely returned to his fishing spot.

At this point, a large carp was already visible in the camera feed.

Some white figures flashed by near the bait, probably small fish that were too afraid to approach the big carp.

This is the time when big fish are fattening up, and they all need to eat meat.

There may not be large crucian carp in normal wild rivers because they have been overcrowded, but there will definitely be large carp.

Carp are worthless in the first half of the year, but once they start spawning in the spring, they can fetch hundreds of thousands of yuan. Even with a 1% survival rate, the number of carp will be astonishing.

Before long, the carp took two bites and swam away.

Large fish tend to be wary when food is placed alone in front of them.

If you're fishing for silver carp and bighead carp, the large amount of mist will sink to the bottom of the water, and the carp will eat it like pigs, indiscriminately, making it the best time to catch them.

After the carp left, the crucian carp and bream started to enter the area.

The crucian carp come in groups of three to five, but the bream are more aggressive, coming at all sizes and patrolling the area.

Seeing the fish gathering, Qin Dahe was delighted and began to bait the hook.

The first cast is the perfect hookset; the fish leaps up directly, and even the No. 3 line won't break.

A large willow-leaf bream came up.

The second cast caught another bream.

However, after two large fish "disappeared" in succession, the fish nests underwater began to disperse, but they did not leave directly.

You can't see what's behind the camera, but the distinctive bream-like figure is always lurking around.

Another cast, and this time the rod finally hit the ground.

The large crucian carp tentatively took a bite and then quickly spat it out, and the float on the water surface only sank slightly by half a mark.

It's really hard to catch crucian carp after the weather gets cold. If it weren't for the camera, who would know that a fish had just taken a bite?

Before the crucian carp could continue eating the bait, the large carp that had escaped earlier suddenly returned and started eating the bait again.

It's likely that the carp tasted the sweetness of shrimp powder and was unwilling to leave afterward.

The big carp is just as greedy as a child; once it has eaten something good, it wants to go back and have another bite.

After taking a few bites of the bait, it turned around and sucked the bait from the ground. Qin Dahe quickly pulled out the bait from the hookfish.

The sound of the fishing line cutting through the water filled the air. It had been a long time since I had fished in freshwater, so this was quite exciting.

He was almost reluctant to pull the line back; he let it run for a while, thoroughly enjoying himself before finally reeling it in.

"Not bad, a little over seven pounds. This one can sell for several dozen yuan." He chuckled, threaded the rope through his cheek, and tossed it to the side to hang, planning to take it back that evening.

It's a pity I didn't bring a fishing rod, otherwise A-Wu and the others could have helped me fish.

(End of this chapter)