Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 605 The Responsibilities of Fishing Gear Companies

Customized fishing lines are the right choice for differentiating yourself from competitors and building your brand.

Although Qin Dahe didn't say it explicitly, Kurokawa understood what he meant.

"I'll go back and discuss it with headquarters to make a decision. Can we guarantee sales? At the very least, we need to recoup our costs."

"Don't worry, we'll definitely be able to get them back. Dahe Fishing Tackle has partnered with several hundred fishing tackle shops now, and we've also opened up the Pearl River Delta market."

"can."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Dahe lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Customization costs can easily reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, it would be too much of a waste to give it away.

However, it's not feasible to not customize. The original silk main thread and sub-thread are all mixed and matched. The material is too stiff and doesn't match the price of one yuan per meter, so it's not suitable for use as a sub-thread.

The more famous imported fishing lines such as A78 and A90 in later generations were all formed by domestic manufacturers through repeated customization of the main line and leader line series, and countless research and development costs were paid.

Especially after the product was developed, the purchase was a normal foreign trade procurement, with no price discounts whatsoever, it was simply outrageous.

However, custom-made yarn sets are much better than raw yarn.

The custom-designed main line is wear-resistant and tensile-resistant, with low wind resistance and fast water cutting speed.

The leader line has undergone multiple softening processes, making it both tensile-resistant and flexible, allowing fish to easily inhale it and ensuring high sensitivity.

These custom fishing lines are perfect except for their high price.

Later, most domestic fishing tackle manufacturers either imported fishing lines or used the kind of fishing lines found on fishing nets, with very few other options.

The main issue is materials; whether nylon is good or not depends entirely on the manufacturing process.

Fishing line belongs to the field of basic materials science, and its research and development is no less difficult than that of chips. Even Tsinghua and Peking University graduates would be stumped by it.

The amount of money anglers spend on fishing gear that they give to the island nation every year is countless; it's really outrageous.

But whether it's the fishing rod, the fishing line, or the reel, they really make it well.

You can't have money and still use those cheap fishing lines.

Moreover, many fishing tackle manufacturers are very good at marketing, and the situation of bad money driving out good money occurs frequently.

Twenty years later, people will still be selling those nylon threads from fishing nets as raw silk from Toray Industries to fleece consumers.

The joint venture between Dahe Fishing Tackle and its partners can be seen as a strategic move to prepare for future competition with imported fishing tackle.

It's almost the end of December, with only about forty days left until the Lunar New Year. The weather is terribly cold, and this year is another harsh winter.

In Qin Dahe's memory, winters at this time of year are always very cold, so cold that your hands and ears freeze.

It even gets several heavy snowfalls every year.

The rollers in the factory finally stopped, the raw materials were ready, and the next step was to repackage them.

Humans can't compete with machines. One roller can fry several thousand kilograms of goods, and three rollers can fry goods very quickly in a day. Manual packaging can't keep up.

Assembly line packaging is incredibly expensive due to the machines and maintenance costs; it's much more cost-effective to do it manually.

However, Qin Dahe's idea was to finish the packaging before the Chinese New Year and have everyone start working overtime. Anyway, it wasn't busy at this time, so he would just give them more overtime pay.

Many people envy the factory job; people from the neighborhood come by every day to ask if we're hiring.

But there are fewer than ten permanent workers in the factory; those packaging ladies are all temporary workers, only paid on a quarterly basis.

With the machines shut down, Qin Dahe no longer needed to oversee the production workshop every day. When he had nothing else to do, he would take his four apprentices and drive to Xiahekou to go fishing.

It was indeed cold; I had to use warm water to prepare the bait, otherwise my hands would freeze unbearably.

The car is left running in the back; if it gets too cold, you can stay inside the car.

I must say, the daily catch is quite substantial. I also took the opportunity to test the performance of the new bait in winter. Because of the underwater camera, the fish only go fishing when the baited area is full, resulting in a bumper catch every day.

Some people can catch a 20-30 jin (10-15 kg) big crucian carp, while others with five people can catch dozens or even hundreds of jin (10-20 kg) big carp. Occasionally, they can even catch a big carp.

Gangzi and his friends sometimes come over to play together and use some of the free new bait for fishing.

In the evenings, Qin Dahe would post photos of his catch on the fishing forum, making other anglers who had stopped fishing envious.

Fishing is difficult in winter. Not only do crucian carp congregate in groups, but they also bite less when it's cold, and the water depth changes. Without an underwater camera, it's hard to determine if any fish have entered the fishing spot.

This can be seen as a warm-up for the new bait, and many people are asking when the crucian carp bait will be officially sold.

We've discussed this issue before. Launching new products during the off-season won't result in good sales, so we might as well wait until after the Spring Festival (around April 20th) to officially launch them.

Faced with everyone's urging, he simply said that it wasn't time for the official release yet and asked everyone to wait.

The distributors have samples available; they also run a physical storefront business. You can go there to inquire for more details.

Each person was given 100 small 100-gram packets as a way to help them cultivate their regular customers.

In terms of effectiveness, it's a bit better than the original version, but not as exaggerated. The main reason it can catch so many fish is the underwater camera.

The underwater cameras were moved to the four general agents, ten for each of them. The price of these things is five thousand seven, and there are many people asking about them, but few buying them.

So far, only Da Liu has sold five. If there aren't enough left, he'll have a few more sent over from Jiaxing.

Qin Dahe kept twenty for himself, specifically for surveying fish populations and researching bait.

Boss Wan is already helping to collect bait recipes, with prices ranging from five hundred to five thousand. These baits will eventually be tested in the lake.

Next spring, the most important task for Dahu in the early stages will be to test the bait.

Qin Dahe had already made arrangements with Gangzi, Grandpa Chen, and the others; these people would come and act as free anglers.

Of course, they won't give you money, but they will give you other things. Each person can take five catties of fish back, and they will also give you the latest version of bait for free.

They were involved in the initial sales stage of Dahe Fishing Tackle, and now their bait is sold all over the country, which makes them very proud.

He readily agreed to the trial fishing trip.

The next task is to release fish into the lake.

According to his plan, next year he will release 10,000 catties of pure wild fish in two batches each.

This includes the four major freshwater fish species (grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, and common carp) as well as bream, crucian carp, and perch, to increase their density.

The fish fry released last year haven't fully grown yet; at most, there are only a few dozen large grass carp, so it's unlikely we'll be able to hold a competition.

The athletes under Dahe Fishing Tackle participate in competitions and win prizes with fishing tackle companies such as Laogui and Longwanghen. This kind of exchange is necessary for them to succeed in the long run.

Each competition requires a significant financial investment, but it also serves to enhance the exposure of the entire fishing tackle industry.

As an emerging force, integrating into the industry inevitably involves these responsibilities.

When I went to Hubei last time, someone joked about whether there should be a competition for fishing tackle in the Yellow River. He naturally understood what they meant.

If you hold a competition at Dahu and another at Yuxi River, and just bring some TV reporters, that should be enough.

However, no bait has been fed to the lake. The fish to be released are wild fish that will be bought from the fishmongers at the transport station. The fishing difficulty is exceptionally high. Whether the angler can win a prize depends on their own skills.

The average depth of a typical commercial fishing pond is between 1.5 and 2 meters. Even the largest fish will struggle to make a move if they don't have enough room to maneuver, making them easy to catch.

If we continue to follow the model of commercial fishing ponds, it definitely won't work. We need to put more effort into bait, fishing environment surveying, and fishing gear selection.

The lake, which is eight meters deep at its deepest point and four meters deep on average, may only cover an area of ​​a hundred acres, but the fish raised there must be incredibly strong.

(End of this chapter)