Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 619 Releasing 10,000 Jin of Fish

He fished until around 11 o'clock, then drove his boat back to get food, delivered boxed lunches to the other anglers, and checked on their catch.

"Gangzi, how is it?"

"Two crucian carp and one grass carp," Gangzi said hesitantly. "They're not as good as the ones at Xiahekou, but the underwater cameras are quite fun."

He used commercial bait, which wasn't as effective as cow dung corn.

"Hehe, well, I'll just keep releasing the fish right away."

The water is only about four meters deep near the edge, and big fish don't like to swim near the edge in this weather.

As we walked along, we found that everyone had caught very little; the most they caught was only two big fish, which was not typical for a large lake.

Qin Dahe pondered for a moment, and since the fish was still in deep water, he became a little anxious.

Moreover, the density is not enough; we need to add fish.

Otherwise, when a competition is held, if the average person weighs only ten kilograms, and it's a mess, it won't attract any attention.

So I simply called Boss Zhang to buy the fish.

"We don't want silver carp or bighead carp yet, but we'll take grass carp, bream, and crucian carp, as long as they're alive. The price is the same as the market price."

"How much do you want?" Boss Zhang on the other end of the phone was overjoyed to hear this.

The losses from transporting the goods to the Qin family were negligible, and the price was the same as in the city—it couldn't be better.

"Give me 10,000 catties first, and you must also prepare some silver carp and bighead carp for May."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "As long as the quality can be guaranteed this time, I'll need another batch in the second half of the year."

"And from now on, all the giant bluefish will be delivered to me at the highest market price."

"Okay, I'll help you collect the fish tomorrow."

He was secretly delighted; such a good thing had fallen into his lap.

Qin Dahe buys at the market price, but he doesn't need to. He can sell to plenty of people for a discount of 1.5 yuan. He saves so much trouble by not having to transfer goods.

You can make a net profit of 15,000 yuan from 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) of meat, and it only takes two or three days to complete.

After finishing his meal, Qin Dahe caught another grass carp on the platform, and then switched to insect bait to catch black carp.

High-density aquaculture ponds must have the four major functional freshwater fish species, so I'll just get some of those while I'm at it.

Fishing continued until 3 p.m., and everyone gathered in the yard to clean up their catch.

"Anyone who doesn't weigh five pounds, come gather here, I'll give you a free big grass carp!" he said with a smile, while handing out bait to everyone.

The bait contains 20% first-grade shrimp powder, which is very expensive to produce; one bag per person.

"This bait is really good, why don't you sell it?" Even if people don't have enough fish, they are too embarrassed to come up and exchange them.

Those who caught too much fish were thrown into the reservoir as instructed by Qin Dahe.

"The cost is too high. Selling it individually would probably cost 21 yuan a pack. Who would be so kind as to use it for catching small fish?"

"You've all seen that first-grade shrimp powder before. It's really high quality. I've caught quite a few big crucian carp near the factory in the winter."

Everyone was overjoyed when they received the bait; it's great to have a bait factory nearby.

Not only for commercial baits with this special quality, but also for other kinds of medicinal formulas, they were the first ones to use.

Many people have large amounts of bait in their homes, all of which were given to them by Qin Dahe.

In the early stages, the company relied on silver carp and bighead carp bait to generate profits, and now it's time to give back properly.

"I'm planning to hold a competition in the summer. I'll let you know when that happens, so come and join the fun."

Can we participate?

“You guys can’t do it. Locals are prohibited from participating. I’m afraid they’ll lose too badly.”

"Haha, not at all, those experts must have caught even more." Everyone felt extremely pleased with Qin Dahe's compliment.

You know what, these people will be experimenting with bait on the lake every day from now on, and they'll be better than those professional competitors even without cameras in competitions.

Just like traditional anglers look down on commercial fishing ponds, thinking they can't outfish them, experienced anglers who have been fishing for many years know the fish conditions in the surrounding waters like the back of their hand. It's normal for them to be turned away when they first arrive at a commercial fishing pond.

Qin Dahe also deliberately limited this aspect to ensure the fairness of the competition.

After everyone left, he cleaned the fish and then posted photos of his catch online.

"Once the Awakening of Insects has passed, all things revive, and the grass-woven carp and crucian carp begin to bite."

They also uploaded photos of the fish underwater and how they took the bait.

It's really inconvenient without short videos; otherwise, making these tutorials would be much easier.

He suggested that everyone use more high-protein bait, as fish need to recover their strength in early spring and will eat a lot, so it's best to increase the amount of bait used in the feeding area.

After I posted it, someone responded, saying that they were about to leave quarantine.

Actually, even without him saying it, as soon as the water temperature rises, anglers who have been off fishing for months simply can't resist the urge to get back in.

"Just bought an underwater camera, it works great, I haven't stopped fishing even in winter." A wealthy fishing enthusiast posted a series of photos.

A whole enclosure of giant crucian carp.

Using an underwater camera is the best way to fish for crucian carp. You can create multiple fishing spots and fish in whichever spot is catching fish.

"Holy crap, that's a tycoon! Five thousand seven hundred yuan!"

"It is indeed expensive in terms of price, but it works really well."

"I want to buy it, but I don't have the money."

Most people can only drool over it. A genuine commercial underwater camera costs tens of thousands of yuan, and this simplified version is much cheaper, but it is still not affordable for the average consumer.

"Make money, make money and buy them, or wait two years until the price of electronic screens drops, then I'll sell them for 3,500 each," Qin Dahe typed out.

"The main problem is that the screen is expensive, and the camera uses individual components which we have to assemble ourselves, as well as adjusting things like the white balance."

"To be honest, the camera project is already losing money, but I will continue to follow up and try to reduce costs."

The fishing tackle industry has become more sophisticated, mainly because the bait is now expensive.

A bag of silver carp and bighead carp bait costs 20 yuan, a bag of commercial bait costs 12 yuan, and a 1.5-pound bag of fermented corn costs 12 yuan.

Compared to other fishing tackle companies, the price is at least 10% to 20% higher.

However, because the silver carp and bighead carp bait led the charge, people also trusted its quality.

For experienced anglers, it's worth it to cut down on two packs of cigarettes and buy a bag of bait.

However, this situation has both advantages and disadvantages. If the bait becomes too famous, there will be a chain reaction if the quality of the fishing rod and other fishing gear is poor.

This is why the fishing rod production line hasn't been delivered yet.

The equipment on the production line is currently being debugged and optimized in Shandong, and it's still at the Guangwei Fishing Tackle Factory.

Guangwei's demands are also very simple: all carbon fiber for Dahe Fishing Gear will be sourced from Guangwei in the future, and the price will not be higher than 60% of the price of imported carbon cloth.

This year, the manufacturing process for carbon fiber T300 has become fully mature. The biggest challenge Guangwei faces next is the market.

These carbon fibers need to be sold, and the profits used to develop the next stage of the process.

Although Guangwei also makes fishing rods, the market is too low-end; at most, they are used more in sea rods and surf rods.

There are no other domestic manufacturers of carbon fiber fishing rods, but this year a large river fishing gear company has emerged, so naturally we've taken notice.

During the Chinese New Year, Da Liu brought wine to Uncle Chen's house for an interview. The two hit it off immediately and said that optimizing the production line was not a problem.

Qin Dahe has very high requirements, so it hasn't been delivered yet.

(End of this chapter)