Chapter 160 It’s Not “Cousin” But “Cousin”!

Zhao Dahai held his breath and stared at the fish pulled out of the water for a long time with wide eyes. The deflated ball suddenly relaxed.

"Why!"

"Chunzi!"

"Thought it was a big yellow croaker!"

Zhao Dahai smiled and shook his head. Chunzi fish looks a bit like a large yellow croaker, not only in shape, but also the two kinds of fish will turn golden yellow in a relatively muddy sea environment, like gold bars. Some places joke that they are "cousin of large yellow croaker".

Zhao Dahai pulled the fish to the side of the boat, lifted the net and took a closer look. Yes, it was indeed a spring fish and not a large yellow croaker.

Spring croaker is indeed not as good as large yellow croaker, but it is definitely a good fish. The fish is thick, without small spines, very tender, and tastes very good. It can be eaten by children, the elderly or those with weaker constitutions.

The price of spring croaker is far lower than that of large yellow croaker, but only relatively speaking, the price of spring croaker over 8 taels can be sold for 80 or even 100 yuan per catty, and the bigger it is, the more expensive it is.

Zhao Dahai took off the hook and weighed it. The spring croaker he caught weighed no more than two catties. This fish could be sold for at least two hundred yuan. It wasn't a large yellow croaker. The chance of making a fortune was gone, but small fortunes were inevitable.

Zhao Dahai was a little surprised. The water depth here was about ten meters. This was not the best water depth for spring fish to grow.

Zhao Dahai thought about it for a while, but he had no idea, no matter what, as long as there is, the sea extends in all directions, spring fish come whenever they want, no one cares, there is a sea centipede on the hook, throw the pole to the end, tighten it I caught the line, stared at the tip of the rod, shook it a few times, and didn't raise the rod to stab the fish immediately. I waited for a while until the rod bent down and then raised the rod to hit the fish.

The spring fish is a bit like a dog shark. It eats very fiercely, and it is a kind of stuffy fish that can easily be eaten to death. This is different from black sea bream, especially yellow sea bream. Black sea bream and yellow sea bream are very careful when eating bait. They are careful to test. If they do not stab the fish in time and eat the bait, they spit out the hook and run away. Yellow sea bream is more obvious. When eating bait, you have to let the line Putting out the line and lowering your vigilance is possible to take the bait.

The more Zhao Dahai fished, the more surprised he was. Chunzi fish took the bait one by one, the smallest one weighed a catty, and the largest one was almost three catties, and they stabbed into the nest again. And this time it was the nest of the "cousin" of the big yellow croaker. Such a surprise.

Zhao Dahai shook his hand. The fishing rod in his hand was mainly used to catch about one catty of black bream and yellow bream. Now all he caught were two or three catties of spring croaker. , The hands are so sore, there is no other way, let’s go on, the spring fish must be a passing fish in the water of more than ten meters in this place, and it will definitely not be caught at another time, hurry up and catch a few more.

The sun was setting.

Zhao Dahai put away his fishing rod, and the time to make money passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and the last spring fish he caught was half an hour ago. There should be few fish, so he decided not to catch it.

Zhao Dahai looked at the live cabin, and found that it was full of black fish. He took the net and raised the live ones in the living cabin, and took out the dead ones and put them in the refrigerator. They were neatly folded, especially the spring fish. The price is very high, so don't be careless. If the appearance is bad, you won't be able to sell it at a good price.

Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat back to the village wharf. When he almost arrived, he remembered that Zhao Shi had told him during the day that a lot of squid could be found in the place ten nautical miles to the northeast every year. run over.

Night falls.

Zhao Dahai rushed to the place and looked around. There were no fishing boats nearby. It was pitch black and he could only hear the sound of some waves crashing.

Zhao Dahai raised his head and looked into the distance. The dots of lights were not too dense. These were fishing boats, not many. However, at four or five o'clock in the morning, the entire sea was brightly lit, which was very spectacular.

Zhao Dahai stopped the fishing boat, set up the lights on the sea surface, and turned on the switch. The blue-green underwater lights were lowered along the side of the boat. The water was six meters deep and the sea was relatively muddy. You can see a mass of yellow-green.

Zhao Dahai waited while resting. There were no squids or cuttlefish. Groups of small fish came. After a closer look, they were anchovies. But generally no one catches them. They are small in size and low in price. The price ranges from a few yuan per catty to ten yuan per catty for different species. The key is that it is too troublesome to find fish online. Fish, it is very labor-intensive and even the entire fishing net is abolished, which is not cost-effective.

Zhao Dahai picked up the fishing net and tried five or six times, but only caught two or three fish. He remembered that he had bought several pairs of fish skin hooks, so he immediately tied a fishing rod and threw it into the sea. After a few clicks, one bites the hook after another, and pulls up a string of five.

Catching anchovies is very easy. If you encounter a school of fish, you will bite the hook as soon as you see it. However, unhooking and unhooking fish is very troublesome. There are many hooks in string hooks, and you may catch them accidentally when you are not moving. Catching anchovies, especially in a string When I was fishing, I jumped out of the water as hard as I could. When I was picking fish, the string hook accidentally got tangled in my hand. Once the barbed hook penetrated into the flesh, it would definitely hurt to death.

Zhao Dahai did not unhook the hooks one by one. This was too troublesome. He held the lead in his left hand and the fishing rod in his right hand. The line was tightened and shook violently up and down twice. The anchovies hanging on the hook were unhooked and fell to the deck with a crackle. Like rain.

Zhao Da swung the hook into the sea, and then another string, and then another string. In less than twenty minutes, the whole deck was covered with anchovies. This was the real crazy pulling.

Zhao Dahai lowered his head and looked at the sea surface. Under the strong light, groups of anchovies were swimming in the sea water, shuttling back and forth.

It’s over!

The sea is full of anchovies, there is no chance of squid or cuttlefish.

Zhao Dahai was a little unwilling to give up. After waiting for an hour, he changed to wooden shrimp and fished for 20 minutes. All he caught were anchovies. He was very speechless and gave up fishing. There are indeed cuttlefish or squid in the sea, but there are definitely not many of them. At least I didn't encounter any tonight. I have made up my mind to try here every time I go fishing in the sea and see if I can make a fortune one day. .

Zhao Dahai started to pack up the anchovies on the deck. They were cheap goods. He didn't plan to sell them, but just ate them himself. There was nothing special about them. He took a bucket, put them in a bucket, and put some crushed ice on them.

Zhao Dahai returned to the dock. It was already almost eight o'clock in the evening. He took the time to pack up his things, clean the fishing boat, and catch a lot of fish. He took the live fish and the valuable spring fish home first, and then rode his motorcycle there. At the pier, I took two mesh bags, one with five or six kilograms of anchovies, and the rest in another mesh bag. I went to the second grandfather Zhao Shi's house and gave the five or six kilograms of anchovies as a gift before returning to me. Home.

Zhao Dahai took a knife and a chopping board, scaled and opened the fish belly, cleaned about four kilograms of anchovies, each one weighed two taels, they were very fat, and their stomachs were full of oil. He heated a large iron pot and put some oil in it. When the smoke came out, I put the fish in and lightly fried it. Then I added water, ginger slices, salt, and soy sauce. I covered it and let it simmer for ten minutes. When I opened the lid, I almost drooled.

Zhao Dahai took the big iron basin, which was filled with steam. He just went out and placed it on the table in the yard, and called his grandma Zhong Cuihua to eat.

"grandmother!"

"These days I go fishing and come back late!"

"Almost around this time today."

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"I want to see if there are any squid or cuttlefish in the sea!"

"It will be at night."

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Zhao Dahai told his grandma Zhong Cuihua that he would come back later in the next few days. He picked up an anchovy and put it whole into his mouth. He pulled it out and a fish bone came out. The fish meat was all in his mouth, salty and fresh. Coupled with the taste of ginger, it goes very well with rice. One after another, I was sweating profusely.

After Zhao Dahai finished dinner, he looked at the fish caught today in the fish pond. Most of the fish that could be fed were black sea bream. There were not many spring fish. He was a little proud. He made a lot of money today. He checked the fresh fish in the refrigerator. Chunziyu, don’t worry about taking a shower until there is no problem. It was almost one o’clock in the morning when you lay in bed. The tide will be early tomorrow. You have to get up at 4:30 in the morning to cook breakfast. After eating, you will go to the pier to go to sea at 5 o’clock.