28: Yellow chicken fish school

At this moment, the electric reel also retrieved its line, revealing a string of four Yellow Chicken Fish dangling from the sabiki rig. None of them were small; the largest one should have been around 7 jin, and the smallest also weighed over 5 jin.

Twenty to thirty jin of fish was no problem for this high-powered electric reel.

Yellow Chicken Fish, scientifically known as 'Three-lined Grunt,' got its name because its scales resemble the patterns of a domestic chicken. Its scales are brownish with tiny specks of yellow, and its pectoral and dorsal fins are light yellow.

Yellow Chicken Fish meat is tender and springy, with a fresh taste and no fishy odor. It can be made into sashimi, which tastes excellent.

The market price is also good, reaching fifty or sixty yuan per jin.

This means that this single catch also brought in an income of around one thousand five to six hundred yuan.

He lifted the fish onto the boat, quickly removed them, and, along with the Bigeye Snapper that Zhang Jun had netted, placed them into the live fish tank, turning on the aerator. He tried to keep them alive as much as possible.

"Wang Jinxi, could you please help me put these fish into the live fish hold, the one with the green strap? Thank you!"

Just then, the Ship worker, Little Wang, walked over.

"Okay, no problem. Leave it to me!"

"Brother, you're really amazing, operating two rods by yourself. What should I do?" Zhang Jun asked.

Yang Qi looked at the ability screen and found that, at this moment, a relatively large school of Yellow Chicken Fish had appeared ahead.

"Brother Jun, I suggest you use the electric reel with a sabiki rig first to catch Yellow Chicken Fish!"

"Okay! I'll listen to you!" Zhang Jun said, then started assembling his electric reel.

Regarding their relationship, although they hadn't known each other for very long, and there was a significant disparity in their wealth and social status.

However, neither of them cared about those things; they always treated each other as equals, interacting with sincerity, feeling only a sense of having met too late.

Friendship between men is sometimes very simple and pure. As long as they click, that's all that matters.

This was a profound friendship!

Yang Qi didn't bother with Zhang Jun assembling his fishing gear anymore; he went back into 'stocking up' mode.

He first baited the sabiki rig with live shrimp, cast it into the water, and pressed the automatic line release switch.

Then, he baited the boat-rock fishing rod with live shrimp, cast it vigorously towards the school of fish, and began his 'precision feeding' mode again.

Seeing that the electric reel had released about twenty meters of line, he casually turned off the line release switch and left it.

Holding the fishing rod in his hand, he slowly reeled in, approaching the Bigeye Snapper school. These Bigeye Snapper immediately noticed the small shrimp on the hook. How could they allow this little guy to be so arrogant in front of them?

Several ill-tempered Bigeye Snapper accelerated and rushed forward, beginning to fight over it.

Another lucky one was hooked, in a state of confusion, immediately woken by the sharp pain at the corner of its mouth.

"Damn it, I was just punishing this arrogant little guy! Why does the corner of my mouth hurt so much? And what's with this constant pulling, trying to drag me to the surface? I'm not going!"

After a struggle, it was futile; he was rapidly pulled up a certain distance. He felt his heart race and couldn't breathe.

Pulled up about 10 meters, just as he felt his heart was about to burst and he was about to kick the bucket, the pulling stopped.

His heart rate finally slowed down. He quickly took a few deep breaths and finally adapted a little.

"Damn it, here we go again!" That mysterious pulling force reappeared, filling the fish with utter despair.

Yang Qi continued like this, pulling for 10 meters, stopping, then pulling again.

The electric reel also surfaced, this time with five fish. He casually pressed the retrieve switch for automatic retrieval and didn't pay it any more attention.

Speaking of which, Zhang Jun had just followed Yang Qi's advice and installed the electric reel. He happened to be seen by the angler next to him.

The angler started to mock, "Air Force Commander truly lives up to his name! It's only thirty or forty meters, and you're just starting to fish, and you're already using an electric reel? Using an electric reel has no soul!"

Because the two adjacent fishing spots on this boat were eight meters apart, Zhang Jun and Yang Qi had been standing together when they spoke, so others hadn't heard them.

Now that this person shouted, many nearby people heard it and burst into laughter.

This situation wasn't because this person looked down on Zhang Jun as an individual; in fact, in fishing circles, if you consistently fail to catch fish, you're considered a novice in that circle, no matter how successful you are in other fields!

Of course, this also had to do with Zhang Jun's personality; he usually wasn't arrogant or overbearing because of his family background, and besides, they were all acquaintances in the fishing circle.

Ultimately, it was because Zhang Jun truly had no luck with fishing. He often came back empty-handed and had been stuck in the position of Air Force Commander for too long.

Zhang Jun turned to look at Yang Qi, seeing that he had hooked another fish.

He turned back and shouted, "You 'King of Skunking,' let's see who catches a fish first! If you've got guts, don't switch rods."

After saying that, he put down the sabiki rig, which was baited with live shrimp. He then walked over to Yang Qi to help net the fish.

Seeing the five Yellow Chicken Fish hanging on Yang Qi's sabiki rig, his eyes widened, filled with envy and surprise.

"Brother Jun, I can manage myself. Lower your hook to 20 meters and use live shrimp. I feel there's a pretty big school of Yellow Chicken Fish. When you've caught enough, then switch to a long-casting rod."

"Okay! Then you keep busy! I'm going back. If you get overwhelmed, just call me."

With that, he returned to his fishing spot, reeled in the line 10 meters, and set it at 20 meters.

Yang Qi first netted the Bigeye Snapper, removed the hook while covering its eyes, and put it into the live fish tank.

Then, he lifted the five Yellow Chicken Fish from the electric reel onto the deck, removed the hooks one by one, and placed them into the live fish tank. He noticed that one of the fish, about 6 jin, had swallowed the hook too deeply and was now half-dead.

"Never mind, let it live or die!"

Yang Qi ignored it and continued his 'stocking up' mode.

He refilled the fish-attracting cage with antarctic shrimp brick, baited the hook, and released the line.

He also re-baited the boat-rock fishing rod and delivered it to the fish.

He turned to see that Zhang Jun had also hooked a fish; the electric reel was 'buzzing' as it wound in the line. Zhang Jun was grinning, staring at the sea, hoping to catch a few more to really get back at the person who had just mocked him.

Little Wang had also noticed Yang Qi catching fish. He brought Yang Qi a foam cooler with ice.

"Boss, you're really good at fishing! I brought you a cooler with ice; you can ice down any dead fish. We'll send them to the cold storage later," Wang Jinxi said.

"I'll tie these live fish with straps and take them to the live fish hold for you."

"Thank you, Brother Jinxi! My name is Yang Qi, you can just call me Yang Qi! Don't call me boss!" Yang Qi immediately said.

"Okay, Yang Qi. You keep fishing, and if you need anything, just shout!"

Wang Jinxi turned and took Yang Qi's live fish to the live fish hold.

"Hahahaha! Triple catch, I got a triple catch!" Zhang Jun burst into laughter.

"King of Skunking, did you see that? Quickly open your turtle eyes and look. Hahahaha!"

Yang Qi turned to see Zhang Jun holding three Yellow Chicken Fish, each around five jin, with a triumphant look on his face.

"King of Skunking, what do you have to say now! A triple catch! Have you ever caught one? Who gave you the courage to mock me? Liang Jingru?"

From a distance, Often Breaks Rods was heard shouting, "What's wrong? Air Force Commander! What are you yelling about?"

"You damn Often Breaks Rods, look at this! What is this?"