303: Olive Gate Strait

Yao Shanshan listened to Bai Xue's introduction, her eyes widening more and more:

"Wow, is it that exciting?"

"Otherwise what? Did you think we were just going to watch the sea? We're here to have our eyes opened."

The destination this time was a bit further. After sailing for half an hour, the two ships finally arrived at the mysterious place everyone jokingly called "Olive Gate Strait."

"Is this Olive Gate Strait? The name is quite interesting. Is it because it's shaped like an olive?"

Yang Qi also asked with some curiosity.

"That's not it. It's because the wind and waves are small here, as safe as an olive, so fishermen like to come here to take shelter from the wind."

Bai Xue explained to the two of them.

The group looked at the two small islands hanging alone in the sea ahead—North Island and South Island—which, together with the Diaoyu Islands, formed a unique "Snake Island Strait."

"You see, these two small islands were originally connected and called Olive Mountain. Later, due to crustal movement, one island split into two, resulting in today's North and South Islands. That is, Bird Island and Snake Island."

Bai Xue pointed at the small islands ahead and said,

"North Island is famous for its rich bird life, while South Island is a completely different scene."

"The island is teeming with snakes, which is why it earned the nickname 'Snake Island.' It is said to be among the top ten 'Snake Islands' in the world."

Looking from a distance, the beach on South Island was flat and vast, extending over a hundred meters, connecting to a hillside over 300 meters high, forming a magnificent picture of mountains and sea reflecting each other.

Although there were many birds on Bird Island, on Snake Island, which was only a few hundred meters away, there were almost no birds living there, perhaps because there were too many snakes.

The two were unrelated, forming a magical natural phenomenon that was truly eye-opening!

The Olive Gate Strait was quite narrow, with the widest point being only about a hundred meters.

As the ships sailed in the middle of the strait, it felt as if one could reach out and touch the two mysterious islands.

The feeling was: within arm's reach, touchable!

The people on the two ships stood on the bows to gaze, and those with binoculars took them out, hoping to observe the birds and snakes on the islands more clearly.

Yao Shanshan was holding binoculars at this time, constantly observing the numerous birds on Bird Island.

Bai Xue took out her high-definition camera and kept taking photos of the birds. When she turned to take pictures of Snake Island, she suddenly turned pale, and said with a trembling voice:

"Is this... Snake Island? It really lives up to its name!"

Yao Shanshan, holding the binoculars, swallowed hard, trying to steady her trembling voice:

"I originally thought that 'many snakes' just meant it would be relatively easy to find snakes, but, but... this is a sea of snakes! There isn't even a place to land."

Although Bai Xue was scared pale, her speed of taking pictures did not change at all.

Yang Qi also picked up the binoculars to look. There really were an unusual number of snakes!

All kinds of snakes, colorful ones, were piled on top of each other, just like mountains of snakes.

"This is probably the charm of Snake Island. If it weren't like this, how could it attract so many adventurers to visit?"

It was truly too exciting!

Just as they were immersed in the special scene of Snake Island, an accident caught their attention.

A seabird that didn't know the height of the sky, probably attracted by something on the island, tried to find a foothold on the island.

However, the moment it was about to touch the ground, a snake darted out with lightning speed and bit the seabird in one gulp.

"Holy crap, it got eaten just like that?"

Yang Qi widened his eyes, swallowed, and cursed under his breath.

He even saw Yao Shanshan, who was looking through binoculars, shudder. And Bai Xue, who was taking pictures, turned even paler.

It seems this is the reason why there are no seabirds gathering on the island.

This is the law of survival in nature, cruel but full of wonders.

As time passed, even though the two fishing boats were sailing slowly, they gradually left the Olive Mountain Strait between the two islands.

Half an hour later,

Yang Qi saw a group of reefs ahead. Fortunately, the water was deep enough, so there was no need to worry about hitting the reefs.

For sea fishing enthusiasts, reef groups are simply paradise.

Yang Qi saw that the seawater here was crystal clear, and swimming between the reefs were none other than those plump, various types of Grouper.

No wonder this sea area is called the Diaoyu Islands sea area; it is simply a holy land for Anglers!

These reefs were numerous, making Trawling impossible. One could only honestly fish, which also left a way for the big fish in this sea area to survive.

Damn it, if it were anywhere else, it would have been screened over and over again by fishermen using Trawling like sifting sand.

Now, finding an undeveloped sea area is really much harder than finding a girlfriend!

Yang Qi directed the "vast sea" to find a reef area, and with the two ships about two nautical miles apart, they excitedly prepared to start fishing.

He first found a place to put the crab trap and Longline Fishing into the sea.

This time, Yang Qi also assembled an Electric Reel, hooked the bait, threw it into the sea, and left it alone.

He then took another boat fishing rod and started fishing. On Yao Shanshan's side, she caught a fish less than 10 seconds after it hit the water; it was a Mahi-Mahi weighing about four jin.

The moment Yao Shanshan caught the fish, she was quite happy, but as she reeled it in and saw it was a colorful Mahi-Mahi,

she immediately put away her smile, scooped up the fish angrily, threw it into the fish basket behind her, and muttered:

"Just bait material. Who told you to bite the hook."

On Yang Qi's side, the boat fishing rod caught a Red seabream weighing a little over three jin, which could only be said to be better than nothing.

At this time, the captain on the "vast sea" saw dense schools of fish appearing on the fish finder and couldn't help but admire Yang Qi's ability to find fish.

He hurriedly walked out of the Cockpit and shouted loudly to everyone preparing to fish:

"A large school of fish has appeared, everyone, get ready."

After speaking, he also found a place and started assembling his fishing gear.

Yang Qi also saw a school of fish approaching at this time, a large black mass. He pretended to walk into the Cockpit, ran out quickly, and shouted:

"Get ready, the fish finder shows a school of fish is coming."

He brought a box of frozen fish out of the Freezer Hold, took a knife, and quickly chopped a bucket of fish chunks, letting the two women start chumming, while he continued to chop another bucket for backup.

Soon, all three people's four rods hooked fish. It could be seen that the fish were not very big.

Yang Qi pulled the boat fishing rod out of the Rod Holder and started reeling in without stopping.

He pushed the reeling switch with his other hand, and the Electric Reel started to automatically reel in with a "buzzing" sound.

And with the boat fishing rod in his hand, under his rapid reeling, he pulled up a Spotted Spanish Mackerel weighing six or seven jin in just two minutes.

Quickly unhooking the fish, re-baiting, and casting the rod again—this set of actions was just completed.

The Electric Reel also pulled a Spotted Spanish Mackerel weighing about four jin out of the water.