349: Three trips to the South China Sea

"Yes, yes, yes. With our skills, the fish we catch are still enough for us to eat. Even the owners who don't fish have been thinking about your fish lately."

One of the old men explained.

"Oh? Is that so! No wonder! I'll go fishing in the next two days and post it in the group chat when the time comes."

Yang Qi said with a smile. Thinking about it, it seemed he really hadn't gone out to sea for proper fishing in a while.

He definitely had to go fishing at sea these next two days. Tide Cottage was running normally anyway, and his mother and the others were enough to keep it operating.

"It just depends on whether Bai Xue has time. If she wants to accompany her teacher, I can go out to sea alone."

Yang Qi thought to himself as he walked.

When it was time to sleep at night,

"Little Snow, I'm planning to go out to sea to fish in the next two days. Will you be at home keeping your teacher company?"

"Oh! Hubby, you've got it wrong. Actually, Teacher Wang really wants to go fishing at sea. Why don't we just take her with us?"

"Oh? Really?"

Yang Qi was a bit curious.

"Of course! How about I ask her tomorrow? By the way, where are you planning to go fishing?"

Bai Xue asked while drawing circles.

"I'm planning to go a bit further this time. We'll see when the time comes."

The next morning, Yang Qi, Bai Xue, and Yao Shanshan went together to take a few female classmates to the high-speed railway station.

Back home, they saw Wang Yan playing with a puppy, and Bai Xue and Shanshan joined in.

Yang Qi walked up and said to them:

"Little Snow, I'm going to refuel."

"Okay, go ahead!"

Bai Xue knew what Yang Qi meant by saying this; it was for her to ask Wang Yan.

"Go? Why wouldn't I? I really want to go fishing at sea with you all. It would be even more perfect if we could go diving. The photos you took are truly beautiful!"

Hearing Bai Xue's words, Wang Yan was immediately unable to contain her excitement.

"If we're talking about diving, the South China Sea is the best, and the fishery resources are extremely rich. Why don't I call my husband, and we can go to the South China Sea to play in the water and fish."

Bai Xue thought for a moment and suggested,

"But going to the South China Sea will take seven or eight days. Do you have any issues with the time?"

"I have no problem. It's the holidays now, so the school definitely has nothing going on. I've already let my family know as well; they all know I'm traveling."

Wang Yan said without hesitation.

"Alright, then I'll call my husband."

Yang Qi received the call, thought for a moment, and agreed to go to the South China Sea again.

Originally, he was planning to go to the far end of the East China Sea, near the Pacific Ocean, to look for fishing spots.

"Going to the South China Sea seems fine too, so let's go to the South China Sea this time!"

"Alright, then we'll go prepare the supplies. Hubby, you go ahead and get busy! Don't forget to go to Mom's for lunch; I just received a call earlier."

After saying this, Bai Xue hung up the phone and beckoned Yao Shanshan and Wang Yan to go purchase supplies.

The three of them rushed to the The City mall without stopping.

"Oh! Little Snow, why did you pay? I should have paid myself."

Wang Yan, who had just exchanged the wetsuit and was about to pay, learned that Bai Xue had already paid.

"Oh, Beautiful Teacher Wang, consider this a small gift from me, don't mind it! Come on, let's go buy swimsuits; we'll be swimming later."

Next, the three of them went to purchase enough vegetables and fruits. Bai Xue then called her mother, wanting her to help buy two Native Chickens.

She also mentioned the matter of going fishing in the South China Sea.

"Alright, I'll go back to the village to buy them now. You can take them when you come over for dinner later!"

The three of them returned to Qingshan Town and first loaded all the supplies from the car onto setting sail.

The four of them finished lunch at Tide Cottage, took the two slaughtered Native Chickens, and went to add fresh water and ice to the boat.

"How about we set off this afternoon? I want to go buy another basket of Longline Fishing gear; we'll go hit the Lagoon when we get there."

Yang Qi suggested.

"Great! Great! That place is truly never enough no matter how much you fish!"

Bai Xue's eyes lit up.

An hour later, setting sail was sailing steadily on the open sea, and the sea breeze blew against everyone's faces.

Yang Qi was in the Cockpit, looking ahead with focus.

Bai Xue, Yao Shanshan, and Wang Yan were chatting excitedly on the Flybridge, enjoying the seascape.

As time passed, the sun set, and the fiery red sun dyed the entire sea surface red. No other ships could be seen passing by; only beautiful scenery remained.

After taking photos, the girls began to come down from the Flybridge and started making dinner. Since they hadn't cast their lines to fish yet, they had no fresh seafood and could only use the meat and vegetables brought from shore.

Fortunately, they had brought plenty of pork, beef, and mutton. Yang Qi didn't even stop the boat; he took turns with the others eating and driving the boat, all wanting to reach the South China Sea as quickly as possible.

Even if they encountered a few fish schools that weren't particularly large on the way, Yang Qi didn't stop the boat.

It wasn't until around two in the morning the next day that setting sail arrived near the Pratas Island.

Arriving near the large reef flat, Yang Qi looked around; it was pitch black, and there was no sign of any fishing boats or patrol ships.

So, without hesitation, he steered setting sail, turning left and right, and once again broke through the shallow reef belt to enter the Lagoon inside the Atoll.

This time, because it wasn't dawn yet, Bai Xue and the others couldn't see the situation of the reefs in the water, so they weren't scared out of their wits like last time.

Wherever Yang Qi looked, the fish and seafood underwater were still countless. Valuable fish species like East Star Grouper and Red Grouper could be seen everywhere.

"Get ready to make money! Let's put down the Longline Fishing gear first!"

Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan were now very proficient with Longline Fishing. Half an hour later, two baskets of Longline Fishing gear were lowered into the water in a large zigzag pattern.

This time, Yang Qi wasn't planning to cast fishing rods directly. Instead, after finding a spot to anchor the boat, he turned off the ship's searchlights, leaving only one light on the deck for illumination.

He asked Bai Xue and the others to pull out a few boxes of frozen fish from the Freezer Hold and chop them all into fish chunks.

Then, he baited a spot at the bow and another at the stern. After waiting ten minutes, he started using the Cast Net.

The deepest part here was less than twenty meters, and most of it was around ten meters.

The fishery resources were rich to an outrageous degree. It would be an exaggeration to say it was half water and half fish, but honestly, this density was absolutely terrifyingly high.

As the fish chunks entered the water, the fish nearby swarmed over to compete for food. People who haven't fished must have seen red Carp clustered together in a park. The situation here was basically the same.

Moreover, for many years, no one had come here to fish or disturb the area, so it could be said that these fish weren't very afraid of people.

Yang Qi loved these inexperienced schools of fish; just throw some bait, and they would all swarm up.

"Here you go!"

As Yang Qi turned and raised his hand, the Cast Net fully unfolded in the air, forming a perfect circle, and covered into the water.

After waiting for about a dozen seconds, he began to retract the net rope. The opening of the Cast Net tightened, forming a Net Bag, which he slowly pulled up to the water's surface.