467: Chapter 467 Swordfish

Yang Qi and the others had already switched to heavy boat rods and Electric Reels. The massive Tuna hooks were baited with live bait.

As a large amount of fish chunks were thrown into the sea, they finally caught the attention of those Tuna.

As the saying goes, if you don't chum the water, you won't catch much!

Unexpectedly, Zheng Tie was the first to hook a fish; in an instant, his fishing rod was bent into a bow.

Although Zheng Tie often went out to sea with the 'harvest', it was, after all, just a trawler; he had never caught such a large fish before.

For a moment, he was actually a bit at a loss, simply hugging the rod with both hands and forgetting what he should do next.

The big fish underwater darted around wildly, and the fishing line cut through the water's surface, making a piercing 'woo-woo-woo' sound.

Wang Jinxi's fishing spot was right next to him, and he couldn't stand to watch any longer. He walked over to guide him on how to play the fish.

After the initial panic and with Wang Jinxi's guidance, Zheng Tie finally steadied his stance.

Any fish-playing technique is just empty talk in the face of absolute strength and high-quality equipment.

At that moment, the Tuna's first surge of power had just passed. Zheng Tie dropped into a horse stance and exerted strength in both arms; his over 1.8-meter frame was like an iron tower standing on the deck.

With one hand holding the rod and the other cranking the reel, in over ten minutes, he pulled a Bigeye Tuna weighing over 180 catties out of the water.

"This guy is truly heroic!"

Wang Jinxi looked at the tall and large Zheng Tie, feeling inferior in comparison.

Soon, that Bigeye Tuna was pulled near the gunwale. Wang Jinxi handed the Gaff to Zheng Tie:

"Come, you complete the final blow yourself! Stab it in the head!"

Zheng Tie nodded, took the Gaff, took a deep breath, and stabbed it fiercely into the Tuna's head.

Most of the Yellowfin Tuna caught yesterday were less than seventy or eighty catties; whether in terms of pull or feel, they couldn't be compared to this Bigeye Tuna.

In the end, even though this Tuna made a death struggle and splashed a lot of water, it was ultimately short-lived, and in an instant, it floated motionlessly on the sea surface.

Wang Jinxi picked up a rope, tied a large slipknot, and looped it around the Tuna's tail. Working together, the two quickly hoisted it onto the deck and immediately bled and gutted it.

While they were still processing the Tuna, cheers came from Chen Sheng and the others on the other side; it turned out they had also hooked a fish over there.

Yang Qi looked at the few big fellows near his chumming spot that were picking at the fish chunks and was somewhat speechless.

"You idiots, damn it, are you blind? How have you not noticed the live fish on the hook in front of you yet?"

"I'm giving you a chance, but you're useless!"

Just as Yang Qi was complaining in his heart, he heard exclamations from Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan:

"Hooked one, it's a big one!"

Hearing this, Yang Qi felt even less at peace:

"Damn, don't I need to save face? Can you guys give me some effort?"

Perhaps his cursing worked, for in the next moment, his fishing rod was suddenly pulled into a bow.

Yang Qi hurried forward, grabbed the rod, and jerked it hard to set the hook. Then he looked closely and saw that what he had hooked was actually a Swordfish nearly three meters long.

This was the first time he had caught a Swordfish, and it was such a large size, so he didn't dare to be careless.

After a few minutes of stalemate with the big Swordfish, Yang Qi loosened the drag slightly, and the Swordfish instantly surged out three or four hundred meters, pulling the line with it.

This was also part of Yang Qi's plan; three or four hundred meters away, it had left the original chumming spot and wouldn't startle the Tuna that were looking for food.

After a few minutes, he unexpectedly tightened the drag, while simultaneously hugging the rod and jerking it back violently.

This caused the big Swordfish, which had just relaxed and was about to catch its breath, to be pulled into a stumble, nearly tumbling over. It was dragged back like a dead dog.

"This guy doesn't seem that powerful!"

A fish of about three meters didn't have the strength he imagined; it was defeated in just one round?

Yang Qi thought about it and then understood.

Swordfish and Sailfish look similar; the difference is that the Sailfish's dorsal fin is larger than the Swordfish's, named because it looks like a flag.

The Swordfish's rostrum is much longer than the Sailfish's, named because it looks like a long sword.

Adult Swordfish generally have a body length of over three meters, largely because this long rostrum pads the numbers.

So for this three-meter-long big Swordfish, if you remove the rostrum and only count the torso, it was only about two and a half meters.

Furthermore, a Swordfish's body is slender, not fat and round like a Tuna's. So this three-meter-long big Swordfish actually weighed only about three hundred catties.

However, the explosive power of Swordfish and Sailfish far exceeds that of other fish species; they are among the fastest swimmers in the ocean.

But as everyone knows, explosive power does not equal endurance. So once Yang Qi withstood the Swordfish's first wave of explosive power,

the Swordfish's stamina dropped rapidly until it reached a level matching its weight.

"So it's just a silver-coated spearhead, looks good but is useless!"

Yang Qi was delighted and no longer acted cautiously, beginning to reel in the line rapidly. Whenever he saw the Swordfish trying to exert power again, he would sway the rod left and right to disrupt its rhythm.

Through Yang Qi's violent pulling, less than half an hour later, the Swordfish finally exhausted all its strength and was slowly pulled out of the sea.

"Damn, is this thing that big?"

Chen Lin happened to see a long rostrum break the surface and immediately shouted in surprise.

"Wow, it's a big Swordfish, it's so huge!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this size, it must be three meters long!"

Yang Qi picked up the Gaff and pierced it directly through the Swordfish's head. With its vital spot injured, no matter how it struggled, it was to no avail.

In less than a minute, the Swordfish was lying motionlessly on the sea surface.

Wang Jinxi had already prepared the Crane, and it took the two of them together to hoist the three-meter-long big Swordfish onto the deck.

"Hahaha, this length looks so pleasing; I want to take a photo with it as a souvenir!"

At this time, Bai Xue also ran over and said.

"Take it, take it however you want!"

So everyone took turns coming over to take photos with the big Swordfish. Even the few who were currently fighting fish waited until someone else finished taking a photo and took over their rods before coming over to take a photo.

"Hey A Xi, how should we bleed a Swordfish?"

Yang Qi handed Wang Jinxi a cigarette and asked casually.

"I actually do know this. For fish like Swordfish and Sailfish, the areas where blood vessels are concentrated are in the gills. So just cut the gills to bleed them; it doesn't matter if you remove the internal organs or not!"

After Wang Jinxi finished speaking, he picked up a knife, lifted the gill cover, and stabbed inside. Then he did the same on the other side.

A stream of fresh blood immediately began to flow out.

However, Yang Qi still insisted on gutting the Swordfish; this could at least ensure the meat quality was better.

"Actually, the rostrum is useless too. How about I saw it off and keep it for you as a souvenir?"

Wang Jinxi added.