61: School of sea bass

"I've got a fish!"

"I've got another fish!"

The three of them started catching fish one after another.

Their fishing lines were cutting through the water with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sound, rising and falling.

Yang Qi and Bai Xue, relying on their superior equipment, worked wonders with their strength when the fish schools arrived.

They barely bothered to play the fish, reeling in their fishing reels like fire wheels.

Especially Yang Qi, if he hooked anything under seven or eight catties, it was usually a fish every few minutes.

Bai Dahai's equipment was a bit inferior, but he excelled in skill and experience.

He was only slightly slower than Bai Xue, and as Bai Xue's stamina decreased, he would likely slowly surpass her.

"Yang Qi! That's a big one! Almost fifteen or sixteen catties!"

Bai Dahai looked at the Sea Bass Yang Qi had just pulled out of the water with a hint of envy.

Suddenly, he felt a strong tug on his rod, and from his experience, he knew it was much bigger than the fish he had just caught.

His rod and reel were not quite up to par, so he didn't dare to pull directly; he could only take his time.

It took him fifteen minutes, reeling in and letting out, before he finally pulled the fish out of the water.

"This one must be around twenty catties!" Bai Dahai was almost ecstatic!

He quickly netted the fish and threw it into the live fish well.

The lid of this live fish well hadn't been closed since the first Sea Bass was caught.

Why?

Because there was no time to open and close it.

They were constantly catching fish, without a single pause.

Yang Qi also started "delivering takeaways" after catching his first fish, specifically targeting larger fish.

He usually succeeded nine out of ten times.

Bai Xue and the other two relied entirely on luck, occasionally catching some large ones.

This continued for an hour.

"Dad, use my rod! I'm a bit tired, I'll use your rod to take a break," Bai Xue said to her father.

"Okay! Here!"

Bai Dahai took the fishing rod from his daughter's hand.

"The feel is really different!"

"Hmm~! Another fish."

Bai Dahai had just switched rods when he hooked a fish.

He didn't feel like the fish was too big.

He reeled in the fishing reel with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" and didn't feel any strain.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect it to be over ten catties! This set of equipment is really powerful." Bai Dahai exclaimed, thoroughly enjoying himself as he looked at the Sea Bass he had just pulled out of the water.

"Xiao Xue, how much did you two pay for this set of fishing rods?"

"Brother Yang Qi bought it for over three thousand five hundred."

"That expensive? But expensive ones are different, my set only cost over 300 yuan."

"That heavy-duty boat fishing rod costs over eight thousand, right? That's for deep-sea Tuna fishing.

The most expensive one should be that professional-grade one that Zhang Jun gave to Brother Yang Qi."

Yang Qi really didn't expect Bai Xue to show off in front of her father.

He didn't interject, just curled his lips.

The three of them chatted while their hands didn't stop for a moment.

Big Sea Bass were being pulled in one after another.

By the end, all three of their baits were used up.

Even the Shrimp were cut in half to be hooked.

The sandworms were also cut in half.

With all the bait gone, there was nothing they could do.

The few of them could only reluctantly reel in their rods.

"Let's go! Let's check the longline!"

"A big school of Sea Bass passed through here, so it should be good over there too."

Yang Qi had actually seen it earlier; almost all of them had hooked fish, and they were all quite large.

The three of them boated back to where they had set the longline and found that the buoys on the water were all pulled crooked, half-floating and half-submerged.

These signs all indicated that the catch rate should not be low.

When Bai Dahai used a hook to pull up the large buoy, he found that the pulling force underwater was very strong.

He turned to the two of them and shouted, "The pull is very strong, there should be a lot of fish."

"Xiao Xue, you come and operate the fishing boat, I'll go help," Yang Qi said to Bai Xue.

Yang Qi and Bai Dahai, one pulling the line and the other netting the fish and unhooking them, were busy having a great time!

Most of the hooks had fish, and each fish was quite large.

The big ones were ten to twenty catties, and the small ones were also six or seven catties.

The two-hundred-meter longline, with over a hundred hooks, yielded eighty or ninety fish.

If all these fish pulled together, it would be impossible to pull them up with just hands.

After all the fish on the longline were dealt with, the live fish well was already packed with fish.

The three live fish boxes they brought were also full of fish.

The three of them looked at so many fish, their faces beaming with the joy of a bountiful harvest.

"Today is truly a big harvest, these fish will definitely make a lot of money if we sell them," Bai Xue said excitedly.

Yang Qi smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's a good thing Uncle Bai came along this time and brought the longline, otherwise we would have caught much less."

Bai Dahai said, "You two are really lucky! To encounter such a large school of fish."

"It's been so many years since I heard of anyone encountering such a large school of fish in the nearshore waters."

"Alas! We prepared too few longlines! If we had a thousand meters..."

"Dad! Stop talking, the two hundred meters already filled the hold.

A thousand meters, really."

"Hahaha!" Bai Dahai burst into laughter.

As the three were talking, a light rain suddenly began to fall from the sky.

"If the wind picks up, it will be dangerous."

Yang Qi said, quickly starting the boat and heading back.

Fortunately, no strong winds picked up, only a sporadic light rain.

When they could see the coastline clearly, Yang Qi called Chen Tianming.

"A Ming, I'll be docking in about half an hour, mostly Sea Bass," Yang Qi said.

"Sea Bass are great too! This season, Sea Bass are plump, and many people want them, so they sell well!" Chen Tianming was very happy after hearing this.

"I'll arrange for people to wait for you at the dock immediately!"

The boat sped towards the dock in the sporadic light rain.

Half an hour later, Yang Qi's boat docked steadily.

Chen Tianming, with several workers, was already waiting there.

Everyone busily scooped the Sea Bass out of the live fish well, weighed them, and packed them into boxes.

Chen Tianming looked at the hold full of Sea Bass, grinning from ear to ear, "Yang Qi, this time you've really made a fortune.

These Sea Bass are all top quality and will definitely sell for a good price."

Bai Xue said happily, "That's great, this trip's harvest will definitely not be small."

Bai Dahai also had a joyful expression, "Yes, I didn't expect our luck to be so good today.

To encounter a school of fish."

After a while, Chen Tianming settled the accounts and transferred the money to Yang Qi.

A total of 201,600 yuan.

There weren't any overly valuable goods, but the quantity made up for it.

Yang Qi looked at the payment notification, feeling very happy in his heart.

"Did I earn over 200,000 yuan in one morning?"

Bai Dahai knew that they had caught a lot of fish this time.

When he heard it was 200,000, he was still very excited.

Once upon a time, when he was young, he also frequently went out to sea to fish, but even then, he had never encountered such a large school of fish.

He continued fishing until a few years ago, but later, with the depletion of resources, there were no longer any significant catches.

He could barely make a living.

Therefore, he teamed up with a few old brothers to form a renovation team and reluctantly started doing renovation work.

One might ask, "Which fisherman doesn't have stars and the sea in his heart!"

The three of them drove the fishing boat back to the village dock, cleaned the boat, and carried a few Sea Bass they saved for themselves back to the Bai family home.