69: Oyster Cravings

Yang Qi picked up the landing net beside him and scooped up the 5-jin Sesame Grouper.

"1500 yuan in hand, definitely!"

No time to celebrate, keep going, there are still lucky ones waiting below!

By the time everyone else arrived, before chumming, Yang Qi had already caught four Sesame Groupers. The last one had disappeared somewhere.

"Forget it! I'll let you go!" Yang Qi thought to himself.

He changed to a string of hooks and started 'stocking up' mode.

"Woohoo! Four more, taking off!"

Yang Qi happily and carefully removed the fish, because another Golden Pomfret had taken the bait.

Yang Qi counted. Besides Zhang Jun and Chang Shengli, there were actually twelve or thirteen other fishing enthusiasts nearby.

This lineup was comparable to a professional fishing competition.

Under such a "chumming feast," the effect of attracting fish was also significant.

The fish schools in the nearby sea gathered frantically as if by magic.

And the spot Yang Qi chose, with its underwater terrain and location, was an excellent place for fish to gather.

Countless schools of fish, passing through this area, would leave a portion behind upon seeing that there was no shortage of food here. The number of fish below also grew steadily.

Yang Qi sped up his 'stocking up' pace, his hands blurring into a phantom.

Zhang Jun and the other person, having arrived earlier, had already pulled their fish to the surface. They were all Black Sea Bream weighing over a jin.

Soon, the surrounding fishing enthusiasts also started catching fish, mostly Black Sea Bream, Golden Pomfret, Sea Bass, and so on, weighing around a jin.

This made the fishing enthusiasts who hadn't caught anything yet quite anxious.

As if their nerves were stimulated, or as if they saw the dawn of victory, they all increased their chumming efforts, hoping to attract even larger schools of fish.

For a time, everyone was catching fish; as soon as you finished, I would appear!

The fish were biting frantically, and the people were frantic too.

Nothing else mattered, just fishing.

Most fishing enthusiasts had never encountered such a frenzied fishing situation.

Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of fishing.

Suddenly, Yang Qi's fishing rod was violently yanked downwards by a huge force.

Since he had only been catching one or two-jin fish, he wasn't mentally prepared. He was pulled off balance in an instant.

He immediately became alert; this must be a big fish!

He gripped the fishing rod tightly and began to wrestle with the fish.

The "woo woo woo" sound of the fishing line cutting through the water startled the surrounding fishing enthusiasts.

Everyone else didn't stop what they were doing, only occasionally looking up to watch the excitement.

"How's it going, Yang Qi? Do you need help!"

Yang Qi saw Zhang Jun stand up and prepare to walk towards him. He immediately stopped him.

"Brother Jun, I can do it myself, it's not that big, you keep fishing!"

After all, such good fishing conditions are indeed rare in nearshore waters. He didn't want Zhang Jun to miss out.

The fishing line was taut, and the fish underwater struggled continuously.

Due to the limited area of the oyster raft, Yang Qi was afraid the fishing line would cut on the oysters underwater, leading to a break. So he locked the line release switch, preparing to go head-to-head with the fish.

Yang Qi gritted his teeth, his body and hands rhythmically raising the rod and reeling in the line.

The equipment had no problems; it was just a matter of brute force and stamina.

After a fierce struggle, the fish finally gradually lost its strength and was slowly pulled to the surface by Yang Qi.

It was a Tiger Grouper nearly a meter long, weighing at least 40 jin!

Zhang Jun had come over after all, to help Yang Qi net the fish. The landing net covered the big fish's head, and the two of them worked together to pull the fish onto the oyster raft.

Such a large Tiger Grouper is very rare in nearshore waters. The two of them took turns taking photos with it and then put the fish into a large fish keeper to keep it alive.

Everyone let out exclamations of amazement, casting envious glances.

The surrounding fishing enthusiasts, stimulated, cast their rods and chummed even more vigorously.

They hoped to catch such a large fish as well, and the entire sea area immediately became lively again.

"Hehe! I caught a Golden Pomfret, it's so big!" A fishing enthusiast proudly shouted, holding up a Golden Pomfret.

This Golden Pomfret was indeed quite large, about the length of an adult man's palm. Due to its flat body, it weighed about half a jin.

Its yellowish-brown body shimmered golden in the sunlight, very beautiful.

"Hahaha, my Black Sea Bream is over two jin."

"My Yellowfin Seabream is almost 3 jin."

The surrounding fishing enthusiasts began to show off.

Yang Qi just smiled and said nothing; his rod had hooked four more fish: three Black Sea Bream and one Yellowfin Seabream.

Without Golden Pomfret, Yang Qi's fish-removing speed doubled.

"Hahahaha! Sesame Grouper! I caught a Sesame Grouper!"

Yang Qi heard Zhang Jun's shout. He turned to look. Indeed, it was a large Sesame Grouper almost 5 jin.

Yang Qi suspected this one was the one that had escaped from him earlier.

"What a lucky fellow!"

The fishing enthusiasts on the oyster raft were all catching fish, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Boss Wang, happy, also took out his phone to record videos. Such fishing conditions are usually very rare.

These exciting scenes of fishing enthusiasts catching fish were excellent material for promoting oyster raft fishing.

Boss Wang quickly edited the video he had just shot. Then he posted it to local fishing groups and his TikTok account.

The effect was immediate, one could say. Customers immediately inquired about the location of the oyster raft, as well as the fee standards, and so on.

In a short time, more than 20 fishing enthusiasts had already booked for tomorrow morning to come fishing.

He believed that by evening, more people would see the video, and the effect would be even better.

About two hours later, Yang Qi borrowed a large fish keeper from the boss.

He sold all the fish except the Grouper to Boss Wang.

He was afraid that so many fish crowded together would easily die.

When he and two workers lifted the fish keeper together, the fishing enthusiasts became even more frantic.

Sounds of "tsk tsk" rose and fell.

Yang Qi put all those Grouper back into his own fish keeper, intending to use the borrowed one for his next catch.

Boss Wang also knew that Yang Qi wouldn't sell the Grouper to him cheaply. So he didn't even bring it up.

The boss waved his hand, and all fish were priced at 60 yuan per jin. With so many fish, sorting them was too troublesome.

After weighing, there were a total of 72 jin this time.

Yang Qi received another 4320 yuan.

Feeling great!

"Keep going, keep going!" Yang Qi was in a great mood!

He didn't know if it was because too much chum had been used and the fish were full, or for some other reason, but the bites became much less frequent afterwards.

However, despite this, relying on his golden finger, he directly delivered 'takeout'.

You don't want to snatch food, don't want to move? I'll deliver the bait directly to your mouth; you just have to open your mouth to eat. That should work, right!

Just like that, Yang Qi burst his fish keeper twice more later on.

Both times he had over seventy jin of fish, earning another 9000-odd yuan.

In one afternoon, Yang Qi earned a total of 17246 yuan.

He also kept four or five Black Sea Bream and Yellowfin Seabream each, plus a 40-odd jin Tiger Grouper, 4 Sesame Groupers around five jin, and 5 Green Groupers weighing five or six jin.