Rebirth of a fishing village: starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Zhao Dahai finished his meal, drank water slowly, looked at the sea surface, and thought about changing fishing methods.

There are many methods of fishing, and the shaking stake is just one of them. If the fishing is good, you must continue to use it, and if it is not good, you have to change it.

Small fish are often more curious than big fish. Big fish are relatively cautious. The white-headed waves have just passed, and there are a lot of small fish in the sea. The sound that came out attracted all the small fish, so there was no need to continue shaking the pile.

Zhao Dahai decided to change to the bottom fishing method.

The fishing group is very simple. The main line passes through the lead through the center and is tied with a figure-of-eight ring, and a sub-line about one meter is connected to the figure-of-sight ring. The hook is tied, and the single hook is opened. Small fish and small hooks can be avoided to a certain extent.

Zhao Dahai picked up two sea centipedes, he was reluctant that the children couldn't catch the wolves, and if he wanted to catch a big fish, he had to have not only a big hook but also a big bug.

Zhao Dahai threw the pole forward, the lead pendant flew out and landed seven or eight meters away, hit the water with a "boom", sank with the hook and disappeared, tightened the line, and dragged it to make sure it was not hanging on the bottom Put the fishing rod on the boat, pick up another rod, and do the same. There are five rods in total. Some of the lead pendants and hooks thrown out are five or six meters long, and some are seven or eight meters long. They are distributed in a fan shape. The hook of the rod is entangled with the line, and the other one covers as much area as possible. One of the biggest characteristics of the bottom fishing method is "street stall". There are often three or four or even seven or eight fishing rods on the fishing boat.

After Zhao Dahai finished setting the poles, he sat on the side of the boat, his eyes kept sweeping over the five poles.

Five minutes passed.

Ten minutes passed.

Zhao Dahai was not impatient at all. Bottom fishing wants to catch big fish, such as black bream weighing about one catty. This kind of fish keeps swimming around on the bottom of the sea to hunt for food. The target of hanging two sea centipedes is bigger. The hook hangs on the head and stings. The bottom will keep twisting and the fishy smell will more easily attract the attention of big fish. It is a "wait and wait" fishing method. No fish will take the bait soon, and you have to wait for the fish in the sea to find the bait.

Zhao Dahai waited for almost twenty minutes. The tip of the farthest pole in the middle shook slightly. The amplitude was so small that he couldn't even notice it unless he was concentrated.

Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand, picked up the fishing rod lightly, and instead of taking up the line, stretched it forward a bit, and the tight broken line loosened a bit. Small fish don’t know how high the sky is and are very reckless. They eat bait very simply. Big fish are different and are very cautious. The same is true for black sea bream. Loosening the line can greatly reduce vigilance. However, the line should not be loosened too much, otherwise the pole will be sharpened after a while. less than fish.

one time!

Twice!

Three times!

Zhao Dahai concentrated his mind and kept staring at the tip of the pole. He waited until the tip of the pole shook three times and then paused heavily for the fourth time before he raised the pole and made a big curved bow.

Hit!

Zhao Dahai bowed his fishing rod and slipped for a while. He felt that the fish didn't have much strength before he reeled in the line and pulled the fish back. He pulled the fish to the side of the boat, controlled the rod with one hand and picked up the net with the other.

big!

At least a catty and a half!

Zhao Dahai picked off the fish, threw it into the living cabin, made a "plop" sound, and swam with his tail swung.

Zhao Dahai was very happy. He got thirty or forty yuan. Dozens of small fish worth two or three taels were not worth this one. The big fish was good.

Zhao Dahai took two sea centipedes on the hook and threw them out, landing accurately on the spot where he just caught the fish. Black snapper would be in groups, and there would be three, five, or seven or eight of them. He couldn't let go of this opportunity. , after a while, he caught another two black seabream worth 78 taels, but for the next half hour, all five poles remained motionless.

Zhao Dahai did not "love fighting". He put away all the poles, tidied them up, started the diesel engine and changed places. Bottom fishing is the same as swinging piles. You have to change places diligently. If there are no fish, change places immediately.

The sun set unknowingly, and the sunlight hit my face, making it difficult to open my eyes.

Zhao Dahai covered his forehead with his hands and looked at the tips of the five poles. He did not move for twenty minutes, put them all away, and drove the fishing boat back to the dock.

Zhao Dahai tidied up, fetched water and flushed the fishing boat. Just as he was about to catch fish and go home, he saw Zhong Shizhu striding towards the pier. After waiting for a while, he arrived in front of him and shouted to ask if he had caught any fish today.

Zhong Shizhu nodded.

"ha!"

"Uncle Shizhu. Isn't it a good thing to have fish? You look unhappy at first?"

Zhao Dahai was a little surprised. Zhong Shizhu didn't have a smile on his face.

Zhong Shizhu smiled bitterly, there were indeed fish, not many big ones, they were all small fish. The big ones were untied and sold, and now we are untangling the small fish from the Internet.

Zhong Shizhu got on the fishing boat, set up a rack, dragged the fishing net soaked in the sea water, and hung it up.

Zhao Dahai took a look and saw that there were indeed many fish, all of which were about the same size as the small black snapper he caught by swinging the pile. No wonder Zhong Shizhu was unhappy.

"After a few days of bald waves, they are all small fish."

“We can only wait a few tides to see if there are any bigger fish.”

…

"Swinging the pile really doesn't work, the same are all small fish. Today's fishing sinks to the bottom. There are not many fish, they are a little bigger."

"Dahai, your mind works very fast. All the fishermen I met today were shaking their stakes!"

…

Zhao Dahai helped Zhong Shizhu untie the fish. The two of them worked much faster and finished it in less than an hour. The small fish they untied were thrown into the sea, and the larger fish, crabs and snails near the dock had a full meal.

Zhao Dahai returned to his fishing boat, caught the fish, put it in a bucket and carried it to the dock.

Zhong Shizhu took a look and saw that there were about ten kilograms of black sea bream weighing seven to eight taels per kilogram, which was more than what he had caught with his fishing net.

Zhao Dahai quickly walked into the yard carrying the fish, walked directly to the big bucket, poured all the fish in, and turned on the oxygenator. He caught more than ten kilograms of fish today, not many more than one kilogram, most of which were seven or eight taels. , it costs more than 200 yuan per catty and can be sold for more than 200 yuan. After deducting the gas price, you can earn 150 yuan. It is not good but not bad. When you go fishing, you cannot eat meat every day. Most of the time, there is soup. It was a good drink.

eight pm.

The sixteenth moon is very bright.

Zhao Dahai set up the table in the yard and served the dishes, stir-fried pork belly with vegetables, fried two salted fish, a dozen small black sea bream that couldn't be sold for 2 taels, and cooked a large bowl of soup. As long as you go to sea, you can't miss fish, shrimps and crabs. They just eat the small ones and keep the big ones to sell them for money.

Zhao Dahai ate porridge and soup, and took a bite of salted fish from time to time. He stayed on the sea for a day and ate whatever he wanted at noon. He was really hungry.

Zhong Cuihua looked at Zhao Dahai who was gobbling up food, and felt heartbroken for her grandson. She had no choice but to make money if she didn't work. When she went to sea, she would be exposed to wind and sun and starved.

Zhao Dahai finished his meal, took a shower, and went to bed early. He had to get up early tomorrow to fish. He had to catch the tide when fishing. The tide was early and he had to go out to sea early. When it was late, the good spots were occupied by others. He couldn't catch any fish. Another day of wasted work.

It's quiet at night.

Zhao Dahai was lying on the bed. He was originally thinking about fishing for a day, but he was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he lay down. Unexpectedly, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He couldn't control his mind and kept thinking about fishing during the day.

Today I changed to bottom fishing. The quantity was not large but the effect was good. I caught more than seven or eight taels and avoided the small fish. However, using the same bottom fishing, I could catch fish in some places and no fish in other places.

I went out early in the morning and fished for more than ten hours. I changed no less than fifteen fishing spots. I could catch fish in three or four places, but not a single one was found in the remaining ones.

Today I spent less than two hours in places where I actually caught fish, and the rest of the time was spent in places where I didn’t catch fish. If I could be more precise when choosing fishing spots, I could save a lot of time and catch more fish. Lots of fish.

In the same sea area, fish can be caught in some places and not in others.

This can't be an accident.

Fish are not humans, but they are not brainless and cannot be fools. At least they have animal instincts, right?

There must be a reason!

Could it be that fish eats running water?

Zhao Dahai thought of a saying often said by the old people in the village. Flowing water refers to the flow of sea water, which means that fish can only be found where there is running water. The reason is very simple. The flow of sea water rolls up the sea mud, seaweed, or other small creatures on the bottom of the sea. , the small fish and shrimps gather to eat, when the small fish and shrimps come, the big fish that eats the small fish and shrimps will appear.

Zhao Dahai recalled that he had fished in more than a dozen places during the day. Some of the places where fish were caught did have obvious sea water flow, but there were two places where fish were caught where no running water could be seen. What was going on?

The first rooster crow sounded, and the whole village's roosters jerked one after another, endlessly.

Zhao Dahai looked out the window. The sky was getting brighter. He hadn't slept all night but he was in good spirits. He just got up and let go of things he didn't understand. Work was important.

Zhao Dahai cooked breakfast, packed the lunch box and warmed the rest on the stove. After packing his things, he immediately went out and strode to the dock to continue fishing.