Starting to go to the sea: I really didn’t want to be a sea king

White eel, also known as white eel and Japanese eel.

Eel

As the name suggests, this is a kind of eel.

Its body is slender, the front part of the body is almost cylindrical, and the tail is flattened.

Although this thing is a fish, its body is long and thin, the dorsal fin, anal fin, and caudal fin are narrow and connected together, and the pectoral fin is very small, hidden under the belly, and it is really difficult to find if you don't pay attention.

No wonder Zhang Hongtao thought it was a snake just now.

"This is the sea eel. I heard that Xiaori likes to eat this thing, and it is sold very expensively?"

After learning that it was not a sea snake, Zhang Hongtao was no longer afraid. He came up and carefully looked at the big white eel that was still struggling in the net bag, and stretched out his hand to try the feel.

It looks slimy and slippery, and it should be quite good to stroke it.

"Fuck, don't you want your hand anymore?"

Sun Qingjun was startled by his action and quickly slapped him away.

"You think it won't bite if it's not a snake? This big eel can tear off half of your palm with one bite, don't you believe it?"

The eel in the net was not small, about half a meter long and as thick as a fist.

"So fierce."

Chu Yang quietly retreated behind the two people. In fact, he wanted to try the feel of it just now.

"But it's still a good thing, no matter how fierce it is. I don't know the current price, but during the Chinese New Year last year, a big one like this sold for at least 80 yuan per catty."

"More expensive than Qinggan?"

Chu Yang's eyes lit up.

He estimated that there were not many eels in the net bag, but there were also 20 to 30, and the total weight of large and small eels was 40 to 50 kilograms. This way, it could sell for at least 3,000 yuan.

He was also unintentional!

"Sai Linmu, it can be sold at such a high price, hurry up and pack it up and drag two more nets." Zhang Hongtao shouted on the side.

Sun Qingjun glanced at him.

"I advise you not to hold out too much hope. This thing is a bottom-dwelling fish. It usually hides in the cracks of mud and rocks. It is difficult to catch it without a professional bottom trawling net."

After that, Sun Qingjun popularized what bottom trawling is.

As the name suggests, this is a fishing method that increases the weight of the net bag and is specifically designed to catch bottom-dwelling marine life.

As we all know, the ocean is generally divided into three water zones, the upper zone, the middle zone, and the bottom zone. (There are two more in the ocean: the deep zone and the abyss zone, but that is not within the scope of human fishing, so I won't introduce them).

The upper and middle zones are all water, and only spindle-shaped fish with strong swimming ability can adapt to this environment.

The bottom zone is the habitat of marine life with slower migration ability, such as shrimps, crabs, shellfish, and some long and flat fish, such as eels.

There is no distinction between good and bad fish in the three water layers. The upper and middle layers have marine gold such as tuna and yellow croaker, and the bottom layer also has precious seafood such as lobsters and crabs.

Relatively speaking, the marine life at the bottom is relatively easy to catch due to its slow movement speed, and the efficiency of bottom trawl is higher than that of middle and upper water layer trawl.

So many fishermen like to use bottom trawl.

But this thing has many disadvantages. First of all, it catches all sizes, which is comparable to the family-killing net. Secondly, it will destroy the ecological environment of the seabed, damage the seabed reefs, corals, etc., and cause the destruction of species habitats.

Therefore, both international and domestic bottom trawl ban areas have been set up. If you want to use this method to fish, you have to wait until you leave the continental shelf.

"Then can you use longline fishing?" Zhang Hongtao asked.

Chu Yang glanced at him in surprise. He didn't expect that this guy would say what he wanted to say.

Sure enough, it still needs money to stimulate it. The brain has become much smarter.

"Longline fishing, this is possible. As long as the weight is increased to make the end sink to the bottom, the fish in the upper, middle and lower water layers can be caught."

As he said, Sun Qingjun turned back to ask Chu Yang for his opinion.

"Ayang, what do you think?"

Obviously, he also has some ideas about the white eels here.

Chu Yang certainly supports it. He is eager to do so. This is really someone offering a pillow just when he is sleepy.

"Then do as you say, Uncle Jun."

"Okay."

Sun Qingjun took a deep puff of cigarette and flicked the cigarette butt into the sea with his fingers.

"First, clean up the ones in the net and use the longline fishing!"

The net bag was untied, and more than 20 white eels ranging from 30 cm to half a meter long flew out instantly.

This thing is really fierce. After it came out of the net, it twisted non-stop. Some of them even bounced up, and their tails whipped on the deck, making a snapping sound.

If this slapped anyone, it would definitely be powerful.

Sun Qingjun took a fine-mesh net, and he was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He scooped one with one shovel.

After packing all the white eels and asking Zhang Hongtao to send them for quick freezing, he did not stop and started to fiddle with the longline fishing again.

This thing is more troublesome than trawling. The main line is 500 meters long, and a sub-line is set every 5 meters. Before fishing, you need to give 100 hooks are all hung with bait.

"Uncle Jun, I'll help you."

Chu Yang rolled up his sleeves and was about to help.

In his previous life, he had gone fishing with his father-in-law several times. Although they were both known as the two heroes of the Air Force, he thought he was still good at hanging bait.

Sun Qingjun quickly threw over a pair of thorn-proof gloves.

"You can help me. Put this on first. The hooks have barbs, and it will be troublesome if they get stuck."

Chu Yang took it and put it on, squatting down and starting to help hang the bait.

This thing is indeed simple. Just put the bait on the hook, and the sea fishing hook is much larger than the platform fishing hook, so it is not difficult to wear it.

Just pay attention to one thing. The hooks with bait should be placed on the edge of the basket in order, otherwise it will be easy to get tangled when fishing.

Fifteen minutes later, when Chu Yang felt his neck was a little sore, a basket of 500-meter longline fishing was finally hung.

Sun Qingjun hung a brick-sized lead weight on the main line, threw it into the sea, and then began to release the line.

"It will be a little wavy now, let the boat follow the water, and we just need to release the line at the speed of the boat. If it is calm, we have to drive the boat to release the line..."

He explained the key points to Chu Yang while he was working, and Chu Yang listened very carefully.

The 500-meter fishing group is slow to hang up, but fast to release, and it will be released in a short while.

Chu Yang noticed that Sun Qingjun would tie a fist-sized small lead weight on the main line every 100 meters, which is to increase the weight and let the main line lie steadily in the sea water to avoid floating.

Finally, a white foam buoy the size of a football was tied to the end of the main line and thrown into the sea, which was considered to be a set of longline fishing.

For such a large boat, more than one set of hooks must be prepared.

Sun Qingjun released two more sets of longline fishing before stopping.

The next step is a long wait.

"Rest first. I'll go drop anchor and check the harvest tomorrow morning."

Chu Yang glanced at the system map and found that the three light balls were still moving on the outer edge of the ship's range. He was too lazy to care about it and returned to his room.

His bedroom was just behind the cockpit. It was originally quite large, but now it was divided into two small rooms, only about 3.5 square meters. Next to it was Lin Zijin.

As for Sun Qingjun and Zhang Hongtao, they had to sleep in the cabin under the deck.

He rinsed his mouth with water, wiped his face briefly, took off his shoes and went to bed.

As the fishing boat swayed, the accumulated fatigue in his body gradually emerged, and Chu Yang soon fell asleep.