ocean hunter

Chapter 92 Skipjack Fishing

It's a pity that Lu Xiaolu overestimated the food intake of these creatures at the bottom of the water.

The bait thrown by Zhu Quide almost fed these big guys.

Lu Xiaolu got down two fishing rods, but both were bitten by sharks, wasting two sets of hooks in vain.

It would be useless to fish any more, so the two decided to fix the coordinates here, and planned to go to other places first, and come back when the tuna were hungry.

The resources here are still good, and I think they won't go too far.

Lu Xiaolu had already detected the next fishing spot.

There was already a fishing boat there, and the Golden Sailfish was parked two nautical miles away from them. Shirley was watching them fishing with a telescope, and she was very happy.

"Little Donkey Oppa, come and see, it's fun to fish like that."

Lu Xiaolu took the binoculars and looked, and found that the boat was fishing for bonito.

When he just detected, he saw a school of bonito here.

The fishing boats that specialize in skipjack are not the same as their tuna fishing.

The fishing boat was 25 meters long, and there were twelve people standing on both sides of the boat.

There are two people who are responsible for throwing bait into the sea, attracting a school of bonito to snatch the food, and they all rushed to the surface of the sea.

The other eight people took the fishing rods and threw them directly into the fish school without baiting them, and then flicked them back, a bonito was thrown on the deck in just three to five seconds.

There are also special people who push the fish on the deck into the ice bin.

This fishing method is indeed more exciting. After a while, the deck is full of bonito. Sometimes the person in charge of pushing the fish is too busy, and will be slapped by the bonito that jumps up.

Lu Xiaolu had only seen this fishing method on TV before, but hadn't watched it up close.

Bonito fishing is much faster than tuna fishing, and the income is relatively stable. Unlike tuna fishing, some people get rich overnight, and some people go bankrupt.

Except for those big ones, bonito generally like to forage in the upper sea, and they all appear in groups, which is easier to find.

Coupled with feeding bait, it is easy to catch them, and the catch is huge. A small school of fish is enough for a boat to catch for half a day.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, private fishing boats cannot play, because skipjack is forbidden to be caught with fishing nets, and can only be caught.

The unit price is not very high. If you want to make money, you can only win by quantity. Fishing companies ship ships and hire workers to work.

The dozen or so people on that ship should be employees, and this job is really not something ordinary people can do.

Don't look at it as throwing it out and throwing it back. There is no technical content, but the requirements for arm strength are very high.

Ordinary people go up and throw it, and you will be tired in less than 10 minutes, and you will not be able to get up. If the school of fish keeps not leaving, you will have to work all the time, and you will have no time to eat and rest.

Those people earn hard money, and their shoulders are swollen after a day, and the safflower oil is prepared in boxes on board.

Those people also noticed the Golden Sailfish, but they didn't have time to talk to Lu Xiaolu, they were all busy fishing.

The captain took a look through the binoculars and was relieved to see that there were only two people.

If the same dozen or so people came together at this time, it would be 100% to grab the fish, and there might be a fight.

He only called on the radio to remind the Golden Sailfish not to get too close, so as not to twist the anchor cable.

"receive."

After stopping the anchor, Lu Xiaolu and Xue Li also quickly got into work. It was almost noon. From last night to now, they only caught one fish, so it was estimated that they could barely cover the expenses.

They didn't come here to play, but to make money.

Not to mention, with that boat throwing a lot of bait, Lu Xiaolu's situation of getting baited by bonito is much better.

After a while, a medium-sized bluefin tuna was attracted. Lu Xiaolu put his attention on the fishing rod and waited for it.

Maybe the bluefin tuna was short-sighted, and his eyesight was not very good. After wandering around for a long time, he ate two pieces of frozen bait before he saw the lively mackerel.

"Crack!" The fishing rod bent down, and Xue Li, who was practicing casting bait, immediately stood up, took off her rubber gloves, and put away the other fishing rod.

Lu Xiaolu had already put his hand on the drum, pulled it violently, and then stuck the fishing rod on the fishing hole again, and started the tug-of-war.

"Donkey Oppa, come on!" It's not Shirley's turn to play yet, and she is playing the role of cheerleader at the side.

"One two three, hey yo! One two three, hey yo!"

Xue Li is the commander in chief, Lu Xiaolu is the chief clerk, the two work together in a division of labor, and the cooperation is perfect.

After 10 minutes, Lu Xiaolu gradually showed signs of fatigue, Xueli, who was eager to try, had already put on non-slip gloves, and stepped forward to take over Lu Xiaolu's work.

Although Xue Li is much weaker than Lu Xiaolu in strength, she has entered a stalemate at the moment, as long as she can hold her own.

"Can you do it?"

"OK!"

Seeing that Xueli was fine, Lu Xiaolu took this opportunity to go to the kitchen to drink water and eat a Snickers bar to replenish her strength.

To be honest, this thing is too sweet, he really doesn't like it, next time I'd better buy chocolate.

Xueli has a strong personality, and she firmly disagrees with Lu Xiaolu changing hands in advance.

Lu Xiaolu persisted for 10 minutes, and she also persisted for 10 minutes.

After a while, Lu Xiaolu also recovered his strength, and looked at his phone: "It's been 10 minutes, let me replace you."

After saying that, she took the fishing rod, and Xue Li stuck out her tongue tiredly, but she couldn't tell it was wearing a veil.

He took out his mobile phone and looked angrily, "Oh, you lied to me! It's only been 7 minutes!"

If it wasn't for seeing Lu Xiaolu fishing, he would have to give him a kick.

The captain on the opposite boat does not need to fish, but sits in the captain's cabin with his legs on the console, very leisurely.

When I had nothing to do, I took a binoculars and looked around. I was taken aback when I saw the movement on the Golden Sailfish, and I really caught a fish.

Look at the curvature of the fishing rod, it's not small.

Just don't know if it's a shark or what.

"I'll go, I'll go! Bluefin tuna!" After watching with relish for nearly half an hour, I finally saw the fish being hoisted up, envious.

Although he is the captain, he is only working for the company and is only responsible for sailing the boat. No matter how many fish are hoisted up, he will only get a commission.

Every time I hear those tuna fishermen say that they sell tens of thousands of fish, they are very moved.

But envy is envy, he also knows that this business is not so easy to do, there are not a few people who go bankrupt and sell ships, and it is safe to sail for others.

"These two are fine." The captain nodded, and he was on the fish in less than an hour, which was really enviable.

But the next scene made him open his mouth, and within an hour, another tuna was hoisted on the deck.

The probability of catching fish is a bit against the sky.

Based on the size of the boat, the captain can roughly calculate the cost, and the first fish can even out the expenses, so the second fish is pure profit.

(End of this chapter)