"Then I'll drive over?"
"Drive over." Ye Yaodong said firmly.
"Oh...wait a minute...give me two guns first. I'll go down to the deck and get them ready. You wait a moment, and then we'll get closer when we're ready."
"good."
Father Ye stood up and made way for him to get the gun.
Ye Yaodong took two 56-and-a-half handfuls and went down to the deck.
Everyone was surprised to see two guns in his hand.
"What is this for..."
"Don't be nervous, this is the plan to catch that big fish. Did you all see the big fish in front? The end of the snout is very long, like a saw, similar to the long snout of swordfish and swordfish. I'll be sure to do that later.
It’s not that easy to catch.”
After Ye Yaodong comforted them, he handed the gun in his hand to Chen Shi, "Take it, wait and listen to my order before shooting."
Then he said to the others: "The boat is moving forward now. When it gets closer, you can throw the two broken hand-thrown nets at the sawfish, but these two hand-thrown nets will definitely not
It's very useful, its saw teeth cut through it in two or three strokes, and the net is not big, so it is easy to escape, probably before you can close the net."
"So when the two hand-thrown nets are thrown out, you pull them hard twice immediately, and we immediately fire. When the fishing boat gets closer, another person throws the trawl net down.
, continue to entangle. This fishing net is more than 300 meters long. If you get entangled, you will not be able to escape or struggle."
If it weren't for the fact that the trawl net was too big and heavy to be thrown as light as a hand-thrown net, he wouldn't have had to use all the nets.
Everyone quickly agreed and were eager to give it a try.
"Then let's catch the big fish first, the dead and floating fish on the sea, and then we can catch these after catching the big fish. They are dead anyway and can't run away."
"We'll see later how these fish died. They were poisoned by red tide. Then we can't keep them. Let's take a look first."
"Oh... I wasn't so particular about it before. I just ate whatever I wanted... If you can catch some fish, it's good to eat some."
"So there were a lot of dead people in the past. They were buried anyway, and the family couldn't hold them accountable." Ye Yaodong said casually, and then reminded them, "Be prepared, we are approaching."
"Hey! Here we come!"
There were a large number of dead fish floating on the sea nearby, and some of them were almost floating in front of them, and the big sawfish was right in the middle of the fish group.
I don't know if the shark was killed, so it didn't writhe there at this time and seemed very calm.
Because of the delay in getting the telescope, he didn't know what happened to the shark. He only saw blood red spreading on the sea surface a moment ago, and now it calmed down again. It was most likely that he had either escaped or died.
Ye Yaodong saw that the distance was almost there, the fishing boat also stopped, and immediately called them to get ready.
"It's time to throw the fishing net. Chen Shi is ready. When the fish struggles to expose part of its body, we will shoot together."
"clear!"
When he responded, the hand-thrown net had already been thrown out, firmly covering the sawfish, and many fish were also covered in it.
There are all kinds of dead fish floating on the sea, large and small, and there are many varieties. Visually, a large area can weigh tens of thousands of kilograms, and the dark area is quite wide.
As far as he could see with his naked eyes, there were mullet, pomfret, small yellow croaker, perch, Baogong, Shuigu, yellow croaker, etc., all of which were valuable or not.
Two hand-thrown nets one behind the other covered the sawfish. When the first fishing net was first covering it, it immediately started struggling. When the second fishing net was covering it, it struggled even more fiercely.
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Moreover, its snout was waving wildly, and its body was struggling violently and slapping on the sea surface.
"shot!"
As soon as the voice fell, a burst of gunfire rang out immediately, and then a second gunshot rang out. The sawfish on the sea struggled even more because of the pain, and the splashing water could even spray towards their heads.
cheek.
The body entangled in the fishing net was also separated by the struggle of its snout, and the fishing net was directly cut.
It was just that it struggled too hard at the beginning, and the fishing net was already entangled and messy. Even if it cut the fishing net with the end of its snout, its body, fins and tail were already entangled tightly with the fishing net, and some couldn't break free. Only the kiss
The end was liberated.
The freedom of the body was restricted, which made it extremely manic, rolling on the sea surface. In addition, the pain doubled due to the rolling, and the degree of ferocity and madness increased sharply.
Even the dead fish in the circle around it were pushed further and further away by the waves because it struggled harder, making the circle around it empty, leaving only it still there, twisting its body crazily and swaying its tail.
, making useless slashes everywhere on the snout.
The two fishermen were holding the other ends of the ropes. They did not dare to exert force at all. In front of such a crazy fish, their strength was not enough.
"Put the rope on the roller and roll it up, and let the roller see if it can close the net."
"If the rope is too tight, the good fish will be struggling and cutting everywhere. It may cut the rope, but the result will probably be in vain."
"Yes, then you just pull the rope and don't use force. At least the fishing net has entangled it, and it only has a long mouth exposed, and its body can't break free."
After speaking, Ye Yaodong looked at the sawfish that was still struggling so fiercely, and took the opportunity to shoot again.
Chen Shi also followed suit.
"If you struggle a little more, it should be about the same..."
"No, it wants to run away..." The ropes in the hands of the two long-term workers were pulled taut, and half of their bodies were dragged by the ropes in their hands, with half of their bodies exposed outside the hull, and their entire stomachs pressed against the edge of the boat
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"Oh, boss, you are so energetic. Come and help. We can't catch it. If we can't catch it, we will be dragged into the sea by it."
Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi also quickly put down their guns and helped each other hold the rope to prevent them from being dragged into the sea by the fish.
"It can't run away. Its body is covered by the fishing net. It can't even swim. It should be sinking to the bottom of the water now. It may not be dead yet."
Ye's father also noticed their situation. He was afraid that the rope would be cut by the saw teeth because of the tension, so he also started the boat and moved the boat a little in the direction of the rope being straightened.
Due to the movement of the fishing boat, the sawfish, which lost its freedom and was restrained, continued to sink to the bottom.
"Do you still want to release this big net?"
"Let it go, but wait a minute, go and ask my father to stop the boat and stop moving. The fishing boat is moving now, and the fishing net thrown down will follow the progress of the fishing boat and float to the back of the boat. Tell him to stop."
Come down and throw the big net down again to entangle the fish."
Now this fish can only sink to the bottom of the water, but it can't sink anywhere with them pulling it, but don't even think about pulling it up. If you pull it, it will only make it struggle harder. Such a big fish can't do that.
Die easily.
It will only stimulate it, and then the snout will move around and cut the rope. Then he will probably have to sink to the bottom of the sea and fish it out. Who knows how many meters deep it is?
The boatman complied, and he and the others held the rope in their hands to prevent the fish from sinking to the bottom.
The big net was lowered into the sea along with the rope they were holding. The big net was too long, more than 300 meters long. They had no intention of lowering the entire fishing net. They only lowered it for more than ten meters and removed it from the fishing net.
The pulling force felt that the fish was entangled in the fishing net.
"It was hit. Sure enough, it's still there alive. Such a big fish really has strong vitality, so it's not easy to die."
"Fortunately I didn't pull it, otherwise I would have gone crazy."
"Then what should I do now that the fishing net is entangled?"
"Just use a net hoist to lift it up. There are so many nets wrapped around me, and the thread of this big net is so thick. I'm probably not far away from death now. I don't have that much energy to cut such a thick fishing net. I can't escape."
It fell."
The line of the hand-thrown net is too thin. Even if it can be pulled up with a net machine, as long as the fish still has breath, it will be easily cut and then sink to the bottom of the sea. The big net is different, its line is very thick.
It is thicker than hand-thrown nets and is not easy to cut.
"Then we can't let go of the thread we hold on to."
"Catch it first."
"It's still very energetic, it's still moving, and it's still trying to escape."
"I'll use the net hoist to hook it up and pull it up..."
Several people were busy working together, and when the net hoisting machine started to operate to collect the net, suddenly a hand-throwing net rope suddenly came loose.
"Ah, my rope is broken."
"It's okay. I still have this one, which means it's still there without running away."
Ye Yaodong also stared at the sea, watching the fishing net being pulled up bit by bit. He could already see the shadow of the big fish under the water.
"Yes, yes..."
"Yes, whose is it?"
"It's yours. Isn't this your boat? Isn't it yours to catch a big fish?"
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips in a bored manner and stopped talking. As expected, these people had no sense of humor at all. If Aguang Xiaoxiao and the others were here, they would have understood what he meant and started laughing and cursing a few words.
Water came out with a splash.
"Ah! It's collected."
"Caught!"
"It's so big, and that mouth... is so long, like a saw..."
"Wow, this one must be more than three meters from beginning to end, right? It's so big..."
"I don't know how much this fish can be sold for. It looks really weird. I don't know if anyone wants it."
"Oh, I only thought about catching big fish and didn't think about whether anyone would want it. It's not like no one wants such a big fish, right? It just looks a little weird, but it looks a lot like a manta ray."
"You can't sell such a big fish for money, but it's an honor to tell it."
A several-meter-long sawfish is like a large five-flowered board entangled in a fishing net, with only the end of its snout exposed. The long snout is about the same proportion as the body, and wide, and the tusks on the sides are like saw teeth.
No wonder it's called a sawfish.
Seeing that the boatmen were going to borrow ropes, Ye Yaodong quickly stopped them and said, "Wait a moment."
"Isn't he dead?" Everyone immediately backed away nervously, looking at the big fish with vigilance.
"No, I want to take pictures first."
"Ah? I thought the fish was still alive. You told us not to get close."
"I was so warped, my eyes were closed, and the big saw couldn't move."
"You want to take pictures again? Your camera is only used on the fish. You don't take as many pictures of people as you do of fish?"
"What do you know?"
It will be very difficult to see this fish in the future. This is his brilliant achievement, so of course he has to take pictures and keep them as evidence.
From now on, if you randomly pick out any of his ocean photos, they are all mythical. Who can be as awesome as him, as experienced as him, and moreover, he has the credentials to say it.
This is his glorious history and bragging rights.
Ye Yaodong quickly returned and took two pictures before letting him put them down. However, he didn't take any more pictures after putting them down. He couldn't take any pictures because he was tied up. When the fishing nets were untied, he took another picture.
"First untie the big net. Now we have to go back to the shore. It has been cut and needs to be repaired. The transparent thread of the hand-thrown net can be cut off with scissors later. Be careful with the big net.
One thing, don’t damage it too much, you’ll have to use it after repairing it.”
"Know."
Father Ye ran down to take a look excitedly, "It's such a big one. Fortunately, I caught it."
"Why are you running down here? Hurry up and drive the boat to chase the dead fish floating on the sea."
Father Ye turned his head and looked at the sea. He was already far away and all he could see was darkness. "Okay, okay, I'll drive the boat to chase you right away."
After saying that, he took a fish out of the fishing net and took a look at it. It was all fresh and not poisoned, and then he went to the cockpit again.
When the fishing net was thrown, it not only covered the big fish, but also caught a lot of small fish. The small ones are actually relative to the size of the sawfish, but they are not actually very small. What I see in the fishing net now are all those that can be sold for money.
Good stuff.
Ye Yaodong also squatted down and took out a few fish to check to see if they were poisoned by red tide. After all, the color concentration of red tide was quite high at night, but he didn't know whether it was poisonous or not.
Red tides are formed by different types of algae, some of which are poisonous and some are non-toxic.
Fish eyes contaminated by red tide will become cloudy, lose their normal luster, and some may even bulge outward.
Heavily polluted fish will also have abnormal shapes. Some have large heads and small tails, some have curved spines or even deformities, and some have yellow skin and blue tails.
This type of food cannot be eaten at all, as it may cause poisoning in the human body.
If the water environment is simply severely hypoxic and causes fish, shrimps and crabs to suffocate to death, they can still be eaten.
He looked through several of them, and they all died normally. They were all fresh and edible.
Other fishermen were also untying the fishing nets and digging out the small fish to create space. They also saw that these fish were all edible.
"Fortunately, there is a new hand-thrown net in the cabin, which can be taken out for use, otherwise the dead fish floating up..."
"You have to be more prepared when you go out, but don't be afraid. Don't we still have hand nets? You can cast the net later and catch what should be caught with the hand net. Try to catch everything in one catch. It's rare.
It's such a big wave. Let's go and get it now. This fishing net won't be untied for a while. Let's leave it for now and talk about it later."
"good."
Ye Yaodong also dropped the fish he was looking at, stood up and took a telescope to look at the sea in the distance. The dead fish that floated up were drifting in the water. They were originally scattered due to the violent struggle of the sawfish, but now they were scattered due to the current.
The flushes came together again.
The main reason is that there are enough of them, the water flow and the wind direction are in the same direction, and they are not washed away by the waves, but are concentrated again.
If you can get all the naan from this piece, the income will be very good, which is worth working at sea for a few days. It's not a loss to just go back this time.
If everyone had seen such a large group of dead fish before, they would have been extremely excited. These were all picked up for free, and Mazu gave them money.
However, in the past two years, everyone has followed Ye Yaodong when fishing, and their horizons have improved, and their thresholds have also increased. These fish are not exciting to them yet.
After all, I had caught a 110,000-jin plum boy fish in a net before. These fish on the sea probably only weighed tens of thousands of catties. How could they compare with the 110,000-jin plum boy fish?
But they were still happy. After all, it was a bumper harvest. There was no need to haul the goods one by one. The goods were all right in front of them. They only had to work hard to catch them and it would all be theirs. There was no need to gamble on luck.
Everyone's enthusiasm was quite high and they all rushed to get ready.
Father Ye drove his fishing boat to chase the black shoals of dead fish that gathered on the sea. They were all dead and had no vitality. They could only sway in the wind. They didn't run very fast, but they caught up with them in a few seconds.
The boatmen also took out new hand-thrown nets, and as soon as the fishing boat stopped, they immediately threw and collected the fish on the sea surface. The other two people also used hand-thrown nets to salvage the goods beside the fishing boat.
What was supposed to be used to catch jellyfish is now used to catch dead fish.
"There are all kinds of fish, there are so many..."
"Speak less and save more energy. With such a large amount, it won't be possible to salvage it all in a while. We will have to work hard for several hours."
"It seems that the red tide has spread over there. From a distance, it looks all brown. The sky is not blue and the water is blue like before." Ye Yaodong said with a telescope.
"This red tide seems to be quite serious."
"Originally, the scope of the diffusion is quite wide. If you happen to encounter it, it will be fine. You can fish it out slowly. These fish are suffocated to death, so it is not a big problem. We will go back after finishing it."
"Okay, okay, catch all these. The fish bin is probably full."
Ye Yaodong also took a hand net and fished with everyone, and Ye's father also picked up a hand net after the fishing boat stopped.
Everyone on the boat was fishing, and all the fish they caught were dumped on the deck. No one had time to sort and sort them. They just wanted to catch all the fish in the sea as soon as possible.
The early morning sun had completely risen when they were fishing. Under the bright sun, everyone's faces were burned red by the sun, and sweat dripped directly to the sea. There was still only their fishing boat floating in the middle of the sea, working hard.
of salvage.
No one had time to run to the cabin to get a towel to wipe the sweat on their heads. They just took off their clothes and hung them around their necks to wipe them with.
Ye Yaodong had been exposed to the sun intermittently during this period, and his face was already several shades darker than in previous years, but compared to the dark faces around him, he was considered fair.
When he goes out, he doesn't wear sunscreen like a ghost like he does at home. He just pays more attention to it when he is at sea. After all, the sun at sea is the most poisonous.
"If you are tired from casting the net, or if you have stayed up all night, take a rest first and help cook a meal. We haven't eaten since early in the morning, so we probably don't have any energy anymore. Let's take a rest first and take it easy."
Father Ye wiped the sweat from his face and said to him: "You haven't slept all night, so you should take a rest first."
"Then let's all take a rest first. We won't finish fishing so quickly. People are like iron, and food is like steel. You won't be hungry until you eat a meal. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work. Let's take a rest."
Those who cook cook, those who rest rest.”
Everyone quickly put down the nets they were working on. Everyone was either sweating profusely or looking exhausted. They divided the work. Those who had not slept all night had a rest first, and the two who had slept went to cook first.
Father Ye took the fishing net everyone put aside and continued to cast the net.
"Why don't you take a break, Dad."
"I'm not tired. I took a nap, and when I woke up, I kept sailing there without doing much work. You can rest while I catch more."
"That's up to you."
Ye Yaodong leaned against the side of the boat tiredly, not daring to close his eyes at all. He was afraid that he would fall asleep immediately and be unable to get up later.
After resting for a while and feeling that my arms were no longer so sore, I stood up and took the binoculars to look at the surrounding sea. They were still the only boat alone.
There are too few fishing boats that can travel such a distance these days, and offshore resources are abundant. Most of the time, one trawler is enough to make a profit fishing offshore.
While they were fishing, the red tide had already spread, and it spread around their fishing boat, covering all the fish in brown.
Originally, the fish looked black and white, with black on the back and white on the belly. Now, at first glance, they are all brown.
If it had been covered by red tide before, they probably wouldn't have been able to see the dead fish floating on the sea here.
Ye Yaodong watched the fishing boat rippling in the water and deviate from the fish, so he climbed up to the cockpit and moved the fishing boat closer to the dead fish so that his father could continue to cast the net.
By the way, he was also sitting in the cockpit to rest and avoid the sun.
It wasn't until everyone called him to start dinner that he realized that he had fallen asleep at some point. When he was woken up, he felt exhausted all over and could hardly open his eyes.
But he still held on, relying on his willpower to wake up again and go down to eat.
It is really hard for fishermen. It is common to have difficulty eating and sleeping on a fishing boat. It is even more difficult to sleep if you encounter a school of fish.
Everyone simply ate some porridge, had enough rest after filling their stomachs, and hurried to salvage.
After the sawfish was fished out, no one encountered any problems. At most, the fishing boat diverted the fish and then moved over.
After several hours of exposure, everyone finally successfully fished out all the dead fish from the sea. The entire deck was piled up like a hillside, taller than a person, referring to Father Ye and the others.
The younger generation is shorter.
"I finally finished fishing. It's tiring just fishing..."
"My hands are almost numb..."
"This is like a small mountain, weighing at least 30,000 to 50,000 jins? I don't know if it exists elsewhere..."
"You are too greedy."
Ye Yaodong listened to their discussion with a smile, "I find another pile next to me, what are you going to do?"
"Ah? Then just rest for now. You can't even lift your hands."
"Haha, just finish fishing. We will sail back soon."
Father Ye was still holding the hand net, reluctantly preparing to fish out the few remaining fish on the sea. It would be a waste not to fish out all the fish.
In the past, if you saw a fish on the sea, everyone would immediately go fishing for it. Now, there are so many fish that the arms are so sore that no one can move the remaining bits and pieces and can only leave them to the aftermath.
The boss dad.
Ye Yaodong also clapped his hands and said, "Those who stayed up late will go to bed with me. The rest of you will sail the boat and pick up the goods. When we wake up, you will come over to help. After staying up all night, we have been working for so long.
The three of us can’t handle the workload anymore.”
"Okay, you go and have a rest first. We will leave this place to us." After Father Ye poured out four or five small fish from the fishing net, he threw the handmade net aside. "I'm going to sail back now."
"Let's rest for a while. We can't lift our hands anymore. Let's rest for a while and then pick."
"First go to the fish warehouse and carry a bucket of ice cubes out and pour it on top, otherwise it will become stale due to the sun. Pour some ice cubes in and then you can rest." Ye Yaodong added.
"OK."
Anyway, there was a lot of ice cubes when we came out. Last night we encountered a red tide, so we changed the ice cubes. We didn’t have any cargo to haul, so even the little cargo we had during the day yesterday didn’t require that much ice cubes.
Just take out some of the ice cubes and cover them on top to prevent them from being sunburned, and the remaining ones are enough for the fish.
Ye Yaodong was also exhausted. He checked the time and it was already past 10 o'clock. He went back to the cabin and lay down. He fell asleep immediately.
They all slept deeply that night, and they didn't wake up until they docked in the afternoon and were woken up.
He looked confused, "Is it so noisy outside?"
"We've docked, we've arrived at the pier."
"So fast?"
Father Ye said: "I didn't run very far originally. You were driving back last night. It's only around 2 o'clock now and the goods on the deck haven't been picked yet. There are all kinds of fish in that pile of goods.
Just like in the past, when we encounter fish schools, we always catch the same kind of fish. There are too many varieties here, and sorting them is slow.”
Ye Yaodong shook his head and sat up soberly, "Let's go, finish picking the goods first, and then have a good sleep after we get back. Anyway, we are all docked, the fishing nets are broken, and we won't be able to go out to sea tomorrow.
"
"Oh, by the way, we've reached the shore. Has the red tide spread to the shore?"
"No, there are a bunch of people outside standing there looking at the cargo on our ship. Listening to their words, it seems that no one has encountered red tide. It seems that we have encountered it, right?"
"Isn't it already evening? Most of the fishing boats haven't returned yet,"
"It's also possible. Anyway, there are many people outside surrounding our boat, and they are all jealous, haha..."
"Is there anything to eat?"
"There is still a little bit of lunch left, you can eat first and then work."
Ye Yaodong nodded.
When he went out of the cabin, he saw a bunch of people talking around their fishing boat on the shore. He had to change directions if he wanted to pee.
Less than half of the goods on the deck have been sorted, and there are still many people left. After all, it only depends on two people. Father Ye still has to sail the boat, and they are all overworked. Their arms are so sore from salvaging that they can't lift them up.
, low efficiency is also normal.
However, after they joined, the efficiency became higher.
When the sun went down, the entire deck was finally sorted out, except for the sawfish wrapped in a fishing net like a rice dumpling.
Chapter completed!