Chapter 157: Bursting the Net (Asking for Tickets)
For those who go to sea, life on board is boring. The only area where you can move is a fishing boat, and you stay on the boat every day and do repetitive things. After a long time, people can't get bored if they want to. Therefore, the old crew members must learn to self-regulate.
After collecting the crab pots, there was no life, and Zhuang Haiyang also let everyone rest and wait for lunch. After a busy meal, everyone felt that the meal they ate in the morning was almost the same. When lunch was ready, I began to gobble it up again.
The freshly caught crabs, as well as the braised squid, were accompanied by a few bought vegetables, and everyone ate very fragrant and full. After lunch, Zhuang Haiyang also took out a basket of fruits and vegetables, and said with a smile: "Come, eat some fruits to eliminate food!"
"Thank you, Boss!"
By collecting the crab pots in the morning, the crew also began to believe in Zhuang Haiyang's technique of fishing and watching the sea. Although this boat, the profession is still trawling. But in the eyes of everyone, if you can catch so many crabs every day, it will be fine if you have fewer fish.
Taking advantage of the time to eat fruits and vegetables, Zhuang Haiyang said again: "Zhipeng, you got up last night, and you squinted for a while at noon. I'll call you again when it's time to trawl. I'll lay a net today, and find a place to lay a crab pot after dinner. ”
"Boat boss, just go to the net, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch too many fish, right?"
"If there are no fish in the net, it is useless to go down a few times. Put your heart in your belly, and when you go down the trawl, you just listen to my command. If we're lucky, maybe we'll be able to set sail home the day after tomorrow. ”
"If the tank isn't full, let's go back?"
In the eyes of these veteran sailors, a trip out costs a lot. If there is enough fuel and food, they will choose to stay at sea for two more days. Until the boss of the ship feels that he will not lose money, he may choose to return home!
But Zhuang Haiyang shook his head and said, "Let's look at the next catch! There is oxygen in the water tank, and both fish and crabs can live for a while." But after a long time, the fish and the crab start to turn their bellies, and the fish and crab are worthless. ”
In order to maintain his reputation for seafood quality, Zhuang Haiyang would rather make less money than sell too many dead fish and crabs to fishermen. For the seafood that others buy at a high price, he also has to make the fishermen value the price.
After chatting with the crew for a while, Zhuang Haiyang went back to the captain's room to sleep first. The crew members who had been on duty last night also crawled back to the lounge. Even if you can't sleep well, it's good to squint for a while to recuperate. After all, there is still physical work in the afternoon!
After sleeping for two hours, he came back to Zhuang Haiyang in the captain's room, and quickly said: "Uncle Zhou, let's start the boat! Take a circle around the neighborhood, and I'll go outside to see the sea situation." When I tell you to stop the boat, you just stop where you are!"
"I can't see it, do you kid still know how to read the sea?"
"Blind learning! If you can't succeed, you have to go down the Internet to try to find out. ”
Leaving the cockpit, Zhuang Haiyang stood at the bow of the boat again and began to stare at the sea around the fishing boat. In the eyes of others, Zhuang Haiyang is searching for fish. But in fact, Zhuang Haiyang is choosing an area suitable for trawling.
When the fishing boat drove for about half an hour, Zhou Yang, who was in the cockpit, soon saw Zhuang Haiyang make a gesture to slow down the voyage. After reducing the speed of the boat, the rest of the crew began to dress and prepare to lower the trawl.
To everyone's surprise, Zhuang Haiyang called Wang Yanming to his side and said, "Squad leader, wait a minute, you stay on the boat and be in charge of commanding, I want to go into the water to see the situation under the sea." I tell you to put the net down, and you ask them to put the net in the water.
In addition, tell Uncle Zhou that you can pull the net at normal speed. I'm water-based, I'm sure you should be clear. There are a lot of fish in the area, but they seem to be a little scattered. If I go into the water, I might be able to repel the fish. Specifically, look at my gestures!"
"Okay, then you must be more careful. ”
"Don't worry!
Zhuang Haiyang, who returned to the cabin and changed into a professional diving suit, did not carry an oxygen cylinder, and only wore a goggles, after explaining to the other crew members, jumped directly from the bow of the ship into the sea, and disappeared into the sea after a while.
Dive to the bottom of the sea, search for the surrounding fish, and swim in the sea. Zhuang Haiyang, who surfaced, immediately gave Wang Yanming on the boat an OK gesture.
Seeing Zhuang Haiyang exposed to the water and giving a signal to trawl the net, Wang Yanming immediately said: "Release the net!"
The trawl nets, which had already been prepared, began to be thrown into the sea, and this large net was pulled apart. Zhuang Haiyang dived into the sea again, summoned Dinghaizhu and began to release energy. The schools of fish that inhabit the surrounding area quickly converge.
Bring schools of fish into the trawl area or even hover in place for a while. Looking at the more and more fishy groups gathering, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "Not bad! This net, it is estimated that there will be a lot of harvest! Almost, you can get on the boat!"
After confirming that most of the fish had been caught in the net, Zhuang Haiyang took the Dinghaizhu back into the sea. In the face of the sudden disappearance of energy, those fish also seemed a little overwhelmed. But just as they were about to leave, they found themselves in an encirclement.
On the other hand, Zhuang Haiyang, who led them to a dead end, easily escaped the trap of the trawl and came to the other side of the fishing boat. Gesturing to Wang Yanming to put down the soft rope ladder, and when the fishing boat stopped, he climbed the rope ladder back to the boat.
Taking the dry towel from Wang Yanming's hand, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said, "You can start collecting the net!"
"How's that?
"What do you think! I hope our crane can lift the fish! There are a lot of fish, enough for you to be busy!"
As soon as these words came out, the crew members were also full of anticipation and began to look at the trawl that was shrinking the encirclement. When the turntable pulling the fishing net began to sizzle, the crew was also very surprised.
"It's not going to be a bottom, is it?"
"No! Move the hook over and pull it with the turntable! Empty the deck and get moving!"
Under the command of Zhuang Haiyang, everyone began to get busy again. As the fishing boat's equipment began to work together, the fish wrapped in the trawl net were finally successfully lifted out of the water and then landed on the empty deck.
Seeing the trawl net that looked like a hill, many crew members laughed and said: "If you hold a grass, I'm afraid this net is dozens of tons, right?"
"It's a big deal!
"I hope to have some good goods, so that it will be more profitable!"
As the crew cheered again, Zhuang Haiyang walked to the trawl full of fishing nets and untied the rope that had been tied earlier. All kinds of sea fish that had been crowded with nets slipped out along the gap.
"Not bad! mackerel, the price of this fish is okay!"
"It seems that there are still groupers, what about the living ones? Wait and pick them out, don't die!
Listening to the gossip of the crew, Zhuang Haiyang signaled to the crew in charge of the crane to continue to pull the trawl up. This way, the fish in the net can be dumped all over the deck along the gap for the crew to clean up.
"Are the ice cubes ready?"
"All set!"
"Okay! First sort the fish simply, pour all the dead into the fresh-keeping cabin, pick them out alive, and throw them into the water tank to raise!"
"Good!"
Even if it is the first time to be the boss of the boat, as a child of a fisherman, Zhuang Haiyang still knows that live fish are more valuable than dead fish. For a while, all the crew members gathered around the mountain of fish and began to sort out all kinds of sea fish.
In the process of selection, one of the old crew members suddenly rejoiced: "Boss of the boat, look, there are several dragon king sea breams here, and they are still alive! This fish is quickly picked out and raised, it is very expensive to live!"
With the exclamation of the old crew, Zhuang Haiyang also hurriedly walked over, and soon saw a few colorful so-called dragon king sea bream piled up among the fish. Wang Yanming, who was standing next to him, looked at it and said, "This seems to be called Napoleon wrasse, right?"
"Well, it's called differently from place to place, but it's the same kind of fish, and some people call it Napoleonic fish. Hurry up and get these fish out and put them in the tank first. Make sure they can live, then throw them in the tank and use the tank I brought!"
"Good!"
Although he didn't understand why Zhuang Haiyang had to move two water tanks to the boat, Wang Yanming also knew that most of the fish he usually caught were kept in Zhuang Haiyang's water tank, and they were alive and well. Pick out the fish and throw it into the tank immediately.
Because it doesn't take long to get out of the water, these Napoleon wrasse, which are not light, will soon swim in the tank. After raising it for a while, Zhuang Haiyang found a net, vacated the Napoleon wrasse to the water tank for oxygen, and then poured a spoonful of water into the tank.
Compared to the small size of the water tank, the water tank area for oxygen supply is larger. The resurrected wrasse wrasse finally swam again in the water tank. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhuang Haiyang poured a spoonful of water from the tank into each water tank.
The water tanks where the crabs were raised, as the spoonful of water was poured in, the crabs looked a little excited. It didn't take long for me to calm down again. If you take the crab out at this time, you will definitely find that the crab is more energetic.
The two tanks dedicated to keeping fish are home to more expensive marine fish. Relatively ordinary and breathy seafood is poured into the fresh-keeping compartment. After each layer is filled, the prepared ice cubes are poured in to ensure that the cabin is at a low temperature.
Unlike fishing boats that have a quick-freezing function, the temperature of this kind of fresh-keeping compartment can only be guaranteed to be around zero degrees. So, every time you load seafood, pour some ice cubes to make sure the temperature doesn't change too much.
The weather is cool now, and if it is not kept fresh, the seafood brought back to the fishing port may become stinky. How can anyone collect stinky seafood? Therefore, most of the fishing boats that go out to the sea are equipped with fresh-keeping freezers.
Including the captain Zhou Yang, everyone gathered on the deck and began to select the seafood they caught. Looking at the baskets of fresh seafood that were picked out, everyone felt very happy. Knowing that this trip to the sea is really profitable!
With today's income alone, they are now setting sail home, and I believe they will be able to share a lot of money. If you do it again, it is estimated that the water tank will be packed with fish. If you don't have a place to put fish, what can you do if you don't go home?
Facing Zhuang Haiyang, who had a calm face, Zhou Yang, who was the old captain, also said with admiration: "Ship boss, cow!"
gave Zhuang Haiyang a thumbs up to show affirmation, but Zhuang Haiyang looked very calm. asked Zhou Hongjie to pick some miscellaneous fish as the main dish for dinner. There are some dead fish left, which Zhuang Haiyang intends to use as bait.
After the deck was cleaned up, several comrades-in-arms and old crew members all supported their waists and said, "I've been squatting for a long time, my back hurts!"
This shows how long they have been picking fish before. Correspondingly, the harvest of this trawl is enough to reassure everyone. On this trip to the sea, each of them will be able to share more money than expected!