Chapter 17 Lower row of hooks and crab pots

When I returned home from the practice, the seven tourists who had landed on the island were still asleep. But for Zhuang Haiyang, who is ready to go to sea early, he needs to be busy in advance and hang all the prepared hooks with bait.

When going out to sea with other fishermen to put a row of hooks, most of them will put several rows, but Zhuang Haiyang has only prepared one row. Fish out the small live shrimp kept in the tank and start to hook them, and stack them neatly on the edge of the barrel, and then you can take the bait when you go out to sea.

After doing all this work, Zhuang Haiyang packed up the tools to bring to sea, and knocked on the door where the three people downstairs were resting. As for the two couples who were still sleeping upstairs, Zhuang Haiyang thought about it for a while, and still didn't plan to take them out to sea.

It's rare for couples to relax, and they come to the island to play, so why taste the hardships of going to sea?

Zheng Tianming, who was woken up, wiped his eyes and said, "Fisherman, what time is it so early?"

"It's almost six o'clock! The lower row of hooks should be early, I'm still late!"

Compared with the two couples upstairs, the three people living downstairs decided to go out to the morning sea with Zhuang Haiyang before going to bed. After waking up, they simply washed up, and looked at the things prepared in the yard, and the three of them also looked surprised.

Huang Xinyan, who lived in the same room as Zhuang Haiyang, was even more curious: "Fisherman, what time did you get up?"

"It's not until five o'clock! When you go out to sea and drain the ditch, you must put on the bait in advance, otherwise it will be too late to go to sea. ”

"I'm KAO, it seems that fishing is also very hard!"

In the face of Huang Xinyan's exclamation, Zhuang Haiyang also shook his head with a smile and said: "What's the hard work of this? For those fishermen who live in the coastal waters, if they want to go out to sea and drain the ditch, they have to get up earlier than me." It is not uncommon for fishermen to get up early and go out to sea in the dark. ”

Carrying the prepared tools for going to sea, a group of four people quickly came to the dock. In the same way, the three of them put on life jackets, started the fishing boat to turn on the spotlight, and soon drove the fishing boat away from the island and went to the sea area where the hook was ready to be lowered.

Sitting on the fishing boat, looking at the obviously dim sea, Li Sihai also sighed: "It seems that fishing is also very hard! ”

"For the fisherman, this should be the life he has lived since he was a child. However, it is actually good to be able to experience this kind of life once. In the city, I guess many people are still dreaming of this point!"

Zheng Tianming, who was smiling and chatting, did not feel afraid of this kind of going to sea, but felt very excited and excited. Although he often goes to sea, he really hasn't experienced going to sea so early. It's nice to have a try!

After driving for more than ten minutes, Zhuang Haiyang suddenly said: "Lao Zheng, you come to help me take the helm, I'm going to prepare the lower row of hooks." ”

"I'll sail, don't worry?"

Hearing what Zhuang Haiyang said, Zheng Tianming also felt stunned. He was a veteran driver in driving, and it was the first time he had driven a boat.

But Zhuang Haiyang said quickly: "You just need to hold the steering wheel, I will adjust the speed, just move forward at a constant speed." There are no reefs or fishing boats around here, so you don't have to worry about hitting the reef or anything. The opportunity is rare, if you don't dare, let Lao Li come!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming! Hehe, being a captain is still very exciting!"

Zheng Tianming, who hurriedly got into the cockpit, listened to Zhuang Haiyang's introduction to the matters that need to be paid attention to when driving a boat, took the steering wheel and tried it, and found that it was actually very simple to drive a boat. Of course, this is when you only need to be in control of the direction.

In other words, if you want to drive a long distance, you have to avoid the reefs in the sea, and adjust the speed of the boat, Zheng Tianming will definitely not dare!

Handed over the rudder to Zheng Tianming to be in charge, Zhuang Haiyang, who came out of the cockpit, carried the prepared row hook to the side of the ship. Throwing down the float I made, I started to put the hook into the sea, and the hook of the good bait was finished in a short time.

Returning to the cockpit, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "Lao Zheng, thank you! I'm alone, it's really inconvenient to get the hook down." ”

"Then why don't you hurry up and find a partner, isn't it better to be a husband and wife?"

Zheng Tianming, who handed over the steering wheel to Zhuang Haiyang, also replied with a smile. In fact, there are not many ways to actually engage in fishing when a person goes out to sea. If more than one person helps, I believe that Zhuang Haiyang's daily income will be higher.

But Zhuang Haiyang still shook his head and said: "It's good to be alone! I really haven't considered this kind of thing for the time being!"

After chatting with everyone, Zhuang Haiyang drove the boat to the sea area next to him. At this time, the visibility of the sea is much brighter than when I first went out to sea. Sitting on a fishing boat, you can also enjoy the view of the sunrise over the sea.

Seeing the ground cage thrown down the night before, Zhuang Haiyang slowed down and stopped the boat and said: "The front is where I got off the crab pot, I don't know how the harvest is." Every time I pick up the crab pot, I feel like I have seen a treasure out of the box, which is quite interesting!"

"Need our help?"

"No! I get up the crab pot, it's actually quite tiring. If you want to try it, when the crab pot is pulled up, you can help me sort it out. The crabs are thrown into the tank, and the other trash fish are put separately. If the crab is small, throw it back into the sea. ”

"Okay! We're also looking forward to what you can expect from your crab pots today!"

Find three pairs of waterproof gloves and give them to the three of them to put on, Zhuang Haiyang, who is also wearing gloves, and pick up the float as a marker. Following the rope tied to the float, he began to pull the crab pots that were put into the sea, and it didn't take long for a crab pot to be pulled up.

After taking a look, he smiled and said, "It seems that we are lucky!

Carrying the put away crab pot to the boat, the three people who leaned over immediately said, "Wow KAO, there are a lot of crabs!"

"Well, it's a pike crab, and a blue crab. Wait, it looks like there's an octopus!"

Demonstrate to the three of them how to untie the crab pot, and pick out a small crab from it, Zhuang Haiyang said with a smile: "Crabs smaller than this or ordinary one, all thrown back into the sea." If it's bigger than that, throw it in the tank. No problem, right?"

"No problem! Isn't it just sorting? This job must be done properly for you!"

handed over the work of untying the crab pots and sorting them to the three of them, and Zhuang Haiyang was specially responsible for picking up the crab pots. As the crab pots are pulled onto the boat, it is rare to see empty crab pots. The three people in charge of sorting also began to be busy.

From time to time, grab the crab in the crab pot and compare who is bigger. Occasionally, I saw some sea creatures mixed into the crab pot, and the three of them also found it quite novel. But for Zhuang Haiyang, from the moment he got off the crab pot, he knew that the harvest would not be small.

As for those empty crab pots, the most fundamental reason is that Zhuang Haiyang did not put bait. The intention of doing this is also very simple, that is, to try to make others feel that these crab pots he ordered are also normal, some are bursting, and some are empty.

After the fifty crab pots were pulled, the three people in charge of sorting them did not finish picking them up. Zheng Tianming, who was sweating profusely, was also surprised: "Fisherman, are the fishery resources here so rich? There are really a lot of crabs!"

Zheng Tianming, who often goes to sea, is naturally no stranger to fishermen going to crab pots to catch crabs. But he had never seen a situation like Zhuang Haiyang, where at least seven or eight or even more crabs crowded into each crab pot.

In the face of Zheng Tianming's inquiry, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "This is the open sea, and the fishery resources are definitely richer than the inland sea." For other fishermen living in the town, it takes two or three hours to drive a boat, which is not a small cost. ”

"Yes, it seems that you have also chosen a piece of feng shui treasure land! There are so many crabs, I guess you can sell them for a lot of money, right?"

"It's okay! Come over every once in a while and put it away, at least you can earn back the food and gas costs. ”

For Zhuang Haiyang, the price of crabs can only be said to be average. Fortunately, every time I get into the crab pot, I can catch a lot. Once the number is large, the income is actually not low each time. Occasionally come to the next crab pot, in fact, the income is also very good.