Recently, I've been fishing for Dungeness crabs.

In addition to this crab, there are often California spiny lobsters in the cage, as well as various types of conch, sea cucumbers, and so on.

There are buoys floating on the sea, and the task is to stop the boat and pull the bait box up from the bottom of the sea, with the help of machines, which does not require much effort, but it is a little more troublesome and time-consuming.

After more than three months of continuous fishing, there are now fewer and fewer Dungeness crabs caught in these boxes, and the price of this large crab in the supermarket is not high, especially in Oregon by the sea, according to the size of the head, from a few dollars to twenty or thirty dollars a piece, the meat is plump, and the occasional taste will feel very good.

The fishing boat had just been out to sea.

Several bait boxes were pulled up one after another, and a total of seven Dungeness crabs were caught, one of which was thrown into the sea by Zhang Xiaokai because it was too small.

The sea was calm this morning.

The sun shines on the blue sea, and seabirds circle around the Cleveland, sometimes stopping on fishing boats.

The most common sightings are California cormorants, which are accustomed to begging for food from people, and some small fish and shrimp have just been thrown out of the boat, and before they have even touched the water, California cormorants have swept by and hurriedly swallowed them.

Very smart big bird.

It was already known that there was no need to look for food by following the boat, and the belly feathers shone dark green in the sun, and the cry was noisy.

There are a lot of plants and animals named after California, but not many are named after Oregon.

From this, it can also be seen which is stronger and which is weak, California sea lions, California seals, California spiny lobsters, California redwoods and whatever, Oregon clearly has them, it leans next to California, and the limelight is all overshadowed.

Many people would rather live by a mountain stream than drill into the city, and they are a bit self-sufficient and content, mainly relying on various natural resources to make money, such as minerals, forests, and fisheries.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Xiaokai is a Californian, and there is another one on this fishing boat.

The other party's name is Hank, from Mendocino County, because his wife lives in Oregon, so he moved over, and after getting tired of the bank security position, he simply jumped ship to catch fish.

This guy is a person with low emotional intelligence, and suddenly asked Zhang Xiaokai and said: "I have seen your news in the newspaper, it is so cold in January in the north, how did you survive? Two weeks ago, a reporter came over and wanted to interview about you, but he was scolded by the old man and went back, if you grow up and write an autobiography, maybe you can make a movie like "Survival in the Wilderness." ”

I'm bored, and I don't have anything to say.

Several other crew members felt that this kind of question was inappropriate, and in fact they were all curious, but since coming to Cleveland Ranch, no one had ever asked Zhang Xiaokai this question in person.

It has been just over a month since the accident, and when he heard this, Zhang Xiaokai could still feel the biting coldness and the sense of despair from everywhere.

Grabbed a Dungeness crab and threw it into the warehouse filled with seawater, squeezed a stiff smile on his face, and replied: "At that time, I wore a lot of clothes, and I happened to meet a white-tailed deer whose head had just frozen to death, and there was meat to eat, and there was no shortage of water, but it was separated from other people, and it was a little dangerous when I encountered wolves." ”

His tone was flat, he didn't want Hank, or anyone else, to understand his situation and mood during his fall, and he didn't need anyone's pity.

An accident is an accident, and no one wants to encounter it, but it has become a fact, and it is useless to say more now.

The memory is so clear that I don't want to think about what I lost in that accident, and I can't tell the accident as a story like an outsider.

As for the reporters who came to interview...... Zhang Xiaokai didn't know about it at all.

Little Patrick is a good person, and without waiting for the Californian named Hank to continue to ask, he glared first and said, "This topic is over, don't bully children!"

"Hey, I'm just asking, speaking of wolves, when do we take the time to go hunting, we have to buy a double-barreled shotgun. Hank said.

"Hunting is not allowed this season, many animals are pregnant, have you noticed that there are a lot of whales in the vicinity today, are there big schools of fish swimming over?"

Said another honest middle-aged man, named Kenny.

His gaze swept over Zhang Xiaokai, and when he saw that his face was normal, he turned his gaze to the sea in the distance.

A killer whale happened to jump out of the sea, and there was a big creature in the distance, which was a fin whale.

The Cleveland is currently only about a nautical mile from shore, and these whales pass by occasionally, but not too often, preferring the deep sea where food is plentiful.

However, the streams that flow into the ocean from Cleveland ranches are too small, and there is no confluence of cold and warm currents, or upward compensatory flows, so that the breeding environment of marine ranches can only be regarded as average, and fishery resources are not abundant.

Kenny had been working here for almost a month, and this was the first time he had seen fin whales and killer whales, and after a few bait boxes, three whales had already jumped out of the water, and even more underwater.

If it weren't for the fact that there were bait boxes all around and ropes perpendicular to the water, the big guys might have swam to the fishing boats.

Zhang Xiaokai was not affected much by Hank's problem, that guy was relatively nervous, and he was aware of it when he was recruited, and he was not malicious.

At the moment, I was also watching whales, and I thought those big guys were very interesting, and there was a black line showing in the distance, which was the back of the fin whale, which was nearly twenty meters long! Except for the blue whale, this whale was the second largest in size.

Little Patrick didn't pay attention at first, but after looking into the distance, he scratched his head and said, "It's really a little strange, killer whales usually don't come to us, so they shouldn't run after the fish." ”

He is considered a "veteran employee", who has dropped out of school to work for three years and is more familiar with this fishing ground.

Wiped his hands on his pants, walked to the cabin and turned on the sonar equipment, the machine started a little slowly, and after the visual fish finder was put into the water, there was an underwater picture.

During this period, Zhang Xiaokai also walked into the cockpit, and just saw a shark from the screen, his scalp was a little numb, to be honest, he had a little deep-sea phobia, it was okay to stay on the boat, but he didn't dare to go to sea in such a place far from the coastline.

The view is blocked by the sea, in case there are some carnivores waiting for the opportunity, a "Jaws" back then, people's fear of the ocean has been hooked, and there were all kinds of sea monsters earlier.

He couldn't read the devices, all he could see was a lot of red dots on the sonar display, and it was still moving.

Curious, he asked, "Are these all fish, little Patrick?"

The word "little" is to distinguish between the son and the old son, who made the father and son have the same name, to be precise, it should be "Patrick II".

“…… Oh my God, why are there so many fish nearby, it can't be a problem with the equipment?!"

Little Patrick knew how to use the sonar equipment on the fishing boat, switching to a visual fish finder to observe, and could see a dark shadow swimming by, followed by several more.

With his eyes full of incredulity, he hurriedly left the cockpit and shouted, "Leave those bait boxes alone! Fish, take out your fishing rods! There are tuna around here, right around our fishing boat!"

Everyone was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the people from the fishing ground next door had said that they had encountered a school of bluefin tuna fish nearby, and they immediately roared and put down their work and hurriedly began to prepare for fishing.

Little Patrick took out a few fresh sea fish, let Zhang Xiaokai chop them up and throw them into the sea, attracting those tuna and not letting them leave.

For fishermen, bluefin tuna is one of the most sacred beings because it is valuable.

There were too many bait boxes around, and there was no way to use purse seine nets to fish, so in a hurry, little Patrick was about to catch fire, so he immediately called the old man and asked him to send someone to drive the old fishing boat out and fish with small nets.

This side of the bullpen.

When Ronald Sr. heard that the bottom of the fishing ground was crazy today, he couldn't imagine what kind of madness it was.

However, the word "school of tuna" attracted him so much that he didn't bother to help the calves shovel excrement, so he immediately called the people around him and drove to the dock......