Whether it is crab fishing or lobster hunting, you need to put bait in the crab pot. This required a large number of fish or squid, and the 500 tons of mackerel that Maxim had stockpiled at the time were used as bait for the crab fishing boats.

This mackerel is the Chinese people's mouth said 'mackerel' or 'mackerel', is a kind of fish that Chinese people like to eat, but in the West, people don't like to eat this fish at all, they dislike fish bones, the price is very low.

However, even if this fish is used as bait, it is not a very good bait, because the physique is a little small, one is thirty or forty centimeters, and the consumption is very large when used for crab fishing, and the bait needs to be constantly replaced, and it also needs to be hung in the crab pot after being loaded with a net, which is a waste of time.

Therefore, the best bait choices are still those big fish, such as cod, large squid, etc., without changing the bait. Considering the market price, the most suitable is the black pollock, which is still large and cheap, one dollar per pound, and more than two thousand dollars per ton. Xiao Peng gave Maxim more than $10,000 at this time. Maxim had no reason to refuse Xiao Peng and them on board.

After the six-ton black pollock was moved to the 'Golden Pepper Fish', Xiao Peng and others also got on the 'Golden Pepper Fish', and the fishermen on the boat were all from Kamchatka, so they didn't have any opinions on Xiao Peng and others getting on the boat, but they were very happy, and they took out their mobile phones and took selfies with the two of them----- these two people still have a high reputation in Kamchatka, after all, they all once stood in the church and let people worship as 'sending the son Guanyin', right?

The sisters Nikita and Georgina were about to cry.

The 'Golden Pepperfish' was a small boat only twenty-eight meters long, and the space inside the ship was very limited, and they had a separate two-person room on the 'Vladimir', and they could take off their clothes when they slept, but what about the two sisters sleeping in a closet-like bunk bed: this was still Xiao Peng's style, otherwise they would have to squeeze two people into one bed.

And the smell in this cabin is really bad, what kind of foot odor, sweat smell can stun a person.

This pair of girls is not the most unacceptable, the most unacceptable is that they can't change their clothes and go to the toilet at all, working in such weather, they must have three layers of clothes inside and three layers outside, on the Vladimir, there is air conditioning blowing, you don't need to wear too many clothes to resist the cold, this 'Golden Pepper Fish' does not have this condition. I can only wear it and wrap it tightly like a rice dumpling. The outside is still an integrated rubber waterproof suit. There are also orange life jackets outside, and it is no exaggeration to say that it takes five minutes to take off your clothes once. It is extremely inconvenient to go to the toilet or sleep.

Considering the safety of the two of them: what if someone on the boat has a bad idea for the two of them? So Xiao Peng and the two of them took two sleeping bags and slept next to the aisle next to the 'closet' of the two.

"Xiao, can you stay in such a difficult environment?" asked Nikita curiously.

Xiao Peng smiled: "Our original life is even more miserable, when I was a child, my family raised abalone, and the boat we used was a small wooden boat less than five meters long, without even a roof, and I still worked in the rain and snow, my father felt sorry for me and didn't let me get on the boat, so I asked me to study hard, but I also felt sorry for my father, sometimes I was tired and just lay down on the deck and fell asleep, how good is it here now? At least I can't get drenched, and there is a sleeping bag." This environment is good enough! Well, the ship hasn't started yet, and it's too late to get off the boat. ”

Nikita pouted, "I've had the experience of sailing on a sailing ship too, okay? I'm afraid of this?"

Xiao Peng turned to look at Georgina after hearing this. To be honest, Georgina is going crazy, she has never had such an experience in her life, she wants to give up, but this different life makes her want to persevere, she can't do it now!

Just when Georgina was worried, Yang Meng walked in from outside: "What's the effort to toss around, I'm not a suffering person in the first place, I have to suffer such a crime, go back quickly!"

Georgina made up her mind: "I'm going to stay here! I'm going to hold on to the end, I won't let you look down on me." ”

Xiao Peng laughed: "Okay, I'll see how long you can hold on." You should rest well, and when you get to the place, you don't even want to rest at all. ”

"Where are you going?" asked Nikita.

Xiao Peng took out a cigarette: "I'll help them clear the snow, and by the way, go smoke a cigarette." ”

Nikita hurriedly said, "I'm with you! ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "When you go to sea, you will feel that the air here is too good, and you don't want to go out if you let you go out." ”

Nikita and Georgina looked at each other: "Even so, we have to go out and have a look now!"

When a few people arrived on the deck, the fisherman of the 'Golden Pepper Fish' was cleaning the deck, Xiao Peng wanted to help, but they resolutely refused, Xiao Peng could only hand them a few cigarettes, smoking cigarettes and watching them work.

"Huh, how are their crab pots different from yours?" Nikita suddenly noticed the problem. The crab pots on the deck of the Golden Pepperfish are not rectangular, but cones like lampshades.

Xiao Peng observed it for a while and said: "At first glance, this 'Golden Pepper Fish' is not a professional crab fishing boat, but a converted gillnet fishing boat. ”

Nikita asked, "How do you know?"

Xiao Peng pointed to the winch and said: "The pulley block is obviously modified, and the lifting height can be one meter higher, and the original position is almost flush with the side of the ship, which is the height of the winch installation in standard gillnet operation, and the middle of the ship is much wider than the rear deck, because the operation area of the gillnet fishing boat is mainly in the middle of the ship." As a result of this modification, the deck was not large enough to place a sufficient number of square crab pots, so they used crab pots of this shape, which were stacked on top of each other to save a lot of space, you see that this boat is not big, but if you click on it, there are a total of six crab pots, 60 in each string, which means that he can put 360 crab pots in such a small space! Counting the ones he has in the sea, do you think about how many crab traps such a small boat can put in it? This greatly improves the efficiency of crab fishing!"

"Then why don't you use crab pots like this?" asked Georgina curiously.

Xiao Peng shook his head and said: "After all, it is too small, the capacity is limited, and the weight is also light, so it is easy to be washed into a mess by the submarine current." And this small crab pot is put away with the same time as the big crab trap, you know, a large crab cage weighs 700 catties, about three meters long, two meters wide and one meter high, the harvest of that crab pot is so many small crab pot harvest! There is also a key point is that the big crab pot is heavy and strong enough, can adapt to various submarine environments and currents, and will not be caught in the cracks of the stones by the submarine currents, so it can only be said that each has its own benefits. But believe me, if this Golden Pepper Fish is a large crab fishing boat, he will definitely enlarge the crab pot, or because the boat is small and there is no way, he uses this kind of crab pot. ”

"How much does a large crab fishing boat cost?" asked Georgina curiously.

Xiao Peng thought for a while: "It's not too good, counting the crab trap and other equipment, it will cost about three million dollars." I'm talking about the average price of an ordinary crab fishing boat, which would be higher if you wanted to customize it. This shipbuilding thing, the selection of steel and all kinds of equipment are very particular, just like my ship, which was bought for 8 million US dollars at the time, but in good conscience this price is too cheap. ”

Georgina nodded: "I can feel that your boat doesn't look like a fishing boat at all, but like a yacht." ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "It's not that exaggerated, but compared to this ship, it does look like a yacht." ”

Maxim stuck his head out of the cockpit: "Mr. Xiao, come to the captain's room, we are ready to sail!"

Xiao Peng nodded: "Let's go, let's go up, it must be much more comfortable in the cockpit than in the cabin." ”

When several people arrived at the cockpit, Maxim picked up the walkie-talkie and called out to his first mate: "Alexander, check how the crab pot is reinforced, if the reinforcement is okay, untie the cable, let's go!"

Hearing his words, cheers rang out below: "Ula, crabs, here we come!"

These crew members work on the ship without a basic salary, all income is proportional to the commission, according to the rules of the trade, half of the total harvest goes to Maxim, who is the owner and captain, and the other half of all the crew, the more they fish, the more they earn, what are they leaving their homes to work on the ship? Isn't it just to make more money? In this fishing season, no one wants to stop, and they all want to rotate twenty-four hours a day.

The ship left the harbor, and a wave came by, and Nikita almost didn't stand still, holding on to the handle.

Maxim smiled wryly: "I remember when I was a child, my father taught me to fish, I was told never to go out to sea with a wind speed of 25 or 30 knots. As a result, now, with a wind speed of 40 knots, I will also go to the sea to fight!"

Xiao Peng smiled: "The ship at that time is not comparable to the current ship, but although your ship seems to have no problem withstanding this wind and waves at present, I still recommend that you put down the 'little fish'." ”

Maxim nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Alexander, prepare to drop the 'little fish'!"

The walkie-talkie Rialshana replied, "Okay captain, wait a minute。。。。。。 Wait a minute, let's go!"

"What do you mean by 'little fish'?" asked Nikita curiously.

Xiao Peng pointed to the window next to the side of the boat, and saw two slender iron frames sticking out of both sides of the middle of the boat, which opened like wings: "This is a balance bar, which can play a role in balancing the boat and increasing the ability to resist wind and waves." Of course, these two iron frames are not enough, do you see the iron chain at the front end of the iron rod? The iron chain is tied to the 'small fish'! It is a two-balance rudder, which can greatly improve the ship's ability to resist wind and waves. ”

"Why don't you ever use the 'little fish' on the Vladimir?" Nikita asked curiously.

After hearing this, Xiao Peng looked proud: "If it's not a hurricane above level 12, I don't need that thing at all! The fishing boat bought by 8 million is not built!"