"Tony, reverse, turn, the fish is coming. Liu Danqing shouted while frantically closing the line.

Tony understood, and turned the boat upside down at a ninety degree turn, making way for the big fish.

If the boat does not move, the fish will pass under the boat and continue forward, at which point the line will scrape on the bottom of the boat, and the high speed and force, as well as the high-speed rotating propellers, can break the line.

Bluefin tuna can officially swim up to 70 yards, but in fisherman's lore, they can exceed a hundred yards.

So just in an instant, the big fish crossed the bow of the boat and rushed in the opposite direction.

This time, the big fish was deadly until the line was taut and still rushing forward.

Tremendous power combined with inertia makes the bluefin tuna like a torpedo, unstoppable.

At this time, Liu Danqing didn't dare to fight with it, so he had to start putting the line, seeing that the speed on the fishing reel kept beating, he had just recovered from more than 270 meters to more than 230 meters, and now it was pulled to nearly 300 meters, and he was still jumping up.

So Liu Danqing shouted while reinforcing the big fish: "Tony, reverse, keep up, the fish is swimming like crazy, I don't dare to jam the line." ”

When Tony heard this, he immediately dragged the gear, and the fishing boat went backwards, following the same direction as the tuna, and comforted Liu Danqing: "Don't worry, Qin, this fish is so crazy now, it will be boring for a while, hold on, it will get up faster." ”

Now their boat is very large, so Liu Danqing didn't dare to jam the line and let the tuna deadlift, otherwise it would be bad if the fishing line was broken, and it would be a small problem for the fish to run away, and the fishing rod and fishing line that rebounded back were the real trouble.

To be able to pull such a thick high-horsepower fishing line off, you can imagine how much power that force is, if the rebounding fishing line is thrown at a person, it is much heavier than whipped with a horsewhip, not to mention a fishing rod, and if it hits a person's head, it is an open scoop.

In "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago falls for a big marin, and he is dragged by a big fish for two days and two nights before finally catching the fish, and this story is based on the real experience of one of his fisherman friends, which shows the power of these giant creatures in the water.

However, as the fishing boat and the big fish move in the same direction, part of the speed and inertia of the big fish are invisibly canceled, so Liu Danqing can now try to exert some resistance to the big fish, not asking it to stop, but only to consume some more physical strength of the big fish.

The madness of the big fish only lasted for a few minutes, and it began to be a little unsustainable, after all, this kind of sprint, or a weight-bearing sprint, is also a big burden for the bluefin tuna, a strong swimmer.

Liu Danqing, who was holding the fishing rod, keenly sensed this and immediately began to reel in the line.

When the line was closed, the exhaustion of the big fish was even more obvious, and Liu Danqing immediately shouted to Tony: "Tony, stop, it's slowing down, stop quickly." ”

Tony immediately pulled back into gear, and the fishing boat suddenly lost momentum and slowed down.

"Qin, do you want to slow down again?" Tony continued to ask, slowing down is to drive the yacht into forward gear, the inertia of retreat and the thrust of forward will be canceled out, and the boat will stop quickly.

This is to prevent the tuna from slowing down too fast, causing the fishing boat to cross it and the line to hang to the bottom of the boat.

Liu Danqing pulled the fishing rod hard, while competing with the big fish, he felt the state of the big fish, and replied: "Don't use it for the time being, it's still swimming." ”

When the fishing boat almost stopped, Liu Danqing continued to lift the pole hard, and then quickly retracted the line at the same time as the rod fell.

When the fishing boat was moving, the reason why Liu Danqing asked Tony to stop and not retract the fishing line was because at that time, the fish would not float to the water, but because of the lack of pulling force, it may change direction or dive, resulting in the hook becoming less stressed and unhooked.

The big fish felt the sharp pain in its mouth again at this time, but it still struggled with Liu Danqing and swam hard to move forward.

This stalemate is what anglers want to see, so that the physical strength of the fish is rapidly depleted, the fishing line will not be much longer even if it cannot be shortened, and the position of the fish is slowly rising.

If it goes on like this, the fish will eventually be pulled to the surface, after all, in order to catch them, humans are constantly researching and making better tools, such as the fishing boat and fishing rod that Liu Danqing now uses.

After a stalemate, the big fish regained a little strength and started the next round of sprints.

That's what it is like to catch a big fish, fight against the fish round by round, until the fish is caught, or the fish runs away, winning or losing.

After more than an hour, the big fish finally showed its figure on the surface.

Huge back, stout body, dark color.

"Bluefin tuna" Tony was the first to cry, this figure was his pursuit for more than ten or twenty years, and until now, it still often appears in his dreams.

"It's so thick, Qin, congratulations, this is a big fish, and the meat quality should be good. Tony looked at the big fish and congratulated Liu Danqing.

"Thank you!" Liu Danqing replied while pulling the fish: "Before the tail was lassoed, the fish was still in the sea." ”

This phrase is a mantra among tuna fishermen, which means that if the rope of the winch is not put around the tail of the tuna, then the tuna may still run away.

Hearing this, Tony was obviously stunned, as if he didn't expect Liu Danqing to know the tuna fisherman's mantra, and then sighed: "I didn't expect you to know this sentence too, Qin, I haven't heard it for nearly ten years." ”

As he spoke, he sighed a little sadly, as if he was reminiscing about his eventful years.

Liu Danqing couldn't care about old Tony's sadness at this time, after the big fish surfaced, he seemed to feel that his life was short, and he was dying.

With a flick of its tail, it threw up a large number of droplets, some of which even hit the people on the boat.

With its tail raised, it plunged headfirst down into the water, desperately scurrying down.

Liu Danqing hurriedly sent the strength on his hand, gave the bluefin tuna some fishing line, and then waited until the tuna trend slowed down slightly, and then began to reel in the line.

This time, the tuna was pulled directly to the vicinity of the boat and did not struggle again.

Old Tony had already shaken off his memories, took a speargun and waited beside him, and when he saw that the tuna was being pulled over, he raised the speargun, took a slight aim, and then threw the speargun out with great devotion.

The spear gun was pierced into the tuna's head accurately, and the steel spear head pierced into it so hard that the big fish struggled again, and a blood-red cloud floated on the surface of the water, and spread out.

Clamping the fishing reel to prevent unhooking, Liu Danqing released the fishing rod, picked up the hook and hooked the fish's tail, and then put the finished rope sleeve on it and tightened it.

Now that the tail of the bluefin tuna has been lassoed, Liu Danqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Tony also lost no time in saying, "Congratulations, Qin." ”

Hearing Tony's congratulations to Liu Danqing, the other three also knew that this big fish was basically eight or nine years old, and they also began to cheer.

"Wow, it's the first time I've seen such a big fish, Qingqing, you're amazing. This is Xiao Weiwei, who sent her own little worship.

"Master Qing, how long do you have to eat such a big fish? "This is a chess piece, I have to say, you thought about it, Liu Danqing also set a task for himself, and he relied on these fish to return to his roots.

"If I catch one of these fish, it's so cool. "This is Xing Dawei, as a fishing enthusiast, there is no one who does not want to fight against this kind of fish.

Liu Danqing said with a smile: "Don't worry, next time I will definitely let you pull a big fish." ”

"But it's not that big. He silently added in his heart, this kind of big fish, if a novice pulls it, the chance of running away is eight or nine.

With the roar of the winch, the bluefin tuna is slowly lifted out of the water.

At this time, they, including the audience, realized that the fish was huge, and compared with the people next to them, the length of the fish was at least two meters thirty or forty.

Compared to the bigeye tuna caught yesterday, the biggest feature of this one is not long, but wide and round, and the most petite chess piece in the crowd compares with it, and a sense of smallness suddenly arises.

This is also the reason why bluefin tuna is much more expensive than other tuna, bluefin tuna is larger and fatter, so the fish also has more fat in the meat, and it will taste better when eaten as sashimi.

The big fish hung in the air, twisting from time to time, Liu Danqing saw it, picked up a wooden hammer, and put a hammer on its head, and explained the reason for doing so.

"I'm not trying to abuse it, when you catch a big fish of high quality, you have to knock the fish out first, otherwise it will struggle on the deck and it will bruise and affect the quality of the fish. ”

Pulling the stunned big fish onto the deck and putting it down, Old Tony was the first to pick up the tape measure and shouted: "Qin, hurry up, measure it and see how long it is." ”

Liu Danqing took the end of the tape measure and put it at the mouth of the fish, and Tony measured the tape measure along the body of the tuna.

The length of bluefin tuna is not a straight line length from head to tail, but a semicircle length from head to tail, and I don't know why, but that's how it is.

It is said that the Guinness World Records registrar was also disdained when it came to measuring the length, saying that they were registering the height of the tuna, not the length.

"7.4 feet" Tony shouted, "Congratulations, Qin, this is a good fish, let's weigh it." ”

7.4 feet, that's 2.467 meters, and it's really a huge thing.

Tony seemed more attentive than Liu Danqing at this time, and he was not too troublesome, and used the winch to move the fish to the scale.

"765 pounds, congratulations again, this is the prettiest bluefin tuna I've caught since I started working at Peter Pan Fishing Services. ”

Tony continued to congratulate, after saying this, his heart suddenly relaxed, this time, the company should at least send me a 10,000 dollar bonus.

Well, this foreigner is also unprofitable, but he still underestimated his boss.

Mr. Peter Pan was sitting in the senior chair watching the live broadcast, and now he was so happy: "This old Tony, it's not bad, go back and write him a check for 20,000 US dollars." ”

(End of chapter)