Chapter 18: The Unexpected Mackerel
Grouper, as a large ethnic group in the ocean, it subdivides more than a dozen categories. They vary in color and size, and are widely distributed. Small varieties may grow up to a few catties, but some species can grow into dozens or hundreds of catties of behemoths.
There are a lot of news about giant groupers in China's coastal areas every year, and Yang Zi certainly didn't expect them to encounter that kind of rare giant fish of five or six hundred catties, and they were very happy to catch one of dozens of catties.
Xiao Bing led everyone to a new fishing spot after more than ten minutes of travel, the sea surface here is obviously different from those places before, not only the color has changed from turquoise blue to dark blue, but also the waves are much bigger, it seems that this place has begun to approach the deep sea area.
The more suitable fishing method in this kind of place is to sink the bottom fishing, Yang Zi asked Brother Bing for advice, and then took out the heavy iron rod he prepared and packed it up.
Since this neighborhood is the habitat of groupers, he has always been eager to catch big fish, and naturally he will not let go of such a good opportunity. In the conversation with Xiao Bing just now, he learned that grouper is still relatively easy to catch, and the habit of settling makes it easier for people to find their gathering spots.
When the breeding season in June has passed, the grouper's demand for food begins to increase, and it is easy to be deceived by fake bait, and now is the best time to catch them.
Yang Zi chose a relatively large one from the fake bait and hung it on the line set, then walked to the side of the boat, stretched the fishing rod to the outside of the side of the boat, and turned on the lock switch of the reel.
After losing the fixation of the switch, the sinker began to sink rapidly towards the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 100 meters, and it was not long before the reel stopped rotating, and it seemed that the fishing rig had sunk to the bottom of the sea. When Yang Zi saw that the bait was in place, he locked the switch and tightened the fishing line slightly, and then lifted the rod to tease the fish.
At this time, Qian Gang and Lao Wang were still packing up their fishing rods, and Xiao Bing was busy everywhere by them shouting around. Yang Zi couldn't help but glance at it sympathetically, it was really embarrassing for him to go to sea with such a few little whites.
Especially Lao Wang, he is not very familiar with throwing rods, and he will play hand rods when he is at home. After suddenly transitioning to this kind of sea fishing and casting rod, he couldn't even tie the line group, and he kept asking this and that.
Thanks to Brother Bing's good temper, he patiently explained the use of these things with a few people, and personally demonstrated them where they wouldn't, which was very fulfilling his responsibility as a coach. With his tireless efforts, Lao Wang and the others finally completed the preparations, and one by one they ran to the side and began to put the line down.
Yang Zi has been tossing on the side for a long time, but although he has been teasing the rod very diligently, the effect is not very ideal, and there is still no movement underwater.
Time passed slowly, and everyone fished here for more than an hour, but there was basically no catch. However, Qian Gang, a half-hanger, caught a few catties of mackerel just now, which will be very sneering at Lao Wang on the side. A few people who were a little faceless who were chattered about rolled their eyes at him a few times, but they couldn't refute it, who let this girl go shit luck.
Seeing that a few people here were choked by themselves, Qian Gang was in high spirits, and after he glanced at Yang Zi, he still didn't get anything, and then ran to him proudly and began to scold the other party.
Yang Zi, who didn't have a fish bite, was annoyed, and when he saw that Qian Gang actually ran in front of him, he said to him angrily: "People who can't tell the difference between the front wires are embarrassed to come over and brag?" What about the fish you caught? Did you take a closer look just now? Is it blind in two eyes, and you actually caught it? ”
Yang Zi's words were also a little poisonous, which made the old kings on the side laugh out loud one by one after hearing his counterattack.
"Haha, I'll just say, how did the fish's eyes get dark just now, it turned out to be blind, no wonder it was caught by this kind of air force commander."
"It's not necessarily blind, maybe the fish was squeezed by the door when he went out today, so he was caught by Qian Gang. If you don't believe it, you will look at its head, it must be flat. ”
Everyone who seized the opportunity would use their brains together to bury Qian Gang and return all the anger they had just suffered.
"Jealousy! You're all jealous of me. Hum! Let's not talk about these things, fishing is all based on real skills, if you want to do it, you can also try to catch a fish for my brother? ”
Qian Gang will be a little invincible with two fists and four hands, and after seeing that he can't talk to everyone, he didn't ridicule each other anymore, but picked up the fish just now and started to make an article.
It's just that as soon as he finished saying this, Yang Zi, who was about to change the bait, suddenly had a huge pulling force from the fishing rod in his hand, and he was almost unprepared to pull it into the sea. Fortunately, at the critical time, the physical fitness far beyond ordinary people played a role, Yang Zi held the fishing rod with his right hand at the moment when his body was out of control, and then his left hand held on the handle on the side of the boat.
The dignified fishing champion was almost pulled into the water by a fish, and Yang Zi, who came back to his senses, quickly held the fishing rod and stabbed the fish a few times after standing firmly on his feet. Because the mouth of this marine fish is usually full of bones and teeth, it is difficult for the hook to penetrate if the strength of the stinging fish is small.
His movements stinged the behemoth in the water, and the other party began to struggle to swim into the distance. Since the strength of the fish in the sea is much greater than that of freshwater fish, Yang Zi will not be able to judge the size of the fish, but he only knows that this fish is not small, and its strength is much bigger than the big carp last time, and it is estimated that it will have to be at least dozens of catties up.
Xiao Bing saw that he had hit a big fish on his side, and hurriedly beckoned Qian Gang and Lao Wang to put away the fishing rods in their hands to prevent the fish from running around and causing winding, and he ran behind Yang Zi to check the situation.
After being caught off guard at first, Yang Zi quickly stabilized, he first adjusted the brakes of the reel to 10 kilograms, which is exactly two-thirds of the pulling force of the fishing line, and then began to run along the side of the boat to follow the direction in which the fish swam away.
The big fish in the water were scurrying around frantically at first, but after rushing for more than ten minutes, they did not cause any trouble to Yang Zi except for the fishing line that had to go out for more than 100 meters, but was pulled towards the water by the other party after they began to exhaust themselves. Extremely panicked, it was a little tricky, seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the water, and in desperation, the fish began to circle around the bottom of the boat, hoping to slow down the speed of the opponent's reel.
Yang Zi did not continue to pull the fish up when he received the remaining twenty or thirty meters of the fishing line, but planned to consume some of the fish's physical strength first to prevent the fish from struggling violently to break the line when the fishing line was too short. At this time, the movement of the fish in the water was right in his arms, and a man and a fish tacitly began to run around the yacht.
However, fish are still no match for human wisdom after all, and Yang Zi's perverted physique is not something it can afford. After forty or fifty minutes of stalemate, the fish was exhausted, and was pulled to the surface by Yang Zi with his belly turned over.
The crowd that had been waiting for a long time would walk to the side of the boat and look at the big fish in the water, which was more than one meter long, with a strong and slender body, a dark back and a bright silver belly giving people a strong sense of contrast.
Yang Zi thought it was tuna at a glance, because their tails were a bit similar. Xiao Bing glanced at it and told him that it was a mackerel, which is often referred to as a mackerel. It's fairly common in this area, but it's rare to grow that big. This fish is sixty or seventy pounds, and it is already the largest mackerel he has seen in all the years he has been out to sea.
After slipping the fish over, Yang Zi slowly pulled it to the aft deck, and several people who had already prepared it took two oversized nets to lasso the head and tail of the fish and pulled it to the boat.
Everyone looked at this big fish in surprise and took turns to take pictures, Qian was still in the cold Yang Zi just now, and he actually ran over to take a group photo with a cheeky face, and the result was naturally despised by everyone.
After laughing and taking a good photo, Yang Zi asked Xiao Bing if the fish could still happen, and after getting a positive reply, he hurriedly walked over and lifted the fish back into the water. It's not easy for this kind of big fish to grow so big, Yang Zi basically put it when he sees it, and he can't finish it when he takes it back to eat anyway.
Although he didn't catch the expected grouper, Yang Zi, who had an unexpected harvest, was very happy. Today was not only his first time fishing at sea, but he also caught his biggest catch so far, which can be said to be a very perfect trip.
In the next time, everyone caught a few fish for dinner, and Xiao Bing, who saw that the time was not early, took everyone back to Wailingding Island, and everyone who played for a day felt a little tired after returning to their accommodation, and they took a little rest in the room, until Brother Bing notified a few people to go over to eat, and then walked out of the hotel and came to the restaurant last time.
This time, maybe because the fish I caught by myself tasted more delicious, everyone including Yang Zi had a great appetite for it, and gave a very good evaluation of today's dinner dishes.
During the banquet, Xiao Bing also told everyone that a very interesting thing on this island is to go crab fishing at night. But today he didn't have time to arrange for everyone, if they were interested, they could go out with the local fishermen tomorrow night, as soon as they heard that there was a fun Yang Zi, they naturally readily agreed.
After eating and drinking, the group began to walk by the sea in the moonlight, chatting and chatting. It was until about ten o'clock before they went back to their rooms to rest, and the first day of this trip was a perfect end.
PS: Yesterday's chapter has been slightly revised, so you can take a look at it when you have time.