Chapter 666: The Sea Monster Gets on the Boat
"Can he make it? We're going to chase the fish. Hong Tao hung up the last float while worrying about Paul's driving skills.
"No problem, Paul has his own yacht, although it can't be compared with a professional driver, but it's definitely no problem to deal with fishing, what should I do?" The Báb was reassured by Paul.
"Don't do anything, now the two of us can still move on the boat, if the fish is on for a while, I'll slip the fish first, and then you take over from me, we can get a few and count a few, we can't go back empty-handed." Hong Tao is like a crazy mouse, jumping left and right on the back deck, one person got all three fishing rods, and then put them down one by one, as for why he didn't use 4 fishing rods, he was afraid that one person couldn't take care of so much.
Paul really had two brushes, and although he vomited so sallow that he couldn't even stand up straight, the fishing boat actually controlled it quite smoothly, and soon caught up with the suspected big fish, and controlled the fishing boat to walk back and forth in front of the fish in a zigzag pattern, trying to make the bait attract the attention of the fish.
"You didn't report the fish to the organizing committee this time, did you?" Hong Tao took the telescope to observe the movements of the three floats, and suddenly remembered that the game rules had come.
"Before you can say it, do you have to report it now? We're not sure it's a school of fish, are we? How to report? Babu was serious about why he didn't report it.
"Hey, there is a folk proverb in our country, which says, the old man is a traitor, you are a slippery head, why don't you mention the glorious and dishonorable things?" Hong Tao explained to Babu the general meaning of this proverb.
"This is a very philosophical sentence, life is a process of accumulating experience, although the rules say to report, but we are not sure that this is a school of fish, so we can't report, that is irresponsible." Babu said it extremely righteously, and with his old face that has been through vicissitudes, it is better not to be an acquaintance. Surely he thought he was holding on to the truth.
"I've really met a master, you can take swearing words as philosophy, it's much better than me. In fact, I also mean this, first to verify the authenticity of this fish, and then to report, and I think that catching one does not explain the problem, at least three to explain the problem. Hong Tao stretched out a thumbs up to Babu to show that he was convinced.
Paul's slight injury to the line of fire must have moved the heavens, and then good luck befell the Manhattan, after more than 20 minutes of trolling. In the field of view of the Hongtao telescope, a red float in the middle didn't even say hello, and sank directly to the sea level and disappeared.
"Babu, I'm caught in the fish, I feel a lot of it, let's put away the other fishing rods first!" Hong Tao stayed behind this fishing rod, and when he saw the float disappear, he immediately copied the rod from the rod base, and then inserted the tail of the rod into the top of his belly. I sat directly on the combat chair and only then began to reel in the line. After only a dozen shakes, the fishing line tightened, and Hong Tao passed through the rod. I could tell that it was a big fish, but how big it was, I had to wait until I got it.
"Babu, go and collect the rods over there. I'll collect this. Cavill, who had been resting on the starboard side, got up with difficulty as soon as he heard that the fish had been fished, ready to give his last bit of strength to the fishing team.
"Are you okay?" Babu was not too worried about Cavill.
"I'm definitely not going to be able to fish. But it's okay to pack up the empty poles, don't worry. Cavill, reckoning that he had nothing to vomit, picked up the rod on the starboard pole and began to shake the handle of the reel.
"Paul! Paul, are you there? Hong Tao has been reeling in the fishing chair, although it has been quite laborious, but the fish does not seem to be going crazy, and the fishing line is being retracted little by little.
"Say, I'll listen!" Paul's voice came from the flybridge, but no one came out, and it is estimated that he doesn't want to move a single step now.
"This fish is swimming after us, I want to pull it up directly, you pay attention to the speed of the boat, if it sprints, you have to increase the speed of the boat in time." Although Hong Tao's seasickness is not too serious, his stomach and head are not very comfortable, and he doesn't want to engage in a war of attrition with the hooked fish, and wants to see if he can solve it quickly.
"No problem, I'll watch it for you." As soon as Paul heard the fish, he also stepped out of the flybridge and sat down in front of the console in the back.
"Paul, it's 100 meters away, and it's almost there...... Babu, get ready to hook up, and be sure to put it under its gill cover for the first time, don't let it run away! Whether this fish can come up or not depends on your hook! Hong Tao didn't put on his seat belt, but hooked the hook strap into the fixing hole of the drum reel, and as the line was retracted more and more, he became more and more nervous, and kept shouting at others to give himself a sense of support.
"Don't worry! As long as it shows up, I don't want to escape from old Babu! "Babu is really an old navyman, he opened the tuna door and stood on the small platform outside with a swimming escalator. The platform was less than half a meter wide, and in such high winds and waves, it was difficult to stand firm even with a seat belt, but he could hold the stern of the boat with only one hand, and he could nail it there like a big nail, swaying back and forth with the boat, while holding a hook more than 2 meters long in his right hand.
"Damn left-handers! I hate lefties! As the big fish approached, Hong Tao felt a little nervous in his heart, and he vaguely felt that this fish should be quite small from the power coming from underwater.
This is a kind of sixth sense of a veteran fisherman, and there is no clear way to say it, but in terms of the way the fish swims, the speed and the strength, the experienced angler can feel the approximate size of the fish when he does not see it. Like this fish now, it doesn't seem to be aware that a metal hook is in its mouth, but it is wondering why there is always a force dragging itself in a certain direction.
It didn't struggle because it wasn't frightened, so it wasn't scared, and it swam in a normal position and at a normal speed. But in the process of several Yang rods, Hong Tao has already felt that the big fish below is like a small submarine, once it goes crazy, it will definitely not be able to pull it by the power of the fishing line. What makes Hong Tao even more depressed is that the crank of the reel on this fishing rod is installed on the left, for a person who is used to using his right hand since childhood, ordinary individual fish can still deal with it, but in case of emergency, it will definitely be very uncomfortable, and the speed of shaking is not fast.
"You're hitting too hard, this boat is left-handed except for that vampire banker." Paul sat on top of Hong Tao's head and heard Hong Tao's complaints clearly.
"Smart people are right-handed, so I'm a fishing champion and Yarborough is a banker!" Hong Tao does not miss any opportunity to fight, even in such a tense situation, and it is the best way for him to relax.
"What Hong Tao said makes a lot of sense, after I go back, I will sponsor a project dedicated to this topic, and I want to correct the name of our right-handed people!" Yarborough didn't know when he was removed from the main cabin, his glasses were no longer worn, presumably because he was vomiting smoothly, and the few strands of hair on his bald head were drooping, and he looked like he had just woken up.
"How's it going, does seasickness feel okay?" Paul wasn't going to continue a bickering with the next two men.
"Well, I've vomited everything I could in my life, even the seasickness medicine I had eaten, but I can still move, much better than those two Philips, who can't even sit up now, and are praying to God on the carpet." Arrborough brushed the hair from his head and saved the gangway by the hatch, intending to be a cheerleader.
"Hong Tao, I saw it, it's just 50 meters away, it will soon be exposed, it's a big marlin! I vouch for my life, it's a marlin indeed, oh my! Babu, we've caught a big marlin! Hahaha......" Paul, who was sitting on his head, suddenly stood up and pointed to the sea at the stern of the boat and shouted.
"Don't shout! We're in trouble to alarm it, Babu, get ready! It can pop up at any moment! Hong Tao didn't even look back, he gestured a middle finger at the back, blocking Paul's laughter directly, yelling at this time is likely to frighten the fish in the water, once it starts to soar at this distance, it will be difficult to pull back.
"God forbid...... God willing...... You can't see me...... Can't see me......" Hong Tao made Paul nervous, muttering in his mouth, trying to calm himself down, but it was too late......
"Oh God! ......" was the exclamation of the Báb.
"Holy! Get out of the way......" This is Hong Tao's angry scolding.
"Don't! …… Babu ...... "That's Paul and Cavill's shouting.
"Ahh ......" Yarbrough jumped out of the word directly, and then froze in place with his mouth open.
"Bang! Click! Thump...... Thump! Almost at the same time, a huge black and white black shadow suddenly jumped up from the stern, the front end of the black shadow was a black spear, it directly crossed the sea, before everyone could see its appearance, it rushed to the tail of the fishing boat, the spear was as easy as piercing a piece of cheese, directly inserted into the mast of the stern, directly penetrated the FRP mast more than 30 centimeters thick, and exposed the tip of the spear more than 20 centimeters long on the inside.
"Cavill, give me the rope, don't go over it yet, watch it pierce your stomach!" Hong Tao reacted the fastest, he took two steps and ran to the tuna door in two steps, and did not bother to untie the rod from the top of his belly first, picked up a hook from the long cabinet with fishing tackle under the side of the boat, and slammed it at the head of the fish that had stuck its head outside the mast and was still struggling desperately. (To be continued......)