Chapter 663: Floats and Kites
After Hong Tao, Paul also put the same rig into the sea, and Philip and Cavill on both sides also laid down their own baits, but instead of using this large aluminum alloy lure, they chose their usual commercial lure, which was also tied to a sponge ball. This is also Hong Tao's opinion, he doesn't know whether this new bait will work or not, and he can't pin all his hopes on it, so the four people are divided into two groups and use different baits to increase the chance of catching fish.
Captain Barb is not a mallet, his piloting skills are absolutely top-notch, and the fishing boat is almost in sync with the school of sardines, the fish are to the left, and the fishing boat is to the right. In addition, when turning, they all make big turns, so as to avoid the fishing lines at the stern of the boat becoming entangled with each other, and the four red floats always follow the stern more than 200 meters away, floating up and down with the waves, appearing and disappearing.
At this time, the boomerang had also been hooked near the fish, and the two boats were about 300 meters apart, and they played more regularly, never turning the rudder to the right, so that the two boats could have a safe distance. What Hong Tao admires even more is the way they control the depth of the lure, which is really creative and full of technical sense.
Instead of using floats, the anglers on the Boomerang released three large kites and used the power of the kites to pull the lure into the right water. This way of fishing Hong Tao has seen on TV in his previous life, but it is not deep-sea trolling, but fishing on the beach, which is also a trick that Australians came up with.
After 40 minutes of following the sardines, Aberrow, the observer on the Manhattan, stood behind the flybridge, holding a telescope and sounding the alarm, Paul's float was moving!
"The float is gone. It dived down......" After ten seconds, Yarborough could no longer maintain his soft emphasis, pulling his neck and shouting for his life.
"Hahahaha, let's go fish!" Paul was not idle, he also put his hand on the pergola and watched the float in the distance, and he did not rush to lift the rod when the float was rocking back and forth and flickering at first. Almost as soon as Arrborough shouted, he picked up the rod and began to reel in the line at high speed, only to shake it a dozen times, and then he could no longer shake it. The thumb-thick trolling rod was drawn directly into a large curved bow, which creaked from time to time.
"Philip, it's time to receive! Cavill, it's time to get the line! Seeing the subtle changes in Paul's fishing rod and fishing line, Hong Tao felt that this fish must be not small, and while copying his fishing rod and reeling hard, he shouted to the other two people.
"Don't struggle, baby, come to Daddy!" Paul's face was red, but the rod was still not raised. The fishing line can't be recovered at all.
"Paul, if you can't get it closer quickly, don't force it, release the line when it's time to release it." Hong Tao looked at his watch. It had been almost a minute, and the fish was still swimming left and right in the distance, and had no intention of swimming this way, so it began to cool Paul down.
In trolling, if you catch a large fish. There are generally two ways to deal with it. One is to desperately reel in the line and pull it to the side of the boat before the fish can react. Then, as soon as it emerges from the water, it hooks it directly with the hook and pulls it from the tuna gate to the boat. As long as you take care to avoid the marlin's spear and don't let it stab anyone, it's basically over for two minutes.
If this method is not successful, then it is necessary to prepare for a protracted battle with it, once the big fish realizes that something is wrong, it will immediately run for its life, and it is impossible to pull it by the pull of the line and the toughness of the rod alone. In this case, not only do you use a force relief device that makes full use of the reel, but the captain also has to reverse the boat at the right time to relieve the impact of the big fish on the line and rod. Then slowly and little by little, the big fish will be exhausted of its physical strength, and then pull it over.
In this process, the most important thing to pay attention to is whether the reel is properly deployed, the drum reel used by Paul can be adjusted to a maximum of 40 kg gear, as long as the fishing line is properly matched, so that the big fish is equivalent to dragging more than 40 kg of weight in the high-speed swim, no matter how strong the fish, it has to vomit blood for a long time.
"Alright, help me put the hook and harness on, and we'll fight it!" Paul also felt that a quick victory was unrealistic, and while opening the power relief device on the reel, he made the battle chair ready to fight with the big fish for endurance.
"If you feel bored, you can change people, I'd rather slow down, I have to get it up, this is a good sign, come on!" Hong Tao stepped forward and tied the seat belt of the combat chair to Paul, and then hung the two hooks on the top of his belly on the reel, so that unless the big fish could pull the line off, or pull the entire combat chair off the track, it would not be able to escape, and it was also a protective measure for Paul.
"OK, don't worry!" Paul tried to see if the back and forth slides of the combat chair smoothly, and then began to repeat the following movements: leg kick - pole - leg bend - reel line.
"Paul, I'm going to reverse, don't let the line loosen!" Babu sat down in the stern seat behind the flybridge, ready to use the external control system that was installed there, and that equipment was used at this time, so that the captain and the angler could communicate face-to-face, and it would be easier for the captain to operate the fishing boat and cooperate with the angler.
Paul and Babu work well together, after all, they have been fishing together for several years, and they know each other's habits, and they know each other's habits without saying anything, and they know what each other will do next. The fishing boat was sailing backwards at about 3 knots per hour, and Paul relied on the help of the boat to keep the line tight, and did not give the big fish a chance to breathe, regardless of whether it was running to the left or right. As soon as its swimming speed drops, Paul will speed up the reel, pull the hook to stimulate the big fish, and let it continue to run, wanting to rest and catch its breath, which is definitely not allowed.
"Babu! Advance! Advance! It's coming to us! Suddenly, Paul's left hand began to shake the reel and began to shout.
Once the line is completely relaxed, the hook is likely to fall off from the fish's mouth, because many fierce fish in the sea have almost no meat in their mouths, and it is difficult for the hook to completely penetrate its bones, and it is generally hanging or stuck in the mouth, and the fishing line must be tightened to keep the hook in place.
At this time, you can see the ability of this fishing boat, just when Paul's shout was just issued, Babu on the flybridge also saw Paul's movements, and changed to the forward gear in time, pushed up a big throttle, the whole fishing boat suddenly paused, and then the bow of the boat was raised high, and rushed forward.
"You old bastard! You almost threw me to death! The line was pulled by the fishing boat and tightened again, and Paul loosened the drain a few gears when the fishing boat accelerated, so as to prevent the line from being pulled by the fishing boat.
But the rest of the people on the ship were not very comfortable, except for Paul and Babu who were sitting, everyone else was standing, especially Cavill, who was carrying him in the cabin, who was not prepared at all, and must have been shaken down by the huge inertia, and he got out of it with his head covered, and looked up and yelled at the flybridge.
"You are asking for this, how many times have I told you, don't go to the cabin to lie down when fishing, you just don't listen, the next time you hit my cabinet and sofa with your head, I will let you pay me a new set!" Without even looking down, Barb knew that Cavill had come out of the cabin, and it seemed that the guy had been thrown by inertia more than once.
"You old madman!" Although Cavill was still scolding, he didn't stop in his hands, and immediately found a harness to fasten himself to the side of the boat. A fall in the cabin is at best a broken head, and if you fall on deck, it is even worse, you may break a bone or be thrown into the sea.
"Hong Tao, I don't have the strength, help me!" After dozens of seconds of desperate shaking just now, Paul's body has entered an anaerobic state, people like them who sit in the office all day, even if they like outdoor sports, their bodies are not much better, on the surface it looks like five big and three thick, but in fact, it is terrible inside.
"Cavill, you don't want to try?" Hong Tao felt that he might not be blessed for long, just when Cavill came out, this kind of strong man will not wait for a long time at this time!
"Sure, can I really try it? They said I wasn't good at it, so what if I ran away with the fish? Cavill was still rubbing his head, and when he heard Hong Tao's words, his hand was also lowered, and he was a little eager to try.
"It's okay, I'll watch it for you on the side, this is very simple, as long as you have the strength." Hong Tao encouraged him again.
"What I have is strength, an old man like Babu I can lift one with one hand, and it is not a problem to walk 100 meters!" As soon as Cavill heard these two words, his confidence doubled.
"Don't be busy, your task is to keep the line tight, if the fish runs, you just hold the rod and it stalemate, if the fish wants to get closer, you quickly reel in the line, the rest of the time you use this chair to retract the line little by little, let's start! I've already adjusted my strength. Hong Tao helped Cavill and Paul swap places, and then calmed Cavill's excitement, this strong man came up to tug of war with the big fish, which was very unwise.
"This action is not tiring, when I was training for the rugby team, I had to push an iron frame to run on the grass, and there were three coaches sitting on the iron frame, which was much more tiring than this!" Cavill followed Hong Tao's guidance, slowly pedaled the pedal, slid the combat chair back and forth to retract the line, and after a few clicks, he grinned and said it was easy. (To be continued......)