One hundred and four needlefish

Li Xiaofeng turned on the gas stove, put the small pot he brought over, added some mineral water to it, and boiled it.

Then he fished out five or six small tubes from the living water tank, squeezed out the teeth, then pulled out the bones, and boiled them directly in the pot.

Some people will also take out its ink sac, in fact, this can be taken out or not, and it is still good for the human body to study the surface.

Then he picked out a few more long-haired prawns and put them in.

When the water was boiling, he put the instant noodles into it and added the seasoning packets.

In this way, on this somewhat cold sea, a pot of steaming seafood noodles is out of the pot.

The three of them ate directly in the bowl where the instant noodles were placed.

I don't know if it's because I'm hungry or whatever, Li Xiaofeng thinks that this seafood noodle is especially delicious, and the soup is also very fresh. Liu Xuexia and Li Yonglin were also very happy to eat.

After eating, they cleaned up, and the three of them began to get busy again.

Li Xiaofeng, who was staring at the map at this time, couldn't help frowning.

Then I saw him, and quickly pulled Li Yonglin, who was hunched next to the side of the boat, back, and almost pulled Li Yonglin down!

Li Yonglin glared at him, and was about to get angry, when he saw a strange fish with a needle more than 20 centimeters long and a body length of 70 or 80 centimeters on its mouth jumping out of the water.

If Li Xiaofeng hadn't pulled him over just now, this strange fish would probably have stabbed him directly!

"Needlefish!" Li Yonglin couldn't help but cry out, and cold sweat instantly flowed down his head.

Needlefish, also known as horsefish, is a kind of warm-water fish living in the middle and pelagic layers of warm water, with very strong phototaxis, and is mostly distributed in the main coastal areas of China.

The fish are generally 200 to 400 millimeters long, but there is a species called the black-backed round-jawed needlefish, which can grow up to more than a meter in length.

The body is slender and long, don't look at the small size of this fish, but it can be regarded as a dangerous element in the sea.

The streamlined body allows it to swim underwater at a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, and with the long needle of more than ten or twenty centimeters, it is like a long arrow off the string in the sea.

What's even more terrifying is that these fish usually gather in groups, so can you imagine encountering them in the sea?

They will shoot at you like long arrows that cover the sky.

In addition to attacking their prey underwater, they sometimes jump out of the water and attack their prey.

This also makes them even more dangerous.

In the minds of some people, needlefish are even more terrible than sharks, and there have been many cases in history of fishermen being stabbed to death by needlefish.

In 1977, a boy from Hawaii died after being stabbed in the eye and in the brain by a needlefish.

In 2007, a Vietnamese boy was stabbed in the heart by a needlefish while fishing for sea cucumbers.

In 2013, a Saudi man was stabbed in the carotid artery by a needlefish and died of massive hemorrhage.

In 2014, a Russian tourist was stabbed in the neck by a needlefish in Vietnam, causing spinal injuries and paralysis.

In 2016, an Indonesian woman died after being stabbed in the right eye by a needlefish.

In 2018, a Thai special forces soldier was killed in a needlefish attack.

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This bloody case is all about the horror of this needlefish.

Li Yonglin was scared out of a cold sweat, and Li Xiaofeng couldn't help but be scared out of a cold sweat.

He couldn't help but rejoice that he had developed the habit of looking at the map every once in a while since he was injured last time, and it was this willingness that allowed him to spot this group of needlefish in time.

But with preparation, and an understanding of their characteristics, they don't have anything to fear.

Li Yonglin and Li Xiaofeng used the light to lure them to the center of the fishing net step by step, and then suddenly raised the net and caught them.

This net caught forty or fifty catties of needlefish, but the price of the fish on their side is not expensive, only a dozen yuan, less than twenty yuan a catty.

The price is not high, so let's make up the quantity.

The two of them hurried up, and then went down to the net, and caught more than 20 catties of needlefish.

Then I changed the place to put the net down.

Before you know it, the eastern sky has begun to whiten, and the sky is gradually brightening.

Although Li Yonglin, Liu Xuexia and Li Xiaofeng were sleepy and tired, they were also very happy in their hearts.

Tonight's harvest is not small, as of this last net, the squid has probably caught more than 300 catties.

The normal chilled squid on their side is usually ten or twenty yuan a catty, but their family is basically alive, and the price is much higher, so it shouldn't be much of a problem to sell these squid for a small ten thousand dollars.

The needlefish is considered an unexpected harvest today, and there are sixty or seventy catties caught.

Chilled needlefish, more than a dozen yuan a catty. It's a pity that these guys will die not long after they go to sea, otherwise they should be able to sell for a lot more money if they are kept in a living water tank.

Now these are estimated to sell for only a thousand dollars.

There are also all kinds of small miscellaneous fish, more than 30 catties, which should be sold for a few hundred yuan.

In addition, he also caught more than a dozen catties of various crabs, which are estimated to be sold for a few hundred yuan.

Although there were no big surprises, the harvest was already much stronger than the previous few days.

Li Yonglin and Li Xiaofeng pulled up this last net together.

The harvest of this net is average, there are thirty or forty catties of squid fish, as well as ten catties of small trash fish, and a few stone crabs and orchid crabs.

After harvesting the fish, the three of them tidied up the fishing boat first.

In the end, Li Yonglin and Li Xiaofeng removed all kinds of rods on the fishing boat and took off the lights, otherwise it would be more troublesome to enter the dock with these things.

After everything was cleaned up, the sky was basically bright, and Li Yonglin drove the boat towards the town at a gallop.

Li Xiaofeng sat in the cabin and admired the sunrise over the sea again.

At first, the sky was a light blue, but in the blink of an eye, a red glow appeared where the sky and water met.

The range of the red glow began to gradually expand, getting brighter and brighter.

After a while, the small half of the sun's face appeared on the sea, very red and red, but not visible.

Then the sun began to rise slowly, and when it knew that it had completely jumped out of the sea, it began to shine brightly!

The whole surface of the sea was dyed golden.

When they arrived at the dock in town, a few regular customers kept all the live squid and crabs, and more than half of the needlefish. Li Yonglin quickly disposed of the dead squid, needlefish, and small trash fish to the fishmongers in the vegetable market.

In this process, Li Xiaofeng went directly to the breakfast shop to bring some breakfast, and the three of them hurriedly drove home on the boat.

After going back, I have to go to bed quickly, I haven't stayed up all night for a long time, and Li Xiaofeng's sleepy eyes can't be opened.