Chapter Seventy-Four: Undercurrents
"Ah Cheng, is it difficult to dive and hunt?" Under the bridge pier, watching Chu Mingcheng tie the safety rope to the protruding steel bar, Zhao Jun remembered his harvest last night, and asked a little impatiently in his heart.
Although he now fishes in his spare time, the harvest is not stable.
Sometimes the good ones can make hundreds or even thousands, but often the Air Force, or only two or three small fish.
If it is a means to increase some income, it is naturally better.
"Brother Zhao Jun, I have good water skills, and it is not a problem to hold my breath for two minutes while diving, and I have a strong adaptability to water pressure, so I will occasionally fish and hunt."
"Freediving requires professional learning and assessment, and the same is true for fishing and hunting."
"I really don't recommend your words, after all, you have children, you have a family to raise, just fish and fish normally, but don't think about it."
Chu Mingcheng turned around to dissuade him as soon as possible, but his expression was very serious.
He also has the ability to swim freely, otherwise he would not have chosen to dive alone before learning professional freediving.
Even if you dive, you will choose to join others.
After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized a problem, he dives and sells fish, if some people here are greedy and learn to dive, then wouldn't he harm others?
Knowing that things are a bit big, Chu Mingcheng decided to popularize science to these people at the dock by the way when he went back to sell fish in the afternoon, so that no one would really follow the trend at that time, but the people were gone.
Zhao Jun is not a person who does not listen to persuasion, and after listening to it, he dispelled his careful thoughts.
Chu Mingcheng had already prepared, with a net bag and a live fish buckle hanging on his body, and a harpoon in his hand.
But he didn't forget to bring the lasso with him today, the geography under the pier is different from the edge of the reef, and he doesn't know if the harpoon is easy to use.
"Brother Zhao Jun, you just go and get busy with your business, and then you can come and pick me up when the fishing nets are closed."
"Are you okay like this?"
"It's okay, I won't have a problem with this safety rope."
"Okay, you have to pay attention to yourself, I'll pick you up when I close the net."
Zhao Jun nodded, and after watching Chu Mingcheng swim a short distance in the water, he drove the fishing boat back a little and then left in the other direction.
When Chu Mingcheng saw him leave, he plunged into the water.
Compared to the previous dive site, the water under the pier is more muddy and the visibility is lower, but there are really a lot of fish.
After only five or six meters of diving, he found a handful of fish, and continued to dive a little, and even saw a few big fish vaguely.
Sure enough, the bridge pier is the best place for fishing and hunting, and if you go to sea, you generally choose to go to the oil well to fish and hunt.
After diving to ten meters, Chu Mingcheng untied the safety rope tied to his body, and he wanted to continue to dive, figure out the surrounding terrain, and find a suitable place to hunt fish.
The fish were circling the pillar, and he wasn't sure he could catch them with a harpoon in such a situation.
When he came to the depth of about 20 meters, he saw the bottom of the bridge pier.
He could see that the bottom of the pier was embedded in the seabed, and he looked around and saw that there were also many fish hiding here.
Suddenly, a very large fish appeared on the side of the bridge pier and was discovered by Chu Mingcheng.
This was bigger than the red fish he had caught yesterday, and he didn't bother to continue checking the terrain, so he immediately swam over.
This big fish was very vigilant, and when Chu Mingcheng was only three meters away from it, it suddenly flicked its tail, and at the same time swayed a piece of mud and sand, it scurried away in one fell swoop.
Without hesitation, he immediately followed, preparing to rush the fish to the location where Yanmen Island and the bridge were connected.
This location was also deliberately chosen by him, if he couldn't find good terrain, then spend some effort to rush here, there are also reefs here.
As long as Chu Mingcheng drove the fish here, he was sure to stab the fish with a harpoon.
But now the fish is running in the direction of the middle of the bridge, and he has to catch up with the fish first to change direction.
It was only after chasing for a short distance that the big fish in front of it suddenly stopped, and then it seemed to be controlled by something.
When Chu Mingcheng noticed the problem, it was too late, and he also came to the position of the big fish under the drive of inertia, and subconsciously reached out and grabbed it.
Then he felt a very strong suction force on the left side, and he and the big fish were swept away in an instant.
Big Fish didn't pause for even two seconds just now, and he was almost unable to resist.
At this moment, Chu Mingcheng knew that he had encountered an undercurrent under the sea.
People are swept away by the undercurrent, and they are basically dead and lifeless.
But Chu Mingcheng didn't panic, because he could stay in the water for at least an hour, and when he came down to chase the fish just now, it was only five or six minutes in total.
The undercurrent is terrifying, but it is impossible to keep him in the wind.
The big fish is in front of him and he is behind, but he is better than the big fish that goes around in circles, at least not to turn around.
Moreover, Chu Mingcheng was also waiting, waiting for the strength of the undercurrent to weaken.
Sure enough, after only a short while, he clearly felt the weakening of the undercurrent suction, and the big fish seemed to be dizzy, flicking its tail diagonally, as if trying to get rid of the weakening undercurrent.
Chu Mingcheng took the opportunity to swim over and kicked the fish on the head hard, kicking his own foot a little painful.
Judging from the fact that he barely felt much resistance in the water, the strength of this kick was only a little weaker than on the shore, and it was no problem to make the big fish dizzy.
Sure enough, the big fish that was kicked drifted with the undercurrent, and then flipped its belly.
Chu Mingcheng took the opportunity to use a noose to prevent the fish from suddenly waking up and running away, and then killed it with a bloodletting dagger, and when the blood flowed almost enough, he used a live fish buckle to buckle it.
It was a grouper with seven dark stripes on its body, and through this feature, he immediately recognized it as a seven-banded grouper.
This kind of grouper has a very low reputation in China, and it is the only warm grouper in China, which is extremely cold-tolerant and the only grouper that is distributed in the Yellow Sea.
Most groupers are found in warm waters, and the larger they are, the more fleshy they are.
But this grouper is different, because it is hardy, it has a high fat content.
It can grow up to more than 100 kilograms, and the bigger it is, the better it tastes.
It's a pity that Chu Mingcheng is a little smaller, about seventy or eighty centimeters in length, and the weight is estimated to be only 10 catties +.
The price should be between three and five thousand.
This fish, Chu Mingcheng decided to take it home tomorrow to filial piety to his parents, and let them taste the real top grouper.
After getting this grouper, the effect of the undercurrent on him has completely disappeared.
Chu Mingcheng began to swim towards the water, raised his head and changed his breath, and then looked around.
He found that he was at least seven or eight hundred meters away from the bridge, and if a normal person was lucky enough to survive the undercurrent, he would not be able to swim back!
Chu Mingcheng began to swim back speechlessly, and began to think about the effect of this undercurrent.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for him to hunt the seven-banded grouper he was carrying, and he had to drive it into a corner and wait for it to calm down before he had a chance to stab it with a harpoon.
If the stab is missed, it escapes, and it is another chase, which is time-consuming and laborious.
This is the main reason why he was all hung up in the water, but only caught twelve fish yesterday afternoon.
Now, if he is not afraid of the undercurrent, he may be able to use the undercurrent to help catch fish.