Chapter 229: Cooperative Partners in Fishing and Hunting
Catching these spear squid, Chu Mingcheng found a very convenient rule.
They swim one by one, and each time they travel a certain distance, there is a brief pause, and if they want to catch them alive, they have to take advantage of this pause.
This is impossible for the average person, even for top swimmers.
But for Chu Mingcheng, who was almost unaffected by water resistance, it was very simple.
The baby sea lion is eating happily here, and he is frantically catching here.
As a result, every time you swim, you will leave a cigarette tail behind you.
This cigarette tail is actually the ink spewed out by the spear squid in the net pocket, and at first glance, I thought that Chu Mingcheng had brought his own propeller.
After nearly twenty minutes, there were almost twenty spear squid in the net pocket, each of which was about forty centimeters in size, and it was obvious that he was staring at the big catch.
It's a pity that the weight of the spear squid is relatively light, and a forty-centimeter one is estimated to be between one and a half catties and two catties.
And at this time, the little sea lion, who had already eaten five spear squid, was finally full.
It watched curiously as Chu Mingcheng hunted the spear squid, and seemed to know that he was collecting these foods, so it also acted again.
It grabbed a spear squid about thirty centimeters very flexibly and sent it to Chu Mingcheng with its mouth.
'This is for me?' ’
Chu Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, and then tried to take the spear squid from the little sea lion's mouth and put it in the net pocket.
After a while, the little sea lion sent another one, which was relatively small, less than thirty centimeters.
Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng didn't pick it up, but quickly grabbed a spear squid over forty centimeters in the little sea lion's puzzled eyes, and shook it in front of it.
After putting the spear and squid in the net, he gestured the length with both hands, trying to make the little sea lion understand what he meant, he only wanted the big one.
He didn't know if the little sea lion could understand it, but anyway, he thought it was quite smart, maybe he could understand?
As a result, the little sea lion let go of its mouth, allowing the little spear squid to sink slowly in the water, and then sprang out.
Chu Mingcheng caught the spear squid that sank and only breathed a breath, and put it in the net pocket.
Although these small ones are not intended to be sold, they can be eaten on their own.
After all, this squid looks good, and you can feel that the taste will be very good at a glance.
Just as he caught a spear squid again, the little sea lion also returned to him, and this time the spear squid in his mouth was not small, it was also about forty centimeters.
Chu Mingcheng took the spear squid with great satisfaction, and reached out to rub the little sea lion's head.
He was very satisfied with this performance, and it also made him want to train a sea lion as his hunting partner.
Before, he was reluctant to feed the precious fish because he and Jiang Luoluo just regarded the baby sea lion as a wild animal that was accidentally rescued in their lives.
Now that it can help him hunt, and even take him to find prey, that value will naturally increase rapidly in Chu Mingcheng's heart.
He decided to discuss with Jiang Luoluo about the treatment of the little sea lion after he went back, and treat it better in the future.
Another ten minutes passed, and with the help of the little sea lion, Chu Mingcheng's net pocket was full.
Don't look at the spear squid is a little bigger than the spiny shrimp cricket he caught, but it really doesn't take up much space as a mollusk.
It is estimated that there are more than 50 nets full of nets, perhaps reaching 60, and the weight is conservatively estimated to be about 100 catties.
Without greeting the little sea lion, Chu Mingcheng came out of the water and observed his position.
The spear squid will definitely run away after being attacked, and he and the baby sea lion have left the island far away before they know it.
Fortunately, the fishing boat is lit, and even if the distance is about 2 kilometers, it is still very conspicuous in the sea at night.
Chu Mingcheng found the right direction and immediately swam back.
When the little sea lion saw him go back, he followed without saying hello.
Chu Mingcheng didn't burst out at full speed, so it took more than ten minutes to get back to the boat.
This time, he didn't call out Jiang Luoluo, but got on the boat himself and lifted the net pocket, and he could only lift this white thing.
However, Jiang Luoluo, who was aware of the movement on the deck, still walked out of the cockpit, saw the bulging net pocket, and asked curiously, "What did you catch this time?" ”
"The little sea lion led me to meet a group of spear squid, and it was able to drive the swarm of spear squid to my side, so that I could easily catch it."
"And it even gave me the spear squid that it caught, and it caught a lot of it in this net."
"This guy is very capable, not only can he find prey, but he is also willing to share and help hunt."
The little sea lion also jumped on the boat, and Chu Mingcheng rubbed its head and praised it vigorously, giving it all the credit.
But most of the credit is indeed it, that is, the way he catches the spear and squid, and he changed it slightly.
"The little guy is so smart?" After hearing this, Jiang Luoluo looked at the little sea lion in surprise.
She'd heard of some fishermen raising ospreys to help with fishing, but that was skillful.
When ospreys go out to sea to hunt, they first tie the osprey's neck.
In this way, the fish eaten by the osprey can only be stored in the neck and will not be digested in the stomach, and the fisherman can easily take the fish out.
But the osprey was forced, and the baby sea lion took the initiative.
Moreover, the hunting ability of the little sea lion is not comparable to that of ospreys, if he really becomes Chu Mingcheng's hunting partner, it will help him more than a dozen ospreys.
"It's really smart, and I think I can raise it properly when it's hungry in the future to enhance the relationship. Except for some particularly precious fish, ordinary fish can be eaten if they want to! ”
"Okay, since it can help you, then the treatment should be better."
This time, Jiang Luoluo was not as reluctant as before.
The two then began to sort the spear squid, mainly by picking out the ones that were still alive and putting them in the live fish tank.
The live fish compartment on the ship had been empty, and now there was finally something to put in.
Chu Mingcheng also took the opportunity to weigh it and found that there were one hundred and three catties of spear squid full of nets, a total of fifty-seven.
The price of this kind of squid is not bad, eighty-one catties of chilled food, there are very few live ones on the market, this thing is all caught in nets, and it is almost dead as soon as it is fished.
If you can really bring some live back, the price is estimated to be about 12 hundred.
But you must have a good vitality to live, otherwise others will not want to be wronged.
He personally caught more than 40 spear squid, but after suffocating in the net pocket for a while, more than 20 of them were close to the level of coolness, and could only be kept fresh.
He looked at the dozen or so spear squids in the living water tank, and he didn't know if they would be able to maintain their current vitality tomorrow.
After the spear squid was sorted, Chu Mingcheng set off again and took the little sea lion to catch the spear squid.
Aunt Prawn is there, she can't run.
But the spear squid won't be able to meet it after it passes tonight, of course, he has to take advantage of the opportunity to catch more, this time he brought the net bag that Jiang Luoluo bought and never used much.
Unfortunately, the squid was getting farther and farther away from the island, and when the two nets were full, he couldn't do it a third time.
One is that the time is already late, and the other is too far away to be convenient.
The harvest of the spear squid tonight exceeded 300 catties, worth at least 20,000.
It was already eleven o'clock at night, and after Chu Mingcheng returned to the boat, he asked Jiang Luoluo to continue sorting the gun squid, and he took a towel to dry the water on the little sea lion and let it rest in the cockpit.
The second hunt for the spear squid at night was thanks to it, otherwise Chu Mingcheng would not have been able to find the spear squid at all.
and Jiang Luoluo sorted all the spear squid, but unfortunately there were only more than 20 of them in the two net pockets, and none of them exceeded 50 together.
But Chu Mingcheng didn't care about this, he immediately went to take a shower after he was busy, and then continued to discuss billions of business with Jiang Luoluo.
The two of them are at their freshest, and the symphony every night is definitely indispensable.
After talking about a billion business first, both of them were a little hungry, so they just took out the pickled rich shrimp to taste.
Don't talk about the taste of raw pickled rich shrimp, I still want to eat it, even if my stomach can't be stuffed, my mouth will still not be satisfied.
Therefore, Chu Mingcheng had no choice but to satisfy himself in another way, and he could only work hard for Jiang Luoluo.
The next day, he woke up in the early morning hours of six.
Feeling that Jiang Luoluo's hands and feet were wrapped around him, and the slippery and soft body was unreserved, Chu Mingcheng's anger rose up.
Just looking at the exhaustion on her face, and the fact that he had a lot of times last night, he could only resist the impulse, lest Jiang Luoluo not be able to complete his diving training today.
But he couldn't stand it anymore, so he carefully pulled her hands and feet off his body and got up first.
Chu Mingcheng didn't have any fatigue on his body, mainly because he had been using life transformation a few days ago to replenish his energy.
Otherwise, the absurdity of the past two days has been unrestrained, and even his current physical fitness is estimated to be a little weak.
Jiang Luoluo seemed to be really tired, and Chu Mingcheng's movements didn't affect her sleep at all.
He walked out of the room and closed the door. As soon as he turned around, he found the little sea lion's raised head, apparently awake.
It snorted twice, as if to say hello.
"Shh~" Chu Mingcheng hurriedly put his index finger on his lips, signaling it not to be noisy.
The little sea lion didn't know what he meant, but fortunately he didn't bark again.
Chu Mingcheng first opened the cockpit door and let it go to the outside deck, and then took out a seven-eight-pound pepper snapper and three chilled spear squid to feed it.
When there was something to eat, the little sea lion immediately held the fish and gnawed it, and it seemed that it preferred to eat fish to the gun squid.
More than a thousand were fed out for breakfast, but Chu Mingcheng was not distressed.
Because last night, the squid caught in this list alone reached five or six thousand, and this is what it deserves.
Chu Mingcheng returned to the cockpit, washed up and made himself breakfast, and then went to the deck to take down the diving suit that had been cleaned and dried last night and put it on.
In the morning, he plans to sweep the spiny shrimp crickets, go to the coral reef on the other side of the island in the afternoon, and return to the dock in the evening.
After changing into a diving suit, Chu Mingcheng first opened the living water tank and took a look, and found that there were several spear squid in it that had already floated up, and only moved occasionally.
Therefore, I had to use it to copy the net, fish out these few squid that were already cool, and take them to be chilled.
Later, the lobster, moray eel and Fugui shrimp in the live fish box were inspected.
The first two are okay, there is no problem, but it is a pity that five Fugui shrimp died, and he can only take them out to chill.
These dead ones can also be sold, but the price will drop a lot, which is a pity.
(End of chapter)