Chapter 45: Weak!

A few days later, the negative tropical high, which had lasted for many days, finally passed, and the sea surface was much calmer.

"The sprouts are ready to eat." At noon, Xu Yan stopped the boat and prepared to make lunch.

Su Ming is sending a drone (UA.V) into the air, and the detection distance is far beyond Su Ming's visual observation, and

Layers of fish can be observed underwater.

"Su Ming." Zhao Tian's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Roger."

"Do you want to find a place to put a seine net?" Zhao Tian asked.

Su Ming said, "Don't worry. The weather will be good in the future. Let's find out again. ”。

"How much gas do you have on board?"

"Not much. I'll stop and wait for you. Su Ming said, "Be patient. ”

Zhao Tian smiled and said, "Have your bean sprouts grown?" ”

"It's grown and ready to eat," Su Ming said.

"Wait, I'll come to your ship for hot pot in a moment."

"Okay."

Today, the sea is calm and there are no major discoveries around. Su Ming took the drone back and said, "The master is here to eat hot pot and prepare lunch." ”

"How long will it take for them to arrive?"

"Two or three hours."

"It's been so long......" Xu Yan yawned: "Haven't found a school of fish yet?" ”

"Yes, not much."

As has been found on previous occasions, a small amount of fish.

When Zhao Tian came out this time, after repeated consideration, he only brought a tuna purse seine net.

The Lixia was also converted into a pure auxiliary vessel equipped with high-power refrigeration equipment. If you come out this time, you'll either get rich or fail.

The first thing to consider is tuna. If you can't find the tuna, you should sink to the bottom of the purse seine net.

The 270-meter-wide purse seine can be sunk directly to the bottom of the sea for purse seine netting, which is very cumbersome to operate. The fish harvest is also very precarious.

Zhao Tian and his fishing boat arrived after three o'clock in the afternoon. Su Ming and Xu Yan prepared a hot pot on the boat.

Su Ming's father and Xu Yan's father also came to the fishing boat.

First, fill the fishing boat with oil and sit down to eat hot pot.

"For more than ten days, not a single net has been caught." Su Ming's father looked at Su Ming and said, "If you can't find a big fish school, you can't have a small fish school." You can't wait forever. ”

"Don't rush to find fish." Zhao Tian was also worried. It's been half a month since the sea was opened. Many of the fishing boats that had come to the high seas from the Zabu side had returned fully laden. They ran to Nansha, but now they have not cast their nets.

The weather was one reason, and the other was that Su Ming and his family had released a lot of small fish and were going to buy a big ticket.

Those fishing boats that returned early basically caught some worthless fish.

Su Ming poured liquor for his father and Zhao Tian. They touched each other and took a sip.

Today we eat hot pot, which includes beef fillets, fish, bean sprouts, and potato chips.

"It's been a long time since I've had a comfortable meal." Xu Yan took another sip of liquor, picked up the bean sprouts and ate them.

At sea, vegetables are more valuable than meat.

Su Ming also took a large bite of bean sprouts and a sip of white wine.

After many days of rough sea conditions, I ate noodles or bacon fried rice every day. Today's hot pot is really appetizing.

"From tomorrow we will stop the boat and wait for you to come and find fish." "Our fishing boats have been fishing for a long time. We've been idle, to see if we can earn some workers' wages. ”Zbr>

"Hmm." Su Ming looked out, and suddenly he was stunned: "Stop the stall and hurry up." ”

"Why?"

"There are birds."

"Where?" After drinking more than half a kilogram of liquor, Xu Yan was a little excited, but when he looked into Su Ming's eyes, he didn't see anything.

"Where are the birds?"

"Hurry up." Su Ming picked up the hot pot and poured it directly into the sea. "Captain, your fishing boat is moving at full speed."

"Okay." Zhao Tian drank a few more glasses, and his face turned red. He didn't see the bird that Su Ming said: "Is there really a bird?" ”

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"Not much."

"A lot."

Zhao Tianshen took a deep breath and roared, "Go ahead!" We're going back. You have to catch up, don't lose it. ”

"Hurry up." The birds were far away, and under Su Ming's field of vision, they could be seen faintly.

Su Ming's senses were much stronger than ordinary people, and they were much stronger than Xu Yan.

Send my father and them to the fishing boat. Su Ming sat in the driver's seat on the rear deck, started the fishing boat, and directly pushed the throttle stick to catch up at full speed.

Xu Yan looked ahead with a puzzled expression. "There are no birds," he said. ”

Su Ming blinked. There were birds in front of him, but too far away. His expression was blurred.

The fishing boat had been running for more than ten minutes, but Xu Yan still didn't see the birds, but looked at the excited Su Ming, full of suspicion.

"Did you drink too much and your eyes were blurry? There are no birds. ”

"You drive, I'll go to the front and play remote sensing." Su Ming said.

Follow the birds and you may find fish.

Su Ming removed the sensor on the drone, fixed it to the bow of the boat, and turned on the device.

The sensor works properly and feeds back the received signals from marine creatures to the display. The signal collected by the sensor is not strong, indicating that not too many fish are being collected.

After more than 20 minutes, Xu Yan finally saw the black dots in the sky and became excited: "There are birds." ”

"I see it."

"Gan." Xu Yan smiled and said, "How can your eyes see so far?" ”

Su Ming shrugged: "I was born with good eyesight, otherwise how could I be an observer?" ”

Xu Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Honestly, what else can you do?" ”

"If you don't have strength, your eyesight is good."

"Your eyesight is much better than mine."

"Don't say that. Watch out for your birds. ”

Xu Yan said with a smile: "Ma Dan, after coming out for half a month, I finally saw hope. ”

It was getting closer and closer to the birds.

Then, they followed the flock of birds not far away. After more than three hours, the sensor received more and more biological information.

After running for a while, the remote sensing signal began to collect, but the birds did not stop.

Xu Yan turned on the fish probe of the fishing boat and said, "More than 100 meters underwater, squid? Xu Yan looked at Su Ming with some uncertainty.

The dots displayed on the fish detection screen are very dense.

"It's a school of squid, and it's a big school of squid," Su Ming said excitedly.

"What's going on now?" Xu Yan asked, pointing to a bird in the distance.

Su Ming pointed to the chart and said, "I will go abroad as soon as I hammer it down." ”

Xu Yan smiled and said, "This is not a tuna school. ”

"You're satisfied." Su Ming looked at the chart and contacted Zhao Tian. "We found a school of squid. Come here. ”

"How old?"

"A net of several tons or even a dozen tons," Mr. Su said.

"We're always fully committed."

"Hurry up and ......"

"Haha...... Good. ”

Zhao Tian looked at the coordinates sent by Su Ming and became even more excited.

It's already dark.

Su Ming's fishing boat turned on the bait light, and the Lixia came first. The auxiliary boat is more powerful and can travel at full speed up to 20 knots.

The Lixia stopped next to Su Ming's fishing boat and turned on the fishing lights.

The red lights also light up the fishing boats.

Zhao Tian's fishing boat ran very slowly. It was past nine o'clock when it came. His fishing boat has a radar fish detector. Seeing a large number of squid gathering, he excitedly convened a mobilization meeting.

"Su Min."

"Received..."

"I'll send you some Antarctic shrimp to use."

"Yes."

Zhao Tian put down the canoe, filled it with Antarctic shrimp, and sent it to Su Ming and his boat.

"Lixia turned off the lights at eleven o'clock and began to prepare for her homework." In the walkie-talkie, Zhao Tiandao.

"Okay," Su Ming replied.

At 11 o'clock tonight, the sea is at its lowest point, that is, dry tide.

Li Qiang and Liu Bei came. They threw a bag of Antarctic shrimp at Su Ming and returned to the fishing boat.

In Xinhai, Zhao Tian is arranging work.

The light was brightest on the Lixia, and the squid began to gather in large numbers.

If the net falls, it will be less than ten tons, or even more than twenty tons.

It was already eleven o'clock, and Lixia began to turn off the lights.

Time passes slowly, the dry tide, the calm sea, no longer flows.

The Lixia turned off some of the lights again, and Su Ming began to throw Antarctic shrimp to the surface.

Most of the Antarctic shrimp used for fishing are shrimp heads and shells.

"Did you cast the bait?" Zhao Tian asked.

"Throw it again." Xu Yan said on the walkie-talkie.

After a while, Zhao Tian said, "A group of fish is coming." Can you see what kind of fish it is? ”

"Wait a minute." Su Ming looked at the photo of the fish scout. "This school of fish is about 1 meter long. It should be tuna. I don't think there are many. ”

"The Lixia will turn off its lights early." Zhao Tian said, "We are ready to go to the net." ”

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The Lixia turned off all the lights and took more than ten minutes to start the engine and slowly leave the area.

"The yellowfin tuna came out of the water. It looks like a school of fish weighing 40 to 50 kilograms. "Su Ming threw down the Antarctic shrimp and saw a few tuna coming to grab food." The number of tuna is ok, there should be more than 100. ”

Zhao Tian waved his arm excitedly: "Okay, we're ready to put the net." ”

Su Ming said: "Slow down when putting the net. ”。

"Yes."

There are dozens of tuna in the fish prospecting picture, so there should be more than 100 tuna in the whole school.

The Xinhai and Lixia are already in place.

The fishing boat was pitch black, and Su Ming couldn't see clearly, but the distance and position of the two boats should be ready to reel in the nets.

Minute by minute, ten minutes later, Su Ming saw Lixia running.

When Xu Yan saw this, he complained: "At this rate, even eating can't keep up with the heat." ”

"If you have the money, it would be nice to build a modern purse seine ship."

It's a dry tide now, and it's mostly around the squid. The surrounding tuna is accidental, so the net release is very slow.

A net of 1,700 meters can enclose a circle with a diameter of 540 meters. However, a purse seine cannot be completely enclosed in a standard circle

"Did the tuna run away?"

"No," Su Min said.

"Is there an error in the estimation of fish populations? Only a little over a hundred? ”

"A small school of tuna," Su Ming said, "more than one hundred and twenty." ”

Zhao Tian's tuna purse seine has a small net that can surround tuna and other fish.

Custom net, I thought about it at the beginning. If I can't find the tuna, surround the other fish. Of course, slightly larger squids can also be surrounded.

The 1,700-meter-long purse seine took more than half an hour to erect. The Antarctic shrimp on Su Ming's boat were also lost.

It's okay to throw some Antarctic shrimp, but when the tuna comes, we have to keep them.

"The seine has been completed and the outlines are being collected. You come out of the purse seine net, look around to see if any tuna are missing, and then observe the squid population. Zhao Tian assigned this task.

"After the outline, we'll go out."

"Okay."

The fence is almost closed, the bottom of the fence has been tightened.

The lights on the two fishing boats were bright. Su Mingchang breathed a sigh of relief, started the fishing boat to leave the purse seine net, and then used the fish probe to swim around the purse seine net.

Zhao Tian began to close the net here. After a few rounds, they didn't find any fish that slipped through the net. Su Ming went somewhere else with them.

There are still many squid in this large area.

"There are still a lot of squid," Su Ming said through the walkie-talkie.

"I can't do it tonight," Mr. Zhao said.

"What's wrong?"

"Hydraulic press leaking."

"Which hydraulic press?"

"Hydraulic boom for bottom cylinders." Zhao Tian was a little annoyed.

Xu Yan was frustrated, he was angry. It's too far.

It's been half a month since we went to sea. This is the first water net, and the first net has a problem.

Finding a Big Fish school is not easy. The next time I find Big Fish School, I don't know when to wait.

"Is there a problem with the drain?"

"Nope."

"Shall we come up and help?"

"Nope."

"Which hydraulic boom is it that makes the bottom cylinder drop?" Xu Yan was confused when he heard what Zhao Tian said on the walkie-talkie.

Purse seine includes an upper, lower, lower, and upper and lower layer.

The bottom cylinder should be suspended.

The bottom line is layoffs, and the bottom of the net.

Su Ming said: "You are obsessed with this line, which is the boom. ”。

"How can a new device burst when you use it for the first time?"

Su Ming used a fishing boat to patrol around the perimeter of the purse seine net, mainly to observe whether there were any fish running away at the junction of the purse seine net.

If there is a gap, Xu Yan must dive down to repair the purse seine net.

If it's just Aiyu, it's not a big deal. But there was tuna in it. If there is a gap in the net segment, it is easy to run the fish.

Su Ming patrolled around and didn't see any fish running. He picked up the walkie-talkie again and said, "Is there water on the next platform?" ”

Zhao Tiandao said: "Not yet." When we started working, the hydraulic exploded. ”。

"All three windlass exploded?" Su Ming said, "That is, they haven't pulled out the lower rope yet." ”

"Two of them exploded."

"Let me go." Xu Yan was speechless. He picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Where's the crane on the Lixia?" ”

"My side is on the next stage, and Lixia is on the next stage." Zhao Tian said, "Are there any fish that run?" ”

"Nope."

"Great. Look down and don't let the tuna run away. ”

In addition to the winch in operation, there are also two lifting arms on the Lixia, which are mainly used to lift fish.

Hearing this, Xu Yan felt numb. He picked up the radio and said, "Use the radio to pull out the next wire." If you do this again, the tuna will run away. ”

"In the alley, we are changing the direction of the ship." Zhao Tian was also very anxious. The hydraulic system of the lifting boom is faulty. The tubing is directly broken. Now there are organic oil leaks everywhere in the oil pressure. Zhao Tian has not yet found a breakthrough point

However, one wave has not calmed down, another has risen. The hydraulic system of hoist No. 2 exploded.

Several barrels of oil were leaked in a matter of minutes. The bigger problem is that they don't have extra oil.

Xu Yan looked at Su Ming and said, "I'd better go up and help." ”

Su Ming launched the fishing boat and leaned over towards the new sea.

The Shinkai is adjusting its position. When the boat stopped, Xu Yan climbed up and said, "You continue to patrol." ”

Su Ming made a PK gesture.

The Lixia is next to the Xinhai. The two fishing boats are now brightly lit and there are busy people on board.

Su Ming drove the boat around, saw Liu Bei on the assault boat, and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"Okay." Liu Bei leaned over the boat and said, "This is Master Liu." ”

"Master Liu."

Master Liu looked at this honest man and replied.

Su Ming took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu Bei and Master Liu.

Liu Bei said: "The bottom of the fishing net hasn't come out yet? ”。

"Not yet."

"Is there a lot of tuna down there?"

"There are very few stocks of tuna," Su Ming said. Tomorrow you can eat tuna sashimi. ”

Liu Bei and Master Liu laughed.

"The windlass exploded? Why has it been so long? The next rope has not been hoisted yet. ”

"Two sets."

"Some of them had a problem tonight."

The two fishing boats were busy until about three o'clock in the dark and then came out.

The purse seine went very smoothly, but when the net was closed, it happened frequently.

After the purse seine is completed, the running rope and the rope carried by the fishing boat are fixed to the bow of the boat and connected to the winch, respectively, and the ends of the rope are quickly retracted.

Zhao Tian's fishing boat needs to be assisted by lifting when collecting the silhouette.

There was a problem with lifting, and there were two lift ratios, which set off a chain reaction.

Fishing boats now use a net harvester to lift the lower line. The fishing net harvester is the rear end of the fishing boat

It is a large mast that spans the aft deck of the ship. It is mainly used for collecting and twisting nets

After the lower rope is out of the water, the crew on the boat secures the lower rope and then uses a power pulley to retract the net. This time, again, there was no problem.

The tide is starting to rise.

The sky is also starting to turn white.

After the high tide, Su Ming's fishing boat shook violently.

The net circle has also shrunk to the point where it can be fished. At this stage, we are not afraid of the fish escaping.

Two assault boats came to the side of Shinkai and took over the work of the Sailor's District Satoxia above.

Now the distance between the two fishing boats is less than 10 meters, and the sky is bright.

The direction of sunrise turned white that day, and the first net fish finally got up, full of fish. These fish are all good, especially rocket fish.

"Get rich." Zhao Tian stood on the new sea and shouted, "Xu Yan, be careful below. ”

Xu Yan held on to the fish in the fishing net and shouted with a smile: "Kid, there are more than 100 tuna." ”

"Slow down."

The method of pulling the net is to be careful. Use a small net to make a loop inside the large net, and then tighten the rope underneath the small net.

The first net contained three or four thousand kilograms of fish and two tuna.

Su Ming and Xu Yan's father also went to Lixia to help sort and carry the fish.

There are three refrigerated tanks on the Lixia, all of which are ultra-low temperature. The refrigeration unit was turned on last night. Put it in the freezer and freeze it quickly, which will maximize the freshness of the fish.

Some fish with nets, others sort and carry them.

Everyone is busy.

Su Ming yawned on the fishing boat, and Zhao Tian's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Su Ming." ”