There are many rules for fishermen when they go out to sea.

Reverence for heaven and earth,

Reverence for the sea,

Reverence for the living.

Although there are a lot of fish in the sea, you can't be insatiable and want to catch any kind of fish.

The second uncle's generation, as a traditional old fisherman, has never taken the initiative to hunt the whale shark in front of him.

Li Duoyu also heard the second uncle, the eldest uncle, and Uncle Zhuang talk about some things in the past.

In the past, when there were not so many trawlers, there were many of these big fish along the coast, and when they were young, in the forties and fifties.

There are very few fishing boats on Dantan Island, and the most common one is a boat like a wooden basin.

This kind of barrel boat is easy to capsize, and can only go out to sea to fish when the waves are not strong, but it is also limited to the offshore water.

At that time, trawlers were very few, and whale sharks were often encountered when they rowed in wooden basin boats.

This fish has a very good temper and has never been recorded in hurting people, and if you feed it with small fish, it will even follow you.

At that time, they used to feed them small fish, and after tricking them to the side of the boat, the second uncle would jump on the back of the whale shark and grab its fins and ride.

And every time the whale shark is ridden, it will dive down, and they will hold their breath and dive down with the whale shark.

When the second uncle was young, because he didn't have any entertainment, he rode a whale shark to dive and play when he was bored.

The young people of the village even competed to see who could ride the whale shark and dive deeper.

The second uncle once boasted.

He said that he had ridden a whale shark and dived to a depth of more than 40 meters under the sea, and even said that he had seen a shipwreck.

Because of the silliness of this fish, the locals generally call it the big fish or the big mouth.

The whale shark's mouth is indeed very large, and when fully opened, it is estimated to be the size of half a bed, and it can completely swallow an adult.

But in addition to the big mouth and a bit bluffing, the esophagus is very small and pitiful, and it can only eat some small fish and shrimp, even if you stuff a large mackerel into its mouth.

It will also spit out directly.

So even if it steals fish, the fishermen are not worried at all, because it can't swallow the valuable big fish at all.

The way whale sharks eat fish is also very simple, first open their mouths, swallow a mouthful, and then use their gills to expel the seawater.

One by one, you can suck out the small fish in the net.

And the small fish eaten by the whale shark under the net bag were anchovies.

It is a sea fish that is cheaper than the Balang fish, and if the whole net is full of anchovies, the boat boss will probably cry.

Because this anchovy is very small.

Each fish is about 5 to 7 centimeters, which is one size smaller than the Balang fish, and the meat of this fish is a bit watery.

After the fish is landed, it is rotten and very fast, and it is called rotten out of the water by fishermen.

If it is caught in the summer, it will break very quickly, and the purchase price will be pitiful, and a load (100 catties) will only be about two or three yuan.

It must also be guaranteed to be fresh, otherwise it can only be pulled as fish fertilizer, even if it is not damaged, most of it has become feed fish.

However, this kind of fish is not useless, Li Duoyu remembers that there was a time in later generations, anchovies were quite popular, and there were even special companies to collect them.

They were made into canned anchovies and dried anchovies, and later the packaging technology was advanced, and they were also made into packets of snacks.

That's right, many snack shops on the street are made of this kind of anchovy.

But in this era, if the trawler catches this kind of fish, it is basically a blood loss, and the money from the sale is estimated to not even make back the diesel fee.

However, this anchovy is very fond of Li Duoyu, because it is very suitable for making fishmeal and feeding it to eels.

It's a pity that this place is too far from Dandanjima, otherwise you can really consider transporting them all back to Dandandao.

Although small, anchovies are a very important link in the chain of marine life.

Anchovy eat plankton.

And mackerel, trevally, including tuna, whale sharks and the like, eat this anchovy.

Some purse seine fishing boats will deliberately buy some cheap anchovy as bait to lure mackerel and trevally, and then catch them all.

Fortunately, in addition to anchovies, more than half of this net is mackerel, and it is still the best "blue-spotted mackerel".

Mackerel can be said to be the hard currency of the coast, as long as you catch it, someone will definitely collect it.

And the price is not bad, usually maintained at about two cents.

In the past two years, with the rise in the price of large yellow croaker, mackerel has also risen a little, like this blue-spotted mackerel, more than five catties of mackerel, can also be sold for more than three cents.

And the mackerel in this net is more than 2,000 catties, even if it is calculated according to the cheapest two cents.

There were also four hundred pieces of nets.

This is definitely a good thing for fishermen to be so happy that they jump to their feet, if Li Duoyu remembers correctly, he went out to sea with his third uncle to catch pike crabs last time.

It seems that it took six days of fishing to earn less than 600 yuan, and now there are nearly 400 yuan in the next net, and this is the difference.

And this is the first net they went out to sea to fish, and this trip to the sea was originally scheduled to be more than half a month.

If you do two nets a day, you can easily earn tens of thousands of yuan in half a month, but Li Duoyu thinks it's not very possible.

Although there are many fish in the Zhoushan fishing grounds, it is impossible to encounter several groups of fish in a day.

On the fishing boat, everyone watched the whale shark devour the anchovy, but after watching it for a long time, they all felt that something was wrong.

This fish looks very big, but it can be eaten too slowly, and it has been eaten for more than ten minutes, and the net bag is not missing at all.

Chen Liang, who was rescued by Li Duoyu before, and his father were also on the fishing boat.

"This fish is eating too slowly, at this speed, how long are we going to wait?"

The second uncle smoked a cigarette and replied: "Young man, it's just frizzy, why are you in a hurry, you see that this fish is so big, it must have a lot of food." ”

But as soon as the second uncle finished speaking, the whale shark, which hadn't eaten much anchovy, seemed to have eaten enough, and swam away with his tail.

"Ahem."

The second uncle knocked on the cigarette ash: "I think this fish, I guess I followed the boat just now, and I have eaten a lot." ”

Everyone laughed.

didn't want to dismantle his platform, Li Duoyu also laughed, the whale shark is a chronic fish, and it swims relatively slowly.

Therefore, it is not necessary to consume a lot of food like a whale, under normal circumstances, eating fifty or sixty catties is enough for it to move for a long time.

Looking at the catch of the net, the third uncle of the boat boss was also very troubled, his fishing boat was built in the late sixties, and it was already a bit old.

The mast is also not made of iron, it is made of pine, and it is almost twenty years old now.

The shaft has been reinforced several times, and it is covered with pieces of iron, and when the net was lifted, the mast made a loud "crunch" sound.

It feels like if it is deadlifted, it is likely to break directly, and many of the injuries of the crew members during his fishing career are related to broken masts.

Li Zhengfa, the boss of the boat, really didn't expect to catch so many fish at once, and the last time he caught so many fish was more than ten years ago.

At that time, everyone used the way of knocking bamboo poles to collectively catch the big yellow croaker, and the most exaggerated net exceeded tens of thousands of catties.

Li Zhengfa looked at the masts that were all repaired nails, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that it's really time to change ships." ”

At this time, Li Niantian, who was on the opposite tugboat, shouted: "Zhengfa, if you really can't pull it up, just go directly to the sea to catch the fish like we catch big yellow croaker, what do you think." ”

The second uncle took a puff of cigarette and agreed: "I also think it's okay, we haven't done this for many years, give young people a good experience." ”

Uncle Zhuang, who had inconvenient legs and feet, said with emotion: "Alas, my feet are inconvenient, otherwise I can go down to fish, and I used to go down to fish." ”

"Just cook well, we'll do this."

Followed by.

The old fishermen on the boat took out the ladder and set it up between the two boats, fixing the two fishing boats.

Li Duoyu, who saw this scene, instantly understood what the uncle wanted to do.

If the net bag is too big to pull it up.

Generally, there are only two options, either a small cut in the net bag.

I pull it while leaking.

Either directly in the sea to open the net mouth, hang people on the net bag and catch fish directly.

However, this practice is very dangerous and requires the tacit cooperation of the crew.

Next, several old fishermen put on their water pants, and the younger third uncle of the gang had ropes tied to his body.

The other end of the rope was on the pulley, and as everyone pulled, the third uncle was pulled up, and then the second uncle was guided to the top of the net bag, just like hanging Weiya.

Everyone put down the rope, and Li Zhengfa landed firmly on the net bag, stepping on the net rope and the mesh surface.

Immediately afterwards, four very thick brown ropes were thrown from the fishing boat, and the boat boss Li Zhengfa tied the ropes to the mouth of the net.

As the fishing boats on both sides pulled the brown ropes hard, the net opened and everyone saw a large school of mackerel and anchovy still alive jumping.

Several mackerels with a strong desire to survive found that after the net was opened, the small motor vibrated and jumped out directly.

I saw that some fish kept fleeing.

Li Zhengfa said anxiously: "Hurry up, two more down, big brother, you hurry up and give me the basket." ”

Li Niantian, an uncle who did not have a rope tied, stood directly on the boat ladder between the two boats and put a basket down.

The third uncle directly scooped the fish in the net bag with a basket, and after scooping, he shouted:

"It's okay, pull it away."

The crew on the fishing boat, after hearing the signal, directly pulled the rope, and when they pulled, the second uncle and they directly shouted the trumpet.

"Hey, hey, hey."

"Hey, hey, up."

"Hey, hey, there are so many fish."

As soon as the basket was pulled from the sea onto the boat, someone poured the fish from the basket onto the deck.

"Let's go!"

Immediately afterwards, he threw the basket back.

The young man on the boat was directly dumbfounded when he saw this scene, he didn't think that he could do this, and looked at Li Zhengfa, who was beaten by the waves in the sea.

Only then did they realize that the ship boss was not so easy to be.

Seeing the stunned appearance of those young people, the second uncle scolded on the spot: "What do you see, what is there to see, hurry up and sort the fish on the deck." ”

"Damn, if you look at it again, today's wages will be deducted from you."

Li Duoyu on the fishing boat was also surprised when he saw this scene, and he had to admire them, the old fishermen.

These people are really very tacit, the second uncle, the eldest uncle and Uncle Zhuang help pull the rope and control the third uncle and others who are fishing on the water.

To be honest, he really can't do this level of cooperation.

This reminded Li Duoyu that the second uncle and the old men who played four-color cards in the village square often said.

The happiest time in my life was in the fifties and sixties.

I am full of enthusiasm for everything I will do, I am not afraid of anything, I will solve problems when there is a problem, and I feel that I can bear it when the sky falls.

With such tacit cooperation, these old fishermen used this most primitive method to shrink the net bag by at least half.

At this time, the third uncle tied the net mouth with a rope again, and immediately after, he was pulled onto the fishing boat.

After returning to the deck of the boat.

He directly took off the water pants on his body, poured out at least ten catties of seawater, and poured out an octopus at the same time.

The third uncle grabbed it, slammed it on the deck, and scolded:

"Numb, I just felt that something was wrong, and I always felt that something was crawling on me."

The second uncle smiled: "I didn't get in from behind you." ”

"If I really got in, I definitely wouldn't tell you to cook it for you to eat."

"Wow, Zhengfa, you haven't done anything like this before."

The third uncle, who was soaked all over, returned to the cab, changed into clean clothes, and then picked up the whistle and blew it.

"Attention, it's time to get ready to set up the net."

"New here, don't stand where the net is raised, or you'll be knocked off later."

With it, the winch rolled up.

The rickety net bag was finally pulled onto the fishing boat, and the second uncle untied the rope tied to the mouth of the net.

In an instant, two or three thousand catties of sea fish poured down, instantly piling up the entire deck.

In addition to anchovies and mackerel, there are many other sea fish in the net bag, and there are also many sea wolves.

What everyone didn't expect was that there was a green turtle of more than 100 catties in the net bag.

After the turtle reached the deck, it directly "four-legged" to the sky, and it couldn't turn over at all.

When Uncle Zhuang saw the turtle, he took out a knife and walked towards it.

The young crew thought that he was going to kill the turtle directly, but what everyone didn't expect was that.

Uncle Zhuang, the head of the cook, turned the turtle over, pried off the barnacles from the turtle's shell with a knife, and then threw it back into the sea with others, still muttering words in his mouth.

"When you go back, call those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, as well as the fish generals."

It took more than an hour for everyone to sort all the fish and rinse the deck.

And what gave the boat boss Li Zhengfa a headache was that two or three thousand catties of mackerel directly filled the ice cabin of his ship.

Normally.

After catching so many fish, they should go to the nearest pier and sell these mackerel.

And this time it was different, they came out of three boats, and Li Zhengfa shouted: "Big brother, how many catties can your boat hold in the ice cabin?" ”

"The ice cabin on my side can hold about 2,000 catties."

"Where's your ship?"

"My ship can hold more than a thousand pounds."

"Okay, I feel that the weather is okay tonight, so we won't go to the dock, we will rest directly at sea, and strive for the dawn of the day, let's make another net, fill all three boats, and then go back."

"Okay, then let's get another net."

However, everyone has another kind of worry, hoping that the next net will not be bursting, almost enough, they really don't want to go into the sea to fish anymore.

At this time, Uncle Zhuang had already started cooking, originally he wanted to cook fish porridge, but today everyone is doing hard work.

After thinking about it for a while.

He decided to steam the mackerel rice directly tonight. (End of chapter)