Chapter 115 Waiting for the high tide and waiting for the big fish
Chapter 115 Waiting for the rising tide, waiting for the big fish
The giant grouper was hoisted onto the Lixia and frozen.
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng helped build the fish aggregator. All the accessories of the fish aggregator weighed more than 20 tons.
I started getting busy in the afternoon, and as the sun was about to set, the fish aggregator was set up. There were three large pontoons in a group, with a long rope hanging on each group, and there were anchor claws on the long rope... There were also strings of oysters tied to the rope.
shell.
There are three sets of pontoons in total, spaced about a hundred meters apart, forming a triangle.
Lin Xinhai's fishing boat arrived late and shouted through the intercom: "Luo Laosi, why are you here?"
"My fishing boat has been nearby." Luo Laosi said: "Are you going to sink the bottom?"
"ah?"
"How big is your net?"
"1700 meters in length."
"It's so long... I have to make some netting circles. Can your two apprentices do it? Otherwise, use my net. My net is only 1100 meters long and 170mm wide."
"It's okay, we'll go back after surrounding this net." Lin Xinhai chuckled and said, "There's no rush."
"My harvest here is dismal. Can you ask your two apprentices to help me build a net and give them one-fifth of the fish caught?" Luo Laosi said.
"One fifth, you have a pretty good idea."
"A quarter."
"One-third, let me ask you. If this number is less, we won't talk about it."
The most important thing in seine operation is to find fish.
For a modern seine fishing vessel, detecting fish schools will take up 50% to 80% of the entire operation time.
Previously, due to the negative tropical high pressure, Luo Laosi's fishing boat was suspended, and now the harvest is dismal.
The sea has just opened now. After a long period of recuperation, there are now many fish schools.
But for several days, they have not found a big school of fish.
There are a lot of fish, but they are all small schools.
The bottom seine net can gather fish schools, and the fish schools gathered are mostly high-value fish. For example, snapper, there are many brown sea bream here, as well as red sea bream, snapper family, etc.
If you make a fish collector, as long as you are lucky, you can also attract red tuna and a small amount of tuna.
The bottom seine is no stranger to veteran fishermen. It is a traditional seine in offshore areas. In domestic waters, the offshore fishery is not exhausted, but in the sea areas suitable for sinking seines, there are no fish now. The bottom seine
Internet was also eliminated very early in China.
This method of operation is still used in some Southeast Asian countries.
Offshore, where fish are hidden, in coral reefs, and on rocky bottoms, these places are not suitable for sinking seine nets. Even if there are divers to assist, it will be difficult to do so in those places.
There are many fish here in Nansha, and there are many places suitable for sinking seine nets, but they all require divers to assist in the operation.
Divers dive to a depth of more than 100 meters, or even more than 200 meters, and work around fishing nets. Not to mention the risk factor, the divers are also required to participate in higher-intensity physical work. Such divers are hard to find...
Lin Xinhai asked for one-third of the fish.
Luo Laosi was silent for a while and then said: "Let's take a look at the fish in your net first."
"By the way, we found a rocket squid gathering area before, and there are a lot of rocket squid there. It is conservatively estimated that it will be no problem to catch three to five tons in one net." Lin Xinhai said: "How about you go over and give it a try."
"Three to five tons per net?"
The current price of rocket squid is 70,000 to 80,000 yuan per ton.
There are so many rocket squids, why don't Lin Xinhai and the others do it themselves? Luo Laosi is a little unconvinced.
"I really won't lie to you."
"There are so many, why don't you do it yourself?"
"I was planning to do it, but a school of tuna came last night." Lin Xinhai said depressedly: "The power of my boat's tuna machine is too small, and most of the tuna group ran away last night. If you are lucky,
You can also catch tuna at night.”
"Okay, thank you very much. Give me the coordinates and I'll go over and have a look now." Luo Laosi said excitedly.
"I'll give you the coordinates. Come over tomorrow afternoon to help." Lin Xinhai said.
"OK."
Lin Xinhai smiled and gave the coordinates of the squid group to Luo Laosi.
For Lin Xinhai and the others, the squid swarm is an alternative. If they find a good location for sinking the seine net, they will not catch squid.
The fish aggregator was already set up, and Chen Yuan drove the fishing boat to the side of the Xinhai, and hanging from it were iron cages, ropes, floats... and frozen Antarctic shrimps.
It's getting dark soon.
Lin Xinhai came to their fishing boat: "Has this location been surveyed? Can we close the net?"
"It's okay. There is a gravel flat land of dozens of acres below." Zhou Sheng said, "By the way, there is an ancient sunken ship below."
Lin Xinhai was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure it's an ancient shipwreck?"
"It's almost the same." Chen Yuan said, taking out a few ceramic fragments picked up from the seabed and looking at Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng's face twitched slightly, and he went back and took out the silver ingot: "There is another silver ingot."
Ancient silver ingots were of average value.
If you take it out, it will only cost tens of thousands of yuan at most. Silver is not gold. Gold now costs several hundred yuan per gram, and the price of silver is only a few yuan per gram.
If you really want to get yourself involved just for this benefit, it's not necessary.
"Where should I report the discovery of an ancient shipwreck? Can I get a bonus?" Zhou Sheng said with a smile.
"There must be a bonus." Lin Xinhai said: "I don't know which department to report to. Just the Maritime Safety Administration. When we close the network, we will contact the Maritime Safety Administration."
Lin Xinhai didn't care about the sunken ship on the bottom of the sea. It's illegal to salvage it privately.
No matter how high the value of the sunken ship is, there is no point in getting involved in it. It’s not like they are incapable of making big money through legal means.
Lin Xinhai came to the fishing boat and helped put the bait cage.
This time I brought more than 2,000 kilograms of Antarctic shrimps. I used some before, but I estimate there are still 2,000 kilograms left.
Some Antarctic shrimps are placed in iron cages and sunk to the bottom of the sea. Some are hung on the pontoons of fish aggregators to lure surface fish.
These are Antarctic shrimps used for feed. They only have a shrimp head and shell. They only cost a few yuan per catty.
It was past nine o'clock in the evening when everything was done. After sending Lin Xinhai back, Chen Yuan fixed the fishing boat next to one of the groups of pontoons. The Lixia drove to the middle of the three groups of pontoons and turned on the fish luring lights.
That night, Zhou Sheng made a potato and beef stew. He had to work tomorrow and had a good meal in the evening.
That night the fishing boat was fixed on the pontoon, and both Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng had a solid sleep.
When Chen Yuan woke up early the next morning, he turned on the fish detector and saw dense schools of fish on the screen.
"Master, did you see many fish over there?" Chen Yuan took out his walkie-talkie and contacted Lin Xinhai.
"More." Lin Xinhai said with a smile: "It's still a little short of an explosion. Have you seen any big fish over there?"
"No, most of them are small fish."
"Wait a little longer, wait for the tide to rise, wait for the big fish to come." Lin Xinhai said.
"You should be prepared to go offline first," Chen Yuan said.
"Getting ready."
At dawn, the Lixia left the center of the pontoon and joined the Xinhai on the outside.