The conger eel caught by Zhou Sheng is a relatively large species of stone eel, and it is also a particularly delicious species.
This kind of stone eel has a big head, a thick neck, and a relatively short body. Among similar types of stone eels, the largest one Chen Yuan has seen weighs eighty or ninety pounds.
Rock eels weighing about twenty pounds should be relatively rare in coastal areas, but they are often found in offshore areas where resources are abundant.
Wang Peng was stunned. He gave two thumbs up and shouted 666...
Wang Peng just saw it, and the stone eel was very energetic. Such a big tiger eel was actually caught by Zhou Sheng with his bare hands...
Lin Xinhai often told him about Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng.
It is said that Chen Yuan is good at finding fish. When he was off the coast of Chile, Antarctic waters, and the South Pacific, Chen Yuan could often find schools of fish.
As for Zhou Sheng, he is particularly good at diving.
This time I have seen Zhou Sheng’s skills. Of course, Chen Yuan is also very powerful...
Being able to hold your breath underwater for eight minutes is not something that ordinary people can do.
"Give me a net bag." Chen Yuan said, "There are some conches down there. I'll pick some up."
Wang Peng brought over the net bag and speargun: "Here."
"Would you like to come down and play?" Chen Yuan said to Wang Peng.
"I'm not good at water... Four or five meters deep is fine, seven or eight meters deep." Wang Peng shook his head.
"There are skills in diving, and these skills require training. After practicing for at most ten days, you can easily dive down to more than ten meters..." Zhou Sheng said.
"I'll practice later." Wang Peng said.
"I'm going down." Chen Yuan took a few big breaths, took another deep breath, and dived down.
Zhou Sheng then followed.
There are coral reefs here, and there are still a lot of fish. But now it is daytime, the fish are too active, and I haven’t seen any big fish...
This time Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng did not separate and searched for conches together.
"Cuckoo..." Zhou Sheng found a big snail and was so happy that he blew bubbles.
Chen Yuan gave him a thumbs up, crossed his hands and then spread them apart... Zhou Sheng made a gesture of understanding, and the two of them spread out a distance and continued searching.
There are quite a lot of conchs here. You can find four or five conchs during a seven- to eight-minute dive.
There are groupers hiding in the crevices of coral reefs and rocks on the seabed, but they are very small, basically weighing less than half a catty.
It was the fifth time to dive. Zhou Sheng thought the safety rope was too troublesome and unbuckled it.
Chen Yuan untied the rope buckle and called Zhou Sheng to return to the fishing boat.
After diving for almost an hour, Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng picked up a total of forty or fifty conchs. Zhou Sheng also caught a grouper weighing seven to eight taels. Chen Yuan also caught a lobster, which was more than half a catty.
Chen Yuan encountered many lobsters below, but they were not big, so he didn't catch them.
It was getting late, so Chen Yuan climbed onto the fishing boat and gave Zhou Sheng a hand.
"It's so miserable. I just picked up some conches." Zhou Sheng poured out the conches and put the grouper in the live water tank.
Lin Xinhai picked up the conch that Chen Yuan and the others picked up: "Today's harvest was good. Especially the stone eel you caught, it was worth today's gas expenses."
"Is the stone eel so valuable?" Zhou Sheng asked.
"Live, big ones are expensive." Lin Xinhai said: "Tiger-striped stone eels cost dozens of yuan per catty for small ones, and over a hundred for large ones."
Not all stone eels are expensive, it depends on the species. Those long and thin stone eels with many bones and spines are very cheap.
The stone eel that Zhou Sheng caught had a lot of meat, no spines, and thick skin... It was a rare species.
Chen Yuan packed the conch and said, "We should bring a pot out so that we can cook the conch at sea."
"Bring a pot next time you come out..." Wang Peng said.
"Have you gone back?" Lin Xinhai said: "Today's harvest was good. If you go back later, the moray eels will be worthless if they die."
"Let's take a shower and rest for a while." Chen Yuan said, "We'll go down and take a look when it gets dark..."
"Let's check out the fish situation." Zhou Sheng said, "When it gets dark, we'll go back for a walk."
The trip is dozens of kilometers long, and the gas cost for the round trip is about 1,400 yuan.
The conger eel that Zhou Sheng caught was worth more than 2,000 yuan. That conger eel was worth the gas money, and he still made money.
The yacht has a bathroom and shower. Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng took a shower and went out to eat to replenish their strength.
Generally speaking, it is best not to eat a few hours before diving.
However, they didn't plan to go deep at night, so they just roughly explored the situation in this sea area.
After filling their bellies, a few people came out with mats and lay down on the front deck.
The front deck is much narrower than the back deck. It is very comfortable to lie down and watch the sunset.
The sunrise and sunset at sea are different every day and you will never get tired of it.
The sun disappeared, and the sky was red as if it was burning. But the sky in the east was buzzing black...
The yachts and small boats around the island have left at some point. This sheltered bay is now occupied by Chen Yuan and his fishing boat.
Slowly, it became dark.
Chen Yuan helped collect the anchor, and Lin Xinhai launched the fishing boat...
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng guarded the fish detector outside. The sea area is more than 100 square kilometers, and the average water depth is more than 20 meters.
The fishing boat ran here for more than three hours before returning to the fishing port.
Chen Yuan and the others found big fish in the reef waters of the archipelago, but the density was too low, so they gave up. It was the fishing moratorium after all, and the fish caught in one trip to the sea was enough to pay for fuel, so that was about it.
It was already very late when I came back. At this time, the fish raft owners who collect the fish are usually already asleep. Today, when the fish rafts are being unloaded, Lin Xinhai said: "Are the sea eels for sale?"
Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan...
Chen Yuan said: "Keep it and eat it. My sister and the others are coming over."
"Yeah." Zhou Sheng nodded: "Sell the grouper."
Lin Xinhai leaned the fishing boat towards the fishing raft and shouted: "A Tao."
"Hey..." Wei Tao walked over with a smile on his face and said, "What good stuff did I catch today."
"A few small groupers and two green shrimps." Lin Xinhai said: "They were all caught with bare hands. They were not injured and can be raised."
Wei Tao jumped onto the boat and first saw the conger eel in the box: "Hey, how much does a catty of such a big conger eel cost?"
The more expensive species of moray eels are large and this is a seller's market. Sellers bid to see if buyers can accept it.
"Take this conger eel home to eat for yourself, not for sale." Lin Xinhai said: "Look at the lobster and grouper."
"What conger eel?" The boss who purchased fish rafts came over and asked.
"Tiger pattern stone eel." Wei Tao said and introduced: "This is the boss from Shenzhen, Brother Wen, Luo Wen... This is Brother Hai, Lin Xinhai."
"Brother Wen."
"Brother Hai..." the two said with a smile.
Rowan came up to take a look at the stone eels in the box. This kind of tiger-striped stone eel is also called a tiger eel. The big ones are usually found near reefs in the open sea.
It is said to be rare, but for ordinary people and ordinary fishermen, seafood merchants like him have seen a lot of good products, but most of these large tiger-spotted stone eels are chilled...
He has only seen a few live large tiger-striped stone eels. They are all caught with hooks on the reefs in the far sea. Even if they are still alive when caught, they will not live for long. This is similar to fishing for groupers in the deep sea.
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"How about selling me this stone eel?" Luo Wen was very energetic when he saw the large eel, and said, "I'll pay two hundred."
Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan...
Chen Yuan looked at Lin Xinhai.
Lin Xinhai said: "Sell it." As a fisherman, your priority is to make money.
Two hundred yuan per catty is a very high price.
If sold to Wei Tao, the price would be around 130 yuan at most. Wei Tao is a fish steak owner, and more often than not, he is a second-hand fishmonger...
Selling fish here is cheap and convenient.
We weighed the stone eel and found that it weighed 18.9 kilograms. Each kilogram cost 200 yuan...that is 3,780 yuan.
There are also three groupers, each weighing a little over half a catty, priced at 120 yuan.
I bought two large prawns for 320 yuan.
"Hello... ok, we are at the pier... you wait on the shore for a while, we will dock soon. I will send you the position when we dock." Chen Yuan received a call from his sister.
Zhou Sheng collected the money and went in to select a farmed grouper, weighing 43 kilograms, which cost only two thousand yuan. On average, it cost less than 1 kilogram for fifty yuan... This was still the fishing moratorium, and seafood prices generally increased.
The smaller cultured dragon grouper costs more than 20 yuan per catty.
After bleeding the grouper and throwing it into the refrigerator, Lin Xinhai bid farewell to Wei Tao and the others and started the boat back to the port.
There are many fishing boats parked in the harbor, and the sparse lights of the fishing boats illuminate the bay. It is slightly deserted during the fishing moratorium. Farther away is Zhapo Town, with thousands of lights...
Thousands of lights illuminate the stars in the harbor, bringing a comfortable warmth in the silence.