When I woke up from my nap in the afternoon, the fishing boat was shaking a bit.
It was gloomy outside the window, and soon it began to rain heavily.
He came over and entered the living area with a loudspeaker and shouted: "There are big waves ahead, everyone in the cabin should not go out and pay attention to safety."
"What level?" Chen Yuan stuck his head out.
"Level 4."
Level 4 sea state, minor problem.
With the hull and power of a big fish, only sea conditions of level 7 or above require special attention.
It's raining heavily outside, and the sea surface is undulating. Dabai's boat is not particularly big, but it is heavy and has a deep draft. It is shaking slightly now...
Chen Yuan went to the restaurant behind the cabin, leaned against the guardrail, looked at the heavy rain outside, and lit a cigarette.
Zhou Sheng came over and sat across from Chen Yuan, took the cigarette in front of Chen Yuan, and just lit it, He Fei and Yang Xun also came over.
"This ship is not bad. If it were the Xinhai, it would be shaking badly now." Yang Xun said.
Zhou Sheng handed the cigarettes to Yang Xun and the others and said with a smile: "If an ocean-going ship shakes particularly badly in Level 4 sea conditions, then you have to go to court and sue the shipyard."
The big fish is still traveling at high speed, dragging a long trajectory in the undulating sea behind it.
"Have you noticed that we are bound to encounter difficulties when we go to sea?" Zhou Sheng said.
Chen Yuan smiled and shrugged: "This is not a situation today."
"Let's watch from behind."
"Don't be so talkative."
Heavy rainfall in a small area will leave the heavy rainfall area when it gets dark.
There are still large ripples visible to the naked eye on the sea surface, but the big fish is very stable.
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng gave Lin Xinhai and others a meal and came to the cab.
"What to eat?"
"Twice-cooked pork, broccoli." Chen Yuan said and looked at the bow.
The current speed was 22 knots. The bow of the ship hit the wave, and white water splashed several meters high.
After dinner, it was already dark, so Luo Laosi and Zhang Fu came over to take over.
Chen Yuan went back to the bedroom, took out his satellite phone and dialed Yan Xiaoxi's number: "Hey, are you back?"
"No." Yan Xiaoxi said, "Go back tomorrow morning and I'll be cleaning up your house."
After chatting with Yan Xiaoxi for a long time, Zhou Sheng grabbed the phone and dialed Chen Xin's number after hanging up the phone: "Hello, Xinxin..."
Chen Yuan took off his coat and lay on the bed.
The further south you go, the higher the temperature becomes.
Early the next morning, the fishing boat was almost at the Bashi Channel.
After crossing the Bashi Strait and entering the high seas, the sea surface was pretty good today.
Breeze, small waves.
Chen Yuan began to organize workers on the ship to learn the use of longline fishing equipment.
It took too much time to upgrade the fishing boat. When the fishing boat was delivered, Chen Yuan and the others began to prepare to go to sea, and they did not have time to become familiar with these equipment.
On board is semi-automatic longline fishing equipment.
There is a machine for cutting fish into pieces and making fish bait.
There are also machines for bundling branch lines. There is no need to manually bind the branch lines to the dry ropes, but the branch lines need to be strung on the brackets.
Time flies.
A few days have passed in the blink of an eye. The weather today is good, the sky is blue, and a few huge cotton candy-like white clouds are floating in the sky.
The white clouds looked very low.
The sky is blue, and the sea is deep blue with black in it. Big fish pass by and leave pure white tracks on the sea surface. The water along this track is rolling, pure white, and you can also see some foam.
The sky is like a dome.
On the boat, the sea surface seems to have a curvature that can be seen with the naked eye...
The further south you go, the higher the temperature becomes.
But at sea, the sun seems to be less intense.
The side of the deck of the longline fishing boat is very low. It is dangerous to go on the deck now when we are in a hurry. These days, everyone is in a closed cabin.
Every morning we familiarize ourselves with longline fishing equipment, and in the afternoon everyone sits together to tie fish hooks.
Following the ocean current, the current speed is basically 21-25 knots, which is very fast. We are still three days away from Kiribati.
Kiribati is a very unique island country.
The reason why it is strange is that the land area of Kiribati is only 811 square kilometers. It is only slightly larger than Singapore...
in the country, there are many counties with an area exceeding 811 square kilometers.
Kiribati’s land area is not large, but its exclusive maritime economic zone is quite large, reaching 3.5 million square kilometers.
What kind of concept is this? my country’s land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers.
The reason why Kiribati has such a large exclusive marine economic zone is that it is a small archipelagic country with many islands.
The high seas of the Pacific Ocean are mostly in deep water areas. There are not no fish in the deep water areas, but there are very few.
The place with the most fish is the sea area around the island. The sea water in these sea areas is relatively shallow, and the sunlight can reach the bottom of the sea and grow seaweed and coral. With nutrients, an ecological chain is formed, and fish schools will gather here.
Don’t think that a small island is small and there are not many fish in the surrounding waters.
A small island in the ocean also functions as a fish aggregator.
Another day's work is over. Today, more than 8,000 fish hooks have been tied up. The cabin where the fish hooks are hung is now full of fish hooks.
The lengths of the lines tied to these fishhooks vary. The longest line, the fishhook branch line, is about 5 meters long. The biting line used...
The shortest branch line is only about half a meter in length, which is a hook specially designed to catch schools of aquatic fish.
A school of fish in the water corresponds to a school of driftwood fish.
A school of rising fish is a school of fish that has surfaced. Generally speaking, if you see seagulls rising and falling near the water, it means there is a school of rising fish. Also, if seagulls float like sponges, it means they are under the surface of the water.
There are schools of fish...
It is best to catch fish that have emerged from the water. Studies have shown that the fasting rate of fish that emerge from the water is extremely high.
Many people must have seen the video of a group of people fishing for bonito on a boat. A hard pole is thrown in with an empty hook, and the fish is caught again and again... Those fish that are particularly easy to catch are the schools of fish in the water.
The short line is used to catch schools of water fish. The long line is mainly used to catch tuna, swordfish and other large fish.
There is also a type of fishhook that is an artificial bait, which can be used to catch squid, hairtail, snapper, grouper, and miscellaneous fish used as bait when working in shallow water.
Chen Yuan checked the fishhook cabin and was about to close the door when Luo Laosi woke up and came over to take a look.
During this period, he had been working night shifts and his mental state was not very good.
"Are you okay?" Chen Yuan said.
"It's okay. Maybe I caught a cold from the air conditioner," Luo Laosi said.
"Why don't you take a rest one night and I'll be on duty for you. You go take some cold medicine and have a good night's rest. I guess you can arrive in Kiribati in a little over two days."
"No need." Luo Laosi waved his hand.
"No need to use anything, just rest if you catch a cold."
Being sick at sea is no joke. Especially now, there is no doctor on their ship.
If we rendezvous with the fleet, there will be no problem with minor illnesses and pains, especially if the nanny from Dongjiang Fishery is there, there is medical treatment, and there will be no problem with some simple minor surgeries.