In the evening, Lu Lu, Zhang Hang and Lin Xinhai had a detailed discussion.
Early the next morning, Ruby went to the airport.
The fishing boats are installing VDS identification equipment, and Dabai's fishing boat is at the end of the queue. It is estimated that it will take a few days.
Chen Yuan and the others were playing on the island.
There is a saying that wherever there are people, there are Chinese people, or Chinese shops.
In the residential area of this unknown small island country, Chen Yuan saw several Chinese commodity shops. The shop owners may have Chinese faces, or they may not.
However, if you don’t know English or the local language outside, you still have a lot of troubles.
Chen Yuan and the others stayed on the island for three days and got on the boat.
Big Fish installed the VDS identification device, which is a signal transmitter. During the few days parked in the lagoon, Big Fish and the little nanny also replenished their fuel supply.
Dabai went into the sea this morning and was still refueling.
The main fuel tank is 7,000 liters and the reserve fuel tank is 1,500 liters. It takes more than 7 tons of diesel to fill them all up.
It was not until noon that Dabai filled up the tank and waited to retract the oil pipe. Chen Yuan also checked the yacht and started the engine to leave the lagoon.
This time there were two fishing boats following Chen Yuan and others, including Dabai, there were three.
Dongjiang Fishery's fishing boats set out yesterday. They mainly go to the north, where there are more fish.
Their fleet has 12 ships ready to go north.
Chen Yuan and the others set out late, so they were preparing to go south. They started with high power, and after leaving the island for 5 nautical miles, Chen Yuan turned on the fan-shaped fish finder on the bow of the boat.
The detection distance of this fish detector is about 5 kilometers, and there are quite a lot of fish. But it is impossible to distinguish between big fish and small fish...
Chen Yuan shut down both engines and switched to single-engine economic cruise.
In the equatorial range of the Pacific Ocean, the sea surface is not as peaceful as imagined. Especially for small islands far away, the sea surface has surges visible to the naked eye.
After Dabai slowed down, Chen Yuan gave up the driving seat to Yang Xun and the others: "You also pay attention to the fish detectors, especially the vertical fish detectors. If you find a lot of big fish, let us know."
"Okay." He Fei said.
He Fei and the others all know the function of this ship, but they have relatively little experience in actual operation. Just maintain the current cruising speed.
Zhou Sheng went into the cabin and took out the drone.
Chen Yuan installed the remote sensor, went to the stern deck, and released the drone.
Zhou Sheng watched the drone fly into the sky, then looked at the remote sensing screen.
The higher the drone flies, the more biological signals are received by remote sensing.
"The density of fish is also very average." Zhou Sheng said.
"The density is similar to Nansha, but the size of the fish is much larger." Chen Yuan said: "You go in and sail the boat, cruise with dual engines, and then record the depth of the fish."
"good."
"The water layer where the fish is located must be recorded, and then the size of the fish should be calculated."
"I know, I'm in."
Chen Yuan said "hmm" and controlled the drone to continuously climb at an angle: "How deep is the water here?"
"About 150 meters." Yang Xingyou said, "It's about 160 meters now."
“How deep is the fish layer?”
"Both." Zhou Sheng yelled, "Take the walkie-talkie, the noise is too loud and you can't hear clearly."
Chen Yuan turned on the intercom and said: "How deep is the fish school?"
"Mainly concentrated within fifty meters." Zhou Sheng said.
"Are there many fish?" Lin Xinhai asked.
"Is the fish big?" Gao He asked.
"How is it?" Zhao Hai.
Gao He, the owner of Dongjiang 9502, is familiar with Lin Xinhai, so he followed them to try the water this time.
"The fish we see now are not big, and they are basically within one meter. The number of fish here is okay, but we haven't found any fish schools yet, so don't worry yet." Zhou Sheng said, "You have all made preparations.
"
"It's done."
There are a lot of fish, but they are too scattered.
About half an hour later, Chen Yuan asked Zhou Sheng to stop the ship, took the drone back, replaced it with a set of batteries, and continued to release it.
It's past four o'clock in the afternoon.
"When will you release the hook?" Gao He asked.
"There's no rush." Chen Yuandao said, "I'll let everyone know when it's time to set the hook."
"Don't worry, find the fish first." Lin Xinhai also said.
The drone controlled by Chen Yuan is at an altitude of 1,500 meters and has dense signals, but if the altitude is lowered, the signals will be less.
The fish are scattered now.
"Stop the boat." Chen Yuan suddenly said.
"What's wrong?"
"Stop the ship."
Zhou Sheng quickly stopped Dabai, and Chen Yuan took back the drone and said: "Nine o'clock direction. Master, full power...Old Zhao, Lao Gao, you also hurry up and follow."
"Did you find anything?" Lin Xinhai asked.
"Just follow me." Chen Yuan did not explain and asked Zhou Sheng to come over and pack up the drone. He went to the cab and started cruising at high speed.
"Chen Yuan...Chen Yuan..." Lin Xinhai called from the cab.
Dabai sped up and left the signal coverage of the walkie-talkie.
"Chen Yuan."
In Dabai's cab, Lin Xinhai's voice came over the radio: "I heard a reply."
"I heard it."
"You ran so fast, did you notice anything?"
"Come here and prepare the hook to catch the fish in the water." Chen Yuandao said.
"Is there any fish out of water?" Lao Gao asked.
"It's almost the same. You need to match it with some tuna fishing hooks. Don't confuse coral hooks with anti-biting hooks." Chen Yuan warned: "Are you ready for the bait?"
"Ready. Do you want to hang the bait in advance?" Lin Xinhai said.
"What do you think?"
Lin Xinhai chuckled: "I'm going at full speed, you guys should follow closely behind."
Zhou Sheng took the drone back and sat next to Chen Yuan: "What did you see?"
"There are a flock of birds at nine o'clock," Chen Yuanda said.
"Is it much?"
"many."
Zhou Sheng shook his fist vigorously.
The birds were still far away. Chen Yuan and the others ran for half an hour before they saw the birds.
There are a large number of seabirds hovering on the sea surface, and these seabirds dive into the sea from time to time.
Zhou Sheng was observing the radar fish detector on the bow of the ship, while Chen Yuan was carefully observing these seabirds.
"There are big fish." Zhou Sheng said.
"I know."
"How do you know?"
"Some seabirds go into the sea and never come back up again."
Seabirds are fishing, and fish are preying on seabirds.
Chen Yuan quickly contacted Lin Xinhai: "Master, I received the reply."
"Lao Hai went out to direct the fishing hooks." Luo Laosi's voice came out.
After resting for a few days in Kiribati, it was my first time to fish today. Luo Laosi had to work the night shift, but he did not fall asleep, so he came to the cab.
"Inform Lao Hai and start setting the fishhook. Let's lower the tuna hook first, to a depth of about one hundred meters." Chen Yuandao.
"Start setting the hook now?"
"Get off now."
"good."
In longline fishing, the length of the rope is more than 100 kilometers.
The Big Fish is now about forty kilometers away from Chen Yuan and the others.
Chen Yuan added: "This school of fish is huge. You place the rope and tell Lao Zhao and the others the position of the rope, so that they will not pay attention to the twisting line."
Then Zhao Hai's voice came over the radio: "How big is this school of fish? Can our three boats be able to maneuver it?"
"The fish school is very big. If a purse seine boat came over, the net would be hundreds of tons." Chen Yuan said and added: "Uncle Four."
"exist."
"Has Master taken the bait?"
"The hook is set."
"The first rope should be set with tuna hooks as much as possible, with a depth of 100 meters to 20 meters. The second rope should be set with mixed fish hooks."
"good."
"Leave us a sip of soup." Gao Lao said.
"You guys run faster." Luo Laosi laughed.
The current speed of the big fish is 18 knots, because to release the rope, the speed of the rope must be considered. Gao He's fishing boat ran to 16 knots, and Zhao Hai's only reached 14 knots.
Zhao Hai was speechless and said: "I thought everyone was as wealthy as you. A fishing boat less than 40 meters has a power of more than 2,000 kW."
"Don't tell me, the speed of the boat means it's comfortable."