"Why are you calling me master?" Gao He said with a smile.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xinhai replied.
"Are there more tuna hooks on the boat?"
"many."
"You can put a bunch of drift hooks on the road." Chen Yuan said: "It's at the No. 3 mark. Anyway, it's on the way. There are ocean currents gathering there and there are many fish."
"Okay." Lin Xinhai said with a smile.
"Lao Zhao and I are placing the fishhook at the No. 3 mark." Gao He said: "You guys go around and place the No. 5 mark. There is also a small ocean current over there."
"Okay. Did you catch a lot of tuna and marlin yesterday?"
"There are more than thirty tuna, and only six marlin and swordfish. Yesterday I also caught a big ray, which is estimated to weigh more than a thousand kilograms." Zhao Hai said.
"The rays are worthless."
"It's more than a thousand kilograms, and it costs several thousand yuan no matter what. It's still okay."
Lin Xinhai smiled and said: "Have you taken out the stingray liver?"
"I've taken it out. Do you want some? I'll give you some."
"No." Gao He said, "Give me some tails and I'll use them to make soup."
"This is on the ship, what are you doing here?" Zhao Hai laughed loudly.
Everyone was talking and laughing.
Chen Yuan and the others went further south to continue looking for fish.
There are not as many wild fish as expected. Most purse seine boats fishing in Kiribati use fish aggregating devices to gather fish.
As for longline fishing, as long as the fish density in a large area of sea is good, you can set the hook. If you just find the fish school, the fish catch rate will be higher.
If there are no schools of fish, if you have 20,000 hooks, catching 2,000 fish would be considered a good success.
Moreover, if there are no fish schools, longline fishing boats mostly use tuna hooks, and the fishing depth is from tens to more than 100 meters.
When fishing in other countries’ exclusive economic zones, what you need is efficiency.
Dabai's boat was very fast. It was cruising at high speed and ran for 21 hours. Soon it arrived at the designated location and started to set the hook...
A drift hook is a fishhook that does not sink to the bottom.
In order to have a better harvest, the fishhook should also be of different depths. The deepest fishhook is nearly 100 meters, and the shallowest fishhook is nearly 10 meters.
The sky is very blue, and the pure white clouds look very short.
Zhou Sheng took control of the boat and read a novel on his mobile phone in the driver's seat.
Chen Yuan launched the drone. The drone flew higher and entered the clouds.
Today's surge is very small, so it can be said to be calm.
Chen Yuan looked at the time. The drone had been flying for half an hour, and he decisively reminded Zhou Sheng to slow down.
Zhou Sheng was fascinated by the novel. Chen Yuan patted the windshield twice and held the intercom: "What are you doing? Stop the boat."
"Found a fish?"
"Half an hour."
"So fast..."
Zhou Sheng slowed down and Chen Yuan controlled the drone to come back.
After the boat stopped, Zhou Sheng walked out and yawned: "Are there many fish?"
"Not many. This is a deep-sea area. We mainly look for fish schools. If we don't find any fish schools, it's the same as there are more fish and less fish." Chen Yuan took the drone back and removed the battery.
Zhou Sheng helped remove the drone's remote sensor and put the drone away.
In order to prevent accidents this time, Chen Yuan and the others brought a backup drone.
Chen Yuan returned to the cabin to rest for a while and continued to fly the drone.
They are more than a hundred nautical miles away from the nearest island, and the water is deep blue. Except for some sea water and the occasional fish jumping out of the sea, Chen Yuan and the others have seen nothing for several hours.
The day passed quickly, and Chen Yuan and the others found nothing.
After dinner, Chen Yuan turned on the fish luring light on the side of the fishing platform, then took an electric fishing rod and tied a sinker weighing several kilograms and a fishhook as big as a palm.
"This is a wild way to fish." Yang Xun also tied the fishhook like Chen Yuan and others. When he saw the bait Zhou Sheng took out, he was stunned.
The bait was Spanish mackerel, estimated to be over one meter long and twenty to thirty pounds.
There are many types of Spanish mackerel, and some mackerel grow very large, such as the Spanish Spanish mackerel, which can reach a length of about 2 meters and a weight of more than 80 kilograms.
This kind of Spanish mackerel was caught on Big Fish, and the price was pretty good. Yesterday, Chen Yuan brought it back for a few days. They originally ate it themselves, but this evening... It was a long night, and Chen Yuan suddenly wanted to fish, and they happened to
I also brought a fishing rod.
"A fish like this can be used as bait in its entirety?" He Fei asked when he saw Chen Yuan inserting the hook through the tail of the Spanish mackerel.
"The whole fish can be used as bait to attract big fish. This is the Pacific Ocean, not domestic waters." Chen Yuan said with a smile and threw the hook out.
He Fei also registered the fishhook: "How many meters do you want to catch?"
"We mainly catch big-eye tuna at night, 5 to 10 meters is enough. Big-eye tuna likes to fish in the water at night." Chen Yuan said and looked at He Fei: "If you are bored at night, you can catch fish. Mainly fishing for tuna, from now on.
I’ll keep an account of the tuna you caught, and I’ll give you one-third of the selling price when I get back. How about that?”
"Okay." Yang Xun nodded vigorously and looked at He Fei.
He Fei also nodded: "Okay...but Uncle Hai and Fourth Uncle?"
"I'll tell them tomorrow, it's no problem." Chen Yuandao.
"It's quite hard for you to work the night shift. You have a long night, so it's good to go fishing to kill time." Zhou Sheng said: "But you should pay attention to safety at night. Chen Yuan and I are sleeping at night, so we may not be able to hear what's going on outside...
…So if you go fishing at night, you must wear a life jacket.”
He Fei said 'hmm': "Okay."
Yang Xun, He Fei and the others will work night shifts with Chen Yuan and others from now on, which is very hard. They can catch fish at night to pass the time, and they can make more money.
Chen Yuan's fishing line was put out 7 meters, stopped, turned around and handed Yang Xun and the others a cigarette: "If I see you going fishing without a life jacket, then what I just said will not be valid."
Forget it. There are marlins here, and there are quite a lot of them. That thing is very powerful and can jump very well... If it gets pricked by a marlin when it jumps up, it will be in trouble. Wear a life jacket, at least there is a layer of protection.
."
"What should I do if I catch a marlin?" Yang Xun asked.
"Marlin is a bit dangerous, but it's not as scary as I thought." Zhou Sheng said, "Our boat is still a bit high, and it's not easy for a marlin to jump onto the boat. Once you've been hit by a marlin, use a big iron
Hook, hook it and hang it up, don’t rush to the boat..."
Chen Yuan lit a cigarette and went back to move out a few deck chairs.
Zhou Sheng went back and got beer, one for each person.
Lin Xinhai's voice came from the radio in the cab: "Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan..."
Chen Yuan returned to the cab: "What are you doing?"
"Have you found anything?"
"No." Chen Yuan said: "Have you finished unloading the fish?"
"It's finished unloading. The little nanny has filled the cabin. Zhao Hai and the others will be ready to return after loading their catch. Let's go back to the No. 5 mark now to collect the fish hooks."
The fishhook set in the morning is almost ready to be collected.
"Okay. I haven't found anything here yet. After you collect the fishhook, move closer to me. Let's go to the reef waters to have a look tomorrow morning."