The sea in the distance is still golden, and the sky is covered in red clouds.
At the equator, it gets dark very quickly after the sun sets.
After a while, the sky became dim.
Lin Xinhai began to arrange the work of releasing the hook. All positions were already in place. The dry rope was pulled out and tied to the hook behind the auxiliary boat. There was no need to rush to release the sinker. If there was a sinker on the auxiliary boat, the rope would be released after the rope was finished.
Hang the end pendant.
When setting the hook in the sea, there is no need to circle around. It can be set straight, with a bottom sinker on both sides of the dry rope.
Lin Xinhai gave the order and began to lower the rope.
The two auxiliary boats were already in a figure-eight shape, pulling the ropes and extending outwards. After some ropes were put in, the hooks began.
"Laosi." Lin Xinhai used the walkie-talkie to contact Luo Laosi.
"exist."
"Start Baymax, ship speed is 7 knots."
"receive."
Lin Xinhai then went over to adjust the speed of the rope releasing machine.
The speed of releasing the rope is much faster than the speed of the fishing boat. However, there is an auxiliary boat, and the auxiliary boat is also pulling the rope and running...
The auxiliary boats of offshore fishing boats are mostly similar in shape to small yachts, without a front deck. The front deck area is made into a raised cabin for storing things.
The cabin space of the auxiliary boat is shorter, but higher. The rear deck area is large because some equipment needs to be placed.
The eight- to nine-meter auxiliary boat is worth more than one million yuan, and it has no luxurious decoration. But it has an aluminum alloy hull and a reinforced keel.
Although these auxiliary boats are small, they can also be regarded as lifeboats for fishing boats. The characteristic of lifeboats is that they are sturdy.
Auxiliary boats can withstand wind and waves with higher strength than fishing boats.
Of course, the Big Fish boat also has a reinforced keel, and its ability to withstand wind and waves is comparable to that of an expedition ship. As for the hull, it is not as strong as an expedition ship, but it has high horsepower. With high horsepower, it can better cope with wind and waves.
Run with the rope on both sides and release the rope quickly. This time, you don’t need to hang the rope mechanically, but hang the rope manually.
On a rope, three people hook and float the ball, and the remaining people do it.
Chen Yuan and the others made a potato stew with beef. They pressed the pressure cooker for more than half an hour until the beef was completely crushed.
He Fei and their fishhook haven't hit the fish yet.
It was already dark, so Chen Yuan went over to turn on the fish luring lights on the boat and took out the bowls and chopsticks.
This evening, there was another big meal.
Zhou Sheng brought out the cold beer. A sip of the beer cooled his heart, and the sea breeze blew in, making him feel comfortable all over.
"It's really comfortable on Dabai." Yang Xun said with a smile.
"It's a yacht worth more than 10 million yuan, how can it be uncomfortable?" He Fei said with a smile: "Working on this boat is just like enjoying it."
Chen Yuan smiled and raised the bottle and touched it with He Fei and the others: "When the fishing season is over, do you want to go to Fiji together?"
"Go." He Fei said.
Yang Xun shook his head: "I originally planned to go, but my wife is pregnant and she can't fly. It won't be easy for me to go there alone."
"What's the matter? Let's go and see it." He Fei said: "This time is still long. If we catch more tuna during this period, we should be able to make a lot of money. I don't know yet whether my wife will come over.
, let’s go play together for a while, and then we’ll fly back.”
"Will you be reimbursed for the flight back?" Yang Xun chuckled.
"Look at the final harvest. If the harvest is good, your air tickets will be reimbursed." Chen Yuandao.
“Boss Chen is very generous.”
"As for me, I'm also the boss," Zhou Sheng said.
“Boss Zhou is also very generous.”
"Hahaha..." Several people laughed.
While they were eating, the bell on the stern of the fishing rod hung by Yang Xun and the others rang.
"We caught a fish." Zhou Sheng shouted.
"Hurry up and catch the fish." Chen Yuan said.
Yang Xun ran out quickly and pressed 'return'. The electric fishing wheel, unless it was a particularly huge fish, would not take much effort to catch it.
The fish below was not particularly big, and the fishing line was quickly retrieved.
A dark big-eye tuna, fifty or sixty pounds, and a small fish.
Bigeye tuna is distributed in tropical and temperate sea areas around the world (between 40° north and south latitudes), with the central concentration area in the waters near the equator.
Bigeye tuna is an oceanic migratory fish and likes to swim in groups. The seasonal migration is obvious, moving northward in spring and summer and southward in winter. Bigeye tuna mainly feeds on small fish such as cephalopods, shrimps and flying fish.
Bigeye tuna is a species of fish in the family Scombridae and the genus Tuna.
The body length can reach 2 meters and the weight is more than 150 kilograms. Its body shape is similar to bluefin tuna, with larger pectoral fins and larger eyes. This kind of tuna is considered a small fish if its body length is less than 1 meter.
There is a marine reserve in Kiribati, where there are particularly many bigeye tuna, and they are mainly small fish.
Tuna, which looks like a small fish in foreign countries, is not considered small in China.
Just like the bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna in the South China Sea, most of them weigh forty or fifty pounds.
Zhou Sheng brought an iron hook and hooked the tuna up. Yang Xun and the others bled the tuna and treated the gills... After they were done, they froze the fish cabin and then came out to continue eating.
"There are really a lot of tuna here." He Fei said.
"If you can catch two or three fish every night, and occasionally hit a big fish, a small amount can make a lot, and you can get a lot of money when you go back." Zhou Sheng said.
The wholesale price of these tuna is estimated to be around 50 yuan per catty. Big-eye tuna is cheap, but after all, it is ultra-low temperature frozen tuna, so it will not be particularly cheap. Give them one-third of the selling price...
For a 50-pound bigeye tuna, they can get more than 800 yuan.
There are a lot of tuna here, especially bigeye tuna.
Bigeye tuna likes to eat in the upper waters at night. It is easy to catch this fish with light-inducing lights. I won’t say too much in one night, but as long as your luck is not particularly bad, it shouldn’t be difficult to catch two or three in one night.
Even if you are unlucky and get nothing...
But if you are lucky and catch a big fish, or a top-quality big fish, it will be equivalent to many days of harvest.
He Fei smiled and nodded: "We won't be bored on night shift from now on."
"Not only is it not boring, it makes a lot of money." Yang Xun said with a smile: "In this case, I would like to fish in the high seas all the time, so that I can earn more wasted money for my children."
"Pay attention to safety when fishing at night." Zhou Sheng said: "Don't blame us for nagging, working on offshore fishing boats does have certain risks. As far as Chen Yuan and I know, people who engage in offshore fishing disappear every year.
.You also know what it means to be missing at sea."
Chen Yuan said cautiously: "There is nothing more important than safety."
"Yes." Yang Xun said.
He Fei also nodded.
Not only He Fei, Yang Xun, but also the men working on the fishing boats, they are the backbone of the family.
In the past, the Dongjiang fishing fleet where Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng worked would have various accidents every year. Big or small...
Now that Chen Yuan and the others are their own bosses, the biggest pressure they are under is not making money. As experienced ocean fishermen, making money by fishing is not difficult, especially for Chen Yuan. What they fear most now is an accident, no matter who it is.
, if an accident occurs, Chen Yuan and the others cannot afford it.
In offshore fishing, as long as you are a conscientious boss, earning more or less is secondary. The most important thing is that the people in the boat go out safely and come back safely.