Six hundred and sixtieth nine chapters dolphin robber
"I'm afraid your wish will come true. We're slowing down." Paul smiled evilly and pointed to the bridge.
"Your uncle!" Hong Tao glanced at the speedometer above. The original speed of 33 knots was now only 20 knots.
Unfortunately, it was useless to scold anymore. The slowdown of the boat meant that something was wrong. It was probably that a school of fish had been discovered. Hong Tao had just wiped away his sweat, and now he had to go to the back deck to bask in the sun. About a kilometer ahead, the Boomerang
The number also slowed down, and a few minutes later, a large black kite slowly rose into the sky, and they had already begun to set the hook.
"Babu, is there any movement on the fish finder?" Hong Tao raised his head and shouted to the flying bridge. In just a few minutes, his crotch was even soaked.
"There's no reaction now. Let me get closer and take a look." Babu shouted from the flying bridge and increased the speed of the boat again.
"Yes! Yes! It's a group of small fish, about 50 meters ahead, and the water is 70 meters deep!" After driving forward for less than 1 kilometer, Babu's shout came from the flying bridge again.
"Hey, let's set the hook too! I'll go back and put on some clothes first." Hong Tao didn't want to hear the news about the fish, but he was afraid that the fish would come anyway. In desperation, Hong Tao walked back to the bottom.
In the cabin, he cannot go to the back deck to bask in the sun with his upper body naked. Otherwise, no matter what he puts on, his body will be burned. He must wear sun protection clothing on board, preferably long-sleeved.
"We have a companion again. It seems that not only are we following others, but others are following us!" Just after putting down the four floating balls, two more fishing boats appeared in the stern direction.
"This situation is very common. Whoever has good results will become the target of other fishermen. We are considered a dark horse. Someone must be following us." Paul was not surprised and was very indifferent to this situation.
"Then let's see whose artificial bait works. I think we won't catch less than them!" Hong Tao had just gained a little fighting spirit at this time, and he was so right when he said that people are light and fluttery without pressure.
In the blink of an eye, the two fishing boats behind also caught up. The four fishing boats lined up on the water, hundreds of meters apart from each other. They lowered their hooks one after another and started chasing the fish in circles.
, and try to keep the distance between them.
Of course, the first one to catch fish was the Manhattan. Under the same conditions, Hong Tao's sponge balls were still very effective. This time, two red floating balls were pulled into the water at the same time. Cavill and Philip set up on the poles.
Two fishing rods were harvested.
"Now we're in trouble! You two try to raise the fishing rod as high as possible, and I'll help you watch the direction of the fishing line. I hope those two fish don't do any difficult tricks like flipping three and a half times in the water." Hong Tao said about
There is nothing we can do about this situation, because the two fish are more than 300 meters away
A biting hook. At such a long distance, even if two fish are found to be pulling the fishing lines and crossing, it is difficult to accurately judge in time which fish is above and which fish is below. Once the judgment is wrong, the two fishing lines will
They will get tangled together, and in that case, both fish will probably run away.
The actual situation was as expected by Hong Tao. After successfully resolving two fishing line crossings, Hong Tao made a mistake in the third command. The two fishing lines were obviously entangled together. When Cavell took up the line, Philip's
The fishing line will become slack, and when Philip retracts the line quickly, Cavell's side will also be affected. The two people must be 100% synchronized to retract the fishing line smoothly.
"Whose fish do you two think is bigger?" Hong Tao knew that he couldn't drag it on like this anymore. He had to cut off one fishing line to save the other fish, but he still had to ask which one to cut.
"We don't know either. It's heavier than before. I can hardly pull it!" Philip wiped the sweat from his head and answered helplessly.
"Nonsense. The two fishing lines are tangled together. Can it not sink?... Well, Philip hasn't caught a fish yet, let him do it this time. Cavell, cut off your fishing line.
." Hong Tao thought for a while, and indeed, his question just now was a bit idiotic. Now he has no time to worry about which fish is bigger and which one is smaller. He can only try his luck.
"Nothing has changed! It's still so heavy. Will the fishing line get tangled up?" When Cavell cut off the fishing line on his fishing rod, the fishing line did slide down quickly along Phillip's fishing line, but
Phillip didn't feel as relaxed, he still weighed the same as before.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you get tangled to death. Let's reel in the line first. Cavell will take over if you don't have the strength." Hong Tao fixed Philip on the fighting chair and began to reel in the line step by step.
"Slow down, slow down, the knot is pulled up, don't take it up yet, I'll see if I can untie it." The big man Philip didn't slip his shoulders this time, and it took him 15 minutes just to rely on his own strength.
The fish was brought much closer, but as the fishing line was retracted, the place where the two fishing lines were entangled was also pulled up. Seeing the tangled ball of thread, Hong Tao had no choice but to walk up.
"Oh... I have no choice. I can't untie it. It's all tangled up. Come on, everyone, wear gloves and pull it by hand. Don't get the thread tangled in your hands, let alone your feet. This is a fatal problem.
, be sure to pay attention!" If the two braided threads are tangled together, even if they are taken back
Solving it slowly on land is also a very time-consuming thing. Usually when encountering this kind of situation, just cut off one rod. Sometimes Hong Tao can't tell which rod is still connected to the fishing rod and which one has been cut off.
So we had to use the stupidest and most dangerous method to solve it.
It is not impossible to pull the fishing line by hand. As long as you wear special non-slip and anti-cut gloves, your hands will not be scratched. However, you must not let the fishing line wrap around any part of the body. Once the big fish goes crazy and rushes out, it is not possible.
It can be controlled by human power. At that time, either the body will be cut by the fishing line, or the body will be pulled into the water by the fishing line, either of which will be fatal.
The six people on the back deck were divided into two groups, and each three people pulled a fishing line. Two of them were responsible for pulling, and one person was responsible for arranging the fishing line at the back and cutting off all the excess fishing line to prevent danger. It was used again.
After more than ten minutes, I finally pulled in both fish.
This time it was quite interesting. The two fish were a tuna and a marlin. They were all about the same size and weighed more than 300 pounds. They were considered effective fish. Finally, everyone's work was not in vain, and the two rounds of lines were not wasted.
"Hong Tao, we are in trouble, look over there!" Just as Hong Tao and others were replacing a new reel on the back deck under the scorching sun, Babu stood on the flybridge and shouted.
On the other hand, he pointed to the port side of the fishing boat.
"Is it a shoal of sharks! Or dolphins?" Philip, the big man, was on the port side. When he heard the shouting, he turned around and was startled.
"It's dolphins, there are so many dolphins! Look, there are them over there too!" Paul also ran over.
At this time, the sea surface in front of the fishing boat suddenly became lively. Groups of dolphins swam back and forth on the sea surface. Sometimes they jumped up and made a patch of white waves, and then they dived under the sea surface. There was no movement for a long time, and not only this small area.
In the water, there are many dolphins jumping up from time to time in the distance.
"Is today a dolphin festival? Dolphins from all over the world have gathered here?" Hong Tao turned from port to starboard and looked back and forth. He couldn't count how many dolphins there were. Anyway, they could be seen on the sea as far as he could see.
The figures of dolphins are not gathered together, but are distributed in small groups throughout the sea.
"They are hunting for sardines! I'm afraid there are hundreds of dolphins, and there will be more and more of them. I'm afraid we won't be able to catch them!" Babu expressed his opinion on the flying bridge.
"Then what should we do?" Paul glanced at Babu and then at Hong Tao.
"There is no way, we can't catch the dolphins too." Babu said he was helpless.
"I have no idea. It just so happens that we don't have to fight anymore. It's such a hot day. Let's go back to the cabin to drink beer and watch the dolphins." Hong Tao didn't want to fish at first, but when the fish came, he couldn't catch them. Now these dolphins are here to save him.
It's time to play.
Sure enough, as Babu said, more and more dolphins are gathering in this area. They don't take these fishing boats seriously at all. They are just busy with their own affairs in groups of three and five. They
Is there anything you need to be busy with? Of course there is. People don’t come here to play. Their goal is that large group of sardines.
Hong Tao has never seen dolphins eating sardines, and he can't imagine what methods they will use to catch those sardines. Although dolphins must swim faster than sardines, sardines are more flexible and can almost turn in place.
If you rely on chasing, the fish you eat may not be able to make up for the energy consumed.
"Babu, how are they going to catch those sardines? Are they just chasing after them?" Hong Tao watched for a long time, but he couldn't see any plans or tricks for these dolphins.
"They are so smart. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you won't believe that they can work together so closely and their methods are so efficient. You should go to the flying bridge and take a closer look from above. It's very interesting." Babu did not tell him directly.
Hong Tao wondered how these dolphins would catch sardines, but suggested that he observe it himself.
Hong Tao's curiosity finally defeated his body that was afraid of heat, and he climbed onto the flybridge with a telescope. At this time, there was almost no wind on the sea. The fishing boat had turned off its engine and was just drifting on the sea. Hong Tao looked to his left
, look to the right, then take off the telescope, observe the whole scene with the naked eye, and finally get some clues.
It turns out that these dolphins seem to be swimming in a disorderly manner, but they seem to be a unit under unified command. They are slowly forming an encirclement in this sea area. Inside this encirclement should be the large group of sardines, although Hong Tao
There were no schools of fish visible in the water, but he felt that this must be the case, otherwise why would those dolphins spend so much effort?
