My barrage in the wild can be withdrawn

Chapter 354 Catching a giant
The sea in the morning is calm.

The crowd headed towards Lizard Island on a yacht.

The voyage takes 3 hours, and Zhou Chen and others can just take advantage of this time to search for the giant underwater monster that makes all fishermen dream of it.

"Attention everyone, where seagulls gather in the sky, there will be schools of fish in the water. If we want to catch bluefin tuna, we must get as many bait fish as possible."

Seeing that he was about to come to the fishing area, Zhou Chen hurriedly reminded everyone.

The yacht they were on was a fishing boat.

The fishing tackle in the yacht is complete, but there is no bait suitable for fishing tuna.

Herring is a very popular food for bluefin tuna.

If you want to find shoals of herring in the sea, in addition to using modern high-tech equipment, veteran fishermen can also use the color of the shore water, the movement of the sea water, the special splashes splashed by the shoals of fish, and the large shoals in the sky. The circling and whining of seabirds can accurately determine the arrival of fish schools.

Herring is an important economic fish. The density of fish schools and the number of individuals are unparalleled. It can be said that it is the most productive fish in the world.

Although herring is only a small, cheap, oily fish of 18 to 40 centimeters, this fish plays a vital role in whether Zhou Chen and the others can catch bluefin tuna.

"Attention everyone, we are coming."

Captain John is an experienced old fisherman.

For many years at sea, he relied on his experience to find herring, and he rarely failed.

After hearing John's reminder, everyone in the team was gearing up and started hanging shrimp meat one after another, ready to fish.

He Jianzhong loves fishing very much. Whenever he has free time on weekdays, he would go to the water's edge and throw a few poles.

When he heard about the trip to Australia and the project of fishing for bluefin tuna, he laughed silly.

"Boss, let's compete against each other, let's see who catches more."

He Jianzhong issued a letter of challenge to Zhou Chen.

"Okay, so what should we bet on?"

Zhou Chen responded with a smile.

"Just go fishing, why do you bet..."

Although He Jianzhong was confident in his fishing skills, his opponent this time was Zhou Chen.

In his impression, the other party seemed to have never lost.

If you compare yourself with such a monster, you will lose badly if you bet on anything...

For a moment, He Jianzhong felt that he might have been dazzled by the enthusiasm for sea fishing.

He regretted it a little.

But after all, he brought up this matter himself, so he can't just admit it before he compares it.

Seeing that the other party was hesitating, Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are no better than those vulgar ones. If you lose, the firewood for the camp these days will be yours."

The reason why He Jianzhong didn't dare to respond was because he was afraid that the other party would gamble with him.

Hearing this now, his gloomy face suddenly turned bright.

"Okay, bet."

After he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, and asked back: "If I lose, I will be responsible for chopping firewood, so what if you lose, Boss?"

Zhou Chen didn't look at the other party, but hung a piece of shrimp meat on the hook.

He opened the spool and flicked forward lightly, and the bait sank into the water.

I saw Zhou Chen holding the fishing reel with his left hand and the fishing rod with his right hand, shaking lightly several times in a row.

A smile appeared on his face, "I can't possibly lose!"

Before he finished speaking, a herring that was thirty to forty centimeters long was pulled out of the sea by him.

Seeing this, He Jianzhong yelled, "Boss, this one doesn't count, you're cheating!"

When the two started the race, everyone also started throwing poles.

Although herring schools are dense, they don't stay in one place for too long.

They must hurry if they want to catch as many herring as possible.

Jiang Wan was born in Zhonghai. When she was a child, she always went fishing with her grandfather. Her fishing skills are not superb, but she is definitely the best among the three girls.

"Why are the herrings so densely packed?"

Using a fish picker to pick off the herring just caught, Jiang Wan asked curiously.

I heard that Zhou Chen responded: "The herring swarm is like many animals in nature. It belongs to a team lifestyle. This group lifestyle is very conducive to their reproduction and effective protection of larvae. At the same time, the swarm is a collective action. , everyone works together to facilitate foraging.”

Putting on a piece of fresh shrimp meat, Zhou Chen threw the pole again.

While waiting for the fish, he continued: "In addition, herring clusters also have a positive effect on defending against enemies. Herrings are densely packed into large groups with fast-moving lines and flickering shapes, which dazzle the enemies and make it difficult to pay attention. If the force is concentrated on a certain fish, even if the enemy rushes into the fish school to disperse the dense team, few fish will be eaten, so group action plays an extremely important role in the life of herring."

Before he could finish his sentence, he only felt that the fishing rod was stunned.

"Have it!"

He laughed loudly, and immediately began to stab the fish with his pole.

Among the team, Zhou Chen and He Jianzhong had the best fishing skills and caught the most.

The two of them are almost one of you and one of me, neither will give in.

The rest of the people came occasionally, and some fish ran away due to improper operation.

"Oh, no, why is this fish so energetic..."

While everyone was fishing, Jiang Wan's fishing rod was almost pulled into the water.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chen hurried over to help.

The size of herring is not big, and the individual is usually half a catty to one catty. Even a girl can pull it up with a fishing rod.

As soon as Zhou Chen took the fishing rod, he knew that the fish Jiang Wan caught was definitely not herring.

As soon as they heard that there was a big guy, everyone gathered around.

"What kind of fish is so powerful?"

"Is it bluefin tuna?"

"Sure, Wan'er, the first big thing was actually caught by you."

"Is it hard to pull? Does it feel like the boss is a little bit strenuous?"

"No way, is it really bluefin tuna..."

Seeing Zhou Chen fighting Yu'er, everyone guessed.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Zhou Chen fought with the opponent for 5 minutes, but the fish didn't come out of the water.

Seeing this scene, everyone started talking again.

Although the other party hadn't shown up yet, Zhou Chen had a new judgment.

"It shouldn't be the bluefin tuna!"

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhou Chen continued: "Although this fish is very powerful and aggressive, it is still not as heavy as bluefin tuna."

"Bluefin tuna can be up to 3 meters long and weigh about 400 kilograms. Although it is rare to see large bluefin tuna, it is generally about 150 kilograms that can be caught. This fish is not that heavy."

He paused, and added: "I guess it's sixty or seventy catties at most, but I don't know what it is."

When Zhou Chen spoke, his hands didn't stop.

He kept swinging the fishing rod left and right to control the fish, trying to pull the opponent out of the water as soon as possible.

Fishing is a game between man and fish, but this game is not fair to fish.

Zhou Chen quickly vented the strength of the fish with the aid of the fishing rod.

The fish had no strength, and had no choice but to surface obediently.

"So it's bonito!"

As soon as the fish came out of the water, Captain John recognized the prey at a glance.

Large fish cannot be pulled onto the boat directly, but can only be pulled up with hooks.

The fish looked small in the water, but after boarding the boat, everyone was shocked.

"This fish is really big."

Dong Xin sighed.

She wanted to take a picture with the fish in her arms, but found that she couldn't hold it.

John took out the scale and weighed it, and the result was similar to what Zhou Chen expected. The skipjack weighed 74 catties.

"You are very lucky. It seems that we have something to eat at noon."

John gave a thumbs up and said with a smile.

"Bonito? I've never heard of this fish."

Li Zixuan walked around the fish on the ground a few times, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I know that skipjack is an oceanic pelagic migratory fish with agile swimming speed and strong swimming power, up to 20 kilometers per hour. It often chases fish schools at sea. This fish is related to bluefin tuna."

This time, before Zhou Chen could speak, Liang Tian interrupted directly.

"Yes, it seems that you have done your homework."

Zhou Chen nodded slightly in agreement.

Liang Tian was originally a wilderness fan. When he heard that he would go fishing for bluefin tuna on this trip, he looked up the information carefully.

"Hey, I also checked a lot, such as sailfish, grouper, yellowfin tuna and so on."

Being praised by Zhou Chen, Liang Tian smiled like a child.

To be precise, he was still a child a month ago.

Seeing that the other party looked confident, Zhou Chen continued to ask: "Since you said that skipjack and bluefin tuna are relatives, then explain why?"

Zhou Chen's words froze the smile on Liang Tian's face.

He rubbed his head and said in embarrassment: "Boss, the article only said that they were relatives, but they didn't say why..."

The first question was asked, and Liang Tian felt that he had stayed up all night reading before and saw the dog.

Since the other party didn't know, Zhou Chen didn't continue to embarrass the other party, but directly explained the reason.

"Actually, this question is very simple. Bluefin tuna is a marine animal of the scombroid family, scombroid family, and tuna genus, and skipjack is also a fish under the scombroid family and the genus skipjack."

"The two are similar in shape and belong to the scombroid family, so that's why the article you read said they are relatives."

Zhou Chen speculated.

He paused, then continued: "Although the two are different genera, bonito is also a very important economic fish, which can be made into bonito, canned and sashimi, and as far as I know, the commercial tuna catch in the world 60% of them are bonito."

Seeing the other party talking eloquently, Liang Tian admired him from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that Liang Tian didn't know that the knowledge that Zhou Chen mastered was actually learned not long ago just like him.

This trip to Australia was chosen by him. The species in Australia and the animals and plants that may be involved were also searched by Zhou Chen from the Internet.

The previous challenge system will have information on local animals and plants.

This time it is up to him to master it.

The appearance of bonito did not disrupt the competition between Zhou Chen and He Jianzhong.

Before the school of fish went far, the two continued to attack.

In this way, they fished for four or ten minutes.

With the swarm of herring diving into the deep sea, this smoke-free struggle is also over.

After fishing, Captain John continued to sail.

Their purpose this time was not fishing for herring, but for bluefin tuna not far ahead.

While sailing, the two just happened to count the results of the battle.

To everyone's surprise, the two fished exactly the same number, 66.

"Hahaha, is it flat?"

"66, really 666."

"What an auspicious number, but how will the outcome be judged."

"Have you ever talked about how a tie is calculated?"

Everyone thought that there would be a victory or defeat, but unexpectedly there was a draw.

Zhou Chen was also a little embarrassed when he saw this, and he didn't expect that there would be a draw.

But when everyone was discussing, He Jianzhong spoke up.

"I lost."

He Jianzhong's words attracted everyone's attention.

"What? Did you steal the fish?"

Liu Yanjun didn't deal with him, so he took the opportunity to sneer.

"Haha, no way, stealing fish is so embarrassing, and even if it is stealing fish, he won't talk about it."

Li Qiang also laughed out loud.

He Jianzhong ignored the sarcasm of the two, but slowly said: "I didn't stop the whole process, and the boss just helped Wan'er catch a bonito, and that fish took at least ten minutes. I got three of a kind, so I lost..."

He Jianzhong is upright and will not lie.

He saw the situation just now, and naturally he was unwilling to win under such a situation.

"I'm willing to bet and admit defeat. I'll pack the firewood for the camp these days!"

He Jianzhong patted his chest with an expression of indifference.

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The two of them only wanted to satirize each other, but they didn't expect that the other party would admit that they were suspected of violating the rules at a critical moment.

But not long after He Jianzhong's words fell, Zhou Chen patted him on the shoulder, "You said that you are willing to bet and admit defeat. Since we are tied, we should share the firewood in this camp equally."

He smiled and added, "Don't forget, we are a team. In the wilderness, the team is the biggest."

Zhou Chen's words made Li Qiang and Liu Yanjun even more ashamed.

"Guess, we also have a share in the camp, and we will work too."

"That's right, we are all part of the team, we will definitely abide by the team rules, and we won't hold back."

Liu Yanjun and Li Qiang were the first to express their views.

Subsequently.

Everyone also said that they have to take responsibility.

Looking at the expressions of everyone, Zhou Chen smiled slightly.

It is clear.

After these few days of contact, the cohesion of the team has become stronger.

In the wilderness, whether a teammate is a helper or a pig teammate, there are completely two modes.

Zhou Chen believes that he can lead the team well, and he also has information for these players.

While everyone was laughing, the yacht arrived at Lizard Island.

When everyone carried the huge bonito to the island, the tourists on the island were immediately attracted.

This bonito was so big that they couldn't finish it.

Everyone has no other food, but with this bonito, do they still worry about having no food?

that's it.

They used half a bonito in exchange for a lot of fruit, drinks and snacks.

Everyone was eating sashimi while admiring the sea view, very comfortable...

(End of this chapter)