Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1176 I really can’t catch it
"Some time ago."

"Uncle Ding Zhongshan and Boss Lin Zuhua are here to fish."

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"At the beginning, Uncle Ding caught a very large mackerel."

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"Boss Lin has never been able to catch a large mackerel."

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"After returning home, I felt a little unwilling to give up, so I immediately went out to the sea to continue fishing for Spanish mackerel here, but I still couldn't catch a Spanish mackerel bigger than Uncle Ding's."

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Ding Dawen recounted the whole incident in detail.

Gao Zhicheng and Wu Weimin now clearly understood what was going on. They couldn't help but carefully look at the sea in front of them. It was calm and there was nothing special about it. They really couldn't understand why this place could catch Spanish mackerel, and why it could catch Spanish mackerel again and again.

"Why? I really can't tell."

Gao Zhicheng looked carefully for almost half an hour, but he really couldn't figure out how this could become a fishing spot for mackerel.

"Correct!"

"How is it possible to catch Spanish mackerel in this place? And how can you catch Spanish mackerel by releasing it into the water?"

"Are there any Spanish mackerels weighing more than 100 kilograms?"

Wu Weimin thought carefully for a long time but couldn't remember anyone saying that the place in front of him was a good place for drift fishing for mackerel.

"I really don't know what's going on. Did Zhao Dahai ever tell me why there are so many mackerels here?"

Gao Zhicheng was very curious about what Zhao Dahai had to say about this matter.

"No!"

"Zhao Dahai didn't pay much attention to this matter. He just said that this is a place to fish for mackerel."

Ding Dawen shook his head.

"what!"

"Zhao Dahai will definitely not pay much attention to this matter."

"Look, you can get mackerel here, and you can catch a lot of big mackerel, but for Zhao Dahai, who goes out to sea to fish just to make money, a place like this is actually not very meaningful."

"A 100-80-jin Spanish mackerel is indeed a good size and can be sold for a lot of money, but don't forget that Zhao Dahai can catch more fish and make more money by fishing for sea bass or black porgy, not to mention the more valuable groupers on the seabed."

"Why would Zhao Dahai spend so much time thinking about why this place would become a fishing spot for mackerel?"

Wu Weimin smiled and shook his head. Most people would pay great attention to this place if they knew that they could let cattle go and fish for mackerel here, and that they could catch a lot of mackerel. However, Zhao Dahai would definitely not pay special attention to this place.

I have long known that this place is a good place to fish for mackerel, but I have never specifically fished for mackerel here.

"All right!"

"That's exactly what happened. This place is a good place for fishermen like us, but it's not a good place for people like Zhao Dahai and Zhong Shizhu."

Gao Zhicheng had to admit that what Wu Weimin said made a lot of sense, it was really true.

"correct!"

"If Ding Dawen can catch so many Spanish mackerel here, why didn't you release any today?"

Gao Zhicheng looked left and right, and saw that there was no cattle-herding pole on the entire fishing boat, which made him feel very strange.

"I fished there yesterday morning."

"I haven't had time to adjust it today!"

Ding Dawen nodded, but immediately shook his head. He went drift fishing for mackerel almost every day, and he just hadn't started today.

"Oh?"

"Is it like this? Did you catch any?"

Wu Weimin was very curious whether Ding Dawen caught the mackerel.

Ding Dawen told Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng that he caught two swordfish yesterday, one weighing over 80 kilograms and the other weighing 110 kilograms.

Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng's eyes suddenly widened with disbelief.

Ding Dawen thought about it and simply took Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng to the cold storage of the fishing boat.

"What the hell!"

"Have you caught so many mackerels in the past few days?"

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"Hey!"

"This one really weighs over 100 kilograms, it must be at least 110 kilograms!"

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Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng looked at the dozen or so large and small mackerels lying on the ice in the cold storage. The smallest one weighed about ten kilograms, and the largest one weighed more than a hundred kilograms.

"Correct!"

"We have really good luck on this trip."

"Whenever I have free time and nothing else to do, I will go drift fishing for Spanish mackerel. I don't have to worry about throwing it into the sea, I can just bring it back."

Ding Dawen talked about the whole experience of his fishing in the past few days. He said that there was really no need to worry about it. This kind of fishing was really suitable for him.

Gao Zhicheng and Wu Weimin really didn't know what to say.

Ding Dawen could easily get these mackerels. The key was that the sizes of these mackerels were quite good, all weighing more than 10 kilograms, 20 to 30 kilograms, 70 to 80 kilograms, and one even weighed more than 100 kilograms.

"Gao Zhicheng."

"A mackerel that big should be very strong, right?"

Wu Weimin patted the largest mackerel hard.

"Is there any need to say this? Mackerel are naturally very strong. This kind of mackerel weighing over 100 kilograms is really no joke."

“It’s really not something that ordinary people can catch.”

"It's very rare to see a mackerel this big, especially in this open sea."

"Another thing is that even if a fish like this takes the bait, you may not be able to catch it. The sugar cane or bait that fishermen usually use are not suitable for dealing with such a large mackerel." "Even if you are very lucky and really encounter such a large mackerel, the line will be broken immediately after it bites the hook, and you won't have time to react, let alone catch it."

Gao Zhicheng nodded vigorously.

It is very difficult to catch a mackerel weighing more than 100 kilograms in a place like the open sea.

Most people, even those like me who go fishing at sea, will not prepare rods and lines for big fish. Generally speaking, they fish for other fish.

In this way, even if you are lucky enough one day and encounter such a big mackerel biting the hook, there is no time to react, or even if you just pull the mackerel a few times, its huge size and strength will break the line and run away.

“I’ve experienced this situation several times while fishing.”

"When I was fishing for other fish, especially big sea bass, I encountered a big mackerel."

"Once I saw a fish bite the hook from a distance, and it flew out of the water, shook its head and broke the line. Another time, it was pulled to the side of the speedboat, and just as I was about to lower the big iron hook to hook it up, the line got caught in the corner of its mouth, and its sharp teeth were worn off."

"I haven't really caught many big mackerels."

Gao Zhicheng kept shaking his head as he spoke.

For people who like fishing, the big swordfish is no joke, it is definitely a fish that they really want to catch.

Even though you have been fishing for many years, you haven’t caught many big mackerels.

"Should we give it a try and see if we can catch a giant mackerel?"

Wu Weimin couldn't help but look carefully at the surrounding sea again and just walked out of the cabin.

I have to say that judging from what I can see now, I don’t know if this place is a good spot for drift fishing for Spanish mackerel.

"How can we not give it a try? We have nothing else to do here anyway, so we must give it a try to see if we can have such luck today!"

Gao Zhicheng didn't even think twice and immediately turned around to get the rod. All the things were ready. If Ding Dawen could catch the big brother's head horse fish, then he and Wu Weimin would definitely be able to catch it.

"Correct!"

"Just hang a barramundi on the hook and put it into the sea. The barramundi will keep swimming forward. You have to release it about a hundred meters away. Then you just have to wait. Check every half an hour or an hour to see if the barramundi on the hook is dead. If it is dead, replace it. If not, it's okay."

Ding Dawen briefly talked about his approach when fishing for mackerel.

Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng had extensive experience in fishing, and they knew as soon as they heard that this was just the simplest method of drift fishing.

Ding Dawen has been fishing for mackerel these days. At night, he would use a string hook to catch mullets and put them in the live water tank. All the mullets are as big as two fingers, very fat and full of energy.

Wu Weiming and Gao Zhicheng prepared the rod, caught the bigmouth bass, hung it on the hook, and put it into the sea. They kept shaking the line gently. The bigmouth bass hanging on the hook was frightened and kept swimming forward. When it swam about 80 to 100 meters, it stopped and the rod was stuck in the hole on the side of the fishing boat.

"If Ding Dawen can catch mackerel, there's no reason why we can't catch one, right?"

Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng released five fishing rods in one breath.

"what!"

"Who can say for sure about this matter?"

"Just because Ding Dawen can catch fish doesn't necessarily mean we can. We might spend several days here and not catch a single fish."

Gao Zhicheng really didn't dare to say that. Going fishing at sea really depends on the fishing skills, but just having the skills doesn't necessarily mean you can catch fish. Ding Dawen's fishing skills are really impossible to be better than his own. Wu Weimin is much better than Ding Dawen, but it doesn't mean that he and Wu Weimin can catch mackerel. Sometimes fishing really depends on luck. Maybe Ding Dawen is the kind of person with incredible luck. In the fishing circle, people like him are called "fishing luck".

"Pooh!"

"Gao Zhicheng."

"You really have a bad mouth. If we don't catch any fish today, it will all be your fault."

Wu Weimin glared at Gao Zhicheng fiercely. He said such things just when they started fishing. It would be troublesome if they really didn't catch any fish today.

"what!"

"I was just saying that."

"Ding Dawen was able to catch mackerel here, so how could we not be able to catch mackerel?"

"Just put your mind at ease."

Gao Zhicheng didn't care at all, he was really just talking.

Ding Dawen could catch fish, so how could he not catch fish? Not to mention that it was impossible for him and Wu Weimin to not catch fish when they were fishing here alone.

The sun rises higher and higher.

Eleven o'clock noon.

Gao Zhicheng and Wu Weimin were sweating profusely, and their clothes were all soaked with sweat.

"What's going on? Why are there no fish?"

Wu Weimin put away a fishing rod and looked at the mullet hanging on it. It was full of energy and there was no problem at all. The other four rods had been checked and the fish on them were also alive and well. However, it had been more than three hours and no fish, let alone mackerel, had been caught. No fish seemed to be taking the bait.

“This is really weird.”

"Ding Dawen has been able to catch fish here these days, proving that this is a good place to fish for mackerel."

"But why can't we catch any fish?"

"Could it be that these swordfish in the sea can tell that these are the hooks set by the two of us, not the hooks set by Ding Dawen? Are they sure that only Ding Dawen's hooks will bite?"

Gao Zhicheng had a cigarette in his mouth, but he didn't light it. He couldn't believe that he and Wu Weimin couldn't catch a mackerel. At the beginning, both of them were ambitious and wanted to catch a mackerel weighing more than 100 kilograms. Now, the only thing in their minds was that as long as they could catch a fish, it would be fine. A mackerel weighing more than 10 kilograms or even 7 or 8 kilograms would not matter. Even a sea bass would be fine. But no fish took the bait.

"This is really weird, why can't we two get any points?"

Wu Weimin was completely puzzled and had no idea what was going on.

"Boss Wu and Boss Zhao, why are you two running around outside in such hot weather instead of staying under the awning or in the cab?"

Shi Guangming had just woken up. He was holding his hookah and lighting it as he walked up to Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng.

"Are you fishing? What kind of fish are you fishing for?"

Zhao Shi followed behind Shi Guangming and looked at the five fishing rods stuck on the side of the fishing boat. This was drift fishing.

"Ding Dawen caught a lot of mackerels here, and some of them were very big. Didn't the two of us go fishing with Zhao Dahai's speedboat today?"

"We tried to see if we could catch any fish, but it's already been three hours, almost four, and we haven't caught a single mackerel or even a single fish."

"This is really strange, I don't know what happened."

"We were just talking about whether the mackerels in the sea knew that these hooks were not placed by Lord Ding, so they simply refused to bite the hooks."

Wu Weimin was very helpless. He really didn't know what was going on. Ding Dawen could catch mackerel, but he and Gao Zhicheng couldn't.

(End of this chapter)