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

Chapter 1580 I can't make up my mind!

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua all nodded.

Liu Bin and his group didn't go out to sea to catch big fish. Even if the fish weighed only a few kilograms, they could make money as long as they caught one, and quite a lot of money at that.

"I wonder if it's still not too late?"

Gao Zhicheng turned his head and saw that Zhao Dahai next to him had just caught another fish, and it looked like it was another big grouper weighing over 100 pounds.

This is the second fish weighing over 100 jin (50 kg) that Zhao Dahai has caught, and he caught the second 100-jin fish at this very spot.

No matter what the location is.

Regardless of how many fish are in such spots, the number of large fish, especially large groupers weighing over 100 pounds, is unlikely to be very high.

The saying "Two tigers cannot share one mountain" illustrates this principle.

The seabed where the speedboat is now anchored is a deep pit, which must be teeming with fish, but there might only be two of these large fish.

Should we just stop lowering it to the bottom now and pull it up directly to replace it with a heavier lead?
Gao Zhicheng hesitated for a moment and decided to give up the idea. He would wait and see if he could catch any fish. If he couldn't, he would immediately pull up the sinker and change to a heavier one, following Zhao Dahai's method, to see if he could catch a big one, especially a large grouper weighing over 100 pounds.

Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua looked at each other, especially after seeing if Gao Zhicheng was there, and immediately hesitated. They decided to see if they could catch any fish this time.

"what!"

"Big, big!"

"This one is really good size; it must weigh at least 90 pounds, if not 100!"

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua were stunned for a moment, then looked up at Lei Dayou and Liu Bin opposite them.

"Damn it!"

"What's going on? Didn't you say you had to buy at the bottom or use the middle section to catch big fish?"

Lin Zuhua was a little dumbfounded.

Liu Bin caught the big fish; the angle of the bend in his rod was quite significant, but it's hard to understand why he caught such a large fish.

"coming!"

Just as Lin Zuhua finished speaking, she noticed that the rod in front of her suddenly swerved sharply to one side, giving the electric reel a quick push and a fish took the bait, but she was immediately very disappointed.

The fish wasn't small, but it only weighed about fifty or sixty pounds, which was far from the eighty pounds or even more than one hundred pounds that I wanted.

"What's going on? Why did Liu Bing catch such a big fish?"

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"No way? Lei Da has caught a fish, and the hook for this fish is just as big!"

"Could it be that it's another one weighing over 100 pounds?"

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Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng were so anxious they were practically jumping up and down. Both of them had caught fish, and they had already gotten bites when they were still about five meters from the seabed. They were incredibly aggressive and didn't hesitate at all.

Unfortunately, the fish that took the bait weren't very big, all around 50 or 60 pounds, which was definitely not what the two of them wanted—a large grouper weighing over 100 pounds.

"what!"

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Gao, Mr. Lin, you haven't noticed this, have you?"

When Zhong Shizhu saw Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua like this, he couldn't help but laugh loudly.

"what?"

"What's the matter?"

Wu Weimin turned to look at Zhong Shizhu's heart. A bad feeling suddenly welled up inside him, but he couldn't figure out what had happened for the moment.

"Liu Bin and Lei Dayou added heavy lead!"

Zhong Shizhu didn't hesitate to expose Liu Bin and Lei Da for what they had done together.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua were all dumbfounded, never expecting that Lei Dayou and Liu Bin would do such a thing.

"I'm telling you, you two are really going too far! Why are you doing this kind of thing in secret? None of us knew anything about it."

Wu Weimin was very helpless. Liu Bin and Lei Da added more lead to reach the seabed faster, which simply meant they avoided the small schools of fish above.

None of us, including Lin Zuhua and Gao Zhicheng, did such a thing. There are a lot of fish in this spot in the deep pit, and they are biting very fiercely. As a result, all the fish that took the bait were the smaller ones.

"what!"

"Mr. Wu."

"Although you have been fishing for many years and have a lot of experience, you are still a bit lacking compared to us who fish all day long."

"The most important thing is that we follow Zhao Dahai fishing all day long, so we know very well that when Zhao Dahai catches a big fish, there must be something wrong with it. We immediately take a close look at the fish that he pulled up, including the sinker he used, and found the problem and quickly replaced it."

Liu Bin smiled.

Wu Weimin and his ilk certainly have considerable fishing experience, especially Gao Zhicheng, who is truly very experienced.

The problem is that no matter how much experience one has, it's impossible to compare with people like themselves.

In one month, he fished for a much longer period than Wu Weimin and others fished for a year or even two or three years.

Most importantly, he was very familiar with Zhao Dahai's fishing habits. As soon as he saw that Zhao Dahai had caught a big fish, he knew that it must be different from the fish caught by others.

Upon closer inspection, they noticed that Zhao Dahai's lead weight was heavier than theirs. They immediately understood what was going on and quietly reminded Lei Dayou to switch to a heavier lead weight.

It was very useful. Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, Lin Zuhua, and Zhong Shizhu all caught fish weighing fifty or sixty jin, but the fish that he and Lei Dayou caught weighed eighty or ninety jin, and might even exceed one hundred jin.

"Liu Bin."

"You're so cunning! You discovered this but didn't tell us so we could have switched it quickly. That way, we would have had a chance to catch a grouper weighing over 100 pounds!"

Gao Zhicheng was speechless. Fishing seemed very simple, and he even thought that once you found a school of fish, you could fish however you wanted without any skill required. But that was not the case.

To catch big fish, or to catch more fish than others in a group of people fishing in one place, you need not only skill, but excellent skill. Even the details must be done very well to have a chance.

Why did Zhao Dahai catch a grouper weighing over 100 jin (50 kg) right from the start? The others caught groupers, but they were all only 50 or 60 jin (25-30 kg) in size.
Ultimately, it was Zhao Dahai who noticed the details and used a heavier lead weight than the others.

With just this simple change, they caught a much bigger fish.

All we can catch are fish weighing fifty or sixty pounds!

Moreover, even if changes are made, it's not guaranteed that you'll be able to get a large grouper.

"Ha!" "How could we possibly do such a thing?"

"This place is now a deep pit!"

"There must be quite a few different kinds of grouper, big and small."

"But if we're talking about animals that weigh over 100 pounds or close to 100 pounds, there definitely won't be many."

"If we told you the details..."

"If you had changed to a heavier sinker beforehand, you might have been the ones catching groupers weighing close to or over 100 pounds instead of us."

Lei Da didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua had no way to refute it.

People who go out to sea to fish, whether they are fishing for fun or for money like Zhong Shizhu, Lei Dayou, and Liu Bin, all secretly dream of catching big fish.

You're more likely to catch a big fish yourself than someone else.

Liu Bin and Lei Dayou discovered that Zhao Dahai had used a heavier sinker and caught a larger fish, and it was perfectly normal for these people not to tell them.

"Ugh!"

"It's over, it's over!"

"It won't be of much use for us to replace the lead weights with heavier ones next time."

Lin Zuhua sighed.

There could be a lot of fish in the pit, but there probably wouldn't be too many big ones.

Zhao Dahai caught two, and Lei Dayou and Liu Bin caught two together, making a total of four.

It's not that there are no large groupers left, but the chances of finding one weighing 90 or 100 pounds are extremely slim.

Lin Zuhua glanced at the fish that Lei Dayou and Liu Bin had pulled out of the water, and felt even more frustrated.

As expected, there were indeed two large groupers, each weighing almost 100 pounds.

"Boss Lin."

"How can you be sure about something like this?"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that we've already caught several large groupers; I think there are still big ones lurking in this deep pit!"

Liu Bin took the large net, and together with Lei Da, they pulled a large grouper, which could be pulled in and out of the boat, onto the speedboat. Then, they pulled another large grouper onto the speedboat.

"Correct!"

"That's right! There are still big groupers in the sea. If you guys want to catch big groupers, you'll need to switch to heavier sinkers. You absolutely can't miss the slightest opportunity."

Even if the chance isn't very high, there's still a chance!

Lei Dayou nodded heavily and pointed to the large grouper weighing fifty or sixty kilograms that had been pulled out of the water in front of Wu Weimin, Lin Zuhua, and Gao Zhicheng.

Logically speaking, that's definitely unlikely, especially considering there are large groupers weighing over 100 pounds. But no one can say for sure what might happen on the seabed.

It's possible it will happen, or it's possible it won't.

If you just want to catch fish, you don't need to worry about this. But if you want to catch big fish, Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua really need to switch to heavier sinkers.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua took the landing net, scooped up the fish, carried them onto the speedboat, removed the hooks, and pushed them into the live water tank.

"Zhao Dahai!"

Do you think we still need to replace the lead weights with heavier ones?

Wu Weimin was reluctant to change to a heavier lead weight, feeling that there were no large groupers left on the seabed, but he was also a little uneasy. After thinking about it, he decided that he should ask Zhao Dahai first.

Zhao Dahai found it somewhat amusing.

Wu Weimin wanted to catch a big fish, but felt that there were no big fish left in the sea, so changing the sinker would be pointless. Otherwise, he would have simply changed the sinker and wouldn't need to ask anymore.

"It looks like there are a lot of groupers in this deep pit tonight. I guess there are a lot of small fish gathered in this deep pit, or maybe it's something that groupers really like to eat."

This wasn't Zhao Dahai's first time fishing here; he had been several times before, and on many occasions he had managed to catch a considerable number of grouper.

However, the stone slabs I caught tonight were larger and more numerous than when I fished here before.

This shows that the situation in this deep pit tonight is different from other times. Most likely, it's because a lot of grouper have gathered here tonight, wanting to eat something.

"There are definitely a lot of groupers, but it's impossible to say how many large groupers there are."

“Under normal circumstances, there are unlikely to be many large groupers in the same place.”

"We've already caught several. The remaining groupers are generally not very big; most are around 50 or 60 pounds, or even 20 or 30 pounds."

"If you want to catch a big grouper, you definitely need to switch to a heavier sinker. That way, the crab or octopus on the hook can reach the seabed as soon as possible and have a chance."

"However, if there aren't any large groupers at the bottom of this pit, this method might not only fail to catch any large groupers, but it might even prevent you from catching any groupers at all."

"There's really no way to be sure about this kind of thing!"

"The only thing we can do is try and see how it goes."

Zhao Dahai nodded, but then immediately shook his head.

No one could answer the question Wu Weiming just asked. The only way to find out if there are any large groupers on the seabed is to tap the bottom with a heavier lead weight. Just try it and you'll know.

Wu Weimin, Lin Zuhua, and Gao Zhicheng were immediately caught in a dilemma.

"What should we do? Should we switch to a heavier lead weight, or should we stick with the smaller one?"

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"Even with a heavier sinker, it might be possible to catch a big grouper, but as Zhao Dahai said, it's very likely that we won't catch any fish at all!"

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"I think we should just forget about it!"

"We've already caught so many big groupers, I reckon there won't be many left, or maybe none at all, so there's no point in wasting our time."

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Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua discussed it for a long time but couldn't decide whether to try using a heavier sinker to see if they could catch a big grouper.

(End of this chapter)