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

Chapter 1585 Only one speedboat returned!

"Zhao Dahai!"

"The sun has already risen, how come we're still able to catch so many groupers in this spot?"

"Now, more and more speedboats are coming here to fish. If we can't catch any fish here, we definitely can't leave. If we leave, other speedboats will crowd over and stand in this spot."

Lin Zuhua pointed to a speedboat in the northeast direction. It wasn't too far away, and it was sure that the speedboat could clearly see them fishing for grouper one after another.

The speedboats that fished for grouper here all night have gone back, but now other speedboats have appeared here.

If things continue like this, there's no way we can leave here. As soon as we leave, people will immediately crowd over us.

Once other speedboats come here to fish, Ding Dawen's fishing boat won't be able to secure a spot.

Zhao Dahai thought about it for a moment and came up with an idea.

"Uncle Dayou".

“You should go back to Brother Wen now and ask him to bring his big fishing boat here and stop it.”

"We'll stay here and fish to reserve this spot, but we can't keep catching this many fish like this."

Zhao Dahai was very clear that this location was extremely important. Lin Zuhua was right; they really couldn't leave this place now. Once they left, the speedboats from the northeast would definitely come and try to enter.

The only solution is to leave your speedboat here and fish in this spot, so that speedboats from the northeast won't crowd in.

Another thing to note is that you can't keep catching too many rockfish, otherwise you won't provoke the speedboats from the northeast, and they might even leave quickly if they can't catch any fish at the spot you chose.

Lei Dayou and Liu Bin nodded, quickly packed their things, and immediately drove the speedboat away to return to Ding Dawen's fishing boat.

"Mr. Wu! Mr. Gao and Mr. Lin! You don't need to go fishing anymore!"

"They're all small fish. If we keep fishing like this, the speedboat definitely won't be able to handle it."

"Or maybe you could try using a heavy sinker to tap the bottom and see if you can catch a big fish."

Zhao Dahai reminded Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua.

"Correct!"

"We can try using heavier sinkers to see if we can catch bigger fish now. We can ignore these smaller ones and wait for Ding Dawen's fishing boat to arrive."

Wu Weimin nodded immediately.

I've been fishing all night and I'm a bit tired. It's different for fishermen like me who stay up all night year after year; it really is quite tiring.

Unlike Zhao Dahai, they only went out to sea to catch big fish. It's not that 30 or 50-pound groupers aren't big fish, but they really weren't very interested in fishing like that all the time.

However, when you go out to sea together, you can't not fish. Whether it's a 30-pound or a 50-pound fish, it's still a fish, and definitely a big one.

Why not fish if you're not going to?

Zhao Dahai almost never takes anyone out to sea to fish.

However, as long as they wanted to go out to sea, they could get on Zhao Dahai's speedboat, where they would be well-fed, well-drinked, and well-rested, all for free.

If they can catch more fish, they can help Zhao Dahai and his friends earn more money.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua immediately switched to heavier sinkers to try and see if they could catch a large grouper.

Zhao Dahai called out to Zhong Shizhu, "No need for that. Let's hurry up and fish in the sea."

"Hey!"

"Won't that mean we'll catch several hundred pounds less fish?"

Zhong Shizhu was a little depressed.

Some people don't fish at night, but rather early in the morning. There's a speedboat to the northeast, and several more speedboats fishing further away.

If you keep catching fish, and catch a lot of fish, it will definitely attract the attention of those speedboats. Right now, there's only one speedboat in this spot, and it's easy for others to squeeze in and take its place.

There's no better way than to temporarily stop fishing.

Zhong Shizhu thought for a moment, then simply stopped, drank some water, ate something, and lit a cigarette.

Zhao Dahai smiled. Zhong Shizhu still wanted to fish, mainly because there were quite a few in the sea right now.

Ding Dawen's fishing boat wasn't too far away, but it would still take two or three hours, or even four hours, to get here.

Over such a long period of time, if there are fish in the sea, you can catch at least 500 pounds of fish, which are all really valuable catches.

If you calculate it this way, you'll definitely lose a lot of money, or at least earn a lot less.

But there's no other way; this is really the only way things can be now.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua were chatting as they fished for fish in the sea, sometimes one at a time. Sometimes the fish were biting too fiercely, so they simply stopped fishing altogether. Other times, they would put the hook in the sea without baiting it.

The sun rose higher and higher, and before long it was almost noon.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were smoking under the canopy on the deck of the fishing boat.

"Why haven't Zhao Dahai and the others returned yet?"

Shi Guangming looked towards the artificial island and could see fishing boats and even some speedboats, but in reality, these fishing boats and speedboats were still some distance away from the artificial island, let alone Zhao Dahai's speedboat.

Zhao Shi thought for a moment and nodded. It was indeed taking a while for Zhao Dahai's speedboat to return, but he wasn't too worried. Zhao Dahai usually spent a long time fishing at sea; the fact that he hadn't returned by now meant he had likely found a large school of fish and caught a lot, which was why he hadn't come back yet.

Another very important thing is that we are now out fishing together in two speedboats. The weather at sea has been very good lately, so there is no need to worry about anything happening.

"Could we have found another large school of fish? But how is that possible? This is grouper fishing on an artificial reef, not sea bass or black sea bream. It's impossible to find a lot of fish in one place, right?"

Shi Guangming frowned and pondered for a moment. The main reason why Zhao Dahai hadn't returned yet was that he must have found a place where he could catch a lot of fish, but that was almost impossible.

"That's probably unlikely, right? I guess it's just the current from last night to today on the artificial reef or something else. There are many places where you can fish. I'll stay here for now and try to catch as many fish as possible."

Zhao Shi thought for a moment and then shook his head.

Fishing in artificial reef foam areas can indeed lead to encountering large schools of fish, and in one location at that. However, artificial reefs are for fishing grouper in waters hundreds of meters deep. Even if there are fish in a particular spot, catching three kingfish is considered good; it's practically impossible to find a large number of fish in one place, as Shi Guangming described.

"Other people certainly couldn't do this, but for Zhao Dahai, it's really quite possible. Maybe he's actually found such a place."

Shi Guangming smiled. It would be very difficult for other people to do something like this or encounter such a situation, but Zhao Dahai might actually be able to do it.

"If we could really find a place like that, it would be amazing. Maybe every time we go to an artificial island, we could go fishing in a place like that and catch fish."

Zhao Shi shook his head. Finding such a place would be the best thing imaginable, but finding such a place is extremely difficult, almost impossible.

Ding Dawen strode out of the wheelhouse and went straight onto the deck.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted loudly for Ding Dawen.

"Have Zhao Dahai and the others returned?"

As Zhao Shi spoke, he looked towards the artificial reef and noticed a speedboat approaching. However, it was too far away to see clearly, so he didn't pay much attention. It couldn't possibly be Zhao Dahai's speedboat. Zhao Dahai always went out to sea to fish in two boats. If he returned, there would be two boats. Now there was only one, so it definitely couldn't be him.

Shi Guangming glanced at it and then looked away. His thoughts were exactly the same as Zhao Shi's: it couldn't be Zhao Dahai and Zhong Shizhu who had returned.

"Uncle Dayou and Uncle Liu's speedboat is back, but Zhao Dahai's speedboat is nowhere to be seen."

Ding Dawen pointed in the direction of the speedboat that was approaching.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up and walked to the side of the fishing boat. If both speedboats returned together, there would definitely be no problem, but now only one speedboat returned, which was a bit strange.

"Second Grandfather is Grandfather, there's no need to worry."

Ding Dawen could tell from the expressions on Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming's faces that they must have thought something had happened that resulted in only a speedboat returning, but that was not the case.

"Zhao Dahai and Uncle Shizhu started going out to sea to fish in two speedboats. Most of the time, both speedboats would come back together, but it wasn't uncommon for only one speedboat to return."

"Generally speaking, if you catch a lot of fish in one spot and can still catch more, but the speedboat can't hold all the fish, then one speedboat has to come back first and leave the other to hold the spot, otherwise the other anglers will take the spot."

"Uncle Dayou is coming back in a speedboat, but judging from the speed of the speedboat, he must have caught a lot of fish. Moreover, Uncle Dayou and his crew are driving the speedboat very steadily, so there is no way anything could have happened. It's just that they really caught a lot of fish, which is why only one speedboat is coming back now."

Ding Dawen knew very well that Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were very worried at this moment, so he simply explained the whole thing in great detail.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming breathed a sigh of relief. They knew nothing could have happened, but they were still worried nonetheless.

"Correct!"

"Lei Dayou's speedboat really has a deep draft, and judging from the way it looks, its speed has been affected. It must be full of fish."

"what!"

"Could it be that Zhao Dahai really found a spot where he could catch a lot of grouper on this trip? And there were other speedboats around him, so only one could have returned?"

Shi Guangming suddenly remembered what he and Zhao Shi had just talked about. They both thought it was impossible, but now they saw that only Lei Dayou and Liu Bin's speedboat had returned.

I don't know why, but I really had this thought in my mind, that Zhao Dahai might have found a place where he could catch a lot of grouper.

Zhao Shi was stunned for a moment; perhaps the current situation really was like this.

Logically speaking, this is almost impossible, but no one can predict what will happen in the ocean.

Ding Dawen, Zhao Shi, and Shi Guangming stood on the deck of the fishing boat, talking and waiting. Before long, Lei Dayou and Liu Bin's speedboat pulled up to the larger fishing boat.

"What happened? Why was you the only speedboat to come back?"

Zhao Shi couldn't wait any longer and immediately shouted loudly at Lei Dayou and Liu Bin.

Lei Dayou and Liu Bin boarded the large fishing boat and quickly recounted the whole incident.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming both breathed a sigh of relief. Even though they felt that nothing would happen, they were still worried when they saw that only Lei Dayou and Liu Bin's speedboat had returned. Now they finally understood what had happened.

"That can't be right, can it? How could there be such a place?"

Shi Guangming was extremely surprised. Although he and Zhao Shi had just been talking about this, when he heard Lei Dayou say that Zhao Dahai had found such a place, his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Nobody knows what's going on. Zhao Dahai thought about it for a while and felt that it was very likely that a large current of water suddenly appeared in the sea, and that the current of water appeared more than 100 meters below the surface."

Lei Dayou shook his head, not knowing what was going on. Zhao Dahai hadn't figured it out yet either.

"quick!"

"Hurry up! We have to get there as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing Lei Dayou's words, Ding Dawen immediately shouted loudly for everyone working on the fishing boat to pack up their belongings, as the fishing boat had to be moved to the new location as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)