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

Chapter 1587 It really worked!
“A real multi-hook rig would definitely not work, but I think a double hook rig would be perfectly fine.”

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Shi decided that it was impossible to string the hooks together.

Fishing typically uses a multi-hook rig with five hooks or even more.

This type of multi-hook rig is fine for catching smaller fish, but it will cause problems if you want to use it to catch larger fish.

It's not a problem if you can't catch any fish, but it's a problem if several fish bite at the same time.

The fish that were hooked were very heavy, and each one was struggling incessantly.

They get tangled very easily, and are very likely to come off the hook, or the line may even break.

If something like that really happens, you won't catch any more fish; instead, the fish you could have caught will all get away.

A multi-hook rig with five or more hooks is definitely not going to work, but a double hook rig with two hooks is definitely worth a try.

Shi Guangming thought about it carefully and realized that Zhao Shi's words made sense.

The traditional number of hooks, such as five or even seven, is definitely not enough. This is not for fishing for black sea bream or rock grouper, but for grouper weighing 20 to 30 kilograms, 30 to 50 kilograms, or even larger.

However, if it's a double hook with two hooks, it's definitely worth a try.

"Zhao Shi!"

"I think we're both really crazy, otherwise how could we possibly do something like this?"

Shi Guangming strongly agreed with Zhao Shi's idea. It was really unlikely that a five-hook or seven-hook rig would be used. Even if a fish took the bait, it would be very difficult to pull it up. But a double hook rig was definitely worth a try.

"Second Grandpa!"

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Do you really think this is okay? Is it really worth trying?"

Ding Dawen, along with Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming, used a long-handled landing net to scoop up two groupers that had been pulled out of the water, when they heard the idea of ​​using double hooks to fish for groupers.

"Ding Dawen!"

"Wasn't this your own idea? How come you're thinking it won't work now?"

Shi Guangming glared at Ding Dawen.

Neither he nor Zhao Shi had ever thought of such an idea. It was actually Ding Dawen who came up with it all by himself. Now that he and Zhao Shi wanted to do it, Ding Dawen was actually hesitant.

"Hey!"

"I was just saying that offhand."

"If I were fishing here by myself, it would definitely be fine; I could fish however I wanted."

"This place was found by Zhao Dahai, who wanted to see if he could catch a lot of fish here."

This is what Ding Dawen is really worried about.

"Why bother with this? Zhao Dahai will go somewhere else when he goes out to sea to fish tomorrow. This place is just for us to try and see how many fish we can catch. In particular, we want to see how long we can keep catching these fish. In short, he just wants us to fish here. He doesn't have time to care about this."

"If I had to say something, it would be that Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua wanted to catch big fish in this place, but there was no conflict between them catching big fish and us catching small fish."

Shi Guangming made up his mind that he and his group should try it out and see if they could catch grouper from the seabed using two double hooks, especially whether they could catch two at once.

Ding Dawen stopped talking about it and immediately helped tie the double hooks. One hook had a longer line, and the other hook had a shorter line. The staggered positions meant that even if a fish bit the hook, they were less likely to get tangled.

"Old Zhao."

Do you think we can really catch two groupers, each weighing 30 or 40 pounds, or even 50 or 60 pounds, in one go using double hooks?

While hanging live shrimp on the hook, Shi Guangming asked Zhao Shi, who was standing next to him and also hanging bait on the hook.

"How can you be sure about such things? There's definitely a chance. In any case, right now, the groupers in the sea, especially the groupers at the bottom of the deep pit where our fishing boat is anchored, are biting very fiercely."

Zhao Shi thought about it and felt that there really was a chance now. Since that was the case, he might as well give it a try. If he could catch two big groupers at once, even if it was just him, Shi Guangming, and Ding Dawen fishing here, they would still be able to catch a lot of fish.

"Why are you using one hook to hang a live shrimp and another to hang an octopus?"

Shi Guangming baited two live shrimps and cast them into the sea. As he was letting out the line, he noticed that Zhao Shi was using different bait. His two hooks were both baited with live shrimp about the thickness of two fingers, but Zhao Shi's two hooks had only one live shrimp on one hook and a large octopus on the other.

"How would I know what groupers like to eat in the sea? You can catch them with live shrimp, but maybe octopus would be even more effective. There's no way to say it, you can only try and see how it goes."

Zhao Shi chuckled. He had done it on purpose. He had just caught a grouper using live shrimp, but for some reason, he felt that octopus might be better, so he simply put different hooks on the two fish. No one could say for sure which one was better; as long as he could catch fish, that was good enough. He might as well give it a try and not worry too much about it.

Ding Dawen watched as Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were already put into the sea. He couldn't help but stand by and stare wide-eyed, ignoring his own fishing rod.

"Ding Dawen".

"What are you waiting here for? Go fishing!"

"Maybe each of us can catch two fish with double hooks."

Seeing that Ding Dawen wasn't fishing but standing beside him and Shi Guangming, Zhao Shi immediately called out, "Hurry up and go fishing! Make the most of this time! The fish in the sea are biting incredibly fiercely right now; we really need to catch as many as possible. These are groupers, each weighing at least twenty or even thirty pounds; just one caught can fetch a good price."

"Second Grandpa!"

"No rush, no rush. If there are a lot of fish here, they will definitely be hiding in this deep pit. They won't run away to other places in a short time."

"Let me see if you two can catch any fish first. If you can, I can just tie a double hook and cast it down, right? It won't take much time."

"And another thing, I feel like you and Grandpa Shi will be able to catch fish very soon, right?"

"This is a double hook; there are two fish on one line."

“Even if each fish weighs thirty pounds, two fish together would weigh sixty pounds. The most important thing is that they are very easy to get tangled together. I have to help you catch the fish. This matter cannot be delayed.”

As Ding Dawen spoke, he held the landing net and stood guard by the fishing boat. He really felt that it wouldn't be long before Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming would have fish biting the hook, and each time they would definitely catch two fish.

"No problem, no problem."

"Let's see if the two of us can really catch fish! If we can, then you can use a double hook. Otherwise, it's safer to switch back to a single hook."

Shi Guangming smiled and nodded, saying that this was a safer and more secure way to do it.

"Watch out! We're almost at the water depth now! I think a fish will bite soon, it's just a matter of whether it's one or two."

Shi Guangming's eyes widened suddenly as he stared at the fishing rod right in front of him. He realized that they were almost at the water depth that Zhao Dahai had mentioned where they could catch fish. If there were still many fish and they were biting fiercely, a fish would bite the hook within a minute.

Zhao Shi didn't speak, but he and Shi Guangming were both staring intently at the rod on the gun mount. They cast their lines at roughly the same time, and theirs was about to reach the water column. "Ha!"

"I'm coming."

"Didn't it just come all at once?"

……

"How many fish are there in this deep pit? Why are there already fish biting the hook in such a short time?"

……

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were very surprised. As soon as their hooks were placed in the water, fish bit them, and not just one or two. At first, there was just a sudden, forceful tug, but then there was another very obvious, sharp tug.

More importantly, after those two hard pulls downwards, the fishing rod shook very noticeably and bent very much, which is definitely not something a single fish could cause.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were indeed old, but they were very experienced and quick-witted. They immediately pushed the switch of the electric winch and started reeling in the wire.

"Old Zhao! I really never thought of this before. We actually used double hooks to fish for grouper, and the key is that we actually caught one."

Shi Guangming was extremely excited, even thrilled, because he really hadn't expected this idea to actually work.

Not only did he catch two groupers with his double hooks, but Zhao Shi also caught two groupers with his double hooks. Judging from the current situation, there are so many groupers in this deep pit that you can use double hooks to fish for them, and there are fish on both hooks.

Ding Dawen helped Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming catch the fish, unhooked them, re-hooked live shrimp, and put them into the sea. Then he immediately took another pole, tied on two hooks, hooked live shrimp on it, and put it into the sea as well.

Is it easier to catch grouper by using crab or octopus bait?

There's no need to do that. As long as there are fish in the pit, and a lot of them, you can catch them no matter what you use. You can even catch a valuable grouper by just hanging a small fish in the pit.

"No way! How could this happen?"

……

"This is incredible! How can there be so many fish in this deep pit?"

……

"what!"

"If there really are so many fish in the pit, then there's nothing more to say. This place is truly incredible now!"

……

Ding Dawen, Zhao Shi, and Shi Guangming were extremely excited.

In the blink of an eye, six groups of stones jumped up.

Each time, two hooks were used to suspend the two birds.

"This is truly unbelievable!"

"Old Zhao!"

"You've lived to be seventy years old, have you ever seen anything like this?"

As Shi Guangming spoke, he pointed to two rockfish, each weighing about thirty pounds, that he had just pulled out of the water from his fishing rod.

Zhao Shi didn't know if he had ever witnessed this, but he had never seen anything like it while sailing his deep-sea fishing boat with countless people.

"I've never even heard of it, let alone seen it!"

"Using two hooks to fish for grouper?"

"It's already good enough if you can catch something with a single hook, let alone with a double hook? And you really can catch two."

Zhao Shi kept shaking his head as he spoke.

Despite being over seventy years old and having spent years fishing at sea, I've never actually heard of such a thing, let alone witnessed it with my own eyes.

Generally speaking, single hooks are used when fishing for grouper, especially for bottom fishing.

Getting even one bite is already a remarkable thing. No one has ever thought of using double hooks to fish for grouper. At least, most people would never do that. Only he, Shi Guangming, and Ding Dawen were a bit bored and thought there were a lot of grouper in this pit, so they decided to give it a try. Unexpectedly, they were actually able to catch some.

There's really no way to reason with this! All I can say is that the seabed where the fishing boats are currently anchored is not only teeming with fish, but teeming with them, so you can fish however you want.

"Old Zhao!"

"Do you think we should try using a five-hook chain?"

Shi Guangming was somewhat eager to try.

Upon hearing this, Ding Dawen immediately burst into laughter.

"Yo!"

"Ding Dawen, what do you mean by this?"

"Do you really think you can't catch fish with five hooks?"

"It's difficult to catch fish in other places, but here you really have a chance to catch them."

Shi Guangming heard Ding Dawen's laughter and his eyes widened.

"Grandpa Stone".

“You’re right. There are plenty of groupers in the sea right now. Even with a five-hook rig, you might be able to catch one.”

"It's quite possible that five fish might actually bite the hook."

"But even if five fish have bitten it, so what? It still won't be able to be pulled out!"

Ding Dawen smiled and shook his head.

The deep pit on the seabed where the fishing boats are now moored is teeming with fish.

Getting a fish to bite the hook isn't really that difficult.

But the key issue is that it doesn't count if a fish bites the hook; it only counts if the fish can be pulled up and onto the deck of the fishing boat, which is no easy task.

(End of this chapter)