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

Chapter 1596 Changed the Fish and Caught Another One!
Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua were at a loss.

An hour passed, and despite their best efforts, they hadn't caught a single grouper, not even a small one.

"Ugh!"

"What's going on? Why aren't any fish biting the hook?"

Wu Weimin gasped for breath, then simply stopped fishing, reeled in his line, and surrendered.

One of the biggest differences between jigging grouper and hooking octopus or crab for grouper is not just the different baits used, but more importantly, the difference in the effort exerted by the anglers.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it was only an hour, it was really exhausting.

Lin Zuhua had been gritting his teeth and persevering, but when he saw Wu Weimin's condition, he immediately couldn't hold on any longer.

"I'm so tired! I'm really so tired!"

"Fishing like this is much more tiring than baiting crabs or octopuses!"

Lin Zuhua shook his head.

"Isn't that obvious? If you're using an electric winch, it might take a little more effort, but not much."

Wu Weimin took a few sips of water and immediately laughed and cursed.

Fishing with an electric reel is incredibly comfortable.

Now, to use a metal plate, you have to use a handheld pole and keep moving the metal plate up and down.

This is really not a job that an ordinary person can do.

Although we fish often and get some exercise, it's really exhausting. We just had a break and now we can't take it anymore.

If you could catch fish, that would be fine, but now you can't catch any fish, not only big ones, but small ones too. It's unbearable.

"Mr. Wu. Mr. Lin."

"Not catching any fish is a good thing!"

"You probably haven't thought about it. What if a grouper weighing over 100 pounds really takes the bait? Even if it's not a grouper weighing over 100 pounds, even if it's a grouper weighing 30 or 50 pounds, you still can't handle it. It takes more than just ordinary strength to pull it up."

Zhong Shizhu solemnly reminded Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua.

Wu Wenming and Lin Zuhua were extremely helpless. Zhong Shizhu's words sounded very considerate, even from their perspective, but in fact, they were clearly mocking them. Unfortunately, they couldn't catch any fish, and they had no way to refute him.

"Zhao Dahai".

"Why do I feel like groupers don't exist in the sea?"

Gao Zhicheng pulled out the iron plate while glancing at Zhao Dahai standing next to him.

If there really were fish, it's impossible that he, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua wouldn't have caught a single one in such a long time.

The current situation is that not only are the big ones not being caught, but the small ones are also not being caught.

Gao Zhicheng had no idea what was going on or what had happened.

Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua smoked cigarettes while watching Zhao Dahai, trying to figure out what was going on.

"There must be fish in this sea, right? There should be fish, right?"

“There are many possibilities. One is that the fish haven’t bitten yet, but just a short while ago, Ding Dawen was using live shrimp and crabs to fish for these groupers in the sea! They should be biting!”

Zhao Dahai shook his head as he spoke, saying that something was really wrong with the situation.

"If there are fish biting, then there's only one thing left: our skills and abilities are lacking, which is why we can't catch any fish."

Wu Weimin smiled wryly. To put it bluntly, the matter was just like this: it was definitely because his, Lin Zuhua's, and Gao Zhicheng's skills and abilities were really lacking that they couldn't catch any fish.

Zhao Dahai smiled but didn't respond, but that was the truth, or rather, that was one of the reasons.

Zhao Dahai ate his meal quickly and filled his stomach. He placed the plate on the deck, picked up Wu Weimin's pole, examined it carefully, and found no problems; it was strong enough.

"Mr. Wu."

"You're using too little iron plate!"

As Zhao Dahai spoke, he walked to the side of the fishing boat, released the spool, and immediately slammed the iron plate into the sea. It fell into the water and disappeared.

"No way?"

"Is this iron plate still too light? I feel it's already enough."

"Can't catch any fish? Is the iron plate too light?"

Wu Weimin glared at him.

Zhao Dahai shook his head.

Using a jig that's too light isn't the reason you can't catch fish.

At least not now.

"You can actually catch fish with this jigging plate, but you're more likely to catch small fish."

"The larger groupers are all on the seabed, and we need to use heavier iron plates to make it easier to reach the seabed and increase the chances of success."

As Zhao Dahai spoke, he turned off the spool. At this moment, he could feel the iron plate reaching the seabed.

Upon seeing Zhao Dahai's actions, Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua all stared wide-eyed at Zhao Dahai's hands.

Zhao Dahai gently raised his hand, but the rod inside didn't move at all. Then he quietly lowered it down, and it hit the seabed, but still there was no movement.

Zhao Dahai wasn't worried at all; this situation was perfectly normal.

Zhao Dahai raised the pole in a very rhythmic, short, but powerful up-and-down motion.

Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua's eyes widened in surprise.

Zhao Dahai is now pulling the iron plate with very small movements, but at a very fast pace.

"Damn it!"

"There's really no way around it. I definitely don't have that kind of strength and rhythm. It's just too difficult. It's not something an ordinary person can do!"

Gao Zhicheng sighed softly. The range of motion and rhythm or frequency of pulling the iron plate might seem like nothing special to the average person, but anyone who tried it would know that it was absolutely impossible.

Even though I'm a professional angler, I still can't do this.

Gao Zhicheng was 100% certain that none of the so-called professional anglers he had seen possessed such skills, if not 100%.

The most important things when lifting a metal plate are to have strength, a fast frequency of movement, and a wide range of motion.

Only if you can do all of these things can you catch fish, and catch a lot of fish.

"coming!"

"The fish has taken the bait!" Zhao Dahai suddenly felt something pull hard down on the rod in his hand. Needless to say, a fish had taken the bait.

As Zhao Dahai continued to forcefully lift the rod upwards, he vigorously and rapidly spun the spinning wheel with his left hand. In the blink of an eye, the hooked fish was pulled about ten meters from the seabed.

"This fish isn't very big, it probably weighs around fifty pounds!"

Zhao Dahai shook his head.

Yes, I did catch a fish, but it was a bit small, only about 50 or 60 pounds.

It's not one of those large groupers that weighs over 100 pounds.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua looked at each other. What else could they say in this situation? It was clear that their skills were simply not up to par, which was why they couldn't catch any fish.

Zhao Dahai caught a fish very easily.

Who says there are no fish in the sea?

There must be fish, and there must be a lot of them, otherwise Zhao Dahai wouldn't have been able to catch them so easily and so quickly.

"what!"

"Mr. Wu."

"There's really nothing more to say about this now; you really can catch grouper with a jig!"

Zhong Shizhu didn't miss this opportunity and immediately started loudly mocking Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua.

Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua shook their heads. There was really nothing to say about this matter; there was absolutely nothing that could be done. For anglers, the key was whether they could catch fish. If they could catch fish, everything was fine; if they couldn't, then there was really nothing to say.

Is the difference really that big?

Wu Weimin glanced at Gao Zhicheng standing beside him.

Zhao Dahai's speed, amplitude, and rhythm in pulling the iron plate were really different from theirs, but the key issue was that the difference was just too great.

The three of them spent more than an hour, desperately trying to catch a fish with the jigging plate, but they didn't manage to catch a single one.

Zhao Dahai caught a fish on his very first cast, a grouper weighing around 50 to 60 kilograms. It really can only be attributed to skill, but it's hard to understand why the difference is so significant.

"Don't be fooled by how skillfully we perform our jigging. We're not much different from many other people, and we're not much different from those who specialize in jigging."

"Our strength, rhythm, and range of motion when pulling the iron plate are far inferior to Zhao Dahai's."

"If the temptation of our iron plate is ten, then Zhao Dahai's is one hundred."

"That's why Zhao Dahai can catch fish with a jib plate, but we can't."

Gao Zhicheng chuckled.

The difference is not just big, it's extremely big.

This is no joke!

Just look at how Zhao Dahai caught fish while the rest of us couldn't, and you'll know just how big the difference is.

Zhao Dahai pulled the fish out of the water and looked down; it was a green spotted fish weighing about fifty or sixty pounds.

Zhong Shizhu had been waiting nearby with a long-handled net, and immediately stretched it into the sea to scoop up the fish.

"Would you like to try again?"

"There are grouper in the deep pit under the fishing boat now, and judging from the appearance, their bite should be quite good!"

"You can switch to a heavier and longer iron plate. The rhythm must be fast, and the range of motion should be smaller. This will increase the frequency!"

Zhao Dahai glanced at Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua.

I initially thought that all the groupers in the deep pit had escaped, but after trying it myself, I found that there were not only fish, but quite a lot of them, otherwise they wouldn't have bitten the hook so easily.

The reason Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua couldn't catch fish was simply because they weren't jigging the jigs frequently enough.

As long as you can maintain a certain frequency, you will definitely be able to catch something, and there will definitely be groupers biting the hook.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua immediately picked up the poles; they had to give it a try no matter what.

“Mr. Wu and Mr. Lin, you two don’t have much time to fish, so jigging is definitely not easy, especially at such a high frequency over a distance of ten to twenty meters.”

"My fish just took the bait at a distance of about 90 to 95 meters!"

"You're mainly fishing in this water layer. As long as you're fast enough, it should be quite easy to get fish biting. However, most of the grouper in this water layer are relatively small. It's almost impossible for you to catch one this big with a jig."

Zhao Dahai was very clear that Wu Weimin and Gao Zhicheng could not possibly pull the iron plate at such a high frequency for a long time, but there would definitely be no problem in a short period of time.

Gao Zhicheng is different. No matter what, he is a fisherman, and a frequent fisherman. His physical strength and power are much better than Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua.

They are very experienced, so there's no need to worry. Just tell Gao Zhicheng what to do.

Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua both nodded. They knew they didn't have the skill to maintain a high frequency of pulling the iron plate from a distance of ten or even twenty meters. The only way was what Zhao Dahai had suggested.

"middle!"

"It's taken the bait!"

Gao Zhicheng suddenly shouted, almost dropping the pole in his hand. He dared not speak again, his face turning bright red.

Gao Zhicheng gripped the pole tightly with both hands and lifted it upwards with all his might, even standing on tiptoe.

Zhao Dahai glanced at it and shook his head. The fish that had taken the bait wasn't very big, weighing about 60 pounds. It wasn't much different from the one he had caught earlier. However, while it wasn't considered big by his standards, it was definitely too big for Gao Zhicheng.

This isn't actually Gao Zhicheng's problem; rather, it's that many people can't imagine how big the fish weighing around 60 pounds will be when it's hooked.

Zhao Dahai quickly walked to Gao Zhicheng's side and reached out to help lift the pole.

Gao Zhicheng was very experienced. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he forcefully lifted the pole and then lowered it, while his left hand quickly swung the spinning wheel five or six times to reel in the line.

"Damn it!"

"Fishing like this is just too exciting!"

Gao Zhicheng breathed a sigh of relief when he had pulled the hooked grouper about five or six meters away from the seabed.

If Zhao Dahai hadn't helped out, this grouper would have definitely burrowed into a rocky cave on the seabed or somewhere else, and it would have been virtually impossible to pull it out.

"Not at all!"

"The size of this fish is not much different from the one Zhao Dahai just caught."

"But the pull of this fish is just too strong, we really can't hold on!"

Gao Zhicheng had to admit that he couldn't even hold onto groupers weighing fifty or sixty pounds, let alone a grouper weighing over a hundred pounds that would bite the hook.

(End of this chapter)