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

Chapter 1613 There really is a good place
at noon.

The sea breeze grew stronger, the waves rose higher, and the fishing boats rocked more and more violently.

Zhao Dahai carefully examined the sea surface, especially the color of the water, then the color of the waves, and finally shook his head after looking at the pole on the gun mount in front of him.

"Uncle Stone Pillar".

“We don’t need to fish now. I reckon that we’ve probably caught all the big groupers in the sea, and even if there are fish, they’re not biting anymore.”

Zhao Dahai turned around and called out to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou.

The weather and even the color of the seawater are not quite right right now. The wind and waves are really too big, and the seawater has become quite murky.

For more than twenty minutes, none of them had caught a fish; there wasn't a single bite.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou all nodded. In the current situation, there was really no need to continue fishing.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou packed up their things and walked back to the awning that provided shelter from the light rain.

"Zhao Dahai!"

"Have you been fishing all this time since I woke you up?"

When Wu Weimin saw Zhao Dahai approaching, he immediately asked.

I already knew about this from Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming, but now I just wanted to hear what Zhao Dahai had to say.

Zhao Dahai nodded and told Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua that he and Zhong Shizhu had been fishing until now.

"In terms of the number of grouper caught during this period, it is definitely less than those smaller ones."

"But in terms of total weight, I estimate it won't be too different."

"Or even if the total amount is different, the money made from selling these fish is not much different from that made from catching those small groupers, and may even be a little more."

After thinking it over, Zhao Dahai figured that the money he could make from selling the large groupers he caught would definitely be no less than that from selling the smaller groupers, and might even be a little more.

Why do people who go out to sea like to fish for or catch large fish, shrimp, and crabs?

"Isn't this how it is?"

"The larger the size, the more valuable it is. Even if there are fewer of them, if the weight is about the same, the profit will be about the same."

As Zhong Shizhu sat down, he pulled out a chair, lifted the lid of the large iron pot next to him, took out several bowls, filled them with fish soup, and placed them in front of Zhao Dahai, Lei Dayou, and Liu Bin. Then, he poured himself a bowl and drank it in big gulps.

Zhao Dahai smiled and nodded, picked up the fish soup, and drank it all in one gulp. A layer of fine beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"Comfortable!"

"We really need to eat or drink something piping hot!"

Zhao Dahai let out a long sigh of relief. The weather was rather bad; it was drizzling and the sea breeze was blowing, making it very cold. The chill had seeped into his body. Now, after drinking a bowl of hot soup with ginger slices in it, he felt all the coldness that had entered his body being expelled through his pores.

Zhao Dahai immediately grabbed another bowl and drank it down in big gulps. He scooped out a large fish head from the bowl and ate it right away.

Zhao Shi stood up, walked into the cabin, and called out to the people in the kitchen. The food that had already been cooked was brought up.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou were working continuously, and meals were always prepared in the kitchen so that they could eat whenever they stopped.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou ate heartily while working. They had been fishing for over ten hours straight, and the bad weather had taken a toll on their energy. They were already very hungry. Now that there were no more fish in the sea, they were relieved and didn't need to work anymore. Their most important task was to fill their stomachs.

"Zhao Dahai".

"Are there no large fish left at the bottom of this pit at this time?"

Gao Zhicheng waited until Zhao Dahai had almost finished eating, then immediately pointed to the sea next to the fishing boat. This was a deep pit where they had caught a lot of grouper in the past few days, large and small grouper, but it looked like there were no fish left now, otherwise Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou wouldn't have stopped.

"There probably won't be any fish left."

"I can't say there are none at all, but I estimate the number won't be too many. At least in the next day or two, it's definitely not going to be that easy to catch fish."

"I estimate it will take two or three days to see if there are still fish in the deep pit. But during this time, we need to cast our lines from time to time to see if we can catch any fish. Nobody knows what will happen in the ocean. It's very possible that a large number of fish will appear again tonight or sometime later. If that's the case, we absolutely can't miss it. We have to go fishing and make money."

Zhao Dahai nodded, but then immediately shook his head. It was true that there were no fish to catch at this time, but no one could guarantee that there would be fish in a while, or even more fish. No one could predict what would happen in the ocean. Being better than others was just a matter of relying on that or rather, on innate ability to find fish in certain places.

Gao Zhicheng thought about it and understood what Zhao Dahai meant. He would cast his line every now and then to try fishing, but he couldn't catch anything. As long as he could catch something, it meant that there were fish in the deep pit again. But if he couldn't catch anything, especially if he couldn't catch any fish for several days, it meant that there were no fish.

"Zhao Dahai".

"Your grandfather just said that these fish in the sea may have encountered the tide, which is why so many fish appeared in one place in such a short period of time."

Do you think this is the case?

Shi Guangming pointed at Zhao Shi.

Zhao Dahai thought for a moment and nodded. This was the most likely reason. Other reasons were really unlikely to explain why so many fish could gather in one place in such a short period of time.

"It is very likely that it really is a fishing tide, otherwise it is unlikely that such a thing would happen."

After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Dahai really felt that this was very likely the case. Otherwise, there would be no way to explain why so many fish would appear in this place in such a short period of time.

"If that's really the case, doesn't that mean that these fish here really don't know when they'll appear, when they won't appear, or what?"

Shi Guang was a little depressed today. He had already felt that this was not a good thing when he was talking to Zhao about it. He had originally thought that if Zhao Dahai thought it was unlikely, he might be able to find a pattern in the fish population. But now that Zhao Dahai thought it was a fish tide, there was nothing more to say. This was basically the only explanation.

"Grandpa Stone".

"There's really no good way to deal with this. Besides, we've already caught so many fish in this area these past few days. No matter what the situation is, whether they appear regularly or irregularly, or it's just a fish nest or something, we've already gotten a huge advantage."

Zhao Dahai laughed.

Shi Guangmin's words clearly implied that he very much hoped the appearance of these fish would be regular, so that he could come to this place to fish from time to time and catch a lot of fish. But in fact, as he had already analyzed before, that was unlikely.

"Ha!" "Old Man Shi."

“Zhao Dahai is absolutely right. So what if it was just a one-time thing? We’ve already caught so many fish and made so much money here. Why do we need to worry about anything else?”

Zhao Shi smiled.

The reason why Shi Guangming kept asking about this matter was that he kept thinking that if a lot of fish appeared here regularly, he could make a lot of money by fishing here every now and then. But in fact, such a thing is very rare, and almost impossible.

"Correct!"

"That's really how it is. We've already made a lot of money on this trip, and no matter what, you can still catch fish from this spot."

"It's just that it's impossible to catch this many fish every time we go on this trip."

“There are plenty of fish in artificial islands and reefs, but in each spot, you can usually only catch two or three fish before you have to move to another spot.”

"There are already quite a few people fishing at this spot in front of us, as well as at other spots around here."

"If there really are so many fish in this deep pit, it's impossible for it to stay hidden. Sooner or later, the other people will find out about this location."

"There are more people fishing."

"No matter how many fish there are, they can't survive; they will definitely become fewer and fewer."

"After a while, this fishing spot or deep pit will become unusable."

Zhao Dahai really hoped that the appearance of fish in the deep pit was regular, but even if it was irregular, he wouldn't care too much.

If you can't catch fish in one place, or you can only catch two or three fish in one place, go to another place and try different places. You can still catch a lot of fish and earn a lot of money in a day.

"Come on, come on!"

"Why should I worry about this?"

Shi Guangming burst out laughing.

Since Zhao Dahai, the person in question, isn't worried about this matter, there's really no need for me to worry about it.

"Grandpa Stone".

"This is really unlikely."

"If there are always so many fish in this place, why don't we just keep our big fishing boats here and keep fishing?"

"Don't even mention catching a hundred or so big groupers a day, all of them weighing over 100 pounds. Even if you only catch one or two big groupers a day in this place, it's still very worthwhile."

Zhao Dahai laughed as he spoke.

I'm not kidding, if you can catch two large groupers weighing over 100 pounds every day in this deep pit, or even just one large grouper weighing over 100 pounds.

It's very cost-effective for large fishing boats to dock here.

But in reality, such a thing is really impossible.

It's impossible to find a single fishing spot or location where you can catch a large grouper weighing over 100 pounds every single day of the year.

Let alone a grouper weighing over 100 pounds, it would be impossible to catch even one grouper every day.

Shi Guangming thought about it and realized that was indeed the case, but then he immediately remembered something else.

"Zhao Dahai!"

"What you said is absolutely right!"

"It's unlikely that you can find a spot on an artificial island or some other place where you can catch a grouper weighing over 100 pounds every day of the year, or even just one grouper."

"But there is one place where this can absolutely be done."

Shi Guangming was not joking; there really is a place that can do this.

"what!"

"Zhao Dahai".

"This is not a statement that can be made; there really is a place where this can be done."

"Isn't your fish farm just like this? You can catch at least three or five big groupers every day."

Upon hearing what Shi Guangming said, Wu Weimin immediately burst into laughter.

It's impossible to catch big fish here every day now, but Zhao Dahai's fish raft really does catch them.

"Correct!"

"You can not only catch fish at that fish raft, you can actually catch big fish!"

"This is truly a rare and wonderful place!"

Without a second thought, Gao Zhicheng nodded vigorously, recalling how he had caught many large fish there.

Wherever you want to fish, you're sure to catch something. I wouldn't say how many you'll catch in a day, but three or five is definitely no problem.

"Isn't there always a small triangular net there? Every day, the tide washes in quite a few small fish and shrimp, and even some big ones."

"You can really make money just by lying on the fish raft every day, and you can make a lot of money."

As Lin Zuhua spoke, he couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Zhao Dahai's fish farm is truly amazing. The seawater is very deep and the water quality is excellent, allowing it to support a large number of fish. Not only that, but the area is teeming with fish, and you can catch big fish there every day. Most importantly, there is flowing water there, so with just a small triangular net, you can catch at least two or three hundred pounds of fish every day, and sometimes even several thousand pounds. It's like you can make money without even lifting a finger.

(End of this chapter)