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

Chapter 1626 What bait to use?

"Uncle Shi!"

"What are you doing here in this wind and rain? Wouldn't it be better to stay in the driver's cab, drinking hot tea and smoking a hookah?"

Wu Weimin was panting heavily, his hands supporting his knees. The sea bass he had just caught, weighing forty-five or forty-six pounds, was now jumping around on the deck. He was really exhausted.

Shi Guangming has come up to the deck not to see the fish he caught, but to show off his success; he definitely wants to fish.

"Is there even a need to say that?"

"You guys are fishing here, so I should at least catch a fish, right?"

"I haven't caught a fish this big in a long time, I guess it must have been at least ten or eight years!"

Shi Guangming wasn't in a hurry to fish. As he spoke, he squatted down and looked at the sea bass on the deck. The size of the sea bass, which weighed over forty pounds, was truly astonishing. It was very fat and really looked like a little piglet.

"These sea bass are huge!"

Lin Zuhua watched as Ding Dawen used a landing net to scoop up the fish he had caught, then turned around to look at the fish that Wu Weimin had caught—it was truly enormous.

"Yo!"

"What's going on here? Why did you stop?"

"Isn't the sea teeming with fish right now? Why aren't you all fishing anymore?"

Shi Guangming stood up and saw that Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua had no intention of continuing to fish. He turned to look at Gao Zhicheng next to him, who was now desperately pulling the fish back, panting heavily as he did so. Judging from his appearance, he figured that once he caught the fish, he wouldn't continue fishing.

"Forget it!"

"A fish this size is just too big. One is enough; you really can't catch too many!"

Wu Weimin shook his hands forcefully. The fish he had just caught was big enough, and it had a really strong pull. There was no other way but to keep fishing.

"Really? You only caught one fish and you're already saying you're tired and don't want to fish anymore?"

Shi Guangming was taken aback.

He had long known that Gao Zhicheng and Lin Zuhua and their ilk wouldn't catch many fish, and that was exactly why Zhao Dahai hadn't wanted Wu Weimin and the others to go fishing on the speedboat not long ago.

You can only catch a few fish before you have to stop and rest, but the speedboat can't come back right away. It's really unnecessary to work yourself to death on the speedboat.

But no matter what, no one expected that Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua would only catch one fish and then stop fishing.

"What can we do about this?"

"The sea bass are just too big. We're not fishing from a speedboat now, we're fishing from a big fishing boat. When we pull them back, they'll be about 30 meters long."

“We are not Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou, much less Zhao Dahai.”

"How can one catch so many fish like that?"

Lin Zuhua didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all.

"Yo!"

"I think you guys have no shame at all, so there's really nothing we can do about it."

Shi Guangming was truly at a loss. Lin Zuhua now felt that if he only needed to catch one fish, nothing Shi Guangming said would make a difference.

"Uncle Shi".

"How can you call this shameless? It's just a fact."

"If we can catch fish, why wouldn't we? We love fishing. Isn't the whole point of going out to sea to catch fish?"

"It's just that there's really no other way right now. I'm just too tired. This fish is just too big."

"Besides, shouldn't we save our energy to see if there are any big fish later?"

"If we keep fishing one fish after another, what will we do when a really big fish comes along?"

Gao Zhicheng smiled.

Wu Weimin, Lin Zuhua, and I weren't completely out of fish, but we really didn't plan to continue fishing.

The fish was so big that catching one would take a lot of physical exertion.

"That's just an excuse!"

"If you don't want to fish, then don't fish. Stop making excuses. A big fish will come soon, and you won't have the energy to fish anymore."

Shi Guangming gave Gao Zhicheng a disdainful look.

That's actually true. If you're fishing for a lot of fish now and waiting for a big one to come, you'll definitely run out of energy to fish anymore.

But no matter what, it can't be that you're exhausted after catching just one fish, right?

Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua no longer fish. On the surface, it seems that catching fish of this size is too strenuous, or perhaps they want to save their energy for when they catch a bigger fish later.

These are all just excuses. The real reason is that Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua are able to catch fish whenever they want, and they can catch big fish whenever they want. To put it simply, they are tired of fishing and don't want to fish anymore. They also feel tired, so they simply stop fishing.

"You guys have just caught too many fish, or they've caught them too easily. Otherwise, why would you stop fishing at this time of year?"

Zhao Shi smiled.

"Correct!"

"Who told us we could catch fish whenever we wanted? Especially when we were on Zhao Dahai's speedboat, or fishing on Zhao Dahai's speedboat, that's really how it is."

"I never need to worry about not catching any fish!"

Gao Zhicheng smiled and nodded.

To put it bluntly, he, Lin Zuhua, and Wu Weimin were simply fearless and had nothing to fear.

If you were fishing from someone else's speedboat, you would catch fish like this one after another for hours until you are exhausted.

Now, people only catch one fish and then stop. Ultimately, it's just that only people like us can catch fish, and it's very easy for us to catch them.

Wu Weimin and Lin Zuhua both laughed loudly.

You'll see it very clearly then; it really is like that. If it's extremely difficult to catch a fish, you'll definitely cherish the opportunity and keep fishing.

"No matter what, we really can't continue fishing now. Let's just wait here and see if any big fish come in, especially those big mackerel that weigh over 100 pounds."

Lin Zuhua made up his mind that no matter how much Zhao Shiyou or Shi Guangming mocked him, he would never continue fishing.

"Lin Zuhua".

Have you ever thought about this question?

Shi Guangming took a deep drag on the water pipe he was holding.

Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua all wanted to catch big fish, especially large mackerel weighing over 100 jin (50 kg), or some other large fish.

However, large fish are not so easy to catch.

If they were just waiting for a really big fish to appear, they would definitely miss the opportunity. Gao Zhicheng, Wu Weimin, and Lin Zuhua were all stunned. They really hadn't thought of this. There hadn't been any mackerel weighing more than 100 pounds, or any other big fish, in the sea yet.

But Shi Guangming was absolutely right. Without any preparation, even if a big fish comes along, you might not be able to catch one.

"What's there to prepare for? All we need to do is prepare poles and such, right?"

Wu Weimin initially felt that he really had to make some preparations, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he didn't know what kind of preparations to make.

"The poles on the gun carriage definitely need to be prepared, and the other thing we need to prepare is the handle of the hand-held spinning wheel."

"At this point, no one can be sure what kind of pole will be needed."

Lin Zuhua thought about it carefully and felt a little uneasy.

There were several reasons why we stayed on the big fishing boat at first. One reason was that we really didn't know if we would find a mackerel weighing more than 100 pounds.

Another point is that large fishing boats have rods mounted on gun mounts. This makes fishing for big fish less strenuous.

However, it seems unreliable to rely solely on the rods on the gun mount.

If you catch a large fish at the bottom of the sea, the rod on the fishing rod holder will definitely be fine and usable.

However, if these large fish, such as mackerel, appear in the slow-moving areas where sea bass are caught, the rod on the fishing rod is not entirely useless, but it is not very useful, or at least not very effective.

Both types of poles should be prepared for better safety.

"Uncle Shi!"

"That's not what you're talking about, is it?"

Gao Zhicheng frowned.

The poles definitely need to be prepared in advance, whether it's the pole on the gun carriage or the pole for the hand-cranked spinning wheel. They really need to be prepared. I really don't know which kind of pole is the most useful.

But what Shi Guangming is saying now is definitely not that kind of thing.

"Zhao Dahai is currently fishing with Zhong Shizhu and the others."

"As long as fish appear in the sea around here, especially large ones, they will know and call you to come fishing."

"You just need to wait."

"But have you thought this through? What if there are big fish, but you can't catch them?"

"The important thing is, what kind of bait do you plan to use to catch big fish?"

"But what do you plan to do when a fish bites the hook?"

Shi Guangming gave Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua a reminder.

Gao Zhicheng nodded vigorously immediately.

Besides preparing rods and reels, another very important thing is to prepare the bait you need for fishing.

If it's a mackerel, especially a large mackerel weighing over 100 pounds, you can't use octopus or anything like that to catch it.

This isn't to say that you can't catch mackerel with an octopus, but it's definitely not very effective.

"Gao Zhicheng."

"Lin Zuhua".

“We really need it, and we need to make this decision now.”

Wu Weimin immediately looked at Gao Zhicheng and Lin Chuhua.

The matter that Shi Guangming reminded us of is very important and must be figured out now: what kind of bait to use to catch a large fish.

"Gao Zhicheng."

"You have more experience in this area than we do. What kind of bait do you think would be best to use in this situation?"

"You can't exactly hang a whole prawn up there, can you?"

"If you encounter a mackerel that weighs 100 pounds, a single shrimp is practically useless, not even enough to fill a tooth gap!"

Wu Weimin was a little anxious.

At first, I didn't think it was a big deal, but Shi Guangming's reminder made me realize that it really was a problem, and a very big one at that.

You never know when a big fish will appear. If we don't prepare in advance, we might miss them when they do.

"Uncle Shi".

"How about we use smaller sea bass?"

"A live sea bass weighing ten or twenty pounds would be excellent, in my opinion."

Gao Zhicheng thought for a while and an idea popped into his head, but he was a little unsure, so he immediately asked Shi Guangming.

Shi Guangming has been leading people on deep-sea fishing trips for many years, and his experience in this area is definitely much richer than mine.

"good."

"Smaller sea bass are definitely no problem."

"Aren't Zhao Dahai and the others catching sea bass right now?"

"If you can find big fish in this place, it's almost 100% certain that they're here for the sea bass."

"If it's a sea bass that weighs 30 or 40 pounds, or even 50 pounds, then it's definitely not a good match for mackerel or anything like that."

"If it's a sea bass that weighs about ten pounds, then it can definitely eat mackerel or other fish that weigh a hundred or eighty pounds in one bite."

"Using a live fish of this size to catch a large mackerel is really no problem."

Shi Guangming nodded immediately without needing to think about it.

Fish in the sea, especially large ones, are actually very ferocious and eat live prey.

Sea bass weighing 30 or 40 pounds can swim very fast and are also extremely ferocious.

It's not necessarily possible to handle a mackerel weighing over a hundred pounds, and it's not necessarily possible to actually eat it.

However, there is definitely no problem with sea bass weighing over ten kilograms; these large mackerel are very likely to attack such fish.

"go!"

"Let's go inside the cabin and look for some small sea bass."

"We need to take out a big bucket and put at least a dozen sea bass on the deck to prepare!"

Gao Zhicheng immediately turned around and walked towards the live water tank of the large fishing boat. He had to be ready to catch the sea bass as soon as the big fish appeared and throw it into the sea so that he could seize the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)