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

Chapter 1633 It’s almost done!

"quick!"

"Where's the top of my belly?!"

Wu Weimin suddenly realized what was happening and shouted loudly. Then he saw Ding Dawen rush out of the cabin of the fishing boat, holding the belly-shaped object in his hand.

Ding Dawen quickly walked to Zhao Dahai's side and carefully hung up the belly button for Zhao Dahai.

Zhao Dahai gripped the pole tightly with both hands and braced it against the middle of his stomach, letting out a sigh of relief.

The fish that took the bait was very big and had a strong pull. I had to rely entirely on the strength of my hands, with the tip of the fishing rod resting on my belly. It was really hard and strenuous.

Things are different now; it's become so much easier.

How big is this fish?

Wu Weimin could tell from the look on Zhao Dahai's face that he had recovered and could speak, so he immediately asked.

"A little over 300 pounds!"

"It's less than 350 pounds, I estimate it's around 320 or 330 pounds."

Zhao Dahai held the pole firmly with both hands. With the support of the belly, the situation was under his control and there were no problems.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua were all a little dumbfounded.

"Three hundred and twenty or thirty pounds?!"

It took Gao Zhicheng a while to come to his senses, and he rubbed his nose vigorously.

We were guessing that the fish was very big, but we never expected it to be this big.

"Over 300 jin?!"

"If it were a fish that big, wouldn't we have to haul it back into the sea?"

Wu Weimin imagined it for a moment, and realized that this was no joke. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to hold on the moment the fish took the bait. The rod in his hand would definitely fly out of his hand. If he tried to grab it, he would easily get injured, or he might lose his balance and fall down or something else.

"what!"

"Wu Weimin!"

What are you thinking about?

"We absolutely cannot handle a fish like this!"

Lin Zuhua smiled.

A fish this big isn't something you can just brag about and do.

Normally, I would use the rod on the gun mount or the hole in the side of the fishing boat to catch mackerel weighing around 100 pounds, so that I could withstand the pull of the fish.

When Zhao Dahai caught this fish, he used a hand-held spinning rod.

When this fish first took the bait, Zhao Dahai had a lot of trouble.

This is something that a few of us simply can't handle.

"Was it mackerel?!"

Shi Guangming walked over and stood next to Zhao Dahai. As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the line. The fish was still in the water and had traveled a great distance, about 200 meters away. It was impossible to tell what kind of fish it was.

He hadn't dared to come over earlier, but now that he saw Zhao Dahai speaking to Wu Weimin and the others, he couldn't help himself.

"Correct!"

"Spanish mackerel!"

"It's that mackerel that just jumped out of the water."

"This fish is probably the largest in the entire school of mackerel."

"Just as I jumped up, I caught a sea bass that weighed about 30 pounds."

"I thought the fish wasn't biting anymore, so I was just trying my luck. I never expected that this mackerel would be so ferocious."

Zhao Dahai was very experienced in fishing. He didn't rush and immediately pulled the hooked fish back. Instead, he talked while holding the rod.

The sea here is very wide, with almost no rocks on the surface. All the artificial islands and reefs are more than 50 meters below the seabed, and most of them are 70 or 80 meters deep.

Zhao Dahai really didn't expect that the mackerel would bite the hook.

It was just a try, but I was really lucky today. This fish not only took the bait, but it took the bait very fiercely. Judging from the looks of it, it probably wasn't full.

Such large fish are very cunning; once they have filled their bellies, they will absolutely not bite the hook.

"Zhao Dahai!"

"Such a big mackerel, there's no way to haul it onto the deck of the fishing boat, right? We'll have to wait until it gets back to the side of the boat and onto the speedboat, won't we?"

Wu Weimin was a little excited.

Such a large mackerel is truly extraordinary; we must bring it up no matter what.

The gunwale or deck of a large fishing boat is quite high, making it almost impossible to retrieve.

The only, or rather the safest, way is to get on a speedboat. That way, we can almost certainly pick up the mackerel.

Zhao Dahai nodded. The fish was so big that a speedboat was really needed to get it up there.

"Uncle Stone Pillar".

“All three of you need to get on the speedboat. I don’t think one or two people can handle this mackerel.”

Zhao Dahai shook his head immediately after he finished speaking.

"Uncle Shizhu, you and Uncle Dayou get on the speedboat."

"Uncle Liu, you're on the fishing boat!"

"When the mackerel is pulled to the side of the fishing boat, use a long-handled iron hook to hook the fish."

"Wait until the fish is exhausted, then Uncle Shizhu and Uncle Dayou, you can take the fish onto the speedboat."

Zhao Dahai knew that this fish was very big. If he tried to get it from the deck of the fishing boat, it would be too high above the water and he wouldn't be able to get it up there. It wouldn't be so easy to handle if he got it on a speedboat. The only way was to hook the mackerel with a big iron hook and wait for the fish to struggle until it was exhausted and had bled out before taking it up.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"When a fish caught by a big iron hook struggles, it's bound to look awful!"

"How about we try using a large landing net and see if we can catch this fish?"

Zhong Shizhu shook his head.

A large iron hook is certainly very secure, but if such a large fish struggles like that, no matter where the hook gets caught, it will definitely tear its flesh.

This fish must be very ugly; it definitely won't fetch a good price.

"Humph!"

What are you thinking about?

"It's not that we can't handle such a big fish with a landing net, but such a big fish is very strong. Who can withstand its struggle?"

"It's easy for problems to arise."

"You're someone who goes out to sea to fish, don't you know how dangerous it is?"

Zhao Shi glared fiercely at Zhong Shizhu.

How could Zhao Dahai not understand this?

Why do this? Why use such a large iron hook?

This fish is too big; all sorts of accidents could easily happen.

Don't say that the fish's tail swept across a person, and don't say that the mackerel's sharp teeth bit a person.

Fish struggle with tremendous force, and the key issue is that this force is extremely uncontrollable, thrashing left and right. Anyone holding the landing net is very likely to get injured.

It's already quite unstable to stand on a speedboat, and with a fish this big, you could easily slip and fall into the sea.

Zhao Dahai did this to avoid these dangers.

If the fish's appearance is damaged, that's not a big deal, as long as the fish can be safely brought up.

Why bother about whether the appearance is ruined or the pulse is broken?
Zhong Shizhu nodded somewhat embarrassedly.

That's absolutely true. All I could think about was getting the fish out intact so I could sell it for a high price.
But in fact, safety is the most important thing.

Such a large fish is indeed very dangerous at sea.

Zhao Dahai smiled.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou were always thinking about how to sell the fish for a higher price and make more money. However, as the captain of the boat, they had to pay attention to this matter at all times and could not be careless.

As the captain, it is both his right and his duty to ensure that Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou earn enough money and that they go out to sea and return home safely.

"big!"

"This fish is huge!"

……

"A 300-pound mackerel, I'm not kidding!"

……

"too crazy!"

"Such a huge mackerel!"

……

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua stared in disbelief as the mackerel on the side of the large fishing boat was slowly pulled away. They were speechless for a while, and then they started talking non-stop.

We were too far away to see the exact size of the fish before, but now we can see it clearly; it is truly enormous.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua had never seen such a big fish before.

"No rush! No rush!"

"This fish is huge, and it's still strong!"

When Zhao Dahai saw Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou trying to get off the gangway onto the speedboat, he immediately shook his head.

Even though the fish has been pulled back to the side of the speedboat, it's still huge and has plenty of strength left.

Getting on a speedboat at this time is pointless.

"twenty minutes!"

"It will take at least twenty minutes before we have a chance!"

Zhao Dahai was very experienced and knew that a fish like this would not be easy to deal with. Now that it had been pulled back to the side of the large fishing boat, it would definitely struggle for a while.

"Dry!"

"The fish got away!"

Wu Weimin was startled.

Just as he saw the mackerel being pulled back to the side of the fishing boat and swimming slowly in the sea, he thought that was about enough. But as soon as Zhao Dahai finished speaking, the mackerel flicked its tail and suddenly rushed forward.

It was incredibly fast; it had already covered nearly fifty meters in the blink of an eye.

"How could such a big fish be dealt with in such a short time!"

Gao Zhicheng shook his head.

It took about half an hour to pull it back to the side of the big fishing boat. If it were to rush off again, just as Zhao Dahai said, it would definitely take about twenty minutes to pull it back.

But now that we've pulled it back, it should be almost done.

Zhao Dahai wasn't in a hurry at all. You can't be impatient with a fish this big, or it will easily get away.

While talking to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Da, and a few others, Zhao Dahai slowly pulled the fish one after another.

"Hey!"

"You really can't make much money catching such a big fish!"

Zhong Shizhu shook his head.

If it were a smaller fish, Zhao Dahai would have already pulled it back, and he could even have pulled it back himself.

This fish is so big now, it will take a long time to pull it back.

Even if Zhao Dahai is extremely strong, it's impossible for him to actually pull him back by sheer force.

The only way is to spend time.

"Who says it's not?"

"This fish is indeed very big, but the time it takes to reel in a fish like this is enough to catch at least four or five large mackerel weighing around 100 pounds each."

"Four or five large mackerel, each weighing around 100 pounds, surely wouldn't sell for the same price as one fish like this?"

Liu Bin scratched the back of his head.

Wu Weimin, Gao Zhicheng, and Lin Zuhua went out to sea to fish, definitely hoping to catch big fish. But for themselves and Zhao Dahai, fishing wasn't about catching big fish, but about catching more fish, ultimately aiming to earn more money.

A 300-pound mackerel can definitely fetch a lot of money, but if we had to say, neither he nor Zhao Dahai, including Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou, would prefer to catch a few mackerel weighing around 100 pounds each.

Zhao Dahai smiled and nodded.

That's the gist of it. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Dayou, and I all preferred to catch smaller fish.

This way, you can actually earn more money.

Zhao Dahai looked down at the large mackerel that had been pulled to the side of the fishing boat, and called out to Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou to get off the speedboat now.

Zhong Shizhu and Lei Da nodded and immediately went down the ladder that had already been lowered and boarded the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai carefully examined the mackerel he had pulled to the side of the fishing boat. It really didn't have much strength left. Just as he was about to call Liu Bin over to get a big iron hook to hook the fish, an idea suddenly popped into his head.

"Uncle Liu!"

"You take the pole!"

Zhao Dahai turned his head and shouted at Liu Bin.

"what?"

Why is that?

Liu Bin paused for a moment, but immediately walked over to Zhao Dahai's side.

"I think this mackerel is about to bite!"

"Here's the pole. Do as I say in a moment!"

"Let me see if I can hook the mouth of this big mackerel."

At first, Zhao Dahai was only thinking about getting the fish onto the fishing boat. For safety reasons, he didn't care whether the fish would hurt his skin.

However, the fish was pulled back to the side of the large fishing boat for the second time, and it was very clear. But when the fish's head was pulled out of the water, its mouth opened.

This way, if there's a chance to hook the mackerel's mouth with a big iron hook, that would definitely be the best option.

Liu Bin immediately nodded, put down the long-handled iron hook he was holding, and stood next to Zhao Dahai.

Zhao Dahai seized the opportunity and handed the pole in his hand to Liu Bin.

(End of this chapter)