1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 144: Fat and Expensive Big Oil Spot (Additional Update)
The tiger grouper in this area was probably wiped out by Liang Ziqiang. It was my first time catching tiger grouper, and I caught a large number of them in one go...

Later, when no more tiger groupers showed up, the two switched back to shrimp bait.

This time I mainly wanted to see if there were any more Guan Gong bream. The Guan Gong bream, which is very beautiful, is not big in size and has a small mouth. It cannot swallow large pieces of fish meat, so shrimp bait is more suitable.

After fishing for a while, a lot of Guan Gong bream came in one after another. Liang Ziqiang caught six in a row, and Lin Baixian also caught five. This time they were very happy.

After fishing for a wave of Guan Gong bream, the valuable brown-banded grouper came.

The brown-banded grouper once brought Liang Ziqiang a lot of income. It came a little late this time, but it finally showed up.

I fished for Guan Gong grouper and brown-banded grouper alternately for a while, but there was a short period of silence and no fish came.

After all, groupers tend to swim individually and don't like to stay in groups. They will even kill each other when they are hungry.

If grouper also swarmed in large numbers like saury and thorny barbel, it would not be called grouper, and it would not be such a rare commodity.

While waiting, Lin Baixian kept staring at the water surface. His own fishing rod did not move, but he saw Liang Ziqiang's fishing rod shaking violently and bending downwards.

But what happened? Liang Ziqiang didn't move?
Seeing that the fishing rod was about to be dragged into the water, Liang Ziqiang still didn't move. Lin Baixian turned his head to look at Liang Ziqiang in surprise, and immediately had to admit defeat.

Liang Ziqiang leaned against the stone, shook his head, and fell asleep!
Lin Baixian was anxious when he saw this, so he quickly reached out to grab the fishing rod for him and then pulled it up.

Wow, I’m afraid such a big grouper has never been caught among the reefs of this nameless island?
It's fat and strong, and it looks bloated. I'm afraid it weighs six or seven kilograms!

You have to know that the groupers they have encountered on this island weigh only a few pounds. Larger groupers are often only encountered in deeper waters.

Not only was it big, but what made Lin Baixian particularly envious and jealous was that it was also a very valuable grouper species.

The pectoral and caudal fins of this grouper are round, and its whole body is light brown. There are five dark oblique horizontal bands on the sides of its body. The horizontal bands fork in the abdomen, and there are light spots inside the bands, like pieces of clouds.

This is the clouded grouper!

"Damn it, if you keep sleeping, I'll take the fish away!" Lin Baixian poked Liang Ziqiang who was dozing off.

"What?!" Liang Ziqiang woke up immediately after hearing about the fish. He rubbed his face and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a fat grouper, which was several times bigger than the ones he usually caught. It was hanging in the air and swaying in front of him...

This scene really feels like a dream!

Seeing his confused look, Lin Baixian became even more unconvinced:

"Fuck, how can you catch such a fat fish even when you are dozing off!"

Lin Baixian wanted to know, after the fish chunk fishing method and the heavy shell crab fishing method, have you invented the latest sleepy fishing method?

Liang Ziqiang pounded his neck. It was his fault. He had been fishing at night recently, which had consumed his energy. He had not gotten enough sleep. He actually fell asleep while sitting here fishing for grouper, leaning against a rock!
It seems that although the income from night fishing is okay, it is indeed tiring.

He quickly took the fishing rod from Lin Baixian and took the fat fish off the hook.

"Oil spot! I actually caught an oil spot?!"

The cloud pattern grouper has a more popular and catchy name, called "oil spot".

This is because the oil content of this fish is higher than other types of grouper.

The price of oily grouper is not only higher than that of blue grouper and tiger grouper, but it is even more expensive than that of brown grouper. It should be the most expensive type of grouper among all the groupers harvested today.

The key is so big, one is equivalent to six or seven!

This time he was really grateful to Lin Baixian. If Lin Baixian hadn't grabbed it in time, not only would such a valuable fish have escaped, but the fishing rod would also have been lost.

After thanking Lin Baixian, he went to fill the bucket with more sea water, and then put the big oil spot in to keep it.

The oil grouper has a disadvantage, it is not easy to keep alive. Other groupers can still be alive and kicking after being caught and kept until they are sent to Yuehai Restaurant, but if you are not careful with the oil grouper, it will probably die on the way back. After waking up, Liang Ziqiang dared not sit down again. He was so sleepy that if he sat down, he would definitely fall asleep again.

He just stood there and continued fishing.

Next were mainly the most common blue spots, but there were also two brown bands and one oily spot, but it was not as big as the previous one. It was about the same size as the blue spots, only about one pound in size.

Lin Baixian also caught a small oilfish and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Seeing that the tide was almost receding, the two decided to end their rock fishing and go fishing for chicken claw snails instead.

Just when he was about to finish work, Liang Ziqiang actually caught another valuable grouper.

The generous gift came a little late, and it was the final surprise.

"Maybe there will be another grouper?"

Liang Ziqiang took the bait again, intending to try his luck one last time.

This time the hook sank into the water and it didn't take long for a fish to take the bait.

Maybe there really was another grouper? Liang Ziqiang waited for a moment, then suddenly raised his fishing rod.

The moment the fish broke the surface of the water, he realized it was not a grouper, not even an ordinary grouper.

This is a snapper, but it is very different from ordinary snappers.

The fish's body has slightly shiny silver streaks that contrast with the dark brown spots.

This is the spotted snapper!
The spotted porgy is not a grouper, but its price is not lower than many groupers. It is probably twice as expensive as the blue grouper. It is much more expensive than the black porgy and bull dung porgy, which are also porgy.

But when Liang Ziqiang saw the fish in front of him, his heart tightened and he subconsciously quickened his hands, wanting to quickly catch the fish.

However, when in mid-air, he almost clearly heard the sound of teeth biting.

The next second, the spotted sea bream seemed to free itself from the fishing line and automatically fell off, falling straight down and back into the sea near the reef, splashing two or three water drops.

All that was left was a half-bared fishing line hanging in the air, with even the hook missing.

Obviously, the moment the spotted sea bream was lifted out of the water, it realized it had been tricked, so it decisively bit off the fishing line with its teeth, and successfully escaped with the iron hook in its mouth!

Like grouper, the spotted snapper is a typical reef-loving fish that likes to stay in the reef zone and is also known as the "king of rock fishing."

What gives anglers the most headaches, but also what arouses their desire to challenge the most, is its "iron teeth and copper fangs".

The spotted sea bream has a strong biting ability of teeth, and often at the last moment of successful fishing, it will suddenly bite the fishing line and make the fishing fail.

When Lin Baixian saw that Liang Ziqiang's fishing rod had become a bald rod, he laughed like he deserved a beating, with a look of gloating on his face:

"Damn it, you laughed at my broken fishing line last time, but you can't laugh now?!"

"You broke it off by yourself on the edge of the reef. I just met a notoriously tough guy. How can it be the same?!"

Regardless of the situation, we can’t continue rock fishing now, so we have to call it a day.

Fortunately, the ruthless guy appeared at a good time and didn't say anything like that at the very beginning.

He has already caught 20 to 30 groupers. Even if his fishing gear is broken by bites, it will not affect his fruitful rock fishing performance today...

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