1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 171 The Secret of the Deep Sea Wintering Fishing Grounds (Important)

The place name "Longjuling" is very special, so when Liang Ziqiang saw these words just now, he immediately remembered a piece of news about Yanghai City in later generations.

It was probably in the 2010s, when fishing boats already had advanced fish finders. Large fishing vessels of a fishing company used the fish finder system to discover a medium-sized natural "wintering fishing ground" in the deep sea.

The so-called "wintering fishing grounds" are places where fish like to gather in groups to avoid the cold during the winter.

It is normal for all kinds of fish to hibernate in the deep sea in winter. However, the amount of fish resources in different parts of the deep sea varies greatly. Some deep sea areas are particularly rich in fish. Such local sea areas can be called "wintering fishing grounds" and are also the favorite places for large fishing boats in later generations.

The fishing company began to carry out winter fishing operations in that deep sea year after year. Soon they found that the local water temperature in that sea area was significantly higher than other places in the deep sea.

After research, it was found that it was related to the deep sea hot springs. It is also for this reason that the various phytoplankton and zooplankton in that sea area are extremely rich, forming a large amount of natural bait.

With plenty of food to eat and the water temperature warmer than elsewhere, it is easy to imagine why fish particularly like to use that deep sea as their wintering ground.

But that deep sea is so popular with fishing boats only in winter.

In summer, especially in midsummer, that deep sea, on the contrary, becomes an absolute restricted area that large fishing vessels stay away from!

Not only fishing vessels, but even merchant ships and cargo ships avoid the deep sea in summer.

The reason is simple. It is precisely because of the special geographical structure of the deep sea that the water temperature and air temperature are higher than other areas. In the midsummer, a catastrophic local weather often occurs.

Dragon sucks water!
The so-called "water dragon", also known as "sea tornado", "dragon hanging upside down" and "dragon hanging water", to put it simply, is actually a tornado occurring on the sea surface.

If a tornado occurs on land, it will roll up debris, grass and trees on the ground, and even blow away entire houses; if it occurs on the sea, it will suck ships and sea water on the sea into the air, connecting the sea below and the sky above, like a thick pillar between heaven and earth, constantly circling and moving on the sea.

If fishermen encounter a "water dragon" on the sea, the result will be no surprise. Small fishing boats will be blown away, and large fishing boats will also suffer heavy damage. The people on the boats are actually not much different from paper figures in front of the water dragon.

The wooden boat carrying Liang Ziqiang and his four companions obviously could not reach the deep sea.

If they could go there, they only needed to continue driving forward along Longju Ridge and drive far away, and they would reach the natural "deep-sea wintering fishing ground" that was discovered by a fishery company in later generations.

Simply put, Longjuling is the shallow sea area closest to the wintering deep sea area!
As soon as winter arrives, a considerable number of fish in the shallow sea will head straight for the warmest deep-sea wintering grounds. Longjuling becomes their passageway, which can be understood as a "golden winter flood channel" for fish.

In later generations, villagers whose boats were too small to reach the deep sea resorted to "intercepting the flow halfway" and came to Longjuling to act as a "roadblock" and catch the passing winter fish.

Every winter, there would always be some villagers who would fish in Longjuling with boats full of fish like mountains and return home happily.

By then, the ancestral precept of the older generation, "Never get close to the Longjuling area," had long been completely forgotten, and the big words "Longjuling, escape quickly" on the reef wall had long been ignored by people.

Because by then people had completely understood that the so-called "black dragon breaking out of the sea, circling and roaring" was nothing more than a "dragon sucking water" phenomenon that occurred in that special deep sea in the distance, and then moved all the way to Longju Ridge, causing the disaster.

The most important thing is that "dragon sucking water" is a weather phenomenon that only occurs in extremely high temperatures in midsummer, and the conditions for its existence are simply not there in cold weather.

In the middle of winter, the fishing company's ships were busy right at the source of the dragon's water. As an area that was also affected, how could Longjuling be in any danger at all?

In later generations, when summer comes, some departments will take measures to strictly prohibit fishing boats from approaching Longju Mountain to ensure safety;

However, around the beginning of winter, villagers are encouraged to go to Longjuling to engage in winter fishing and increase their income.

For this reason, this incident became one of the news in 2010.

Now, Liang Ziqiang remembers the news, which is equivalent to knowing the information about the natural "deep sea wintering fishing ground" decades in advance.

With his current conditions, he cannot go as far as the deep sea, but Longjuling is the "golden passage for wintering" and a large number of fish will surely emerge in the coming days. There is no need to worry about this, just go and fish!
The information behind this involves future generations, so he couldn't reveal it to the other three people in front of him. Even if he did, they would never believe that the "black dragon" in the legend was just a figment of the ancestors' fear of "dragon sucking water". After thinking about it, he simply dealt with it, glared at Li Liang, and said:

"Don't keep calling me your grandfather. My grandfather told me that the black dragon of Longju Mountain hates being disturbed only in the summer. On the contrary, it likes to be lively in the winter. We have specially prepared a lot of fish and welcome the villagers to come and catch them. By the way, we are also preparing a big and prosperous year for the villagers!"

However, Li Liang and the others clearly didn't believe it: "Brother Qiang, you can joke around and make us laugh, but if you come, don't come again!"

Liang Ziqiang knew that it would be useless to say more, so he just smiled, said nothing, started the wooden boat, and turned back with them.

As this area was considered extremely remote, the three boats sailed for a long time before finally returning to the shore, where they could see the coast of Changwang Village stretching out in the distance.

Back on the shore, Li Liang suddenly thought of a question:
"Damn it! When I heard you say that this cat shark was valuable, I just kept trying to catch it. Who are you going to sell it to now? Zheng Liu definitely won't buy sharks!"

Liang Ziqiang glanced at his six cat sharks:
"Don't worry, since I asked you to catch the cat shark, I will definitely find a way to sell it. Take it home and raise it first. When I contact someone, I will come to you!"

After hearing what he said, Li Liang finally felt a little more confident about the diesel money he had to pay today.

The boat was empty today except for the cat sharks, and there were no other fish. Liang Ziqiang didn't need to go to Zheng Liu, he just picked up the big basin with three cat sharks and went home.

Liang's mother was returning from a visit to someone else's house. When she saw him on the road, she asked in surprise:
"I saw Xiangbei prepare all the bedding for you on the boat this morning. How come you came back on the same day?"

After a while, Lizhi and Liang Zifeng saw him and asked the same question again. If they had known, they would not have made such a big fuss when they set out in the morning.

Chen Xiangbei was just coming back from picking vegetables from the vegetable garden. When she saw him, she was also stunned on the road. However, she was more optimistic. After a moment of surprise, she raised her eyebrows and said happily:

"You caught all the fish in just one day?!"

"Don't even think about it. All the groupers we wanted to catch are gone. We missed out on all the catches," he told us.

The wife's mouth drooped. Because when they set out, he had mentioned to her that they would fish for several days and nights, and the minimum income would be eight or nine hundred, or even over a thousand.

This made her excited for a while, and she was looking forward to him coming back with a full pocket of money in a few days.

Now I haven’t caught any fish. The gap is really too big.

And if this money is not earned, it means that this year's income will be much lower than expected!

But she really thought positively, and changed her mind and said:

"That's good. You don't have to spend the night on the sea. I don't have to worry about you getting cold!"

As he said that, he helped him carry the things into the house.

The two of them ran twice before they managed to move all the bedding, large bags of rice and other items from the boat back home.

After putting the things away, he went to look in the drawer. The last time he came back from Taiquan Island, Jiang Wenang specifically gave him a phone number and told him to contact him if he got any ornamental fish.

Liang Ziqiang didn't even have time to sit at home for a while, so he hurried to Zhong Kang's house, ready to contact Jiang Wenang to see if he could get rid of the cat shark as soon as possible.

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