1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 248: The Sea Bream Base Camp

Not to mention, the charcoal-like dark gray color of the Bao Gong fish really has some of the charm of the black-faced Bao Gong. Coupled with the dorsal fin that is as hard as a knife, it is even more so.

Baogong fish and Bagong fish are the names given to this fish by the people. In fact, the official name should be blackfin bream and oblique-banded bream. There are several unclear oblique lines faintly visible in the gray-black color.

"It seems that there is something that the sea bream likes to eat near this island, otherwise where would so many sea bream come from in the reefs?" Liang Ziqiang said thoughtfully.

The last time a certain type of fish was discovered living in a large group was on an unnamed island.

There were not many snappers in the long strip of reef on the nameless island, but there were various kinds of groupers.

Obviously, it is because the water environment and terrain of the nameless island are quite appealing to groupers, and the small fish, shrimps, insects and other foods there are just right for groupers' appetites.

The reason why so many sea breams can gather on this Niu Shit Island must be due to the environment and plankton.

Of course, the price of snappers as a whole cannot be compared with that of groupers, the difference is quite large. But compared with the surface fish caught by nets on weekdays, the price is also quite good.

"Bao Gong fish are hard to catch by casting a net normally, and I wonder how many there are under the reef?" Zhu Tianpeng said casually as he took a black sea bream off his hook.

The answer given by reality is, not much.

Liang Ziqiang didn't catch any more Bao Gong fish in the next few casts. Likewise, the other three didn't catch any Bao Gong fish either.

Basically, the main fish are still flat sea bream and black sea bream, and from time to time a big or small bull dung sea bream will be caught, which brings a surprise.

Everyone caught at least thirty or forty fish.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and it was already noon. Fishing was not as strenuous as casting a net, and although we didn't feel particularly hungry, it was time for lunch.

I carried the fish in the bucket back to the boat. The large basins on the boat were filled with fresh sea water, and then the fish in the bucket and the water were poured into the basins.

Before, there was very little water in the bucket and the space was cramped. Now that they were placed in the large basin, all kinds of sea breams regained their fierce nature and began to swim around.

I cooked rice. As for the dishes, besides the lettuce that I brought on board and boiled in water, there was also the fresh fish that I had just caught.

Unlike normal net casting, there were almost no cheap catches caught this morning. The cheapest one was the flathead sea bream.

Flathead sea bream is not cheap at all, it is priced at a popular level, similar to the most common marine fish, about 40 cents.

The four of them were too lazy to cook in two separate pots, so they cooked several flathead sea breams in one pot.

When the food is ready, we gather together to eat.

During the meal, we inadvertently talked about Zhu Tianpeng.

Liang's father sighed and said, "I dealt with your grandfather in the early years. He was a very easy-going person! Your father has a similar temperament to him, and he is also a very nice person..."

Suddenly, Liang's father stopped talking. After all, Zhu Tianpeng's father passed away too early, and talking too much at this time might make Zhu Tianpeng sad.

Zhu Tianpeng became interested when he heard him say this: "Uncle Fu, tell me what kind of person my dad is usually?"

The main reason was that his parents passed away too early, before he was old enough to remember things, and he was brought up by his grandfather. Therefore, he had no impression of his father, and when he heard an old acquaintance talking about his father, he wanted to know more.

Liang's father felt sad to hear that he had to ask others about his father's past.

So while eating, Liang's father told Zhu Tianpeng some past events about Zhu's father.

We didn’t rest after dinner because we knew there were surprisingly many sea breams in this place, so we wanted to seize the time to catch more.

As soon as they put down their bowls and chopsticks, they quickly picked up their fishing rods, returned to the reef, found another place, and continued fishing.

Just like in the morning, there were still quite a few flat snappers and black snappers caught, but after fishing for a while, I found that the small bucket containing bait was empty.

Before I knew it, all the shrimps I brought were used up.

But looking at the sky, it’s still early, so we can probably fish for a while.

"The sea bream like to stay on this island, which means there must be a lot of things they like to eat here. How about we look for some bait nearby?" Liang Ziqiang said, looking around.

Liang's father also had this plan, so several people started looking for him.

At first glance, they saw a lot of oysters in the middle and lower parts of the reef. Zhu Tianpeng and Liang Tiancheng took the chisel and started to pry the oysters. Liang Ziqiang searched along the shallow water at the edge of the beach and found some sea centipedes.

Sandworms can not only be used to breed prawns, but are also a favorite bait for many kinds of fish. He immediately scooped up some sandworms with a hand net and put them into the bait bucket.

Continuing forward, we found a kind of clam that was neither big nor small, with a yellowish shell.

"There are green willow clams on this island? I didn't pay much attention to it the last time I came here!"

Green willow clams, some of them also call it yellow clams. This thing is actually a favorite food of some sea breams, but it is not often seen on other islands and waters. Green willow clams are relatively rare in the south, unlike flower clams, sand clams, and clams, which are everywhere.

"Could it be that this green willow clam is one of the reasons why so many sea breams gather here?"

Liang Ziqiang couldn't be sure and could only guess that this might be one of the factors.

No matter what, just pick up some more and try to use them as bait.

When he returned to the reef, he pried open the green willow clams and put each one on the hook.

It is freshly pried and used, and it is so fresh that it cannot be fresher. Liang Ziqiang can clearly smell the unique fishy smell of sea water.

He was not completely sure about catching a single species, so he hung another sandworm on the hook and squeezed it together with the green willow clam meat. Anyway, there was enough space.

Fishing started again. Soon, Liang's father caught the first fish, which turned out to be a Baogong bream.

"Dad, how much is this Bao Gong fish? Is it more expensive than the Bull Shit Snapper and Black Wife?"

The eldest son Liang Tiancheng asked as he moved the bucket to put the fish in for his father.

"It's probably 70 or 80 cents more expensive than the cow dung snapper, and 40 or 50 cents more expensive than the black wife. The price of Bao Gong fish can basically be more than two yuan!" Liang's father took the Bao Gong snapper off and put it into the bucket.

"Two dollars?!" Liang Tiancheng had never sold Bao Gong bream before, so he was a little surprised when he heard it. At the same time, he looked at the fish in his bucket. The valuable cow dung bream and black wife were not attractive at all, not to mention the black bream and flat bream.

"I caught a fish too." Liang Tiancheng saw the fishing rod sink as he spoke, and hurriedly lifted it up, "Wait! I caught a Bao Gong fish too?!"

Liang Ziqiang turned around and saw that his elder brother had also caught a Bao Gong fish. The diagonal lines on the fish's body were more obvious than the one he caught, but the overall color was not as gray and black.

"This is a peppered sea bream! A fake Bao Gong, did you know that?" Liang's father took a look and said.

"Fake?" Liang Tiancheng was a little disappointed. He finally caught a Bao Gong fish, but it turned out to be a fake Bao Gong.

The flowertail mullet is commonly known as the blacksmith or fake Bao Gong. Its color is lighter than the real Bao Gong fish, but it is very similar in other aspects.

"Don't worry, it's valuable, more expensive than the bull dung snapper!"

Liang's father added a sentence, and Liang Tiancheng's face looked better.

The real Baogong fish blackfin bream can be served in two pieces;
The fake Baogong fish, the flowertail snapper, is about one to two pieces.

Anyway, they are considered to be the more expensive among sea bream.

Liang Ziqiang shifted his gaze from his father and elder brother back to him. He also caught a fish, and it seemed to be quite big!
When I lifted it up, I was delighted. It was a Bao Gong fish, but it was bigger than all the Bao Gong fish I had caught before, probably twice as big.

Bao Gong fish are rare, and this big Bao Gong fish is even rarer. The key is that it is a blackfin bream, a real Bao Gong, not a flowertail mullet.

Next, sometimes blackfin snapper, sometimes flowertail snapper, real and fake Bao Gong snapper rotated on his fishing rod like a revolving lantern.

Liang Ziqiang didn't expect that on this small island, there were not only many ordinary sea breams and cow dung sea breams, but also so many Bao Gong sea breams.

He found the base camp where sea breams are abundant!
Suddenly, fish started to take the bait in large numbers. Liang Ziqiang thought it was most likely related to the new bait.

It seems that fresh green willow clams with a fishy smell are the favorite of Bao Gong sea bream, and it attracted all of them.

Liang Ziqiang caught real and fake Bao Gong fish, which could not be found anywhere else, here one by one.

For a while, there was so much money that it seemed like it was free...

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