1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 329: Tons of Tiger Sharks, Who Will Win?

The catches in the deep sea over the next two days were pretty average, with cheaper barramundi and bluefin bream as well as more expensive giant mackerel and giant bomb fish all caught with the trawl nets.

The most expensive ones are two tunas, one albacore and one yellowfin tuna.

On the fourth day, they suddenly and unexpectedly discovered a large school of fan-like rays.

These rays are larger and more numerous than those encountered in shallow waters.

"How strange! We even encountered a stingray!" Lu Song exclaimed.

It is indeed quite rare. Stingrays prefer to live in the water layer close to the seabed. Although they sometimes float to the surface in groups or even jump out of the water, it is not common after all.

Liang Ziqiang had been working for several days in a row, and although he had caught a variety of fish in his trawl net, there had not been a single stingray.

Manta rays are not particularly expensive, but they are not cheap fish either. Liang Ziqiang immediately prepared to start trawl and catch some.

But after taking a closer look, he hesitated.

These rays are not of a single species. There are spotted rays and hole rays.

None of this matters. What matters is that these spotted rays and hole rays try their best to avoid another type of ray. That one is different, it is clearly an electric ray!

Although stingrays are tempting, who wants to risk being electrocuted?

Liang Ziqiang was about to give up, but after careful observation, he found that there was still a way out.

Since other rays try their best to avoid electric rays, the boundary between normal rays and electric rays is relatively clear.

As long as you operate the boat carefully and skillfully, you can completely avoid the electric rays and accurately harvest other rays. It is not impossible. It just tests your own skills.

Last time, Liang Ziqiang snatched several hundred kilograms of blue-scaled fish from the mouth of Bryde's whale, which was a pretty good performance. This time, Liang Ziqiang decided to give it another try.

"Get ready, I have to adjust direction at any time!" Liang Ziqiang greeted everyone.

The winch was started, and the trawl net was slid into the sea along the stern slide. Liang Ziqiang controlled the direction and speed in the cab, intending to stick close to the edge of the electric ray, pass by it, and catch the normal electric rays and spotted rays nearby.

It was about to approach the group of rays.

Suddenly, a huge shadow flashed across his sight. Liang Ziqiang was startled and quickly slowed down and dodged to the side.

At some point, a knife emerged from the water.

A scimitar with hard lines and gray-black color pierced the sea surface cruelly, splitting the waves as it moved along, silently adding a solemn atmosphere to the entire sea surface in an instant!
This knife-shaped dorsal fin sometimes looks like a strange black flag in the water. It is a signature signal of the appearance of some large sharks!
At this moment, a dark figure appeared in the water, which was initially estimated to be five to six meters long. It exuded the aura of a ferocious beast in the water, which further proved that the one who came quietly was a big shark.

Although it is not yet possible to completely determine which type of shark it is, Liang Ziqiang guessed that it is most likely not a creature that can be easily messed with.

Although many species of sharks are relatively mild in nature and basically do not harm humans, there are also some brutal ones.

For example, the great white shark, which is known as the man-eating shark, as well as the bull shark, mako shark, and tiger shark, are a great threat to humans. Moreover, even relatively gentle sharks, once they grow to a certain size, can be dangerous if they collide with deep-sea fishing boats, even if they do not hurt people.

Fortunately, Liang Ziqiang discovered it early and reacted in time. He quickly moved to the side and avoided the path of the giant shark.

It can be seen that the great sharks also came here following the scent and set their sights on these fat manta rays.

Sure enough, the water surface suddenly made a commotion, as if the ice had broken in an instant.

The giant shark lurking in the water suddenly attacked, and its upper body rose up in the water.

In the mouth, half of a large manta ray was exposed, while the other half was completely submerged.

A flash of lightning flickered and snaked around the shark's mouth. It looked as if the shark's head would magically burst into fireworks to celebrate the hunt.

"Fuck, this shark is too fierce. It bit an electric ray, but it couldn't be killed by the electric shock!" Lin Liming shouted.

Liang Ziqiang didn't expect that this big shark had such a strong taste. It didn't eat the ray, but it actually ate the electric ray. Was it living too freely in the sea and looking for excitement? Of course, even if the electric ray discharged electricity, it couldn't electrocute the shark to death.

The shark in front of me was gray-brown in color, with a white belly, irregular brown spots on the sides of its body and fins, some of which were connected into vertical and horizontal stripes.

This is a tiger shark.

Tiger sharks are also called tiger sharks, and are typical large and ferocious sharks. This one in front of us must weigh at least a ton, more than 2,000 kilograms!

How can such a huge shark be subdued by an electric ray using electric shock?
It only took a second or two for the incident to end. The electric ray discharged its electricity in vain, and then it was thrown back into the water by the tiger shark, which continued to bite and eat it.

"What the hell are these electric rays for? There are more and more of them!" Deng Zhaocai said in surprise.

When the sound came, Liang Ziqiang also discovered that the group of electric rays not only did not scatter, but gathered in larger numbers.

When the tiger shark continued to attack and successfully bit the second electric ray, it seemed that it didn't pay much attention to the situation around it. Or maybe it noticed it, but didn't take the small electric ray seriously at all.

Just as the tiger shark finished eating the second electric ray and was about to attack again, the group of electric rays moved aside, and an extremely large ray, about four or five times the normal size, slowly emerged from the bottom of the water, like a throne appearing.

The giant electric ray showed no fear and swam head-on towards the tiger shark.

The tiger shark seemed to have never preyed on such a large ray. It hesitated for a moment, but soon raised its head and opened its mouth wide. The front row of teeth were sharp and dense, which was frightening.

I don't know whether it is really interested in the big manta ray or wants to scare away the enemy.

If it was the latter, it would be disappointed. The giant electric ray did not flinch at all and suddenly discharged electricity.

It was also the first time that Liang Ziqiang witnessed what it was like when such a large electric ray discharged electricity.

For a moment, an illusion flashed through my head, as if the sky suddenly changed, and the lightning did not come from the sky, but instead came from the sea.

Like a wound twisting on the water surface, it connected the giant electric ray and the tiger shark at close range.

What is even more amazing and spectacular is that while the tiger shark's attention was completely focused on the tiger shark in front of it, all the electric rays on the sides, behind and around it also gathered around and aimed at various parts of its body.

It was as if the giant electric ray sent out a signal first, and the other electric rays soon followed suit and sent out electric currents one after another.

At this moment, Liang Ziqiang felt a chill down his spine. With so many flashes of lightning flashing at the same time, he was not sure whether the entire sea surface would be electrified and then flow along the steel hull, causing all of them to be electrocuted!

Fortunately, in order to avoid sharks, he had driven to a very safe location in advance and kept a long distance from that area, so he was not affected by the electric current.

The other crew members on the ship were also sweating with anxiety, and then they finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that everything was fine on the ship.

But the tiger shark was not so lucky. All the currents were aimed at it, and under the superposition and convergence, even though it weighed tens of tons, it could not struggle for a few times and gradually became motionless.

It is said that sharks do not have swim bladders and will sink to the bottom of the sea after death. But in fact, it is obvious that they will not sink immediately.

Before my eyes, the giant tiger shark flipped over, its white belly facing upwards, motionless. But this was not the worst.

What’s even more tragic is that the entire sea surface is covered with white bellies of all sizes.

Kill one thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of your own. The concentrated electric current not only killed the tiger shark, but also the electric rays in the center circle could not withstand it and were electrocuted to death on the spot.

In addition to the electric rays, there were also some nearby porgy rays, spotted rays, and various small fish and crabs, all floating on the water.

The surviving electric rays also began to disperse gradually.

Liang Ziqiang suddenly realized that there were so many large and small fish floating on the water, waiting for his trawl net.

This easy income is by no means a small number!

(End of this chapter)