1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 338: Breaking out of an ambush
“Oh my god, is this also a bluefin tuna? It’s a little hard to recognize it…” Lin Liming glanced over and his expression became strange.

This is a bluefin tuna, and it is quite big, seven or eight times the size of the small bluefin just now.

If my estimation is correct, this fish is most likely the big bluefin bream that Liang Ziqiang spotted and intended to catch.

However, the entire body of the fish was covered in wounds and blood, making it difficult to recognize it as a bluefin bream, but rather a blood fish.

Tuna have one characteristic: they die as soon as they come out of water, even if they have not suffered any trauma.

Not to mention the big golden spear in front of him, it was already dead without a breath left.

I continued to pull away the miscellaneous fish on its body, revealing its back half.

Well, there is no second half at all...

The upper body was only bitten badly and was unrecognizable.

The lower half was gone, undoubtedly eaten by the great white shark.

"This...is it still possible?" Liang Chun asked.

"Why not? After all, this meat is bluefin tuna meat. That damn shark bled it right away for us. It's high-quality tuna meat!"

Liang Ziqiang smiled bitterly and joked in a humorous way.

"Go get the knife!"

He called out and Lin Liming quickly handed him a knife.

Although the great white shark had diligently and considerately bled him, the process of bleeding under the gills had to be skipped in order to ensure quality.

It would be such a waste if the bluefin tuna were not bled in time and turned into low-quality meat worth only a few cents!
A sharp cut was made under the gills. Due to the heavy blood loss caused by the shark, the blood that came out at this time was obviously not as much as normal, but some of it still flowed out and flowed into the basin below.

The blood content in tuna is much higher than that in ordinary marine fish, and the weight of blood accounts for more than 20% of the total body weight.

That's why when the fish were slaughtered by the great white shark, so much blood flowed out, creating a sea of ​​blood.

After bleeding, the first thing they did was to carry the half fish in a basket to the cold storage room on the basement level.

Whether the half fish can be considered as top quality bluefin tuna, or whether it can be sold to an expert, Liang Ziqiang really has no idea, so he just tries his best to save the situation.

He had no experience in this area. How often can you come across a half-finned bluefin tuna?
Deng Zhaocai, Lin Liming and others were not in a hurry to sort out the miscellaneous fish. They followed Liang Ziqiang's instructions and dealt with the tuna first.

In addition to the two bluefin tunas, one big and one small, there were more than a dozen other types of tuna. All of them had to be bled one by one.

According to Liang Ziqiang's plan, he would first drain the blood of more than a dozen tunas of various types, and then bleed the twenty or so bomb fish.

Just after a few tuna were bled, Zhu Tianpeng, who was opening the market in the cab for him, suddenly shouted:
"Oh no! How come there are so many things like little black flags popping up from all directions? Could so many sharks suddenly appear?"

Hearing this, Liang Ziqiang's right temple throbbed twice. Before he even raised his head, the scene had already jumped into his head.

He quickly threw the bloodletting knife in his hand onto the deck and ran to the railing to take a look.

After thinking about it, he turned back and quickly found the fishing telescope and looked at the sea.

Sure enough, above the deep blue sea, at some point, there appeared black scimitar-like things, floating up and down, appearing and disappearing, but all of them were coming towards them.

He immediately turned the telescope to other directions and soon discovered that there were also triangular "black flags" in groups of three or two in other directions, piercing the water surface and coming all the way.

Looking around, it seems like we are surrounded by enemies and ambushed from all sides!
I couldn't tell which type or types of sharks it was. The only thought that flashed through my mind was that I was going to be surrounded by sharks!
After all, I don't have many experiences of encountering sharks, so I was careless just now.

There are several shark species that have a unique sense of blood. The great white shark in front of us left leisurely after eating and drinking, but the sea of ​​blood it created would attract other sharks from far away!

To be on the safe side, I shouldn't have been so greedy for those fleeing tuna that I kept lingering here and trawling for them. "Apeng, come out quickly. I'll drive the boat. Get ready to speed up! If you don't leave now, it will be too late!"

Liang Ziqiang ran into the cab, almost pulled Zhu Tianpeng out and replaced him with himself.

One or two sharks are not really that dangerous to a large steel ship of this level, just be sure to keep your distance at all times.

But the sharks now coming from all directions are all big ones. When they rush over, they find that there are not many fish to eat in the sea, and then they attack the fishing boats in anger. That is another matter.

If several sharks smash several important parts together, the ship will be forced to stop, and it will be impossible to leave the sea.

Zhu Tianpeng was very tacit. He held up a telescope and ran to the bow to take charge of lookout as soon as possible.

While the group of sharks had not yet approached, Liang Ziqiang made a judgment, chose a direction with fewer sharks, and broke through immediately.

However, there were sharks in this direction too. He could only sail while adjusting the course at any time, which was much more flexible than normal sailing.

It is said that a large ship is difficult to turn around, but his ship unexpectedly did the opposite and made an "S" shape on the sea.

No matter which shark you hit, you never know what kind of damage it might cause.

In order to accurately avoid underwater sharks, Zhu Tianpeng took advantage of the clearer view from the bow and kept shouting and making various gestures to provide him with accurate information at any time.

At first glance, Zhu Tianpeng looked like he was standing by the bow railing and performing a crazy devilish dance.

The most annoying thing was that there were two huge sharks not too far apart, and when Zhu Tianpeng made gestures, his arms were so confused that he almost cramped.

Fortunately, Liang Ziqiang finally managed to drive the boat past the shark. At that moment, the giant shark in the telescope came towards him and almost shattered Liang Ziqiang's eyes through the glass of the telescope.

The next second, the boat had passed through thousands of mountains.

Liang Ziqiang let out a sigh, looked back at the sharks gradually gathering behind the boat, and felt a little scared.

Some crew members were cursing the sharks, while others were cheering for Liang Ziqiang. It could be heard that they were all grateful for having survived the disaster.

After driving to a safe area, several people picked up their knives again, picked up the remaining tuna and bonito, and continued to bleed them.

After bleeding, the fish are transferred to the cold storage hold, freeing up hands to start the second round of trawling operations.

The next two rounds of operations that day were all ordinary sea fish, which could not be compared with the tuna and bomb fish in the first net, but fortunately the quantity was much larger than the first net, and was worth some money.

Four days passed in a row, and the amount of fish in the cold storage compartment increased day by day. After they were sorted, the hundreds of baskets were almost full.

On the fifth day, we planned to tow the boat one more time, ending our first deep-sea trip in September and returning to shore to ship goods to the county town.

After casting the trawl and sailing for a while, we saw bubbles like raindrops on the water surface nearby.

"There should be fish ahead!" Zhu Tianpeng put down the telescope and made an immediate judgment.

Liang Ziqiang immediately drove the boat in that direction.

As he got closer, he also stood up, opened the glass window of the cab, raised the telescope and looked out.

It was a bit unexpected at first glance.

These weren't fish at all, they were clearly a large group of swimming crabs. The strange thing was that these swimming crabs seemed to be in disarray, jumping and escaping.

If I had the ability, I would probably have jumped out of the water.

I looked through the lens at the water nearby, but I didn't see any big fish or other unusual creatures. I didn't know what was going on...

(End of this chapter)