1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 447 Lu Feng and his party go deep sea fishing

Naturally, other large fish were attracted by the sardine storm, so there were some mackerel, bonito, and swordfish mixed in on the deck.

Although the hammerhead shark was riddled with holes, its fins were still basically intact and were cut up by the crew and moved into the cold storage compartment.

The ship dropped anchor while the crew had lunch and rested. The main course was fish and shrimp from the deck, so Liang Ziqiang asked the crew to make more and asked Lu Feng and the others to eat together.

Lu Feng and his four companions ate quickly because they planned to go fishing while the boat was stopped.

In fact, Liang Ziqiang wanted to remind them at the beginning that a steel boat with a tall hull like his was not suitable for fishing, but after seeing their fishing gear, he said nothing.

This kind of fishing gear specially used for deep sea fishing is of course no problem when fishing on a large steel boat, but the fishing gear is very heavy and cannot be operated by one person alone. At the moment, Lu Zheng and You Lijun are working together to fish, and Lu Feng comes over to help from time to time.

Soon the group cheered. Liang Ziqiang looked and saw that he had caught a perch.

In fact, perch is very common in the South China Sea. A lot of them can be caught in shallow waters, but you generally can't catch such a big perch in shallow waters.

This sea bass must weigh more than ten pounds. Compared with the one or two pounds in the shallow sea, it seems like two different fish.

For those who usually fish on the shore or seawall, this is naturally an exciting harvest.

However, everything has just begun, and the fun of deep-sea fishing is not limited to this. Soon, bomb fish weighing 20 to 30 kilograms and mackerel weighing 30 to 40 kilograms were caught one after another.

The most eye-catching one was the tuna, a longfin tuna, unfortunately not a bluefin, it should have weighed more than 40 kilograms, which once again made them very excited.

Among these fish, several types needed to be bled. After bleeding, Liang Ziqiang gave them special large baskets to put them in, and then put them into the cold storage cabin on the underground floor. Otherwise, the fish would have gone bad by the time they returned.

After noon, Liang Ziqiang's boat started trawling again, sailing at a steady speed. You Lijun thought for a moment and thought that as long as the boat was not sailing too fast, he could theoretically continue fishing.

It is impossible for ordinary fish to chase after bait, but bomb fish and tuna are really possible. They swim very fast, and tuna is known as the "perpetual motion machine of the ocean" that never stops for a lifetime. When they see a piece of fish flying on the hook, they may really chase it.

After trying for an entire afternoon, the results were not very obvious, much worse than when we were anchored, but I finally caught a flathead bonito and a blue bonito.

On the second day, although big deep-sea fish were still caught from time to time, Fangfang and Xiaoyue were obviously less excited. After all, they felt fresh when they first saw the big fish being caught, but the excitement faded after that.

"Why haven't we seen any killer whales? I don't know if we can encounter one in the next five days!" Fangfang's biggest wish when she came to the sea to play this time was to see killer whales. Now her mind was filled with the desire to see one or two killer whales miraculously appear on the sea.

"That's right. We saw such a large group of dolphins yesterday, but today we didn't even see any ordinary dolphins!" Xiaoyue also kept stretching her neck.

As he was speaking, he heard Lu Zheng shout:
"Look, it's coming! It's still coming! It's still coming!"

When Liang Ziqiang heard that something had hit the boat, he quickly got up from the deck and ran to the iron railing to see what was going on.

I didn’t expect that the round thing like a big rock was actually a turtle!
However, this turtle looked to be more than one meter long, and probably weighed about 200 pounds. The turtle's back was covered with bumps, needless to say, barnacles.

Although this was not the first time he had seen a turtle with barnacles on its body, this was the first time he had seen one so big and with so many barnacles on its body.

At this time, a huge sea turtle attacked the ship two or three times in succession.

After hitting the ship a few times, it seemed unsatisfied, so it retreated to a place farther away from the ship, gathered its strength, and then swam quickly towards the steel ship again.

It seemed like it was doing its best, and it felt like it was speeding at lightning speed, which clearly broke their usual understanding of "snail speed". This time, Liang Ziqiang heard a "bang" sound directly, and felt sorry for his big steel ship...

"What is it doing? Is it fun to ram boats?" the girl named Xiaoyue asked puzzledly.

"Look, look at those things on its back. It definitely can't get rid of them. It must be uncomfortable!" Lu Feng explained.

Needless to say, the turtle suddenly came over and rammed the boat again and again. Its intention was obvious: it just wanted to get rid of the burden on its body.

"It's so pitiful. Can we help it clean off those things on its body?" When Fangfang heard the whole story, she was immediately filled with sympathy and she pulled Lu Feng to ask.

Lu Feng basically agreed to Fang Fang's requests. Liang Ziqiang had witnessed this as early as the incident with the ghost-head knife more than two years ago.

Sure enough, he turned his head to Liang Ziqiang again: "Aqiang, can you find a way to get the turtle out and clean it up? If you can, I'm willing to pay..."

Obviously, he was planning to pay Liang Ziqiang again, just like he had paid Ah Qiang to fish for the devil's knife.

"No need for money. The stuff on it is worth a lot of money!" Liang Ziqiang quickly interrupted him to talk about money. "It's just that it's not easy to catch it. You definitely can't catch a sea turtle with a fishing rod. Try using a trawl net? I don't think it will work. I'll try casting a net!"

Although the tall steel ship was not suitable for casting nets, he had to give it a try reluctantly in order to catch the turtle.

Standing next to the iron railing, he cast the net several times and finally caught a turtle.

Because it was quite heavy, Lin Baixian and Li Liang also came over to pull it, and they finally managed to get the huge turtle onto the boat.

What followed was a series of clanging sounds, and the three people worked together to "repair" the turtle.

Because this sea turtle is so big, there are more than one kind of barnacles on its back. The most common ones are bird-billed barnacles, but there are also some chicken snails mixed in.

After knocking them all off and putting them into the basket, it was a good harvest. After all, we had never pried so many barnacles from turtles before.

The turtle looked more handsome. Fangfang came over and touched it for a long time before reluctantly letting it go. She asked Lu Feng and the others to pick up the turtle and throw it back into the sea.

Another meeting was held, and Zhou Hui, who was in charge of the lookout, called out, "There seems to be a small island ahead. Should we stop near it at noon?"

"There is an island?" Xiaoyue Fangfang and the others were immediately delighted, "It seems to be true!"

Zhou Hui was looking out with a fishing telescope in his hand, so he could see farther and more clearly. At this time, Lu Fengfangfang and the others looked in the direction Zhou Hui pointed, but they only saw a small gray figure appearing in the deep blue ocean.

"Okay, it's almost noon, let's drive to the island and stop!" Liang Ziqiang decided immediately.

Firstly, since we have agreed to let Lu Feng and the others go out to sea to play, if we encounter an island, we will naturally let them go there as much as possible, so that they can experience the deep-sea island and have more fun.

Secondly, the water near the island is shallow, so there is no need to extend the anchor chain too long when dropping anchor, which is indeed more convenient.

Of course there is another reason. Liang Ziqiang has always wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in the deep sea, and at the same time he also searched every island in the deep sea.

He had always wanted to find those "treasure islands" with extremely rich resources that he had heard of in his later life. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he naturally couldn't miss it...

(End of this chapter)