Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 12 Overnight Nest

They picked up a lot of this stuff when they were laying the electrical wires. Although they were all scrap metal and didn't last long, they didn't cost anything.

The father and son began to busy themselves in the utility room. One was making the main line and sub-line for tomorrow's fishing, and the other was preparing the lure rod. They didn't even go out when their mother called them to eat.

"Aren't you going to put out the shrimp cages tonight?" After finishing the line set with three main lines, he looked up and asked. If the cages were put out, he would have to eat early.

"No, now it only comes once a week, and we can't catch eels. We can only use electricity to catch some fish when we have time."

"Can we go down during the day? Let's go down somewhere farther away."

"Yes, but someone has to watch over it."

"Tomorrow we'll go to Big Bay to set up the shrimp traps. We'll go there after breakfast this morning, and then I'll fish there all day after we get them ready."

"Haha, that's a good idea. Let's go fishing tomorrow and have your mom bring us lunch."

The old father thought about it and decided that this was indeed the right approach. With someone watching over him, he wouldn't have to worry about theft, and he could sit still while fishing.

Qin Dahe tied a lot of sub-lines, including twenty pairs of No. 5 lines, with hooks of various types.

Then they started to pound the lead. The Qin family had so many tools and sundries, everything, including a few bags of black gunpowder, but I didn't know what they were used for.

"Is this a float?" After tying the lure rod, Qin's father became curious about his table fishing equipment.

"Yes, it's a standing float. You can see it clearly even if you throw it farther."

"Hang two hooks? That's amazing. The chances of catching fish are higher."

When Qin's father saw his stuff, he was also looking forward to it. Fishing is something that men can easily become addicted to once they get involved.

People around here all use coarse linen thread and embroidery hooks, so his son's tricks must be much more impressive.

"How much did you spend going out today?"

"I spent over two hundred on the reel, line set, shrimp powder and other miscellaneous items. Later, I also bought a pack of cigarettes and canned food for my brother-in-law."

"It's okay. It's worth it if I can catch some fish."

The old man nodded and looked at the things his son bought. It was not a waste of money. It was also his duty to buy things for his son-in-law. When he lived in his hometown in the future, he would definitely have to take better care of himself from his in-laws.

"Tomorrow we'll use corn and earthworms as bait. In a few days, I'll find time to make some atomized bait, and then we'll go to the sluice gate to catch silver carp."

"Atomized bait?"

"It's something that will slowly fall off when you put it in water. You also have to make garlic water. It's very troublesome. I'll do it when I have time."

"I'm telling you, the plum blossom fishing is about to start. You have to come over and work with us. Don't think about fishing every day."

The plum blossom stalks are the empty branches left after the cotton is picked. They need to be pulled out, packed, dried and used as firewood.

The old man said a little worriedly, "Don't let your son think about fishing every day."

"I know. Mom has already told me that I can do farm work, too."

"Bullshit, when you were little, it was your sister who did it. You were just at home studying, and your grades were so bad."

"That's my fault, really. I don't want to have bad grades. What can I do if I can't concentrate on studying?"

The two of them bickered while they finished their work. Father Qin also started to cook the bamboo poles he had selected and put them in the backyard before starting to eat.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Qin Dahe picked up half of the homemade nesting material, mixed it with water, and went to Dawan under the cover of darkness to start making a nest for the night.

Make a nest at night, and some fish passing by will stop to eat.

After eating, they will stay nearby and continue looking for food. By replenishing the nest tomorrow morning, they will be able to settle the nest completely.

These things are discussed in short videos every day. He didn't watch them seriously at school, but he still wrote down a lot of things.

After making a nest and marking it, he went back satisfied. At night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep, always thinking about the huge profit he would make tomorrow.

"Fuck, no wonder netizens say they can't sleep in overnight, it's really awesome."

Now that he had no mobile phone to play with, he picked up a copy of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" that he had bought in junior high school and started reading it. It was almost dawn when he fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next morning, the two men hurriedly ate, took a large kettle and some things, and headed for Da Wan.

This time, they pulled a cart out with two large barrels, twenty shrimp cages, fishing rods, lines, baits and other miscellaneous items piled on it.

I also brought a shovel with me this time. I must clean up the area around the fishing spot after a day of fishing.

The only disadvantage of platform fishing is that it requires a lot of stuff. In his previous life, when he went to the black pit, the trunk of his car was filled to the brim.

Many other traditional anglers just carry a stool, a rod and a bucket. They wrap their things in a plastic bag and put them in the bucket together with the stool. Then they ride a small electric scooter to look for fishing spots. It’s so cool.

Before breakfast in the morning, Qin's father went to dig up earthworms. The leaf mold in the bamboo forest was full of these things.

I also got a few large green earthworms. These earthworms are like small loaches, with steel hairs on their bodies. When they twist in the water, they are very attractive to mandarin fish or black carp.

When he arrived at the place, he was relieved to see that there was no one at the fishing spot. He would have been disgusted if someone had occupied his overnight spot.

But there are people in other places. Da Wan is a backwater bay, and nutrients in the water are continuously transported here, including big fish and small fish.

People from the surrounding villages and two towns often come here to fish, and they have caught quite a few big fish. When he was a child, he heard that someone had caught silver carp weighing forty or fifty kilograms here.

The next town is Yuncao Town, a big town on the Hanshan side, just opposite the Yuxi River. There is also Cao Cao's troop transport road on the bank during the Han Dynasty. When they were young, they often went here to hunt for treasures. It seemed that someone had found something good to sell.

After the two went down, they cleaned up the fishing spot first, and then started to prepare the shrimp cage.

"Qin Da, why are you here casting your nets today? Planning to fish all day?"

"Hey, my boy wants to come over and fish, so why don't you join him and see if you can get some shrimp."

Qin's father greeted the people around him and put the shrimp cage away with him.

"Dad, go buy some loaches first so we can hook the lures later."

"You go buy it, I'll try it." Father Qin was a little unable to move his legs.

"Okay." Qin Dahe sighed, knowing this was the case.

He first helped his father adjust the float and find the bottom. The five-meter main line plus the one-meter sub-line folded in half was considered long. The two fishermen nearby were using three-meter rods and lines.

"Dad, throw the pole out first. When it's full, it's the nest. Then, every ten minutes, throw in a handful of whole corn. You have to be accurate. Throwing it around will be a waste."

"Okay, okay, I got it." Father Qin waved his hand to send the man away.

"There's also floating, which can be hit by just two pauses."

"I know, get out! I'll beat you up if you keep talking nonsense." The old man glared at him impatiently.

Even though I have decades of fishing experience, I still need to be taught this.

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Qin Dahe didn't dare to say a word and just turned around and left.

Damn, the old guy is unreasonable. He tied the lines and made a nest overnight, and he even dared to scold me.

What he was most worried about was that he might only be able to play with a short club today.

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