Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 17 Collecting Shrimp Cages

The harvest in the afternoon was mediocre. I used a short rod with earthworms, but apart from bream and crucian carp, other fish were not caught.

Moreover, the crucian carp is relatively small, ranging from one to two taels to even mahjong crucian carp. In this big bay, it is completely the reserve food of mandarin fish.

The time is not right now, and there are very few big crucian carp. Generally, big crucian carp start to become more numerous in winter.

He put these small crucian carp in a bucket, went back and hung a small pump to raise them, and then put the fish back in after the pond at the back was cleaned.

Crucian carp has a varied diet, eating zooplankton, plants, benthic plants and animals, organic debris, shrimps, algae, and humus in the mud. Moreover, it can be raised even in low dissolved oxygen levels and grows fast, making it one of the easiest fish to breed.

He plans to use this three-acre pond for high-density aquaculture and equip it with an oxygen pump.

The price of crucian carp is reasonable now. If you turn on the oxygen pump every night, the electricity bill will be at most a hundred yuan a month.

But the key problem is that he has no experience in breeding, so he has to wait for Wu Ye to come and give him guidance.

"Dad, the food is so bad this afternoon, shall we go collect the shrimp traps?"

The sun was shining from the opposite side, and Qin Dahe couldn't stand it.

It was better in the morning, but I was exposed to the sun from noon onwards.

Next time I go to the city, I can get some chiffon so I can change into some sun-protective clothing.

You're still not married at such a young age, it would be difficult to get married if you get tanned.

"Let's go and collect the nets." Father Qin threw the rod away and decided not to fish anymore.

Corn fishing often takes an hour to catch a bite, and when it does, you might think you're dazzled. I just waited for an hour and my patience has long since run out.

However, fishing with Qin Dahe earthworms is not boring. You can catch fish by catching them every now and then, and as long as they are not whitebait, they are considered fish.

The two men each carried a large bucket and started collecting shrimp cages, one on the left and one on the right.

In the first basket he pulled up more than one or two catties of river shrimp and a few stone crabs.

Second cage, third cage
"Fuck, this whitebait is big. I thought there were no big whitebait here in Dayawan." There were many small hairfish in the shrimp cage, and this whitebait was considered a giant.

"How old?" Qin's father looked at him in surprise.

"Three taels, very delicious, there are shrimps in its mouth." He just raised the whitebait, and suddenly the fish struggled and jumped into the water.

The old man smiled and shook his head, then went back to cleaning the cage. It was just an IOU, not worth scolding.

Qin Dahe felt secretly sorry because whitebait is a very delicious freshwater fish and is available everywhere.

It's just too difficult to handle. Cleaning the internal organs and scraping off the scales of each small fish is very troublesome.

I have been collecting all the crops here and it is almost one kilogram.

Qin's father got less, but still about seven or eight taels. He could make a lot of money from the river shrimp today.

The two men packed up their things happily. The feeling of harvest was very good.

In my previous life, I wasn’t as happy as when I received millions of dollars in bank text messages. Catching fish and shrimps was more enjoyable than making money from business.

He enjoyed the joy of this harvest and was secretly moved in his heart. He said he would never go out again in this life.

It was not yet five o'clock when they got on the main road. The two men first used small buckets to fill the big bucket with water, bucket by bucket, and then began to transport the fish.

After carrying the catch weighing nearly a hundred kilograms, I started sweating.

He had this experience often when fishing in black pits in his previous life. Whether it was fishing for silver carp and bighead carp or fishing for carp, it was common to catch over 100 kilograms, but it was rare to catch 100 kilograms in the wild.

Including the black carp that were sent back, today's catch is quite good.

The father and son pushed the cart one after the other and rushed home. When they arrived home, Qin's mother just came back with a large oxygen pump in her hand.

"Why are you back at this time? Why don't you fish for a while longer?" "No bites, that's enough. I'll go to the city to sell fish tomorrow." Qin's father picked up the teacup and took a sip. The kettle he brought today was already empty, and the two of them drank river water later.

"Go to the city, that's fine too. Do you know where to buy it?"

"There's a seafood market over on Frozen Street. Just sell them."

"I'm going to cook. You two go wash up first." Her husband was a man of his own ideas, so Qin's mother didn't say much.

The two grown men went to the back and rinsed it directly with a scoop, then wiped it twice with a towel.

"By the way, there's another pole there. I'll buy it while I'm at it."

Qin's father suddenly remembered that there was a pole, and he bought it when he went to Jiuzi City this time. The wheel was very convenient to use.

"It's the March Building in the antique market. Go in and ask the owner directly. Just tell him that the wheels were bought from my family, otherwise they'll rip you off."

"How did you buy it in the antique market?" the old man asked in surprise.

Qin Dahe explained the ghost market in detail. When the ghost market opened every Monday and Friday night, the antique market was crowded with people.

"Haha, that's not bad. Next time I have time, I'll go to the ghost market. Maybe I can find some good stuff."

"It's up to you, but it seems to be a bit mixed up tonight, so don't let anyone rob you."

"Tsk, I've seen all kinds of scenes when I was in Nanjing." The old man said domineeringly.

"Why don't you settle down in Jinling?" Qin Dahe asked puzzledly.

His grandmother was from Jiangning, and he knew that his father had lived there for many years when he was young.

"You have to contract the land. If you don't come back when the village divides the land, you will have no land. After you divide the land, you still have to farm it. There is no time to mess around."

"Yeah, the countryside is so nice, hehe." The two smiled at each other.

Friendship between men is sometimes strange. Although some subtle speculations began between father and son, neither of them said it explicitly.

"Dad, if there's any cheap fishing gear in the ghost market, buy some too."

"I know there are a lot of big rivers over there. If I could fish there, I would definitely catch a lot."

The old man secretly felt sorry because the three big fish today were all caught by his son.

Qin Dahe curled his lips. Jiuzi City has such a large consumer market, and the rivers and lakes are full of trawlers and fishing nets. It is not as good as the Yuxi River.

Moreover, there must be quite a lot of people who practice Taiwan fishing in urban areas. Unlike in rural areas, everyone uses the most makeshift equipment to practice traditional fishing, so it is normal for them to catch fish when fishing from Taiwan.

"By the way, I'll give my eldest sister a small mandarin fish when we pass by her house tomorrow. Binbin is in the prime of his growth spurt."

"I know. I told you that at noon." The old man curled his lips impatiently and went to eat.

After dinner in the evening, Qin Dahe sat between two large buckets and started making fishing gear, while watching the fish.

These fish and grass are worth thousands of dollars. If there is a lack of oxygen, they will have to be separated into different tanks.

After he gets the contract for the fish pond tomorrow, he plans to build a large fixed fish cage at the back. He will store the fish in the cage when he catches them, which will make it convenient to sell them.

Tonight he was going to prepare the equipment for fishing crucian carp, and he could barely tie the 1.0 line.

The hooks are small barbless hooks so that the fish caught will not be hurt.

Next, he raised crucian carp in the three-acre pond and planned to catch crucian carp fry himself. The old man said that he should find some fallen trees to fish under and he could catch half a bucket in an afternoon.

But what he was thinking was that these traditional hemp lines could only catch half a bucket of fish. If he used double hooks and nylon line as a thin line, wouldn't he be able to catch fish?

(End of this chapter)