Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 186: Crazy Mouth
Qin Dahe thought about it and decided to raise fish in the small pond. He made sure to put a few thousand fish fry in it and feed them every few days.

By the way, he can verify the fish farming knowledge he has learned. It would be great if he could contract a large lake in the future.

The rent for the small pond can definitely be recovered. If you can easily maintain it for a year, you can still make a thousand yuan or so, so you don't have to work hard to earn a few dollars.

The kids helped him grow the seedlings, and he just had to feed the fish from time to time.

This small pond can be used as a fish shelter. Just like today when the fish are full, I can take the fish home at night and have a safe place to store them.

It’s okay if there are few fish, just put them in a fresh-keeping box to oxygenate them, but if there are too many, you need to put them in a large fish protector.

The fish guard in the small pond is a special square mesh cover. Just like a lifting net, you have to pull the fish from the side, which makes it much more convenient to store fish.

On the first day of fishing for grass carp, we didn't expect the fish to be so strong. We fished until ten o'clock and everyone's arms were sore.

"It's so fucking cool, one after another, my luck is so good today." Erhu said excitedly.

Their long rods were every inch longer and stronger. They caught over a hundred kilograms of fish in such a short time. It was really scary.

There are two carps and the rest are all grass carps. Tiedan and his friends next door only weigh more than 30 kilograms, the difference is too big.

"Haha, good luck? It's useless to have good luck if you don't make a nest." Qin Dahe chuckled, lit a cigarette and took a break. He was really tired after more than three hours, and the fish were biting frequently.

Whether it is a fish pond or a black pit, whether a fisherman can catch a lot of fish depends on whether he sits straight, that is, he happens to encounter the path that fish must pass through: the fishway.

But the great thing about raising a nest is that you can change the fish path. Within three or four days, the fish will get used to the presence of food in their temporary memory.

Just like those fish ponds that are used as black pits by people, as long as you find the place where they usually feed the fish, they will burst with fish in minutes.

Normally, raising a nest is just feeding the fish. Even if it takes some effort, it is better than having several people come here to fish.

At half past ten, Qin's father brought the meal over on time, which included roasted chicken bones and edamame, which was delicious.

"It's delicious. Auntie's cooking is great."

"Haha, my mom must be good at cooking."

Several people ate heartily, and Qin's father went to see their catch as usual and cast a few lines.

"You caught so many today?" The old man showed a surprised expression when he saw the fish caught by the Qin Da River.

"Yeah, I'm eating too much." He looked up and responded, then thought for a moment and spoke again: "Dad, I'll send some home to store them later, otherwise the fish will die if there are too many."

"it is good."

It really needs to be sent back, it's just on the way anyway.

They finished their meal and smoked another cigarette. By this time, Qin's father still hadn't caught any fish, so they had to give up.

"Isn't it called Kuangkou?"

"I stopped eating at ten o'clock and will see you again at noon."

Qin Dahe suddenly remembered that he still had to build a nest, he almost forgot about it.

"Oh, Dad, please help me cut some reed leaves and tender grass. I need 50 kilograms. I need to feed the nest later."

"Okay." Seeing his son's nest was so well-maintained, he was also tempted, but for now he decided to help his son with the work. "How do you tie it? I'll help you raise the other nest."

"Three pounds of nesting material makes a ball, tied with stones and foam in the middle. Throw four into a nest. Cut them and tie them up. I'll take you over there to see the nest."

"Okay." Father Qin nodded and went to work.

After returning, he took a sickle and started cutting grass. He cut the reeds directly outside the river. He cut 50 kilograms of grass quickly and came back after an hour.

Then, according to Qin Dahe's request, he tied them into balls of nesting material, and then Qin Dahe took him to the other side to make a nest.

Don't move here for now. Wait until everything is over in the evening before throwing out the bait. Try another place tomorrow.

After finishing everything, it was already half past twelve, and he came back and quickly cast his fishing rod.

"How's your fish bite? Did you sneak some explosives while I was gone?"

"There's not even any hair on it, just three grass carps." They have been out fishing for an hour and a half, and the three of them have caught one carp each on average. The bite is indeed a bit poor now.

"I feel relieved when I see your air force." Qin Dahe joked, lit a cigarette and began to wait for the fish to bite.

"You're such a jerk." Erhu scoffed and spoke again, "Dahe, don't they say that fish will bite when the water temperature rises?"

"I don't know either. There's no secret to absolutely catching a lot of fish. Let's try a different bait."

Qin Dahe shook his head and began to change to commercial bait.

His homemade powder bait is made with shrimp powder, earthworm powder, bean dregs and other protein-rich substances, so it can catch other fish besides grass carp.

The advantage of commercial bait is that it can catch a wide range of fish, including common grass carp, carp, crucian carp, and even onion and catfish. However, it is not as attractive to big fish as melon vines and corn.

I changed to a powder bait, and the fish was hooked as soon as I put it in, that is, the fish was hooked before the bait even sank to the bottom.

"Swish" sound as he stabbed the fish, but it missed.

"Trash fish?"

"Probably not. There are a lot of predatory fish here."

Another cast of the rod, after it sank to the bottom, he waited for two minutes and then the float stopped for two seconds, and he hooked the fish again.

"Damn, I thought it was something else, crucian carp seeds." He raised the small crucian carp in his hand and threw it into the fish basket.

"Don't mention it, the crucian carp in Yuxi River have more beautiful fur."

Qin Dahe changed the bait and cast the rod again with a slightly depressed look. This 7.2-meter-long powder bait was simply fatal. He had to change the bait every few minutes.

The feeding habits of small crucian carp and big crucian carp are different. Small crucian carp is more similar to whitebait and likes to eat.

After catching several crucian carp and melon seeds in a row, most of them were fish bites. He got fed up and had to give up the powder bait and start using sour corn instead.

After throwing the rod into the water, I start to fill the nest. Now I throw in a dozen or so fish at a time.

"Should we change the water layer? The grass carp might be in the middle layer." Erhu was a little unsure.

The two people next door were already fishing, but the fisherman was empty-handed. He was suspicious of the float and the bait.

"Forget it, I'll just fish at the bottom. If that doesn't work, I'll go dig for earthworms." He said indifferently.

"I'll go dig."

Before Erhu could speak, Tiedan next door couldn't sit still anymore.

Their two short shots were already bad, and now it's even more boring to stop.

It is just the beginning of spring now, and many big fish are in urgent need of protein after a winter. Earthworms may be useful.

Before Tiedan's earthworm came over, Hanwaer caught a fish, a big bow.

"Shhhhhh!"

"Whoa!"

It's like a sports car cutting through the water with a fishing line, which is really scary.

"Damn, big fish."

The two of them looked at the silly kid at the same time. Even Tiedan stopped digging for earthworms and came here to watch the fun.

"Big fish are hard to catch." The silly kid said with a bitter face.

The third line, just by looking at the feel you can tell it weighs at least ten pounds.

Everyone can only pray silently that the line will not be cut. It is true that the bamboo pole has strength, but it cannot protect the line like a glass pole.

As soon as the fish started to bite, the kid was forced to get off the fishing platform and wade through the water to follow the fish.

If it was No. 18 line, I could just pull it hard, but now it’s difficult.

Before the fish came ashore, the sour corn that Qin Dahe had exchanged for also caught fish.

"call out!"

"One more, haha." Finally it wasn't crucian carp seeds.

Feeling the fish wasn't very big, he began to exert his strength. His three-axe tackle on the grass carp was quite fast, and in two minutes he pulled up a six-jin grass carp.

"It's still fun to catch big fish."

The fish entered the shelter and cast the rod again.

He thought about it and decided to buy three more glass rods, leaving one as a spare.

Otherwise, it would be inconvenient for two people to use long rods and two people to use short rods every time, just like today.

Since he got an extra share of the fish money, he still had to do a good job of logistics, and he didn't want to take advantage of his brothers.

Another ten minutes passed before the fish on Hanwaer's side finally surfaced. He pulled it directly to Qin Dahe's fishing platform and scooped it up. It was too difficult to scoop the fish on the platform by himself.

"It's at least fifteen or sixteen pounds, so damn fat." He was very envious, this was the biggest one so far.

The fish Erhu and I pulled this morning weighed about four to five kilograms, seven to eight kilograms, but none of them were as big as this one.

Under the sunlight, the scales emit a faint golden glow, and the fur is incredibly beautiful.

Tiedan finally dug up a bunch of earthworms, and Erhu also went over and took some back.

"If you want to play with earthworms, go try it out nearby. Cut up some earthworm segments and mix them with mud to make a nest. See if you can get some Ondine."

"Okay." Erhu nodded and went to the shore to fish.

Earthworms attract Ondin, and when Ondin enters the nest, other fish will not come.

Tiedan did the same, following Erhu to fish on the shore without disturbing his own nest.

Qin Dahe and Hanwaer sat steadily on the fishing platform and continued fishing. How could they catch big fish without patience?

We had a great time fishing in the morning and have earned back today’s wages. Now it will be up to us to catch some big traps in the afternoon and evening.

After a while, there was another big bite, and the fish was stabbed, "whoosh!"

"Haha, here's a bream too. This sour corn is pretty good."

He caught a bream weighing one and a half kilograms and it flew up into the air.

Bream is similar to crucian carp, and is an omnivore. I didn’t expect that it also likes to eat sour corn.

On the other side, half an hour after the earthworms were caught, fish started to appear over there, and there were quite a lot of fish in this area.

The fish that came up were quite mixed. First we caught crucian carp and bream, and then we started to catch oncornavirus.

There are fish ranging from the size of a thumb to one or two taels, and there is even a small one with a curled mouth.

"Pull it out quickly." Qin Dahe put a grass carp into the fish basket with a smile and looked at Erhu and the other man.

"They're all small fish. Damn, two taels is considered big."

The two men finally couldn't stay any longer, so they packed up their things and went to the fishing platform to catch grass carp.

These earthworms are full of small fish. Even if you catch ten of them, they won’t weigh more than two kilograms. It’s better to just wait and catch grass carp.

The grass carp bit intermittently in the afternoon, until about 3:30 when they suddenly started biting like crazy, with both sides biting like crazy.

The grass carp is not big, at most seven or eight pounds, and there are small ones weighing one or two pounds, but everyone is very happy fishing.

I was originally planning to close the stall at four o'clock, but now I can't bear to let go.

Qin's father came over at four o'clock. Seeing them fishing enthusiastically, he took his son's fishing rod and started fishing.

"Is it so delicious?" The old man happily put the fish into his arms.

"I've been eating like crazy for just half an hour, one every three minutes." Erhu said excitedly.

He roughly calculated that he had caught 20 grass carps in one day, so it would be no problem for him to catch over kilograms today.

Qin Dahe sat in the back, lit a cigarette and rested, his hands were sore.

I have to make some fishing rod holders later. Today there is no place on the fishing platform to put the wooden stick holders, so I have to use my hands the whole time.

It's okay for a short time, but if you use a 7.2-meter glass rod like this for a long time, tenosynovitis will not be far away.

Over there, Qin's father caught another fish and joined in.

Grass carp like to fish in the evening. If they don’t catch any fish in the afternoon, they will pull it up and continue casting.

It was another small grass carp weighing more than three pounds. I quickly put it into the net and cast the rod again.

This kind of fast-paced fly fishing would be absolutely awesome if you had a high-carbon rod.

But you can’t afford high-carbon rods now. They are all imported and cost at least several thousand yuan each.

The bamboo poles of Hanwaer next door are strong enough, but they are a bit short, so the fish bites are not as fierce as here.

"Dad, I'll take some fish first. We still have so many traps."

"Okay, come over here and pour it yourself." The old man waved his hands impatiently. He didn't have time to do that now.

Qin Dahe sighed when he heard this. There were more than a hundred kilograms of fish, plus several hundred kilograms of water. He would have to make several trips by himself.

"Baby, come and help me."

"it is good."

The kid reluctantly put down his fishing rod, as the fish on their side had finally started to catch fire.

The two brothers started to clean and protect the fish. They brought back 120 to 130 kilograms of fish in the morning, and more than 100 kilograms in the evening. Now they are still biting like crazy. They can really catch 300 kilograms of fish.

After the fish is lifted up, you still need to add water, but there is no need to add oxygen. Anyway, we will be home soon.

I also went to bring some unused items like a shovel, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with them at night.

The nets that were collected were in a mess and couldn't be straightened out. There were eighty nets in total.

"I'm going back now. I'll bring you some food to keep you going until we stop eating today."

"Okay, bring some quickly." Erhu waved his hand, signaling him to hurry up, and no one turned their heads.

Today was a real surprise. Sometimes he stopped talking and sometimes he kept talking, which made everyone feel extremely happy.

However, the temperature is fluctuating greatly now, which is a normal phenomenon.

If the temperature stabilizes in the summer, the food may go crazy for a whole day, or even end up empty-handed.

After moving everything up, he hurried back.

"Mom, is there any leftover rice or steamed buns at home?" He hurried to find his mother when he got home.

"The meal is still being cooked, where are they?" Mother Qin looked around, but there was no one there.

"The fish are biting well tonight. Let's go fishing for a while longer. There's nothing to eat at all?" He looked at his wife. A foodie must have some food in stock.

"Brother, can I give you a pound of peeled ripe chestnuts?" Yanyan thought about it and realized that this was all she had left.

"Okay, give them all to me." After saying that, he went to get the power supply and spotlight. If the fish kept biting, he would go fishing at night.

The opportunity that we have waited so hard for must not be wasted.

Bring the light stand, spotlights and headlights. It's spring now and there are fewer mosquitoes, so you don't need to bring mosquito repellent and other things.

He casually took the remaining snacks from his wife and rushed to the fishing spot.

When we got there, everyone was still fishing frantically. Erhu and Tiedan were playing with the fish together, and everyone was in a very excited mood.

Qin Dahe stepped forward and distributed the chestnuts to everyone. This stuff is quite filling, and after eating two taels, they can continue fighting.

"We kept working at night as the fish kept biting. We even brought lights."

"Haha, okay, as long as there are still fish we will continue." Erhu said excitedly.

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