Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 191 Instant Tangent
The few of them chatted about the levee for about ten minutes before stopping.

The water boiled, and everyone filled it up and started fishing, full of confidence.

Today I am still using the double-lead fishing method. The new float I bought yesterday is still useful, and the thickened tail is more eye-catching.

A 7.2-meter rod plus a 7.2-meter line is a total of 14 meters. Excluding the part that is put into the water, there are still about ten meters when it is fully drawn. The thin-tailed float makes people's eyes dizzy.

The bite was much weaker this morning, and Tiedan didn't start catching fish until 8:30.

"Interface?" Qin Dahe turned and looked at him.

"Well, if you go down, you'll win. You can't just hold on."

He looked very upset when he heard that. It was really hard to throw the 7.2-meter glass rod frequently.

In this kind of fish situation where the fish likes to interface, it is useless to pull out the rod. The bait must fall to the ground.

"Today is the interface, everyone please work hard."

Helplessly, I could only pick up the rod and cast. After doing it five times, my wrist started to hurt. The aftereffects from the day before were still there.

The sixth time, before the bait reached the bottom, a big black float appeared and he instantly lifted the rod and stabbed the fish.

"call out."

It was another big bow, but the fish didn't feel big. After a few minutes, I pulled it up easily. It was a small grass carp weighing three pounds.

Generally, only a fishing rod weighing more than ten kilograms can be pulled into a negative angle of 180 degrees. This is because the glass rod is soft.

If he had used the kind of high-carbon rod that he often used in later generations, it would have been a lot of fun to catch a three-pound fish.

The silly kid next door also started catching fish. After he found the hook, he was the one who cast the most diligently.

After catching the fish, the four of them continued casting with a mixture of pain and joy.

"You beast, why do you like to interface?" Qin Dahe really couldn't stand it anymore.

There was a dull tingling sensation in his wrist, and he felt that if this continued his hand would be crippled.

"My wrist hurts too. We fished for twenty hours the day before yesterday." Erhu said in pain.

The silly kid also nodded. He wanted to make money, otherwise he would have quit long ago.

"Dahe, why don't you make a machine that can automatically cast." Tiedan thought this was the most reliable idea.

"Damn, I don't know how to do this. You think I'm a jack of all trades, right?"

Qin Dahe threw it again in disappointment, but seeing that there was no connection, he was too lazy to throw it again.

"Why don't you bring a bamboo pole tomorrow, shorter if possible."

"That's fine, it depends on the fish situation."

He missed the high-carbon rod a little. The 300-meter-long rod weighed grams. With enough strength, he could normally catch a fish weighing to kilograms with proper operation.

Today's glass rods weigh about 1000 grams and are also soft, like an old man hanging on the water surface.

Unlike high carbon rods, it goes straight into the water.

Now if we don’t make the connection, the fishing situation will definitely be much worse, one fish in half an hour or even one fish in an hour.

"Remind me later to make a turret stand for fishing."

"what?"

"It's something you install on a mount or fishing platform to hold a rod. I forgot about it yesterday," he said dejectedly.

With a turret bracket, you don't have to hold the pole all the time. Just hang a safety rope, and you will feel much more comfortable.

Since the fishing platform is built relatively high, it must be held by hand without a bracket. Long-term wear and tear on the edge of the fishing platform will damage the fishing gear.

Ten minutes later, Qin Dahe caught another fish, and this one was quite big.

"Here comes a different one, probably a black-lipped croaker." He began to cheer himself up.

"Is it big?"

"I don't know. The feel of black carp is similar to that of bream. They give different feelings for the same weight."

After trying hard to lift it twice and it still didn't float, I knew it hadn't yet landed in the right place.

Black carp and bream are flat fish, and their body size creates greater resistance in water.

Erhu next door also caught a fish. I guess the fish came, but it was already past ten o'clock. Damn.

"Haha, here comes Mi Qiao." He knew what kind of fish it was as soon as he looked up. No wonder its momentum was different from that of a grass carp.

A big black carp with a bulging belly came ashore. The price of a meter-grade black carp is equivalent to 40 to 50 kilograms of grass carp.

"Brother, what bait?" Silly kid couldn't hold on any longer and was exhausted from fighting.

"I have two hooks, one for sour corn and one for melon vines, but it's the corn that eats the hook."

"it is good."

After Erhu caught a grass carp, he also started to learn from him, using double hooks and double baits.

The advantage of double hooks is that there are multiple baits and multiple water layers, giving fish more choices.

There will be a slight height difference between the double hooks of the sub-line. Veterans like Qin Dahe will adjust the state of the bait falling into the water.

The best case scenario is that one hook touches the bottom and the other hook lies on the bottom. Of course, that definitely won’t work today.

The water level in the Yuxi River was too high, and large ships passed by from time to time, so we could only use lead sinkers to catch large running lead and double hooks to lie on the bottom.

As soon as he cast the rod and started to catch any fish, Qin's father brought him food.

"how are you today?"

"It's just average, about 50 to 60 kilograms." Qin Dahe shook his head.

As soon as he said that, silly kid started to catch fish and the sound of "swooshing" water was heard.

"Didn't you say it was just so-so?" The old man looked down on him, took the rod and started fishing.

Since it was hungry at this time, everyone took turns to come down to eat.

After Qin Dahe finished eating, he went to pick up Erhu. He took a big bite and cut the line the moment he hooked the fish.

"What the hell is this fish? It was cut up in an instant." He slapped his thigh in frustration. He thought he had stabbed it too hard. If he took his time, he still had a chance to catch a bigger fish.

It's a pity for others too. The fish are not biting well today and it's really not easy to catch any fish.

"I've told you several times not to stab the fish too hard." The old man glared at him.

Qin Dahe was a little speechless. When did you say this?
But with so many people here now, it's not easy for him to disrupt the show.

After they finished eating, Qin's father helped to make a nest.

You need to make nests on both sides and fish in rotation. Tender grass and tender reed leaves are still attractive to grass carp.

"Dad, help me find someone to catch a jar of grasshoppers."

"Don't they say grasshoppers are only used in autumn?"

"I want it now, too, to see if I can catch some bluefish while I'm at it."

When the fish are active, any bait will do, even foam bait will catch fish.

He was considering using grasshoppers as live bait, which would allow him to catch both predatory fish and black carp. It was really annoying to always fish for grass carp.

Father Qin nodded and left. Catching grasshoppers was easy. He just gave the kids two dollars and asked them to catch them. It was easy to catch two jars in an afternoon.

After Qin's father left, the four continued fishing.

The fishing situation is better now than in the morning, but it is only relative and cannot be compared with last night.

He fished until four in the afternoon. Qin Dahe took a rough look and found only about 200 kilograms of grass carp and five black carp.

It is definitely a big catch. Normal people who go fishing calculate the catches in hundreds of kilograms.

"Take a break and prepare to close the net."

"Damn, I'm exhausted, let's take a rest."

Everyone jumped down from the fishing platform, lit a cigarette and enjoyed the afterglow of the sunset.

The sun has been shining brightly these days, and Qin Dahe wears sun-protective clothing every day when he goes out.

"I wonder if there are plenty of river shrimp today?"

"You'll know when you get up." He said meaningless nonsense and threw the nesting materials left by Qin's father into the river.

It takes more than a day or two to raise a nest. If no one comes to take it away, you can raise it every day, and it will become fatter and fatter.

If only there could be a spring rain, the melon vines would grow wildly.

"Remember to get a stent when you go home tonight. My wrist really can't take it anymore." Tiedan rubbed his wrist and felt a noticeable tingling sensation.

"I know. I'll do it when I get back." He took a deep puff of the cigarette and put it out.

"Let's go, pack up and go home."

Everyone stood up and started to work upon hearing this. They first packed up the fishing gear and moved it up, stacking it neatly on the tricycle.

Then we started to collect the nets. The shrimp cages can be collected much faster than the large ground cages.

Qin Dahe and Tiedan started from the right and went all the way back, one emptying the net while the other took the transfer box.

The traps are mainly filled with river shrimps and miscellaneous fish, and no white eels have been caught today.

"There are fewer shrimps today." Tiedan said regretfully.

"Haha, it's only a little less than yesterday, not bad."

The shrimp cages were left there for more than twenty hours yesterday, so there must be a lot of stuff. Today it’s only been there for ten hours.

After comparing the goods on both sides, I got about ten pounds of shrimp, plus grass carp and other things, so I definitely made at least a thousand yuan, and I made a lot of money after paying for the work.

It’s just annoying to repair and dry the net after returning home.

I have put down two shrimp cages in a row, and they were not dried yesterday. The nets are covered with debris stuck on them, so I have to clean them up.

Grass carp, shrimps and other things were placed on the tricycle, and the two vehicles drove home one after the other. Today they were quite fast, and they arrived at the village at five o'clock.

"Come over tomorrow at eight o'clock. I'll have my dad go to town and ask about the prices of grass carp and river shrimp. If they're too low, he'll go to the city and sell them."

"You decide."

Everyone has great faith in Qin Dahe. He has been back for such a long time and it was he who helped his brothers make a fortune.

My mother helped to protect the grass carp and pick up the river shrimp, and then there were a bunch of miscellaneous fish.

"Do you still want some trash?"

"No, it's too troublesome to clean up."

"Didn't Auntie sell it yesterday? Can it be sold too?" Several people turned around and looked at Qin's mother.

"The miscellaneous fish are cheap now, selling for four yuan a piece. Yesterday's total sold for only a few dozen yuan. You can each take some back later." She was too lazy to sell them because she had too much work to do in the fields.

Everyone had to share the food among themselves. It’s always a good idea to give it away if you can’t finish it.

I am in a good mood today because we have a refrigerator at home.

The small fish were specially washed clean, then packed in bags and placed in the refrigerator.

Yanyan also retracted her nuts and took up a space.

Yesterday, Qin Dahe was talked about by both of them for releasing earthworms.

For dinner, we still had small fish, but it also contained crabs, river shrimps and other things, and it tasted delicious.

Now my mother is willing to add lard, and the young couple enjoys the meal very much.

"Mom, when you have nothing to do, cook some. It would be best if you can put some tofu in it."

Mother Qin glanced at her son and said, "I don't have time to buy it. I have so much work to do at home."

"After dinner, I'll go and exchange some for some mixed fish. The tofu shop owner loves mixed fish."

"That's fine." Miscellaneous fish and the like are worthless and require a lot of effort to sell, so it's good to exchange them for two pieces of tofu.

Bartering still exists in rural areas. People can exchange food and eggs for cigarettes. Many children even steal their own eggs to exchange for candy.

(End of this chapter)