Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 432: Super Cool Cannon Pit
After breakfast the next day, Qin Dahe drove his tricycle to pick up Lao Yan, and then turned to go fishing in Sancha River.

It would definitely be boring to go alone. Hanwa wanted to accompany Baoer home today, so he simply called Lao Yan to come along.

He said directly that there was no profit at all this time, it was purely to experience the new bait.

It's like fishing in a black pit, but it's true that you don't have to spend any money.

Once you catch the fish, as long as you are careful not to hurt it, the owner will feel embarrassed to take your money.

He drove the tricycle over with ease, greeted the boss first, and handed him a pack of cigarettes.

"Thank you, Grandpa. It's really hard to find a high-density aquaculture pond these days."

There are very few people working in high-density aquaculture ponds in the surrounding area, so even if he knew where one was, he wouldn't know anyone there.

"Haha, nowadays, those who engage in high-density aquaculture are all experienced people." The boss happily took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep breath. "If you're not careful, the pond will be overturned, and the cost is high. Most people don't dare to do it."

"I passed by your pond the day before yesterday and took a look. The water quality is really good. Why don't you put some more black carp in it? Those fish are valuable." He asked in confusion.

The water quality of Qin Dahe's hundred-acre fish pond is almost catching up with that of a reservoir.

The pond has just been cleaned and the output of fish feces is small. Six thousand silver carp and bighead carp are enough to purify the water quality.

"Forget about the whitebait. It's too delicate and likes to eat small fish fry." Qin Dahe waved his hand. He had read the breeding book and knew that whitebait was not recommended for novices.

Even if you raise it in a cage, it will cause a series of problems, so it is better not to raise it.

China has had experience in breeding the four major carps since ancient times, and it would be enough to add some mandarin fish and clean out the miscellaneous fish.

"Come on, I'll show you my high-density aquaculture pond."

"Wait a minute, I'll bring the fishing gear."

Opening the trunk, the two began to pack their things.

This time we were doing high-density breeding, so we didn’t bring a fishing platform. Each person had a bamboo pole more than five meters long.

He planned to fish for a few hours in the morning and then go home. The fun of fishing in the black pit lies in those few hours. It would be boring to fish like crazy all day long.

The two men followed the boss with their belongings hanging on bamboo poles, heading towards the levee.

When we reached the fork in the road, we saw a four-acre oval-shaped fish pond with a plank road on it.

I went directly to the plank road. The bamboo pole I brought today was not long enough.

"There are at least 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms of fish here, mainly silver carp, bighead carp, and grass carp. In these weather, I have to oxygenate the fish 24 hours a day," the boss said with a smile. "Don't rush to release the ones you catch. Throw them in my fish basket."

It happened to be the breeding season for silver carp and bighead carp, so we caught some mothers and put them in the breeding pond.

He usually fishes with a soft net, but it’s more convenient now that someone is fishing.

This fish pond does not make money by selling fish. It was built by his son as a sample for high-density breeding experiments to measure the growth rate of fish.

It certainly costs money, but the fish he has accumulated will not be lost. Even if the fish get sick, his son will treat them, so it doesn't matter.

"Haha, okay, I'll catch three to five hundred kilograms today." Qin Dahe was full of confidence.

"So awesome?"

"Fish that are fed with feed are the easiest to catch." Qin Dahe smiled and began to set up his equipment.

Forage fish are used to eating mixed grains and have little resistance to powder bait.

For example, the crucian carp farmed in the Qin Dahe fish pond usually feed themselves with high-protein powdered dough. You can just make a commercial bait and put it in the water and the fish will be hooked.

Those who open black pits can only afford farmed fish, which are cheap and large in size, so many people use the same bait in black pits. Black pits are full of fish, but the effect of wild fishing is very poor.

The difference between the two is not only the density of fish, but also the feeding habits of fish are very different.

It is very normal for baits of the same flavor to explode in black pits and die in wild fishing.

The specially made bait for silver carp and bighead carp was ready and waiting to ferment. The two men sat together and started smoking and chatting.

There are only the two of them in the entire black pit, so they don't even need to cast a bait. On average, there are over a thousand kilograms of fish per acre of pond, so they can just fish as they like.

"Dahe, you bought the musk, right? My dad needs to get some more, so he called Bozhou to ask about it." He said with a smile, "Who knew the price of musk has dropped recently, only fifty yuan a gram."

"Do you want to stock up? I see you use a lot of bait."

"Are you talking about the musk deer I bought? Why did the price suddenly drop?" He lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, as if musk in later generations was quite expensive.

A farmed musk deer weighs about 20 grams, and he buys it for about yuan per gram. It is cheaper to buy it whole.

Wild ones are expensive, now costing several thousand yuan per gram, which is simply unaffordable.

"Well, it seems that there have been big fluctuations in the medicinal materials market recently, which is related to traditional Chinese medicine." He said uncertainly. He rarely paid attention to these things.

"Okay, I'll give you 10,000 yuan when I get home at noon, and ask Grandpa to bring ten of them over for me."

The effect of my secret medicine is better than the one I bought in the future for 800 yuan a bottle. It is probably because of the raw materials. Even farmed musk deer is better than synthetic musk.

I've stocked up about ten of them now, which will last at least until next year.

As for stockpiling hundreds of them, it is totally unnecessary. It is better to buy Moutai instead of spending that effort. It is much more cost-effective than stockpiling musk.

"Okay, just a phone call." Old Yan said with a smile. "Aren't you afraid that I'll leak your prescription? You don't even avoid me when you prescribe the medicine." "Haha, let me tell you, the wrong dosage of my medicinal wine will kill you." He said proudly.

I spent thousands of dollars to learn this secret recipe during the information explosion era. Even if I knew the medicinal ingredients, it would not be easy to decipher.

The raw materials are expensive, and it will cost a lot to crack them through real experiments.

At this time, the bait was ready, and he stopped talking and began to shake it apart, and then attached it to the spring hook.

"Let's do it!"

"We're going to catch three to five hundred kilograms of fish today." Old Yan said excitedly.

It’s so cool for two people to catch four or five thousand kilograms of fish in a pond.

There are two pots of bait in total. Qin Dahe uses 4% essence content, and Lao Yan uses 3%.

The two of them got very close just to see how the bait performed.

As soon as I cast the ball and it fell into the water, fish immediately gathered around.

It's like fishing in Dapaotang, with black schools of fish underwater.

You can’t enter Dapaotang without a 998 ticket, and this one is free.

As soon as there was a pause, Qin Dahe stabbed the fish with both hands. The five-meter-long bamboo pole was still a bit heavy.

"Swish!" The sound of fish cutting through water immediately rang out.

But I didn’t feel strong enough, and since I was wearing the No. 10 line today, I just pulled it hard.

Soon, a silver carp weighing about seven pounds was scooped up.

"It's so fast, fuck." Lao Yan's eyes widened. His fishing float had just started to move when the fish next door caught a fish.

"Haha, let me show you what a pit crown is." Qin Dahe continued to cast the rod excitedly. It felt so good.

There is no other black pit medicine king with flavor. You can catch fish in the whole pond as you like. If you don’t explode, it will be unforgivable.

Just as Lao Yan had speared a fish over there, the sound of water cutting was heard again.

"Don't waste time, just pull it out and change it after cutting the line." He turned his head and said, then continued to pull the fish.

The bamboo pole has good waist strength, which makes it very convenient to scoop up the fish by yourself. You can accurately scoop the fish into the basket again, throw it into the big fish basket next to it, and then gather the bait and cast the pole without stopping.

Old Yan had to work much harder over there. He was a little slower than Qin Dahe in catching fish, and he was not as fast as Qin Dahe in catching fish.

Qin Dahe got more and more excited about fishing, and he could even catch silver carp and bighead carp weighing four or five kilograms by flying scoop.

It is similar to the method of fishing with a sky-opening net, which allows the fish to fly up, and then uses a scoop net to accurately catch the fish in mid-air.

The hook used this time also had no barbs, and with work gloves on, I caught the fish very quickly.

One after another, one after another, Old Yan was stunned.

"Fuck, this is the first time I've seen someone fishing like this. No wonder you're so awesome."

"Haha, another one." I saw a silver carp weighing more than five kilograms being successfully caught by flying and then thrown into the fish basket.

I put down my fishing rod. I haven’t played in the black pit for a long time and my arms are sore.

"Try my bait and I'll open two more packs."

The other two packs are in two versions: 4.5% and 5% flavor content. Try them a little at a time.

Finally, we have a high-density aquaculture pond, and we can test the limits of the competition.

Lao Yan took his bait with excitement and began to experience the feeling of flying fish.

Put down the fishing rod, wait for half a minute or a minute, and you will definitely get a bite, then pull the fish in hard.

The size of farmed fish is fixed, so there is no need to worry about big fish breaking the rod and cutting the line.

It is basically like this in the early stage of Dapaokeng. A group of people fly and knock, all using hard rods, trying to get the fish back faster. Of course, there will be a lot of fish that get off the hook.

When there are more fish in the later stage and the biting slows down, you can change to a soft rod to ensure that you can successfully catch fish with every rod.

After preparing the bait, Qin Dahe smiled as he watched Lao Yan shouting and trying to imitate him. This was almost always the case for people who played the cannon pit for the first time.

Even if you lose a few hundred dollars in the end, you will feel that the trip is worthwhile, and then continue to chase the next big pit.

The expenses are also staggering, with ticket prices running into hundreds or even thousands, fishing gear wear and tear, food and drink for staff, fuel costs, etc. Even if you catch a lot, it's hard to make a profit.

Cannon pit is actually no different from gambling.

For example, a cannon pit with fifty people and a ticket price of one thousand yuan each.

Essentially, the gameplay is to collect 50,000 yuan and give it to the boss.

The boss then takes out 10,000 yuan and puts it in his pocket to be used for the maintenance and operation of the fish pond, and the remaining 40,000 yuan is distributed in red envelopes in a random manner.

The actual daily expenses of a fisherman may be around 1,200 to 1,000 yuan, and it would be more expensive if he used secret medicine.

(End of this chapter)