Chapter 838: Two Strikes First

Zhao Dahai woke up from his sleep, went out of the speedboat cabin, and looked around. It was pitch black. Only his speedboat was brightly lit.

"Yo!"

"Grandpa Shi!"

"What are you doing? How did you catch so many balang fish?"

Zhao Dahai saw Shi Guangming holding a scoop net in his hand. After a while, he reached out to the sea surface next to the speedboat and caught five or six or even a dozen lively balang fish. There was a basket next to him, which was already filled with ten or eight kilograms. All of these were attracted by the light of the speedboat.

"You must stay up all night tonight, and you must get some delicious food."

"This balang fish is not too big, but not small. I took a look and it's very fat."

"Wait and fry it later. It will be delicious!"

"Yo!"

"Everyone, don't talk! Everyone, don't talk!"

Shi Guangming's voice suddenly lowered as he spoke.

Zhao Dahai followed Shi Guangming's line of sight and saw several large orchid crabs on the sea, which suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Zhao Dahai closed his mouth and then gestured to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou.

"Ha!"

"Want to run? No way!"

Shi Guangming waited for the orchid crabs to swim to within half a meter of the speedboat, then he stretched out the scoop net to scoop them up. His movements were very fast and he had caught them in almost a blink of an eye.

Shi Guangming held the speedboat on the scoop net and turned it over with his backhand. Several large blue flower crabs fell out on the deck and crawled around with their claws and teeth bared.

"Zhao Dahai."

"Wasn't the midnight snack suddenly very rich?"

"Fried barramundi plus these orchid crabs to cook a pot of porridge."

Shi Guangming was very proud.

Zhao Dahai had already prepared food and drinks for this trip, but for those who go out to sea, the small fish and orchid crabs caught right away are the most delicious.

"Okay!"

"Grandpa Shi."

"Tonight's supper is up to you. It's almost time now. I have to go fishing right away!"

Zhao Dahai took his thermos cup, drank several gulps of strong tea, and refreshed himself. He looked at the time and found that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening. Now it was time to go fishing.

Zhao Dahai turned on the fish finder navigation and found some fishing spots on the artificial islands and reefs where he fished before the New Year. He chose the closest place and drove the speedboat directly there.

Zhao Dahai looked carefully at the sea around him. He didn't see any lights and was very happy.

Artificial islands and reefs are far away, so few speedboats come here. Now there are more speedboats that can't catch fish in other places, but they usually get up at three or four in the morning to go out to sea and go fishing on artificial islands and reefs. They will leave when it's almost dark. It's not that these people don't know that fishing at night can catch more fish, but speedboats are relatively small, and it's dangerous to spend the night in places like artificial islands and reefs where there are no islands around.

The speedboat that Zhao Dahai just bought is relatively large, so it can spend the night in such a place.

Zhao Dahai drove for almost half an hour until he reached the fishing point. There were lights on the surrounding sea surface. This time he could be 100% sure that the artificial islands and reefs were at least in the sea where his speedboat was, and no other speedboats stayed to fish overnight.

Zhao Dahai stared at the coordinates on the fish finder navigation, slowly adjusted the position of the speedboat, and carefully looked at the displayed signal after parking it. Especially the terrain of the seabed was exactly the same as his memory, and it was 100% the point where he had fished years ago.

"The depth of the sea water here today is about 160 meters."

"Start hitting the bottom at about 152 to 155 meters."

Zhao Dahai waved at Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were ready. They put the rods with wheels on the gun carriage and tied the lead weights and fishing gear.

"Ha!"

"Old man Shi."

"Remember those blackhead fish we caught with crab cages?"

Zhao Dashi watched Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou busy fishing together, and remembered the big blackhead fish he and Shi Guangming caught with crab cages on the sea fishing boat before the Chinese New Year. Every day, they did nothing but put some crab cages, but the blackhead fish they caught were not only big but also numerous.

"Hey!"

"It's so easy and fun to make this money!"

"But now is not the season, otherwise we might be able to go out and set up crab cages."

Shi Guangming laughed. At the end of last year, he and Zhao Shi caught a lot of big blackhead fish by setting up crab cages.

"What's the hurry?"

"During the Chinese New Year this year, we will definitely find a sea fishing boat to fish on the artificial islands and reefs just like last year."

"We don't have anything else to do, so we can come to the fishing boat when the time comes!"

"That's right!"

"We caught quite a few at the end of last year. We have to give these blackhead fish some time to grow up or swim over from somewhere else!"

Zhao Shi was not in a hurry. If we put crab cages now, we will definitely be able to catch blackhead fish. That place is the nest of blackhead fish.

But no matter what, it is not the season now. One reason is that blackhead fish are relatively small, and the other is that blackhead fish are relatively thin. When it comes to the end of the year, when Zhao Dahai finds a sea fishing boat to fish on the artificial islands and reefs again, Shi Guangming and I can do this again.

You can make a lot of money by putting a few crab cages and pulling a few crab cages without being exposed to the wind and sun. Why not do it?

"Second Grandpa!"

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Why are you thinking about the blackhead fish here? Did you forget that we put crab cages here and caught a lot of winter crabs?"

Zhao Dahai reminded him.

"Wow!"

"How can I forget such a thing? Last year, we caught a lot of winter crabs in this place. I wonder if we will have such good luck this year!"

Shi Guangming slapped his thigh and took a deep puff of the hookah in his hand.

Blackhead fish is indeed good, but the real valuable thing is winter crabs. Last year, we had a great time on the artificial islands and reefs and caught a lot of winter crabs, but in the end, these winter crabs were not sold. Zhao Dahai made the decision and each family got a lot.

If we come here to fish at the end of this year and can get winter crabs with crab cages, it will be amazing.

"It's really hard to say whether there are any now. We really have to wait until the end of this year to put a few crab cages here to try."

"If there are, let's put more and catch more, so that we can have a good meal during the New Year."

"If there are none, forget it, forget it!"

Zhao Dahai really wants to catch winter crabs. This is a real good thing. In his eyes, it tastes better than red crabs. The large orchid crab that Shi Guangming just caught is about one pound or even one and a half pounds. It is very valuable and delicious. However, the winter crabs at the end of the year are very fat, especially the full-height winter crabs, which are not inferior to the large orchid crabs and are even rarer.

"When the Chinese New Year is coming, we must come here to place crab cages and catch winter crabs!"

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"So fat! So delicious!"

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"It's very face-saving when sending people to visit relatives!"

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou became interested when they heard Zhao Dahai and Shi Guangming talking about catching winter crabs in this place at the end of last year, and they kept talking.

Zhao Dahai nodded vigorously. Not only Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin wanted to come here to place crab cages and catch winter crabs, but he also wanted to catch them here. They were really delicious, and his mouth was watering when he thought about it.

Zhao Dahai stood by the speedboat with the rod in his right hand. The line of the spinning wheel was opened, and the lead weight pulled the line quickly to the bottom of the sea. It didn't take much time to let the line go to 130 meters.

Zhao Dahai dropped the line cup and didn't continue to let the line go down. The depth of the sea water here reached 160 meters, and it had to be let go to more than 150 meters to hit the bottom.

Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry to hit the bottom. He slowly lowered the rod by five or six meters. He would stop every time he lowered it. He would keep pulling the rod up and down for about three to five minutes.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Dayou, and even Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming knew that Zhao Dahai was not hitting the bottom. He was trying to see which water layer the fish was in.

"Are there other fish in the sea now?"

Shi Guangming turned his head to look at the screen of the fish stall in the cockpit. It was not very clear, but it seemed that some signal light spots could be seen.

Could these be fish?

Shi Guangming was very curious.

Zhao Dahai nodded, but immediately shook his head.

Most of the signals displayed on the fish finder were fish, but sometimes they might not be fish, or they might look big, but not necessarily big fish.

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Who cares if it's a fish? As long as there is a signal, we must try to see if we can catch it. If we can catch it, it's a fish. If we can't catch it, it's not a fish. No matter what, we must try and can't let it go."

While speaking, Zhao Dahai gently pulled and shook the fishing rod in his hand.

Fishing definitely requires skills. People with good skills can catch more fish than others. Even when others can't catch fish, there is a chance to catch fish.

People with better fishing skills often have only one idea in their minds to catch fish that are sure to catch, or fish with a higher chance of catching fish.

But in fact, many times, they will cast a few rods first. If there is a fish, it is a good thing. If there is no fish, there will be no big loss. Now I am doing this. If there is a fish, I can catch more fish and make more money. If there is no fish, it is just a waste of time.

"Ha!"

"Zhao Dahai!"

"This spot is really good. Fish will bite the hook as soon as the bottom is hit!"

Zhong Shizhu has not said much. He stared at the end of the rod on the gun stand with wide eyes. He remembered clearly that at the end of last year, he and Zhao Dahai caught a lot of fish at this spot.

It has been a while since I came here. In addition, it is night time and the fish bite is very good. It is very likely that fish can be caught the first time I hit the bottom.

Zhong Shizhu's guess was not wrong at all. It was just that the lead weight hit the bottom and just pushed the electric reel. The line was reeled up less than two meters and there was no time to stop before a fish bit the hook.

Zhong Shizhu has been concentrating and reacting very quickly. He suddenly pulled back the switch of the electric reel to reel in the line. The fishing rod bent down and made a sharp sound when the electric reel turned.

"Yo!"

"Got it!"

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"Ha!"

"A good start tonight! I didn't expect the fish here to be so crazy!"

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Lei Dayou and Liu Bin waved their fists vigorously.

Zhong Shizhu caught a fish, and the two of them immediately hit the bottom one after another. Within less than a minute, fish bit at the same time.

Shi Guangming looked at Zhong Shizhu, then at Lei Dayou, and finally at Liu Bin. The rods on the gun carriages in front of them were all bent down, and the electric reels were all turning. The fish were not too big, about 20 kilograms.

"What the hell!"

"What's going on? Why do you, Zhao Dahai, always encounter crazy fish biting every time you come here to fish?!"

Shi Guangming was a little indignant.

The size of the fish caught was really not too big. In places like artificial islands and reefs, fish weighing 20 to 30 kilograms are everywhere. Zhao Dahai caught many bigger fish than this one in a month before the New Year.

The key to the problem is not how big the fish is, but that Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou only hit the bottom of the first rod and immediately had a fish bite, and almost all three of them caught fish at the same time.

Shi Guangming has been fishing with a sea fishing boat for more than 30 years. He is not a master of fishing, but he has a lot of experience. He can see at a glance that there are not only a lot of fish on the seabed at this point tonight, but also very fierce.

Until now, the tide has not risen. It is only about ten o'clock in the evening, and it is far from the four or five o'clock in the morning when the fish are crazy about biting.

Shi Guangming really can't imagine how many fish Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou can catch in one night once the tide rises and the fish on the seabed are crazy about biting.

"Grandpa Shi!"

"It's been more than a month since the Chinese New Year, and no one has fished here. I guess there are no other speedboats and no one else knows there are fish here."

"It's normal to be able to catch fish here tonight."

Zhao Dahai glanced at the rods of Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bing and Lei Dayou and smiled. This is really a good sign. He will definitely catch a lot of fish here tonight. This is not the small spot he fished in the afternoon, but a big spot. The speedboat can't catch fish at this position now. If he moves forward and backward ten or eight meters, there will be another spot where he can catch fish.

Zhao Dahai thought that he would kill a lot of fish here tonight.