Chapter 4: Crab and tiger fish are in the water? No! The bite comes ashore!
The sun hangs in the center.
The heat wave is rolling.
The sea is open. The view is infinite.
There are about twenty wooden fishing boats with diesel engines parked at the village pier.
Zhao Dahai walked across the beach and climbed onto the rocks.
Crab tiger fish like holes with water and mud bottom. The waterline is the best place. The fishing method is simple, hand wire, no fishing rod, only lead hook or buoy, very traditional fishing. Way. The crab and tiger fish hide on the rocks, so you have to pull hard to get hooked. Otherwise, you can't drill a hole. Once you drill a hole, you can't even think about pulling it out. Hand wire is more convenient and more suitable.
Zhao Dahai put on his gloves. He can't do it without these things, especially when fishing for big fish. The small fishing line is like a knife. If it bleeds, he might break his finger. He took out the tied hook. The smell of small fish and shrimp I picked up was terrible. I picked a shrimp and pinched it. I found a fist-sized water hole on the hook. I put it down and shook it gently. If there was no movement for a minute or two, I changed to another hole and kept changing. After seven or eight, I found nothing.
“What’s going on?”
“Not even one?”
Zhao Dahai frowned. The crab and tiger fish were very ferocious. They hid in the holes and preyed on passing small fish and shrimps. As soon as they found one, they immediately pounced on it. The bait swayed in the water hole for a minute or two, but there was no movement at all.
It is impossible that there are no crabs and tigers in this place. There are no big ones that can survive. What went wrong?
Zhao Dahai stared at the seven or eight water holes he had fished, and after thinking about it carefully for a while, he suddenly realized that the ones he had chosen were all half-water holes - half of the holes were underwater, but the entrance was Out of the water.
Could it be said that today’s crab and tiger are in a cave completely submerged in sea water?
You will know if you try this.
Zhao Dahai took two steps forward and stood directly on the submerged reef. He found a fist-sized hole submerged in seawater. He lowered the hook with the shrimp hanging on it. Before he could shake it up and down, a fish rushed out of the water and bit the shrimp hanging hook. With a flick of the hook, he immediately drilled down.
Zhao Dahai was startled. He pulled up hard with his hand, and a black fish as big as his arm flew up.
Ha!
Coming!
Zhao Dahai's eyes suddenly widened. He was wearing gloves and was not afraid of slipping. He held the fishing line with his right hand and pinched it with his left hand.
Crab tiger!
A crab tiger weighing more than a pound!
Crab and tiger are not rare fish. The small ones cannot be sold at a high price and no one even wants them. The ones with three or two heads are rare and the price is good. The ones that are half a catty are even rarer. The price will jump twice immediately. The fish in my hand weighs more than one kilogram, which is considered rare. The price is very high. This fish alone can be exchanged for a month's worth of rice.
Zhao Dahai opened his mouth and smiled. He carefully took off the hook. Do not pull it hard. It will bleed. If it is dead, it cannot be sold. He put it into the mesh bag, tied the hole, filled the bucket with some water, and put it in Go in, so that the fish can't escape and can be kept alive. There is no mesh bag. After struggling a few times, the bucket may escape. I found a place without water and placed the bucket. Not worried, I moved a few rocks to clamp it. Only then can we continue fishing for crabs and tigers.
Zhao Dahai re-hung the head-pinched stinky shrimp on the hook without changing the hole. Crabs and tigers live in groups, and there may be several in a hole. He put the hook into the hole, shook it two or three times, and then I caught one, and there was no movement after I caught four in total. I was very happy. The largest one was more than one pound, and the three were more than half a pound. It was all money. Strike while the iron is hot, and just keep on working.
One!
Another one!
One more thing!
Crabs and tigers are crazy. No matter if there are smelly shrimps or rotten fish, they will bite them immediately after throwing them into the hole.
Zhao Dahai got excited about fishing. Unknowingly, he walked to the end of the reef beach, raised his head, and twisted his sore neck. Only then did he realize that the sun was setting unknowingly, and it was already late and blurry. Can't see clearly.
Zhao Dahai looked at a large water hole at his feet. He wanted to catch another one, but didn't count. He picked up a small fish as big as a finger. A fishy smell rushed into his nose and he almost vomited it out. It had been sunbathing for a long time at the small dock in the village. I covered my head for a long time, holding my breath, and lowered the hook to the water hole. It was ten centimeters away from the entrance of the hole. There was a "swish" sound, the water exploded, and a fish flew out of the water, shaking its head and tail, fiercely. Bite the small fish hard.
Are you so cruel?
Going crazy with hunger?
Are you anxious to be reincarnated and be a human being in your next life?
Zhao Dahai looked at the crab and tiger fish struggling desperately on the hook and was a little speechless. How hungry must he be to do such a thing. This one weighed more than two kilograms. I don’t know how many years it took to grow to this size. I took off the hook and put it into a mesh bag and bucket. The harvest was very good. I walked back with satisfaction, left the reef area, and walked along the beach. At the small pier in front of the village, it was completely dark, a few small lights were on, and several people were busy working on the fishing boats.
"Yo!"
"Dahai."
"What are you doing?"
Zhong Shizhu heard footsteps and looked up to see Zhao Dahai.
“Caught some crab and tiger fish.”
Zhao Dahai glanced at Zhong Shizhu. He was from the same village. He was older than himself. He spoke first when he met him. He couldn't pretend not to hear, but he didn't look at him and greeted him. But he was smiling but not smiling. He must have wanted to What kind of serious thing can a gangster do? He is carrying a bucket in his hand, maybe sneaking around, etc.
"Huh?"
"Crab and tiger fish?" "Things the size of fingers, What’s the use? ”
“If you eat it, there’s only a few taels of meat. If you sell it, no one wants it.”
Zhong Shizhu curled his lips.
"How can it be the size of a finger?"
"It's huge!"
"Half a catty is considered small! There are some that weigh more than a catty or even more than two catties!"
Zhao Dahai shook his head.
"How is that possible!?"
Zhong Shizhu's eyes widened.
Little half a catty? A pound or two big?
Finger-sized crabs and tigers cannot be sold for money, but the big ones are different. Don't say half a catty, one or two catties, two ounces of crabs and tigers can be sold for money!
Zhong Shizhu immediately got off the fishing boat and rushed to Zhao Dahai. He lowered his head and looked at the bucket. The light on the small dock was weak, and he could vaguely see that he was really big.
Zhao Dahai simply picked up the mesh bag and could see clearly now.
“Huh?”
“This tiger crab is really big!”
……
“I saw three or two in the town earlier. Big crabs and tigers cost five yuan a pound!”
...
“Tsk, tsk!”
“This mesh bag must weigh about twenty kilograms!”
“It can be sold for a lot of money!”
……
People on several small fishing boats gathered around and were all shocked.
Zhao Dahai chatted for a few words, picked up the bucket, and has been busy since noon until now. He was very hungry and missed his grandma even more, so he walked quickly home.
Where did you catch it?
Zhong Shizhu looked at Zhao Dahai's back, his eyes rolled a few times, and he turned to look at the beach where Zhao Dahai was walking. Zhao Dahai has no boat, can't go out to sea, can't get to the island, and it's near the village. There is no other place but the reef at the east end of the village.
“What the heck!”
"You bastard is just lucky!"
Zhong Shizhu vomited, returned to the fishing boat, and absentmindedly packed up his things for a while. Unable to hold himself back, he lowered the anchor, tied the cable, and hurried home.
Twenty kilograms of giant crab and tiger fish each weighing more than half a kilogram?
It has to be sold for at least two to three hundred yuan!
Go out to sea and catch fish! ?
After Zhong Shizhu left for a while, people on other fishing boats around him went home one after another, or started tying hooks directly on the fishing boats. They were not fools. Zhao Dahai caught so many big crabs and tigers, there must be small ones even if they are not big ones. , this is a good opportunity, how can you let it go, especially when you are watching others make money.
(End of this chapter)