Chapter 110: It’s good to change to the bottom!
After Zhao Dahai finished his meal, he drank water slowly, looked at the sea, and thought about changing fishing methods.
There are many ways to fish, and pile shaking is just one of them. If the fishing is good, you will definitely continue to use it. If the fishing is not good, you will have to change it.
Small fish are often more curious than larger fish. Big fish are relatively cautious. Just after the white wave, there are many small fish in the sea, and the water is stirred up when the pile is shaken. The fog and the sound of beating the strings of the boat attracted all the small fish, so there was no need to continue shaking the pile.
Zhao Dahai decided to change to the bottom fishing method.
The fishing rig is very simple. The main line is passed through the lead through the middle and tied to a figure-eight ring. A sub-line of about one meter is connected to the figure-eight ring. The hook is tied and the single hook is opened. It is not too late to change to double hooks if there are more fish. I use a hook that is twice as big. Small fish and small hooks can be avoided to a certain extent.
Zhao Dahai picked up two sea centipedes, reluctant to let the child catch the wolf. If you want to catch a big fish, you must not only have a big hook but also a big insect.
Zhao Dahai led the pole and threw it forward. The lead flew out and landed seven or eight meters away. It hit the water with a "dong", took the hook and sank and disappeared. He tightened the line and dragged it. Make sure there is no hook on the bottom, put the fishing rod on the boat, pick up another rod, and do the same. There are five rods in total. Some of the lead pendants and hooks thrown out are five or six meters, some are seven or eight meters, distributed in a fan shape. One is to avoid the hooks and lines of different fishing rods from getting tangled together, and the other is to cover a larger area as much as possible. One of the biggest features of the bottom fishing method is "setting up a street stall". There are often three, four or even seven or eight fish on the fishing boat. pole.
After Zhao Dahai finished setting up the poles, he sat on the side of the boat and kept scanning the five poles with his eyes.
Five minutes passed.
Ten minutes passed.
Zhao Dahai was not impatient at all. What you want to catch when fishing on the bottom is big fish, such as black snapper weighing about a pound. Such fish keep swimming around on the bottom of the sea to catch food. Hanging two sea centipedes on the hook will have a bigger target. The hook will hang on the head and sting. The bottom will keep twisting and the fishy smell will more easily attract the attention of big fish. It is a "wait and wait" fishing method. No fish will take the bait soon, and you have to wait for the fish in the sea to find the bait.
Zhao Dahai waited for almost twenty minutes. The tip of the farthest pole in the middle shook slightly. The amplitude was so small that it would not be noticed unless he was concentrated.
Zhao Dahai reached out and gently picked up the fishing rod. Instead of taking in the line, he stretched it forward, and the tight line loosened a little. Small fish don’t know how high the sky is and are very reckless. They eat bait very simply. Big fish are different and are very cautious. The same is true for black sea bream. Loosening the line can greatly reduce vigilance. However, the line should not be loosened too much, otherwise the pole will be sharpened after a while. No fish.
Just a moment!
Twice!
Three times!
Zhao Dahai concentrated his mind and kept staring at the tip of the pole. He waited until the tip of the pole shook three times and then paused heavily for the fourth time before he raised the pole and made a big curved bow.
Hit!
Zhao Dahai bowed the fishing rod and slipped for a while. He felt that the fish didn't have much strength before he reeled in the line and pulled the fish back. He pulled the fish to the side of the boat, controlled the rod with one hand and picked up the net with the other.
Big!
At least a pound and a half!
Zhao Dahai picked off the fish, threw it into the living cabin, made a "plop", and swam with his tail swung.
Zhao Dahai was very happy. He got thirty or forty yuan, two or three taels of small fish, dozens of small fish couldn't beat this one, big fish is good.
Zhao Dahai took two sea centipedes on the hook, threw them out, and accurately landed on the place where the fish was just caught. The black snapper would be in groups, and one fish would be three to five or seven or eight. I couldn't let go of such an opportunity. After a while, I caught two more black sea bream worth 70 to 80 taels. However, for the next half hour, all five poles remained motionless.
Zhao Dahai did not "love fighting". He put away all the poles, tidied them up, started the diesel engine and changed places. Bottom fishing is the same as swinging piles. You have to change places diligently. If there are no fish, change places immediately.
The sun was setting in the west unknowingly, and the sunlight hit my face, making it difficult to open my eyes.
Zhao Dahai covered his forehead with his hands and looked at the tips of the five poles. He did not move for twenty minutes, put them all away, and drove the fishing boat back to the dock.
Zhao Dahai tidied up, fetched water and flushed the fishing boat. Just as he was about to catch fish and go home, he saw Zhong Shizhu striding towards the pier. After waiting for a while, he arrived in front of him and shouted to ask if there were any fish today. No fish were caught.
Zhong Shizhu nodded.
"Ha!"
"Uncle Shizhu. Isn't it a good thing to have fish? Does he look unhappy at first?"
Zhao Dahai is a little strange, Zhong Shizhu doesn't have a smile on his face.
Zhong Shizhu smiled bitterly, there were indeed fish, not many big ones, they were all small fish. The big ones were untied and sold. Now I am untangling the small fish online.
Zhong Shizhu got on the fishing boat, set up a rack, dragged the fishing net soaked in the sea water, and hung it up. Zhao Dahai took a look and saw that there were indeed many fish, all of which were about the same size as the small black snapper he caught by swinging the pile. No wonder Zhong Shizhu was unhappy.
“After a few days of white-headed waves, all the fish are small fish.”
“We can only wait for a few tides to pass before seeing if there are any bigger fish.”
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“It’s really not possible to shake the pile, the same are all small fish. Today’s fishing sinks to the bottom. There are not many fish, they are bigger.”
"Da Dahai, your mind works very fast. All the fishermen I met today were shaking their stakes!"
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Zhao Dahai helped Zhong Shizhu untie the fish, two people The speed was much faster, and it was all solved in less than an hour. The small fish were thrown into the sea, and the larger fish, crabs and snails near the dock were eaten.
Zhao Dahai returned to his fishing boat, caught fish, put it in buckets and carried it to the dock.
Zhong Shizhu took a look and saw that there were about ten kilograms of black sea bream weighing seven to eight taels per kilogram, which was more than what he had caught with his fishing net.
Zhao Dahai quickly walked into the yard carrying the fish, walked directly to the big bucket, poured all the fish in, and turned on the oxygenator. He caught more than ten kilograms of fish today, not many more than one kilogram, most of which were seven or eight taels. , it costs more than 200 yuan per catty and can be sold for more than 200 yuan. After deducting the gas price, you can earn 150 yuan. It is not good but not bad. You can’t eat meat every day when you go fishing. Most of the time, there is soup. It was a good drink.
Eight p.m.
The moon on the sixteenth day is very bright.
Zhao Dahai set up the table in the yard and served the dishes. They fried pork belly with vegetables, fried two salted fish, and a dozen small black snappers that could not be sold for 20 taels. They cooked a large bowl of soup. No fish, shrimps or crabs to eat, just small and big ones to keep and sell for money.
Zhao Dahai ate porridge and soup, and took a bite of salted fish from time to time. He stayed on the sea for a day and ate whatever he wanted at noon. He was really hungry.
Zhong Cuihua looked at Zhao Dahai who was gobbling up food, and felt heartbroken for her grandson. She had no choice but to make money if she didn't work. When she went to sea, she would be exposed to the wind and the sun and starve.
Zhao Dahai finished his meal, took a shower, and went to bed early. He will have to get up early tomorrow. He has to catch the tide when fishing. The tide is early and he goes out to sea early. When it is late, the good spots are occupied by others. If you can't catch a fish, you can't catch a fish, and another day's work is in vain.
It is quiet at night.
Zhao Dahai was lying on the bed, originally thinking about fishing for a day, but he was so tired that he lay down and fell asleep. Unexpectedly, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He couldn't control his mind and kept thinking about fishing during the day.
Today I changed to bottom fishing. The quantity was not large but the effect was good. I caught more than seven or eight taels and avoided the small fish. However, I also used bottom fishing and I could catch it in some places. There are no fish in some places.
I went out early in the morning and fished for more than ten hours. I changed no less than fifteen fishing spots. I could catch fish in three or four places, but not a single one was found in the rest.
Today I spent less than two hours in the places where I actually caught fish, and the rest of the time was spent in places where I didn’t catch any fish. If I could be more precise when choosing fishing spots, I could save a lot of money. time, you can catch more fish.
In the same sea area, fish can be caught in some places and fish cannot be caught in some places.
This can't be a coincidence.
Fish are not humans, but they are not brainless and cannot be fools. At least they have animal instincts, right?
There must be a reason!
Is it a fish eating flowing water?
Zhao Dahai thought of a saying that the old people in the village often said. Flowing water refers to the flow of sea water, which means that fish can only be found where there is running water. The reason is very simple. The flow of sea water rolls up the sea mud or seaweed on the bottom of the sea. Or other small creatures, small fish and shrimps gather to eat. When the small fish and shrimps come, the big fish that eats the small fish and shrimps will appear.
Zhao Dahai recalled that he had fished in more than a dozen places during the day. Some of the places where fish were caught did have obvious seawater flow, but there were two places where fish were caught where no running water could be seen. What's going on.
The first rooster crow sounded, and the whole village's roosters were heard one after another.
Zhao Dahai looked out the window. The sky was getting brighter. He hadn't slept all night but he was in good spirits. He just got up and let go of things he didn't understand. Work was important.
Zhao Dahai cooked breakfast, packed the lunch box and warmed the rest on the stove. After packing his things, he immediately went out and strode to the dock to continue fishing.
(End of this chapter)