Chapter 186 Foolishly Pretending to Be a Sunfish

The next morning he was going to sea to test the water. Before going to bed, Ye Yaodong checked several baskets of fishing lines. The damaged ones had all been repaired. Every hook was hung neatly on the edge of the bamboo basket, and the fishing lines were all in good condition. He took a good plate and went to bed after there were no problems.

The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the fishing boat was pushed into the water with the combined efforts of everyone. Then firecrackers crackled on the pier, one after another. Ye Yaodong and Ye's father were beaming with joy.

Buying a boat is no less important for fishermen than building a house. The villagers around the dock came forward to congratulate them and praised Ye Yaodong with kind words...

Father Ye also felt proud, and his whole face was flushed. Whose son can afford a 17-meter boat at such a young age? They're not just hanging around behind me.

Mother Ye helped Lin Xiuqing carry a load of sugar cakes to the pier, and gave each of the friends who set off firecrackers a piece, as well as the relatives and friends who sent firecrackers.

Ye's mother helped handle matters on the shore. Ye Yaodong and Ye's father set sail directly to the sea after setting off the firecrackers.

Although I have only gone to sea now and am a bit tight on time, it doesn’t matter. Today is just a test of the water. First, find a suitable sea area to put the hook.

Father Ye just watched Ye Yaodong sailing the boat the whole time. He also chopped up the small fish that Ye Yaodong left yesterday and hung them on fish hooks as bait. He was already experienced enough. It was Ye Yaodong who needed experience, so he could sail the boat more. Can improve the sense of direction.

There were 1,000 fishing hooks and ten baskets on the boat. Baiting was also a time-consuming task. Fortunately, he had someone arrange the fishing lines, which saved a lot of work.

When Ye Yaodong sailed the boat to the target sea area, his father had not finished hanging the bait. He was afraid that the number of small shrimps was limited and would not be enough to use as bait, so he prepared a lot of small fish to use as bait.

A basin of small fish was chopped to pieces. Father Ye quickly inserted the fishhook with his hands and feet, and Ye Yaodong also helped.

When the boat is almost hooked, let his father slow down and sail the boat, probably the same speed as a trawl.

While the boat is moving, the fishhooks are lowered one by one, and then buoy ropes and stone sinking ropes are tied. After all the rows of hooks are thrown into the sea, a stone must be put into the last end of the row of hooks, and then the last hook is thrown into the sea. Throw the buoy down, this buoy is for positioning.

Longline fishing is divided into floating longline and bottom longline.

The float used for longline fishing is in the shape of a wooden ball or long rod.

The amount of float used should be determined according to the purpose of fishing.

If you are fishing for bottom fish, all the fishing gear should sink to the bottom of the water, so there is no need to use a float, just use the hook and string as an identification mark.

When fishing for middle-layer fish, the float should ensure that the fishing gear can be suspended in the middle layer of the water.

To catch upper-layer fish, more floats are needed.

He has always fished for bottom fish along the coast, and now that he has come to offshore waters, he wants to try what he can catch by mid-water longline fishing.

Experience is accumulated through continuous attempts.

After everything was done, he washed his hands with water and stood up to look at the sea.

But at this moment, he suddenly saw a huge fish floating on the sea in the distance.

He shouted to his father loudly: "Dad!"

Father Ye turned his head to look at him without knowing why.

Ye Yaodong pointed his finger in the direction of the big fish, "Look over there, let's drive the boat over and take a look. That floating object seems to be a fish."

….

Father Ye looked in the direction of his finger and saw a big white fish floating on the sea in the distance to the east. He thought that he had finished letting go of the rope and had nothing to do, so he might as well go and have a look.

As a result, the father and son were shocked when they approached.

“Fish cake?!”

"Sunfish!"

The fish cake mentioned above was mentioned by Father Ye, and the sunfish was mentioned by Ye Yaodong.

In the Hokkien language, sunfish is called fish cake.

"Damn it, why is it so big?"

Father Ye's heart skipped a beat. This fish was unlucky. Fortunately, they didn't catch it. They just saw it, which was fine.

Ye Yaodong curiously lay on the side of the ship and observed it carefully, "Dad, this one is so big, it should be over two meters, and it is estimated to weigh a ton."

"Well, there should be. Stay away from it. This fish is unlucky."

They are fishermen who rely on the sea for their meals, and they are very particular about not eating sunfish. For them, catching sunfish means unlucky, and as long as they are caught, they must be released to ensure safety.

If you don't believe in evil and don't release it, if you use it for food, you will be hit by evil at any time, and you may lose your life. Of course, some places believe in evil, and some places don't.

People in Wanwan like to eat sunfish very much. Because of its thick skin, more bones and less meat, they mainly eat its intestines. The famous dish "Fried Dragon Intestine" uses the intestines of sunfish as the main ingredient.

However, the local villagers are very superstitious and will not catch the sunfish no matter how expensive or valuable it is. They will release the sunfish immediately after catching it. To put it bluntly, it is superstitious.

Going to sea itself seeks peace.

There are also fishermen in some places who are unscrupulous and cut off the fins of sunfish before releasing them into the water, because they believe that the sunfish has no value at all and is just a waste of their bait, and they are abominable thieves.

These sunfish, whose fins were cut off, completely lost the ability to swim in the water and could only die slowly.

The sunfish is shaped like a flat oval as a whole, with a short body and thick sides. The tail fin has degenerated, leaving only the dorsal fin and anal fin, and they are very developed.

From a distance, the sunfish seems to have only one big head and a small tail, so in some places the sunfish is also called the head fish.

The name sunfish is actually the name from that side of the bay, because fishermen often see them lying on the sea surface basking in the sun, just like an overturned car.

But the color and appearance of the sunfish are not very good-looking. If it were to correspond to one type of car model, then this car might be a garbage truck.

At this time, it should be lying on the sea to bask in the sun. It especially likes to bask in the sun, so it is also called sunfish abroad.

It is also called the moonfish, because the sunfish can secrete a special substance that can cure diseases and injuries of other creatures on the seabed. It can be said to be the "undersea doctor".

Many fish often surround it, including some small fish that can emit light. These fish swim together with the sunfish and look like a glowing moon through the water.

Both father and son felt that it was unlucky to encounter this kind of fish. Although it was large, rare, and could be sold for money, they could not change the fact that it was a sunfish.

The two of them were not going to touch it. It was not easy for this fish to grow so big.

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They planned to sail the boat directly out of the sea to avoid the sunfish, but they saw another sea lion suddenly appeared in the sea, and the two stopped moving again.

I saw that the sea lion was smaller than the sunfish, but it bit the fin of the sunfish with great ferocity, chewing and devouring it, but the sunfish was so stupid that it neither fought back nor ran away, and remained motionless. The ground is left to be eaten by seals.

Suddenly, two more sea lions appeared on the sea surface, biting together, but the sunfish remained motionless. The father and son looked worried for it.

"This ***! No wonder he is called the leader of the three idiots in the sea, land and air."

Father Ye looked at him with confusion, "Who is the leader of the three idiots in the sea, land and air?"

"You don't understand. It's all in vain if I tell you."

Father Ye glared, was this his attitude when talking to me?

"Hey, hey, look, look, that, that, that..."

Father Ye was immediately diverted again.

I saw another white figure being thrown out of the sea not far away. The water rippled and rolled, and white figures were thrown out of the sea one after another, like flying saucers.

The father and son also saw clearly that the fish that were thrown into the air like flying saucers were all sunfish. The seabirds flying in the sky also saw the opportunity and rushed down to peck at them, gathering more and more.

A large group of sea lions in the distance threw the small sunfish into the air. After teasing them, they continued to attack the 2-meter-long sunfish in front of them.

This sunfish was bitten by them like a big cake, but it still didn't know how to resist or escape. It just watched it being slowly bitten and devoured by the sea lions, becoming their buffet.

The intelligence of the sunfish is too low, and it may not realize that it is going to die. After all, it has a large body of about two meters but a brain that only weighs 6g.

It's also notoriously stupid.

Then the group of sea lions dragged it to the depths of the sea while biting it. Maybe it was too big to throw it into the air, so they dragged it into the sea.

Generally, sea lions will throw the nearly eaten sunfish into the air, so that the seagulls can also have a feast. Just like what the father and son just saw, there were several "flying saucers" flying in the sky.

The waves on the sea gradually became smaller, and the sea lions also dived into the sea. Ye Yaodong felt that it was a pity. If it had been another fish, he would have definitely found a way to drag it up.

It’s not easy for this fish to grow so big. I heard it would take decades to grow to such a big size, but it actually died without moving.

"It's a bit unlucky. We encountered a sunfish on the first day the boat sailed out." Father Ye is still quite superstitious and feels quite disconnected.

"We didn't catch it? What's the bad luck? This is the first time I've seen such a big sunfish. It's a pity. If it had a different name, I would have to drag it up even if I went down to drag it."

Father Ye gave him a sharp look, "What nonsense are you talking about? All we want when we go to sea is safety. When we hear its name, everyone wants to stay away."

"That's why I said it would be nice if it had a different name."

"Don't spend all day wondering whether there is something or not..."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, his father was so boring, he couldn't even think about it!

"Dongzi, it will take at least an hour or two to collect this row of hooks after they are put into the sea. The time in between is too long. Go back and ask your mother to help weave a net. In the meantime, you can also trawl the surrounding sea area in the free time. Or get some crabs. Cages and shrimp pots, if we catch them together, the efficiency will be higher.”

Ye Yaodong also thinks so. The shortcoming of longline fishing is this. The time in between is too free, unlike trawling, which requires the boat to be sailing on the sea all the time.

It is best to use this free time to increase efficiency.

"Okay, I'll take some time to buy materials when I get back and let my mother help me weave one. It's not easy to go to other places to make a net at the moment. When I go back in the evening, I'll go find Ah Zheng and borrow the hand-thrown net he has. , use it for a few days first.”

"It's up to you."

Ye Yaodong used to set hooks along the coast, and he could still go to Azheng to chat and catch a few rods occasionally, but now he could only fish a few rods to pass the time.

Yesterday he moved everything from the small boat to the big boat, including the simple fishing rod.

Father Ye twitched his mouth when he saw him taking out the simple fishing rod, and wanted to say something, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit...

I’ve already gone to sea, and I still want to play!

Ye Yaodong: It’s unfair~

Although his broken fishing rod is crude, it can still fish and make money!

Some people can fish with only fishing line and hook.

Return to the small fishing village of 1982.

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