Chapter 239 Silver White Ribbon

There are three of them side by side, and it is obvious that the two at the back are not as big as the first one, a whole circle smaller.

He shined a flashlight back and forth, and according to his visual inspection, the height of the two behind them was about 1.23 meters, and they should weigh 60 to 70 pounds.

There was a tern with a swollen belly. He guessed that it had just swallowed the tern and was caught before it was digested. He went to the corner and got a knife and planned to bleed it.

Father Ye was very happy, "These three fish weigh more than two hundred kilograms together. The small ones are not worth much, but such a big one is quite valuable."

"Well, it should be worth a few dozen dollars more. With these three, I've already made a profit from today's trip."

Ye Yaodong skillfully operated and bled it, and Ye's father was not in a hurry to sail the boat, but watched his actions from the side with great joy.

The third child's sophistication during this time made him feel that he was an experienced old fisherman and he had really grown up.

Sure enough, some men grow up later.

After watching for a while, after he finished handling one fish, Father Ye went to pick up all the black mullets next to it and put them into the basket.

These black mullets vary in size, but the smallest ones weigh more than a kilogram. One or two of them are relatively large, probably weighing five kilograms. He can tell by weighing them in his hand.

The black mullet is also called the blackhead fish. The back of the body is blue-gray and darker in color. The abdomen is silvery white, relatively bland in color, and there are some black patches on their bodies.

The period around the beginning of winter every year is when the black mullet is the fattest and most active. At this time, the black mullet is making careful preparations for overwintering and spawning, swimming around. , grab food and save energy.

Father Ye said while picking them up: "These black mullets weigh dozens of kilograms, so I'm lucky."

"Well, it's just the beginning of winter, so there must be a lot of fish here. I'm almost ready. Dad, when you're ready, go sail the boat. Drive forward a little, and I'll lower the sticky net."

"good."

After Ye Yaodong finished processing the three cowport trevally on hand, he put them into the basket, and then went to the cabin to get the sticky net.

They have never let go of the sticky net, but just because they haven't let it go doesn't mean they don't know.

Every winter, due to the low temperature, most fish are inactive and basically stay at the bottom of the water and do not often look for food. Therefore, fishing is more difficult. Some fishermen in the village will make sticky nets to catch them. They still know how it was released.

After Ye's father drove the boat a long distance, Ye Yaodong shouted to him: "Dad, just stay here."

The wind on the boat was strong, and with the sound of the machine, he had to speak louder. When Ye's father heard it, he immediately slowed down and stopped the boat.

The lowering of the sticky net is different from the trawl. You cannot lower the net while sailing the boat. Instead, the net must be lowered in still water or slow water. Otherwise, the net will be easily washed away. You also need to lower it deeper so that you can reach the bottom where fish are densely packed. .

Moreover, when lowering the net, the floats must be lowered in order, one float after another, and cannot be offside, otherwise the net will easily become tangled when closing the net, and the net will be useless.

Ye Yaodong threw down the buoy after setting the net. He would collect this on his return trip.

Because if you want to reuse it after one use, you need to collect the net, wash it, tie it as it was when you first made it, and then dry it in the sun before it can be reused.

There are many impurities in the water. If not washed, various weeds on the sticky fish net can easily corrode the net.

This sticky net is a bit laborious, so only in winter will anyone in the village put it up.

Otherwise, whoever has enough to hold on will have to go out and put out a net every day, collect another net, bring it back, wash it and dry it for a day, and then use it again after it is dry.

Generally, people put up sticky nets by the way, unless you specifically put up sticky nets. There is no special purpose for putting up sticky nets in this village.

Then he took out the trawling net and wasted no time at all. While waiting for the longline to be retrieved, he could barely drag one net.

He worked hard to make money.

Father Ye saw him setting off the sticky net and started the boat again.

Due to their cooperation during this period, the relationship between the father and son has improved a lot, and they have a tacit understanding. One sails the boat and the other releases the net, proceeding in an orderly manner.

At this time, the sky was already bright, but the sun was blocked by thick clouds. There was no sunrise over the sea today.

However, when it was past eight o'clock, the sun came out from the thick clouds, and the dazzling sunlight shone on the sea surface, making the entire sea surface shine with golden light. Today is another warm and sunny day.

Ye Yaodong checked the time and felt that it was almost time to hoist the net, so he went to collect the net winch. Ye's father also slowed down the boat to move forward slowly, and helped drag the net from the stern slide to the deck.

The heavy net was dragged directly to the deck with the combined efforts of father and son.

"It's the mullet."

"Is it the flood season? In previous years, there were the most black mullets at this time."

Father Ye was a little happy. Their trawl net liked to drag schools of fish the most. It was better to drag a large number of the same kind of fish than to drag a bunch of miscellaneous fish.

"should be."

The entire net weighed seventy or eighty pounds of black mullet, and the delivery was pretty good.

Ye Yaodong fiddled with the fish pile at will. In addition to the black mullet, there were also some green fish. "Dad, if the bait is not enough later, use the green fish to cut it up."

"Yeah, I know."

"Huh?"

He fiddled with the pile of fish, but he pulled out one with a rather special pattern. Its whole body was densely covered with dark brown dots, and its belly was bland in color without spots.

"Grouper?" Father Ye said uncertainly. It actually had spots on its body and looked quite similar to a grouper.

"No, it should be a thick-lipped rock bass. It weighs almost two pounds. Pick it up alone first."

"Yes, yes, this is a thick-lipped rock bass." Father Ye came back to his senses as soon as he said it.

You can usually tell whether a fish is a valuable fish or not by looking at the patterns on its body. These fish either have different patterns on their bodies or are of average size.

The grouper will be a little more expensive than ordinary fish, not as good as the rare grouper, but the price should not be much different from the tiger-spotted blue grouper. This one should be sold for three or four yuan.

Ye Yaodong asked his father to sort out the fish, and he went to sail the boat. It had been almost three or four hours since the hooks were put down, and it was time to collect a wave.

Just as he was driving the boat towards the sea where the longline was placed, he saw a silver ribbon appearing on the sea in front of him.

He thought he had seen it wrong, but when he took a closer look, he saw that there was indeed a silver ribbon swaying on the sea in front of him.

"Dad, come here."

He drove the boat towards the silver ribbon and asked his father to come over and have a look.

"What's going on?"

"Look at the sea over there."

Father Ye's eyes suddenly widened, "What is that? Why is it so long and moving there for nothing?"

"I don't know, that's why I asked you to come over and have a look."

"Follow up and have a look."

"Well, it floats pretty fast. It's so long, I don't know what it is." Ye Yaodong frowned.

Father Ye stretched his neck and still couldn't understand, "What kind of garbage is it? It looks like a ribbon, with a little red on top of the white color."

"It just looks like, if it were made of fabric, it would float directly on the sea, and it could still swing in the water. It looks a bit like a sea snake, but a bit longer."

The ocean is so wonderful. There are all kinds of magical things, but I don’t know what they are?

He followed the long "ribbon" neither far nor too close, and did not increase his power to catch up. After all, it was an unknown thing. What if it got too close and attacked the fishing boat.

And he saw it drifting towards a small island ahead, and planned to follow it first to see if it was going to the island there.

The fishing boat moved forward at a constant speed, but gradually shortened the distance. The fluttering speed of the "ribbon" slowed down, and the small island on the opposite side was getting closer and closer.

When the fishing boat was about to approach the island, the father and son also clearly saw the looming figure on the shallow beach.

"Oilfish?"

"Oarfish!"

The father and son spoke in unison, the former sentence was said by Father Ye, and the latter sentence was said by Ye Yaodong.

Both of them were shocked!

It's actually an oarfish?

"Damn it! This horse is an oarfish!"

Father Ye said excitedly: "It's the oarfish, Dongzi, go to the island and dock!"

He didn't need his father to tell him that he knew to stop on the island first.

The terrain of this small island is quite high. The tide is now low and part of the beach is exposed. When the fishing boat approached the island, most of the oarfish's body was already buried on the beach.

"Damn, it's so long..." Father Ye couldn't help but curse.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but lick his lips as he watched the oarfish being washed directly onto the beach by the sea water, with only half of its body still swinging in the water.

He thought of another name for the oarfish. It is also called the earthquake fish, because only when an undersea earthquake occurs, this deep-sea fish will be frightened and be shaken up to swim to shallow waters for refuge.

Some say it’s because whenever oarfish appear, there will be an earthquake or tsunami in the area.

Some people call it the Dragon King Fish, the Dragon Palace Messenger, etc. In fact, its real scientific name is Leshi's Royal Hairtail.

"I'll dock the boat first."

In just a short time, almost the entire body of the oarfish washed up on the beach and was stranded.

Father Ye didn't wait for the boat to dock, so he climbed out of the boat and walked onto the beach with the water flowing.

Ye Yaodong parked the boat and followed closely behind. He didn't even bother to take a second look at the dense spat growing on the stone walls around him.

At a close look, its body length is even more shocking. This oarfish has a huge body, about four to five meters, with a bright silver exterior, a horse-head-shaped head, red pelvic fins, and red dorsal fins, and from What grows on the top of the head is like a tassel.

It looks very similar to ordinary hairtail fish. They both have flat bodies. At first glance, they look like a shiny silver ribbon, but one is an extra large size and the other is a small size.

At this moment, although it was stranded, its tail was still swaying occasionally, and it seemed that it was taking in less air and outgoing air.

"Dad, have you ever heard of oarfish?"

Father Ye frowned, "I heard that the appearance of oarfish also means that an earthquake or tsunami is coming."