Chapter 524 Attracting Dolphins and Driving Away Fish Schools

"No wonder the shark just now was eating one shark at a time, and then another one at a time. It was so happy that it caused sadness."

"Hmm...hey hey...look..."

"What?" Ye Yaodong was winding up the line and raised his head when he heard the voice.

I saw that the group of dolphins that had just rounded up the sharks emerged from the water again, but many of them were still far away from each other and scattered in all directions.

At this moment, the three or four dolphins on the easternmost side were jumping out of the water and rolling forward in the air.

The surrounding dolphins immediately swam eastward from all directions. As the dolphins swam, the waves rolled into several wavy lines.

Ye Yaodong felt that the dolphins that started rolling in the east were calling their companions, but they didn't know what they were going to do, so they gathered together and left. After all, they lived in groups.

But when they merged, they heard the "squeaking" sounds of the dolphins intermittently, and a group of dolphins slowly began to swim from east to west.

"Are they playing? Put away the hook first and then look at it. This is serious business." Ye Yaodong glanced at it and felt that these dolphins were playing. Dolphins are originally playful marine creatures.

"No, haven't you seen them forming a circle?" Father Ye reminded him, "Look carefully, there seem to be fish tumbling in that circle, and those dolphins are driving away the fish."

"ah?"

Ye Yaodong took a closer look now. Indeed, those dolphins were oval in shape and surrounded them. From time to time, small fish jumped out of the water in the circle inside.

It turned out that the dolphins that had just swam over there from all directions were going to encircle the school of fish.

He suddenly said excitedly: "Oh! Let me tell you, this dolphin can help fishermen drive away fish schools."

"Driving them away is driving them away, but it's one thing to drive them away by themselves, and it's another thing to help fishermen drive them away. Don't confuse them."

Ye's father still doesn't believe that dolphins can help fishermen drive away schools of fish.

"You still don't believe me, huh? I swam far away... It's a pity that the rope in my hand has only been half closed and is still being closed. Otherwise, we could have followed directly. There must be a lot of things to catch after following the dolphins. ."

Dolphins have the ability to detect and navigate using ultrasonic waves.

I heard that foreign fishermen, when fishing for tuna in the ocean, first look for dolphins. Because dolphins often accompany tuna, it is easy to find tuna with dolphins as "guides". 90% of the tuna caught by the M country's tuna fleet relies on dolphins as "guides".

Father Ye glanced at him and said, "There is not enough time. The sun will set in three hours. If we run with it, we will probably just go back in vain. This bigger boat can float on the sea for a few days and follow it." They may really be able to encounter various schools of fish behind them."

"Yes, alas, the duck that reached the mouth will fly away. Reel in the line. At least there will be a wave of fish passing by. If there are empty hooks, you can hang a few more. Although it is cheap, a larger number will be fine. of."

"Well, this school of fish is not very big. It is estimated that a lot of them have been wiped out by sharks. With so many dolphins surrounding them, they must not be able to swim for long before they are wiped out, right? Don't think about it. You will encounter them if you have the opportunity in the future. Let's take care of them first. Let’s collect these longlines. When the rope was pulled up just now, it looks like the harvest is good.”

"Um."

Ye Yaodong glanced at the aftermath of the rolling waves in the distance and then continued to reel in his line.

Most of the fish hanging on these hooks today are really mackerel. There are also many other fish, but the number is not as large as mackerel, and most of them are about one kilogram. Big fish are not There are many, but there are very few unchecked ones.

He estimated that without these mackerels passing by, today's longline fishing harvest would also be dismal.

It took him more than an hour to collect all the lines, and there were 8 more baskets of fish. Then the father and son returned home reluctantly satisfied.

But when they sailed back and just docked, the waves were rolling behind them, and the people on the shore were in an uproar, shouting excitedly that there were schools of fish.

"Look, there are schools of fish there..."

"What a big group..."

"There are several big ones nearby..."

"Quick, quick, get on the boat and catch up..."

The father and son were originally planning to pack up their things and take them off the boat, but when they heard the excited voices of people on the shore, they looked behind them and saw waves rolling on the sea and dolphins jumping non-stop.

Only then did I realize that there was a pod of dolphins behind me, and the school of fish inside seemed to have grown a lot.

Just as they jumped on the surrounding sea for a while and were about to turn around and run out, Ye Yaodong sailed to follow them without hesitation. Several fishing boats returning to the port had also seen them and rowed towards them.

There were some boats that had docked on the shore, and they wanted to see if they could get a piece of the pie, so they paddled over.

Fortunately, the speed of these dolphins driving the fish was not very fast. Some small wooden boats had already caught up with the fish because they were close, and they spread out their fishing nets and prepared to cast them.

Ye Yaodong's boat also approached quickly, and then stopped not far away from them. The hand-thrown net held by Ye's father was always ready to cast the net.

However, these dolphins are moving when driving the fish schools, and they are also spaced apart. After casting one net, the next net will probably have to be sailed to continue chasing.

Ye Yaodong saw that his father could not wait to cast a net out, so he ignored him and quickly picked up two sticks that were always on the boat, and then continued to slap the water with the wooden sticks.

Father Ye was busy closing the net and didn't pay attention to his actions.

After pulling a net of fish to the side of the boat, I realized why he didn't come over to help. I turned around and saw his strange behavior.

"What are you doing? The important thing is to fish quickly now. What are you doing with a stick at this time?"

"I'm attracting dolphins to come over. You put in your net. After you put the net up later, you can also use two sticks to help hit the water surface and have a look."

I heard that hitting a wooden stick into the water can attract dolphins, because the sound of a wooden stick hitting the water is very similar to the sound made by a fish that dolphins like to eat.

This was what a shipmate who lived by the sea told him in his previous life.

Father Ye was confused. If he hit the water with a wooden stick like this, the dolphins would come over?

"Are you kidding me? Can hitting the water with a wooden stick attract dolphins?"

Father Ye was very suspicious, but he felt that the third child would not do such a nasty thing.

"Not sure, let's give it a try. Anyway, you can pull your net and attack mine without any delay. What if it works?"

Anyway, it will only delay the time of casting a wide net. He can try it and see if it works? If it doesn't work, just wait for the boat to catch up. Anyway, he is in front of his father, so he will lose some face. If he loses face, he will lose some face.

If it works, you might be able to use it when you encounter a pod of dolphins in the future.

Most of the boats on the sea were small wooden boats. There was only one other boat with a power device like theirs. It also stopped there and cast a net. However, because the fish schools were moving, it seemed that they didn't catch much by casting the net.

Ye Yaodong knocked for a while, watching the dolphins swimming further and further away. He thought that they were either too far away and the dolphins didn't hear them, or that they were doing useless work. Seeing that his father had already put away the net, he felt that his wrists were a little sore.

"Look, are you busy working in vain?" Father Ye said with a clear look on his face, but he didn't laugh at him.

"Just work blindly. You have to try. Failure is success. Only when you fail can you learn a lesson..."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and catch up..."

Just as he stopped his arm to put away the stick, he saw a dolphin turn around at the end of the edge, and it also swam forward for a short distance.

Ye Yaodong suddenly became energetic and said excitedly: "Come on, come on, finally turned around... Dad, you can also try hitting two wooden sticks together. Maybe the sound I made is too quiet, theirs The sonar system didn’t receive it for half a day.”

Father Ye had just been sure that he was doing useless work there, but now he was a little doubtful. Looking at a dolphin swimming towards here, he thought that he would believe him for once, so he picked up the short stick on the boat and hit him frequently. water surface.

This time the splashing noise became louder, and the dolphin swam closer. It immediately flipped on the water and called friends with its loud dolphin voice.

When the dolphins driving ahead heard its call, they all stopped moving forward. After a while, the dolphins jumped up on the spot, and then began to emit their sound waves again.

As soon as the fish heard the "squeak" sound, they were all frightened and gathered together, not daring to act rashly.

Father Ye was dumbfounded as he looked at the dolphin that was making a big circle in front of him, then turned his head and looked at the dolphin that kept jumping forward. He couldn't help but look at Ye Yaodong.

“Does it really work???”

Ye Yaodong grinned and was very happy, "We'll see in a moment. It hasn't swum over yet, so I'll just give it a try."

Dolphins are also very willful when driving away schools of fish. They go wherever they want. When they hear a splashing sound here, the dolphins immediately drive the school of fish over.

The boats chasing the fish on the sea were stunned when they saw the dolphins driving the fish to turn around, and they quickly turned around and chased after them.

When they saw them surrounding a big boat, everyone was a little confused.

The father and son didn't care that other fishing boats were also approaching. When the dolphins drove the fish to their side, they quickly took the hand net, looked at the fish, and dropped the net.

The net was heavy and full, and the father and son who were dragging it grinned and the veins in their arms bulged. This net was much larger than the one cast by Ye's father just now.

The surrounding fishing boats didn't care to ask how they attracted the fish, and quickly came over, seizing the opportunity to cast their nets.

It was rare that they stayed here and did not swim anymore. Everyone started the fishing mode.

Everyone who sees it has a share.

The sea does not belong to anyone, and most of the boats around are from their village. Ye Yaodong can only catch as many as possible.

However, as the boats from the shore came over, the number of fish in the water also decreased a lot, and soon there were more fish than fish.