Chapter 861 Let’s Get Started

Zhao Dahai sipped his tea and could only take a look at the sea surface of the artificial islands and reefs. At first, he could only see the waves and the seawater flying up when the sea breeze blew over.

As time passed, some small schools of fish began to appear on the sea surface. Some of the schools of fish gathered together, but quite a number of schools of fish were attracted by the lights and crowded on the sea surface around the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai looked carefully and found that in addition to the more common fish such as the barramundi, there were also many flying fish. Some sea bass with good size flew up from time to time to prey on barramundi or other small fish.

Zhao Dahai knew that at this time, he could probably get these sea bass with his own live shrimp or wave climbing, but he didn't do it. If he just wanted to fish for sea bass, he didn't need to go so far. He could get them in the island reef foam area or other fishing spots, and he could catch a lot of them with low cost and low risk.

Zhao Dahai looked at the time. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. He looked at Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou who were sleeping soundly on the deck and snoring loudly.

Zhao Dahai shouted to wake up Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou immediately got up, washed their faces, drank a few sips of water, smoked a cigarette, and immediately perked up and slept for a short time, but it was much more comfortable.

"Zhao Dahai!"

"Work, work!"

Zhong Shizhu looked at the sea around him and smiled immediately.

"Yo!"

"The tide is good, and there are some waves. We have to do a lot tonight. We have to catch more groupers, otherwise how can this speedboat be full?"

Zhong Shizhu has been fishing for many years and knows very well that the tide is very good in the sea in front of him. This kind of weather is most suitable for fishing or fishing, especially for fishing.

"Zhao Dahai."

"I remember one time when we were fishing, there were some waves, and the big groupers couldn't stand it and came out of the hole."

"We caught a lot!"

Liu Bin took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand. He, Zhong Shizhu, and Lei Dayou followed Zhao Dahai to go fishing. They encountered many things, one of which was wind and waves. The seawater on the seabed flowed very fast, washing out the big fish hiding in the stone holes or cracks in the rocks. The situation tonight was very similar.

Zhao Dahai called Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou to get ready. Just check the wheel, and it will be a big fight soon.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou immediately checked the rods. One was the rod and wheel on the gun carriage that had to be checked. There was no problem. The other was the handheld rod, which had to be prepared.

Zhao Dahai saw that Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou were all ready. He looked at the coordinates on the fish finder navigation and drove the speedboat directly over.

Zhao Dahai was driving the speedboat while carefully looking at the surrounding sea. Although other speedboats were unlikely to stay overnight here due to their size, it was better to be safe than sorry. He still had to pay attention to see if there were other speedboats nearby. The closer he was to the desired location, the more cautious he was. He never saw any other speedboats.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou knew what Zhao Dahai was worried about. They also looked at the surrounding sea with wide eyes, but found nothing.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou saw Zhao Dahai's speedboat slowly stop and knew that they had reached the fishing spot. Those who said this all stopped at once.

"One hundred and seventy-six meters deep!"

"The seawater here flows a little faster tonight."

"Five kilograms of lead!"

"Stop at one hundred and sixty meters and one hundred and sixty-five meters to see if the grouper has left the bottom."

"If not, keep letting out the line until it reaches one hundred and seventy meters and hits the bottom."

While talking, Zhao Dahai adjusted the position of the speedboat until it overlapped with the point where he fished last time, turned on the top current device, and fixed the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai reminded Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou to pay attention to safety. There are some wind and waves on the sea now, but for those who often go out to sea to fish or catch fish, such wind and waves are no problem, just pay attention.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Da nodded, hung the big octopus and let it go immediately, and let it go to a depth of one hundred and sixty meters.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou have caught a lot of fish and have gained experience. After putting the fish in deep water, they did not rush to do anything but waited quietly. Now there was a little wind, especially a little wave. The speedboat kept rising and falling with the waves, and the pole was shaking up and down or left and right. The octopus hanging on the hook would have various movements on the seabed. If there were really fish around and they were big fish, they would most likely attract them to bite.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou waited for more than ten minutes, but there was no movement. They began to pull up and down or shake the pole on the gun carriage. There was no movement for more than five or six minutes.

Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry to fish. While observing the situation on the surrounding sea surface, he kept looking at the rods of Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou on the gun carriage from time to time.

Twenty minutes passed, and no fish bit the hook, which meant that the grouper on the seabed had not left the bottom, at least there were no big fish at a depth of 160 meters.

Zhao Dahai shook his head. He must have hoped that all these big groupers would come out of the stone hole and leave the seabed, so that it would not be easy to get stuck on the bottom and fish could be caught. But it looked like this, it was unlikely tonight.

Zhao Dahai turned his head to look at the fish finder next to him. There was no signal of fish school on it. There were a few dots, not sure if they were fish or something else, all almost sticking to the seabed.

Zhao Dahai shouted loudly to Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou continued to let the line down until it reached 170 meters.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou immediately began to let the line go until it reached 170 meters and stopped. They did the same thing, and another 20 minutes passed without any fish biting the hook.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were talking and laughing, but now they all disappeared and looked solemn.

The current on the sea is very good now. Under normal circumstances, there must be fish, and big fish can be caught.

Now that we have spent so much time but still cannot catch any fish, and even no fish bites, it can only prove that there are no fish on the seabed at this place now.

This is not a good sign. It may mean that although the tide is good tonight, the fish will not bite.

"Zhao Dahai."

"Could it be that with such a good tide tonight, these fish will not bite?"

Zhong Shizhu wiped his face, not knowing whether it was sweat or seawater.

"Haha!"

"Uncle Shizhu!"

"Then why do you need to worry? Now is the water layer for fishing bottom. Even if there is no fish biting the hook, it is a normal thing."

"Don't these groupers hide on the seabed under normal circumstances? We can't always expect these groupers to get out of the stone holes and leave the seabed every time we go, right?"

Zhao Dahai smiled.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou saw that the tide and water flow tonight were very good, which was very similar to the fish they had caught before. They wondered if the groupers on the seabed had all come out of the stone holes and left the seabed.

The biggest problem with the artificial islands and reefs here is that the structure of the seabed is very complicated, and it is easy to get stuck on the bottom. Once the groupers leave the seabed, it will be very easy to catch. Another thing is that as long as the groupers leave the seabed, it proves that the groupers tonight are all hungry and crazy, and the bite is very fierce.

In fact, this kind of thing is not to say that there is no such thing, but it is definitely rare. It is definitely a good thing to encounter such a thing tonight, and it is normal not to encounter it.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou looked at each other. They and Zhao Dahai were fishing happily, but they forgot that it is not easy to catch fish.

The most reliable and efficient way to catch big groupers is to knock on the bottom.

They are not the king of heaven or the dragon king of the sea. It is impossible for them to encounter the good thing of groupers leaving the bottom and biting like crazy every time they come here.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou thought about this matter and relaxed all of a sudden.

Zhao Dahai saw Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou started to talk and laugh, and knew that they had reacted. He was indeed very good at fishing, but it didn't mean that he would definitely catch fish every time. It was normal even if he didn't catch any fish tonight. Sometimes when the weather and tides are very suitable, you can't catch any fish. On the contrary, when the weather is not very good and you think there are no fish, you can have a big harvest.

Zhao Dahai watched Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou release the line to 170 meters. After waiting for a long time, there was still no fish biting the hook, so he shouted to hit the bottom.

Zhong Shizhu looked at Liu Bin and Lei Dayou, and he was the first to turn on the switch of the electric reel to release the line and hit the bottom. The lead weight dragged the line and rushed forward, and almost hit the bottom of the sea in an instant.

Zhong Shizhu waited for two or three seconds, and just wanted to push the electric reel to reel in the line to see if it was hanging on the bottom, but he didn't expect that the line would suddenly rush out at this time.

Zhong Shizhu was startled and a little flustered. He pushed the switch of the electric winch hard.

"Yo!"

"Damn it"

"This is a sneak attack!"

Zhong Shizhu watched the electric winch turn for a long time. The fish on the hook did not escape and was pulled tightly. He was relieved. Just now, the bottom was hit. The octopus hanging on the hook was on the seabed. In this situation, if there is a fish biting the hook, it is really easy to get into the stone hole. The luck tonight is very good.

"Ha!"

"We were worried too early just now. There must be fish here tonight, and it doesn't look difficult to catch them."

...

"Yo!"

"Isn't this fish coming!"

"Not big!"

"It's barely 50 kilograms!"

...

Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were talking and laughing while looking at the fish on their rods.

"Ha!"

"Uncle Liu!"

"Uncle Dayou!"

"How can you be like this? A few minutes ago, I was still very angry. The grouper here didn't run out of the hole tonight and didn't leave the seabed. I asked you to catch it well. Now that I caught a fish, I suddenly made a 180-degree change. I'm in a very good mood."

Zhao Dahai said as he picked up his hand-cranked spinning reel rod. He didn't use the rod on the gun carriage. He hung a big crab and put it into the sea and released the line directly. He let it go to 170 meters. People who go out to sea to fish or catch fish are like this. When there are fish, they are very happy. When there are no fish, their faces are as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Ha!"

"You must be laughing if you catch a fish!"

"Who wouldn't be happy if you made money?"

Zhong Shizhu looked down at the sea surface. Under the light of the dark sea water, you can vaguely see that there is a fish swaying and rushing up from three or five meters away.

"Blue Spot!"

"About 50-60 jin!"

Zhong Shizhu shouted.

The first fish weighed 50-60 jin, which was a good sign. It was very likely that we would be able to catch more fish here, and they would be at least this size.

Zhong Shizhu looked at the fish rushing out of the water, stretched out his hand to grab the line, and pulled it to the side of the speedboat. With his other hand, he picked up the net and carried it to the deck. He took the pliers, removed the hook, checked that there was no big problem, no flatulence or anything, pushed forward, and slid directly into the large live compartment in the middle of the speedboat, swinging his tail and splashing water.

Zhong Shizhu stood up and exhaled a long breath, took out the cigarette in his pocket, took one and put it in his mouth, lit it, and immediately began to re-hook the big octopus and put it back into the sea.

Zhong Shizhu let out the line while looking at Liu Bin and Lei Dayou next to him. The fish had almost been pulled out of the water and their shadows were visible. They were both blue spots, and their sizes were about the same.

Liu Bin and Lei Dayou pulled the fish out of the water and quickly scooped it up with a scoop net.

"Is there a group of blue groupers of this size on the seabed now?"

Liu Bin said as he took off the hook with pliers. Lei Dayou, Zhong Shizhu and I were almost the same. We hit the bottom at almost the same time, and we caught blue groupers of the same size. It is very likely that there is a group of groupers of this size on the seabed.

"The seabed here is in the shape of a funnel, or a small basin."

"The place where our speedboat is now is the deepest place in the entire funnel or basin. The surrounding fish will definitely swim over and squeeze in this area."

Zhao Dahai fished here several times at the end of last year, and the terrain of this seabed has long been very clear.

Fish like groupers usually have their own territory. It is unlikely that there will be many fish of similar size in one place. However, if it is a special terrain, such as a funnel or a small basin like now, the fish in other places will keep swimming when looking for food, and will instinctively flow to the deeper part of the sea. This is why there may be groups of groupers of similar size on the seabed under his speedboat.

Zhao Dahai looked at the hook he had just knocked and immediately felt a fish bite the hook. He raised his hands up to stab the fish. The fishing rod bent down and the hook felt a resistance.

"Ha!"

"Here it comes!"

Zhao Dahai shouted, and without waiting any longer, he directly shook the spinning wheel to reel in the fish.