Chapter 81
After finishing the sticky net, the three of them drove the wooden boat towards the direction where the row of hooks were placed.
As they walked, Uncle San kept fiddling with his compass. In the past, fishermen could only use the most primitive compass to identify the direction because their fishing boats were not so modern and there was no positioning system on board.
Almost every old fisherman can understand this thing.
More than an hour later, the three of them came to the first place where the row of hooks were placed.
After pulling up the float, they started to pull the rope...
A set of row hooks has 110 hooks, but most fishermen don't like to use row hooks, because it is not cost-effective to use row hooks when going to the open sea, and if fishing in the near sea, the number of fish caught by the row hook is limited, and basically they can't catch very good fish.
In these near-shore areas, the most expensive fish are wild yellow croaker, red-mouthed sturgeon and big red spot!
But if you want to catch these fish, you must have extremely good luck.
"Brother, a fish has come. Damn! It's a mudfish..."
The first hook caught a fish, but it was not a good fish, just a mudfish weighing only three or four taels...
This kind of fish tastes and tastes good, but the price is not very high.
And the size is generally not too big, the largest is only a little over one jin...
"Okay, don't be so depressed, the first hook can catch a fish, which means we are lucky.
It is very likely that the big fish is still behind!" Jiang Chuan said with a smile.
Then the three of them continued to pull the hook, and they pulled up a lot of fish one after another, but basically there was nothing good.
Most of them were some relatively small stone nine-headed fish and mud fish!
Although there are more, the price of this kind of fish is not too high.
And the stone nine-headed fish caught by the hook this time are generally much smaller than those caught by hand-casting nets last time.
This kind of extremely small stone nine-headed fish cannot be sold at a very good price.
The high spirits of Uncle San and A Gang were obviously affected at this moment.
After all, the harvests of the previous two trips to the sea were very, very good, and the harvest this time was much smaller.
If there is no comparison, the intensive catch just now is actually very good.
But because of the comparison with the previous two trips to the sea, there is more or less frustration and loss in the heart.
"Look, the big stuff is coming up..."
At this moment, Jiang Chuan suddenly said with surprise.
Because as the row of hooks was constantly pulled up, he finally saw the figure of a big stuff.
It looks like it should weigh three or four pounds, and it is very energetic, constantly hitting the waves on the water with its tail.
"Wow! It turned out to be a sea red grouper, I'm rich..."
Seeing the big stuff struggling on the sea, Jiang Tao finally showed a happy smile on his face.
This is a very authentic wild sea red grouper, which can also be called a big red grouper. The price of this fish is very, very expensive.
The price of one catty here can reach 800 yuan or more.
And this big red grouper is very big, it looks like it should be at least three catties, and the price of one catty may be even higher than 800 yuan.
In other words, the value of this big red grouper is likely to exceed 3,000 yuan!
"Uncle, is the price of this big red grouper very expensive?" After seeing the joy on his uncle's face, Ah Gang also asked with a smile.
Although they are all children born and raised by the sea, they don't know much about the prices of most precious seafood.
After all, given their family situation, they basically had no chance to go out to sea before...
So they are not too clear about the prices of these sea fish.
Uncle San nodded happily, and then introduced the fish to the two of them, "Well, it's quite expensive. The current price of a large red grouper is about 800 yuan per catty.
And this is a relatively small large red grouper. Like this fish, it should weigh more than three catties.
The bigger the fish, the higher the price, so the unit price is likely to exceed 1,000 yuan.
That is to say, the real price of this fish may exceed 3,000 yuan.
It is more valuable than the stone nine-headed fish and mud fish we just caught..."
A Gang praised, "My God... Is this fish worth more than 3,000 yuan?
If we catch dozens more of these large red groups, we will make a fortune!"
Jiang Chuan was also very surprised at the price of this large red grouper.
The price of one fish can actually exceed 3,000 yuan, or even higher.
If every row of hooks can be caught nextIf I catch a big red grouper, I might get rich today.
At this moment, the big red grouper had been dragged onto the wooden boat.
Jiang Tao also immediately took out something like a screwdriver from his pocket.
"Uncle San, what is this?" Jiang Chuan looked at the small tool in Uncle San's hand with some confusion.
Uncle San smiled and said, "This is a small trachea!"
Jiang Chuan and A Gang both asked in confusion, "Small trachea? What's the use of it?"
I never knew that you need to carry a small trachea with you when you go fishing at sea.
"Haha! You two don't understand this.
When we go out to sea to fish, the first thing we do when we catch any grouper is to deflate it.
Because if the pressure is not released, these groupers will die soon, and the price and taste of dead groupers will be greatly reduced.
This can be regarded as an old fisherman's experience! So before every departure, I will prepare this small trachea."
While explaining to the two with a smile, the third uncle has already unhooked the big red grouper from the fishhook.
Then he began to use the small trachea to poke it one or two centimeters below the ventral fin of the big red grouper.
Swish...
Then the two heard a slight strange sound, which sounded like the sound of a tire running slowly.
And the round belly of the big red grouper was deflated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Jiang Tao also kept pressing gently on the belly of the big red grouper.
At the same time, he also gave them some popular science, "You two should watch carefully and learn well! Next time when you release the air pressure of the grouper, you must look at the right position.
Don't pierce the liver of the grouper, otherwise the fish will be worthless after it dies."
Not long after, all the air in the stomach of the big red grouper was released.
Then after putting it in the live tank, it was seen swimming vigorously!
"So there is such an operation. Today I have learned some useful knowledge again." Jiang Chuan nodded seriously at this moment.
He didn't know that the pressure of the grouper should be released before it is caught.
The old saying is true, an old man in the family is like a treasure.
If it were just me and A Gang, we would have been so careless to put the big red grouper on the market, and it might have been dead by the time we returned.
At this time, I realized the importance of an experienced old fisherman...