Chapter 146 A good start

Chapter 146 A good start

Chapter 146 A good start

After eating the melon, Li Changle turned his head and saw the big fish that was still twitching. He suddenly remembered that tuna was so cheap these days and it might not be bled before being sold.

"Brother, let's pick out a few big tunas, drain their blood while they're still alive, and send them to the restaurant so we can sell them at a higher price."

Tuna has a high blood content, and bleeding is the purpose of reducing the impact of the blood on the fish meat. There is a huge difference between bleeding and not bleeding, in terms of appearance, taste and freshness.

Brother Li understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, "Phoenix Restaurant is going to sell sashimi?"

Seeing that he knew, Li Changle nodded and said, "The big restaurant will definitely sell them. Put a few more and we can keep them for ourselves."

"Just leave a few small ones for yourself." Big Brother Li turned around, took out a piece of wood and put it on top of the bucket. "Second brother, you come."

"Okay!" Brother Li picked up the big fish and put it down. He used a knife to cut a hole on the lower edge of the tuna's gill cover, and scarlet blood immediately flowed out.

Li Changle saw him release two fish, so he picked up one and helped. Li Erge saw that he was doing it very well and thought it was his first time to bleed a fish, so he happily praised him a few words.

Chen Yongwei carried the bled tuna into the cabin and came back, "Brother, why do you need to bleed the fish when it's still alive?"

"Bleeding tuna is to preserve freshness and remove acid. For example, if unbled tuna can only be sold for 20 cents per pound, then bled tuna can be sold for 2 yuan per pound."

"Oh! Then let's bleed all those live ones. Not to mention selling them for two dollars a pound, selling them for four cents is also a good deal!"

"Brother, what do you think?" Li Changle thought of what A Kun said about Haimen being open for business soon, maybe these tuna could be sold for a good price.

“Then release all the tuna.”

Big Brother Li also went to get a knife and joined in. The three brothers bled the fish while Chen Yongwei was responsible for loading the fish into the cabin. They were all big fish, so it didn't take much time to release them all.

Brother Li drove the fishing boat around to the place where the last row of longline fishing was just cast, stopped, and said to Brother Li:
"Teach them two how to do it. Let one of them reel in the line, and the other one hang up the sub-lines in order. The line group must also be put in place..."

Li Changle looked at the chattering brother Li, "My brother, why are you as long-winded as my mother?"

Second brother Li came over with an iron hook and said, "You little brat, I'm just worried that you can't do a good job. When my eldest brother and I buy a boat, you will have to do it on your own."

Li Changle smiled and took the hook. "If you're worried, I'll show you how to do it."

Then he stood at the side of the boat, stretched out his hand to hook the buoy, and pulled up the main line. "Wow, it's quite heavy. It looks like there will be something on the first hook."

"Pull it up and see what kind of fish it is?" Chen Yongwei excitedly approached, "Maybe those killer whales drove all the fish here. Pull it up and see if it's big."

"Wait for me to bring the bamboo basket to load the line set." Brother Li hurriedly pulled the bamboo basket over. The rubber bucket would be used to hold the fish later, so the longline fishing line that was collected could not be put in it.

Li Changle nodded, grabbed the line and started pulling it up. As soon as the fish came out of the water, smiles appeared on the faces of several people. "Good luck with the opening. A yellowfin fish weighing four or five kilograms."

"Good, good luck on the grand opening. Keep up the good work!" Brother Li shouted excitedly.

Chen Yongwei said excitedly: "Brother, the yellowfin fish is 2.8 yuan per pound. Sell this one and you can get the money back for the diesel today."

Li Changle took off the hook with a smile on his face and handed it to Awei, "As long as you are willing to work hard, there is plenty of money for diesel in the sea!"

"That's right, a good start, the second hook will definitely be good as well." Brother Li took the fish and quickly sent it to the live tank.

Seeing him running back again, Li Changle hurriedly asked: "Brother, why don't you let the air out of the fish?" This fish was caught from the sea. If you don't let the air out, it won't be long before its belly swells up and it dies in front of you.

Brother Li joked, "Hey, you're a newbie on the boat, and you know how to deflate a fish?"

"You haven't eaten pork, but you've seen a pig run. You underestimate people, brother!"

"The captain has spoken, so we have to do it!" Brother Li looked at him with a smile, "Boss, did you bring the deflation needle?"

Li Changle pursed his lips at Big Brother Li, "I gave it to Big Brother to keep."

"Second brother, here is the deflation needle. We need to collect three rows of longline fish today, which will take at least two or three hours. It is safer to release it. The price of live fish is much higher!" said Brother Li, holding a specially made long hollow needle.

"Okay!" Brother Li took the long needle, walked to the live tank and scooped up the fish. He held the fish with his left hand and inserted the deflation needle into the fish's swim bladder along the base of the fish's pectoral fin with his right hand.

After hearing a slight "hissing" sound, gently squeeze the fish's belly with your hands. When the fish's belly looks normal, pull out the needle and put the fish back into the live tank.

He ran towards Li Changle and said, "Come on, come on, get to work!"

"Wait!"

Li Changle felt that the second hook was much heavier than the first one. He pulled the line upwards with great effort. His hands were hurt by the line. As a result, a blue-spotted Spanish mackerel emerged from the water.

"Fuck, it turns out to be this guy."

"Not bad, at least 8 or 9 jin, 40 cents a jin can sell for 2 or 3 yuan." Brother Li happily took the fish and ran to the live tank. Brother Li was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, "Wow, another one."

"Brother, you pull this row, and I'll do the next row." Chen Yongwei feels that longline fishing is much more interesting than ground traps.

"Okay!" Li Changle continued to pull the line. He felt that the catch of the third hook was not big, so he pulled it up without much effort.

When he saw the red fish body emerging from the water, Li Changle couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Brother, red snapper."

"Hahaha, another good stuff." Chen Yongwei leaned forward and rubbed his hands excitedly.

Li Changle pulled up the line, and a red snapper weighing about two or three pounds completely emerged from the water.

Red snapper is also known as true snapper and red snapper. It has fat and delicious meat without any fishy smell. Its body color is bright red, which is a sign of happiness and good luck. It is also a common dish in wedding banquets.

"This is a good stuff, and I can get another ten dollars." Brother Li took the fish with a smile and ran back to the live tank to deflate the fish.

Chen Yongwei put the line in place and looked at Li Changle with a smile, "My brother said that when we are lucky, we can only catch 50 to 60 kilograms of fish in one row.

You have only pulled three hooks, and you have already caught more than ten kilograms of fish. Our line group has about fifty hooks, and if each hook weighs three kilograms on average, if half of them are fish, it will be more than seventy kilograms."

Mr. Li is worried that the hooks are arranged too closely and may get tangled with other hooks easily, so when doing longline fishing, the distance between the hooks should be longer.

Brother Li shook his head and said, "How can there be a 50% hook rate? If there is a 40% hook rate, it's already a gift from Lord Hailong."

"Don't say discouraging words, earn 50% of the hook rate!"

"A Le, you're lucky. Try harder and bring up more good stuff, and try to sell more than you did this morning." Brother Li thought of Li Changle's luck and felt that there was a 50% chance.

"I can't say it. Look, I have an empty hook this time!" Li Changle held up the sub-line with only the fish head left after being bitten, showed it to the three people who were talking excitedly, and continued to pull the line.

Brother Li slapped his mouth and said, "No more talking. I'll just watch you quietly."

Chen Yongwei also nodded repeatedly and watched him pull the line quietly, fearing that the hooked fish would be scared away.

"This hook is promising!" Li Changle smiled.

"Pull slowly, don't let it run away." Brother Li and Awei couldn't help but lean forward to look at the water surface.

Brother Li was at the helm. When he heard him say there was fish, he couldn't help but smile. He calculated today's catch in his mind.

Thinking about the more than a hundred fish we earned this morning and yesterday, and the large catch today, if I go out to sea a few more times, I can earn enough money to buy a boat.

Li Erge felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey, and he felt as if he had endless energy. He even thought, why not buy a second-hand boat?

He took out all the money the family had saved, called Ale, eldest brother, and Awei to join in, and asked relatives and friends to gather to raise some money, and bought a more than ten-meter-long iron boat to go deep-sea fishing.

The fifth hook unlocked a new species, a shad weighing about four or five pounds.

Shad is a migratory fish that swims upstream to spawn. It usually lives in sea water. It gets its name because it enters the river regularly in early summer every year and does not appear at other times.

The fish meat is fine and fatty, with a lot of fat between the scales and the skin. It is rich in nutrients. In ancient times, it was a tribute and an important dish in the "Manchu and Han Banquet".

Chen Yongwei happily took off the hook and said, "Brother, you are lucky!"

Li Changle saw that Brother Li was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He knew that the price should be good. "Can the shad be sold for three yuan per catty?"

"I tell you, this is a top-quality product. It should be able to be sold for five or six yuan per pound." Brother Li took the fish with both hands, holding it like a treasure. After carefully deflated it, he gave it a single room to keep it.

Brother Li said happily: "It's a good trip today. First, there are whales delivering fish, and the longline fishing harvest is also good, it's almost like picking up money."

"Today is not the only thing that counts. The time we caught crabs was the time we really made money." Chen Yongwei sighed, "Big brother, second brother, if only you had come back earlier, we wouldn't have had enough time to catch crabs. I wish I had ten pairs of hands."

Brother Li listened with longing, "I heard your sister-in-law say that money can't buy early knowledge!"

"Let's not talk about the past. There will be opportunities in the future." Li Changle proudly began to pull the sixth hook, which was another giant mackerel weighing seven or eight kilograms.

Then a black porgy was pulled up, and the next few hooks were all empty hooks. Then two or three sea bass and a conger eel were pulled up in succession.

I don’t know how many hooks I pulled, but Li Changle felt that his hand was about to be strangled by the line. “Fuck, what on earth is so heavy? Could it be a tuna?”

Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly, "It's possible that the killer whales drove them over here, and when they saw the food hanging, they would definitely take a bite to calm down!"

"So, we are like fish, we must not be greedy, because greed will lead to being hooked!"

(End of this chapter)