As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 183 - 168: The Fish That Represents the Moon (5k)

Chapter 183: Chapter 168: The Fish That Represents the Moon (5k)

The sea at night was pitch black on all sides, with only the lights on the fishing boat illuminating a small patch of water.

Three electric trolling rods, and after about ten minutes, there was no movement at all.

Having seen that there were fish under the water before, Chu Mingcheng thought it must be the bait that was ineffective, as the fish on the seabed seemed disinterested in the frozen mackerel meat.

“Grandpa, how about we switch to live shrimp bait? This frozen mackerel isn’t working!”

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“Get some for me too,” Wei Jiaguo turned and spoke.

He was also getting a bit impatient. He had intended to save some live bait for another, better fishing spot, but it seemed that was no longer possible, and they could just catch some live squid later.

“Alright!” Chu Mingcheng immediately went to the front deck, opened the live bait compartment, and scooped out some live shrimp.

After switching to live shrimp, the fishing rods soon started moving.

Chu Mingcheng’s rod was the first to hook something. He pressed the electric button, and the electric reel immediately began reeling in the line.

From the changes in the depth digits on the screen, the fish seemed not too big, because the numbers were jumping very quickly, indicating the fish had no strength to resist being pulled.

Jiang Luoluo was initially keen to watch and even planned to grab a net to help scoop up the fish when her own rod also started showing activity. She immediately pressed the electric button and began reeling in her line too.

After a short while, sounds of reeling could also be heard from Wei Jiaguo behind them.

Indeed, live shrimp was incredibly effective, no wonder live shrimp had such a high hooking rate in sea fishing.

However, the cost was also a lot higher than other baits; indeed, you get what you pay for.

Chu Mingcheng’s fish was the earliest to be caught, and the electric reel’s power was the strongest, so naturally, it was the first fish to be pulled to the surface.

Most of the deep-sea fish he caught were red. He put on gloves, saw that the fish was not big, and directly grabbed the fishing line to pull it up.

This was a golden-eyed bream, all pink, with large eyes tinted with a faint yellow color, looking very pretty.

But this one was not the tremendously precious Red Golden Eye Bream from Japan but a Big-eyed Golden Eye Bream.

Big-eyed Golden Eye Bream could be caught near our country’s islands in the deep sea, and its price was still reasonable. A well-preserved fresh golden-eyed bream could sell for 120.

This one was forty to fifty centimeters long, with a broad back and a big belly.

It was similar in length to a Money Spot, but its weight was almost double, around six jin.

It could sell for six to seven hundred, which was roughly what an ordinary person earns in three to five days’ work, not bad.

Of course, this was no match for the Red Golden Eye Bream from Japan, which costs several hundred per jin.

To fish for that fish domestically, one would have to risk heading to the northeastern part of Treasure Island; hopefully, when his big ship was ready to launch next year, the country would have opened up that sea area.

After a short while, Wei Jiaguo’s fish also came up.

Chu Mingcheng looked and saw it was a bin diao, about three to four jin.

This kind of fish really could be encountered in any deep-water area of the South Sea; no wonder its meat was delicious, yet its price could not compare with that of the Long-tailed Shore Bream.

Seeing that Jiang Luoluo’s fish hadn’t been pulled up yet, Chu Mingcheng first attached the shrimp bait and let the hook sink down, then walked over, “Hasn’t it come up yet? Is the fish big?”

“Yeah, look, these numbers are moving so slowly!” Jiang Luoluo pointed at the screen on the electric reel, clearly annoyed.

‘This is the girlfriend. Whatever she catches is mine…’ Chu Mingcheng silently repeated to himself a few times, then admired, “You’re really lucky, catching a big one on your first try.”

Jiang Luoluo waved her hand, “Don’t rush to praise me. If it turns out to be a good fish when it comes up, then it won’t be too late to compliment me!”

“…”

Chu Mingcheng chuckled and reached out to pat her head, only to be dodged.

“Your hands just touched fish, they’re filthy!”

“My mistake, my mistake…”

After a short while, Jiang Luoluo’s fish still hadn’t surfaced, and the depth was still more than seventy meters; it was estimated they would have to wait another ten to twenty minutes or even longer.

Chu Mingcheng then went back to his own fishing position and pressed the electric button to reel in his fish.

This time it was a Long-tailed Shore Bream, also about five to six jin, very good!

Just as Chu Mingcheng was reeling in his third fish, Jiang Luoluo suddenly shouted in surprise, “Ah Cheng, Grandpa, come quick, look, such a big fish!”

The two men immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed over.

Wei Jiaguo looked at the water surface in astonishment, “How is it possible, do we have such a big Thousand-year-old Diao in our country?”

Although Chu Mingcheng was surprised, he didn’t share his suspicion because he had already encountered a few unusually large fish before.

But Jiang Luoluo catching such a big fish did make him a bit envious, suddenly making the five to six jin fish he had caught seem less interesting.

However, this was not the time to hesitate; Chu Mingcheng quickly grabbed the biggest net and scooped up the fish.

Maybe because the electric reel on this side was slow, the Thousand-year-old Diao, although pulled up from a deep-water area, was still alive and showed good vitality.

It kept dodging the net on the water surface, causing Jiang Luoluo to continuously exclaim in nervousness, fearing the fish might escape.

Fortunately, Chu Mingcheng was steady, successfully netting the fish’s head on the third attempt, and then using both hands, he slowly lifted the fish up.

Seeing the fifty-jin fish being effortlessly lifted, Wei Jiaguo patted his shoulder, “Young man, you’re quite strong!”

Chu Mingcheng smiled and responded, “Of course, I need to be strong to be able to lift my girlfriend.”

“Get out of here!” Jiang Luoluo kicked him on the leg.

Witnessing this, Wei Jiaguo burst into laughter; a couple so fun and open in front of him was indeed a first encounter for him.

Chu Mingcheng, though kicked, was not annoyed and laughingly went to get a ruler.

It’s quite common to catch a few jins of Wild Thousand-year-old Diao, but a fifty-jin one might not appear even once a year.