As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 252 - 215 Will Eating Snake Mackerel Cause Oil

Chapter 252: Chapter 215: Will Eating Snake Mackerel Cause Oil Leakage?

Chapter 252 -215: Will Eating Snake Mackerel Cause Oil Leakage?

Chu Mingcheng caught a Weasel Shark, which caused the others to set their sights on sharks as well.

No one cared whether it was dangerous or not; as long as they could catch and sell it, it was all good.

In just two hours, another two Weasel Sharks were caught, both of which were larger than the one Chu Mingcheng had caught.

With three sharks caught in a row, the upside was that the predatory sharks at the bottom were all scared away, allowing the fishermen to normally fish for Red Snappers, which was a silver lining.

After catching a Weasel Shark, Chu Mingcheng did not continue fishing for sharks.

Mainly because it was too tiring, and also because Red Snappers were more profitable.

The Sky stayed in the area for two more days, and only after the fishermen started to complain did they set off again toward the next fishing spot.

This made Chu Mingcheng also have some expectations for the next spot, since staying in one place for four days straight, even with a daily catch, could still become boring; this was also the reason why the fellow fishermen on the boat began to feel dissatisfied.

The journey by boat lasted a day, and shortly after dinner, the Sky stopped once again.

After eating, Chu Mingcheng went to the cockpit where the captain was steering the ship. They were old acquaintances, so he joined in for a chat.

The captain stopped the ship based on the fish report; the current water depth had reached 237 meters, and the fish activity from 200 meters to the seabed was very good, all marked by thick red lines.

“Captain, there are plenty of fish around here. What species can we find?”

“Over here, Long-tailed Birds and Big Mouth Birds are the most common, and there’s also a good number of Big-eyed Carps. Many anglers come to Nansha aiming for these three species. There also are Dogtooth Gold Spears and some Deep Sea Groupers, making it a high-quality fishing spot.”

Long-tailed Birds refer to Long-tailed Shore Bream and Big Mouth Birds are Big Mouth Bream. Chu Mingcheng had previously caught an enormous Bream in Xisha, which was a Big Mouth Bream.

Hearing about the abundance of Long-tailed Shore Bream, he couldn’t sit still anymore and immediately bid farewell to the captain, rushing down to tell everyone to start fishing.

He also hurried to the stern of the boat, securing several good fishing spots for himself.

The fish finder showed more fish gathered at the stern, so naturally, he didn’t want to give up these prime spots.

The waves were a bit rough that night, even splashing onto the deck.

After setting up his fishing rod in the rod holder, Chu Mingcheng dashed back to his room to grab a raincoat.

“Luoluo, put this on. The wind and waves are strong tonight, and you’ll get cold if your clothes get wet,” he said.

Jiang Luoluo obediently stood still, letting him help her into the raincoat while her big eyes stayed fixed on the attentive man in front of her: “What about you?”

“I’m okay, these little waves are nothing,” he replied.

“No way, wait for me!” Jiang Luoluo put on her raincoat and then fetched an oversized one for Chu Mingcheng, insisting on putting it on him.

Zhang Wei and Chen Yang had expressions as if they had eaten shit; they had just finished their meal, and now they were being force-fed dog food.

Instead, Han Baola clutched her chest, envying once more, “I also really want a boyfriend who’s as considerate as Mingcheng oppa.”

The next moment, she found her view darkened as someone draped a raincoat over her shoulders.

“I am the man you’re looking for!” Zhang Wei appeared beside her with a look of deep affection.

Han Baola stared blankly at his thick stubble, sparse nose hairs, greasy face, and messy hair, then suddenly turned and leaned over the ship’s rail: “Blech~”

“Hey, hey, hey, isn’t that an overreaction?” Seeing her react so strongly, Zhang Wei immediately felt insulted.

Of course, Han Baola was pretending, and she turned around with annoyance, “Zhang Wei oppa, can’t you clean up your appearance a bit? At least don’t be so slovenly, it’s very impolite in our culture.”

“You can’t really believe girls like dirty-looking guys, can you? Even if you’re not handsome, you should at least be clean and put together,” she said.

“I’ve been so absorbed in fishing that I haven’t noticed! Also, I should be considered a handsome guy, right?” Zhang Wei was embarrassed, these days of fishing had left him looking less than his best, indeed quite disheveled.

Not to mention compared with Han Baola, with different customs, she made sure to wear makeup every time she went out.

Even Jiang Luoluo couldn’t keep up with that, sometimes she would skip makeup if it felt too troublesome.

No matter though, with her natural beauty, she looked good without makeup as well.

Han Baola sighed and no longer paid him attention, focusing instead on fishing.

But before the fish started biting, a large group of squid had already arrived at the surface.

“Let’s catch some squid first, later we can use them to bait the big fish,” suggested Chu Mingcheng, promptly asking the deckhand to bring rods specially for catching small squid, equipped with luminous shrimp lures.

Luminous shrimp lures are fake baits used in lure fishing, great for catching such squid.

It wasn’t long before Chu Mingcheng had caught nearly half a bucket of squid. He was about to continue when the electric reel started to buzz.

Since the fish had started to bite, he stopped squid fishing and began preparing.

He pressed the button, letting the electric reel automatically reel in the line.

He grabbed two long foam boxes and placed them behind his and Jiang Luoluo’s fishing spots, and the deckhand immediately brought over a large amount of ice, pouring seawater over it.

Once everything was set, a Long-tailed Shore Bream was pulled up by Chu Mingcheng.

The fish was quite large, weighing around seven or eight pounds, and was still jumping wildly on the deck.

Chu Mingcheng removed the hook and then tossed the fish into the icy water.

Once the ice was ready, the fish would be taken out, put into plastic bags, and the deckhands would help with vacuum packing before placing them into the freezer at low temperature.

Chu Mingcheng had always vacuum-packed his fish before freezing it at low temperature; otherwise, it would be difficult to ensure the freshness of the fish during the month-long trip to Nansha.

All the fish caught by the anglers were processed in this way, and the captain made a tidy sum just from the packaging materials alone.

However, some anglers, looking to save money, didn’t tip the deckhands for this service and thus had to do it themselves.

Chu Mingcheng felt that by doing so, they were actually making a poor trade-off; the tip was only a few hundred yuan per person, and spending so much time on packaging was less profitable than spending that time fishing!

With the fish-attracting feature, coupled with a better choice of fishing spots, as soon as the fishing began on Chu Mingcheng’s side, he was immediately pulling in fish one after the other.

Zhang Wei and others nearby weren’t doing too badly either, landing a fish nearly every five or six minutes.

The fish they were catching were indeed just as the captain had said, primarily Long-tailed Birds and Big Mouth Birds, with Big-eyed Carps being second.

However, the fish weren’t very big, generally weighing between five to ten kilograms.

This was related to the bait; at the start, Chu Mingcheng wasn’t aiming to catch big fish right away.

After two hours of fishing, his foam box was filled with fish, which were then taken below by the deckhand to be packed, and he was given a new one in exchange.

Chu Mingcheng then started changing the leader line and the hook, gearing up to fish for bigger game with squid as bait.

A full foam box meant at least two hundred kilograms of fish; catching that much in two hours indicated just how good the fishing was that night.

Among them, Long-tailed Birds accounted for half, and with a market price of over two hundred yuan per kilogram and a high demand, Chu Mingcheng didn’t need to sell them to the captain or the fishmongers at all.

His own customers would take them all, so in two hours, he made roughly forty thousand yuan, which was the cost of one fishing spot.

“Ah Cheng, look!” Jiang Luoluo suddenly pointed to the sea and shouted.

“What’s up?” Chu Mingcheng, who had been squatting, immediately stood up and looked towards the sea.

It turned out a group of dolphins had been attracted by the squid and were occasionally leaping out of the water.

“Eh, those are Chinese White Dolphins, right? They’re pinkish and quite pretty.” Chu Mingcheng adjusted the camera on his head and filmed the dolphins.

“Yeah, pink dolphins, they look so dreamy!” Jiang Luoluo, not to be outdone, stopped fishing, took the camera hanging in front of her, and started filming as well.

They had only been filming for a little while when a sudden downpour started from the sky.

The squid on the surface scattered due to the heavy rain, and naturally, the dolphins also left the area.

Chu Mingcheng felt fortunate, glad he had put a raincoat on Jiang Luoluo and that she had done the same for him.

Looking at the two drenched figures beside them, he couldn’t help but let out a silent snicker.

Zhang Wei: “…”

Chen Yang: “…”

“Zhang Wei oppa, you should go back and change your clothes first!” Han Baola said decisively, pulling Zhang Wei toward the cabin.

She hadn’t gotten wet thanks to Zhang Wei, so as soon as it started raining, she dragged him away, lending him her raincoat from her room.

Only Chen Yang was left silently raising his head to the sky, extending his middle finger as a gesture of goodwill.

After a short while, the fishing rod in front of Chu Mingcheng suddenly dipped heavily; the squid had attracted something substantial.

But the electric reel seemed to be reeling in too quickly, which made him suspect that the fish might be disappointing.

Yet, when the fish surfaced, Chu Mingcheng was somewhat stunned—it was a Black Belt Fish nearly two meters long.

After hauling the fish onto the deck, it wriggled its long body, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth, clearly aggressive.

“Ah Cheng, what fish is this?”

“This is an oil-leaking fish, called Black Fin Snake Mackerel,” Chu Mingcheng said with a mysterious smile, playing a little joke.

“Ah? Is this the fish sold in the market as cod, eating it but then causing oil leakage? I remember it’s called something like Snake Mackerel.”

Jiang Luoluo seemed to take Chu Mingcheng’s word for truth, and she apparently also knew about the oil-leaking fish, though she clearly didn’t know much about it.

“This is an oil-leaking fish?” Zhang Wei showed a puzzled expression, as this oil fish hadn’t been mentioned during the fishing and hunting identification earlier.

Chu Mingcheng knew about these fish from reading encyclopedic information in his spare time.

“Yeah, it is. What, do you want to give it a try?”

Zhang Wei’s eyes lit up with a mischievous idea, and he suggested, “In that case, why don’t we compare who can catch the heaviest fish tonight? The loser has to eat this oil-leaking fish, how about it?”

Chu Mingcheng was surprised, “You’re so confident that you dare to compete with me over catching big fish?”

Zhang Wei put on a disdainful face, “Catching big fish is all about luck, and you don’t always catch the biggest fish either. The Stone Fish I caught the day before yesterday was bigger than all the fish you caught. What, afraid of losin’?”

“Fine, if I lose, it’s no big deal to wear a diaper. But let’s find a smaller one later on; it’s a pity to eat this nearly two-meter-long one.”

Chu Mingcheng readily agreed, as he had never been afraid of any competition over catching big fish.

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But, this Black Fin Snake Mackerel couldn’t be wasted; the fish was quite delicious and could fetch a good price, plus it wasn’t really an oil-leaking fish at all.