Chapter 506: Chapter 327: Target: The East Side of Liuqiu Island in the Public Sea_3

Several hooks were somewhat bent, evidently a big fish had been there, but it had managed to get away.

In one afternoon, the haul from extending the line reached three hundred and seventy-two kilograms, including very lively fish, which Chu Mingcheng placed in the live fish tank.

After finishing work, he arranged the extended line and hung up the bait again and by then, it was already dark.

Chu Mingcheng quickly took care of his own dinner and fed the dog, then started fishing for coral fish by the coral reef.

Two electric reels worked automatically while he also took out a spinning rod.

Now that it was dark, Chu Mingcheng did not go diving, nor did he plan to take the dog swimming.

If a shark or a particularly large grouper came by, it would be troublesome if the dog were swallowed.

As the temperature fell, the night sea breeze brought a touch of coolness.

Coral reef fishes also came out to forage, showing aggressiveness.

Chu Mingcheng’s spinning rod was quite soft, so the bait was not big, and he did not intend to catch too large a fish.

He stood by the electric reels, tied the bait well, flicked his wrist lightly, and the bait “swooshed” over twenty meters and landed in the area of the coral reef.

Chu Mingcheng then continually tapped the rod tip lightly while simultaneously reeling in with his right hand.

The first cast yielded nothing, but it had already attracted the attention of some fish.

Just then, one of the electric reels started making noise, so Chu Mingcheng had to press the electric button first, put down the spinning rod, and waited for the fish to be pulled to the surface.

The water here was not deep, only about forty meters, and under the strong retrieval of the electric reel, a Black Goldfish, less than forty centimeters long, soon appeared on the surface.

In the past, Chu Mingcheng would have been excited to see such a large Black Goldfish, but now, he was utterly unemotional!

The Black Goldfish was very lively due to the shallow water; he scooped it up with a net, removed the fish hook, and tossed the fish into the live fish tank.

After changing the bait on the electric reel hook and throwing it back into the water, the second electric reel also got a hit.

“…”

Chu Mingcheng did not know whether to be happy or helpless; he had wanted to enjoy some spinning rod fishing.

However, the fact that the bites were good was indeed something to be happy about.

After that, he hardly had any time for spinning as both electric reels seemed to have agreed to take their turns performing, one fish after another.

With many fish, and the external additions enhancing the catch, the return was naturally not going to be poor.

The only regret for Chu Mingcheng was that there were no big fish at all.

Engaged as he was, time unknowingly came around to 10:10 p.m.

Seeing no activity on the electric winch for a while, Chu Mingcheng decided to go and collect the extended line.

But looking at the time, it was already past ten, so collecting the extended line now would likely yield little by midnight.

He thought about it and decided to just pick up the spinning rod to pass the time until late at night, around 11:30 p.m., to collect.

In the pitch black of night, under the boat’s lights, a pink pencil constantly traced parabolas through the air.

Once the fish activity passed, the external additions were less effective.

Chu Mingcheng cast seven or eight times, finally getting a bite on the rod, a touch of a fish nibbling at the bait.

He slowed his reeling in, allowing the bait to perform a free-fall action, and sure enough, the next moment a pulling force came through, finally catching a fish.

However, the pull was not strong, clearly indicating the fish was not large.

Even though the spinning rod was somewhat soft, Chu Mingcheng pulled the fish straight back in without needing to play it out.

He glanced down and saw a small fish just over twenty centimeters long, barely making a dish.

He grabbed the fishing line and directly lifted the fish up, but when he saw what the fish looked like, he was surprised.

The fish was covered in spots; wasn’t this the Money spot he had caught before?

But why did the High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas add a bit of experience?

Chu Mingcheng looked closely and then spotted the highlight.

On the fish’s back, there were large round patches of brownish-black, which were not present on the Money spot.

Therefore, this grouper was not a Money spot but a Flower Ghost Spot, also known as a three-spot rockfish.

It was too small, barely enough to fill a tooth gap!

Chu Mingcheng hoisted the fish that weighed less than a pound and placed it in the live fish tank.

After that, he continued spinning, but it took several more casts before catching another similarly small Red Grouper.

Chu Mingcheng had caught Red Grouper before, but didn’t particularly like this type of fish.

The price was alright, but they were generally small; wild ones didn’t cluster in large numbers, so during regular fishing expeditions, he typically ignored such small fish since they didn’t sell for much anyway.

But then catching three in a row, either Flower Ghost Spots or Red Groupers, Chu Mingcheng suddenly lost the heart to continue fishing.

His spinning rod was quite soft, and the pencil bait wasn’t large, but that didn’t mean he should only catch small fish like these, did it?

He had hoped for something a bit larger, to play the fish a bit!

Fortunately, these five small fish did have some use; tomorrow he could at least make a pot of fish soup.

Both Red Grouper and Flower Ghost Spot made very tasty fish soup; small but tender and absolutely delicious.

Packing up the rod and giving it a clean, time had reached just past eleven.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t wait any longer and started to gather the extended line.

When he reached the position of the first extended line and saw the float, his expression changed; the float was much deeper than in the afternoon!

He then hooked the float back, and the moment he picked up the main line, he felt the heaviness.

In the afternoon, although the extended line was not easy to pull, it felt as if it was floating along with the sea water.

The night’s feeling was different, decidedly hefty.

Chu Mingcheng exerted force with both arms, began pulling the extended line in bit by bit.

After a little while, the first branch line gradually surfaced, and immediately a light brown Rat Spot with black circles appeared on the fish hook.

However, this Rat Spot had already suffocated to death, weighing at least five or six kilograms.

Chu Mingcheng’s hands trembled a little as he took the fish, truly heartbroken!

The fish alive could have sold for over five hundred, but dead it was only worth eighty yuan per kilogram; how could he not be distressed?

Now, he could only choose to tearfully eat this fish himself; selling it was too uneconomical!