My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 32 The Unexpected Rocky Area

Zhou Miao didn't forget to help Lu Xiaoxiao find a fishing spot, so he swam towards the rocky area at the edge of the beach, which was closer to him.

From the shore, the reef area appears very small, but the underwater area is completely different. After swimming over, he couldn't see the entire reef area, but he could see the shadows of many fish.

Zhou Miao was curious about how big the reef area was, so he swam towards the direction where the reef extended.

The more he swam, the more surprised he became. He felt that he had swum at least twenty or thirty meters before he could see the sandy bottom.

During this time, he also found a lot of sea bream and parrotfish, and even more small fish of various unknown species, but he did not find any grouper.

But this was enough to surprise Zhou Miao. He didn't expect that he would find another fishing spot right after losing one. He felt that the fishing conditions here might not be worse than those at Sanshijiao.

Then he began to swim sideways to see how wide the rocky area was.

However, due to the waves, Zhou Miao had difficulty swimming in the water.

So he dived to the bottom of the water, which reduced the force of the current.

The water here isn't deep, only about seven or eight meters. Although it was Zhou Miao's first time diving, he didn't feel any discomfort.

Swimming underwater, he can discover more resources.

You can find sea snails, sea urchins, and occasionally even a lobster.

Because he was catching crabs, he brought a net with him, and he caught everything he could see.

Lobsters hiding under the crevices of the rocks are particularly easy to catch. The lobsters are a bit silly, thinking they are safe just because they are hiding inside.

But if it's crawling outside, there's nothing you can do unless you chase it until it gets tired; otherwise, you won't be able to catch it.

This time, Zhou Miao didn't bother to calculate the distance he swam. By the time the net was full, he had just reached the edge of the reef.

This is a fault line, and he couldn't estimate the depth of the water. He couldn't see the bottom, but because the sun was shining brightly today, he could barely see a few dark shadows swimming at the bottom.

Zhou Miao tried swimming down a distance, descending to a depth of about fifteen meters, before he could barely see the bottom of the water.

The water here is nearly 25 meters deep, and there are several decent-sized fish swimming around at the bottom.

However, the area is generally open and the resources are not as good as those in the rocky area.

Secondly, the area near the Shuangjiao Island fault was completely dark, and sunlight seemed unable to reach it, so he couldn't see what was inside.

Zhou Miao did not continue diving. First-time divers need to be careful about depth and ensure their safety.

He returned the way he came and poked his head out from the side of the boat.

Lu Xiaoxiao waited on the boat, and the longer time passed, the more anxious she became.

She only breathed a heavy sigh of relief when Zhou Miao appeared.

Zhou Miao didn't notice anything unusual about her. He removed the breathing tube and handed her his already full net bag.

"Wow, so many conches and sea urchins? And lobsters too!"

Seeing her surprised expression, Zhou Miao chuckled, because for the next week, they wouldn't have to worry about not having any fish to catch.

As for a week later, who knows, with the help of the system, he might find a new treasure fishing spot.

"This is a treasure trove. If I hadn't gone underwater to check it out, we would have missed this amazing place."

"You're going to sail to the north reef area now, and we'll go rock fishing on the rocks later."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Driving the small sampan is very simple; Lu Xiaoxiao learned it after going out to sea a few times.

She steadily steered the boat to the reef area, secured it with ropes, and then took out the long breathing tube that Zhou Miao had bought that morning.

The breathing tube was a full fifty meters long, enough for him to move around underwater.

Just as she tied one end of the snorkel to the boat, Zhou Miao swam over to her side.

He turned off the oxygen tank, then took the long breathing tube that Lu Xiaoxiao handed him, bit down on it, and tried to breathe.

It's alright, not difficult at all.

But he didn't take the oxygen cylinder off, so that if there was a problem with the long breathing tube, the oxygen cylinder could be used at any time.

Zhou Miao tried diving into the water and slowly moved to a depth of five or six meters. After finding no problems, he swam towards the beach.

As soon as he arrived at the beach, he found a scallop the size of his palm.

Its shell is slightly open, as if it is preying on plankton.

Since it had encountered this, it could only mean it was unlucky. Zhou Miao reached out to grab it, but the scallop was quite agile, squirting out a stream of water that sent him drifting away like a leaf blown by the wind.

Holy crap, you can play it like that?

Zhou Miao had always thought that scallops were similar to oysters, unable to move, but she never expected them to have such a way of escaping.

Unfortunately, the scallops weren't very persistent; they only floated a little over a meter before landing back on the sand.

This time, he couldn't escape and was caught by Zhou Miao.

He put it in the net and continued swimming forward underwater.

There weren't many shells left on the beach. Apart from the scallops he'd just seen, the beach had been mostly empty the whole way. Fortunately, he soon arrived at the crab area.

The first thing you see is two large crabs hiding on the sand bed.

These two crabs hid very well; they didn't push the sand into bulges. If it weren't for their relatively conspicuous crab shell outlines, Zhou Miao might have missed them too.

His approach made the two crabs noticeably wary.

But instead of running away, they remain motionless, thinking they are well hidden.

Zhou Miao pressed down with both hands, first holding down one.

The crab in my hand was struggling, while another crab, half a meter away, lay dead in the sand.

Zhou Miao confidently picked up the crab in his hand. Sure enough, it was a fat and large swimming crab, weighing at least a pound.

Unfortunately, it's a male crab, and the market retail price is at most 81 kilograms.

After collecting the crabs, Zhou Miao immediately went to catch the one next to him.

Unexpectedly, this one is even bigger, and it's a female, and it doesn't have any eggs. It's worth keeping.

The initial investment of nearly two hundred yuan made Zhou Miao even more fond of this beach.

He caught crabs one by one, and in no time the net was full.

Zhou Miao immediately swam back to the small sampan.

As soon as they surfaced, Lu Xiaoxiao was seen with a long face, having caught a mimi sea bream.

Upon seeing him, she instinctively complained, but her tone sounded like she was being coquettish.

"Brother Miao, the fish here are too small, I'm embarrassed to take them."

Zhou Miao couldn't do anything about it; there were just a lot of small fish near the shore.

Considering that the reef area was not small, he thought it might be better to have Lu Xiaoxiao sit on the boat and fish in the middle of the reef area.

"Rock fishing does indeed easily encounter small fish swarming the bait. Why don't you try fishing from a boat? Move the boat a little further out, and the situation might be better. However, the waves might make the boat rock quite a bit, which could make you seasick."

"I think I'll try fishing from the boat! It's not good to keep catching small fish all the time." Lu Xiaoxiao immediately accepted his suggestion.

If she stays here and all she gets are small fish, then her afternoon trip will have been for nothing.

She packed her things and returned to the boat, putting down her fishing rod and first reaching out to Zhou Miao: "Is the net full again?"

"Of course." Zhou Miao handed her the net.

"Wow~ so many big crabs!" Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes widened.

This net full of swimming crabs was more visually striking than the sea snails from before, making her mouth water.

I'm jealous!

Or should I just be cute and ask Zhou Miao to teach me how to swim?

If she could dive, she wouldn't need to outwit and outmaneuver these little fish.