My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 22: Today's Achievements

There's one thing Zhou Miao didn't mention: big fish are hard to sell unless they come to restaurant owners or are sliced ​​and sold.

But no matter how it's sold, the money will eventually end up in your pocket.

Four or five hundred yuan!

Lu Xiaoxiao immediately perked up, her sore arms were no longer tired, and she instantly returned to her best condition.

She watched as Zhou Miao threw the fish into the fish basket, then picked up the fishing rod again and cast the lure out with a strong flick.

"Aren't you tired?" Zhou Miao looked at her strangely. She was breathing so heavily just now, but now she seemed full of energy.

Young people recover so quickly?

"Not tired at all, I'm full of energy!" Lu Xiaoxiao replied energetically.

"Alright, take it easy on yourself." Zhou Miao returned to the bow of the boat, picked up his fishing rod, and cast the lure.

Just as I was about to sit down, the rod tip started nodding repeatedly, and a fairly good pulling force came through.

"No, my lure just hit the water! Are there really that many fish?"

Zhou Miao subconsciously felt that the fish resources in the nearshore waters were very poor, but his experiences in the past few days have constantly changed his mind.

He forcefully lifted the rod to hook the fish, then quickly reeled in the line, pulling it out of the water before it could struggle.

Fish out of the water are very different from those in the water; they are much weaker, as if they have lost their support.

This time it was a silvery-white fish, about 30 centimeters long.

Upon closer inspection, he realized he didn't recognize the fish.

It looks like a pomfret, but it should be a type of trevally.

There are only a few types of pomfret commonly found in China, but there are many types of trevally.

The two fish look quite similar, so many people mistake the trevally for the pomfret and buy it at a high price.

Zhou Miao suspected that this was partly due to the seafood vendors' influence, since chub is generally cheaper, while pomfret has tender flesh and is much more expensive.

It's okay if you don't recognize fish now; you can ask someone else later.

The ice cubes I bought before coming here are finally coming in handy.

Zhou Miao opened the styrofoam box lined with crushed ice and threw the fish inside.

Next, it seemed to be the trevally's time to shine. He and Lu Xiaoxiao kept catching fish one after another, and caught more than a dozen in a row.

Even if you don't know the value of the fish, catching so many fish is exciting enough.

More than an hour has passed, and the temperature has risen, making me feel a bit weak from the sun.

Lu Xiaoxiao shook her arms, feeling as if they no longer belonged to her; they were incredibly sore.

She looked at the fish and felt that all the suffering had been worthwhile.

She looked at Zhou Miao again and saw him steadily cast the bait once more. She couldn't help but envy his physique and strength as a man.

At that moment, she wished she were a man and could pull out 300 pounds!

Compared to these unidentified trevally, Zhou Miao preferred to catch fish like the big red snapper.

This time, he deliberately raised his fishing rod higher and cast the lure further, hoping to catch something else.

If there's a large group of trevally at the bottom of the water, then he'll accept it.

This time, the lure was not swallowed immediately after falling into the water.

Seeing this, he slowly sat down, feeling that this time things might be going well.

At this moment, a huge dark shadow slowly emerged from the waterway; it had already noticed the small fish being propelled by the current.

However, while it was still observing, a red fish suddenly appeared and snatched the small fish away.

Zhou Miao lifted the rod to set the hook, and the pull he felt made his eyes light up. It was much stronger than when he was fishing for trevally. It seemed that his fishing boat was not in the right position and he needed to move forward a bit.

So he prepared to quickly change positions, and pulled hard with both hands.

This surfcasting rod is a stiff rod, so pulling it out directly shouldn't be a problem.

So the fish that had taken the bait struggled for a while before being forcibly pulled out of the water.

Seeing that it was a red snapper, Zhou Miao was quite satisfied. Although it looked to weigh only three or four pounds, its value still far exceeded that of a chub.

After collecting the fish, he put down his fishing rod and went to the stern of the boat. He wasn't surprised to see that Lu Xiaoxiao wasn't fishing; it was normal for her to rest when she was tired from fishing.

This high-intensity fishing was exhausting, not to mention for her, a girl; even he himself found it tiring.

However, Zhou Miao was more experienced and could better allocate his energy, understanding that he needed to pause and rest briefly when exerting too much force.

We moved the boat forward about ten meters, and this was the spot where we caught the red snapper earlier.

Perhaps they can catch some other sea fish next.

Sure enough, the customer didn't come back, but three large sea bass arrived in succession, all weighing over five pounds.

The large dark shadow at the bottom of the water got anxious. When the small fish re-entered the water, it didn't consider why this identical small fish kept appearing. Instead, it rushed forward and swallowed the lure in one gulp.

"Whoosh~"

"Wow, this one's awesome!"

Zhou Miao, who was a little tired, immediately became excited again as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

This fish was the strongest he had ever caught. He could pull it out by force, but he was afraid the fishing line wouldn't be able to withstand it, so he could only play the fish by letting out some line.

"Brother Miao, is it another big friend?"

"I don't know, but it's really strong, I feel like it weighs over ten kilograms."

"I can't catch a fish that big!" Lu Xiaoxiao said enviously.

She caught more than a dozen fish in the morning and had come to understand the difficulty of fishing. She also experienced the joy of catching a fish and the thrill of struggling with it.

This fishing experience made her understand why people like fishing; it really is addictive!

The negative emotions such as her brother's disappearance, family discord, and the pressure of survival actually dissipated a lot after she caught a dozen or so fish in the morning.

She originally planned to find a job quickly in the next couple of days, but now...

Lu Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes fell on Zhou Miao, and she felt that she could adjust her plans.

Zhou Miao had no idea that a little tail was about to appear behind him. He had already let out more than 30 meters of line, and had been putting pressure on the fish the whole time.

Although it's said that you can catch a big fish by casting a long line, this fish, which is estimated to weigh only a dozen kilograms, is not worth him casting the line for so long.

If you release too many fish, various unexpected things can happen that cause them to escape.

After all, it is nearshore waters, not as open as the open sea. Secondly, the tidal bore accumulates a lot of garbage and there is also the risk of the tide line being cut off.

Once Zhou Miao sensed that the fish was no longer charging wildly but instead choosing to move sideways, he immediately began to lift the fishing rod and reel in the line.

When the fish appeared on the surface of the water, the two were both surprised; it was a yellowish-green fish.

"What kind of fish is this?" Lu Xiaoxiao picked up the webpage and walked over to him, looking at the fish and asking.

"Blue dress, a high-end item priced at over 150 yuan."

Zhou Miao was ecstatic; he never expected to catch such a good catch.

However, with a beautiful woman beside him, he tried his best to suppress his emotions and put on a calm demeanor.

However, the corners of his mouth that he couldn't suppress betrayed his true emotions.

"Wow, so expensive!" Lu Xiaoxiao exclaimed.

One hundred and fifty-one catties, this fish weighs more than ten catties, which means that one fish is almost equivalent to her previous month's salary.

"It's alright! Not as good as the two red snapper I caught." Speaking of red snapper, Zhou Miao felt that he should be gentler when prying oysters off the fishing raft at night.

Little did he know that these two fish would not only solve his immediate problem, but also serve as a source of bragging rights throughout his future fishing career.

From now on, no angler can show off in front of him unless the other person catches a bluefin bream weighing several hundred pounds or a wild grouper weighing more than ten pounds.

Among the various types of grouper, the only one that can surpass his ten-pound sea anemone is the larger wild mouse grouper.

However, not long after Zhou Miao finished fishing for the blue-tailed catfish, this rare and spectacular tidal bore slowly dissipated.

After casting his line several times without catching anything, he knew it was time to go back.

After lifting the fish basket, Zhou Miao steered the small boat back to the fish raft.

There weren't enough fish tanks, and besides, he saw that the big fish in the fish basket were all dying, so he simply gave up on raising them and directed Lu Xiaoxiao, who didn't know what to do, to arrange the fish.

"Come on, let's arrange the fish. We need to take a picture to commemorate this haul."