As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 173 - 160: The Correct Use of Life Transformation

Chapter 173 -160: The Correct Use of Life Transformation

Having set up the electric winch, Chu Mingcheng plugged it in below the ship’s side and let it fish on its own.

There were four sockets available for the electric winch on Chu Mingcheng’s boat, and a water hose could also be seen at the ship’s side.

There was a retractable water hose at each fishing hole, which he typically pulled out to wash and clean the deck directly.

Chu Mingcheng experienced just how fast the Sailfish would go for the bait; the bait had just been thrown down and hadn’t sunk to the designated spot when it was abruptly intercepted.

Seeing this, he quickly pressed the button to reel it in, and under the strong pull of the electric winch, in just a short while, a Sailfish slightly smaller than the previous one was pulled up to the surface.

Chu Mingcheng picked up a gaff and lifted the Sailfish on board, then hooked on a Sardine and continued fishing.

This time there was no interception, and it reached the designated spot.

Seeing no movement, he picked up a dagger preparing to bleed the fish, but before he could even squat down, the fishing rod jerked again.

The bait was being taken too quickly; he hadn’t even managed to bleed the fish!

He moved forward to reel in first, letting the fishing rod tug a bit while he hurriedly bled the two Sailfish.

Opening the location of the gills, he cut through the spine inside, and blood immediately began to flow out.

Then, Chu Mingcheng cut off the tail, leaving only the lower layer of flesh and skin intact, pulled out the water hose and aimed it directly into the fish’s mouth to plug the cut spine and flush water inside.

Immediately, a large amount of blood gushed out from the tail of the fish, and soon all the blood from one fish was drained completely.

Next was the second one, but halfway through flushing, the third Sailfish had already surfaced, as he heard the sound of its tail slapping the water.

This efficiency was astounding!

It was indeed the near sea, a rare occasion of abundance he encountered after being busy for an hour.

Exposed by seabirds, this area of water successively saw the arrival of several other boats, two fishing boats, and five fishing vessels.

Some were netting Sardines, while others, like him, were fishing for Sailfish, with everyone keeping to themselves.

However, with the arrival of other boats, Chu Mingcheng began to intermittently use his binoculars to watch the hooks and cages he had set near the solitary island, in case someone decided to steal them.

Fortunately, everyone was attracted by the fish school here, and thus the solitary island area was ignored.

He was so busy that he hadn’t even had time to eat lunch; Chu Mingcheng kept busy until nearly three in the afternoon, when the swarm of fish gradually dispersed.

He could have followed them, but it wasn’t necessary.

The front deck of the boat was already piled full of Sailfish, covered with ice and blankets.

The back deck wasn’t much better; all the foam boxes were taken out, filled entirely with Sailfish packed in crushed ice.

Today was definitely a bumper catch, but the boats that found this school of fish weren’t bad either, each leaving fully loaded.

Chu Mingcheng went into the cockpit to wash his hands, then took out a piece of bread, put it in his mouth, and headed to the driver’s seat to navigate the boat towards the solitary island to collect the cages.

He first used the gaff to hook his fishing buoy with foam up, with gloves on, he pulled up the fishing line, feeling its movement in his hands, his face breaking into a smile; a bountiful harvest always brought such joy.

From the struggling strength of the fish, it seemed not small.

Using small live Mackerel as bait generally attracted Stone Fish.

Indeed, as he pulled the fish up to the surface, a bulging Stone Fish emerged—a significantly large green spot.

It was quite large, about ten jins (approximately 5 kilograms).

He scooped it up with a net, removed the hook, and threw it into the live well.

At this depth of water, it wasn’t necessary to vent the fish.

Next was the second buoy, but unfortunately, the fishing line felt light as he pulled it up, apparently failing.

Only when he pulled the entire fishing line up did he discover that it hadn’t been empty; rather, the line had been cut.

That was unavoidable; he had been fishing for Sailfish all afternoon, thus neglecting this side for too long.

Normally, he would check the situation every hour, or even half an hour.

The third and fourth buoys were empty, but the fifth buoy brought a surprise, and it was still substantial.

It was inevitable; the bait was so large that fish with smaller mouths simply couldn’t swallow it.

When a black fish resembling a sea bream was pulled up, Chu Mingcheng instantly blurted out a curse, “Shit, such a big Black Hair Fish?”

Black Hair Fish, even the small ones could sell for five hundred yuan per tael, and this one was at least ten jins, making it even more expensive.

Such a rarity!

Chu Mingcheng carefully scooped up the fish and, after observing that it was vivacious, he relievedly took it to the deck.

This large Black Hair Fish was quite rare; in terms of rarity, it was no less than a large sea red spot of about ten jins.

Placed into the live well, these ten buoys, even with just two fish, were worth it.

Yet, the catch was not just that; he continued to pull up two Pepper Diou weighing seven to eight jins and a Red Friend of about ten jins.

The mouths of these fish were quite large, with the Pepper Diou even crushing the bait before finally getting hooked.

In the end, Chu Mingcheng collected the crab and shrimp cages.

The shrimp cage contained only some tiny white shrimp and small Mud shrimp; similarly, the crab cage had some Mud shrimp, but fortunately, some swimming crabs were caught as well.

There were also two large green crabs. Catching two Green Crabs that rarely come out in the afternoon indicated that buying the crab cage had not been a mistake.

After examining the crabs, he released the small and skinny ones, leaving only five crabs.

Setting sail back to the dock, once he had a signal, Chu Mingcheng started selling fish on the group chat.

The price of Sailfish was very cheap, only thirty yuan per jin, suitable for sashimi, though it was uncertain if anyone would want them.

The results turned out quite well; a few people in the group bought them, totaling seven fish.

These were the smallest in size here, weighing a total of 133 jins a bit, and after rounding down, exactly four thousand.

The Black Hair Fish that was weighed came to 11 jins and five taels, a completely different scenario than with the Sailfish.

In the group, it was clamored over, with each subsequent price bid higher than the last.

But that’s to be expected; such an 11-jin Black Hair Fish would be directly auctioned off in Japan.

Unfortunately, even at high prices domestically, they wouldn’t reach that high.

Finally, a customer from Wen City snatched it up for one thousand three hundred yuan per half kilogram, just fifty yuan short of fifteen thousand.

Chu Mingcheng took all the remaining fish back to sell.

He sold seven smaller Sailfish, but those covered under the quilt on the front deck were all big ones, adding up to around four hundred kilograms.

Even though Sailfish are cheaper, they had been timely bled, and their sashimi tasted pretty good.

Some dishonest merchants even sell them as Golden Spearfish, which says something about their quality.

Chu Mingcheng first contacted the manager of the Seafood Restaurant, then thought about it and decided to also contact Xie Xiao to see if he was interested.

Xie Xiao indicated he would come over right away, which suggested that sashimi must be selling well in his store.

When Chu Mingcheng returned to the dock, he found that Xie Xiao had already arrived.

As soon as the boat was secured, Xie Xiao skillfully walked up on his own.

“Boss Chu, how are you selling these Sailfish?”

“All have been bled, thirty-one a kilogram.”

“Can you make it cheaper?”

“Depends on how much you buy, I’ll give you a discount for a larger quantity.”

“My store uses quite a lot of Sailfish.” Xie Xiao nodded, then picked up the fish.

Surprisingly, he chose six large Sailfish this time.

Chu Mingcheng had specifically targeted big Sailfish today, having six that were over thirty kilograms, and Xie Xiao picked all of them out.

But these ones indeed had round bellies, looking the fattest and best, with the largest weighing up to forty kilograms.

The largest Sailfish were about a meter long and weighed up to sixty kilograms.

Catching a forty-kilogram Sailfish was not easy; it was only effortless using an electric winch.

If he had to fish it on his own, that one catch would have drained much of his energy and taken a long time to reel in.

However, most Sailfish weighed between ten and twenty kilograms, with these particularly large ones not common in nearshore waters.

The six Sailfish weighed a total of two hundred twenty-one kilograms, priced at six thousand six hundred thirty yuan.

Since Xie Xiao bought in bulk, Chu Mingcheng indeed gave a discount, only charging six thousand yuan.

Then he clearly felt Xie Xiao’s spirits lift, hauling the fish with great energy.

Chu Mingcheng shook his head and chuckled; indeed, what a quirky guy.

After he sent the fish off with Xie Xiao and dispatched all the products that customers in the group had ordered, the people from the Seafood Restaurant arrived.

They packed up the remaining Sailfish along with the two Pepper Breams, one Red Friend, and one Stone Fish in the live fish well.

The remaining one hundred seventy-two kilograms of Sailfish were also sold at a discount, fetching only five thousand yuan.

The other four fish couldn’t be sold for cheap, totaling three thousand five hundred yuan.

Chu Mingcheng then tallied up today’s earnings, surprisingly hitting exactly fifteen thousand yuan from the hundreds of kilograms of Sailfish, mirroring the Black Hair Fish’s price, with total revenue reaching thirty-three thousand five hundred yuan.

One Black Hair Fish pushed up nearly half of today’s income!

As for the five crabs, he didn’t sell them yet since the quantity was small; better to wait a bit!

After using the remaining water onboard to clean the deck, Chu Mingcheng also topped off the water and made a call for the fuel truck to come and fill up.

Once he had handled these miscellaneous tasks, he left the dock to buy groceries at the market and also purchased some crushed ice for the boat, before finally going home.

After dinner, he joined Jiang Luoluo to edit and dub the afternoon’s video, and later stayed with her in the dance studio until ten at night before feigning a return to sleep.

But after leaving her house, Chu Mingcheng didn’t go to sleep and sneakily drove back to the dock.

That’s right, he was heading out to sea overnight for an all-nighter.

Twelve transmutations of life idle away; better to set off at night to revive his spirits.

Clearly, as long as there was transmutation of life, he could operate like a perpetual motion machine.

Tonight, Chu Mingcheng planned to see if he could find some deep-sea fish.

After several days roaming the sea, he had actually discovered some deep-water areas, the deepest reaching more than one hundred fifty meters, it’s just that there weren’t many fish on the sonar during the day.

Moreover, shrimp and crabs generally are more active at night, so deploying shrimp and crab pots again tonight might yield better results than during the day.

For placing the pots, Chu Mingcheng chose the place where he had dived for swimming crabs and caught the massive tiger spot.

It’s not as if anyone would notice and steal the floating buoys along with the cages at night.

Soon, he arrived at the location.

He first set the crab and shrimp pots at the spot where he last captured the big swimming crabs, using chunks of frozen Mackerel as bait.

Then, recalling that there were also fish encounters in this area, he used the small shrimp caught in the afternoon as bait, releasing ten fishing lines with hooks and buoys into the water.

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After completing these tasks, he then sailed away to look for a suitable fishing spot.

Today, he hadn’t planned on hunting fish; the weather was cold at night, and although he found the sea comfortable, climbing back on the boat was always a struggle.

Wearing more clothes and bringing a hat and scarf made it less miserable on the boat.

He continued observing the sonar, searching for a suitable deep water fishing spot, but the feedback from the sonar wasn’t very encouraging.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng decided to explore the other side of the solitary island, an area he hadn’t explored yet.

However, when he approached the island, he saw a strong signal on the sonar—there was a school of fish nearby!

Delighted by this, Chu Mingcheng quickly steered in that direction.

After reaching his destination, he was surprised to find himself near the lone island.

Observing the water currents, he realized he was on the backflow side of the island where the fish had gathered for the night.