As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 292 - Chapter 292 Chapter 247 The Life-Saving Benefactor of the

Chapter 292: Chapter 247 The Life-Saving Benefactor of the Sharp-Nosed Mackerel Shark Chapter 292: Chapter 247 The Life-Saving Benefactor of the Sharp-Nosed Mackerel Shark Chu Mingcheng wasn’t quite sure how much Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass could sell for in Melbourne. In the New Zealand market, Blue Cod sold for fifteen Australian dollars per 500 grams, but the units of measurement used here were kilograms.

East Starfish cost around twenty-five Australian dollars per 500 grams, which translates to just over a hundred Big Coins per 500 grams, and the price is indeed much cheaper than in China.

Having spent time in Melbourne, he had visited all the seafood markets.

The Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass was a fish of high economic value, so Chu Mingcheng guessed that it should be more expensive than the Blue Cod from New Zealand, but probably not more than the East Starfish.

The price he would sell to Noah would then be even lower, possibly around fifteen Australian dollars per 500 grams.

He weighed the Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass with a crane, and it weighed 167 pounds, worth 2,500 Australian dollars.

Although the unit price was not as high as that of the Emperor Crab, because of the weight, the value of this fish was probably similar to that of the emperor crabs in the corner of the deck.

Chu Mingcheng was quite satisfied with this. He re-baited the hook with Squid and added a bell to the fishing rod for good measure before throwing the bait back into the water to wait for the fish to bite.

Instead of watching the rod, he started to bleed the Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass.

Slitting the gills and severing the spinal bone at the tail, he stuffed an opened water hose directly into the fish’s mouth to block the cut, and blood immediately poured out from the fish’s tail, as if it cost nothing.

But before the blood was washed clean, a clinking “ding ding dang dang” sound rang out.

Chu Mingcheng quickly put down the hose and rushed to the side of the boat, grabbing the rod from the holder and yanking it upwards with force.

This fish seemed a bit light, probably not very big.

In just a short while, a Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass that had just reached a meter in length was pulled up.

Chu Mingcheng gave the fishing line a light tug and felt it had some weight to it. To be cautious, he grabbed the gaff and hoisted the fish directly aboard.

After weighing, to his surprise, the meter-long Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass weighed over fifty pounds. Indeed, the fish was quite plump.

Now he had two fish that hadn’t been properly bled, so this time he didn’t cast his line immediately, but instead cleaned all the fish blood and placed them in the cold storage chamber.

The meter-long Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass was manageable, but the one-point-five-meter one took up most of the space once placed in the cold storage chamber.

Based on the current situation, even stacking the fish layer by layer, the one-point-five-meter fish could only fit six or seven at most. The space in the cold storage chamber was really quite limited.

But since this wasn’t his large ship, Chu Mingcheng could only make do.

After catching another two Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass around one-point-two meters, the blood washed off the deck by the waves attracted some sharks, which were particularly sensitive to fresh blood.

Sharks, rarely seen in China’s nearby seas, were very common in Australia.

The local fishers often encountered sharks, which sometimes snatched the fish they caught.

If it were inexpensive fish like Giant Trevally, it wouldn’t matter much, but if it was some rare and valuable fish, anyone would curse a few times.

Before the arrival of the sharks, Chu Mingcheng caught another Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass, measuring one-point-three meters. But after that catch, his luck wasn’t as good.

The rod trembled strangely as he fished and, in the end, he only reeled in a fish head, which made him immediately understand the situation and start cursing non-stop.

In the light, he saw several ferocious sharp-nosed mackerel sharks.

He was now considering whether he should just dive in with a fish spear and kill all these sharp-nosed mackerel sharks.

Aren’t they endangered? Why did three or four appear all at once?

Seeing this, their protection seems to have been quite effective in recent years. It felt like it would be better to just spear them and make their endangered status well-deserved.

The sharp-nosed mackerel shark can grow up to four meters long, but these were only just over two meters. Chu Mingcheng felt he could spear a little fellow with one jab.

Otherwise, with these sharks around, he couldn’t expect to continue fishing tonight.

Having caught five so far, he felt that a few more would fill the cold storage chamber. Somewhat obsessive-compulsive, Chu Mingcheng dreaded the cold storage having any space left.

Looking at the sharp-nosed mackerel sharks that occasionally surfaced, he was tempted to take up the fish spear.

Just then, as if freshly showered, Jiang Luoluo, dressed in a nightgown, stood at the doorway of the pilot house and called out, “Ah Cheng, are you still fishing? It’s getting late, why don’t you sleep instead? Staying up isn’t good for you!”

Chu Mingcheng’s attention was immediately diverted.

Fresh from her bath, Jiang Luoluo’s long black hair casually draped over her shoulders. The nightgown, which covered everything, could not suppress Yuanyuan’s exuberant professionalism.

Her slender and fair legs were fully exposed to his eyes due to the night breeze lifting the hem of the skirt.

Women only slow down the pace of fishing?

That’s because they don’t have such a glamorous wife!

Chu Mingcheng instantly agreed, casually tossing the fish spear aside.

Checking the time, he realized it was already half past midnight. It was really late, and it was time to go to sleep. What did he care if the sharp-nosed mackerel sharks were endangered or not!

He currently had twenty instances of Life Transformation, which he reserved specially for emergencies.

It wouldn’t be cost-effective to use them for staying up late; he needed to be well-rested at night.

After packing up the fishing gear, he practically sprinted back to his room, causing Jiang Luoluo’s heart to skip a beat at his urgency.

She felt Chu Mingcheng might have misunderstood something, as she truly just wanted him to come back early for rest.

However, it didn’t take long before melodious music filled the cabin.

The few sharp-nosed mackerel sharks near the boat continued to linger because of the fish blood, blissfully unaware that they nearly contributed to the endangerment of their species.

So it could be said that Jiang Luoluo saved them and expended a lot for them…

The next day, Chu Mingcheng walked out of the bedroom feeling refreshed and invigorated.

It was just after six in the morning, and at nearly thirty, his energy and recovery were even better than when he was twenty, putting him in a very pleasant mood.

Even without fishing enhancements, this ‘external plugin’ for physical fitness alone left him very satisfied.

He made himself a simple breakfast. Jiang Luoluo probably needed a few more hours of sleep, so he decided not to disturb her yet.

After eating breakfast, Chu Mingcheng went to the control room and checked the fish finder.

As he expected, there were still fishes in the deep trench, but the thick red lines had disappeared, indicating that the Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass had left.

Those being deep sea fish, it was normal for them to appear in the shallower waters to hunt at night.

During the day, these fishes would hide in the deep sea below five hundred meters to avoid predators, and catching them would surely be no easy task.

Chu Mingcheng started the fishing boat and headed to the buoy marking the location of the first crab pot, donning his diving suit to check the situation.

If there were some Emperor Crabs outside the pots, he could cram them inside.

Even though Jiang Luoluo was expected to wake up after nine, Chu Mingcheng moved swiftly.

He dived into the water, quickly reaching the bottom, where pots numbered 5 to 10 hadn’t trapped many Emperor Crabs the previous night.

So upon reaching the bottom, he stuffed any Emperor Crabs he found into these pots.

With his intervention, the catch of Emperor Crabs was not bad this time.

If he hadn’t dived in manually to catch them, he guessed that this morning’s haul would have been halved, and he surely wouldn’t have caught that fifty-plus pound Emperor Crab.

After making sure he had stuffed all the legal-sized Emperor Crabs within range into the pots, Chu Mingcheng quickly swam back to the surface, climbed aboard, and went to another bathroom to quickly rinse off the seawater.

He changed into his work clothes and went on deck to gather the crab pot buoys, tying the ropes to the crane and starting it up.

The crane’s lifting speed wasn’t fast, but it was steady.

Even though the pots didn’t exceed 150 pounds and factors like water pressure and ocean currents meant the crane was pulling well over 150 pounds, it was still able to lift them without trouble.

With a maximum load capacity of one ton, the crane had no issue at all.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t need to pull it himself but provided guidance when the pot was pulled next to the gunwale, ensuring it didn’t scratch the boat’s surface.

Then he operated the crane’s direction, slowly placing the crab pot onto the deck.

Chu Mingcheng opened the live tank to find that many of the True Sea Breams caught last night were losing their vitality, likely to die soon.

He promptly moved these sea breams out of the live tank and into the refrigeration hold.

The space that wasn’t filled the previous night was just enough to accommodate these breams.

He then changed the live tank’s water and extracted the Emperor Crabs from the pots, placing them one by one inside.

With other crabs, their inner claw tendons had to be severed to prevent them from fighting and potentially dying.

But for Emperor Crabs, it was unnecessary since their shells were quite hard, and their claws did not have enough strength to harm each other.

There were only four Emperor Crabs in this pot, with two large ones weighing over ten pounds each, and the two smaller ones around five or six pounds.

After the Emperor Crabs were settled, Chu Mingcheng set the pot aside and casually went to check on the massive Emperor Crab that was hiding in the corner.

Observing that the crab was still alive and its vitality was good, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he wetted its dry exterior with some seawater and left it be, going on to gather the rest of the pots.

About two and a half hours later, all ten crab pots were retrieved and neatly stacked on the deck.

Stacked in two rows, with five in each row, they didn’t take up much space.

To ensure they were secure, Chu Mingcheng even used six straps to package the pots both horizontally and vertically.

As for the number and weight of the Emperor Crabs, he had already weighed them and noted everything down in his notebook.

Back in the control room, Chu Mingcheng made a call to Noah to inform him of the estimated quantity of the catch and to set a time, then he headed back.

The return trip took more than four hours. By the time he reached the dock, it was almost one in the afternoon, and with the task of tallying the catch, it seemed unlikely he’d be able to return shore for lunch.

Considering Jiang Luoluo would be waking up soon, Chu Mingcheng set the boat to autopilot and prepared to make some breakfast for her in the kitchen.

However, just as he was about to get up, the radar suddenly emitted a “beep beep” alert sound.

He leaned in for a closer look and saw that within a nautical mile, a ship had appeared on the navigational route. Without taking evasive action, the two vessels would collide.

Soon enough, Chu Mingcheng could see a medium-sized fishing boat within the control room.

His radio frequency was off, so he had no idea if the other boat’s captain had said anything.

But he took the initiative and steered the fishing boat to the left to make way.

Seeing this, the other boat also shifted slightly to the right, allowing both to pass by each other without incident.

But this incident removed any complacency from Chu Mingcheng, compelling him to continue to sit in the control room to avoid any potential oncoming ships.

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