As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 457 - Chapter 457 Chapter 313 Reliable Partners

Chapter 457: Chapter 313 Reliable Partners Chapter 457: Chapter 313 Reliable Partners Black Skin Knife isn’t a common fish, and Chu Mingcheng had only read about it on Wikipedia, not knowing its taste.

So he brought over a box, scooped some crushed ice into it, and put the fish in the box to keep it fresh with ice.

They would try one tomorrow, and then decide how to handle this type of fish.

Uncommon fish usually don’t have a set market price, so if the taste is excellent, he could set a slightly higher price himself.

If the taste is mediocre, he could chop up the Black Skin Knife caught tonight and feed it to the fish and shrimp in the live water tank.

Having been out at sea for so many days, if he let these fish and shrimp starve, some would definitely thin down or even die; feeding them a bit every two days was necessary.

However, these sea creatures weren’t easy to keep alive; every day, some couldn’t hang on and would perish, forcing Chu Mingcheng to scoop some up every other half day.

While they were still alive and fresh, he would store them in the cooling chamber to freeze at a low temperature to preserve their freshness.

Next, Chu Mingcheng continued to fish for Black Skin Knife using artificial bait.

This fish would rest in the deep sea during the day and only appeared at the water’s surface to feed at night.

Therefore, Fishing Man often chose night fishing for a reason, not because he didn’t want to fish during the day, but because you couldn’t catch fish during the day!

After spending an hour, he caught five more Black Skin Knives of various sizes, clearly encountering a school of fish.

Chu Mingcheng thought of the school of fish he had seen on the fish finder earlier.

He decided to try bottom fishing to see what kind of fish were at the bottom, and if they were deep sea fish he was familiar with and valuable, he definitely wouldn’t continue fishing for Black Skin Knife.

But just as he started to reel in his line with the artificial bait, a large cuttlefish suddenly appeared at the surface of the water.

Under the light of Sea God, the cuttlefish was clearly visible.

It had tiger-like stripes and was entirely purple.

Of course, those who know about cuttlefish know that its color can change at any time.

But this cuttlefish was not smaller than the Big-tailed Squid in size, measuring about forty centimeters in length, not including its tentacles.

Chu Mingcheng immediately recognized it as a Tiger Striped Squid.

This squid is heavily produced, with large-scale farming existing domestically, making it one of the important economic sea products.

Chu Mingcheng immediately changed his target and decided to fish for these large squids.

The Tiger Striped Squid was likely attracted by the lights of his boat. They usually appear in groups and it was unpredictable when they would leave, so he definitely had to seize this opportunity.

He immediately switched to a fishing rod of moderate stiffness, then scooped up some smaller Spot Shrimps, which were already used as bait, and started fishing for cuttlefish.

Fishing for cuttlefish with live bait was easier and also more fun.

Sure enough, a Tiger Striped Squid was attracted by the small shrimp bait he tossed nearby, grabbing the shrimp with its tentacles before any other sea creature and then stuffing it into its mouth.

As soon as the hook caught the squid, it hurt so much that its body turned white and even somewhat transparent–except for its head, which remained its original color.

Immediately thereafter, it shrank its body and spewed out a mouthful of saltwater, blackening the surface of the sea.

Having fished for Big-tailed Squid before, Chu Mingcheng naturally knew the habits of these squids.

Although squids don’t struggle as much as fish, they spray ink, making it very dirty as soon as they’re caught.

So holding the fishing rod, he dragged the Tiger Striped Squid around the sea surface.

Like an ink painter creating art on the sea, it wasn’t long before an abstract landscape appeared on the water.

By then, the Tiger Striped Squid had calmed down because it had run out of ink.

Chu Mingcheng then reeled in the fishing line and pulled the squid up directly.

Tiger Striped Squid being selected for farming indicated its excellent taste from the side.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng brought another box, scooped some crushed ice into it, and put the Tiger Striped Squid inside for preservation, evidently planning to taste it tomorrow as well.

Fishing for cuttlefish was much faster than fishing for Black Skin Knife; he could catch one every three or four minutes.

Since Jiang Luoluo had finished practicing dance and taking a bath, Chu Mingcheng put on a Bluetooth headset and chatted with her on WeChat while fishing for cuttlefish, unwittingly filling the entire box.

It wasn’t until he casually tossed a Tiger Striped Squid into the box and it slid right out that he realized it.

Looking at the time, it was already past eleven.

Tonight’s catch was actually quite average for Chu Mingcheng; just six Black Skin Knives totaling about forty to fifty pounds.

The Tiger Striped Squid, however, were plentiful, filling up an entire box.

Since cuttlefish are invertebrates, theoretically, a box of cuttlefish would weigh much more than a box of fish, so he had likely caught at least one hundred fifty pounds tonight.

It was just that the price of Tiger Striped Squid wasn’t high, only about forty yuan per pound, thus making his catch rather average.

Just as Chu Mingcheng decided to go back and rest, a series of “ying ying” sounds suddenly came from the sea surface.

His eyes lit up–that was the sound of a Killer Whale, wasn’t it?

Previously, when he was at sea, having sea lions help find schools of fish was quite helpful, also letting him know the advantages of having a helper at sea.

Moreover, due to his special ability to communicate with intelligent marine creatures, having a reliable partner was evidently more essential.

But there were too many predators for sea lions in the ocean, particularly large sharks and Killer Whales, from which sea lions were highly likely to not escape.

Chu Mingcheng had actually been somewhat worried about this before, which was why he wasn’t too upset about not finding the sea lions on Crescent Island.

In his mind, the most ideal and reliable partner was the apex predator of the food chain–the Killer Whale.

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