The Top Fishing
Chapter 320 - 176: Longdun Grouper_4

Chapter 320: Chapter 176: Longdun Grouper_4

He mentioned this issue a few days ago.

After the big fish underwater was dragged to the shallow area and stopped struggling, Li Xiaopeng took this time to recover some strength. After resting for a few minutes, he pulled the fish out of the water with renewed vigor.

When they saw the huge body of the fish emerge, everyone burst into cheers.

"Wow, this fish is really big, beautiful color, and nice pattern too."

"This is a big Money spot Grouper, at least 40 jin in weight. Its value isn’t any less than the Yellow croaker caught earlier."

Lin Yang also examined this huge Grouper, nearly one meter in length. It was reddish-brown in color, and its most prominent characteristic was the hexagonal reddish-brown spots all over its body, the distinct mark of the Money spot.

The majority of Money spots weigh under 30 jin. It’s quite rare to find one that has grown this large, and its rarity is not any less than the Yellow croaker caught earlier.

A few years ago in Fuzhou, there was news of a 75-kilogram Money spot caught with a trawling net, worth around thirty thousand yuan. Although the Money spot Li Xiaopeng caught was much smaller, since it was caught by sea fishing, it would be worth at least ten thousand yuan if its survival could be ensured.

With Lin Yang’s help, the exhausted big Money spot was successfully scooped onto the shore. At this point, Li Xiaopeng sat down on the ground, panting heavily and overwhelmed with joy.

"Hahaha, I broke my record, I’ve set a new personal record today, this fish is almost 40 jin."

It must be said, Li Xiaopeng truly had a fulfilling fishing experience today. Not only did he catch a big tiger spot Grouper over a dozen jin at the start, he then caught a Yellow croaker weighing over two jin, and now he landed a big Money spot. Not only did he enjoy his fishing today, but he also made a hefty profit, earning at least over thirty thousand yuan.

Li Xiaopeng was happy, and Lin Yang and Yue’er were also happy for him. As participants, they too shared in the joy.

The four bosses on the opposite boat were green with envy at the sight of the big Money spot he had caught. How satisfying must it be to pull up such a large Grouper?

However, at this moment, they noticed something abnormal about the Money spot that had just been caught. Its skin was shiny and looked beautiful in its posture. The only thing was that, apart from the hook, there was a piece of pinkish flesh that had been regurgitated from its mouth.

Upon seeing this phenomenon, the four men grew curious, "What’s that? Did it throw up something it ate?"

Seeing this, Lin Yang acted quickly, taking out a very slender needle from his toolkit and inserted it into a certain spot on the Grouper’s abdomen.

"What’s this operation? Are you bleeding the fish?"

"I have indeed heard that some deep-sea fish die quickly after being caught, so you need to bleed them to remove lactic acid or something...."

The four bosses all looked perplexed. They had heard that some fish had to be bled immediately upon landing to ensure freshness and to prevent any fishy smell from remaining in the body after death. This is often done with larger fish, especially those meant to be eaten as sashimi.

But as a precious type of Grouper, Money spots are not suitable for raw consumption in the form of sashimi; instead, they are better suited for cooking methods like steaming.

Is bleeding necessary for this as well?

In the face of their confusion, Lin Yang explained, "I’m not bleeding it – I’m venting it. This needle goes straight into the fish’s swim bladder to release the rapidly increasing pressure inside it. Otherwise, it probably wouldn’t last long before its internal organs would be crushed to death. What you see it regurgitating, that pinkish flesh, isn’t something else but its stomach, which was pushed out due to the swift expansion of its swim bladder. Groupers are quite resilient. As long as the air is released in time, they generally won’t die. Otherwise, once dead, the price could be slashed in half, resulting in a loss of several thousand yuan."

Hearing Lin Yang’s explanation, the four bosses suddenly understood the situation and also felt a bit of sympathy for the big Grouper; having its stomach squeezed out sounded quite distressing.

Thanks to Lin Yang’s intervention, the Grouper’s stomach visibly deflated, clearly showing that the air had been vented. Soon after, its stomach retracted, and Lin Yang tossed it into the boat’s live storage tank where it instantly became lively again.

This is the difference between fish species. Even though Groupers, like Yellow croakers, are deep-sea fish, Groupers generally do not die easily, while Yellow croakers die relatively quickly, and venting them is of no use. After being caught, they tend to perish soon after.

In the live stream, the viewers were envious to see Lin Yang’s group catching big Yellow croakers and Groupers one after another.

"A fish worth tens of thousands, tsk, it’s like picking up money – this is the dream of so many fishermen."

"This is only because the spot they found has good resources. It’s hard to say if ordinary fishermen could even make back their fuel costs."

Because Li Xiaopeng’s fish fighting caused such a disturbance, everybody stopped fishing for a while, and the school of Spring Fish that appeared earlier had been scared away.

Lin Yang and his partner continued to target the large fish near the bottom, but the four bosses opposite were indecisive. They initially wanted to fish for Spring Fish and then try their luck for another Yellow croaker, but now that the Spring Fish had left, the Yellow croakers must have been scared off too.

At this moment, they didn’t know what to fish for. Although they wanted to catch big fish like Lin Yang and his partner, fishing for big fish isn’t just about luck – it also requires skill.

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