As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 158 - 148: Big Fish, Find Grandpa
Chapter 158: Chapter 148: Big Fish, Find Grandpa
After having dinner and cleaning up the dishes, Jiang Luoluo took out her laptop to watch a series she had previously downloaded.
It wasn’t because there was no signal out at sea but simply because she didn’t want to wait for buffering when fast-forwarding.
Watching a historical drama that talked neither of battles nor schemes, only of the female lead’s various dramatic romances, Chu Mingcheng felt his scalp tingle and hurried out to fish.
Fishing was more comfortable anyway. At least the fish were straightforward—you either brought them on board, or you went overboard.
The timing for setting out to sea wasn’t very good today; ideally, they should have left early in the morning and arrived here by eight or nine o’clock to see a decent catch.
Fishing in the afternoon was really not the best time, even if the temperature was suitable since it wasn’t the fish’s feeding time.
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After casting the net and throwing the bait into the water, it took half of the day before a five-pound sea bass took the bait.
There were fewer fishing boats on the sea, clearly, many had left.
Chu Mingcheng returned to the cockpit and looked at the fish finder, noticing that the school of fish had mostly dispersed.
The remaining fishing boats in this area probably stayed to increase their earnings in the afternoon, waiting to fish at night.
Now Chu Mingcheng faced only two options—either find another spot or continue waiting here.
It had taken over three hours to get here today, and the fuel had already cost more than two thousand.
Continuing the search might not lead to finding any fish and could possibly result in greater losses.
After a brief hesitation, Chu Mingcheng decided to stay. At least he could catch some sea bass to recover some of the costs and gain some experience.
Without disturbing Jiang Luoluo, who was still watching her series, he went back outside to continue fishing.
Both fishing rods were placed over the holes to increase the hit rate.
About seven or eight minutes later, one of the fishing rods reacted first. The fish bit hard, and Chu Mingcheng immediately grabbed the rod to hook the fish.
The fish was fast and made a screeching noise as it pulled on the reel.
Judging from the feel, Chu Mingcheng thought it was a sea bass, and about the same size as the one earlier, also around five pounds.
Indeed, when he pulled it up, it turned out to be a four or five-pound sea bass.
The sea bass in winter were not small in size, averaging about this weight. The smaller ones probably didn’t follow and stayed near the shallower banks.
As he occasionally baited new spots, the fishing situation for Chu Mingcheng slightly improved.
With two rods, he only had to wait about three or four minutes to catch a fish. After pulling one up, another would bite after a short wait—a busy turn of events!
In less than two hours, he had caught a total of thirteen fish, a decent amount, but each weighed between three to five pounds, which was quite good.
They weren’t just sea bass; there were also golden pomfret, probably because the main group had left, leaving behind a few scattered ones.
After finishing her series, Jiang Luoluo started editing the videos Chu Mingcheng had filmed, but while editing, she noticed a strange phenomenon—it seemed like some of the fishing videos had been roughly edited before, as the scenes were somewhat disconnected.
The videos had indeed been edited. When Chu Mingcheng fished alone in the water, he barely came up for air.
He had considered that most of his future videos would likely be edited by Jiang Luoluo, so he had processed them in advance.
Showing her just five minutes of dynamic diving was enough; if she knew he could hold his breath for two hours, wouldn’t she regard him as some sort of monster?
After finishing the edits of all the videos for this period, the time had already passed five in the afternoon.
Jiang Luoluo stretched lazily, revealing her beautiful curves.
She grabbed an umbrella and stepped out of the cockpit, first checking the live fish well and noting that there were plenty of fish, none too small.
However, compared to Chu Mingcheng’s previous fishing efforts, it was much less.
This made Jiang Luoluo frown— if these were the only catches, it was barely enough to break even for the day.
“Ah Cheng, were the fish not biting well today? I saw you caught quite a few sea bass and golden pomfret, but none left?”
“Mainly because we went out too late. If we had set out early in the morning, we could have made a few thousand.” Chu Mingcheng also felt somewhat helpless.
Being a professional angler for such a short time, he still needed to ask others about the routes and timings of the fishing season.
Moreover, upgrading the level in the fish atlas also took a lot of time.
“But today was still okay, I never really planned on making much. Mainly, it was to check out the fishing routes Grandpa gave me,” he said.
Jiang Luoluo nodded in understanding. If they were really after the money, they would definitely go to the southern coral reefs for premium fish.
But even if they pursued the premium route, it didn’t mean they would give up on some high-yield fish.
“Hungry yet? I’ll cook, and after dinner, we can continue night fishing. I’ll join you for a bit.”
“Night fishing? It gets really cold at sea at night, maybe we should skip it?” Chu Mingcheng saw that it was already past five in the afternoon; he was ready to pack up the fishing gear and head back when Jiang Luoluo suddenly suggested night fishing.
“It’s fine, I considered night fishing and brought plenty of warm clothes. Remember, if we go out to sea, we have to make a profit. If we don’t even earn five hundred, then it’s a loss.”
“Er… okay, then you go cook, and I’ll keep fishing.”
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Chu Mingcheng was somewhat bemused, but with Jiang Luoluo being so considerate, he had no reason to refuse—it was just night fishing!
After they had their dinner, the sky was completely dark.
Jiang Luoluo also put on a raincoat to join Chu Mingcheng in fishing.
But this time, her luck was better than in the morning; as soon as she threw the bait into the water, a fish bit.
When she pulled it up, it turned out to be a cod.
