My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 170 Yu Muzhou: It's a pity these fish came at the wrong time.

Within two hours, Zhou Miao had learned about the effects of the fish-gathering formation.

It's really great, far exceeding the effect of usually baiting the area.

However, since he had been fishing for small fish, Zhou Miao decided to try fishing for larger ones in a different spot to see how the fish would bite.

So he changed his line setup and tied on a slightly larger jig, targeting fish weighing 5 to 10 pounds.

Yu Muzhou also saw him changing his line setup, and when he took out a larger jig, he knew his purpose.

Thinking about Zhou Miao's previous luck while fishing, he was quite uneasy, afraid that he would be proven wrong later.

Just as I was thinking this, the fishing rod in my hand twitched, and a fish took the bait!

Yu Muzhou snapped out of his daze and immediately picked up his fishing rod happily: "Haha, I knew it was because of the location."

"See, I caught a fish right after I got here!"

Zhou Miao raised an eyebrow. Could that really be the reason?

However, he didn't say anything. Instead, he threw his own iron bait into the water and started tapping the bottom, while continuing to keep an eye on Yu Muzhou.

This is a good opportunity to see if you're just lucky with the fish or if you're really just taking advantage of the location.

Seven or eight minutes passed, and Yu Muzhou's rod still hadn't caught a second fish, so Zhou Miao was relieved.

It was clearly a coincidence; his luck with fish was still intact.

Sure enough, after tapping the bottom for seven or eight minutes, the fishing rod suddenly felt a strong pull.

After regaining his senses, Zhou Miao quickly lifted the rod to set the hook. This time it took quite a while, but the pull was very strong. It might be a fish weighing over ten kilograms.

That one fish is worth seven or eight of the previous ones.

Previously, when catching such a big fish, Zhou Miao had to play it first before he could reel it in.

But as his physique had just improved, he was curious about his current strength, so he kept exerting force to lift the fishing rod, almost turning the handle into a whirlwind.

Zhou Miao forcibly pulled the large fish, weighing over ten kilograms, to the surface. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a tiger grouper, which was quite rare.

The commotion was quite loud, and Wang Yong, who was standing nearby, quickly went to get a net.

The little fish didn't need help earlier, but this one weighs over ten pounds and is a tiger grouper. It needs some help, right?

It is indeed necessary.

Zhou Miao simply held the fishing rod, allowing Wang Yong to easily scoop up the fish.

Yu Muzhou looked at the tiger-striped animal, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

I thought that since we hadn't caught any fish for so long, and the fish weren't biting well on my end, and Zhou Miao wasn't doing well either, it must be because it was midday and the fish had all gone to the deeper water.

However, he had no chance to use his excuse, which confirmed his bad luck in fishing.

However, Zhou Miao didn't mention these things, so Yu Muzhou obediently continued fishing without saying a word, afraid of attracting his attention.

Zhou Miao didn't care about him at the moment. He happily threw the tiger grouper, worth more than two thousand yuan, into the live fish hold and quickly threw the jig bait into the water to continue fishing.

"System, how many fish are left?"

I caught quite a few fish this morning, so I'll ask the system now to get a better idea of ​​what's going on.

The fish population is currently 89%.

We've already caught 11% of the fish, and the live fish hold is estimated to contain over 100 pounds of fish, which means we can catch over 300 pounds of fish in total.

Three hundred catties of fish is quite a lot, after all, they are fish that live in the reef area, so the price is relatively high. As long as the size is not bad, the average price can reach forty or fifty catties.

Even at wholesale price, it could sell for at least ten thousand yuan.

It refreshes once a day. If other anglers knew about this fishing spot, they'd be grinning from ear to ear.

Therefore, Zhou Miao was quite satisfied with the effect of this fish-gathering formation.

I caught two more parrotfish weighing seven or eight pounds each and a red snapper weighing about ten pounds, and it was noon by then.

Although Zhou Miao only caught four fish in more than an hour, the overall value of the catch was no less than that of the previous hour.

Yu Muzhou, who changed locations, caught only one more fish than him, but none of them weighed more than two pounds.

"Brother Zhou..."

"Um?"

Yu Muzhou suddenly looked up, seemingly still immersed in the fantasy that Zhou Miao would laugh at his bad luck, and his reaction was particularly strong.

Zhou Miao was stunned for a moment, feeling something was off.

But he had long forgotten his earlier jokes, and now he was only calling out to ask about lunch.

"It's already midday, what are we going to eat for lunch?"

Hearing that the question was about food, Yu Muzhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "We're having hot pot for lunch. I bought a lot of ingredients and they're in the fridge. You and A Yong can kill a few fish and get some seafood."

While at sea, Zhou Miao thought that eating hot pot was the most convenient option, and he had no objection whatsoever upon hearing this.

He caught two yellowfin tuna he had caught himself, and a two-pound bluefin tuna.

Because there are other ingredients, these three fish are enough.

Just as Zhou Miao picked up a knife to prepare the fish directly on the deck, A Yong walked over.

"Brother Zhou Miao, should I do it?"

"Do you know how to slice fish?"

"I graduated from New Oriental."

"Holy crap, that's amazing!" Zhou Miao exclaimed, his eyes wide. "How did someone like you, a graduate of New Oriental, become a fisherman?"

"I really enjoy cooking, so I went to learn to be a chef. But I'm not very good at socializing, and after a while I felt it wasn't a good fit, so I came back and went to sea with my dad."

Wang Yong took the knife from his hand and deftly began to prepare the fish.

Wang Yong took the knife from his hand and deftly began to prepare the fish.

However, this made Zhou Miao even more puzzled. How could an honest and hardworking child not be suitable for the chef industry?

Yu Muzhou, who was standing next to him, seemed to have thought of something and laughed, "It seems that the team that A Yong has encountered is not suitable, so he can't fit in."

"How so?"

"I heard from the chef I hired that, despite their serious appearance, many of them are actually quite fun-loving."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Miao suddenly realized that Wang Yong was a loner.

However, it shouldn't matter if he just doesn't play along; there must be some other reason, so he didn't ask any further questions.

After lunch, the three returned to the cabin to enjoy the air conditioning and prepared to take a nap before continuing to fish.

I took a short nap and woke up again at noon.

Once he felt refreshed, Zhou Miao couldn't stay still any longer and went out of the cabin to continue fishing.

However, a flock of seagulls flying in the sky caught his attention. Looking in the direction they were heading, he was stunned and quickly went back to the cabin to get Yu Muzhou's binoculars.

Upon spotting a flock of birds faintly visible in the distant sky, Zhou Miao's eyes lit up. He returned to the cabin, immediately started the fishing boat, and headed towards the birds.

If it can be seen through a telescope, it means the distance is not too far.

In about twenty minutes, Zhou Miao arrived at his destination.

Flocks of birds flew everywhere at sea, and many landed on the water.

Zhou Miao even saw a seabird plunge into the water like an arrow, and when it surfaced, it already had a small fish in its beak.

But he didn't care about any of that; instead, he looked at the fish finder.

He had already spotted a school of fish on the fish finder, and also discovered quite a few large fish.

He navigated around the school of fish, searching for the best fishing spot. After circling halfway, he unexpectedly discovered another huge school of fish, and the fish all seemed to be quite large.

Good, good, there really is a large school of fish.

What I said this morning might come true; let's see if Yu Muzhou can seize the opportunity later.

If he can't catch many fish from such a large school, then he'll definitely have to take over the main fishing spot after the competition.

"Why is it all birdsong? It's so noisy!"

At this moment, Yu Muzhou came out of the room, yawning, and asked.

"Brother Zhou, come take a look at the fish finder."

"Holy crap, did we really run into a huge school of fish?"

Less than three seconds after the initial shock, Yu Muzhou suddenly slapped his thigh hard.

"Damn it, this school of fish couldn't have come at the worst possible time. Couldn't they have come after the competition started?"