Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Wishes are beautiful, but reality is always cruel.

The hemp rope was untied and the fish inside were poured onto the deck.

The fish in this net were obviously not as good as the previous one. Although there were a few black-eyed cutlassfish, there were mostly shrimps and crabs.

The shrimps were all worthless prawns.

"God damn it, who's throwing that rag-and-bone net into the sea?"

Somehow, the fish on the deck got lost. There was also a pile of obviously abandoned fishing nets, which were probably dropped or thrown into the sea by fishermen from somewhere.

When Ye Xiaocui saw that the fish in this net was obviously not as good as the previous one, she couldn't help but curse.

"Luckily we brought this fishing net up here. If it had been eaten by dolphins or whales, it would have been a disaster!"

Fu Wan also felt scared. Although the fishermen in the village usually took the garbage away when they went out to sea, there were always some people who threw everything into the sea.

Thinking of the rare encounter with the white dolphins last time, Fu Wan and the others were glad that they did not encounter these marine debris, otherwise these seemingly insignificant things could take the lives of these marine elves.

Fu Liang's second net was similar to this one. There were no discarded fishing nets in their net. There were also a lot of prawns, a handful of hairtails, and quite a few crabs.

By the time people on both sides had picked out the fish on the deck, night had fallen.

Ye Xiaocui took out the biscuits she had brought on board and shared them with Jiang Chunlan, then asked Fu Liang and the others to fill their stomachs first.

Fu Wan was standing at the stern of the boat, chewing some dry biscuits and daydreaming, when the next second a fish hit her head on.

Fortunately, she subconsciously took a few steps back, otherwise she would have been hit by the fish.

"Awan, are you okay?"

Ye Xiaocui quickly pulled Fu Wan over, and Jiang Chunlan picked up the hand net next to her and scooped up the still lively fish, then threw it into the fish box next to her.

They lit kerosene lamps on the boat and also turned on the large flashlights they had bought from the supply and marketing cooperative.

There are many phototactic fish in the sea, of various kinds. Some species jump around like crazy when they see the light, and there are also many that are stupid enough to jump directly onto people's decks like the one before.

Anyone who doesn't catch fish is a fool. Fu Wan and her crew have a lot of hand nets on their two boats. Seeing the fish jumping up from the sea from time to time, everyone also took hand nets and used flashlights to catch fish.

The mesh of their hand-held nets was of medium size, which could directly filter out those small fish that were no bigger than a finger. Both sides were having fun catching fish, so Boss Fu simply turned off the engine of the boat and walked to the stern to prepare to reel in the longline fishing.

Maybe because Boss Fu took a large flashlight from the cabin, many fish jumped towards the deck on Boss Fu's side, and many fish even spread their fins when they jumped, and it looked like they had wings and flew up directly.

"Mom, is it raining?"

Fu Ling was awakened by the noise outside and walked out of the cabin rubbing her eyes with her little hands.

As soon as they came out, they saw the fish falling onto the boat with a crackling sound, and the children were completely scared.

"It's fish, not rain."

Fu Wan was also at a loss for words, and asked Fu Ling to stand further away to avoid being hit by these crazy fish. Everyone simply stopped using hand nets to catch fish, put several flashlights together on the deck, and picked up the fish directly with buckets.

"I've lived for most of my life, but this is the first time I've been on the deck waiting for a fish to fly up and pick it up."

Jiang Chunlan took a spare piece of clothing and wrapped her head, then squatted on the deck with Ye Xiaocui and tried hard to pick up fish.

Ye Xiaocui was dressed the same way. There was nothing they could do. It was Fu Wan who reminded the two of them that although these fish were not big in size, they flew up with such force that if they were hit, it would cause a concussion.

Boss Fu simply took a bucket and put it on his head. The weird look made Fu Ling, who was hiding beside the cabin, laugh with joy.

"That's a lot of saury, at least a hundred pounds."

"Luckily, they were only saury and sardines. If they had encountered needlefish, the deck might have been shot through."

Fu Wan's hands did not stop moving. She had only asked everyone to wrap their heads and go out to pick up fish after she saw that there was no trace of needlefish on the sea.

There are many phototactic fish in the sea, the most common ones are saury and sardines. These fish are slender, the largest one is only about 30 centimeters long and weighs only 100 to 200 grams.

The most important thing is that this kind of fish will not endanger your life. The needlefish that Fu Wan mentioned is a particularly disgusting fish in the sea.

Needlefish, as their name suggests, have a needle several dozen centimeters long on their heads. They are very attracted to light, especially at night. If they see a light on the sea surface, they will be excited and rush towards the light with their needle on their heads.

Therefore, fishermen working at night have been taught since childhood to be careful of needlefish. After all, this kind of fish can jump over and pierce you directly, no matter which part of the body. In the 1980s when medical technology was not well developed, it was very likely that you would lose your life directly due to infection or excessive blood loss.

The rain of saury lasted only about ten minutes. After Fu Wan and the others picked up all the fish on the deck and put them into the fish basket, they saw that there was no movement on the sea. So Boss Fu called Fu Ming and Fu Liang to reel in the longline fishing rope.

Both sides' longline fishing boats had put a lot of bait. At this time, the two boats were not far away, and Fu Wan also joined the team to collect the fishing lines.

"I caught a grouper!"

"Dad, Awan, your boat is not going to be good for longline fishing today!"

Along with Fu Ming's cheer, Fu Wan saw the red melon seed fish in his hand. Although Boss Fu had pulled several empty hooks, his expression was still calm.

The next second, Fu Wan felt the fishing line in her hand stretched straight.

There are big fish!

She pulled the line with both hands, following the force of the fish. When Boss Fu saw this, he hurried over to help.

After swimming for a while, the fish was probably tired. Fu Wan could see its appearance clearly through the sea water.

The shape of that fish was different from the other fish. It had a prominent protruding mouth, a brown body, and black spots all over its body.

It's a moray eel!

"Dad, it's a conger eel!"

This thing can bite people. Boss Fu quickly picked up a wooden stick next to him and hit the conger eel several times. Then Fu Wan took out the hand net very tacitly and fished the conger eel out.

"Wow, this probably weighs more than 20 kilograms."

Fu Wan's family doesn't eat eels because they contain toxins and can easily cause poisoning if not handled properly.

However, many restaurants in the county have eels on their menus, and if prepared cleanly by experienced chefs, it can be a good dish.

With this big sea eel in front, the fish behind it look small.

The longline fishing lines on both sides were put away, and there were only dozens of sea bream and sea bass weighing one or two kilograms at the back. When Fu Wan was cleaning up the fish hooks, she saw the fishing rod that Boss Fu had placed aside, and she couldn't help but feel itchy.

She hadn't tried fishing with a fishing rod for a long time.