My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 19 A White Line on the Sea

"A fish has taken the bait! Quickly lift the rod!" Zhou Miao shouted a reminder.

"Oh!" Lu Xiaoxiao hurriedly and forcefully lifted the fishing rod, and the fishing line was immediately pulled up by a meter.

With that force, the fish's mouth must be in a lot of pain.

After Lu Xiaoxiao lifted the fishing rod, she didn't hear Zhou Miao's next instruction, which made her pause for two seconds before she realized that she needed to turn the reel to reel in the line.

Soon, a stone goblin with its mouth wide open burst out of the water.

In Lu Xiaoxiao's mind, a fishing novice, the bigger the fish, the more valuable it is. Therefore, she was quite disappointed to see that she had only caught such a small thing.

"What tiny fish! Brother Miao, is this a baby fish? Should we put it back?"

Zhou Miao swallowed the meat bun in his mouth and explained to her, "This is called Shi Jiugong, it doesn't grow very big. Many on the shore are only one or two ounces in size, but yours looks like it weighs more than three ounces. You could sell it for eighty or ninety-one pounds at the market."

"Wow~ It's so expensive!" Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes instantly lit up, making him stare in amazement.

Those eyes are clear and bright; they seem rather beautiful.

Seeing her reach out to grab the fish, he quickly stopped her, startled: "Don't touch it! Don't touch it!"

He breathed a sigh of relief after grabbing the fishing line first: "Don't touch unfamiliar fish. Many sea fish have a hidden poisonous barb on their backs. Although it won't kill you, it can make you hurt for a day. You must be careful when catching fish and unhooking fish in the future."

"Oh...I understand!" Lu Xiaoxiao also felt a lingering fear, because Zhou Miao had already removed the fishhook and was holding the fish to show off the tiny transparent spines that would stick out when touched.

Then, seeing her catch another rock goby, Zhou Miao knew that she was temporarily out of danger.

He put away his breakfast bag and then picked up his fishing rod to start fishing.

On the other side, Luo Hao was curious about Zhou Miao's change in attitude that morning. She seemed to be quite familiar with his sister, so he asked her about it.

Then I learned from my sister about their chance encounter at the market the night before.

"Brother, I've seen that guy go to that abandoned fish raft in the southeast corner a lot. Has he rented that area and is planning to set up a fishing raft there too?"

After Luo Qianqian finished filming the morning's fishing footage and put down her digital camera, she brought up Zhou Miao again.

Luo Hao glanced at her upon hearing this: "What does this have to do with us?"

"He also runs a fishing raft business, so aren't we competitors? I'm just concerned about my family's fishing raft business!"

"This entire area of ​​fish rafts needs to be renovated. Abandoned fish rafts that no one rents will be demolished, and those that are rented will be converted into fishing rafts. There will be plenty of competitors then, so what difference will it make if one more comes along?"

"That makes sense! Sigh, our family was among the first to try and set up a fishing raft, but business is so-so. Will the raft business fail?"

"What's the rush? Putting aside the various subsidies, the current plan is to completely renovate our fish rafts by the end of the year. Then the authorities will attract more customers here, and business will naturally improve gradually."

"That's true! This is a local government-supported project, unlike those illegal ones."

"What kind of jungler?"

"It's just not legitimate."

"You certainly have a knack for using clever phrases."

Luo Hao was both amused and exasperated. He turned around and saw Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao catching fish one after another next, so he also arranged for his sister to go fishing.

"Don't just stand there! Look how much fun that other girl is having fishing. You should grab your rod and catch some too. Want some more pocket money?"

"Oh, are you going to give me more pocket money?" Luo Qianqian's eyes lit up!

Luo Hao nodded, his narrowed eyes full of calculation.

"Yes, you'll still get two hundred in pocket money after you help sell my fish. But you'll get an extra 30% after you sell the fish you catch yourself."

Sure enough, Luo Qianqian flew into a rage: "Why is it that I only caught 30% of the fish myself?"

Luo Hao remained unfazed by his sister's anger, his tone still calm: "Just tell me if you want your 30% or not!"

Luo Qianqian gritted her teeth and shouted in his ear, "You despicable Luo the Skinflint, 30%! 30%!"

"Hiss~" Luo Hao jolted awake and quickly got up to clean his ears. The lion's roar made his head buzz.

Just as he was preparing to retaliate, he inadvertently discovered a line appearing on the surface of the sea.

Luo Hao's expression hardened. He observed carefully for a while and found that it was indeed as he had thought. Overjoyed, he said, "You're lucky today! You've run into a tidal bore. Come on, I'll take you fishing for big fish so you'll have plenty of money in your pocket today."

"real?"

Upon hearing "Little Money," Luo Qianqian, who had been pouting, immediately changed her expression, her eyes shining, and looked at her brother as if he were a humanoid creature piled up in a manhole.

"Yes, let's go back and get the fishing rods first. We can't handle these small fishing rods."

Such a vast, seemingly endless tidal bore is extremely rare, but once you spot it and know how to fish for it, the catch is generally quite good.

With a bit of luck, catching a dozen or more fish weighing over ten pounds isn't impossible.

Even if the price per unit of fish is low, a fish weighing over 100 kilograms can still sell for a pleasing number.

"Brother, should we call them?" Luo Qianqian pointed at Zhou Miao. "After all, they shared the fishing spot, it wouldn't be right for us to leave him out."

"In that case, we should inform them. The area around the tidal bore is quite long, and as long as the distance between people is far enough, having more people won't affect our harvest."

Luo Hao nodded and steered the small boat in that direction.

As soon as the boat approached, Zhou Miao noticed it and looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"Hey, want to come fishing with us to catch a big fish?" Luo Qianqian asked first.

"Of course I want to! Do you know where I can fish?"

Zhou Miao really wanted to say what a pointless question it was, but he could only complain in his heart; it would be impolite to say it out loud.

"If you get up and look at the sea to the east, you'll see a channel formed by the collision of waves," Luo Hao said, pointing to the east.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Miao stood up and looked in that direction, and sure enough, he saw a white line. However, because it wasn't high enough, it wasn't very noticeable.

"Are there big fish there?"

"Yes, and quite a lot. But let's go back and get our fishing rods first. I'll tell you how to fish later; you won't catch anything if you just fling the rod around randomly."

"Okay, let me know what kind of fishing rod you need. If you don't have it, I'll have to buy one."

Zhou Miao never expected that being forced to share his fishing spot would bring him two benefits in a row.

It seems I should be more generous at sea and make more friends; you never know when a surprise might come my way.

After returning to the fishing raft with Luo Hao and learning about the different models of fishing rods, he realized that he didn't need to buy any.

The short-section surf rod and the surf rod I used before at Three Rocks Reef are still usable, albeit barely.

Therefore, Zhou Miao doesn't plan to buy a new fishing rod. He'll consider adding equipment later when he has more money.

However, even if we don't buy the fishing rod, we can't skip buying other things.

Lu Xiaoxiao stayed with Luo Qianqian on the fishing raft, while he followed Luo Hao back to the dock to buy a box of ice, two styrofoam boxes, and a box of lure baits.

In Luo Hao's words, when the bait is thrown over the ocean current, it will mimic the movement of small fish, making artificial bait more convenient than live bait.

Meanwhile, considering that the fish caught this time would be relatively large, Zhou Miao also bought a landing net.

A landing net is more convenient to use than a fish trap and makes it less likely for the fish to escape.