After joking around for a bit, Yang Hongtao began pulling up the fishing line to collect the basket of hooks that Yang Fan had set.
As he pulled, Yang Hongtao immediately felt the first hook had caught something!
When pulling up a hook, the sensation of catching a fish is completely different from that of pulling up an empty one.
As a seasoned fisherman, Yang Hongtao could immediately tell if the hook had a fish on it.
He could even guess roughly how big the fish might be.
"Fan, I have to admit, your luck's pretty good, catching a fish on the first hook! But I feel like this fish should be really small, at most half a pound,"
he said, pulling the hook up.
Sure enough, he was right.
The fish was a tiger head fish, weighing about half pounds.
"Whoa, it's a tiger head fish! That's pretty good. A tiger head fish this big is rare. It's considered a top-tier fish!"
Yang Hongtao grinned.
The tiger head fish, also known as the stone dog, stone nine dog, or stone fish, usually lives among reefs and seaweed.
This fish has incredibly tender, fresh meat, earning it the nickname of a miniature grouper. It's popular in seafood markets, especially for braising or making soup.
Naturally, its price is also higher.
For a tiger head fish of this size, about half pounds, one pound can sell for around 100 yuan.
Though Yang Fan had caught a fish on the first hook, and it was a relatively expensive tiger head fish, Yang Hongtao still didn't realize the gravity of the situation. He thought it was just a lucky catch for Yang Fan.
Then, he started pulling up the second hook.
As he was pulling, Yang Hongtao suddenly felt the line sink heavily!
This force meant it was a big fish!
"Huh? Another fish? And this one seems pretty big?"
he said with surprise as he pulled the hook up.
Then, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Whoa! Is this a huge red grouper? Fan, we're going to make a fortune!"
The fish he had pulled up was a red grouper.
And it was at least four pounds!
With the current market price of wild red groupers, a fish this large could sell for at least 700 to 800 yuan per pound!
That meant this one fish alone could fetch over 3,000 yuan!
"Quick! Xiaohai, hurry and grab the landing net, don't let this big grouper escape!"
Yang Hongtao shouted.
Hearing this, Yang Xiaohai immediately got excited.
Upon hearing Yang Hongtao's shout, he grabbed the landing net without hesitation and skillfully scooped the big red grouper onto the boat.
"Hahaha! Fan, you've got to be kidding me. Your luck is incredible, even catching a giant red grouper! We've hit the jackpot!"
After getting the fish aboard, Yang Hongtao laughed at Yang Fan while hugging the massive red grouper, even giving it a couple of kisses!
As a fisherman, seeing such a rare catch, getting excited was completely normal.
But Yang Hongtao seemed to have gotten a little carried away. He was kissing the fish as if it were a lover...
Seeing this, Yang Fan felt a little nauseous.
He thought to himself, This guy's been single for so long that he's developing some strange affection for a fish?
"Alright, Hongtao, you're getting a little too excited over a single grouper. It's just a fish, not the end of the world. Keep pulling the hooks,"
Yang Fan said, rolling his eyes.
It's just a red grouper; why's this guy acting like it's a once-in-a-lifetime catch?
If he had seen the huge yellowfin tuna Yang Fan caught the other day, he probably would've passed out from excitement.
"A single grouper?!"
"Fan, you've got some nerve talking like that!"
"Do you have any idea how much this red grouper is worth? It's worth over 3,000 yuan! This is the most expensive fish I've ever caught in all my years of fishing. Can I not be excited?!"
Yang Hongtao was practically shouting.
This was a red grouper worth over 3,000 yuan, after all.
Which fisherman wouldn't be jumping with joy to catch such a valuable fish?
"Fine, go ahead and keep kissing that grouper. I'll pull the hooks,"
Yang Fan said, shrugging.
Then, he pushed past Yang Hongtao, took over the task, and began pulling up the hooks.
As Yang Fan pulled each hook, Yang Hongtao's eyes grew wider and wider, and his "whoa" shouts became louder and more frequent!
"Whoa! How is this possible, another giant red grouper?!"
"Whoa! No way, another giant green grouper?!"
"Whoa! Is this a huge starry grouper?!"
"Whoa! Is that a giant mouse grouper?!"
With each new catch, Yang Hongtao couldn't believe his eyes.
In the end, after pulling up all 150 hooks, Yang Fan had caught a total of 78 fish!
This meant that the catch rate for Yang Fan's basket of hooks was over 50%!
It's an incredibly exaggerated number, but even more outrageous was the fact that nearly all the fish caught were valuable types of grouper and tiger head fish!
Of course, for most people, this would be an extraordinary catch.
But Yang Fan had already anticipated this.
After all, he had seen the sea beneath and knew that there were several different types of grouper schools in the reef zone.
When the highly attractive fresh bait was lowered, these groupers would inevitably rush to bite.
In the end, it all came down to Yang Fan's extraordinary abilities!
When the huge groupers had nearly filled the live well on the boat, the three of them stood there stunned, with Yang Hongtao and Yang Xiaohai looking completely dumbfounded.
It took them quite some time to recover from their shock.
Finally, Yang Hongtao turned to Yang Fan, still in disbelief, and shouted, "My God!"
"Fan, how on earth did your hooks catch so many groupers at once?"
"How did you do it?!"
"This is completely unscientific!"
At that moment, Yang Hongtao stared at Yang Fan as if he had seen a ghost.
He simply couldn't understand how Yang Fan's basket of hooks could have caught so many groupers!
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