As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 222: Chapter 192: Preparing for a Visit

Chapter 222: Chapter 192: Preparing for a Visit

Zhao Jun needed to haul in the nets, and he also had to go back and explain the situation to his family.

Chu Mingcheng and Zhang Wei returned to the dock, drove to buy some crushed ice and bait, and then returned to the dock to gather and set sail.

The boat sailed on the sea, and the three of them got the fishing rods and lines ready inside.

After having lunch, it wasn’t until slightly after one in the afternoon that the fishing boat reached its destination.

Chu Mingcheng was piloting the boat close to some isolated reefs in search of schools of yellow croaker, when he discovered a group of fish gathering on the surface of an open area of the sea.

He pointed at the fish finder and said to the two men, “There’s a group of fish here, why don’t we try fishing it first?”

“Is it yellow croaker?” asked Zhang Wei.

“Not sure, but yellow croakers like to gather near isolated reefs, so it’s probably not them since this group is at the surface,” Chu Mingcheng shook his head, then suggested, “We could try fishing a bit first, even if it’s not yellow croaker, valuable fish don’t always have to be yellow croaker.”

If it were a fish they hadn’t fished before, the High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas could add more value to it, so he saw no reason to let it go.

“Then let’s give it a try,” Zhang Wei didn’t mind, and Zhao Jun had no objections either.

Seeing their agreement, Chu Mingcheng picked up his fishing rod and went to the deck to start fishing.

The fish were around ten meters deep in the water, and his cast immediately caught the attention of seven or eight nearby fish.

When a fish got hooked, Chu Mingcheng could tell from the feel that it wouldn’t be very large.

He thought it would be some cheap fish, but when he pulled them out of the water, he saw a silver-white figure.

“Huh, it’s actually a Silver Pomfret,” Chu Mingcheng was somewhat surprised; he really hadn’t fished this type before.

The Silver Pomfret he had caught was around five taels, which was quite decent.

“Silver Pomfret is pretty cheap, right?” seeing it was a Silver Pomfret, Zhang Wei was a bit disappointed.

However, Zhao Jun shook his head and said, “That depends on the size of the Silver Pomfret. Small ones are not valuable, only selling for about ten yuan per 500 grams. But large Silver Pomfrets are very expensive, those over 500 grams can sell for more than a hundred per 500 grams.”

“Wow, there’s such a big difference just by size?” Zhang Wei was shocked.

Chu Mingcheng put the Silver Pomfret into the fish box and added, “The price difference is big because it’s rare for Silver Pomfret to reach over 500 grams. Normally, even 250 to 300 grams are considered not small, as most netted ones are only about 100 to 150 grams; Brother Zhao Jun knows this well,”

Zhao Jun chuckled ruefully, “I do catch a lot of Silver Pomfret in the nets usually, but it’s really rare to find any over five taels. It’s related to the coastal waters here; the Silver Pomfrets here should be much bigger.”

“Since it’s so rare to get the kilogram-sized ones, shall we keep fishing?” Zhang Wei asked, feeling that this trip was meant for fishing yellow croakers to make money, and perhaps it wasn’t worth wasting time here.

“Since we’ve encountered them, let’s fish a bit more, but not too much. The taste of Silver Pomfret is quite good; we could catch some for ourselves to eat,” Chu Mingcheng said as he continued to cast his bait into the water.

Seeing him do this, the other two followed suit.

However, this time the three almost simultaneously got fish on their lines, with Zhang Wei and Zhao Jun easily pulling their fish out, but Chu Mingcheng had to exert a bit more effort this time.

This made the other two quite expectant, as if he could catch a bigger one, It would indicate that the Silver Pomfret shoal had many large fish, making it worthwhile for them to stay longer to fish.

After a little while, a Silver Pomfret as big as a plate appeared on the water surface, and the idle Zhang Wei hurriedly used a net to scoop it up.

Zhao Jun brought over the fish controller, weighed the fish and commented, “This is good, this one is over a kilogram, it can sell for more than four hundred!”

“A kilogram can sell for four hundred?” Zhang Wei now had a clear understanding of the value of Silver Pomfret.

Without hesitation, he immediately cast his bait into the water to continue fishing.

Chu Mingcheng looked at the High-quality Aquatic Products panel for the Silver Pomfret with some regret; it turned out not to be a high-quality fish.

If it had been a high-quality fish, it might have attracted more large Silver Pomfrets.

The High-quality Atlas had now reached level nine, only a few more high-quality fish were needed to advance it to level ten.

According to the attributes of the Aquatic Products Atlas, once the enhancement data reached 10%, whether fishing or fish hunting, the efficiency would see a significant improvement.

If they couldn’t catch any particularly large yellow croakers this time, he might have to dive, relying on the fish gathering feature to attract bigger yellow croakers.

The three then fished for Silver Pomfret for nearly an hour until the school scattered and they put away their rods.

Shoals of fish that appear directly on the sea surface generally don’t stay in one place long unless they are fed to stay.

But Chu Mingcheng wasn’t thinking of fishing Silver Pomfret all the time; the main reason was that fish over a kilogram were too rare, and the three had only caught five in total, although many were over five taels.

After sorting the Silver Pomfrets, Chu Mingcheng returned to the cockpit and began searching for schools of yellow croaker near the isolated reefs.

Today was a spring tide, and there were visibly more fishing boats on the surface of the sea than the past two days.

Chu Mingcheng searched for a full hour before finding a suitable fishing spot.

When the first cast brought up a golden gleam, all three onboard revealed satisfied smiles.

However, after Chu Mingcheng had caught about a dozen yellow croakers, his expression suddenly changed.

Without a word, he put the yellow croakers into the fish box, continued fishing, and started checking the new changes in the High-quality Atlas.

[High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas (Level 10)]

[Current XP: (0/1100)]

[Usable Tools: Fishing gear (hand-tearable), Fish spears (including fish harpoon lasso, etc.), Extension cord hooks]

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[Fish Aggregation (Level 10): Fish within a certain range that meet the high-quality criteria have a ten percent chance of being attracted on their own.]