As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 148 - 139: Following Others to Find Fishing Spots

Chapter 148: Chapter 139: Following Others to Find Fishing Spots

“I think you should try it; a change of lifestyle might be quite nice.”

Chu Mingcheng’s response was undoubtedly a strong boost for Chen Yang.

Adults don’t embark on uncertain ventures, but having a friend who is adept at both fishing and hunting reduces many of the initial problems.

Well, having money at home and a business that still runs smoothly meant there was no worry even if they made losses at sea.

“Alright, I’ll get ready once I’m back, and I’ll move over next year.”

“Then I’ll wait for your good news. Having you guys over here will at least keep me from getting too bored sometimes.” Chu Mingcheng wasn’t one to enjoy solitude; he preferred lively company.

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After walking for a while longer and feeling less bloated, the three drove back to the dock.

However, they had run out of ice today, so Chu Mingcheng stopped to buy some more on the way.

Considering that they wouldn’t have the energy to fish or hunt tonight, he bought some Shrimp Bricks to prepare the fishing ground.

Back on the boat, Chu Mingcheng just started the fishing boat when Zhang Wei, who had been looking around idly, suddenly pointed at several fishing boats leaving the dock one after another and said, “Ah Cheng, should we follow those boats? Look, they’re all heading northeast.”

“Oh, that’s true. Maybe there’s a fish run tonight?”

Chu Mingcheng noticed this as well. He hadn’t ventured to the northeastern part of the sea before.

He had always felt that heading south would have a wider variety of fish and was better for fishing, so he usually set off in that direction.

Since several boats were heading north, he didn’t hesitate, immediately reversed the boat out of the dock, and followed them.

It only took half an hour to reach the destination, which was surprisingly close.

On the backflow side of an island reef, at least twenty small fishing boats were stopped.

Through their lights, he could see some Pilchard as caught by other fishermen.

Most were Pilchards, and even though it was hard to see clearly due to the distance and lighting, Chu Mingcheng could still make out their ugly silhouettes and the spine that occasionally flickered on their heads.

After observing for a while, Chu Mingcheng said, “There must be a group of Pilchards staying here. I just bought some Shrimp Bricks, which can be used to prepare the fishing spot tonight, and the squid can be cut into small pieces for bait.”

Pilchard, also known as Greenfin Pufferfish, are plentiful in quantity.

“How do you fish for these?” asked Zhang Wei.

He mostly did shore fishing and hardly any boat fishing, so he wasn’t as knowledgeable about fish as Chu Mingcheng now was.

Chen Yang was even less informed, having not even been an enthusiast before.

“You can use your 2.7-meter lure rods. Pilchard aren’t big, generally around half a pound to eight taels, and it’s rare to find one over a pound.”

“Their mouths are very small, so we need to cut the bait into small pieces, and the hooks need to be small too. You can tie a couple of extra hooks to increase our hit rate.”

Pilchard aren’t big, so no need for a heavy line. A main line of PE3 suffices with a 4~5 leader line, and a size 7 slant hook—you can hang 2~3 hooks.

Chu Mingcheng first scattered some partially melted Shrimp Bricks to prepare the fishing spot. Though the Pilchard had small mouths, the Antarctic Shrimp were small enough for them to eat.

Then he took the squid, cut it into small pieces, tied the rig, and hung the bait, simply moving to the side of the boat to start fishing. Fishing for Pilchard was indeed straightforward.

Pilchard aren’t very active at night, they are generally more active during the early morning hours.

But encountering a school of fish, you can’t just follow them and start fishing in the morning, right?

With so many fishing boats around, and more continuously arriving, it indicated that there was a significant number of fish here.

Chu Mingcheng’s prepared fishing ground worked, as soon a group of greedy Pilchards gathered under his boat, scrambling for the food.

The weather was gradually getting colder, and the fish needed to store a lot of food to survive the winter, which is why autumn is a good season for fishing.

Soon, Chu Mingcheng felt the fish run from his fishing rod, indicating that a Pilchard was eating the bait.

The tip of the rod dipped, and he lifted it up unhurriedly before starting to reel in.

Fishing for small fish was most enjoyable after being tired out in the afternoon.

Before long, a Pilchard weighing about seven taels was pulled up.

Zhang Wei had just placed his bait in the water when he saw Chu Mingcheng already catching a fish, so he came over to take a look first.

“I’ve gutted this fish before, and peeling its skin off is particularly relieving. The meat tastes pretty good too, especially the liver, almost as good as Anglerfish.”

Chu Mingcheng unhooked the fish and tossed it into the live fish well, laughing, “Then you better catch more yourself so you can peel to your heart’s content later.”

“Give me a break, peeling one is therapeutic, but peeling a bunch would give me a headache,” said Zhang Wei irritably as he returned to his fishing spot.

Meanwhile, Chen Yang was still setting up his rig, understandable given that he was new to fishing.

Pilchard must be a familiar dish to coastal folks as it’s the second most abundant commercial species from the East Sea, indicating it’s plentiful.

Then, as Chen Yang just threw in his hook bait and Chu Mingcheng hit another fish, Zhang Wei caught his first fish of the evening.

Even during their less active night phase, the efficiency with which they were hitting fish remained quite high, no wonder the fishermen didn’t wait until 4 AM to start but chose to come over now.

A full night of fishing was likely to yield a lot.

Pilchard fetched a good price, and selling fresh catches at the market for forty to fifty bucks each was no issue.

If there were unusually large ones, the price would naturally be higher.

On his second attempt, Chu Mingcheng pulled up two fish, unfortunately still around six to seven taels each.

After placing them in the live fish well, he thought for a moment, went back to the cabin, put on a camera on his head, and recorded the fishing activities.

For the next while, the three on the boat didn’t stop at all, hooking a fish almost every two to three minutes, often catching two or three at a time.

Zhang Wei’s smile never left his face that night, who knew being a fisher could be so prosperous?

The fish he caught were all placed in an oxygenated fish box, and within half an hour, there were already seven.

Chen Yang had been slower earlier, but he also had five, placed in another fish box.

Unknowingly, the time had passed to after eleven o’clock at night. Chu Mingcheng felt that fishing for pilchards wasn’t much different from fishing for cutlassfish before, and the quantity was indeed large.

His live fish hold was already densely packed, but fortunately, the space was large enough to accommodate them all.

Zhang Wei and Chen Yang’s fish box was already unsuitable for adding more, otherwise the fish wouldn’t survive even with oxygen.

So, they threw the fish directly into the vivarium, considering it as fuel cost.

Basically, the space for live fish on the boat was almost fully used. If they fished any more, they would have to use foam boxes covered with ice.

Just then, Chu Mingcheng’s phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw it was a video call from Jiang Luoluo.

He immediately slapped his forehead, fishing had made him forget that he had neglected his future woman—a sin worthy of death—as he hurriedly answered the call.

Fortunately, Jiang Luoluo didn’t seem to mind this aspect, and in the video, she grinned playfully.

From the look of it, she had just taken a bath and was lying in bed.

“Ah Cheng, what are you doing?”

The faint female voice from the phone made Zhang Wei and Chen Yang exchange glances, both simultaneously showing a mystified smile.

“I’m fishing! Today, I followed someone else’s boat and found a good spot full of pilchards,” Chu Mingcheng showed the fish.

“These are called pilchards? They look so distinctive.”

“Haha, they are quite distinctive. Mainly it’s their skin that’s remarkable, you have to peel it off when killing them, thus the name pilchard.”

“By the way, how about you over there, are you getting accustomed to the living situation?”

“It’s okay!” Jiang Luoluo pouted, and then suddenly acted coquettishly, “I miss the food you cook…”

Her slightly aggrieved expression instantly softened Chu Mingcheng’s heart.

Since that intimate night, their relationship had significantly progressed, at least Jiang Luoluo now displayed more of a little woman’s demeanor when facing him, which is a sign of a woman gradually relying on him.

Chu Mingcheng’s face carried a hint of indulgence, “Then, should I come to Peng City tomorrow?”

Jiang Luoluo’s eyes widened immediately, “Why are you coming to Peng City? Are you coming to cook for me?”

“What else?” Chu Mingcheng asked with a smile.

“Eh~~~” Suddenly appearing nearby, Zhang Wei and Chen Yang simultaneously executed a tactical lean back, rubbing their arms vigorously, clearly grossed out by the couple’s mushiness.

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“What’s that noise?” At this, Jiang Luoluo also heard their noise and asked with confusion.

“It’s nothing, just two single dogs, don’t mind them.” Chu Mingcheng was unfazed by his friends’ “disdain.”

As long as they dared to look, he dared to feed them dog food until they were stuffed.

However, Jiang Luoluo seemed to think of something at this point, her little face turned slightly red, and she looked embarrassed, “Is that Zhang Wei and the others there?”

“Yes, they came fishing with me!” Chu Mingcheng said, bringing the two into the shot.

Jiang Luoluo didn’t expect such a sudden shift in the camera, she paused for a moment, then waved, greeting cheerfully, “Hello there!”

“Hello hello, you and Ah Cheng keep chatting, we’re going to fish over here, won’t disturb you anymore,” Zhang Wei waved back and then left.

Chen Yang flashed a reserved smile and then followed suit in leaving.

Seeing this, Jiang Luoluo couldn’t help laughing, “Zhang Wei is still as funny as ever. That guy next to him, is he your other brother?”

Chu Mingcheng nodded, “Yes, that’s Chen Yang, it seems like he hasn’t been in love for a long time, his family is quite anxious. By the way, if you have any suitable friends, remember to introduce them!”

“Hmm, I’ll get to know the situation first!” Jiang Luoluo didn’t immediately agree, but her words clearly showed she took it to heart.

“Alright then, continue your fishing, I won’t disturb you any further.”

“Are you going to sleep now?”

“I have to wait a bit, I haven’t done my face mask yet!”

“Go put on your face mask then, I’ll wash up, and we can chat later. It’s almost midnight, and I promised I wouldn’t fish through the night.”

“Hehe, I didn’t think you’d remember!” Jiang Luoluo felt a rush of sweetness upon hearing that, instantly becoming all sweet.

“Of course, I remember. Go put on your face mask now!”

“Mmm~”

After hanging up the video, Chu Mingcheng joined Zhang Wei, “Ah Wei, I’m going to rest now. You can use my fishing rod if you want, or you can just put it away.”

“You two better not stay up all night; we need to get up around four in the morning to continue fishing when the bite is really good.”

Having fished all day, Zhang Wei was actually quite tired too; he yawned and replied, “Alright, then you go rest, Ah Yang and I will fish a bit longer before resting.”

After Chu Mingcheng washed up in the bathroom, he returned to the bedroom and lay on the bed.

He almost immediately felt the majority of his fatigue dissipate.

He still had three chances left for the life transformation function, which he had intended to save for critical moments.

But today’s fishing experience had made him realize the importance of physical strength.

In times when the sea conditions didn’t allow going out, he still had to hunt for invasive species in order to accumulate more life transformation chances and enhance his physical fitness faster.

A little while later, he initiated another video call with Jiang Luoluo, and after chatting for almost half an hour, they wished each other goodnight and went to sleep.

Chu Mingcheng set his alarm for five in the morning to get up for fishing, but considering his current fatigue, he knew he’d have to use two life transformations.