As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 251 - 214 Sharks Intercept Food Then Fish for

Chapter 251: Chapter 214: Sharks Intercept Food? Then Fish for Sharks

Chapter 251 -214: Sharks Intercept Food? Then Fish for Sharks

A new round of restocking began, and a 7% hook rate wasn’t too shabby. In just a short time, there was activity on the rod, still beating those around him to the bite.

But there must have been a large number of fish because Zhang Wei and the others weren’t much slower in catching fish.

Chu Mingcheng watched the numbers on the screen, waiting for the fish to be reeled in.

However, when there were still over thirty meters of line out, the rod suddenly began to shake violently.

He didn’t understand why, having never encountered this situation before.

The speed of reeling in was erratic, fast one moment and slow the next, leading Chu Mingcheng to guess that maybe the fish was struggling and resisting.

But he knew that wasn’t what a fish’s struggle looked like in reality.

Luckily, the trembling of the rod was brief and soon passed, and the speed at which the line was reeled in increased a bit as well.

Chu Mingcheng relaxed and waited patiently.

After a short while, to his sheer astonishment, a large fish head surfaced—it was the head of a red snapper.

“Damn, there’s a shark!”

Only now did Chu Mingcheng understand why a red snapper had leaped into his arms before; the school of fish had been attacked by a shark and rushed towards Sky in panic.

“How unlucky can we get, a fricking shark?” Seeing his own rod shaking violently, Zhang Wei also had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, when he reeled in the line, what came up was also a fish head.

“Damn, how are we supposed to fish like this? It’s all just wedding dresses for the shark!”

With a smack, Zhang Wei angrily threw the fish head onto the deck.

Seeing the size of the fish head, it was clear the red snapper must have weighed over ten pounds—a loss of several hundred bucks to the shark just like that.

“Seems like there’s more than one shark around!” Chu Mingcheng observed the others and noticed that many had their catches eaten.

This meant a group of sharks had arrived from the deep, not just one or two.

Fortunately, Jiang Luoluo and Han Baola were lucky; their fish was reeled in whole, and the workers on the neighboring boat quickly lifted it aboard.

“So, do we keep fishing?” asked Chen Yang, holding a fish head helplessly, having suffered the same fate as everyone else.

“Fish? Why wouldn’t we?” Chu Mingcheng laughed as he put away the electric reel and took out another heavy-duty rod, attaching a drum reel to it.

He didn’t forget to strap on his belly belt, sore from last night’s tuna fishing without it.

He then took the red snapper head that had been left by the shark and hooked it on.

Seeing him do this, Chen Yang asked in surprise, “You’re not planning to fish for sharks, are you?”

“Absolutely. Since there are sharks around now and fishing isn’t good, might as well have some fun fishing for sharks.” Chu Mingcheng chuckled and tossed the fish head into the water.

In our country, not many sharks are protected. And since Chu Mingcheng had an edge that sped up the reproduction of marine life, as long as they weren’t endangered, he felt free to fish them up and sell them.

Jiang Luoluo looked at him and asked, “Do you need help later?”

“No need, you guys just focus on your fishing,” Chu Mingcheng waved off her offer.

The fish head he had thrown was still oozing blood and quickly attracted a large shark nearby.

It was a weasel shark, also known as a tiger shark.

Almost three meters in length, it was bigger and heavier than the golden spearfish Chu Mingcheng had caught the night before.

But in reality, it wasn’t yet mature, still in its sub-adult stage.

Attracted by the blood from the fish head, it swam over and swallowed the bait in one gulp.

A sudden pain in its mouth instinctively made the weasel shark shake its head, but it was smart.

Unlike other fish that would swim away, it turned back, ready to spit out the hook.

But Chu Mingcheng was not about to let it go; he immediately pulled hard on the rod, making the hook dig deep into the shark’s soft mouth flesh.

Pained by the hook, the weasel shark’s ferocity was triggered, and it started to swim rapidly away, struggling against him.

“Crap, crap!” Chu Mingcheng hadn’t expected the shark to be so huge. He lost his balance and collided with the gunwale.

As expected, the rod bent into a large arc, and the drum reel’s line flew out as if it cost nothing.

“Zhang Wei, give me a hand here!”

Struggling to maintain his position at the gunwale, Chu Mingcheng wasn’t planning to fight a drawn-out battle with the shark or else he’d spend the entire afternoon on just this one catch.

So he asked Zhang Wei to come over and help him with the shark.

Zhang Wei agreed just as he was about to head over, but Jiang Luoluo stopped him, “Let me do it!”

“Ah Cheng, hold on a second while I take off the belly belt.”

“Alright~”

Jiang Luoluo took off the belt and strapped it around her own waist, then hugged Chu Mingcheng’s waist to pull together, moving him away from the gunwale.

After a standoff for a short while, when she felt the shark no longer exerting force, she took the opportunity to squeeze into Chu Mingcheng’s arms, grabbed the rod, and positioned the bottom on the belt.

“Wow, didn’t expect you to have this move up your sleeve!”

Chu Mingcheng was surprised, not expecting Jiang Luoluo to move into his arms and join him in fishing.

Compared to him, she was quite petite, and her squeezing into his arms didn’t interfere with his handling of the rod.

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Although their posture meant that neither of them could exert full strength, the combined effort was still greater than one alone, making Chu Mingcheng feel much more at ease.

“Wow, how romantic~” Han Baola instantly became infatuated upon seeing this scene.

As a woman who liked fishing, at this moment, she especially yearned for a strong man to embrace her while fishing together.

“Shall we try it too?” Zhang Wei couldn’t help but suggest seeing her like this.

“No, I only do this with my boyfriend.” Han Baola immediately shook her head in refusal.

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

“Not yet…”

“Actually, my nickname is ‘Boyfriend.'”

“???” Han Baola was immediately bewildered; she thought Zhang Wei would say something like “then I’ll be your boyfriend,” but instead, he said this.

However, the next second, she reacted, covering her mouth and letting out a pleasant laugh. The frequency of her laughter caused several nearby men to stare: “I didn’t expect you to be quite humorous.”

“Thanks for the compliment.” Zhang Wei saw an opportunity and did not flirt any further.

He was rather interested in Han Baola and didn’t plan to be as direct as he usually was with other girls.

If she was receptive, he was willing to put in the effort that evening.

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If she wasn’t, he would simply find another way to exert his effort that night.

Thanks to the cooperation of two people, Chu Mingcheng caught the larger weasel shark much faster than the golden spearfish the day before.

The weasel shark struggled frantically in the water, a commotion that not only scared away nearby schools of fish but also instinctively made its own kind keep their distance.

But its kind merely swam to the other side of the Sky, leading to several other fishermen having their catch intercepted by the sharks.

Each one either cursed or sighed in frustration, but none were willing to give up fishing.

After all, the odds of hooking a fish were higher than having it intercepted, and everyone believed their luck would be better.

On Chu Mingcheng’s side, with the concerted effort with Jiang Luoluo, they brought the shark to the side of the boat in nearly an hour and a half.

The shark, pulled to the side of the boat, opened its mouth wide, exposing its sharp teeth, appearing extremely ferocious.

“Is this… a weasel shark?” Chu Mingcheng immediately recognized the shark’s species.

“This shark is so big, why don’t we just take a photo and then release it?” Jiang Luoluo suggested.

“Release it? Why release it, we can sell it to Grandpa!” This fish could be sold to Wei Jiaguo, but it wasn’t suitable to be sold to Brother Haiwang as this kind of shark could be controversial; there are so many moralists online.

Endangered species are generally discouraged from being killed.

Chu Mingcheng planned to kill this weasel shark because his cheat could accelerate the reproduction rate of economically valuable marine produce in the Hua Xia Sea, that’s why he had no qualms about killing this weasel shark.

Of course, he wasn’t foolish enough to film the shark and post it online.

If he did so, a bunch of idle moralists online would likely swarm his comment section like weasel sharks smelling blood within minutes.

“Can this shark be sold? Isn’t it a protected animal?”

“Weasel sharks are considered near-threatened by the World Protection Alliance, but in reality, their numbers are still considerable. Our Hua Xia shark resources are rich, but not many sharks are protected, and weasel sharks are not within the protected range.”

“This creature is rather aggressive and has a record of attacking humans; it’s considered ‘one of the most dangerous sharks.’ We spent so much effort catching it, of course, we can’t just let it go.”

Hearing that it wasn’t a domestically protected animal, Jiang Luoluo felt relieved.

Chu Mingcheng could recognize this type of shark because of his previous studies in hunting and fishing.

Learning about hunting and fishing involved not only identifying most edible fish but also distinguishing other marine creatures that could be dangerous to humans.

Weasel sharks were specifically marked because they had a record of attacking people; free divers needed to be informed to return to the boat promptly if they encountered such a shark.

The deckhands, hearing Chu Mingcheng wanted the shark, helped hook the shark’s head with a grappling hook and killed it.

Then, without waiting for the shark to die completely, they quickly tied its tail with a rope and lifted it with a crane to avoid attracting its kind with the blood, which could lead to cannibalism.

Sharks generally wouldn’t attack their own kind, but stimulated by the scent of blood, they could still go berserk.

Don’t be fooled by this weasel shark’s length of only three meters as a sub-adult; it already weighed over 500 pounds.

An adult weasel shark could grow to four meters and weigh over 800 pounds, holding high economic value and being edible.

People say shark meat isn’t tasty, but that’s relative.

Sharks excrete urine through their skin, and as long as the skin is properly processed, the meat can still be quite delicious.

The shark was hoisted aboard, and its blood dripped steadily, soon forming a small stream on the deck.

Only after it was completely dead did Chu Mingcheng begin to process the shark.

Of course, they couldn’t miss out on the photo-op; after their group finished taking photos, some fellow anglers also joined in the fun.

After the photo session ended, Chu Mingcheng began to disassemble the shark.

To avoid spoilage of the meat, he drained all the blood from the shark so that the meat wouldn’t have an overly fishy taste.

Then he removed the innards; the shark’s liver and stomach were valuable parts.

Chu Mingcheng carefully processed these two parts, then had the deckhands vacuum pack them to be stored with the shark in the refrigeration hold at low temperatures.

As for the large fins, he was too lazy to cut them off, planning to sell them with the rest.