I Can Turn into a Fish Chapter 134

At noon, Old Huang selected some of the lobsters and crabs that Sword Two and the others had caught and he started cooking .

There was a small kitchen on board with all kinds of seasonings already prepared .

The lunch Old Huang prepared, especially the giant lobsters, was just as good as the last time he cooked . This chef was very qualified .

After some rest, the mermen went back into the sea to collect more . Finally, at around three p . m . , Chu Xian looked over the booty they'd acquired and nodded .

"Okay, that's enough!" Chu Xian thought and through his power, he commanded all the mermen to return .

The dozen or so tanks on board were all filled with jellyfish and Christmas Tree Worms, and all manner of strange stones covered the deck .

The colorful aquatic plants filled an entire storage space, and all together, the collected items were more than enough to decorate a hundred aquariums .

"Let's head back!" Chu Xian nodded .

"Alright, Boss!" Old Mu replied, and he started sailing back to port .

It took about an hour to get back to the harbor, so Chu Xian laid down on his chair to rest while the rest of the mermen sat down around him .

"Boss, boss!" Old Mu suddenly called out . "Boss, the sonar's detecting a group of fish in front of us . Should we catch them?"

Chu Xian's closed eyes opened, and he called out, "A school of fish?"

"Yes, boss . The sonar onboard detected a school of fish in front of us . There aren't that many - just two or three thousand fish, but they aren't small . They're probably all around four or five catties . "

"What kind of fish?" Chu Xian sat up and asked with some excitement .

"Eh, boss, the sonar can't differentiate different species!" Old Mu replied helplessly .

Chu Xian facepalmed then activated his power . His ability was far superior to the boat's tech, and he peered into the black and white picture .

"Pomfrets, they're probably pomfrets!" Chu Xian decided as he examined the fish .

"Pomfrets? Boss, should we catch them?" Old Mu asked .

"Catch them? Of course we'll catch them!" Chu Xian called out without hesitation . The price of pomfrets had dropped a lot, and it was ten or so RMB per catty for every two to three catty pomfret . The price of smaller fish was even lower, but Chu Xian had taken the fishing ship out to fish . He definitely wouldn't pass up this opportunity to practice .

"Catch them the normal way!" Chu Xian called out .

The Mermaid had two primary ways to catch fish . The first was called trawling, and a net was pulled by the boat through the water to surround the fish . Trawling was very effective but was usually used in deeper seas; when used well, this method could fill up an entire ship's storage .

The second method was called seine fishing, and the net was cast from a stationary ship .

This method usually meant that the fish had to already be gathered together .

The first method required far more skill than the second method .

For a small group of a couple thousand fish, he only needed to use seine fishing . The net's diameter was about thirty meters .

Chu Xian didn't use his control ability to control the fish . He stood by quietly and watched the mermen working .

He wanted to see how effective seine fishing was, and the value of the pomfrets wasn't enough for him to use his abilities . If the fish were bluefin tuna, on the other hand, he would've already jumped into the ocean .

"Drop the net!" Old Huang yelled to Sword Two and Sword Four .

"Yes!" Sword Two and Sword Four called out, and they started letting the net down .

"F***, the net is askew!" Chu Xian swore . The net was dropping completely out of position .

"Ay, ay, it's askew, askew!" Old Mu yelled out .

"Eh . " Chu Xian was speechless . "They're so unprofessional, and they didn't time things properly . "

 Chu Xian shook his head . "Whatever, continue!"

"Keke! Boss, fishing takes experience . We'll get better with practice," Old Huang said a little awkwardly .

"It's fine!" Chu Xian shook his head .

"Haul the net!" Old Huang called to Sword Two and Sword Four .

The seine net was slowly hauled up, and the caught fish were brought on deck .

"En, not bad . At least four or five hundred catties!" Chu Xian commented . Before, he had only ever fished with a rod and had at most seen some people fishing with small nets . Compared to that, using seine fishing to catch a couple hundred fish in one go wasn't bad, of course .

"Keke . " Old Huang coughed with some embarrassment .

"It's fine . This is your first time . We'll practice more in the future . " Chu Xian smiled .

Although he purchased the fishing ship to fish, he wanted to mostly target precious fish . In the future, if they found some expensive fish, he would definitely dive into the sea and control the fish . Afterward, they would use the seine… Heehee, even thinking about it made him happy .

When the net was on the deck, Sword Two and Sword Three started putting everything away .

A couple hundred catties of fish wasn't insignificant, but it also couldn't be considered a large batch . Directly tossing them into the storage basin was fine; there was no need to freeze them .

After the first attempt, the other fish in the school had already scattered . There was no point of trying again .

"Let's head back . If there are other schools of fish, we'll stop and try to catch them!" Chu Xian called out then returned to his chair .

However, it was obviously difficult to encounter schools of fish in the Yellow Sea area, and they had already been quite lucky to find a school so close to shore .

The fishing ship returned to harbor without any incident .

Such a large fishing ship attracted a lot of curiosity, and the bold Mermaid letters were prominent against the white paint .

"Eh? It looks like they have fish on board . Did they go fishing?"

"That's right . The past few times they went out must've just been to get a feel for the waters, and today, they finally went fishing . I wonder how many fish they caught . "

"It's only been eight or nine hours, how much could they have caught? It would be considered good if they got a couple thousand catties!"

"Nonsense, such a large ship, they can get three or four thousand catties just by dragging a net for seven to eight hours, but if they only caught some small yellow croakers, that'll barely be enough to pay for the fuel . "

"Let's go over and take a look . A day's work on a big fishing ship like that one should be equivalent to two or three days on a small fishing ship . They should've made a decent amount . "

The fishermen in the harbor all gossiped and walked over to the Mermaid .

Chapter end