My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 224

This 4.6-pound yellow croaker retails for 6000 to 8000 yuan per pound, but since it's not a holiday, let's be conservative and take the middle number, around 7,000 yuan per pound.

Of course, the premise is that Zhou Miao must preserve the fish properly to prevent it from becoming stale over time.

Secondly, the appearance of the fish is also an important factor.

The most expensive are the "Golden Dragons" that are entirely golden in color. If the color is more whitish or blackish, the price will be 20% to 40% cheaper.

This is also the main reason why people choose to fish for large yellow croaker at night.

The color of Zhou Miao's fish is fine, and the scales are neat, so that's fine too.

These two points are enough; whether the pectoral fins reach the eyes or not does not affect the fundamental fact that it is a "wild" large yellow croaker.

Lu Xingyu and Luo Hao returned to their spots and continued fishing, both of them encouraging themselves, hoping to catch a fish weighing four or five pounds.

Even if it's not that big, two or three pounds will do.

Zhou Miao first bled the fish. Small yellow croakers don't need this, but this one is so big that even if the blood loss is small, it still needs to be done to make it perfect!

After rinsing it clean, he moved the styrofoam box containing the crushed ice over. After opening the lid, there was another layer of crushed ice inside.

Zhou Miao placed the fish in at an angle, then opened another styrofoam box containing crushed ice, scooped out some ice, and carefully spread it on the large yellow croaker.

Zhou Miao, who had just finished his work, was full of enthusiasm and wondered if he would be able to catch such a big one again.

However, this thought only flashed through my mind. If there were that many large yellow croakers weighing four or five pounds, then these fish wouldn't fetch such a high price.

However, in order to catch bigger yellow croakers, he let out more fishing line this time, so that the hook was below the school of fish, hoping that this would make it easier to catch bigger fish.

However, this time, the hook was intercepted as soon as it was cast into the water and sank only a few meters deep.

When a fish bites, Zhou Miao doesn't care about catching a bigger one. He lifts the rod to set the hook and then quickly reels in the line.

There was no surprise; the pull wasn't strong, so it seemed to be a small fish. He easily caught it.

But when it came out of the water, it turned out to be a large yellow croaker weighing about a pound, quite a fine little fish.

He then continued to fish in deeper water, but this time no fish bit him, and he only caught about six ounces.

It seems that fishing deep doesn't guarantee a big catch, so Zhou Miao simply switched to normal fishing.

This fishing trip lasted for two and a half hours.

Zhou Miao estimated that the total amount of large yellow croakers on his side should exceed 100 jin, and tonight's harvest was extremely large.

Based on the current situation, we can fish for at least another two hours, and if we're lucky, we might catch another fifty pounds.

Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu also had a decent haul. Although neither of them weighed more than 50 jin, they still gained 30 or 40 jin, which meant they made the right choice coming tonight.

If they fish for another two hours, they have a good chance of weighing over fifty pounds.

However, at that moment, Lu Xingyu noticed that the fishing rod in his hand suddenly sank, followed by a pulling force that was not very strong, but much stronger than before.

"Holy crap, is my luck about to turn?"

He was overjoyed and immediately stood up, raising his fishing rod high in the air.

Zhou Miao and Luo Hao were a little surprised. Was this guy going to have a stroke of good luck today?

As a result, Lu Xingyu carefully fished for about ten minutes, but only caught a cheap skipjack tuna.

"What the hell? What is this thing?"

He stared in disbelief at the fish struggling and thrashing about on the surface of the water.

Even if it were a giant shad, his psychological impact wouldn't be this great.

After all, these small skipjack tuna can only sell for a few dollars per kilogram in the market.

However, upon seeing that it was skipjack tuna, Zhou Miao and Luo Hao exchanged a glance, both having a bad feeling.

Skipjack tuna are schooling fish; they always appear in large numbers.

They may not be the largest in the population, but compared to the large yellow croaker here, they are the predators with an absolute advantage.

Zhou Miao and Luo Hao both hoped that the skipjack tuna was just a coincidence and that the large yellow croaker school was still there.

But reality was frustrating. As they each caught a skipjack tuna, they realized that the large yellow croakers had scattered and fled to avoid predators.

The issue wasn't just that the fish ran away; Zhou Miao was even more distressed that the large yellow croaker was being preyed upon.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the three of them caught nearly 200 pounds of fish tonight. That amount is probably less than what a single swarm of skipjack tuna can eat. Those are all his fish!

"How did this school of skipjack tuna come here!" After catching three skipjack tuna in a row, Luo Hao stopped fishing and just threw the fish on the deck without even thinking about bleeding them.

"Maybe they know we're tired and want us to go home and sleep early!" Lu Xingyu yawned and put away his fishing rod.

He didn't care. If he couldn't catch any big yellow croakers, he would just go home and sleep so he wouldn't be too tired the next day.

Fortunately, mornings aren't particularly busy; it's mostly just picking up and dropping off customers and teaching them how to fish—things that Lu Xiaoxiao and her team can manage perfectly well.

"Let's go back then, we'll come fishing again next time." Zhou Miao had already bled and cleaned the dozen or so skipjack tuna that the three of them had caught.

"Let's go back then, we'll come fishing again next time." Zhou Miao had already bled and cleaned the dozen or so skipjack tuna that the three of them had caught.

I'll take it home tomorrow and cut some sashimi as a free gift.

A dozen or so bonito weighing four or five pounds each, cut into sashimi and divided among thirty or forty customers, would be more than enough, and the portions would be generous.

The business at Xuan Gui Fish Raft is good, not only because of its good advertising, but also because they usually give away gifts to customers who have lunch there.

Most of the time, they deliver grilled skewers or oysters, and occasionally some drinks.

Only lucky customers can eat the seafood Zhou Miao brings back, such as the sea urchins from before.

When customers are happy, they will leave positive reviews and post pictures online.

With positive reviews, customers who come to the fish rafts for sightseeing are increasingly fond of group buying deals from him.

Thanks to this virtuous cycle, even though it's already the off-season for fishing raft tourism, their business is still thriving.

It was around four in the morning when we got back to the fish raft.

Lu Xingyu and Luo Hao quickly went to sleep in the guest cabin, while Zhou Miao, who was still quite energetic, decided to sort out all the yellow croakers.

First, sort them by appearance, then by size, and finally move them all to the kitchen. Then, notify Pang Yu when it's light.

These small yellow croakers can only be sold wholesale. Hotels have partners, so even if you deliver them yourself, the price they offer is at most the wholesale price, which is not much different.

Only Zhou Miao's four-pound, six-ounce fish was the kind of fish that big bosses were vying for, and could be sold at retail price.

By the time we finished, it was already dawn.

He simply went to the cabin to get his clothes, and then went to another cabin that was still empty to take a shower.

After changing into clean clothes, he bought breakfast for three people, casually found a table to eat, and sent a message to Pang Yu.

Seafood trading takes place at night; theoretically, trading can be conducted at night.

However, Pang Yu is the boss, and he delegates these tasks to his employees. He has long since passed the age where he had to do everything himself.

So he didn't reply to my message until 7:30.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the fish farm dock in a refrigerated truck.

Zhou Miao had already delivered several boxes of large yellow croakers to the dock and was waiting for him to arrive.