Chapter 669: Dolphin Bandits
"I'm afraid your wish is going to be frustrated, and we're slowing down." Paul smirked and pointed to the bridge.
"Your uncle!" Hong Tao glanced at the speedometer above, and the original speed of 33 knots is now only 20 knots.
It's a pity that it's useless to scold, the speed of the boat is down, it means that there is a situation, it is likely that a school of fish has been found, Hong Tao has just wiped out his sweat, and now he has to go to the back deck to be sunburned. A kilometer or so ahead, the Boomerang also slowed down, and a few minutes later, a large black kite slowly rose into the sky, and they had already begun to take the bait.
"Babu, is there any movement on the fish finder?" Hong Tao raised his head and shouted at the flybridge, and in just a few minutes, he was even soaking wet in his crotch.
"It's not happening yet, I'll take a closer look." Babu shouted from the flybridge and picked up the speed again.
"There it is! Pregnant! It's a school of small fish, about 50 meters in front and 70 meters deep! Less than a kilometer further, the shouts of the Báb came from the flybridge.
"Well, let's take the bait! I'll go back and get dressed. In desperation, Hong Tao walked back to the bilge, he couldn't go to the back deck to bask in the sun, in that case, no matter what he wiped, his body would have to be burned, and he had to wear sun-protective clothing on board, preferably long-sleeved.
"We're here again, it seems that it's not just us following others, but people are following us!" As soon as the four floats were lowered, two more fishing boats appeared in the stern direction.
"This situation is very common, whoever has good results will become the target of other anglers, we are a dark horse, someone must follow us." Paul was not surprised, and was very indifferent to the situation.
"Then let's see whose lure works, I don't think we'll catch less than them!" Hong Tao only had a little fighting spirit at this time. The saying that people are stress-free and fluttering is so true.
In the blink of an eye, the two fishing boats behind also caught up, and the four fishing boats lined up on the water, separated by a distance of several hundred meters from each other, put their respective fishing hooks down, and began to chase the fish in circles, and try to keep a distance from each other.
Of course, the first one to catch fish was the Manhattan, and under the same conditions, Hong Tao's sponge balls were still very effective, and this time two red floats were pulled into the water at the same time. The two rods that Cavill and Phillip had set up on the pole had been harvested.
"This is a problem! You two try to raise the rod as high as you can, and I'll help you watch the line go, and I hope those two fish don't play any difficult maneuvers like tossing in the water for three and a half weeks. Hong Tao can't do anything about this kind of scene, because the two fish are bitten hooks more than 300 meters away, at such a long distance, even if it is found that the two fish pull the fishing line and have crossed, it is difficult to accurately judge in time which fish is on top and which fish is below, once the judgment is wrong. The two lines will get entangled, and in that case, both fish will probably have to run away.
The reality was as Hong Tao expected, after successfully resolving 2 fishing line crossings. Hong Tao made a mistake in the third command, and the two lines were obviously entangled, and when Cavill reeled, Philip's line would slacken. When Philip reels fast, Cavill's side will also be affected, and the two of them must be 100% synchronized. in order to successfully retract the fishing line.
"Whose fish do you two think is bigger?" Hong Tao knew that he couldn't drag it out like this any longer, and that he had to cut one fishing line to save the other, but he still had to ask which one to cut.
"We don't know, it's much heavier now than just now, and I can't even pull it anymore!" Philip wiped the sweat from his head and replied helplessly.
"Nonsense, two fishing lines are entangled together, can they not sink! …… Well, Philip hasn't fished yet, so give it to him this time, Cavill, cut your line. Hong Tao thought about it, indeed, he was a bit idiot in the question just now, and now he doesn't have the time to care about which fish is big and which fish is small, so he can only try his luck.
"Nothing has changed! Or is it so heavy, will the fishing line be entangled? When Cavill cut the line on his rod, the line did slide down Philip's line, but Philip didn't feel any lighter, and it was still the same weight as before.
"No matter, it doesn't matter if it's entangled, let's close the line first, you come first, there's no strength to replace you." Hong Tao fixed Philip to the combat chair and began to reel in the thread.
"Slow down, slow down, the knot is pulled up, don't close the line yet, I'll see if I can untie it." The big man Philip didn't slip his shoulders this time, and it took him 15 minutes to pull the fish closer in 15 minutes, but as the fishing line was withdrawn, the place where the two fishing lines were entangled was also pulled up.
"Alas...... It's no rut, you can't untie it, it's all entangled, come on, everyone, pull it manually with gloves, don't wrap the thread around your hands, let alone wrap it around your feet, this is a fatal problem, you must pay attention! "Two braided wires are wound together, even if they are taken back to the land to untie slowly, it is also a very time-consuming thing, generally in this case, directly cut off one to become, not much Hongtao can't tell which one is still connected to the fishing rod, which has been cut, so it has to be solved with the stupidest and most dangerous method.
Hand pulling the fishing line is not impossible, as long as you wear a special anti-slip and anti-cut gloves will not scratch your hands, but you must not let the fishing line wrap around any part of the body, once the big fish go crazy and rush outward, it is not human control, at that time either let the fishing line cut the body, or be pulled into the water by the fishing line, which is very fatal.
The six people on the back deck were divided into two groups, and each of the three pulled a fishing line, two of whom were responsible for pulling and one person was responsible for arranging the fishing line at the back, cutting all the excess fishing lines to prevent danger. It took more than ten minutes to finally pull up the two fish.
This time it's very interesting, two fish, a tuna and a marlin, are about the same size, and weigh more than 300 pounds, which is considered an effective fish, and everyone is finally not busy in vain, and the two wheels of the line are not wasted.
"Hong Tao, we're in trouble, look over there!" As Hong Tao and his men braved the scorching sun to replace the reels on the aft deck, Babu stood on the flybridge and shouted, pointing to the port side of the fishing boat as he shouted.
"It's a school of sharks! Or dolphins? The big man Philip was on the port side, and when he heard the shouting, he turned his head and looked at it, and he was also startled.
"It's dolphins, so many dolphins! Look, there's that over there, too! Paul ran over as well.
At this time, the sea in front of the fishing boat suddenly became lively, groups of dolphins swam back and forth on the sea surface, jumped up and smashed a white wave for a while, and then drilled below the sea surface, there was no movement for half a day, and not only this small area of water, there were also many dolphins jumping up from time to time in the distance.
"Is it a dolphin festival today? Dolphins from all over the world have gathered? Hong Tao turned from the port side to the starboard side, looked back and forth, and didn't count how many dolphins there were, anyway, dolphins could be seen on the sea as far as the eye could see, they were not gathered together, and they were distributed in small groups throughout the sea area.
"They're rounding up sardines! I'm afraid there are hundreds of dolphins, and there will be more and more of them, and we may not be able to catch them! "Babu spoke out on the flybridge.
"So what do we do?" Paul looked at the Báb and then at the flood.
"No way, we can't catch dolphins too." Báb said there was nothing that could be done.
"I don't have a rut, just right, we don't have to work hard, this hot day, go back to the cabin to drink beer and watch dolphins." Hong Tao didn't want to fish in the first place, but the fish came and couldn't catch it, and now these dolphins just came to the rescue.
Sure enough, as Babu said, there were more and more dolphins in this area, and they didn't take these fishing boats seriously at all, but were busy with their own business in groups of three. Do they have something to keep busy? Of course, people don't come here to play, they target that big school of sardines.
Dolphins eat sardines Hong Tao has never seen before, Hong Tao can't imagine what method they will use to catch those sardines to eat, although the dolphin swims faster than the sardines, but the sardines are more flexible, almost can turn in place, if you just chase it, the fish you eat may not be able to make up for the physical strength consumed.
"Babu, how are they going to catch those sardines? Is this just a chase? Hong Tao watched for a long time, but he didn't see any plans or tricks for these dolphins.
"They're smart, and if you haven't seen them with your own eyes, you won't believe they work so closely together and work so efficiently. You should go to the flybridge to take a closer look, it's interesting. Instead of telling Hong Tao how the dolphins would catch sardines, Babu suggested that he observe them himself.
Hong Tao's curiosity finally overcame his body that was afraid of heat, and climbed onto the flybridge with a telescope, at this time there was basically no wind on the sea, and the fishing boat had turned off its engine, just drifting on the sea with the current. Hong Tao looked left and right, then took down the telescope, observed the panorama with the naked eye, and finally saw a little eyebrow.
It turns out that these dolphins seem to be swimming in a chaotic manner, but they seem to be a unit with a unified command, and they are slowly forming an encirclement in this sea area. Inside this encirclement should be that large school of sardines, although Hong Tao can't see that there are schools of fish in the water, but he thinks it should be like this, otherwise what are those dolphins doing with so much effort? (To be continued......)