Chapter 448

"Nothing much—at most Golden Drum Fish and Black Seabream. As for the rest, it was hard to say. I caught a Giant Grouper this morning and made over three hundred yuan. Why are you asking?"

"I'm asking if you've caught anything good. I'm looking for some fish for the holiday."

"You know the situation around here. There are only a few places suitable for fishing, and you should know better than I do what fish can be found where."

That was true.

Lu Ao asked, "Haven't you seen any new fish species this year?"

"No, it's still the same old ones. The dolphins and orcas in your Marine Ranch are the new species we see most often, but we can't exactly catch those." Lin Gongshang said, "If you want to eat some new kind of fish, you'll have to go farther offshore. This place is too remote and closed off. You can't catch anything particularly good here."

Lu Ao thought for a moment. "That works. I'll head out to sea this afternoon and set some nets. We'll see if I can catch anything good."

"What waters are you going to?" Lin Gongshang immediately asked. "I was just telling the others this morning that the water farther out is too murky. We probably can't go fishing this afternoon. We'll have to think of something else."

"I haven't decided. I'll head out from my island and set the nets wherever looks suitable. Do you want to come with me?"

Lin Gongshang hesitated. "Isn't the water around the island you leased pretty deep? There probably aren't many fish there, are there?"

"Hard to say. If I really can't net anything, I can just catch a few on a fishing line."

The nets they used now were all drift nets, which would not drag