Chapter 196: Keep working unless it kills you (third bonus update for alliance leader Zao Hua Zhong Shen)
Father Ye steered in the direction the sardines were swimming, planning to follow them. With a compass in hand, and having been an excellent helmsman in his youth, he had no fear of losing his bearings at sea.
Besides, more and more boats were gathering on the water, all drawn by the sardines, all casting their nets as hard as they could.
Father Ye had just passed an Iron-Hulled Boat that was trawling. He clearly saw several large deep-sea fish piled on board, along with a boatload of sardines, all caught by taking advantage of the Sardine Run.
He was green with envy. "If only we'd known a few days ago, I would've had your mother weave a net ahead of time. Trawling is so much easier. It covers more ground and catches more, too."
"Without a net hauler, you still have to haul a trawl net by hand on a small boat, dragging it up the stern ramp onto the deck. If the catch is too heavy and there aren't enough people, they won't be able to pull it aboard either."
"That still takes less effort than a Hand Cast Net. You've been casting yours, but you haven't caught any big fish."
"Nothing we can do about it. We couldn't have known beforehand. If I had, I would've asked Mom to weave a net earlier. The light was bad at night, too."
He coveted the big fish on the other boats as well. Just now, he had even spotted a Bluefin Tuna aboard one.
"Now that it's daylight, we can see properly. By the time we finish setting the Longline Hooks, we'll have rested enough. We'll pick our targets and catch