Chapter 0573 – Fish Bait
Once or twice could be considered a coincidence, but when it was like this every time, the fishing man himself felt that there was something wrong.
”But are you sure these are all king fish? Donggang Reservoir can provide life for two big fish?” In Chen Ge’s opinion, Donggang Reservoir could support one big fish and it would be tops.
”The Jiujiang River has a complicated water network, the upper reaches of Donggang Reservoir are connected to tributaries of several other large rivers, and when it was built, there were also people who discovered the existence of a dark river underneath Donggang, so there should be no shortage of food.” The man hesitated for a moment, “Donggang was a famous mass grave in the eastern suburb a long time ago, the poor people here didn’t have the money for burials and would send their deceased directly into the middle of the river, so not only are there a lot of big fish in this place, but they also have a ferocious character, and injuries happen from time to time.”
”Eating people ah ……”
”A long time ago, it’s much better now.” The man picked up his fishing rod and closed the lid of the large red barrel next to him without a trace.
”What’s in that?”
”Bait, my own concoction, it’s all I can do to get the big fish to bite.” The man stood next to the bucket and took out a flashlight and shone it towards the water, “The king of fish is very smart, after being scared like this today, I guess it won’t bite for the last few weeks, it’s a pity.”
While the man was talking, Chen Ge was still staring at the water bucket, the bait the man used was his own preparation, not live bait, and it gave off a strange odor.
Closing the matzah, the man put his things away and walked towards a small house next to the reservoir.
”What are you doing?” Chen Ge followed behind, feeling that he could still dig out more useful clues from the man.
”See that bright light on the water? The glow-in-the-dark drift wasn’t dragged under the water by the King of Fish, I’m going to retrieve the drift, and that one glow-in-the-dark drift is expensive.” Knocking on the iron door of the hut, not a moment later, a moment looking very simple and honest man will open the door of the room.
This man is the person who just stood behind the fishing man, he is not tall, only more than one meter six, probably because often work under the sun, the skin is very dark.
”About to call it a day? It’s so early today, don’t you usually fish until two or three in the morning?” The man’s name was written on his work tag, this man was a staff member of the reservoir called Zhang Dapo.
Fishing man intends to show off, deliberately lowered his voice, but also gestured a gesture: “You are not blessed with eyes, you just left, the king of the fish on the hook, do not believe you ask this young man next to me, I was so close to catching the king of the fish.”
”The king of fish bit the hook!” The man was surprised.
”Indeed caught it, I was there.” Chen Ge also stood out to help the fishing man testify.
”The fish king has already bitten the hook, why did you release it again?” Zhang Dapo looked at the fishing man, “What went wrong this time?”
”The fishing line was bitten off, and just now, this little brother and I discussed it and thought that there might be more than one big fish in the reservoir.”
”More than one? Then this is a situation I need to report to the leader.” Zhang Dapo was even more surprised, he was usually in charge of looking after the reservoir, and sometimes when there was garbage floating on the reservoir, he would drive his own boat over there to clean it up, so when he knew that there was a King Fish in the reservoir, the first thing he worried about was his safety.
Donggang Reservoir was getting more and more desolate, usually not even a single person could be seen, and it was only normal that he would feel scared as he was watching it alone.
”What can I do if I report it? It’s not like they’re going to drain the entire reservoir, unless there’s clear evidence that the Fish King had caused deaths, the higher-ups will take it seriously.” The fishing man looked like he didn’t care, “I’m not going to bullshit you, lend me the boat, I’ll go pick up the fish drift.”
”Wait for dawn before you go pick it up, you just offended the fish king, if you go over to pick up the fish drift now, it will definitely toss you.” Zhang Dapo looked at the dark water and felt that the fish king was hiding not far from them.
”Put on your life jacket and take your harpoon, the fish king is powerful underwater, but if it dares to show its head, we’ll just get rid of it. I’ve fished for it three times, and I haven’t seen its true colors yet, but to project, there are only a few types of fish that can grow to that size on this side of Jiujiang.”
”Are you sure you want to go?”
”Let me tell you, the longer a fish survives, the more life-thirsty it is, and it’s probably long since hidden under the water.” The fishing man took aim at the key on Zhang Dapo’s waist, “The Fish King is very smart, but it’s just a fish, not a water monster, we can’t underestimate it, but we can’t be overly afraid of it either, otherwise what’s the difference between us and those people who worshipped the river god in ancient times?”
”I know you know a lot about the King of Fish, but don’t forget the saying, those who drown are those who know water.” Zhang Dapo was timid.
”My glow-in-the-dark drift is customized, not cheap, and it’s coated with material paste used to attract fish kings, so when it’s light out, it’ll probably be long gone. Besides, the fish drift is now just eight or nine meters away from the shore, reach out and touch it, the delay will not be a few minutes.”
”If you want to go, go by yourself, I’m not going with you.” Zhang Dapo removed the key and handed it to the fishing man.
After getting the key, the fishing man wimped out.
His tangled look made Chen Ge feel strange, a luminous drift even if it was more expensive shouldn’t be worth risking his life to fetch it, could it be that the fishing man really didn’t care about the threat of the fish king? Or was there an ulterior motive on that special luminous drift? Is he worried that someone will pick it up the next day?
It was already dark, and the situation became more and more dangerous the further he dragged on. The fishing man looked at the luminous drift still drifting in the distance, and finally decided to take the risk to go and get it.
Alone with the key, he went to the back of the house and took out the oars, harpoons, and a large bundle of twine from the storehouse.
”This guy is really obsessed.” Zhang Dapo muttered to himself, he was ready to go up and dissuade him, after all, if the fishing man really had an accident in the reservoir he was in charge of, he would have to take the blame if asked from above.
”Older brother, I see that you two have a good relationship …….”
Chen Ge reached out and grabbed Zhang Dapo’s shoulder, but before he finished, Zhang Dapo retorted, “Who has a good relationship with him? This person’s temper stinks, if it wasn’t for the fact that the King of Fish has only ever bitten his hook, I wouldn’t bother with him.”
”Then why did the king fish only bite his hook? Is it because his bait is special?”
”I know what you want to ask, many fishing enthusiasts have also asked me what kind of bait he uses, the point is that I don’t know either! This man is secretive, only at night will come to fish, every time when hanging bait are covered especially well, until now no one has figured out, it is strange to say, that the king of the fish other people’s hooks just do not bite, just bite his hook.”
”It does seem like it’s the bait.” Chen Ge and Zhang Dapo walked towards the fishing man together.
As soon as the man saw Chen Ge and Zhang Dapo coming over, he immediately lifted the bucket and hugged a large pile on the ground, “What are you two doing here?”
”Why don’t we just forget about it, it’s really quite dangerous for you to go over there now.”
Zhang Dapo still wanted to persuade, but the fishing man couldn’t listen to him at all, he tied the hemp rope to the bow of the boat, and then threw all the buckets and harpoons with bait onto the administrator’s boat.