My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 205 Send Luo Hao to inquire

"System, retrieve information about the owner of the sunken ship."

[Information being retrieved, please wait...]

Luo Daxing, born in 1962, is from Dongmao Village, Nanzhen Town. On November 3, 1992, he and his father caught 3,000 jin (1,500 kg) of large yellow croaker in a net, but they were discovered and killed by villagers.

"Hiss~"

Zhou Miao initially thought it was a fishing boat that had run aground and sank, but it turned out to be a murder case.

A three-thousand-pound yellow croaker is indeed something to be envious of.

Zhou Miao didn't know the exact price of wild large yellow croaker in 1992, but he knew that in the early 1980s, large yellow croaker cost 40 cents per pound.

Three thousand catties equals one thousand two hundred yuan, which was a huge sum of money that would make people envious in those days.

By the early 1990s, wild large yellow croakers could no longer form a fishing season, especially given the rapid rise in prices during those years.

Even if it didn't reach the astronomical price it has now, it would still be at the level of two people with tens of thousands of yuan, so this murder for money would be understandable.

Based on the information provided by the system, it appears that both father and son were murdered.

The consequences of a family losing its head in that era are self-evident; Zhou Miao even doubted whether the fishing boat owner's mother, wife, and children were still alive.

"Ah Miao... Ah Miao..." Yu Muzhou saw that Zhou Miao had stopped the boat for a long time without reacting. He glanced at the fish finder, but there were no fish on it. He couldn't help but push him curiously.

But the next moment, he noticed several large red dots moving around at the bottom of the fish finder's screen, and his eyes lit up.

"Hey, a big fish!"

"Yes, I'm hesitating about whether to stop here. But bottom fishing for big fish is very difficult, it's better to find schools of fish."

After Zhou Miao came to his senses, he heard him say there was a big fish. He looked at the fish finder and was surprised.

It seems to be an extra benefit from the shipwreck, since shipwrecks are prone to harboring big fish.

Moreover, in those days, ships that could sail to the open sea were at least ten meters or more in steel.

This also reflects that the owner of the sunken ship must have been from a relatively well-off family. After all, iron boats were not cheap back then, costing much more than a fishing boat that can go to the open sea today.

"Why look for schools of fish? With you here, you're sure you can catch these big ones!"

After Yu Muzhou finished speaking, he immediately strode out of the cabin excitedly and found the unused boat pole.

Wang Yong followed closely behind, carrying his fishing box and taking out the fishing line he needed.

You can also use a jigging rod to tap the bottom, but the rod is too stiff and not sensitive enough.

However, these types of fishing rods are designed for catching large fish, and the movement when a large fish takes the bait is particularly loud and the impact is extremely strong, so this sensitivity is not lacking.

After lowering the anchor, Zhou Miao slowly went to the deck, waiting for Yu Muzhou to start fishing so he could coordinate.

Today he's fishing for big fish, but given his stamina, he'll probably only catch one before he's exhausted, and then he'll have to take over on his own.

As for the fishing boat's request for help, I can only ask Luo Hao about it when I get back.

Luo Hao is also from Dongmao Village, the same village as Luo Daxing, and they might even be distant relatives.

Five or six minutes later, Yu Muzhou's arms were sore from lifting them, but no fish had taken the bait.

He had no choice but to stop, and somewhat dejectedly waved to Zhou Miao: "Miao, it's up to you now!"

"Do you want to take a break? I'll fish for the first one." Zhou Miao walked over, picked up the fishing rod, and casually said when he saw that he was a little tired.

"No way, I have to do the first one!"

"Alright!"

Zhou Miao started letting out the line, then slowly reeled in the line by swinging the fishing rod up and down, making the jig bait on the bottom of the water "swim".

However, after seven or eight minutes, the fishing rod still did not move.

This puzzled Zhou Miao. Was he just having bad luck today?

Seeing Yu Muzhou's increasingly suspicious expression, he felt a little embarrassed and could only force an excuse for himself: "Maybe the iron plate bait isn't working well, or these fish aren't hungry yet. How about we go somewhere else?"

"Let's keep fishing. If we still haven't caught anything by noon, we'll move on to another spot." Yu Muzhou thought for a moment and then shook his head.

In his memory, Zhou Miao was always successful at fishing, and the fact that he might fail today made him feel particularly real.

At the same time, I also wanted to see him make a fool of himself, so he wouldn't keep mocking me for having bad luck with fish.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Miao could only continue fishing.

At the same time, a competitive spirit stirred within him; he refused to believe that no fish had taken the bait all morning.

At this moment, on the bottom of the capsized shipwreck, there were indeed several groupers, each a meter long, swimming slowly, ignoring the jig bait that was constantly jumping around on the side.

These groupers include tiger grouper and large blue grouper, and they seem to be guarding the fishing boat.

On the other side of the shipwreck deck, there were two enormous seven-banded grouper, which were even larger, exceeding 1.5 meters in length.

Apart from this group of grouper, no other fish are active in the vicinity.

It seems that the shipwreck site has a special magnetic field that attracts them and makes them unwilling to leave.

Zhou Miao and his companions on the boat tried for a long time, taking turns tapping the bottom, but they still couldn't catch any fish.

Finally, having no other choice, I left after lunch.

Back on the reef, use the fish-gathering formation that wasn't used today to quickly catch fish.

However, wasting a whole morning meant that their gains for the day were the fewest they had in the past few days of the competition, with only 33 points in the end.

The second-place finisher successfully caught a red amber weighing over 50 kilograms today.

With the addition of other catches, their score today has narrowed by more than 70 points, leaving them only 28 points behind the first place.

This point difference clearly gave them hope of winning the championship.

After all, they found a fantastic fishing spot. If their catch tomorrow is just as good as today's, then the championship will definitely be theirs.

"Ah Miao, let's go back to the same spot tomorrow! If we can catch a fish weighing seventy or eighty pounds, we can successfully retain the championship."

After having dinner at the club, the three of them went out together to check the latest rankings. Yu Muzhou then said with a serious expression.

"Brother Zhou, it's too difficult to catch 70 or 80 jin of fish over there on the reef. First place isn't guaranteed." Zhou Miao shook his head, his expression also unpleasant.

He didn't expect the second-place finisher to have such a big break today, catching over 100 pounds of fish in one go.

Although there are fish clusters on the reef, after fishing three times in a row, it's hard to catch more than fifty catties.

The fact that the second-place player was able to maintain their ranking for four consecutive days and catch up with them clearly indicates that they have a fishing spot with excellent resources.

Faced with the impending situation, Zhou Miao thought of the several large red dots he had found near the shipwreck that morning.

If they catch those fish, the championship will undoubtedly be theirs.

This morning's air force incident also made Zhou Miao suspect that those fish might be the reward the sunken ship had prepared for him.

So tonight, if he can find out the information, he can successfully obtain these rewards.

As for the murder case from thirty years ago, Zhou Miao was powerless to do anything about it.

Even if he wanted to help, he had no evidence.

This is different from discovering a suspected smuggler. It happened thirty years ago, and there was no evidence, so the police station wouldn't have accepted the case at all.

"What should we do then?" Yu Muzhou frowned deeply.

He could have asked others about fishing spots with excellent resources, but he didn't want to cheat and disdained competing with other anglers for fishing spots.

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