Tackle Trade World - October 2023

CHINA SEA FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP
(HAINAN CHANGJIANG STATION) HELD
On the morning of August 12, the 2023
Hainan Hydrophilic Sports Season
Series—2023 National Sea Fishing
Championship (Hainan Changjiang Station)
kicked off at Haiwei Fishing Port. On the first
day of the competition, the wind and waves
were relatively strong, which brought a lot of
challenges to fishermen. 30 teams overcame
difficulties and went out to sea with a lot
of harvest. A team harvested more than 10
catties of fish.
The Guangdong Mengdiao Division team
harvested a total of 11.4 catties of fish on
the first competition day. Captain Xue Kaicheng introduced: "Our team caught a relatively large fish at the
beginning of the game today, so we always wanted to catch a big one, but in the second half we found that there
were more small fish. We adjusted in time and changed to small fish. Overall, Good fishing today."
"This sea area is very beautiful, but the wind is a bit strong today. During the competition, we need to overcome
the influence of factors such as wind and waves, boat conditions, etc. The members of our team have played
together for many years, and they cooperate tacitly. Or there is a clear division of labor in terms of small fishing,
we will resume the game after we go back today, make detailed arrangements, prepare more fully, and try to fish
better tomorrow." Xue Kaicheng said.
The Shandong Dongying Arete team learned about the characteristics of the sea area before the game, and chose
to complete the first half of the game at a fishing spot with reefs, close to the channel, and relatively deep water.
However, due to factors such as currents and tides, they adjusted their fishing in the second half. point. Zhang
Deming of the team said: "We made many mistakes in the second half, and the loss was relatively serious. It
is the first time I came here, and I am still not familiar with the sea area here. We will learn from experience
and summarize it when we go back. Whether it is the choice of bait or line group, we will reconsider and make
adjustments. We will choose a suitable fishing position tomorrow and increase the intensity of nesting, hoping to
have good results in tomorrow’s competition.”
The event of this competition is a boat fishing mixed fish weight competition, with no restrictions on fishing
methods (but fishing with multi-bait fishing groups such as Alabama is prohibited). The competition lasts for
two days, with one game per day, and each game lasts for 6 hours. There are three awards: the group total score
award, the group single tail heavy award and the excellent captain award.