Mountain Eagle stayed on the roof until Razer and the villagers lowered the fishing net into the ice hole and completed the leverage guidance in the middle section. Only then did he climb down with his rifle...
At this time, Xiao Wan also came out of the igloo with a few children, watching several Inuit men begin to retrieve the net.
A fishing net nearly 50 meters long couldn't possibly be pulled by manpower alone. Fortunately, Mountain Eagle brought a generator, and a few handy Inuit men dragged two winches from their homes, then fixed them on the ice with long rivets.
By the time they powered the electric winches, the net had already been in the water for an hour.
When Razer and the others rushed back, the winches began to slowly operate, the steel wires gradually tightened, and the ropes connected to the steel wire pulled one end of the fishing net slowly out of the ice hole.
Mountain Eagle had only seen winter fishing scenes on TV but had never witnessed it in person...
As one end of the fishing net slowly emerged from the water, Mountain Eagle, sensing something was wrong, approached to take a look and then shouted loudly, "Stop, stop the winch, there are too many fish, the net is stuck.
Open a slope, make a slope, or else the net can't be pulled out..."
The people surrounding the ice hole were also stunned. The net, with only one head emerging, had dozens of silver-white big fish rolling and even causing congestion.
These Inuit also did winter fishing, but they would do it when winter just arrived, taking advantage of when the ice was only 40 to 50 centimeters thick to cast the net...
This was their first time casting the net in such harsh, extreme cold, and this first experience left quite an impression.
When the Inuit were at a loss about what to do, Razer grabbed an oil saw, fired it up, and charged to the side of the ice hole, vigorously cutting the edge of the ice hole into steps...
Then some sharp guy picked up an oil saw and joined in, quickly cutting out a slope about 80 centimeters wide in the 1.7-meter-thick ice layer...
"Alright, pull hard..."
Following Razer's orders as he leapt onto the ice, the two winches started rolling again, while a dozen Inuit men rushed over to pull the net rope with all their might...
When the net had been pulled out about 4 meters, Razer decisively called for a stop, then directed the nearby Inuit villagers to go down and pick the fish...
There were just too many fish, too dense!
Mountain Eagle recalled a winter fishing documentary at Chagan Lake he had seen before, but the harvest even with that net head wasn't as exaggerated...
Layers of big fish nearly broke the net, the massive load brought by the big fish almost overwhelmed the net.
The Inuit clearly hadn't seen such a scene; their first reaction upon receiving orders was to jump next to the ice hole and swiftly pick the fish from the net and toss them aside...
The big fish that were still lively when they came ashore would freeze solid within a dozen seconds after falling into the snow.
The scene of the harvest always invigorates people. While the group was busy, Mountain Eagle, with his wife and kids, also jumped beside the ice hole, picking out a dozen big fish with full bellies.
Unlike others who just tossed the fish aside, Mountain Eagle skillfully used a knife to open the fish belly after a few kids had picked out the fish, retrieving the roe and swim bladders to put in a large basin.
Noticing Xiao Wan, who loved fish, frequently sneaking glances at him, Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and smiled, "Why don't you stay tonight?
I'll make spicy braised fish bladders and prepare a salmon platter. You're worried about the kids, right? Then stay and experience it together..."
Hearing this, Xiao Wan hesitated a bit and said, "But what about home?"
Mountain Eagle waved his hand and said, "Without us, life goes on for everyone else; let them figure it out themselves. Let's sneak off for a couple of peaceful days with our family.
You seem to have lost some weight recently, looking more spirited but feeling different to the touch. I need to make something good for you to eat."
Xiao Wan lightly punched Mountain Eagle for his nonsense, then nodded at the bountiful catch and said, "We'll need Tessa to work a bit harder, and have Griffin and Red Sparrow stay to help out. Otherwise, I really won't feel at ease with you alone and four kids."
Mountain Eagle nodded nonchalantly and said, "Whatever you say goes, today our family must eat something good.
Have Griffin and her bring more seasonings and vegetables back. Tonight we'll stew a pot of spicy fish roe, and make a fish soup hotpot with vegetables and fish slices."
Xiao Wan nodded eagerly and said, "I'll go back for a trip; they won't know what you need..."
With that, Xiao Wan got up to call Griffin and Red Sparrow, and the three of them rode two snowmobiles quickly back to the cabin.
Mountain Eagle watched them disappear into the wind and snow before turning to move the fish roe and bladders, still emitting a fishy smell, into the igloo to prevent freezing...
Then he searched through the catch and picked out a few salmons and black cod nearly two and a half feet long, immediately decapitating, gutting, slicing, and plating them. He buried them in clean snow before placing them on the igloo roof to quick-freeze.
While Mountain Eagle was busy, everyone else was almost going crazy. Every time a few meters of the 50-meter-long giant fishing net was dragged up, they had to quickly clean off the big fish from the net...
Razer, this Legendary Hunter, had never seen so many fish caught in one net in his life...