As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 291 - Chapter 291 Chapter 246 Top Seafood of the Southern Hemisphere

Chapter 291: Chapter 246: Top Seafood of the Southern Hemisphere Chapter 291: Chapter 246: Top Seafood of the Southern Hemisphere The True Sea Bream in this school were quite large, and Chu Mingcheng was worried that Jiang Luoluo might struggle to pull the fish up, so he immediately burst into action with the fast hands he’d trained in his youth.

The handle spun like a fiery wheel, and with his left hand continuously lifting the rod, it hardly took any time before a 60-centimeter True Sea Bream was pulled up to the surface of the water.

Since the fish was pulled up by brute force and still had plenty of energy, he stabilized the fishing rod with his left hand and picked up the landing net with his right, scooping up the fish to avoid it struggling off the hook if he tried to lift it directly.

He removed the fish hook, along with the squid meat attached to it.

The True Sea Bream was pitiful, dying without even getting to enjoy its last meal, and on top of that, it lost its good fat.

After throwing the fish into the live well, Chu Mingcheng immediately took the landing net and went over to Jiang Luoluo’s side.

Her fish was also about to be pulled up to the surface. Sensing the danger, the fish began to struggle desperately, trying to dive under the boat with the fishing line.

Jiang Luoluo quickly noticed this movement. Although she hadn’t been fishing many times, she had experience dealing with this situation.

Previously, she had endured incidents where fish had broken the fishing line by diving under the boat, but under Chu Mingcheng’s guidance, she now knew how to handle it.

Jiang Luoluo immediately adjusted her posture, extended the fishing rod out over the side of the boat and forcefully pulled up on the rod, stopping the fish from running under the boat and trying to quickly pull it up to the surface.

This fish was also stubborn, persisting towards the boat bottom despite the pain.

But it wasn’t as strong as her, and even with all its might, it couldn’t swim down.

Ultimately, it ran out of breath and chose to swim diagonally towards the right side, causing the fishing line to tilt and forcing Jiang Luoluo to adjust her posture again.

However, this was also the fish’s last struggle and it couldn’t last long.

Two minutes later, this True Sea Bream was dragged to the side of the boat, and Chu Mingcheng scooped it up with the landing net.

It was even bigger than his, reaching 80 centimeters, like a small door panel, likely weighing over 25 kilograms.

Jiang Luoluo took a couple of breaths and, looking at the large True Sea Bream in the landing net, said, “If we had resources like this at home, we wouldn’t need to buy a big boat!”

Chu Mingcheng threw the True Sea Bream into the live well and immediately laughed, “Haha, even if the resources are good, we still need to buy a big boat. I really want to go to the open sea to challenge the real giants of the deep sea, fishing for meter-long fish. What’s the fun in catching small ones?”

“If those Fishing Men, who have never caught a fish over five kilograms, heard you call meter-long fish small, they’d probably be so mad they’d snap their fishing rods right then and there!”

“That’s different, they can’t afford offshore fishing boats!”

“…”

Jiang Luoluo was momentarily speechless; that remark was somewhat insensitive, but luckily she was not a Fishing Man and could afford a boat.

The two chuckled and then resumed fishing. Due to the abundance of fish, Chu Mingcheng decided not to activate the fish aggregating device, guessing they could still achieve continuous catches.

However, to hook more plump True Sea Bream, he still turned on the aggregating device, allowing the external filter to weed out the leaner ones with lower fat content.

Thus, the tastiness feature came into play, resulting in most of the True Sea Bream he caught being thick-backed and round-bellied.

Jiang Luoluo also reaped some benefits, catching one plump True Sea Bream after another.

About two hours later, she had caught around fifteen True Sea Bream and began to feel exhausted.

The True Sea Breams were quite large, and each caught required a lot of effort.

“Luoluo, you should reel in your line and go rest; I’ll fish a bit longer and then head back,” Chu Mingcheng, not wanting her to get too tired, urged her to go first.

Jiang Luoluo didn’t insist, nodded, and reeled in her fishing rod to go take a shower.

“Don’t be too late,” she said.

“Yeah, I know,” he replied.

With over forty minutes until midnight, Chu Mingcheng decided to fish until twelve and call it a day.

But he didn’t know that aside from the few True Sea Bream attracted by his aggregating device, the rest of the True Sea Bream had sensed danger and already left the trench.

So, after he caught another True Sea Bream, because the hook was above on the boat, the True Sea Bream in the water immediately scurried away completely.

Chu Mingcheng, unaware of what was happening, baited his hook and threw it back into the water, thinking he would continue his streak of catches. However, after waiting for more than ten minutes without a bite, he began to wonder if all the fish had fled.

Thinking about it, he reeled in his hook and went to the cockpit to check the fish finder.

Just as he went to the cockpit, a small school of Australian Mackerel rushed towards what they perceived to be the safer trench at a very high speed.

From their frantic speed and the chaotic directions, they appeared very panicked.

The next moment, a group of huge fish chased after them.

They opened their massive jaws and could swallow two or three small Australian Mackerels at once.

Then, Chu Mingcheng came out from the cockpit visibly baffled, returning to the deck.

Because he saw on the fish finder that the fish resources in the trench were still abundant, with lots of thick red lines.

This indicated that the quantity of fish was still overwhelming, as he had seen before, and he should, theoretically, be able to continue his continuous catches with the help of the aggregating device.

Chu Mingcheng couldn’t figure out the situation and decided to try fishing a bit longer.

If he really couldn’t catch anything, then he would go take a shower and go to sleep, snuggling up with his sweet-smelling girlfriend.

As he threw his bait into the water and slowly lowered it into the trench, the huge fish, which had hunted the Australian Mackerel and, having fed, were preparing to rest in the safe trench, immediately changed course and swam towards the bait.

The huge fish swimming towards the bait were not just a single one, but the one closest and largest in size got there first and snagged the bait.

Normally, the cost of obtaining bait was its fatty flesh.

But this fish was one meter three in length and weighed over one hundred kilograms; the line Chu Mingcheng used to fish for the True Sea Bream was relatively thin.

When he picked up the fishing rod to stab the fish, the tip of the rod “swooshed” back, and the line broke.

Chu Mingcheng was a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected the fish underwater to be so big. He had felt it when he stabbed the fish, but he used too much force, and the line broke too quickly for him to react.

But now that he knew, it wasn’t too late. He quickly took out his own bait and scattered it into the water to keep the school of fish in place.

Then he immediately ran into the toolshed and brought out the heavy boat rod.

From the pull he experienced earlier, only a heavy boat rod used for fishing Golden Spearfish could handle it.

He quickly tied on the Dali Ma Line, set up the drum reel, and hung a squid on it; Chu Mingcheng immediately cast the bait into the water.

From the hooking reaction just now, the new big fish should be affected by the fish aggregation device. It belonged to the classification of quality fish.

Sure enough, when the bait fell into the water and reached a deep trench, another big fish, taking advantage of its proximity, swallowed the bait first.

This fish was even larger, nearing one meter fifty in length.

The rod was pulled down sharply by the fish, the drum reel was locked, but the line was still being slowly drawn out.

“Creak, creak~”

The fishing rod seemed to be overwhelmed, but it was actually quite sturdy.

The line was under greater pressure, constantly buzzing and vibrating.

The water droplets that had just settled on it were all vibrated into a mist.

But Chu Mingcheng was quite excited, picked up the fishing rod, and jerked it upwards to sink the hook deeper.

Ever since his body had been enhanced to the peak of human capacity, he hadn’t really wrestled with a big catch!

Now, he was curious about how many heavy fish he could contend with when he exerted his full strength.

However, this fish was not as fast as the Golden Spearfish or the Marlin, as the spinning of the drum reel was noticeably slower.

It had only run a few dozen meters so far, but the core strength of the fish should be sufficient.

Chu Mingcheng reached for the handle, “creak,” the momentum of the fish halted, and the rod bent downwards again.

He propped the rod against his stomach, gripping the handle with his right hand, simply holding firm, not exerting force.

At this moment, man and fish began a contest of core strength.

However, with the hook sinking deeper into the fish’s mouth and causing unbearable pain, it was clearly at a disadvantage.

The big fish kept shaking its head and wagging its tail, trying to escape into the distance.

The fish line continuously quivered, swaying slightly left and right.

Unfortunately for the fish, Chu Mingcheng’s strength was superior, steadily suppressing the fish, keeping it in place.

But he wasn’t having an easy time either. Due to the fish’s physical structure, it could exert stronger force in the water.

After realizing the strength of the fish, Chu Mingcheng grabbed the fishing rod with both hands and with a heave, pulled the line back half a meter.

The big fish in the water could not resist this force, its head suddenly lifted, and the whole fish surged upward half a meter.

Chu Mingcheng seized the chance to reel in the line, then repeated the same action.

The fish’s strength was no match for his, and its stamina was even less noteworthy.

The enhancement from life transformation was comprehensive, improving speed, strength, agility, stamina, and even the rate of physical recovery.

Thus, under Chu Mingcheng’s relentless force, the big fish was gradually pulled to the surface; its continuous struggle and resistance exhausted its strength.

In just fifteen minutes, a fish nearly one meter fifty in length and weighing over one hundred fifty kilograms was pulled to the side of the boat.

With the aid of the light, Chu Mingcheng saw that it was a deep brown fish, somewhat resembling the Sea Bass family.

Since it was underwater, he couldn’t see clearly, so after confirming the fish was no longer struggling, he let go of the handle and picked up the gaff.

With his left hand holding the rod and securing the fish, he extended the gaff with his right hand and at the perfect moment, stabbed the fish’s brain.

The fatally attacked fish began to struggle violently again, its tail slapping the water loudly.

Chu Mingcheng released the fishing rod, grabbed the long handle of the gaff with both hands, and then dragged the fish toward the small door on the rear deck.

Lots of fresh blood floated on the sea surface, and the fish’s movements became increasingly weak.

In just a short while, the big fish no longer moved.

Chu Mingcheng opened the small door, extended the gaff through it, let go and repositioned his grip on the handle to avoid getting caught by the gunwale, and finally, exerted his strength to pull the big fish straight up onto the deck.

After closing the small door, he finally had time to carefully examine the big fish.

Through examination of the head, fins, and other aspects, he identified this big fish as a type of high-value Many-Sawed Sea Bass found only in Australia and nearby countries.

The scientific name is Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass, commonly known as Blue Cod.

However, it was not the same species as the Blue Cod from New Zealand, which isn’t that big.

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