As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 368 - Chapter 368 Chapter 286 The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing

Chapter 368: Chapter 286: The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing Inside_3 Chapter 368: Chapter 286: The Ancient Sunken Ship with Nothing Inside_3 All the way here, lines representing fish intermittently appeared on the fish finder, but it was only in the waters at this location that a large number of fish were detected.

After recording the coordinates, Chu Mingcheng didn’t immediately stop the boat; instead, he stuffed chopped mackerel bait into the crab and shrimp cages nearby and then lowered them one by one into the water.

If the sea floor was all rocks, he might be able to catch some lobsters.

Once the crab and shrimp cages were set, Chu Mingcheng drove to the area where the fish were most densely packed.

With a water depth of one hundred meters, he didn’t use the electric reel that evening, but chose the spinning reel and Iron Plate rod instead.

Attaching the long slow jigging Iron Plate, Chu Mingcheng threw it into the water.

Today, he didn’t jerk the fishing rod hard and rhythmically as he had done before.

He maintained a relatively slow pace, keeping the Iron Plate rod horizontal, and after each lift, he would reel in less than one loop of line.

The main idea was to use the elasticity of the Iron Plate rod to make the iron plate pop up, creating a natural lure movement with small hops.

When the Iron Plate rose, it would attract nearby fish, and the predatory attack time was when the Iron Plate was at a standstill.

Today’s choice of the long slow jigging Iron Plate and slow jigging technique was mainly due to the relatively fast current here, which was more suited to this fishing method.

After repeating the lift and pause process a few times, a fierce pull suddenly transmitted through the fishing line to the rod, instantly bending the tip into the shape of a bow.

With a lift of his left hand, Chu Mingcheng stuck the fish, and his right hand moved swiftly, rapidly reeling in the line.

But he was very lucky; the pulling force of the first fish was very strong.

Having been fishing for Golden Spearfish all this time and accustomed to using heavy-duty boat rods, he couldn’t immediately estimate the weight of this fish.

He just felt the pulling force was good, and seemed almost too much for the rod in his hands to handle.

Of course, that was just his illusion. The rod was finer and more sensitive, allowing him always to control smaller fish like these.

Holding the rod in his left hand, every upward jerk produced a “whizz” sound, and then he could take advantage of this to reel in several loops of line.

No matter how strong the pull of the fish, it couldn’t compare to the Golden Spearfish he had caught before, so he fished quite comfortably.

From a depth of one hundred meters, it only took five minutes to bring the fish to the surface.

A brown fish under the light appeared on the surface, its eyes bulging, nearly popping out.

Seeing the fish didn’t regurgitate its internal organs in its mouth, Chu Mingcheng deduced that the water pressure didn’t affect it much, which meant its eyes were naturally like that.

For some reason, he always felt those eyes were staring at him, giving him the illusion of “wisdom.”

Shaking his head to dismiss the notion, Chu Mingcheng used a landing net to scoop the fish up.

Though completely brown, this fish was indeed his main target for this trip, the Eastern Sea Bass.

The first one measured seventy to eighty centimeters in length, which was why he carefully used a landing net.

The fish was very plump, giving it an overall chubby appearance.

Chu Mingcheng removed the Iron Plate, then brought out a scale and a ruler.

Placing the ruler under the fish, he found it was slightly over eighty centimeters. Remembering Jiang Luoluo had asked him to record some video, he quickly went back and strapped the camera to his head.

Then, he picked up the fish to weigh it, thirty-six pounds and seven taels.

Chu Mingcheng was somewhat surprised; he hadn’t expected the Eastern Sea Bass to weigh thirty-six pounds at this length.

Such a large Eastern Sea Bass could definitely command a price of one thousand per pound; didn’t that mean this fish could sell for thirty-six thousand?

It was not inferior to a two-hundred-pound Big-eyed Gold Spearfish, but how difficult it was to catch a Golden Spearfish, even he would need an hour for one.

However, it took him less than ten minutes to catch this Eastern Sea Bass, using the Iron Plate Bait.

After putting the fish into the refrigerated hold, he quickly took out three foam boxes from the storage, then shoveled some crushed ice he had prepared into them. He planned to have a big night, aiming to catch at least three boxes of fish.

Once ready, he threw the Iron Plate Bait back into the water to continue fishing for the second one.

The fish-attracting feature was turned on to increase efficiency.

This time, after waiting two minutes, another fish was hooked.

But the pulling force was nowhere near as strong as the previous one; in less than three minutes, the fish was pulled up.

This fish was brown on the top half and silver-white on the bottom half, but it was actually also an Eastern Sea Bass.

The Eastern Sea Bass’s skin color seemed to vary with size; this one was less than forty centimeters, weighing just over four pounds.

Tossing the fish into the foam box, he quickly caught the third one.

But the third was not an Eastern Sea Bass, it was a Deep Sea Big Eye Tuna.

Though the Big Eye Tuna was also considered a premium fish, it was the lowest grade among them, far behind the highest grade fish like the Eastern Sea Bass.

Still, it was a good six pounds, worth six or seven hundred yuan.

The fish-attracting effect within a fifteen-meter radius further increased the density of fish under the boat, and given that it was the peak activity period for fish, Chu Mingcheng could land a fish weighing up to ten pounds every five or six minutes.

An hour passed, and he caught another thirteen fish, each weighing roughly five or six pounds, but even after adding randomly, the foam boxes were only half filled.

Due to his strength, the foam boxes he bought were quite large, holding one hundred and twenty liters each.

Given his current efficiency, he figured it might take all night to fill three boxes with fish.

And among these thirteen fish, only three were Eastern Sea Bass, the rest were other deep sea fish.

The Iron Plate was a bit slow in terms of efficiency, and Chu Mingcheng began to consider whether to switch to two electric reels, also the fishing hunting was quite fast.

But in the end, after thinking it over, he decided to choose fishing hunting.

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