As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 414 - Chapter 414 Chapter 297 Xiao Mis Impromptu Performance

Chapter 414: Chapter 297: Xiao Mi’s Impromptu Performance Chapter 414: Chapter 297: Xiao Mi’s Impromptu Performance Just as he raised the fish spear, he heard a seagull swimming not far on the surface of the water squawk twice. It had barely spread its wings to take flight when it was suddenly bitten by a large fish that leaped out of the water and was promptly dragged under.

Chu Mingcheng saw it all clearly, it was a top-quality game fish, a Giant Trevally.

They were near the Public Sea where food was abundant and the fish were particularly large. This Giant Trevally hadn’t fully surfaced, but the fact that it swallowed more than half of the seagull in one bite meant it had to be at least 1.2 meters long.

He wanted to see the force with which the fish spear was thrown, and wasn’t this Giant Trevally the perfect test subject?

The fish hadn’t swum too far, just over a hundred meters away.

Chu Mingcheng immediately went to the cold storage cabin, took out the frozen bait, chopped it up, and started chumming the water.

The chopped frozen bait dissolved instantly when it hit the warm sea water, releasing the natural scent of the fish along with a fishy smell.

Not far away, there wasn’t just one Giant Trevally under the water. Although they didn’t gather much, occasionally dozens would appear together.

However, there wasn’t much food in this stretch of water, and the school of Giant Trevally was about to head southeast, one of their usual hunting grounds.

The scattered seagulls in the sky were actually planning to go there too.

Occasionally, a few would land on the water surface just for a brief rest because they were tired.

But suddenly, Chu Mingcheng playing the good Samaritan by scattering food, caused the group of Giant Trevally, which had been headed to their foraging grounds, to swiftly change their course and vie for the feast.

And a small portion of the clever seagulls resting on the ship were also attracted by the frozen bait inside the box and the bait thrown towards the water surface.

The seagulls were bold, flying down from the ship’s rails to land by the bait on the deck.

They were vigilant, constantly watching Chu Mingcheng, ready to take flight and escape at any moment.

What the seagulls didn’t know was that their behavior had caught the attention of a few cats on the boat.

Compared to Xiao Bai and the others who had grown up in captivity since kittenhood, Xiaoju had once been a true stray.

It had relied entirely on its own hunting skills to survive, and although it might have stolen things, it was all for survival.

Now living a comfortable life, its hunting skills had barely declined.

There it was, a cat’s head poking out from under the live fish hold, round eyes fixed intently on the two seagulls near the distant fish box.

Its kittens were sitting at the door of the cabin, curiously watching their mother.

The two dogs enclosed in their pen couldn’t come out. Their initial barking might have startled the seagulls, but it lost its intimidating effect over time.

Xiaoju had already scoped out the prey’s position and retracted its head before stealthily making its way to the other side.

The pads of its feet made no sound at all on the deck.

It quickly passed two live fish holds and reached the outer edge.

It peered out again, observing its prey, which was now pecking at the still-frozen bait, less than three meters away from Xiaoju.

With the live fish hold for cover, Xiaoju’s stalking was more successful than ever.

Luckily for the cat, the seagulls were so distracted by the bait that they landed nearby, leaving no other seagulls to warn their companions.

Just then, Xiaoju crouched down in a hunting stance.

The next moment, it burst forth with the agility of a feline and pounced, not giving its targeted prey any chance to fly away before biting down on its neck and pinning it under its paws.

“Gagaga…”

A clatter of noise and the commotion of several frightened seagulls taking flight caught Chu Mingcheng’s attention.

He turned around and was astounded to find Xiaoju fiercely pinning down a struggling seagull, its mouth clamped on the bird’s neck.

“…” Chu Mingcheng fell silent for a moment, pondering how many years Xiaoju would have to serve for this?

But he had to admit, Xiaoju had done a splendid job. Because of it, all the seagulls perched on the boat had fled.

This also meant he didn’t have to put in too much effort to clean their droppings.

After all, he, too, had wronged a protected animal, and since no one else was watching, he decided to play ignorant.

So he turned back, his right hand continuing to raise the fish spear, his left casually tossing bait.

Now, one could see Giant Trevally occasionally leaping out of the water to swallow the thrown bait.

Chu Mingcheng was still waiting for the right target, as the Giant Trevally ahead of him were a bit small, less than a meter in length.

He waited about half a minute more before a large Giant Trevally appeared.

It swallowed the fish scraps leisurely and was about to leave with a flick of its tail.

Chu Mingcheng was already prepared, and as soon as the Giant Trevally appeared, he locked onto his target.

As the Giant Trevally turned, he hurled the fish spear from his hand with force.

“Whoosh~” The spear struck with great power, instantly piercing the back of the Giant Trevally, its sharp tip even emerging from the other side; the whole spear was lodged in the fish’s back.

Struck by pain, the Giant Trevally immediately thrashed its tail in an attempt to unleash all its strength and escape.

However, it hadn’t anticipated that an even greater force was coming from the strange object lodged in its body.

The object dragged at its flesh, causing it unbearable pain, and the fish struggled more violently.

Standing on the boat’s stern boarding steps, Chu Mingcheng gripped the rope attached to the tail of the fish spear with both hands, then slowly reeled the fish in, easily taking control of the Giant Trevally, which he estimated to be about 1.3 meters in length.

This Giant Trevally probably weighed around eighty to ninety catties and had tremendous burst strength.

Normally, it would take an hour or two to reel in with a fishing rod.

Even if he were the one to fish for it, it would still take him twenty to thirty minutes, for the Giant Trevally’s burst strength was no less than that of the Golden Spearfish.

But at the moment, the Giant Trevally was utterly helpless, its initial violent struggling giving way to passivity, indicating that its defiance was utterly futile and that the tugging only made its wound hurt more.

It only took three to four minutes for Chu Mingcheng to effortlessly pull the Giant Trevally to the steps.

But when he saw the fish, he frowned.

The wound inflicted by the fish spear was a mess, having become significantly enlarged, and the flesh around the wound had already necrotized.

If such a wound were found on a Golden Spearfish, the value of the fish would undoubtedly decrease significantly, and there might also be suspicions about how the fish was caught.

With his method of spearing, it’s uncertain whether a fishing competition would accept it, so to avoid any problems, he’d still need to do it covertly.

Chu Mingcheng pulled the fish to the small door on the right, opened it, and hauled the fish up.

The flesh of the Giant Trevally is fishy and not of much economic value.

Normally, when sea fishing and such fish are caught, they are released since anglers simply enjoy the pleasure of fishing.

But this one was clearly not going to survive, so it was better to chop it into chunks for use as bait.

At over eighty pounds, the fish could create a small bait spot.

After removing the fish spear, Chu Mingcheng tossed the Giant Trevally on the deck without further attention, as he still had to continue practicing with the fish spear.

If he had hit a vital spot just now, it wouldn’t have been a big problem to let the fish run for a while.

Plus, pulling on it when it was closer to dying would prevent the flesh from being so severely damaged.

Now, Chu Mingcheng understood why the rope on the back of the fish spear in the videos was so long.

It seems it’s meant to let the fish run for thirty-nine meters.

So this time, he specifically used a thick twelve-strand braided line and tied it to the tail of the fish spear.

He then tied the line to the crane’s rope to ensure the fish couldn’t escape.

As the other Giant Trevallies had left due to a lack of food when he was pulling up the one before, he needed to continue scattering bait to wait for the fish to come back.

After scattering some bait, and while having a bit of downtime, Chu Mingcheng went to see where Xiao Bai had taken the sea gull.

But just as he arrived at the cabin door, he spotted a large amount of feathers.

Xiao Bai and the kittens hadn’t gone far, they were right there at the cabin door.

Suddenly, Xiao Bai lay down, hugged the still-living sea gull that had no chance to resist, and viciously kicked it.

Yes, kicked it!

Front paws holding the sea gull, hind legs furiously kicking on the bird’s body, sending feathers flying everywhere.

Chu Mingcheng watched, baffled, was this some kind of play?

Then he saw Xiao Bai get up and leave, meowing at its three kittens.

Subsequently, Xiaoju slowly stepped forward and tentatively scratched at the sea gull with its paws.

Seeing that the sea gull only managed to weakly move its wings, Xiaoju became bolder.

Just like Xiao Bai’s moves earlier, it suddenly lunged forward, hugged the sea gull’s neck and furiously kicked its belly, sending feathers flying again.

Chu Mingcheng suddenly understood, Xiao Bai was teaching the kittens how to hunt.

Initially annoyed by feathers scattered everywhere, he now didn’t want to interfere with them.

If the three kittens learned to hunt birds, he wouldn’t have to worry about sea birds leaving their marks all over the boat, thus avoiding the hassle of cleaning.

He returned to the steps at the stern of the boat, which already displayed the effects of creating a bait spot; clearly, the fish hadn’t gone far.

After two minutes, Chu Mingcheng spotted another meter-long Giant Trevally and without hesitation, his fish spear pierced through again.

This time the hit was good, right in the brain of the Giant Trevally.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t pull on the rope hard like last time but gently tugged, letting the fish run.

The line was thirty-nine meters long, enough for the fish to run.

Indeed, it took just a little while for him to feel the line go still, a clear sign the fish had stopped, so he started pulling the line back in.

Pulling it back would hurt the fish by moving the spear, but by now the fish no longer had much strength to struggle, so the pull was weak, and Chu Mingcheng easily reeled it back in.

The result this time was very satisfactory; after pulling out the spear, the wound appeared normal, much like those seen when fish are commonly killed.

Feeling reassured, after pulling up this Giant Trevally, Chu Mingcheng set sail towards where the sea gulls had headed.

Given the sea gulls flying in the sky, that place wasn’t far from here.

However, as he steered the boat closer, Chu Mingcheng, looking through binoculars in the cockpit, noticed that the spot where the sea gulls congregated actually had a small island.

The island had an inner bay on one side, somewhat resembling the inner bay where the sea lions lived.

This surely was a resource-rich location!

There might not be Golden Spearfish, but other species were definitely plentiful, and he still needed nine types of marine life he hadn’t caught before, which he might find here with some luck.

Approaching the island, Chu Mingcheng saw a fundamental difference in the inner bay compared to the one where the sea lions lived.

That place had a sandy beach geology, with a sandy seabed.

Here, however, it was rocky, evident from the reefs emerging from the sea surface.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t dare get his boat too close to avoid hitting the reefs.

Looking at the time, it was only half-past one, and Jiang Luoluo was still sleeping soundly.

Deciding to take the opportunity, Chu Mingcheng took off his jacket and trousers, put on a mask, net pocket, and took the fish spear as well.

The fish spear could replace a fishing spear, which he hadn’t thought of while diving before.

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