The Top Fishing
Chapter 123 - 120: The Boss’s Lament

Chapter 123: Chapter 120: The Boss’s Lament

Lin Yang gritted his teeth and said, "If it hadn’t bitten, I’d have ignored it, but now that it has, it’s not getting away. I reckon this fish weighs at least fifty or sixty pounds."

For fairness, he was using a 7.2-meter standard rod this time, not his giant rod, otherwise, he would have just yanked it out of the water.

But now, he dared not use brute force, as doing so might break the rod, not only allowing the fish to escape but also wasting a lot of time.

Wang Feng: "Damn, that’s a huge catfish, almost a spirit by now."

The two chatted intermittently, the only way to get the fish ashore was to keep at it stoically; there were no shortcuts.

As time ticked away, minute by minute, it took them a full half hour to finally ease a bit.

The behemoth didn’t continue to struggle but just swam around underwater, probably knowing it was about to be played today.

"Too bad Master Wang isn’t livestreaming, otherwise, going to his stream and talking it up would probably make others green with envy."

"Master Wang and Master Lin are quite far apart, I wonder if Master Wang has caught any fish."

"He probably has. If he hadn’t, he would have sent a disciple to scout around by now."

"Is Master Lin going to sell this fish once it’s ashore? If he is, I’ll come haul it away right now."

Several local fish traders appeared in the livestream room; they had heard by chance that someone was catching a lot of catfish at Qingshan Reservoir and came to see the situation.

Upon arriving, they discovered an incredible catch; they hadn’t realized fishing could land such big fish. Regardless of the species, such a large fish could sell for quite a bit of money.

At this moment, Lin Yang was completely focused on fishing and naturally couldn’t pay attention to the comments appearing on the screen.

Meanwhile, back at Dongyang Fishing Ground in Dongyang Town, Wang Jian Country, who was watching the livestream from his office, called one of his employees over.

"Fei Zai, take a few people to Qingshan Reservoir to buy up the fish, offer two or three yuan more than market price per kilo. Also, if the reservoir owner dares to stop you, just throw him into the water," he ordered.

The employee called Fei Zai nodded and left the office, then gathered three or four coworkers from the staff lounge and set out.

During this period, Wang Jian Country had been expanding his fishing ground coverage, and he was also planning a new catfish fishing ground; buying up all the big catches that Lin Yang had made was perfect for him.

Qingshan Reservoir.

After approximately 40 minutes of grueling struggle, Lin Yang and Wang Feng finally dragged the behemoth ashore, a sixty-pound Hua Lian. For such a big Hua Lian to grow, even if bred, it would take at least a decade or two.

"That’s enlightening, the first time seeing such a big catfish."

"The host said he didn’t want to fish for big fish, yet it still bit. If it weren’t for this fish, he might have caught three or four catfish weighing ten to twenty pounds by now, which, when added up, means he actually came out ahead."

There’s definitely no loss, it’s just not visually impressive in terms of quantity.

To make up for the lack of quantity, Lin Yang adjusted the float up by several inches, trying to avoid the bigger catfish as much as possible.

"Lin Yang, bro, aren’t you going to take a break?" an utterly exhausted Wang Feng asked, as he himself was done for.

Lin Yang exhaled sharply and shook his head: "It’s fine, I’ll fish for some smaller ones this time."

Wang Feng: "Then you go for it, I’ll sit by the shore for a while."

"This is the spirit of a fisherman, Master Lin’s fishing spirit has always been so perfect, except when he takes his girlfriend fishing."

"The fisherman I admire the most is Master Lin, not only can he tirelessly land big fish, but he can also fish for small white fish all day long."

"I have a feeling, today Master Lin might really make the reservoir owner cry..."

Just as Wang Feng had barely sat down to rest for three minutes, Lin Yang hooked another fish.

"This one’s not big, about four to five pounds."

A fish of about four to five pounds felt like nothing now; in less than a minute, it was placed in the fish keeper.

Continuing to cast and hook fish after fish, not every cast guaranteed a catch, but at least seven or eight casts would hook a fish; the pace of catching fish was many times faster than yesterday.

After over three hours, Lin Yang felt his fish keeper was nearly half full, considering he was using a super fish keeper capable of holding up to a thousand pounds of fish!

Around noon, Wang Erwen came with three disciples to check the situation and have lunch.

"Master Lin, how much fish have you caught?" Judging by Wang Erwen’s expression, he seemed to have caught quite a lot this morning.

Lin Yang pointed to the fish keeper in the water: "Probably about four or five hundred pounds."

Upon hearing this, Wang Erwen looked skeptical: "You haven’t filled one fish keeper and you have four or five hundred pounds?"

Lin Yang smiled and replied, "My fish keeper is pretty large, so it can hold quite a bit, by the way, Master Wang, how much did you catch?"

"About two or three hundred pounds," Wang Erwen answered modestly.

He only had one big fish of over forty pounds, the rest averaged between twelve and thirteen pounds; normal for a morning’s catch, but it seemed rather lacking compared to Lin Yang’s haul.

"Hahahaha, Master Wang must feel pretty awkward, thinking he could impress Master Lin this morning, but instead, he got taught a lesson by him."

"I guess Master Wang doesn’t have much of an appetite for lunch today."

Indeed, Wang Erwen had lost his appetite. He had been in a good mood before coming, but now he felt quite downcast.

"Let’s go, let’s go, why eat when you’re a loser? Let’s get back to fishing, fishing staves off hunger," he called to his disciples as they returned to their fishing spots.

Everyone fights for a bit of respect, and losing two days in a row was utterly unacceptable; considering the bite was still decent at his spot, with a bit more effort, he might recover some ground in the afternoon.

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