The Top Fishing
Chapter 129 - 122: Fishing for Huaiwang Fish_2

Chapter 129: Chapter 122: Fishing for Huaiwang Fish_2

"You should know this fish was very famous last century, during which it was a staple dish served to other heads of state at our national banquets," said Yue’er. "However, this fish became rare even then, and over time, it has now turned into an endangered species, classified as a second-class protected species. I can’t believe your luck today, to have caught one."

Upon hearing Yue’er’s words, Lin Yang’s eyebrows twitched involuntarily. Damn good luck, he thought. You just said it’s a second-class protected species, and if things go wrong, I could be locked up for a few days.

The livestream viewers also had a lightbulb moment after hearing Yue’er’s words.

"Wow, I didn’t expect Miss to know so much. Learned something new."

"Not to mention, seeing this fish baffled me, but Miss recognized it at a glance. Respect."

As Lin Yang had just learned about this fish as part of his last prize in aquatic knowledge, he definitely knew more about this species than she did.

So he said to the camera, "The Huaiwang Fish, scientifically known as long-nosed catfish, is also known as Fat King Fish and Huihuang Fish, mainly found in our country’s Eastern Waters. From the Huai River to the Yangtze River, the Min River, and the Zhujiang, this species can be found."

"It is said that the Xihan Huainan King Liu An was very fond of this fish and often served it to guests, which is why the fish was named ’Huaiwang Fish.’"

"Huaiwang Fish has a distinct feature: Its body color changes with the seasons and water temperature, alternating among light gray, bluish-white, and pinkish hues."

"Moreover, this fish is very aggressive by nature. Under normal conditions, its body is mostly bluish-gray, but in a low-oxygen state, its body becomes congested, turning towards red. The more severe the lack of oxygen, the greater the extent of congestion, even to the point where blood might start to flow from the fins..."

As Lin Yang spoke, the Huaiwang Fish, still hooked, began to slowly turn red on its body.

Seeing this, he immediately unhooked the fish and released it back into the water.

Seeing Lin Yang’s extensive fish knowledge, Yue’er’s eyes gleamed with surprise again. It seemed that those who loved fishing really knew a lot.

The livestream viewers also expressed that they had learned something.

At this point, Lin Yang continued to cast his fishing rod into the water, continuing the fishing, as the earlier catch of the Huaiwang Fish had already marked a good start.

However, he then changed his fishing approach from pulling to rubbing, aiming to slow down the bait’s dissolving, allowing it to stay longer at the bottom.

This wasn’t a densely stocked fish farm reservoir; how the fish situation below would turn out was still unknown, so after a few dozen frequent rod casts, his baiting spot was now even better than one made by hand throwing.

After that, he just needed to wait calmly for a fish to bite.

Less than a minute later, the fish float that had been quietly standing on the water surface started to show some movements.

When he lifted the rod, the rod tip immediately gave out some force, and Lin Yang felt that this fish wasn’t big.

As expected, he caught a small Crucian Carp weighing about two ounces, its belly plump, indicating the richness of the food in this water area.

Continuing to swing the rod for fishing, the fishing then went into full mode, with various small fish coming one after another.

This place truly lived up to its reputation as a paradise; several of the fish species he caught were ones Lin Yang had never even heard of.

But apart from these rare species, most were the common Crucian and Carp, and each one was bigger than the last.

It seemed he had struck a Carp hotspot, as just after casting the rod, the fish float at the surface gave another abrupt movement followed by a sinking.

Seeing this, Lin Yang immediately felt frustrated, guessing this catch was definitely another Carp.

Whoosh—

This time when he lifted the rod, the rod tip quickly bent over, and Lin Yang felt this fish was of a decent size.

After struggling in the water for nearly twenty minutes, he landed a nearly 15-pound large Carp with a red tail.

"Wow, the resources here are so good; it makes me want to fish there too," said a viewer.

"Go ahead, the host is currently at Mingyue Mountain, just three or four hundred kilometers from Jiangdong City, and then it’s just a twenty-kilometer hike from there."

"Never mind, let’s pretend I didn’t say anything...," replied the viewer.

Having pulled the 15-pound large Carp ashore, Lin Yang chose not to cast again.

The viewers saw him calmly stand up, holding the big Carp, not to put it in a fish keeper, but to walk over to a casting rod that had been lying aside for half the day, and then he hung the big Carp on a giant fish hook.

Then, raising both arms, he cast the rod, and the hooked Carp turned into a projectile, launched three or four meters away.

With these actions, Lin Yang completely petrified the viewers in the livestream.

"Did I just see what I think I saw, a nearly fifteen-pound Carp just thrown like that?"

"Never mind the strength for now, I just want to know if the host has become so demanding that no bait under ten pounds gets him to stand up and hook it."

"What’s rare to us is just bait in Master Lin’s eyes."

Lin Yang threw the Carp as bait because it was his last resort.

It had been almost two hours since he’d eaten lunch, and so far, the fishing results, apart from the weight of that Carp, had been too humble with only small fish caught.

To put it bluntly, those small fish caught weren’t even enough to stuff between the teeth of the giant seen in the video, at least, that’s what he thought based on the outline of the huge dark figure in the video.