The Top Fishing
Chapter 177 - 137: Strange Events at the Fish Pond_3

Chapter 177: Chapter 137: Strange Events at the Fish Pond_3

"Wow, it’s been so long since I’ve been here. Brother Yang, do you still remember swimming here with us?"

Yue’er pointed at the fish pond in front of her.

Because of the heavy rain that had fallen for a few days recently, the water level in the fish pond was quite high. Spanning nearly a hundred acres, the pond resembled a small lake with an expansive surface where the wind created sizable waves that lapped against the shore’s grasses.

Looking at the big fish pond in front of him, Lin Yang was also flooded with memories.

When they were kids, after the summer rice harvest, they were always so dirty that they would collectively run here and jump into the pond for a bath.

However, every time parents would come with branches ripped off from the roadside trees and whip them, chasing them back home.

Because the middle of this pond was very deep, rumored to be six or seven meters, Lin Yang had also heard about several villagers who nearly drowned there.

Lin Yang now admired his younger self for daring to jump into such a large pond; he was a bit too scared to do the same now.

Placing his things on the ground, Lin Yang scanned the surroundings and found that this place was indeed very suitable for a leisure fishing facility.

First of all, the scenery was beyond reproach, with green mountains and clear water, lush all around, and a great place to escape the summer heat.

Then there was the location, only a two or three-minute drive from the main road of the village, with no road construction needed.

Third, there was a natural large lawn which would provide plenty of space whether for parking or for building the estate.

Fourth, out of the four sides of the fish pond, one was next to the mountain and one next to the roadside. The other two banks also had relatively flat terrains, which, with a bit of cleaning, could serve as excellent fishing spots.

Of course, to turn this large pond into a natural fishing spot, it was necessary to ensure there were fish inside. Lin Yang was here today to see if there were any fish.

Lin Yang and Yue’er walked to the edge of the pond.

On this side of the pond, close to the large lawn, there was a set of concrete steps built for easier fish farming by the locals.

After arriving here, Lin Yang walked around the shore and saw indeed very few fish.

Generally, in such a large body of water, many schools of small fish would gather at the waterside near the shore.

But there, Lin Yang only spotted a few scattered ones.

He then chose a few spots where he thought the fish might be more abundant, looked carefully, and still found nothing.

He even checked the water quality specifically and concluded there was no problem with it. The water quality here was very good, almost comparable to Mingyue Lake atop Mingyue Mountain.

"Brother Yang, did you not find any fish either?" Yue’er came over and asked.

Lin Yang shook his head.

"Do you think the fish here could have been stunned with electric shocks?" she asked again.

After some thought, Lin Yang shook his head again and said, "That’s not possible. Electrocution would only kill some small fish near the edge of the pond. Big fish, even if electrocuted, can survive if they are not taken out, and in such a large body of water, even if they electrocuted daily with two car batteries, it would not be possible to exterminate all the fish..."

Eliminating water quality issues and the possibility of fishing and electrocution by humans left only one possibility—that there might be large predatory fish in the water.

Voracious species he’d fished before like pike and Alligator Gar could cause a significant reduction in fish numbers. So the only method he could think of was to fish and see if he could draw out any predatory fish from the water.

He had come fully prepared this time, bringing pole rods, lure rods, and hand-casting rods.

To fish for predatory species, of course, he would need to use lure or hand-casting rods, but first, he had to use a pole rod to catch some live bait since previous experiments had proven that real baits often worked better than fake ones.

Thinking this, Lin Yang didn’t dawdle and started making preparations for fishing.

He also started a live stream, as Yue’er had nothing to do anyway; she could simply hold the phone with a stabilizer.

While Yue’er greeted the viewers in the live stream, Lin Yang had already started to bait. Given the low fish density in the water, he added more bait attractant to maximize the effect.

If he still couldn’t catch a single fish after that, he really had to reconsider whether to lease this fish pond.

Five or six minutes later, the preparation for fishing was completed, and now he could start casting regularly.

He found a good fishing spot and cast his baited hook into the water, pulling the rod about every half a minute.

After maintaining this frequency for over ten minutes, the water near the fishing spot had turned murky with the chumming and rice wine mist.

Soon after, the float on the water’s surface finally dipped for the first time.

He lifted the rod sharply!

A small fish, the size of a shiner, flew up out of the water.

Lin Yang held it in his hand for a look—it was a minnow that was quite similar to a shiner, a kind of small fish that doesn’t grow very large and is widely distributed.

Though the fish he caught was small, it was still an unexpected find for him at the moment.

If there were small fish, there must be big ones too; maybe he really could catch one or two big ones.

Lin Yang baited the hook again and continued casting.

It seemed as if his hypothesis was correct—as one small fish after another started to be hauled out of the water.

In addition to just now’s minnow, commonly seen species like Crucian Carps and shiners were also being pulled out in succession here.

It looked like the deep waters of the spacious pond indeed concealed many small fish.

Just then, the float on the water’s surface suddenly plunged down—a clear sign of a big fish.

Lin Yang lifted the rod swiftly.

Whoosh!

Before the fish underwater could struggle, he powered his arm and landed it on the bank.

It was a Ganyu, also known as Yellow Tail or Huang Guniang, weighing around one jin and a half.

Looking at the Yellow Tail that had been landed on the shore, Lin Yang’s face brightened—since there were Yellow Tail here, other common fish species, such as the Big Four Domestic Fish, were certainly present as well.