The Top Fishing
Chapter 192 - 142: Fishing Competition_3

Chapter 192: Chapter 142: Fishing Competition_3

"This team has got something, catching two fish so quickly, and one’s a carp, and one’s a crucian carp. It seems their technique really can accommodate different kinds of fish."

"That’s the local anglers’ advantage; they’re just too familiar with the Xiangjiang waters."

"Come on, Team Lotus Pond Trio."

Amidst the cheers and encouragement from the audience, the three anglers from the Lotus Pond Trio were fishing with even more gusto.

Within the first hour, the three men were taking turns catching fish, and the species they caught were incredibly diverse.

They caught several carps, with the largest weighing five or six jin, and even more crucian carps, nearly reaching double digits, each weighing between half a jin to one jin.

They also caught three to five bian fish, each weighing over a jin.

Of course, what made them happiest were the two grass carps they hooked, one of which weighed close to 10 jin!

After a nearly unbroken string of fish, their keepnet was thrashing with a significant number of fish, marking them as one of the best-performing teams since the start of the competition.

Moreover, their tactics were definitely scientific, considering they were all locals from Tan Sha and extremely knowledgeable about the local fish and conditions.

For more than a decade, they had been fishing here, becoming intimately familiar with what fish were in the waters and their preferred bait.

Using fermented corn as bait and tender corn for fishing was the experience they had gained over these years.

This bait could attract the most abundant species in these waters, and the size of the fish caught was also decent.

As they watched the number of fish they caught grow, the smiles on the faces of the Lotus Pond Trio deepened.

"Brothers, we’ve got this one in the bag, am I right?"

"I never expected the competition to be this easy. There’s this guy next to us named Lin Yang, supposedly some fishing master. I was a bit nervous at first."

"Hahaha, I’ve been swimming and playing in this river since I was a kid. I’ve peed in this water countless times, drank from it countless times, who could win against me in this river?"

The atmosphere between the three men was clearly celebratory.

In stark contrast to their outstanding performance, Lin Yang and his team’s hour-long effort could only be described as disappointing.

It goes without saying for Yue’er – as a delicate girl, nobody expected her to perform particularly well.

Li Xiaopeng was also a disappointment; he had been ceaselessly casting and baiting with tender corn for the entire hour, yet so far, despite using several jin of corn, he hadn’t caught a single fish.

Lin Yang was equally disappointing; he had been chumming since the start and had used more than half a basin of bait, nearly running out, yet he hadn’t caught any fish either.

In the live stream, many fishing enthusiasts were making sarcastic remarks.

"Lin Yang is a bit of a letdown. I saw a few of his videos before and thought he was really skilled, but now, after an hour, he’s got nothing."

"Man, I didn’t expect this at all. He’s such a renowned angler, but his actual performance in the competition is so poor. I thought he’d only lose out because his teammates were weak, but he can’t even catch any himself."

"You know nothing! Master Lin specializes in catching big fish in the wild; fishing for these little ones is probably a bit awkward for him."

Many viewers in the live stream were disappointed with Lin Yang, but there were also plenty of fans cheering him on.

By the riverbank.

Li Xiaopeng began to feel anxious: "Cousin, how come neither of us has had a bite? Could our spot be no good?"

However, Lin Yang remained calm and turned to say, "Why the hurry? You’ll get one on your next cast."

"Huh?"

Li Xiaopeng was somewhat incredulous, but he cast his line out again.

Mere seconds later, he saw the float in the water move unbelievably, a direct signal!

He immediately lifted the rod to set the hook, and he got one!

After playing the fish for three minutes, a gleaming blunt-snout bream was successfully brought to the surface.

"Hahaha, cousin, how are you so magical? I haven’t even cast my line, how did you know I’d catch a fish?"

Lin Yang smiled mysteriously, planning to reveal the answer to this puzzle later: "Just fish steadily, no rush."

Hearing this, Li Xiaopeng, who had been anxious a moment before, instantly calmed down. Although they were far behind, looking at Lin Yang’s composed profile, he felt from the bottom of his heart that they had this match in the bag.

The competition continued.

On the Lotus Pond Trio’s side, they were still catching a steady stream of fish – carps, grass carps, bian fish, crucian carps – though none of them were particularly large, the quantity was impressive.

Now more than two hours into the competition, which was over halfway through, they had already caught dozens of fish.

The audience was quite fond of these three contestants, who, as locals from Tan Sha, spoke with a distinctive local accent and were quite humorous.

Especially Ye Long’s earlier comment during the competition, "I’ve been peeing in this river since I was a kid, drank water from it countless times—who could beat me in this river?" had many viewers laughing.

"666, peeing in the river, and even daring to drink the water afterwards, this move is epic."

"That’s a tough guy; no wonder he’s so strong."

"I wonder if he first pees in the river and then drinks the water, or the other way around?"

"Maybe he pees upstream and drinks downstream."

While the viewers in the live stream were gossiping, Li Xiaopeng, after his first catch of the blunt-snout bream, had started to hit fish after fish.

He’d already caught seven or eight blunt-snout breams.

The Liuyang River’s breams were generally sizable, the smaller ones being two to three jin, with the largest ones reaching seven or eight jin – quite a decent catch for Li Xiaopeng.

The audience, which had been praising the Lotus Pond Trio just a moment ago, was now shocked.

"Wow, that Master Lin’s teammate has started to catch bream one after another."

"Impressive, in such a short time he’s caught seven or eight, and they’re all pretty big. At this rate, it’s hard to say how the competition will end."