The Top Fishing
Chapter 212 - 148: Giant Fish Tail_3

Chapter 212: Chapter 148: Giant Fish Tail_3

After showing the viewers, Lin Yang asked Xiao Li, "Have there been any records of catching Zong Fish in our camp area? Their numbers are already very low, and if your research team doesn’t need samples, I’ll release it."

Although the Zong Fish is a large predatory fish species, like the dogfish and black fish, they are competitive. Releasing it into the water would continue feeding on the other major domestic fish while also consuming the young of dogfish and black fish.

"Don’t release it! We’ve been here for a few days, and even last time we didn’t catch this kind of fish. The approval document includes legal capture of samples. Let’s take this one back; at least it counts as a contribution."

"Okay, then let’s keep it alive in the fish bucket for now."

Lin Yang nodded and put the lively Zong Fish into the live fish bucket. Then he said to the viewers online, "Unfortunately, none of you guessed what fish this was, so there’s no reward. But that’s alright; there will be similar guesses later on. Let’s keep fishing."

After speaking, he glanced at the reel in his hand and cast out again.

The two fish he had just caught were both caught from the middle water layer. The first dogfish took only three seconds after the pencil hit the water to start reeling in at a steady pace.

The second Zong Fish freely fell for about five seconds before Lin Yang started to reel in. Based on basic knowledge, it was probably around two to two and a half meters deep.

With this judgment, he cast the bait again. After the water entry, he paused for a few seconds longer before letting the fake bait reach the bottom, as bigger fish tend to stay deeper.

Once the fake bait hit the water, he flattened the tip of the rod and then quickly pressed the line floating on the water’s surface into the water before starting to reel in steadily.

Periodically, by pausing, tapping, accelerating, and other refined controlling techniques, he kept the fake bait maintaining a certain swimming posture to attract potential predators.

He thought lowering the layer slightly might get more bites, but after adjusting and trying a few casts according to his plan, reality did not meet his expectations.

In deeper water layers, bites noticeably decreased, even the exploratory attacks during bait retrieval had lessened.

After trying a few more casts, he reluctantly shook his head and adjusted the water layer to around two meters again.

Sure enough, after finding the layer again, he immediately got more bites.

"Whoa, here we go again." The tip of the rod jerked sharply as it was noticeably pulled down by a fish.

Lin Yang even started to enjoy this aggressive biting method, vigorously shaking his wrist to hook the fish hard.

After a few rounds of playing the fish, another three-pound dogfish was landed.

He unhooked it and placed it into the live fish bucket, then continued casting.

Shortly after, he had already caught four dogfish in succession.

After releasing the subsequent dogfish back into the water, Lin Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Phew, from the trial fishing just now, I’ve noticed a problem. In the morning, the water layer where the dogfish are is around one to two meters. All these fish were caught in that layer.

Although I caught quite a few, they were all too small. I’m now planning to change directions and cast for about ten rounds to reexamine this spot, to see if I can catch bigger target fish...."

After a brief explanation, Lin Yang slightly shifted his casting direction, setting his aim about three to four meters away from the structure area.

This type of buffered terrain—one where fish are not clustered together—is actually the target anglers should search near the structure area.

Based on this reasonable judgment, Lin Yang sped up his casting search.

Still employing the same strategy, he altered water layers and depths sequentially during retrieval and casting.

In the shallow water zone, he changed the drop point twice, and after seven or eight casts without any fish striking the bait, Lin Yang habitually controlled the bait to a deeper area.

This time, he didn’t have high expectations, but as soon as the free movement of the bait ended and it began to show its swimming posture, he suddenly felt a strong tug underwater, and the tip of his rod was forcefully pulled downwards, much harder than before.

"Got it!"

Lin Yang quickly set the hook and immediately adjusted the reel’s tension to lessen the line tension.

The next second, the exciting sound of the line tension clicks sounded, revealing that the fish’s response was completely different from the previous catches.

In just a moment, the No. 3 PE line in the reel had been pulled out at least 20 meters and continued to pull nonstop.

"This is a big fish, definitely bigger than any we just had! The pull is too strong, I almost locked the tension, and it’s still pulling so fiercely," Lin Yang said excitedly, continuing to tighten the tension.

That’s the charm of fishing, although he had caught many big fish, encountering this situation still inevitably brought excitement and thrill.

After continuous adjustments, the tension almost reached the design limit of the reel, and the line pulling finally slowed down.

"Wow, why is it so strong! It feels a bit uncontrollable...."

Lin Yang gripped the rod with both hands because the big fish was continuously exerting force underwater, performing continuous tapping actions, making it very difficult to control.

A moment later, he slightly leaned and adjusted the direction of the fishing rod to the side.

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