The Top Fishing
Chapter 224 - 151: Device Trigger_3

Chapter 224: Chapter 151: Device Trigger_3

"Don’t worry, I was already wearing a life jacket. It’s just like taking a bath in the water. Besides, the big fish has already swallowed the large hook, so it can’t attack me."

"Alright, then I’ll drive the boat over."

Having decided on the strategy, he spoke to the camera, "Now, we’re going to approach the airbag, and then I’ll go down into the water to manually draw the fish. Wait for the good news from me."

The fishing boat quickly approached the airbag floating on the surface of the water, and Lin Yang came to the edge of the boat before leaping into the water with agility.

Although he could swim but wasn’t highly skilled, he quickly got to the airbag with a life jacket on. He first glanced at the reel’s line storage, and as he expected, most of the line had been pulled into the water by the fish.

Then he checked the other parts of the reel and found everything was basically normal. He adjusted the line tension with his hand and naturally began to reel in the line by turning the handle.

The fish, pulling the line underwater, didn’t move straight up and down but at a certain angle, so when he initially reeled in over ten meters of line, the resistance wasn’t significant; it only adjusted the relative position between the airbag and the fish.

However, after reeling in more than ten meters of fishing line, the line became taut, and the underwater fish seemed stimulated, speeding up its movements.

At this point, the increased line tension that Lin Yang had set up earlier became effective, preventing the line from being pulled from the reel, and all the force was transferred to the entire airbag.

This situation caused greater exhaustion on the fish than before, which is exactly what he wanted to see.

"The big fish underwater is exerting its power. I just slightly reeled in some line, and it started moving faster. This will significantly shorten the time needed to draw the fish. Now, I’m going to start drawing the fish manually," said Lin Yang, and he wrapped his arms around the entire airbag.

"Damn, this host is awesome; how long will it take to draw this fish?"

"Damn, I feel like Master Lin is going to go viral with this move. I can’t help it; I’m going out to share this on Moments. These fishing methods are rare, I need to let my friends see this."

Because of the scarcity of the live broadcast content and the strong expectations, quite a few viewers started sharing Lin Yang’s live stream on their own, just like the last time they caught a giant blackfish.

During this period, Lin Yang, as a rising Fishing Star, was already highly talked about. Now that he was live streaming fishing at Dongting Lake, even people who knew little about fishing, upon hearing the news, were curious to check it out, not to mention the many fishing enthusiasts.

In this situation, the number of online viewers in the live-streaming room began to grow rapidly: 5,000, 10,000, 15,000... Within a few minutes, the number of viewers multiplied by several times, and it kept increasing.

More viewers started commenting, but Lin Yang remained quite relaxed as he floated on the water surface, embracing the ’natural power’ drift.

Whenever he felt the fish slow down, he consciously turned the reel to draw in some line, causing the underwater fish to accelerate and sprint again.

About half an hour into fishing, from the initial location to the current position, the fish had moved the fishing device over a kilometer, with a drone following and filming the entire process overhead.

Not far away, three boats from the research team also followed closely, fearing any unforeseen errors.

However, as the main character, Lin Yang was quite relaxed; his customized large reel was at least three sizes larger than those used on regular fishing rods. It offered more resistance when paying out line and more pulling force when reeling in.

Moreover, the fishing device was designed to handle large fish, ensuring the strength of both the fishing line and the hook was more than sufficient, so he didn’t worry about the line breaking or similar issues.

Thus, every few minutes, Lin Yang consciously controlled the line payout and reel-in to stimulate the underwater fish to sustain high energy consumption.

From around three o’clock in the afternoon until around four-thirty, the fish’s swimming speed finally slowed down. No matter how much he stimulated the fish by reeling in line, it stopped moving.

At this point, Lin Yang knew that the first stage had passed, and the real challenge was just beginning.

"Alright, now that the fish’s energy reserves have been mostly depleted, it’s time to enter the second stage. This is the real phase to catch the big fish..." After signaling to the camera, he started to adjust the reel in his hands.

He changed the line payout mode from a basic automatic on level one to a manual on level two, increasing the resistance for paying out line and greatly enhancing the torque for unloading when reeling in.

This might be hard to understand for some people.

Take the example of a technologically advanced mountain bike. The bike utilizes the chain on different gears to achieve varying effects.

Previously, the situation was relatively smooth with lower torque, impacting the stimulation and pulling effects on the fish less, aimed at protecting the fishing gear from destructive impacts and dislodging the hook.

But now, since the fish’s energy is almost depleted, it’s time to switch the chain to a higher torque setting. This allows the angler to use more substantial force, output higher torque, and accelerate the depletion of the fish’s energy.

After adjusting the gear settings, Lin Yang quietly continued to reel in the line. Holding the fixed wheel housing with his left hand and tightly gripping the folding crank handle with his right, he fiercely reeled in.