The Top Fishing
Chapter 226 - 152: The Big Fish Surfaces

Chapter 226: Chapter 152: The Big Fish Surfaces

Merely a casual stroke had such great power that Lin Yang was startled and a bit nervous.

"Xiao Yang, are you alright? The big fish has surfaced, what’s the next step?"

Professor Chen’s boat was about twenty meters away, seeking Lin Yang’s advice via walkie-talkie.

Even if he had been reluctant to admit it before, now that he finally saw the fish, he was thoroughly impressed and his tone speaking to Lin Yang clearly became much more polite.

"The big fish hasn’t flipped belly-up yet, let it run a bit more, I feel it should be soon, it doesn’t have much energy left," Lin Yang said with certainty.

"Okay, pay attention to safety!"

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Less than ten minutes later, the big fish on the surface completely exhausted its strength, unable to maintain its swimming posture, it flipped belly-up and floated to the surface.

Now, the size and length contrast became even more striking.

When Lin Yang was swimming in the water, looking from above, he was about one and a half meters tall, while the big fish floating on the surface about ten meters away clearly exceeded his length by more than double.

The back of the big fish was gray, while its flanks and belly were almost silver-white. Although the whole body of the fish was very long, it seemed slender, which was quite different from the huge behemoth people might imagine.

As the big fish came out of the water, the atmosphere in the livestream room also reached its peak.

"Holy moly, what kind of fish is this? By the looks of it, it must be over a hundred, maybe even two hundred pounds, right?"

"I think this fish looks a bit like the Zong Fish the host caught yesterday, only way bigger."

"Now that you mention it, I really see the resemblance, their heads and mouths are both very sharp and small, and their bodies look extremely long and slender."

After the big fish flipped over, Lin Yang managed to climb onto the small boat with the help of several college students, considering he had already been submerged for over three hours.

And since he had been playing the fish the whole time, even though he was wearing a life jacket, it still took a large toll on his physical strength.

Once he sat down in the boat to rest, Professor Chen also came over with two students by his side.

"The big fish has flipped over, can we bring it back? We definitely need to find a way to take this fish back, as our country currently lacks sufficient samples, and they are needed for subsequent research," Professor Chen said.

Lin Yang nodded, "Since it has flipped over, it should be out of energy, my suggestion is it’s best to use a boat to drag the fish out from the water. For such a large fish, oxygen depletion can easily cause death, and then it probably wouldn’t survive anyway."

"We are prepared for this eventuality. Given the objective conditions, it’s unavoidable if it dies. Anyway, just tell us how to secure the catch and the rest we will take care of."

"Okay."

Lin Yang nodded and then said, "Get a thicker and longer rope."

Soon, a student on a small boat found a rope about as thick as a little finger and roughly four or five meters long.

Lin Yang received the rope, and as he slowly approached the powerless fish floating on the surface aboard the small boat, he bent over and gently pulled the fish closer.

At that moment, Xiao Peng zoomed in with the camera, showing the big fish’s mouth almost as thick as an adult’s thigh, while its body was as thick as a person’s waist.

At a glance, the hook was lodged on the edge of the fish’s mouth, and through the opening, one could vaguely see a row of sharp teeth densely packed on the inside.

By then, the drone had been retracted, and Lin Yang glanced at the phone camera, "Now our next step is to secure the fish and drag it back. Our resources are limited, so we’ll have to do it manually. My plan is to thread the rope through the fish’s gill covers and use the fish-tying method I demonstrated earlier to temporarily control the fish. The other end of the rope will be tied to a small boat, and we’ll start by pulling the fish back to the dock near our camp."

After a brief explanation, he pinched the rope and located the fish’s gills. The fish was so big that even the gills were exaggeratedly spacious, indeed larger than the fish’s head.

Lin Yang, out of habit, simply pushed the rope through towards the front, and the rope, nearly as thick as his little finger, easily came out through the mouth, much more easily than he had anticipated.

The most difficult part, threading the rope, was completed. The rest was simple. Once both ends were secured, he finally removed the fishhook.

"All right, our fishing mission is successfully completed, time to head home!"

He signaled, and the person piloting the boat up front responded over the walkie-talkie. Then slowly, they started the motor and began moving, pulling the floating fish towards the camp.

With the fish taken away, all that was left for Lin Yang to do was some simple wrap-up work. Following the manual, he found the switch to deflate the air bladder, letting out the air, and then with Xiao Li’s help, he gathered up the fishing gear and pulled it onto the fishing boat.

After busying with a series of trivial tasks, it was completely dark.

However, by then, the viewers in the live room had only increased from before, reaching a new peak with nearly eighty to ninety thousand people. Many of them had rushed over to join the excitement after hearing the news.

Many called out to see the big fish as Lin Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, the wrap-up is complete, now let’s head back to the dock. You all wanted to see the big fish, right? Come on, I’ll take you to have a close look."

Twenty minutes later, the fishing boat caught up back to the camp, and in the distance, the dock was highlighted with a close-up shot from the camera.

Under the fishing boat’s lights, the three-meter-long big fish was still floating less than five meters away from the fishing boat. It was simple to drag it over water, but getting it ashore was going to be a bit troublesome.