The Top Fishing
Chapter 245 - 157: The Appearance of the Seven-star Fish

Chapter 245: Chapter 157: The Appearance of the Seven-star Fish

At the organizers’ arrangement, the beautiful hostess took the stage again and randomly invited competing teams to come up for a pre-competition interview.

The teams that could participate in this competition were not just regular fishing enthusiasts. Some were professional team players, others were popular anglers online; everyone’s fishing level was exceptionally high.

As some well-known anglers came up on stage, the atmosphere at the venue turned more and more lively.

After several team representatives went on stage, the attention of Lin Yang and his two friends was drawn to a petite beauty coming up next.

"Cousin, look, isn’t that Xiao Ai who we had dinner with last time at Juzi Island?" Li Xiaopeng pointed at the petite beauty who was taking the stage.

"Hmm."

Lin Yang nodded his head; this slightly familiar face was indeed one of the three beautiful fans they had met not long ago at Juzi Island.

"No wonder she said they had already arrived." At this moment, Li Xiaopeng seemed to realize it as well, feeling like he had lost his sense of happiness again.

At this time, Lin Yang involuntarily shook his head again, appearing to only just now come to terms with it.

In their previous meal together, the other party did not hide her name; Xiao Ai was her online alias and also her name in this competition.

The three of them were also popular fishing anchors, and both their fame and skills were quite vigorous. This could be felt from the discussions and atmosphere among the attendees as she took the stage.

Many of the anglers present seemed to recognize Xiao Ai on stage, but this was normal; people in the angling circle are naturally more familiar with their own community.

After Xiao Ai left the stage, it was unavoidable for Lin Yang to be called up shortly after.

There was no choice; he had been so popular online recently that the organizers couldn’t skip the chance to tap into his popularity.

After Lin Yang got on stage, he naturally followed the protocol and said some official remarks, like ’I’m very interested in this competition, Yunnan is indeed a great place to travel, I will give my all in this competition,’ and so forth.

When the atmosphere peaked, it was almost time for the contest.

The host immediately announced, "Today’s first Erhai fishing contest now officially begins!"

The competition had officially started, and everyone went back to their designated fishing spots, which had been randomly assigned at the time of registration: a total of 300 spots, exactly fitting the 300 competing teams, with all three members of each team positioned at adjoining spots.

Lin Yang and his team’s spot was number 128, located at a small promontory.

Actually, because the overall shape of Erhai looks like a human ear, and the terrain along the shore is very irregular and uneven, there were many promontories and coves designated as fishing spots.

Each team had one or two good fishing spots.

After the competition started, Lin Yang didn’t hold back and said, "There are many opponents in this competition, and all are formidable. To ensure good results, I will take the best spot on the promontory, Xiao Peng and Yue’er, you each take one side."

"Okay!!"

Both readily agreed with his arrangement.

"Also, according to the fish species points chart, I’ve considered carefully, the most cost-effective plan. I’ve divided the fish into three categories:

The first category is small miscellaneous fish, like white fish, Mai Sui, and Silver Carp; these fish are generally worth 0.1 or 0.2 points, they score low, but the advantage is they are easy to catch.

The second category includes common bottom-dwelling fish, such as Crucian Carp, Carp, Grass Carp, and Bream. These are generally near or at the bottom and mostly omnivores. These fish have middle-range points, and the difficulty of fishing is also medium, generally between 0.5 and 3 points.

The third category is high-scoring local species, specifically the Seven-star fish, Big Head Carp, and the rarest, the Erhai Bowfish.

These three types have one thing in common: they all like meaty bait, and both Big Head Carp and Erhai Bowfish are upper-layer fish, while Seven-star fish isn’t strictly an upper-layer fish, but it also comes up to feed.

So my strategy is, Yue’er, you use a 2.7-meter short rod to fish for small miscellaneous fish on the water’s surface, Xiao Peng, you use the 4.5-meter rod for bottom-dwelling Crucian and Carps, and I will mainly target the local rare species!"

Lin Yang continuously worked the area with a short rod at the upper layer of the water, inevitably catching some small miscellaneous fish, adding some points, but as long as he kept at it, he was sure to attract Big Head Carp, Seven-star fish, and Bowfish.

Once these three kinds of fish arrived, catching just one or two would give him enough points to advance to the next round of the competition.

After hearing his competition plan, Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er also nodded continuously.

"All right, let’s do it, get to work!"

The three immediately began baiting, nesting, and skimming, entering full competition mode.

As the competition officially began, all 300 teams, totaling 900 participants, began fishing.

Due to this round’s scoring system being radically different from other fishing contests which generally rank by weight, and instead used a new system of scoring by fish species and number, the strategies set by various teams varied significantly, along with their fishing methods.

This situation made the female host very busy.

She followed the main camera crew for the competition program, moving back and forth between many popular teams and introducing each team’s fishing status.

"What we are seeing now is the Tianyuan Team, number 11; these three are the trainee anglers from the Tianyuan Club. You can see that the three anglers are using different lengths of rods, one with a 7.2-meter rod seems to be targeting faraway deep-water species, while the other two are using 6.3 meters and 4.5 meters respectively, it appears the Tianyuan Team’s strategy involves taking into consideration both length and proximity, aiming to cover as many water layers and fish species as possible!"

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