The Top Fishing
Chapter 261 - 161: Fishing in Dianchi Lake

Chapter 261: Chapter 161: Fishing in Dianchi Lake

And Lin Yang, on the other hand, suddenly raised his index finger to his lips and hushed: "Shh, listen."

"Huh?" Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er fell completely silent, listening intently.

Both furrowed their brows, what was that sound, as if it were coming from underwater?

Crack crackle...

Underwater, faint sounds of something breaking apart were carried ashore.

Lin Yang smiled and asked them, "Doesn’t it sound like the cracking of sunflower seeds?"

"Brother Yang, are you saying that the fish known for ’eating’ sunflower seeds has really come?" As soon as Yue’er posed the question, Lin Yang’s rod tip began to quiver violently.

Lin Yang immediately picked up the fishing rod and gave a light flick.

Hooked!

Just like Li Xiaopeng before, he immediately felt the weight in his hand was not light, and the spinning reel was also making a whirring sound as the line paid out.

On one hand, the fish was somewhat large, and on the other, the depth of the water made the fish’s strength feel extraordinarily great when it reached his hands.

This was also why when deep-sea fishing, the strength of the fish feels particularly strong; some sea fish weighing only a pound or two feel like they are around 10 pounds when pulled up, similar to the sensation of freshwater fish.

However, the fish in the cave naturally couldn’t compare to those in the sea, and in less than 10 minutes, Lin Yang had easily pulled the fish out of the water.

This was a thirty to forty centimeter fish, also with a black body, and two pairs of four whiskers around its mouth.

Soft bone four-whiskered barbel, also known as the ’Sunflower Seed Fish.’

As this fish was brought to shore, Lin Yang’s mental encyclopedia of aquatic species once again unlocked a reward; like before, aside from money and points experience, there was also an award for aquatic knowledge.

All things considered, it wasn’t bad; his trip had not been in vain.

"Cousin, not bad at all, I didn’t expect you to actually catch this rare fish," said Li Xiaopeng.

"Quit the chatter, aren’t you taking a photo? Hurry and snap it," Lin Yang replied.

This type of wild soft bone four-whiskered barbel was also a protected species and was rated even higher than the baby fish.

Similarly, farmed four-whiskered barbel could be eaten; the ones Lin Yang and his friends had before were farmed.

Farmed varieties are common, but wild soft bone four-whiskered barbels are much rarer than wild baby fish.

In folklore, there’s a saying about the wild four-whiskered barbel: ’neither seed in life nor corpse in death,’ which describes its elusive nature; people hardly ever see it in the wild.

This is because such fish live only in underground rivers and caves in the wild.

Only during the rainy season, when the water level in underground rivers or caves rises, do they briefly come out to swim. As soon as the water temperature drops, they immediately retreat underground and don’t come out again, making them truly rare to encounter.

So being able to catch such a rare wild four-whiskered barbel in this cave was no easy feat, requiring both skill and luck.

Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er quickly took photos, and Lin Yang promptly released the fish back into the pool.

After catching two different kinds of very rare and protected fish species, they continued fishing there for a while, and each caught several other fish. Although none were rare or special species, the sensation of pulling large fish out of deep water was completely different from their usual pond fishing.

So much power!

Just an ordinary fish weighing a few pounds gave the feeling as if they were pulling up a fish weighing dozens of pounds, making this the most exhilarating fishing experience for Li Xiaopeng.

"Deep water fishing really is exhilarating, indeed," he said. "I’m looking forward to sea fishing someday; it must be even more exciting than this!"

"Of course, the sea is much deeper than this pool, and sea fish are naturally stronger, making the catch even more satisfying," replied Lin Yang.

"So, cousin, when do we go?" asked Li Xiaopeng.

"Let’s wait until after the competition in Yunnan is over...."

Lin Yang wasn’t sure exactly when he would go sea fishing, but it shouldn’t be long; once his fishing tour in Yunnan ended and he had returned home, he would likely go.

...

After fishing in the cave for a couple of hours, the two had had their fill of excitement.

Especially having caught the baby fish and the wild four-whiskered barbel, they were overjoyed.

After exiting the cave, they cast a few lines in the creek outside and unlocked a few more uncommon species, including an eel that resembled a snake.

When it was nearly noon, the group started their drive back.

Lunch was had at a small town on the road, and by three or four in the afternoon, Lin Yang and the others were back in Kunming and heading straight for Dianchi Lake!

It was the largest lake in Yunnan Province and the second-largest highland lake in the country, known as the Highland Pearl.

Due to the structure of the competition, the second fishing competition was to be held in Dianchi Lake the next day, not much different from the first event held in Erhai, still scored according to different species of fish for further ranking.

The only difference was that this time the fish topping the points table was no longer the Erhai Bowfish, since the Erhai Bowfish is unique to Erhai and not found in any other water body.

This time, the highest-scoring fish was the Dianchi Golden Line Barbel, one of the four most famous fish species in Yunnan Province and rare like the Erhai Bowfish, worth ten points each, just like the Bow Fish.

The next day, as the day of the competition arrived, the buzz around the fishing competition began to build again.

According to the initially drawn fishing spot numbers, each team found their assigned spots.

As before, once the female host took the stage, she reintroduced the different teams and re-explained the competition rules.

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