The Top Fishing
Chapter 262 - 161: Fishing at Dianchi Lake_2

Chapter 262: Chapter 161: Fishing at Dianchi Lake_2

When the competition time arrived, with the command of the referee, all team anglers began to fish!

Like the first match, due to different water conditions and fish situations, the points for various fish were different, so the fishing methods chosen by the teams varied greatly.

There were still fishing rods of varying lengths appearing among the teams.

However, with the end of the first match, teams had accumulated experience, and everyone generally understood one thing: using long rods for big fish was disadvantageous.

The most typical were those teams that chose to hook Catfish. Although their final catch weight was significantly ahead of many teams, their points were extremely low, ranking them at the bottom, and even causing many teams to be eliminated.

The teams ranked at the top, such as the Tianyuan Team, adopted a tactic that combined rods of various lengths for comprehensive coverage.

Xiao Ai, leading three lively girls, opted for uniform short rods, all 4.5 meters each.

Thus, in this round, hardly any competitors were using long rods. Rods longer than 8.1 meters were almost nonexistent, and even 7.2-meter rods were rare.

The program’s main camera swept over many teams, particularly the popular ones. When viewers saw those usually using long rods switch to short rods, many began to comment and predict the possible performance of these teams today.

And when the camera focused on Lin Yang’s team, many people were stunned.

There were Lin Yang and Li Xiaopeng, one on the left and the other on the right, both wielding 9-meter-long rods!

"What are Master Lin and his team doing using such long rods?"

"Last match they used short rods, this match long rods, Master Lin’s team is indeed taking a different path."

Lin Yang and Li Xiaopeng, each with a 9-meter rod, shocked all the spectators, even prompting the anglers beside them to take frequent glances in their direction.

Lin Yang managed alright; he sat and cast with his 9-meter rod without much trouble. However, for Li Xiaopeng, because he wasn’t at that level yet, with the 9-meter long rod, he could only whip it around.

First, he swung the fish hook and line behind him, then like a samurai wielding a sword, he fiercely flung it forward.

The 9-meter rod made a whooshing sound as it swung, creating a strong gust of wind. Every time he whirled the rod, several surrounding teams couldn’t help but turn to look.

Their looks resembled those watching a fool, yet simultaneously seemed concerned Li Xiaopeng might accidentally strike someone with his rod.

The audience could not help but start mocking.

"Master Lin’s team is really something, insisting on using a long rod. To top it off, that guy is actually whipping it around."

"Casting the rod is so cumbersome, how can they fish like that..."

Facing the unusual gazes of the surrounding anglers, Li Xiaopeng felt a bit embarrassed. He turned to Lin Yang, "Cousin, isn’t using a long rod a waste of time? Why are we still using them?"

"No worries; just follow me and keep drawing the nests. Once the Catfish gather, you can pull out the rod," Lin Yang said calmly.

"What?"

"Just do as I say."

"Okay." Although Li Xiaopeng was completely confused and didn’t understand his intentions, he still fully trusted Lin Yang’s words.

So, he began to do as Lin Yang instructed, and the two of them continuously drew their nests together.

As for Yue’er next to them, she was still using the same method as last time, fishing for small mixed fish, but this time with a 3.6-meter rod.

It must be said, since Dianchi Lake usually prohibits fishing, there was indeed an abundance of Catfish.

After just less than ten minutes of drawing their nests, Lin Yang was the first to get a bite.

He lifted the rod to set the hook!

Within just two or three minutes, the first Catfish, also their first fish of the day, was brought ashore. It was a 10-pound Hua Lian.

The program team also added the corresponding points to Lin Yang’s team; a Catfish scored 2 points.

For such a 10-pound Catfish, a regular angler would need at least five or six minutes to reel it in, making the cost-benefit ratio quite low.

"Master Lin was quick in catching fish here, and he quickly hooked his first Catfish."

"It doesn’t seem to be doing well though, he earned just two points for that fish, and in the time it took him, others have caught several Crucian Carps and Carps."

"Look at the Tianyuan Team over there, all three members have caught fish, and they’ve already scored 8 points."

"Eh? Look over at Master Lin; why did the other guy reel in his line?"

As soon as Lin Yang hooked a fish, Li Xiaopeng followed what he had said earlier and withdrew his rod, leaving Lin Yang alone to fiercely pull in the Catfish.

Soon, he hooked a second Catfish using the same violent fishing method, pulling the fish directly onto the shore.

As more and more Catfish gathered in the nest, Lin Yang would almost always catch a fish as soon as he cast his line, it was nearly a continuous catch, one huge Catfish after another being swiftly pulled to shore by his forceful method.

The speed and power he demonstrated in pulling in the fish even made the show’s experts and some of the anglers exclaim.

"Let’s not discuss whether Master Lin’s tactics are sound or not, just his skill in fishing for Catfish is truly formidable."

"Exactly, the way he continuously pulls in Catfish, I believe masters like Deng Lianyong or Liu Changgan could also do it, but I doubt anyone can match his speed."

"That’s too fast, a fish weighing over ten pounds only took a few minutes to be caught."

Under everyone’s gaze, Lin Yang kept pulling in Catfish one after the other, and instead of placing them in a keepnet, once the crew had calculated his score, he would directly release them back into the water.

He continuously pulled Catfish for over three hours, with barely any pauses.

Meanwhile, after initially withdrawing the 9-meter rod, Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er switched to shorter 3.6-meter rods.

The two seemed to be fishing for smaller mixed fish, yet they used bait made from crushed shrimp meat, which Lin Yang had prepared before the competition started.

Many spectators were curious about the bait Yue’er and he were using, unsure of what exactly they were aiming to catch.

However,

three hours into the competition, Li Xiaopeng lifted a small fish about 10 centimeters long onto the shore.

Everyone was initially puzzled, not knowing what kind of fish it was, but when they heard the commentator’s words, they were greatly shocked.

"Is this... a Golden Line Barb? My goodness, Master Lin’s teammate has actually caught a treasure of Dianchi Lake — the Golden Line Barb!"

"One of the four famed fishes, a Golden Line Barb worth 10 points, and this is also the first Golden Line Barb caught in today’s competition."

"It turns out Master Lin’s teammate is also incredible...."

What the audience didn’t know was that Li Xiaopeng’s success in catching the Golden Line Barb was tied to their use of a magical fishing float and the shrimp meat bait, which is a particularly favored food by the Golden Line Barb.

From the previous days of recreational fishing, Lin Yang had also understood one truth, having a "Golden Finger" index wasn’t the only factor, even though he had accumulated Master-level fishing skills.

But in this competition, whether one could catch special fish species wasn’t greatly tied to one’s fishing skills.

Lin Yang’s ’Magical Fishing Float’ has a +30% chance of catching rare fish species, so in this competition, he had directly tasked Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er to hold positions for rare species with the short rods.

Fortune favors the diligent; partway through the competition, they finally hooked a Golden Line Barb.

Following Li Xiaopeng’s catch of a Golden Line Barb, the main camera focus shifted back to their location.

The commentators, who were experts, were also very excited as the four famed fishes of Yunnan Province were an important promotional aspect of this competition.

Only such rare fish species stunts could generate greater attention for the show, creating significant sensational effects and topics of discussion.

In the last contest, Lin Yang’s ’landing’ of the Erhai Bowfish had already brought great benefits to the competition.

Having tasted the fruits of success, the show’s team naturally also looked forward to someone catching the Dianchi Golden Line Barb in this contest.

But as the competition neared its final hour with no one yet landing a Golden Line Barb, the organizers were getting anxious.

Just then, it was Lin Yang’s team that spectacularly accomplished this feat, making the organizers view his team almost like saviors.

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