The Top Fishing
Chapter 264 - 162: Large Scale Whitefish_2

Chapter 264: Chapter 162: Large Scale Whitefish_2

About the origin of the Anti-wave White Fish, there’s also a beautiful legend.

It is said that there was a water monster in Fuxian Lake causing trouble and committing evil deeds. One of the Eight Immortals in the legend of "The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea," He Xianggu, was ordered to eliminate the water monster. After He Xianggu took action, the water monster was vanquished.

However, due to the water monster’s years of chaos, the waters of Fuxian Lake suffered ecological destruction and lost their vitality. He Xianggu reported to the Queen Mother and asked to place the most vibrant beings into Fuxian Lake.

Therefore, the Queen Mother commanded her people to choose the most lively little fish from her Turquoise Pool and descend to the mortal world into Fuxian Lake, and this little fish was precisely the Anti-wave White Fish.

Thus, the Anti-wave White Fish has the reputation of having descended from Heaven, a sprite from the Turquoise Pool.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasty, the Anti-wave White Fish was a famous tribute, a rarity reserved for royal consumption.

Regrettably, in the 1980s, silver fish were introduced into Fuxian Lake without scientific verification from other places. Silver fish have living habits very similar to those of Anti-wave White Fish and are an absolute competing species.

Furthermore, the reproductive and survival abilities of silver fish are stronger than those of Anti-wave White Fish, which has led to a rapid decline in the numbers of Anti-wave White Fish, and they soon became an endangered species.

Only in recent years, under layers of protection, have they barely managed to avoid extinction; but their numbers are no longer what they used to be, allowing people to catch and taste them at will.

Even so, because the Anti-wave White Fish is a small fish species that naturally forms schools, its numbers are absolutely greater than those of the Erhai Bowfish and Dianchi Golden Line Barb.

In Fuxian Lake, it is also easier to catch.

Therefore, this competition is bound to be different from the previous two.

....

The three days passed quickly.

The competition in Fuxian Lake is today.

Before the start of this competition, out of thirty teams, Lin Yang’s team is currently ranked twenty-eighth, a very trailing position.

Currently at the top of the total points leaderboard is still the Tianyuan Team, followed in second place is the Energy Girl Team led by Xiao Ai, while other club-affiliated teams, as well as some Internet celebrity masters, have taken the third to tenth places.

Before the competition began, the audience was also eagerly anticipating.

"I have to say, professional teams are really awesome. Each player is very strong, which gives them a huge advantage in this team competition."

"Those three beauties are also very impressive. It’s hard to believe that three girls are also so good at fishing."

"Master Lin’s team is once again in one of the last places. This competition is very uncertain, they might even be eliminated. Now the remaining teams are all quite formidable."

"I’ve heard that the highest scoring fish in this round is the Anti-wave White Fish, a special product of Fuxian Lake. My grandfather told me that the Anti-wave White Fish is particularly delicious, but it’s a pity that in our era, we can no longer taste it."

"I wonder if more people will be able to catch the Anti-wave White Fish in this round. In the previous two competitions, only Master Lin’s team caught a 10-point fish, and the others were just catching common fish. It’s really dull. I’m looking forward to a clash of the titans...."

Amid high anticipation, the third competition at Fuxian Lake officially begins!

This round of competition saw different teams adjusting their strategies again, as the situation in Fuxian Lake meant that all the teams must have surely prepared their angling tactics in advance, even buying underwater cameras and other equipment to explore the lakebed and distribution of fish.

With this knowledge, everyone understood that although the water in Fuxian Lake is of good quality and plentiful, the fish population is sparse!

Compared to the previous Erhai and Dianchi, the overall number of fish here is also low, with a smaller density, making angling more challenging with fewer choices.

A slight mistake could make one’s score dismal, allowing other teams to widen the gap.

Therefore, everyone’s choice was generally very cautious. Many teams opted for short rods, targeting small fish, because in barren waters if there are any fish, there must be small fish first, and big fish are less certain.

After all, this competition was scoring based on the type and quantity of fish caught, and the size of the fish was not really of concern.

Most teams chose rods shorter than 6.3 meters. Even the Tianyuan Team, which is adept at using long rods, used 4.5 meters for all three members. Clearly, their tactics were very specific: one was to target small fish, and the other was to pursue speed and agility.

In Fuxian Lake, with less fish and so many people fishing simultaneously, everyone needed to bait and chum their spots. Whoever could successfully attract a school of fish would have the edge.

But those nearby might end up with no bites.

Of course, there were a few teams that took the opposite approach, using long rods. Since a longer rod often means more power in the fishing world, they too wanted to take advantage of the length to intercept fish from nearby contestants and cut them off from the action.

Each team exhibited their own magical angling skills and started fishing together!

On Lin Yang’s side, today he and Li Xiaopeng, just like everyone else, used short rods of 3.6 meters, while Yue’er went even shorter with a 2.7-meter rod, much shorter than anyone else at the competition.

As he chummed the spot, he exchanged strategies with the others: "Our tactics today are very straightforward—lure and attract fish. Whoever manages to attract fish successfully will take the lead. Failure to attract fish or having them lured away by neighboring competitors could mean today’s victory is out of reach, leaving us with nothing. So, the only tactic is to keep chumming."

"No problem. Today I’ll exhaust these two arms if I have to, just to nurture the fishing spot."