The Top Fishing
Chapter 268 - 163: Playing Fly Fishing

Chapter 268: Chapter 163: Playing Fly Fishing

Moreover, from another perspective, catching such a fish could have an even greater impact on Xiao Ai in other aspects than simply winning the championship.

Because winning a championship could at most bring her some prize money and fame, but catching a fish species believed to be extinct could not only result in massive media exposure and fame but also garner great honor, contributing significantly to the fields of biology and environmental conservation.

As soon as the fish was caught, many cameras from the production crew surrounded Xiao Ai, and the staff were interacting with her. Of course, Xiao Ai was very willing to engage and did not mind at all that these interactions might affect her continued fishing.

For her and their team, catching this fish made the competition worthwhile, even if no more fish were caught afterward.

The Energy Girl Team continued to communicate with the production crew, focusing on the Large Scale Whitefish. The production crew also prioritized it, and the audience loved it, so their competition became secondary to the program revolving around the Large Scale Whitefish.

Just then, Lin Yang quietly lifted his rod again, and a White Fish, larger than any previous ones, burst out of the water. Its body was white, and its scales were large; it was also a Large Scale Whitefish.

Even though he had also caught a Large Scale Whitefish, he showed no special reaction, still casually removing the fish and placing it into the fish protector before continuing to fish.

Most of the audience was still focused on Xiao Ai, so the others did not yet know that he had also caught a Large Scale Whitefish.

After fishing for about five to six minutes, he caught another Large Scale Whitefish!

He removed the hook silently, placed it into the protector, then baited his hook and cast again, maintaining this rhythm...

If someone had been paying attention to Lin Yang at that moment, they would have been astonished, as he was able to catch a Large Scale Whitefish every five to six minutes!

This rhythm continued until the competition ended.

Initially, because Xiao Ai of the Energy Girl Team had caught a Large Scale Whitefish and it was known to the production crew and the audience, nearly all the attention and excitement during the final stages of the competition focused on them.

Clearly, rather than the competition results, everyone cared more about the Large Scale Whitefish, a species certified as extinct.

Towards the end of the competition, officials arrived at the site with utmost urgency to grant the highest level of protection to the Large Scale Whitefish.

The official presence was a team of aquaculture experts from Yunnan Province. Upon seeing the Large Scale Whitefish, the experts were very pleased and immediately arranged for its protection and transfer.

At that moment, one of the team’s leaders expressed both delight and a bit of regret: "It’s a pity that only one Large Scale Whitefish was caught. If we could have caught a male and a female, the scientific value would have been immense."

Xiao Ai couldn’t help but pout, feeling extremely fortunate to have caught one Large Scale Whitefish.

To think they wanted to catch a pair? If it were that easy, would it still be considered an extinct species?

Meanwhile, the experts were responsible for protecting and transferring the Large Scale Whitefish.

The production crew was busy tallying and calculating the points. Since a Large Scale Whitefish, which was not pre-listed for points before the competition, appeared, the production crew temporarily set its points at 20.

This was the only fish species in the competition to have a point value exceeding the four famous fishes!

Because most of the teams targeted Anti-wave White Fish during this competition, and since it was a small fish and hard to count during the earlier stages, teams stored their fish in protectors to facilitate the final tally.

After all, Anti-wave White Fish is a small fish and wouldn’t be in much danger even inside the fish protectors. As long as care was taken during the count, it wouldn’t affect the final release.

When it came to tallying for Lin Yang and his team, the staff first counted the fish in Li Xiaopeng’s protector.

To their surprise, they found an exceptionally high number of Anti-wave White Fish in Li Xiaopeng’s protector, possibly the most caught by any single participant, which puzzled everyone.

However, when they opened Lin Yang’s protector, they understood; Lin Yang had only about ten fishes, not too many compared to other competitors.

"It seems Lin Yang and Li Xiaopeng swapped protectors, or Lin Yang moved some of his catch to Li Xiaopeng’s protector," guessed one of the staff members.

Indeed, they guessed correctly, for Lin Yang had indeed transferred the rest of the Anti-wave White Fish into Li Xiaopeng’s protector, while the remaining in his own...

As the staff carefully opened his protector, ready to count, Lin Yang cautioned, "Be careful, these fish are too fragile to handle roughly."

"Of course, Anti-wave White Fish, national second class, we understand," the crew members chuckled, thinking Lin Yang’s warning was a bit superfluous.

They had already counted so many teams’ fish, how could they not be careful? It was as if they had never seen Anti-wave White Fish before.

But as they casually opened the protector and began to count.

One, two, three...

"Wait, what kind of fish is this?" a staff member started counting but suddenly realized something was off. Why were Lin Yang’s fish larger than everyone else’s?

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