The Top Fishing
Chapter 276 - 164: Counterattack to Win the Championship_4

Chapter 276: Chapter 164: Counterattack to Win the Championship_4

"It seems that the fishing technique Master Lin chose is indeed the most suitable for catching Split Belly Fish, and it’s not by chance. This is the level a master should have, always able to adjust according to the situation,"

"It seems Master Lin is indeed far superior to the others. Aside from him, currently, no one else is using the same technique, and besides Master Lin, among forty to fifty other competitors, only one person caught a Split Belly Fish, and that was using a silent rod tip pulled from tumultuous waters,"

"It seems that the habit of the Split Belly Fish is to be active in turbulent waters, which isn’t a secret; many anglers know this. Thus, choosing turbulent waters as a fishing spot makes sense, but most people seem not to have considered another habit of the Split Belly Fish, which is that they like bait that moves. That’s why only Master Lin, using Beach Brushing Fishing, was hugely successful, while the angler with the bouncing rod tip had a miserable catch. It probably won’t be long before others start imitating Master Lin’s technique..."

In the online discussion, it wasn’t long before other competitors, especially those near Lin Yang, watching him constantly catch fish while they got little, finally couldn’t help but start using the Beach Brushing Fishing technique as well.

Soon, a competitor near Lin Yang had success with this method, catching a Split Belly Fish.

"Hahaha, this fishing method really works well, I got a fish too!"

With his shout, others couldn’t contain themselves either, and more and more people started changing their techniques, learning from Lin Yang.

Before long, along the lakeside shallow water entry, the anglers uniformly started casting and pulling rods... all using Beach Brushing Fishing.

Seeing this, Lin Yang merely smiled and shook his head; Beach Brushing Fishing was not that easy.

Sure enough.

What followed at the water entry wasn’t a series of fish catches but several anglers wailing.

"Oh no! My hook seems to be stuck at the bottom, it’s over... can’t pull it out."

"Damn, my leader line seems to have snapped, it’s really messing things up."

"You just snapped your leader line; my main line broke. Who do I cry to?"

"Ahh... getting stuck at the bottom makes me question my life..."

Amidst a chorus of wails, the live broadcast showed these Beach Brushing Fishing anglers, with images of them getting stuck one after another, more frequent than catching fish.

Seeing this, the viewers couldn’t help but flood the chat.

"Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter, these people wanted to imitate Master Lin at Beach Brushing Fishing, and now they are all getting stuck massively."

"Beach Brushing Fishing is not that easy; it requires a refined force to control the bait to skim along the bottom near rocks back and forth but not fall into the cracks, otherwise, it’s very easy to get stuck. That’s why Beach Brushing Fishing is a niche technique due to its difficulty, not everyone who wants to use it can,"

"This is too funny, seeing a bunch of fishing experts desperately getting stuck. Master Lin has led everyone on the road of no return."

...

Initially, many anglers, seeing Lin Yang continually catching Split Belly Fish with Beach Brushing Fishing, were envious and hurried to use the technique, hoping to achieve consecutive catches like him.

But the actual situation wasn’t as they had expected; while some anglers didn’t get stuck much, they also didn’t catch much fish.

However, a few did catch some fish, but not Split Belly Fish, instead catching some species like Mackerel, smallmouth, and Qing Shao.

These fish are also small predatory fish, but unlike the Split Belly Fish which prefers to stay close to the bottom, the small mouth and Qing Shao like to swim in midwater or even at the surface.

Therefore, from the fish these people caught, one can tell the mistakes they made: their bait was not staying close to the bottom, but was instead in midwater or at the surface, which is why they weren’t constantly snagging the bottom.

If the hook doesn’t reach the bottom, it naturally won’t snag as easily.

Those who switched to Beach Brushing Fishing either snagged the bottom or caught other fish, with only a few lucky ones possibly encountering or having the right control of strength to occasionally catch a Split Belly Fish.

Such performance was indeed much better than before they used Beach Brushing Fishing, but it still fell far short of Lin Yang’s.

Lin Yang’s casts didn’t snag the bottom and looked very natural and effortless, and he almost caught a fish within every five casts, achieving a very high hit rate.

By comparison, other anglers might snag the bottom in three out of ten casts, come up empty in six, with only one cast possibly catching a fish, nowhere near his level.

This scenario made the faces of many anglers turn sour, as this comparison starkly illustrated the gap in skill between them and Lin Yang, a disparity that delighted the netizens.

As some experts analyzed, Beach Brushing Fishing, being a niche and unpopular method, has a high barrier to entry and is not easy to manage.

It requires very precise force to keep the bait close to the bottom during the dragging process without it falling into crevices, which is a challenging task itself.

Imagine using a several-meter-long pole, tied with equally long, very thin line, controlling bait the size of an insect to move rapidly just above the riverbed; it’s already very difficult on flat ground, let alone in a fast current where most anglers simply can’t manage.

In fact, unless one has practiced Beach Brushing Fishing for a long time and has abundant experience, it is possible to use it successfully in such rapid conditions.

Otherwise, even if you are some fishing master, it would be difficult to manage.

The reason Lin Yang could master Beach Brushing Fishing so proficiently was because he had already mastered lure fishing, and he had practiced fly fishing for several hours the past two days, thus he had some technical lead in beach fishing; otherwise, even for him, it would be easy to snag the bottom on his first try.

Although using Beach Brushing Fishing often led to snagging the bottom, more and more competitors joined in using this method.

An hour after the competition started, nearly 3/4 of the anglers were using the Beach Brushing Fishing method.

There was no choice, as other methods hardly caught any Split Belly Fish, and as one of the four famous fishes valued at 10 points, they were too tempting not to target.

Even the players from teams who ranked very high switched to the Beach Brushing Fishing method, collectively aiming to catch Split Belly Fish.

However, some actually managed to catch Split Belly Fish, others only caught miscellaneous fish like small mouths, and some just ended up feeling lonely... and losing countless hooks.

In comparison, the Masters still showed some of their finesse.

At least those well-known Masters, though also occasionally making mistakes and losing hooks, were able to catch a Split Belly Fish every now and then.

After all, these Masters had very rich fishing experience and had well-practiced strength, even if they hadn’t used Beach Brushing Fishing before, they were still much better than the average angler.

But what really caught everyone’s attention was the Energy Girl Team. The three female anglers using the Beach Brushing Fishing method could be said to have an advantage. Their strength, speed, and power might not compare to top male competitors, but their control over strength was stronger than most male anglers, so in this Lugu Lake competition, the three beautiful female anglers turned around their disadvantage from the last race and performed strongly, catching many Split Belly Fish and becoming the biggest winners next to Lin Yang.

The competition ultimately ended without suspense with Lin Yang’s strong performance and his leading-edge fishing technique.

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