The Top Fishing
Chapter 293 - 169: Diagonal-stripe Grouper_3

Chapter 293: Chapter 169: Diagonal-stripe Grouper_3

They really do rely on the weather to make a living. Some people buy a boat and can return home within a year to build a new house and buy a new car, while others may end up losing their boat in the same amount of time.

For Lin Yang, once his crab bait had been dropped into the sea, it started to take effect in this area. Almost a lot of fish saw the crab almost immediately.

Although they weren’t sure how this crab managed to swim up so high and climb onto the coral reef, they found the crab in front of them to be very appetizing and really wanted to take a bite.

Fish in the sea are not like those in freshwater on land that might get wise after being caught too often. As for marine fish, especially predatory species, as long as it’s something in their diet, they don’t think too much. Most fish upon seeing prey will rush to bite it immediately.

While other fish were still hesitating about whether to go for the little green crab or not, a big grouper also turned a corner from behind a coral reef.

Without giving any chance to the other fish, it charged over instantly and then bit onto the body of the crab.

At this point, Lin Yang had only just put the crab into the water for less than five minutes. He was still occasionally adjusting the position of the crab when his fishing rod was suddenly pulled by something from the sea.

Seeing this, Lin Yang was also delighted. He quickly jerked up the rod to make sure the fish was hooked, then started to reel in.

Feeling the force feedback on the reel, he knew he had a bite.

"Brother Yang, did you catch a fish?"

Watching his movements, Yue’er, who had just finished taking photos of the seascape nearby, couldn’t help but ask excitedly.

And upon hearing Yue’er’s words, Master Chai and his nephew on the other side looked at Lin Yang’s side in shock.

"Is it possible? Catching a fish so quickly?"

Both exchanged a look, somewhat astonished. With their rich sea fishing experience, even in the resource-rich coral reef area, it was rare for someone to catch a fish so quickly.

"Maybe it’s the beginner’s protection period," said the young man without giving it too much thought.

However, he soon felt sour because the fish that this sea fishing novice had seemed to be quite large.

Lin Yang was currently holding the fishing rod firmly with the crook of his arm, letting the fish in the sea struggle in vain, trying to pull the line towards the deep sea and the distance. Unfortunately, its strength was nowhere near that of an electric fish reel.

When the fish underwater had run out of energy, it was quickly pulled out of the water.

Of course, this ’quickly’ is relative to sea fishing standards. In reality, from the moment the fish was hooked until it was reeled in and was flopping its tongue out on the surface of the water, it took nearly 20 minutes.

Although Lin Yang didn’t need to manually pull in the line, just holding onto the fishing rod tightly still exhausted him greatly.

This is the difference between sea fishing and freshwater fishing.

The effort he just put in was equivalent to pulling in a fifty-pound big fish in freshwater, but the sea fish he pulled out of the water obviously wasn’t that big.

"It’s a Diagonal-stripe Grouper, probably close to twenty pounds!"

Looking at the large catch floating on the water’s surface, Master Chai came over, a smile on his face as he said.

As Lin Yang kept the fish rod braced and pulled the fish to the side of the boat, Master Chai picked up a gaff and pierced it through the fish’s lips in one move, then used his strength to pull the fish onto the boat.

Once the Big Grouper was on board, it began to thrash wildly, not caring that its ’tongue’ was still hanging out.

This is one characteristic of Hard Bone Fish.

As it is known, fish are mainly divided into Soft Bone Fish and Hard Bone Fish. Most fish are Hard Bone Fish because they have a swim bladder inside their bodies that can regulate air pressure, including Carp, Grass Carp, and other major species.

The Grouper is also a Hard Bone Fish, so when they are pulled to the surface, their swim bladder presses out their ’tongue.’

Of course, this tongue isn’t an actual tongue. Fishes do have tongues, but their tongues are hard and mostly immobile.

The ’tongue’ being expelled is actually some of the internal organs, which are not voluntarily expelled, but instead squeezed out by the fish’s swim bladder.

Deep-sea fish rapidly pulled from depths of a hundred meters to the surface experience a huge pressure difference between their insides and the exterior, which can result in a ’self-explosion’ phenomenon for some deep-sea species when caught.

Looking at the state of the fish, Master Chai immediately took something like an air needle, held down the fish, and began deflating it, then used the wooden end of the gaff to push its organs back in place.

"Congratulations, Boss Lin, this is a Diagonal-stripe Grouper around 20 pounds, worth about one thousand five to six hundred, and the chance of it surviving is not small."

After tending to the fish a bit, Master Chai congratulated Lin Yang and lifted the fish, indicating Lin Yang to take it, meaning to ask if he wanted to take a photo.

However, Lin Yang just waved his hand.

After removing the fish hook, he threw the fish straight into the live well. A Diagonal-stripe Grouper of about 20 pounds is no rarity, not worth photographing.

After catching the Big Grouper, Lin Yang also took the opportunity to rest and sneak a peek at the rewards for the fish identification guide. The reward for unlocking the card of the Diagonal-stripe Grouper was showing 1500 RMB, 15 points of experience and points, and a special skill [Bait Enhancement].

Seeing there was a special reward, his eyes lit up and he quickly checked the effects of the skill.

[Bait Enhancement]: Your bait’s ability to attract fish +20%.

"Damn, that’s strong."

Seeing the effect of this skill, Lin Yang’s eyes lit up again.

He had been worried that if he couldn’t find a school of fish in the vast sea, he might not catch anything all day with his bait. But with this ’Bait Enhancement’ effect, the bait he threw into the water would have a stronger attraction, making it easier to lure nearby fish.