The Top Fishing
Chapter 294 - 170: The Most Expensive Grouper

Chapter 294: Chapter 170: The Most Expensive Grouper

In less than half an hour, they had caught a Green Grouper, and it weighed around 20 pounds, which was already quite rare.

Although the Green Grouper was one of the cheaper types among all groupers in the sea, such a big one could be worth about fifteen hundred to sixteen hundred.

Of course, it had to be alive to be sold.

Many fishing boats have a pressurized tank so that fish just brought up from the deep sea can be kept alive more easily, but the fishing boat Lin Yang had rented didn’t have one, so whether this grouper would still be alive when they got back to shore, nobody knew at the moment.

Lin Yang rested for a moment, then baited his hook with a small Green Crab and cast his line into the water again.

Seeing that he was casting again, Master Chai wanted to remind him that he had just fished at this spot, so it would be better to cast a bit farther from this position.

Although the yacht was now fixed in place, it was still drifting with the current, so the spot Lin Yang cast his line was actually not exactly his original spot, but it was roughly the same, just a bit drifted.

Fishing again in this spot was not an easy task, as sea fishing differs from freshwater fishing. Sea fish are bigger and thrash about, which certainly scares away other fish, so fishing at the same spot again probably wouldn’t yield good results.

While Master Chai was thinking this, Lin Yang’s crab had just reached the bottom when his rod bent again!

Seeing this, he was instantly dumbfounded. Were the fish here that hungry?

But if they were hungry, his side had been in the water for a while too, so why was there no movement there?

Including Li Xiaopeng and his own nephew, everyone else had cast their lines without any bites, only Lin Yang’s bait was bitten within minutes.

Seeing this, Master Chai, despite decades of sea-faring experience, was a bit puzzled, but ultimately he chalked it up to Lin Yang’s good luck, since there seemed to be no other explanation.

And luck is something no one can predict.

As said before, some buy a boat and go to sea, make enough in a year to buy a house and a car, while others may lose their boat in a year.

Sea fishing doesn’t require much skill, other than finding schools of fish or places where fish gather; the rest is mostly up to luck, so whether or not one can catch fish, and especially valuable fish, is uncertain, as many go to sea trying their luck.

For others, sea fishing might depend on luck, but for Lin Yang, who already possessed the "bait enhancement" buff, his luck was more than 20% better than others.

So, catching fish so quickly after dropping the bait was quite understandable.

The moment the fishing rod bent, Lin Yang lifted his rod to set the hook, but the force coming from the line and the rod indicated that this fish was much smaller than the one before.

He estimated it weighed only about two to three pounds, but he didn’t mind because he still didn’t know what fish it was. If it was a Rat Spot or an East Starfish, the price wouldn’t be much cheaper than the Green Grouper he caught earlier.

The reel squeaked as the fish continued to struggle underwater, but in front of an electric reel, it could only be forcefully pulled closer to the surface.

Because this fish was smaller, Lin Yang unintentionally sped up his reeling, and in less than two minutes, when the fish was pulled to about ten meters below the water, he could already see through the clear sea water what the fish looked like.

Seeing a flash of red, Master Chai got excited, "Holy crap, it’s a Red Grouper! We’re hitting it big this time! Looks not too small either—probably three to four pounds. Congratulations, boss, you’re making a fortune!"

Hearing Master Chai’s words, Lin Yang also smiled and sped up his reeling.

Soon, this fish was pulled to the surface, and Master Chai immediately grabbed the gaff hook and pulled the fish onto the boat, then quickly vented it and pushed its "tongue" back in.

Although it was the same action, he was clearly much more careful than before, because this fish was much more valuable than the Green Grouper.

A Red Grouper, at least five to six hundred per pound, this one, even if just over three pounds, was worth almost 2000. A fish this small was more expensive than the larger one earlier—how could he not be careful?

Upon hearing about the fortune, Li Xiaopeng and another person also gathered around.

"Cousin, what fish is this? Is it valuable?" He didn’t know much about fish in the sea.

After removing the hook, Lin Yang smiled and explained, "This fish is called the Red Spot Grouper, also known as the Red Grouper. It’s the highest priced among all groupers."

Although some might call the Green Grouper a Red Spot, the Red Spot generally refers to the Red Spot Grouper, which is now exceedingly rare and endangered. It was selected by the World Wildlife Fund as one of the maritime treasures as early as 2006.

"Really? The most expensive among all groupers, even more than the East Starfish?" Li Xiaopeng was somewhat surprised and asked again.

"Young man, East Starfish can’t compare with this Red Spot. A usual quality East Starfish costs about three to four hundred per pound, but this Red Spot starts at six hundred per pound at least," Master Chai chimed in, his smile broad. Although he didn’t catch the fish, seeing such a rarely seen fish still made him very happy.

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