The Top Fishing
Chapter 304 - 172: Sea Bream Family_4

Chapter 304: Chapter 172: Sea Bream Family_4

Seeing Lin Yang and his friend ready to cast their lines, the live stream viewers started to get excited.

"The sea rod the host is using isn’t much bigger than my lure rod, can that rod really catch fish in the sea?"

"You’re showing your ignorance, fishing isn’t about whose rod is bigger or thicker, it’s about strength and resilience. Haven’t you seen those thumb-thick rods abroad catching hundred-pound behemoths?"

"Shut up, maybe the host is starting with a thinner rod to try his hand at catching smaller sea fish..."

This time they were using shrimp as bait, Nine-section Shrimp, also known as Banded Shrimp, which is a species very similar to Banded Shrimp and often confused by many people.

There are two ways to differentiate Nine-section Shrimp from Banded Shrimp; if you are experienced, you only need to look at the color.

In terms of color, the Nine-section Shrimp are a bit more greenish compared to the Banded Shrimp, which have a more blue-brown body color, are larger in size, and have thicker shells.

If you’re a novice, then you should look at the shrimp’s vitality. Banded Shrimp have strong endurance once out of water, so they are often lively when removed from water, while Nine-section Shrimp secrete a substance upon leaving water which causes their death, so typically, Nine-section Shrimp die after being out of water and are sold as ’dead shrimp’ on the market.

Lin Yang had bought these shrimp baits during lunch at the fishing port restaurant, purchasing two pounds directly, with very good freshness.

Since it was a high-end seafood restaurant, the Nine-section Shrimp sold inside were quite large, the smallest being larger than an adult’s middle finger, and also quite expensive. These fresh iced shrimp cost Lin Yang 150 yuan, which comes to more than seventy yuan per pound.

"Big baits for big fish, hoping for a good catch as we start fishing today."

Lin Yang muttered to himself, hooked the shrimp bait, and cast his fishing rod straight down. The hook sank about six or seven meters before it stopped, indicating it had hit the bottom.

Seeing that the bait had reached the bottom, he lifted the hook slightly to prevent it from snagging on the seabed later.

While waiting for a bite, Lin Yang also started to explain some basics about sea fishing to the live stream viewers. Although he had only started sea fishing a few days ago, he knew quite a lot, and there were indeed some fans who enjoyed sea fishing in the live stream.

He was fishing on one side, while Li Xiaopeng chose the other side, because sea fishing creates a lot of disturbance. If he caught a fish here, Li Xiaopeng would just be left staring.

Although one can’t chum the water or use a float in sea fishing, Lin Yang now had a bait enhancement buff, meaning he should catch fish more easily than Li Xiaopeng.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes into chatting with the viewers after casting his line, Lin Yang’s rod began to move.

Clearly, the fish in the nearshore waters were far less frenzied than those in offshore waters, and they wouldn’t bite the hook straight away. In fact, fish closer to the shore are more cunning, and these ones seemed very shrewd.

Of course, no matter how savvy the fish in the sea are, they can’t compete with those slick freshwater fish. After a slight probing and detecting no danger, they bit the hook directly.

Lin Yang quickly got a nice bite and immediately lifted the rod to set the hook.

After hooking a fish, he ignored its desperate struggles underwater and rapidly reeled in to bring it to the surface. With just seven or eight meters of water depth, the pressure wasn’t enough to be lethal, so he was quite at ease.

Once the fish was out of the water, Lin Yang and the live stream viewers could see what kind of fish it was. It was a type Lin Yang hadn’t caught before.

"It’s a Yellow-footed fish, delicious and not very bony."

"This fish is beautiful, looks like it’s more than a pound."

After the fish was pulled out of the water, Lin Yang reeled in again and with a flip, the small fish was airborne, but he dared not grab it directly with his hands.

In fact, most sea fish should not be handled directly, as many have sharp spines, especially the dorsal fin spines that are very sharp, and can easily cut your palm or pierce a hole.

After lifting the fish onto the boat, Lin Yang grabbed it with a towel; it was a Yellow Sea Bream, and he estimated it to be about a pound and a half. Unfortunately, the fish had swallowed the hook deep.

He simply cut the line and then tossed it into the live well.

Seizing the downtime, he also sneakily checked the rewards on the guidebook, 500 yuan along with 5 points of experience and points, an average reward.

The Yellow Sea Bream’s scientific name is Yellowfin Spinefish. As mentioned before, most sea fish can’t be grabbed directly by hand, especially sea bream from its scientific name, which includes the word ’spine,’ indicating that it’s prickly to handle.

At the same time, "Yellow Wing," "Yellowfin," and "Yellow-footed fish" all refer to this type of fish because its fins below are yellow, which is why it’s called so by people.

This fish belongs to the Sparidae family, with only one large spine and delicious flesh, making it a very nice presence among ordinary seafood. On the common folk’s dinner table, this fish is considered a delicacy.

Nowadays, the Yellow Sea Bream is also farm-raised, in net cages, and ponds, so the price fluctuates greatly. A farmed Yellow Sea Bream costs about twenty to thirty yuan per pound, but if it’s brought back by an offshore trawler and in good condition, it can be about fifty yuan per pound. Poorer quality ones still sell for around forty yuan per pound.

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