The Top Fishing
Chapter 312 - 174: Seawater White Stripes_3

Chapter 312: Chapter 174: Seawater White Stripes_3

This is also a difference between sea fishing and freshwater fishing.

In freshwater fishing, if the fish is not big and too much force is used when setting the hook, it’s very likely that the fish’s mouth will get injured, causing the fish to escape and probably die in the water—truly a tragedy.

In sea fishing, however, this concern isn’t necessary. As Ah Jie had explained, the waters are deep. Even if the action of setting the hook is forceful, by the time it reaches the fish, buffered by dozens of meters of water or even more, it’s not as intense, and the mouths of sea fish are very sturdy, so there’s no worry about tearing them.

Boss Lei held the fishing rod and waited for a moment before another conspicuous movement finally made him impatient, and he sharply yanked the rod, instantly feeling a significant force from below the water.

"Hahaha, that’s some strength, I’ve got a fish!" He held the fishing rod, thrilled beyond measure.

Ah Jie quickly reminded him, "Don’t loosen your grip, lift the rod up high with one hand, and then press down quickly, using the other hand to reel in the line swiftly during the opening created by pressing down."

"Got it!"

Boss Lei followed Ah Jie’s instructions, albeit not very adeptly, but he was still delighted.

"This fish really isn’t small, probably about ten pounds. If not ten, at least seven or eight!" he declared confidently, as the other three bosses listened enviously.

Elsewhere.

On the yacht, Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er saw that someone had caught a fish first and thought that Lin Yang was going to lose the bet.

The live stream audience also thought it was a big fish because of all the activity on the other side.

However, Lin Yang didn’t say anything and wasn’t panicked at all, because he had almost clearly seen the fish on the other side. It wasn’t the ten pounds Boss Lei had mentioned; it might not even be five.

The reason the other party felt the fish was big was multifaceted. One was the high pressure of seawater, making reeling in the fish through tens of meters feel like more of a struggle.

Two, the lead weights used in sea fishing, especially in their deep-sea fishing, weighed over a hundred grams each, adding significant force even if the fish weren’t biting.

Third, the fish in the sea indeed have more strength than freshwater fish, which is normal for a rookie without sea fishing experience to misjudge the size of the fish.

Boss Lei continued to frantically spin the fishing reel, and soon he pulled what he thought was a "big fish" to the surface. It turned out to be a flat fish with black and yellow-white stripes, very pretty, but only weighing about two or three pounds.

Seeing this, Li Xiaopeng laughed loudly, "Hahaha, is that their big fish? It looks like it doesn’t even weigh two pounds."

The chat was also amused; they had been fooled by their grand gestures, actually believing a big fish had been caught.

Seeing the fish he had pulled up, Boss Lei was also surprised, because in his experience, this fish felt indeed very strong. He had fished for grass carp and carp a couple of times before, feeling that this fish’s tug was at least as strong as a ten-plus-pound grass carp, maybe even stronger in terms of burst power.

He scratched his head in confusion, "What kind of fish is this, to have such strength?"

Ah Jie laughed and said, "This is a sixteen-spined fish, a common species around here."

"What? Sixteen-spined?"

Not only the four bosses, but even Li Xiaopeng, as well as quite a few audience members, were completely puzzled upon hearing the name of the fish.

Seeing everyone’s confused expressions, Ah Jie was somewhat perplexed, "Boss, ’sixteen-spined’ is what we call it here, I don’t really know the Mandarin name."

On Lin Yang’s side, seeing that the chat was also asking what fish it was, he looked at the camera and said, "Sixteen-spined is the colloquial name for this fish, a kind of local dialect. The scientific name for this fish is Striped Bearded Goby, a type of sea bream, reportedly quite tasty."

Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er nodded in understanding upon hearing this, but were still curious, "Brother Yang, why is this fish called sixteen-spined? Such a weird name."

"That’s because this fish has sixteen hard spines on its back, chest, belly, and tail fins. Hence the name. Despite not being big, this fish has a strong impact force. Plus, the sea pressure is high and since the person is a newbie, it’s not strange they felt like the fish had the strength of ten pounds."

Hearing his explanation, many of the live stream viewers understood that it was a misunderstanding, realizing that the other boss wasn’t showing off but had genuinely misjudged the fish’s strength underwater.

On the yacht, even though the first catch was just a small fish weighing over a pound, that Boss Lei was still very pleased, especially as this sixteen-spined type was a new and interesting fish to him and the other bosses.

Shortly after the first fish was caught, whether it was Lin Yang’s side or Ah Jie’s, several people nearly simultaneously noticed their rods had movement, simultaneously hooking fish.

Everyone excitedly prepared to bring in the fish, and upon pulling them up, they looked at each other’s catches and realized they had almost all caught the same fish, the sixteen-spined type from before.

It seemed there was a school of sixteen-spined fish below.

At this moment, Li Xiaopeng couldn’t help but be curious, since everyone had caught so many sixteen-spined fish, was this species rare or very common?

"Cousin, are these sixteen-spined expensive? What kind of category do they belong to?"

Lin Yang paused, seemingly considering how best to describe them, finally said, "This type is like a small miscellaneous fish in offshore fishing, probably similar to small white fish in freshwater platform fishing."

Hearing this, not only was Li Xiaopeng speechless, but so was the chat.

"After all this excitement, it turns out they’re just equivalent to a few small white fish."

"No wonder so many people caught the fish at the same time, it turns out their status is akin to freshwater white fish...."