The Top Fishing
Chapter 319 - 176: Longdun Grouper_3

Chapter 319: Chapter 176: Longdun Grouper_3

Originally, there was a small group of yellow croakers here.

But now a large swarm of Spring Fish has arrived, and due to the overwhelming numbers, the original yellow croakers have become unfindable.

"It looks like fishing for yellow croakers is off the table,"

After half an hour with no one catching any yellow croakers, Lin Yang decided to adjust his fishing rig.

Though these Spring Fish are not bad, fetching over a hundred yuan per jin, they still fall short of his targeted fish.

The positioning here is quite good, he believed that there must be bigger and more valuable fish below, especially now that a large group of Spring Fish had arrived, which could easily attract some giant sea creatures to come and hunt...

Lin Yang then lowered the fishing depth by another five meters and also informed the others that it might be all Spring Fish below now, and that the yellow croakers might not be as easy to catch. However, this group of Spring Fish were close to the seabed, which could attract some predatory big fish; so if anyone wanted to take a chance on bigger fish, they could try lowering their hooks a bit more. But they needed to be careful not to snag the bottom, as there are coral reefs down there.

If you want to continue catching Spring Fish, and take a chance on your luck at catching a yellow croaker, then just continue fishing at the previous depth.

Lin Yang’s advice made the current fishing situation very clear: fishing at the original depth meant at the very least catching Spring Fish, and if luck was on your side, you might even catch the occasional yellow croaker among the school.

But if you fish a bit deeper, you could take a gamble on bigger fish, though you might also come up empty or even snag the bottom.

Following his advice, everyone made their choices.

Li Xiaopeng: "There could be big fish below? How big can they be, bigger than the sea bass we caught before?"

Lin Yang affirmed confidently, "Of course."

Li Xiaopeng immediately perked up, "Then what’s there to hesitate about? Let’s go for it."

Yue’er, on the other hand, chose to continue fishing for Spring Fish. It was fun to catch this type of fish and the price wasn’t low either.

Seeing Lin Yang and Li Xiaopeng aiming for a big catch, the four bosses across from them thought it over and decided to continue fishing for Spring Fish—who knows, they might get lucky and catch a yellow croaker too?

Besides, their skills weren’t great, fishing too deep made it easy to snag the bottom. They might end up not catching Spring Fish at all, remembering the scene at the beginning when fishing the sixteen, they had spent a long time with nothing due to switching fishing depths. Although Lin Yang had given them advice now, they still chose to be more conservative.

After making their choices, the people at the scene split into two groups: one with Lin Yang and Li Xiaopeng, who chose to fish deeper and take a chance on big fish, and the other with the four bosses opposite, who chose to continue fishing for Spring Fish.

Those fishing for Spring Fish were still reeling them in quickly, but the fish they caught were all Spring Fish, and the shadow of a yellow croaker was no longer seen. After all, the yellow croakers were not numerous within the entire school and indeed hard to catch.

About half an hour later, as Lin Yang and company waited for a big fish, they finally began to see some results.

And this time, the first to hook a big one was actually Li Xiaopeng. An immense movement made his rod tremble violently, and he immediately got excited and hastily lifted the rod. The moment he did, a massive force nearly pulled him—rod and all—off the boat.

"Holy shit, this fish is huge!" Li Xiaopeng exclaimed in shock and delight, barely steadying himself against the gunwale of the boat.

At the same time, the others, seeing his fishing rod bent into such an exaggerated arc, also knew that this fish must be anything but small...

At this point, Li Xiaopeng exerted all his strength just to hold his ground against the fish, unable to lift it.

Meanwhile, due to the immense strength of the fish, the reel, which had been locked, started to let out line rapidly. Seeing this, Lin Yang quickly advised, "Tighten the drag on the reel quickly, this fish is likely a grouper. Be careful it doesn’t pull you into the rocks."

Hearing his words, Li Xiaopeng frantically mustered all his strength to tighten the drag, successfully stopping the line from running out. However, with just one hand supporting briefly, he was already exhausted.

He then grabbed the fishing rod with both hands, barely managing to keep the fish under control and ensure the rod wasn’t pulled into the water. "Good thing this rod’s line and rig are strong enough, otherwise, the fish might have gotten away," he panted.

The fishing rods they used on this sea trip were all exchanged by Lin Yang from the manual, without any line and rod buffs, the quality was certainly without any issues.

Li Xiaopeng struggled against the big fish for more than ten minutes with both hands, and while he was exhausted, the fish also seemed to be running out of strength.

Feeling the power of the big fish waning from below, he started to reel in despite the fatigue, first lifting the rod as much as he could with both hands, then quickly retrieving line with the electric reel while the rod was high.

Each time he retrieved some length of line, the big fish underwater would surge forward to reclaim some distance, but overall, he was slowly gaining ground, and the big fish was gradually approaching the surface.

After repeating this process more than twenty times, Li Xiaopeng was now dog-tired, his hands feeling numb and no longer his own.

By this time, he could feel the resistance from the big fish below had greatly diminished, as it was barely moving. Seeing this, he felt a bit puzzled, "The fish was struggling all the time when it was at the bottom, how come it doesn’t seem to be moving much now?"

Hearing his confusion, Lin Yang glanced at the drone flying overhead and explained, "That’s because this is a deep-sea bottom-dweller. You rapidly brought it up to shallow water, the rapid change in internal pressure made it unable to adapt, and its vitality was damaged. If you pulled even faster, some big fish would have their swim bladders inflate and injure their internal organs, or even spit them out."

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