The Top Fishing
Chapter 334 - 179: Big Ghost Head Knife_3

Chapter 334: Chapter 179: Big Ghost Head Knife_3

Deep-sea fishing is like this; it’s impossible to target specific fish as you can in freshwater fishing. The randomness of sea fishing is too great.

Because this marked area is also near an island and above a rocky reef, the fish resources are quite abundant. No sooner had the hook dropped into the water than the fish began biting.

However, when Lin Yang lifted his rod, he felt something might be off because the fish seemed too light; by the feel of it, he estimated the fish below was less than two ounces.

Regardless of what it was, he still had to reel it in first.

But when Lin Yang brought the fish to the surface, the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously—this fish wasn’t the Silver Pomfret he was targeting, but he knew he was getting close to catching one.

"Why are you smiling, host? Is there something special about this fish?"

"Yeah, Master Lin, you looked so gloomy reeling in all those other fish, but now you’re smiling at this little one."

"Haha...."

Seeing the comments on his phone, Lin Yang first laughed, then said, "Because this fish is called a small toothed batfish; it’s a companion fish to the Silver Pomfret, so... you get it."

"Got it, that’s why you’re so happy."

"Real Silver Pomfret is expensive, and they school together, easier to catch than Stone Bream."

Casually tossing the small toothed batfish into the live well, Lin Yang also received another one hundred yuan reward, but now his focus wasn’t on these minor fish.

He dropped his hook again, and three minutes later, he reeled in another fish. This time, when the fish surfaced, he finally felt at ease and smiled openly.

This was a flat-bodied fish, gleaming silver-white—a proper Silver Pomfret. Although small, about a pound, they were delicious and expensive, and catching them one after the other was akin to picking up money.

Of course, this type of money-picking couldn’t compare to yesterday’s Yellow Croaker fishing—just one Yellow Croaker was worth tens of thousands, equivalent to twenty or thirty of these fish. But Yellow Croakers weren’t so easy to catch; fishing spots known for Yellow Croaker were overfished.

The unlocked Silver Pomfret then earned him another one thousand yuan reward, which was normal considering the abundant farm-raised supply of Silver Pomfret, though wild-caught was incomparable.

No sooner had he unhooked and stored his Silver Pomfret in the live well than Li Xiaopeng also hooked one.

Seeing the situation, Lin Yang didn’t waste any time, continued to bait with shrimp, and cast again. Sea bream move in schools—if there’s a first, there will be a second, and a third...

As he landed his first Silver Pomfret, the next ones began rapidly coming aboard—not just him continuously hooking them, but Yue’er and another person were excitedly pulling them in too.

During this time, Lin Yang also caught other varieties of Silver Pomfret, like the round-eyed silver pompano, which were considerably larger than the common ones, usually ranging from five to ten pounds.

With every Silver Pomfret reeled in, Lin Yang was truly elated. Initially, he thought he might not even cover the boat fees today, but now encountering the school of sea bream, not only could he successfully turn a profit, but so could Li Xiaopeng and even Yue’er.

They fished nonstop for an hour, continuously hooking fish, regardless of size, all were tossed into the live well.

Some might ask why when freshwater fishing, small fish are released, but sea fishing often results in indiscriminate culling regardless of size?

There are reasons for this; it’s not that Lin Yang didn’t want to release them, but because the survival rate of sea fish after release is incredibly low.

Unlike freshwater fish, most sea fish are more ferocious, so they often swallow the bait rather than nibbling at it. Even an expert like Lin Yang often finds that half of the fish he hooks have swallowed the hook.

After swallowing a hook, some are hooked in the guts—no need to say more, they will certainly die.

Others might have their throats scratched, and the survival chances of these fish are about even, as a scratched throat can easily lead to infections from marine bacteria and parasites, besides bleeding that might attract other predatory fish.

Precisely because the survival rate of released sea fish is so low, if they catch smaller fish with undamaged gills, they still release them back into the sea.

But once they put some smaller fish into the live well, it generally means these fish are unlikely to survive, or perhaps they are wanted for eating....

After another half hour of fishing, the catch rate for Lin Yang and his group gradually decreased, shifting from continuous catches to maybe one every four or five minutes.

That was normal, too; even though a school of sea bream was below, they wouldn’t just stay there for you to catch endlessly—after all, you can’t really attract sea fish to a specific spot, and the fish would get spooked seeing their kind diminish, constantly moving away.

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