The Top Fishing
Chapter 336 - 179: Big Ghost Head Knife_5

Chapter 336: Chapter 179: Big Ghost Head Knife_5

"Damn, this fish is terrifying, it can’t be a Sea Bass, right?"

"With the speed of the line going out, could it be that I’ve hooked a shark?"

"This sound, and the bend of the fishing rod, it’s thrilling...."

The viewers who were originally joking around or a bit bored suddenly became excited and agitated after Lin Yang got a fish on the line. For fishermen, there’s no scenario that isn’t loved.

Li Xiaopeng and Yue’er, seeing his exaggerated bend in the fishing rod, also shifted their attention to him.

Hissssss—

Lin Yang’s fishing reel kept letting out the line; he had already tightened the drag quite a bit, but for the moment, he couldn’t control the fish, indicating the enormous strength of the fish underwater.

Having no choice, he had to tighten the drag again and simultaneously asked Yue’er to pour some water on it.

Whoosh.

After tightening the drag a bit more, the line finally started to slow down, and he gradually got the fish under control.

Lin Yang began to turn the reel handle, slowly retrieving some of the fishing line, but the pull from the big fish underwater was still strong, and this type of force was somewhat special, unlike the Big Grouper, the True Sea Bream, or the Red Grouper he had fished in the past few days.

The sea fish he had caught in recent days mostly exerted a consistent strength, which gradually diminished as they tired out.

But the fish at hand, its strength came in bursts, meaning it was sporadic—one second it was extremely powerful, the next there was hardly any pull, and then it would explode with energy again....

The Sea Bass weighing over ten pounds had him struggling for five or six minutes; he felt this fish would likely take at least ten minutes or more.

Time passed as he continuously cranked the reel and the big fish kept exerting force. After seven or eight minutes, he still didn’t know what fish he had hooked, only that his arms were starting to feel sore.

If it were someone else, after pulling continuously for over an hour and now having hooked such a big fella, their strength would have surely been overtaxed, but Lin Yang only felt a soreness in his arms.

He dared not pull too hard, not because he was worried about the rod or line not holding up—his current fishing rod’s quality, along with two kinds of buffs, could easily handle fish under a hundred pounds. His concern was that the hook might get bent out of shape or tear the fish’s mouth, which although tough in sea fish, could still be damaged if the force exceeded a certain limit.

Another three or four minutes passed, and Lin Yang finally had most of the line wound back onto the reel, with only about twenty meters left hanging outside.

As he continued to reel in the line, Yue’er suddenly exclaimed next to him, "Wow, Brother Yang, that fish is so pretty, it’s actually colorful!"

Li Xiaopeng, hearing her, also came over and upon seeing the large fish gradually emerging from the water, he too shouted out, "It’s a Ghost Head Knife! With a size over a meter long, it must weigh at least 30 pounds...."

The drone camera had also caught a large fish on the surface of the water, but the fish was somewhat faint and elusive, hardly noticeable unless one looked closely.

"Wow, this fish is so beautiful, why is it green?"

"That’s a Ghost Head Knife, and it might turn blue in a moment."

Seeing the true form of the fish, Li Xiaopeng and many viewers in the live stream recognized what kind of fish it was.

Lin Yang had also noticed it, and what Li Xiaopeng said was right; it was a Ghost Head Knife, scientifically known as Mackerel, and also called Shade Fish, Fried Knife Fish, and Flying Tiger Fish among other names. Since the male Ghost Head Knife Fish’s face resembles a ghost’s head, and its body looks like a knife, everyone calls it Ghost Head Knife.

This fish has a rather wide distribution, mainly found along the eastern coast of Africa, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, as well as the South Sea and East Sea of our country.

The colors that the Ghost Head Knife displays in water are truly dazzling and diverse, but their body color is not derived from pigment cells on the surface, but rather from scales that can reflect light.

These small, 3D-interwoven scales are controlled by the nervous system and can adjust according to the level of excitement of the body, capturing and reflecting light from different angles like tiny prisms, which is why Ghost Head Knives can shimmer with rainbow-like light.

Once the Ghost Head Knife is pulled out of the water, as its life begins to ebb away, these scales no longer respond to control, and the splendid color quickly fades from its body, eventually revealing its original silver-grey color.

When the fish, shining with hues of green or blue, was pulled up beside the boat, its body color had indeed dimmed a bit, and after Li Xiaopeng used the landing net to lift it onto the yacht, its color faded even more.

The teeth of the Ghost Head Knife are not sharp. After Lin Yang removed the hook, he directly picked up the Ghost Head Knife that was nearly 30 jin.

"How about that, isn’t this fish beautiful?" he said to the camera with a smile while Yue’er had already taken out her phone and started taking various photos.

Indeed, the fish was not only uniquely shaped but even the color on its body seemed quite eerie.

Seeing everyone’s curiosity about the fish, Lin Yang continued, "This fish is called Ghost Head Knife, and it can grow up to about two meters in length. They like to swim in schools in the clear surface waters of the ocean. Since their brilliant body color can easily expose them, throughout the long process of natural evolution, they learned to use the environment to camouflage themselves."

Therefore, they often hide under some floating objects on the ocean, such as large patches of kelp, floating banana leaves, or beneath boats, which is why they have a nickname called ’Shade Fish’.

They have another similar nickname, ’Underwater Fox,’ as the general upper-layer fish in the ocean like to show themselves, but Ghost Head Knives, an upper-layer species, are different. They always swim silently in the water or hide quietly under the floating objects on the surface. They cleverly use the terrain or obstacles, choose places backlit by the sun to hide themselves, and then wait to ambush passing fish unexpectedly. Sometimes, even if no fish pass by the floating objects for several days, they rarely move to another spot and often stubbornly remain in place.

It’s worth mentioning that Ghost Head Knives are accompanying fish to the Golden Spearfish and swordfish. To adapt to this need, they have a large amount of white muscle that can unleash bursts of energy; this muscle has a pale color, and the taste is not inferior to regular Golden Spearfish...."

After speaking for a while, Lin Yang handed the big Ghost Head Knife to Li Xiaopeng, letting him show off for a bit.

Due to their fast swimming speed and beautiful body color, Ghost Head Knives are a highly sought-after target among many sea-fishing enthusiasts, yet not many are able to catch them.

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