The Top Fishing
Chapter 357 - 184: Half-Time Ends_3

Chapter 357: Chapter 184: Half-Time Ends_3

Just then, Lin Yang suddenly spoke again, "Number 1, Master Deng has got a fish on the line, but he’s bottom fishing so it’s hard to tell what it is. The chances of it being a Carp are higher, but it could also be a Crucian Carp."

"Hahaha, I can understand Master Deng fishing for Carp, but Crucian Carp? No way...."

"Don’t listen to his nonsense, how could Master Deng possibly fish for Crucian Carp? He is the favorite to win this competition."

"Hmm, let’s wait and see. Although Master Lin seems pretty impressive, I don’t trust him that much."

Listening to Lin Yang’s words, there was a mixture of opinions in the live broadcast room, and the director switched the camera to Master Deng’s side just in time to see him really catch a fish.

Then everyone saw him excitedly lift, and about half a pound of Crucian Carp was directly pulled out of the water. Seeing this, Master Deng’s face turned as green as the grass at his feet.

"Hahaha, Master Deng really did catch a Crucian Carp, I have to admire, Master Lin is awesome."

"How exactly did he figure that out? I’m really curious."

"And they said there were no divers? If that’s not a diver, then what is? It must be that the divers are also watching the live broadcast, whatever this guy says, that’s what he hooks."

Although Master Deng’s expression wasn’t very good, he still instructed his assistant to put the fish in the keepnet, because after all, it was the first fish, and they couldn’t just throw it away.

Afterward, he rebaited and continued casting his rod to fish.

Just then, Liu Changgan at position number 2 also caught a fish. He chose to fish at a Hua Jian position, while Master Deng had chosen a backwater bay fishing spot.

The first fish that Liu Changgan caught was a grass carp weighing over three pounds. He also used a nine-meter long rod this time with granules for bait, originally targeting Bream, but ended up catching a grass carp, which was indeed bad luck. However, it was a better start than Master Deng had.

After Master Liu’s grass carp was secured, Lin Yang’s gaze turned to competitor number 4, Zeng Dapen, and watching the fish he had caught, he said, "Number 4, Master Zeng is lucky, he’s got a Yellow Tail."

"Has the host gone crazy? What’s so great about Yellow Tail? This fish isn’t big, and the points aren’t high."

"Heh, the person above doesn’t know anything, although Yellow Tail is small, they school extensively and feed ferociously."

Hearing Lin Yang’s commentary, the barrage in the live broadcast started to refresh crazily. Most people really didn’t understand what was good about Yellow Tail, but only true anglers knew how exhilarating it was to catch them in a weight-based competitive fishing competition.

Yellow Tail, scientifically known as Yellow Tail Minnow, and also commonly referred to as Yellow Minnow or Yellow Minnow Fish, is actually not a tasty fish but is also widespread in the southern regions of our country and is everywhere.

As this fish is cultured, it is not rare. To many anglers, this fish is akin to white strips, particularly annoying, not tasty, prone to messing up fishing spots, and not especially big.

If it were an ordinary time and Yellow Tail were caught, many people would probably consider changing spots, because once this fish appears, almost no other fish can be caught.

But now at Qiandao Lake, catching this fish meant that competitor number 4, Master Zeng, had hit the jackpot because Yellow Tail school in large numbers and not just in small groups like Carp and Crucian Carp do.

As Qiandao Lake has long-standing fishing prohibitions, the Yellow Tail here include individuals weighing more than two pounds, with some reaching four or five pounds. At this point, Zeng Dapen could start a frenzy of casting like one does in Black Pond Fishing.

Indeed, as many seasoned anglers knew, Zeng Dapeng was well aware of this.

Upon catching this fish, he immediately changed his rod; from a big fish rod to a combination rod, the line set also changed to 3+2 with a size 4 hook.

At that moment, his assistant also switched to a tray of hand bait. Zeng Dapen had a unique feature in his fishing; he liked to mold his hand bait into small pellets, preparing them before fishing and directly using these pellets when baiting the hook.

This method certainly saves time, but anyone who has experience in Black Pond Fishing might ask, why not use pull bait?

Well, actually, molding hand bait into pellets before fishing and using pull bait while fishing have about the same speed in baiting, each with its own benefits, mainly depending on personal preference.

After changing the rod, Zeng Dapen began his crazy fishing adventure, at times almost casting his hook off. Practically, it was hook-after-hook with no waiting, sometimes even catching two at once.

Although the director would intermittently switch the main screen to show other competitors catching fish, most of the time was focused on Zeng Dapen, as he was the first contestant to continuously catch fish on the trot.

Wang Feng, although initially catching fish under Lin Yang’s guidance and the help of his Catfish medicine, was eventually overtaken by many masters in the ongoing competition, even Master Deng, who had started off badly, quickly adjusted and began to catch fish continuously.

Time quickly passed, and it was almost 1:00 PM now.

Although the competition started at 9:00 AM, the time was initially spent preparing bait and establishing fishing spots, so the actual fishing typically began around 9:40—10:00 AM.

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