The Top Fishing
Chapter 369 - 188: Shark Again

Chapter 369: Chapter 188: Shark Again

After negotiating with the boss of the fish raft, Lin Yang and Wang Feng both picked up their fishing rods.

It’s worth mentioning that the sea rod Wang Feng is now using was something he had exchanged from the Atlas.

Although he had many fishing rods for competition, he didn’t have a lure or casting rod, so Lin Yang directly exchanged two sets of sea and lure rods for him, saying that they worked very well for him, and then recommended them to Wang Feng.

The bait they used here was the small miscellaneous fish from this area.

After hooking the bait, they cast it directly into the biggest net cage here.

Less than ten seconds after the bait hit the water, Lin Yang got a bite, and the fish in the net cage latched onto his hook, tugging at his line, trying to get away.

Naturally, Lin Yang wasn’t going to give it that chance. He immediately raised his rod and struggled with the fish in the water while managing the drag.

It must be said, fish cultivated in the sea are indeed much more fierce than those raised on land because sea-farmed fish are typically fed small miscellaneous fish rather than feed like freshwater fish raised on land.

So although this fish was only about ten pounds, its pulling power was really stronger than that of Carp, grass carp, or Catfish weighing around 15 pounds.

However, when it came to stamina, these farmed fish were not that great. Under Lin Yang’s forceful pulling and tugging, the fish soon ran out of energy and was pulled to the shore by him.

At this time, Li Xiaopeng scooped out a Red Drum Fish, also known as an American Redfish, with his landing net.

Because these fish were meant to be released, Lin Yang unhooked the fish and then threw the roughly ten-pound Red Drum Fish back into the net cage.

After catching this fish, he checked the atlas, but he discovered no new rewards unlocked; only 5 experience points and points floated by on his screen.

It seemed that the fish cultured in the sea, just like the ones from land-based dark pits, only provided experience points and points rewards, with no money or special rewards.

While he was checking the rewards, Wang Feng also got a bite. Since his experience with casting rods was limited, he seemed a bit awkward, and Lin Yang went over to guide him on how to play the fish and control the reel and rod...

After all, as a professional player, he was very familiar with rods and playing the fish. Although sea fishing greatly differed from pond fishing, the general approach was still the same, so he quickly got the hang of it and soon mastered the techniques of playing fish and lining. Now, it was just a matter of practice.

Lin Yang returned to his spot and was about to bait his hook and cast again when he noticed those fishermen who had earlier been eating squid and cuttlefish now fishing with small poles in some corner spots.

These fishermen were locals who usually depended on fishing as a way of life, but because today’s waves were too strong, they hadn’t gone out to sea and had anchored their fishing boats here instead.

As is well known, not every place has a dock because not all areas are suitable for dock construction.

Tides are terrifying: when they recede, they can go back hundreds or even thousands of meters. If one casually anchors a boat at the seaside, it might be unknown just when it would be possible to set out to sea again.

Locals rely on the "mountains for sustenance when near mountains, and the sea when near the sea", so although some live by the sea, there may be no docks nearby to anchor boats, or the anchoring spots are too far away and too expensive.

Thus, they would find ways to anchor their boats on the sea surface, and during these times, fish rafts become very important and their first choice.

So, in a sense, this place is very suitable for the fishermen’s boats to dock.

Also, when a large number of fishermen choose to dock their boats here, they need to return to shore from time to time, which has given rise to the ferrying business along the coast.

These ferrymen usually go out to sea to fish or catch fish, and occasionally they ferry people as an extra income source.

Of course, all these are digressions. What Lin Yang was curious about now was what these people were fishing for in that spot.

"Brother, what are you doing here?" Lin Yang walked over and asked the dark-skinned middle-aged man he had seen before.

"Fishing for golden drums!" He kept his eyes on the water outside the net cage and responded without turning around.

"Golden drum? You mean Money Fish, right?"

Upon hearing the explanation, an image of a fish naturally came to mind for Lin Yang.

Money Fish, also called Golden Drum Fish, was a type of fish from the Sciaenidae family, found throughout Southeast Asia and preferring brackish water at the junction of fresh and saltwater.

Of course, they are also found in the sea, and there are quite a few cultivated species here.

The price for wild ones wasn’t particularly high; typically, if they weighed over one pound, they sold for 50 yuan per pound, if under one pound, 40 yuan per pound.

The reason these people had come here to fish for Golden Drum Fish was twofold: the sea was too rough to go fishing, and they couldn’t stay idle at home, so they preferred to come out to make some extra money fishing.

By catching four or five Golden Drum Fish, without boasting, they could earn 200 yuan.

The reason they fished here was mainly due to what was previously mentioned about feeding in the net cages.

As mentioned before, net cage cultivation involves feeding fish with small miscellaneous fish that fishermen catch with trawl nets, and the remnants of these small fish fall to the sea floor through the openings in the net cages, similar to creating a natural baited spot. Thus, a variety of wild fish species would gather on the seabed to feed.