The Top Fishing
Chapter 397 - 198: Sea GT_2

Chapter 397: Chapter 198: Sea GT_2

"Damn, did the host make a mistake? Why does this fish look so small."

"Right? I’ve been watching the time the whole time, that fish has been slipping away for at least twenty minutes, it should be at least 50 pounds by all accounts."

Seeing the doubts in the barrage, Lin Yang thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps this is why Bull Port Mackerel is called GT by those in the know. This one is just over thirty pounds. In my view, it must be one of the fish with the strongest fighting spirit, fighting with all its might until the very last bit of strength is exhausted."

After saying a sentence to the viewers in the live stream, Li Xiaopeng also bent over, hooked the fish in the hard part of its mouth, and directly pulled the fish up.

In the water, the fish seemed a bit small, but after being pulled onto the boat, the size of the fish was still impressive.

With its silvery-grey body, it looked as if it were coated with a layer of metal. The shape of this fish differed from the usual ones we see. To use cars as an analogy, many conventional sports cars have a fastback design with very smooth curves for better aerodynamics.

But Bull Port Mackerel is different. The top of its head is high and bulging like a bull’s. Heaven knows how it maintains such a fast swimming speed with that shape.

After the fish was pulled onto the yacht, Lin Yang grabbed its tail with one hand and supported the belly just below the fish’s head with the other, lifting the fish to display it in front of the camera.

There was another strange thing about this fish: in the water, it would escape frantically, but once on the boat, it would become as motionless as a dead fish, not stirring at all, showing no intent to struggle.

Lin Yang lifted the fish and said, "Look, this is the GT I’ve told you guys about before, and it’s also the first Bull Port Mackerel I’ve landed today. I estimate its weight to be around thirty to thirty-three pounds. Such a small fish, and yet it tired me out. Earlier, when it was frantically escaping underwater, I thought I’d hooked a big one, sixty or seventy pounds at least. After that crazy escape, it turns out to be this small..."

"The way that fish attacked the Wave Crawler earlier was so cool. Thank goodness I had the foresight to record the screen in advance."

"Holy shit, you better send me a copy."

Lin Yang: "Alright, the first target fish has been successfully landed. Next, I’ll show you how to release a fish like the GT."

I seem to have said this before: almost all fish whose names contain ’mackerel’ are not very tasty. Bull Port Mackerel is one of these, with very coarse flesh and a strong fishy smell. It’s often used as animal feed, so anglers who catch this kind of fish usually choose to release them right back into the water.

A Bull Port Mackerel of around 30 pounds like the one he just caught might sell for a mere one or two hundred yuan, not even enough to cover the gas cost. So, the best course of action right now is to just set it free.

He continued, "The method of releasing Bull Port Mackerel is actually similar to releasing large freshwater fish I’ve talked about a long time ago. This fish is completely fatigued right now, and what we need to do is intervene manually to help it resume breathing on its own..."

Lin Yang put the fish into the livewell and then started slapping the water to increase oxygenation. About three minutes later, the GT revived. Seeing the fish’s strength returning, he threw it back into the sea, and with a flick of its tail, the GT quickly vanished from the water’s surface.

After successfully releasing the fish, he couldn’t help but reflect, "It really lives up to being the dream of sea anglers. Fishing for this kind of fish is a completely different feeling from fishing in freshwater or for most other sea fish."

Not long after chatting with the barrage, Wang Feng also got a bite on the other side, and it seemed to be a Bull Port Mackerel as well.

Although Bull Port Mackerel is known as the dream fish of sea anglers, if you find a spot where they are abundant, it’s relatively easy to catch them because they’re very aggressive feeders, easily caught with lures.

The one Wang Feng caught seemed even smaller than Lin Yang’s, but even so, it took him a lot of effort to get it up.

After releasing the Bull Port Mackerel weighing just over ten pounds, Lin Yang told him, "Your core strength looked good when you were pulling in the fish, but there’s a problem with the coordination between your breathing and your power exertion. Do you sometimes feel awkward while exerting force and breathing?"

Wang Feng nodded, "Yes, I do feel that. So, how should I adjust?"

Lin Yang gave an example, "You learned to run in PE when you were in school, right? The rhythm of stepping and breathing you use when running is similar to sea fishing. Just pay a little attention to that the next time you hook a fish. Oh, and put on the belly pad, it’ll be more convenient to exert force if you happen to catch a big one."

"Okay," Wang Feng nodded.

Soon, his assistant Xiao Zhang brought over a gadget resembling a small belly band and put it on him.

This thing, called a belly pad, is made entirely of polymer plastic. The part that contacts the belly is relatively flat, but there is a slight convexity with a groove in the middle. If you catch a big fish, the butt of the rod can be wedged into this groove, providing a support point beneath when you exert force, making it more comfortable.