The Top Fishing
Chapter 402 - 199: Catching Golden Spearfish_3

Chapter 402: Chapter 199: Catching Golden Spearfish_3

On the yacht, Wang Feng curiously asked, "Lin Yang, bro, what’s the main target fish at the spot we’re heading to today? Are we going after grouper again?"

Last night’s Long Dun grouper feast had satisfied everyone’s cravings, so the first thing Wang Feng thought of today was to catch some grouper to continue indulging.

Lin Yang smiled and shook his head as he replied, "Isn’t that pursuit a bit too simple for you? Just filling the belly and all’s well? Today, we’re heading to another spot, said to be a secret base, so remote from the shore that many who know the coordinates haven’t visited."

"What about the fish species? Are there any representative species there, like Big Grouper?"

Well, Wang Feng seemed to have a fixation with grouper.

"The information about the spot says it’s an underwater fault zone, where small fish are very dense. Big fish that feed on these small fish are also plentiful—Big Grouper, Big GT, and even big dogtooth tuna can be caught there."

"If you want to catch some small grouper for eating, actually, any place with reefs will do; no need to go this far. We’ve come all the way to the international waters after several days; naturally, we should aim for big achievements. Those big fish are our real pursuit and dream."

"Alright, let’s do it your way. We’ll continue to go for the big catch today!"

Departing from the overnight location, the yacht headed southeast for over an hour before finally stopping at a set of coordinates.

"We’re here; you can start getting ready," Lin Yang announced after dropping the anchor.

He planned to continue jigging today. The fault here was quite deep, and with a bit of luck, he might encounter many large fish, perhaps even some unexpected catches.

As for Wang Feng and others, they lacked the strength for jigging, opting instead to fish more passively with rods, even fixing their fishing rods to the gunwales and using electric reels.

Yue’er decided to fish today as well, so Lin Yang set her up with an electric fishing rod, simply teaching her how to bait the hook and reel in the line.

Once she got the hang of it, Lin Yang also launched the drone again and connected to the live stream.

This time he named the live stream session "Mysterious Spot: Hunting the Giants of the Sea."

"Good, the host has started the broadcast on time."

"New spot? What’s the target fish today?"

Seeing that many viewers were quite curious, Lin Yang briefly introduced, "Today is another day of deep-sea fishing. We’ve come to a secretive spot, rumored to be haunted by mysterious large fish. We’re trying our luck to see if we’ll make any good catches."

"Mysterious spot? What’s that about? Can you elaborate please?"

"Add one from above, anglers naturally can’t resist the term ’mysterious spot.’

Everyone was really interested in this ’mysterious spot.’

Lin Yang chuckled, "Mysterious spot is just a term. Officially, it’s more intricate. Just like on land, under water, there are various terrains—natural ones, like trenches or coral reefs, and those caused by human intervention, like shipwrecks or well shafts in the sea."

"Now, where we’ve arrived is an oceanic fault line—a special submarine geological structure, similar to a cliff above the water surface. Due to this unique terrain, a mass of small fish gathers here to hide from predators, while large predators also frequent this area to hunt. Over time, it has become a spot known for extremely agitated fish behavior."

"Based on the fish activity here, today I plan to continue with the jigging method to try our luck. Speaking of jigging, it’s worth mentioning separately:

Jigging is a widely popular sport fishing method in deep-sea angling, as I mentioned yesterday. By dropping jigs of varying weights and utilizing the up-and-down motion of the jigging rod, the lure changes its depth and displays certain swimming motions, attracting larger fish to strike, especially in today’s deep fault, where the effectiveness of jigs enhances."

"Today the depth at this spot is about over a hundred meters, so we are using heavier jigs, weighing around 200-300 grams, allowing the lure to sink faster to the intended depth. Let’s start, today’s first cast, let’s test our luck..."

After a brief introduction to the knowledge of jigging, Lin Yang casually tossed a jig into the water, watching the color-coded fishing line in the reel to roughly estimate the depth of the water.

A moment later, the jig reached the bottom, and he estimated the depth to be around one hundred twenty meters.

Upon reaching the bottom, Lin Yang began the standard jigging motions.

With yesterday’s practice, he was even more skilled today, continuously reeling in and letting out, keeping the jig in a specific layer at the bottom, teasing it back and forth to attract a big fish’s attack.

Less than three minutes after the first cast, Lin Yang felt the rod dip sharply, indicating a catch.

"Fish on!" he called out, starting to reel in strenuously.

Jigging at such depths, with a rather thick rod, even without a catch, one could feel immense resistance from the seabed, let alone when a fish was hooked.

Luckily, the fish wasn’t very large. After lunging forward twice, Lin Yang forcefully hauled it up.

The fish wasn’t very big, weighing around seven to eight kilograms, plump and spindle-shaped, with a bluish-black dorsum, grayish-white sides and abdomen, dark brown caudal fins, and other fins and spines yellow, caught at a relatively high water level.