The Top Fishing
Chapter 404 - 199: Catching Golden Spearfish_5

Chapter 404: Chapter 199: Catching Golden Spearfish_5

Lin Yang nodded, "Perhaps the common perceptions of sharks, fueled by films, television shows, or literary works, paint them as invincible, daunting forces, the absolute bosses of the ocean, but this image isn’t entirely accurate, and it could even be said to be incorrect."

"For certain fierce, large sharks, such as the Bull Shark, Great White Shark, and Tiger Shark, this group of sharks indeed possess full-on aggression, and being targeted by them would most likely result in misfortune rather than luck."

However, aside from these few species, there are many other types of sharks in the sea, with at least five hundred known species worldwide. Excluding those top predator species, many other sharks do not have such remarkable hunting abilities. The majority of sharks are opportunists; they are not adept at chasing prey at high speed but prefer to ambush, particularly when they spot sick fish or those that swim abnormally, they will decisively attack."

In this case, a question arises.

The fish we catch with metal jigs or other fishing methods, with hooks pierced through their mouths, can’t escape, and their swimming posture in the water is different from that of their peers. Sharks, being opportunists, can keenly detect this difference in movement and therefore attack the targeted fish."

At this point, some friends might ask how the hook for the big fish comes into play when smaller fish bite on lures, and the larger fish goes after the smaller ones? It doesn’t quite make sense logically.

The principle is actually quite simple; I’ll just show you the structure of the lures we’re using now. For example, with metal jigs that we’re using, usually, no matter the color or bait shape, there will be two treble hooks on the belly and the tail of the lure. Normally, when the target fish attacks the lure, they’re mostly caught by the hooks rather than swallowing the entire lure."

When a shark attacks the fish we’ve caught, the other treble hook’s pointy end is exposed outside, which greatly increases the chances of catching a higher-level shark."

This scenario is quite common in sea fishing; of course, there are even more exaggerated cases.

For instance, many sea anglers like to fish near oil rigs at night. Because fishing enthusiasts have been frequenting those spots year-round, the big fish in those waters are very wary, and most standard lures surely won’t work. Hence, many anglers come up with other methods, such as using lures for mid-sized fish to catch smaller individuals. Then, they take advantage of the pilfering habits of other species to catch the bigger Slippery Fish... "

The principle Lin Yang explained is very straightforward: use the fish already hooked as bait. This is a tactic he often employed while fishing for large specimens in freshwater.

As he was explaining this to everyone, the fish that had been ambushed and hooked was gradually exhausted.

When they finally pulled it out of the water, indeed it was a shark a bit over one meter long. In its mouth, it still held a very small Golden Spearfish, hooked by the lure’s treble hook at the corner of its mouth.

"Wow, Lin Yang bro, you actually guessed it right again, another Nurse Shark," said Wang Feng as he looked at the shark.

"Is the host going to perform a catch-and-release of the shark again? But this time, it’s been caught with a treble hook lure, seems a bit difficult to release, right?"

Seeing the audience’s query in the live chat, Lin Yang burst into laughter, "Haha, not to worry, it’s very simple. The treble hook is caught in the fish’s mouth underneath its chest. Just using a homemade unhooking device, we can easily remove it, which is even simpler than dealing with a single hook. How to describe it? It’s like the hook remover used in freshwater platform fishing."

After his explanation, everyone got a basic idea of the tool.

True enough, Xiao Peng quickly brought over a homemade tool, and after Lin Yang ensured the fishing line was taut with the fish, he gripped the hook and shook it out continuously a couple of times, successfully disengaging the hook.

After releasing the shark and looking at the remains of the Golden Spearfish, which was just a mutilated head and a small back section of its body, he scratched his head and thought it was a pity; the meaty part had been bitten off, leaving just the head and a small tail end.

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