The Top Fishing
Chapter 413 - 202: On Big Swordfish_2

Chapter 413: Chapter 202: On Big Swordfish_2

At the same time, he wasn’t wrong; sea wolves do indeed move in packs, and sure enough, there was a group of sea wolves below. His second rod, cast just a minute ago, had caught another fish.

Only when he had hauled the fish halfway up, it was robbed by a shark.

This time the shark wasn’t hooked, and a seventy to eighty centimeters long sea wolf had a big chunk bitten off its head. By the time Lin Yang pulled it up, only a short stub of the head remained.

"My god, the bad luck sure works better than the good, attracting the shark again." He couldn’t help but make a sarcastic remark this time and showed the fish head on the hook to everyone for a quick glance.

The cross-sectional area of the wound was very neat, with the majority of the fish’s flesh bitten off, leaving only a bit of the half-head and a tiny bit of meat behind the neck, which had virtually no practical value.

With a smidge of emotion, Lin Yang nonchalantly removed the hook and tossed the fish head back into the water.

"Brother Yang, didn’t you say last time that you shouldn’t throw fish corpses back into the sea as it would attract more sharks?" Yue’er couldn’t help but speak up when she saw him throw the fish head into the water.

"It’s fine, the sharks are already here, and most of the sea wolf’s body is still in the sea anyway, one more fish head doesn’t make a difference." Lin Yang stubbornly replied. "Let’s keep fishing for a few more rounds and see. If the sharks keep bothering us, we’ll change spots."

In the following half-hour, the problem with shark robbery indeed became increasingly serious, with almost every fish caught being stolen. Naturally, they couldn’t continue fishing like this.

Lin Yang: "We really need to change spots now; the sharks down below are already waiting to be fed. Let’s move to that deeper water spot."

Wang Feng nodded: "Alright."

The yacht raised anchor, and the group quickly headed towards the second spot.

About twenty minutes later, the party of five arrived near the second spot, dropped anchor again, and started fishing.

This time they couldn’t use the same 100g slow jig they had been using; the water depth had increased from about sixty meters to well over a hundred meters, nearly doubling the time it took for the lure to sink to the bottom.

"Now we have arrived at our second spot for the evening, where the water is much deeper. I’m going to switch to a 300g jumbo jig and see how our luck fares." After arriving, Lin Yang explained this to the camera once more.

At different depths, fishing requires specific equipment targeted for the conditions, and many of the viewers also knew this.

Before starting to fish, Lin Yang tested the water depth and immediately switched to a larger jig. However, he hadn’t considered the issue of hooking too big a fish, so he still used the relatively thinner PE line from earlier.

The first cast hadn’t reached the bottom when an unknown fish took a bite. Lin Yang felt the acceleration during the line’s descent, gave the rod a tentative jerk, and immediately a tremendous force came through, pulling the lure into a mad dash.

The situation was a bit unexpected, and it took him a second to react. He quickly adjusted to the force and started reeling in.

But this time he wasn’t as lucky as before. While habitually locking the reel in the opposite direction to adjust the drag, the huge fish underwater surged with power and cut the leader line.

One second the rod was bent into a beautiful arc, the next it sprang back up lifelessly, the line slackened, and the jig was pulled away.

"Damn, it cut the line!"

Lin Yang was a bit surprised and lamented as he picked up the rod to reel in the line, and indeed, only less than half of the leader line remained, having been broken from the middle.

Wang Feng, hearing the commotion, looked over and came to ask: "Lin Yang, what happened, did you hit a big fish?"

"Just now during baiting, it bit, but the force of the pull was too great, and the leader was cut. The fish must have been large; I had set the drag to 15kg and there was no reaction, the line was just spewing out."

"What size line are you using now?"

"Four, PE? I was using it at the last spot." Lin Yang glanced at his reel and said.

"That might be because the line size is too small. It looks like there are big fish around here, and it would be a shame to lose them because the rig is too thin."

After hearing Wang Feng’s words, Lin Yang realized that he had indeed made a strategic mistake, changing to a large jig but forgetting to switch to a thicker line. Such a thin line was fine for catching a few kilograms of fish, but the margin for error was too low with bigger catches, even with a line buffer.

With this in mind, Lin Yang immediately switched to the rig he had used for catching dogtooth tuna the day before.

As soon as he finished changing the rig, Yue’er, who was nearby, caught a fish.

The fish below was incredibly strong; she held the rod with both hands, resting it against her belly, yet she still couldn’t lift it. By the time Lin Yang reached her, the leader line had been cut again.

"Ah, the fish got away!" Yue’er said with some regret.

Lin Yang: "Use a thicker fishing line. There’s a prepared spool over there; I’ll help you with it."

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After losing two big fish in a row due to cut lines, not only were the folks on the yacht curious about the big fish below, but the viewers in the live stream were also eagerly anticipating.

"Damn, two big fish got away in a row; the host must have found a fish nest of big ones."

"Everyone should change their rig, there must be some giants down there."

Lin Yang addressed the camera: "We are now at a spot where the water depth is between 120 and 140 meters. There’s a chance of catching many types of large predatory fish here. I’ve heard that big fish caught here include big-eyed gold spearfish, yellowfin gold spear, dogtooth tuna, marlin, large GT, and others, all have been hauled up before. I’ve now switched back to a rig suitable for catching big fish, let’s see if we can encounter some big ones."