The Top Fishing
Chapter 463 - 217: Connect with the Giant_2

Chapter 463: Chapter 217: Connect with the Giant_2

"I’ll be closely monitoring the official live broadcast of the Giant Grouper competition, and if such a large individual is brought to the surface, I’ll contact them immediately,"

"Go for it."

....

After catching the first Giant Grouper, Lin Yang leaned against the cabin and rested for a few minutes.

He had used all his strength in the process of landing the fish, and although it had only been for a short few minutes, the brief period of intense physical exertion still left him feeling drained.

As a professional angler, Wang Feng had learned some basic fitness, muscle massage, and recovery techniques. He gave Lin Yang a certain amount of massage to relax his muscles, and after a few minutes, Lin Yang felt the discomfort in his limbs had subsided.

While they rested, another angler successfully caught another Giant Grouper. The total number of Giant Grouper caught had risen from two to three, but the only good news was that these scores were all made by different anglers, so Lin Yang and his team were not at a disadvantage for the time being.

After changing tack twice in a row, just as Lin Yang was about to ask the captain to move to another spot, he got another bite.

This time, the catch was only seven or eight meters from where he had been fishing before. After the bite, Lin Yang immediately lifted the rod.

Strangely enough, after landing one Giant Grouper earlier, encountering another fish taking the bait underwater did not give him that feeling of being dragged under the water.

He bent his body and struggled with the fish, and after a brief stalemate, he quickly stabilized the situation.

"This one should be a bit smaller, still a Giant Grouper," Lin Yang steadied himself and gently smoothed out his posture while reeling in the line, gradually pulling the fish away from the underwater structure.

Having just caught one Giant Grouper not long ago, the second did not have the same visual impact on everyone. In the camera frame, they could see him resting the fishing rod against his lower abdomen, hugging the rod, his muscles tense throughout his body as he slowly reeled in the line.

"Lin Yang, buddy, do you want to give up on this one? If it feels too strenuous, don’t force it," Wang Feng said worriedly, observing Lin Yang’s trembling arm muscles.

Lin Yang shook his head, "No problem, everything is under control. This fish should be a little smaller; the only question is whether it meets the size requirement,"

After another bout of bending over and reeling, the fish was pulled out of the water once more.

Indeed, his judgment was correct. It was still a Giant Grouper, but this one was smaller than the first, which explained why it took less effort to reel it in.

Yet it still took about eighty to ninety percent of his strength to get it onboard.

"Fishing boat 18 calling the judge’s boat, I’ve caught another Giant Grouper, requesting assistance for measurement and verification,"

"Request received, the judge’s boat is nearby and will arrive shortly, please wait,"

A few minutes later, the judge’s boat that had just left returned.

"Hey, over here!"

"Didn’t change the point and still caught a second fish? You’re one lucky guy," the white judge, who had begun to remember Lin Yang, greeted him with a chuckle as he brought the boat closer.

"This fish is a bit on the small side. I’m not sure if it meets the standard," Lin Yang said truthfully.

"Should be close enough, we’ll just measure it and see," the white judge responded, and soon his colleague went overboard again.

It turned out to be a stroke of good luck for Lin Yang and his team. The target fish size threshold agreed upon in the competition rules beforehand was five feet, equivalent to 1.524 meters in the international measurement system.

The previous fish had been over two meters long. This one barely met the minimum standard by a whisker, at about 1.58 meters, skimming by the threshold.

"5.1 feet, meets the size requirement," the white judge announced the confirmed length to Lin Yang and his team after getting the exact measurement from his colleague.

"Attention all anglers, angler Lin Yang with boat 18 has once again caught a qualifying Giant Grouper," Shortly after, the walkie-talkie conveyed the judge’s team’s announcement of the catch.

Hearing that Lin Yang had caught two Giant Groupers in a row and had successfully brought them onboard, the competitors who had been holding back their frustration before the contest began to grow restless, speeding up the frequency with which they cast and reeled in their lines.

Battling such behemoths in the sea demands very high physical fitness from anglers. Often, even if they have the ability to pull a fish up with a burst of strength, it leaves the angler utterly exhausted, requiring a long rest to recover a significant amount of energy.

But Lin Yang was an exception. After resting for just a short while following the capture of a large Giant Grouper, he managed to successfully land another fish that met the standard.

Not only had he succeeded in catching another fish, but he also had the added luck of the second one being smaller than the average size, netting him a sizable advantage.

After releasing the second fish, Lin Yang was drained of energy. He could no longer care about posing and simply sat down on the deck, panting heavily, with beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

"Whew, after catching two in a row, let me sit and rest for a bit. Captain, let’s move to a new spot, I don’t think there are any target fish left around here," Lin Yang let out a long breath, speaking between gasps for air.

"Ok, we’ll continue along the bridge toward the deep water area nearby; it’s over 30 meters deep there. It should have quite a few bigger fellows. Last year, there were rumors of big fish flipping a small boat. How are you feeling? We have ice blocks in the cabin, ice compressing can help you expel lactic acid and recover strength faster,"

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