The Top Fishing
Chapter 466 - 218: The Mysterious Colossus_2

Chapter 466: Chapter 218: The Mysterious Colossus_2

Since he switched to using this big sea rod today, Lin Yang had not experienced such extreme power with the previous fish, not even with the largest one, the first Giant Grouper, which had not managed to flatten the rod in an instant.

But now, the rod had been instantly flattened by brute force, in an utterly unreasonable way.

"Damn it," Lin Yang couldn’t help but swear, gripping the fishing rod tightly with both hands.

The fish underwater still exerted its might, making him feel the tip of the rod thumping down continuously. The rod’s backbone, which he had been very satisfied with before, was instantly compromised, completely bent out of shape.

The sensation was as if it was not a fish underwater but rather like being attached to the back of a fiercely charging tractor, the force so tremendous that it nearly made him lose the will to fight back.

He braced himself, wedging the butt of the rod into the slot above his pelvis, then locked the reel’s drag and hugged the bowing rod with both hands.

The big fellow that had swallowed the bait and hook underwater felt something was amiss. It turned and tried to enter a hole, but turning around was difficult for a big fish. Before it could get back into the hole, the fishing line was fully taut, forcibly stopping the fish less than a meter from its hiding place.

After a deadlock of twenty seconds, the fish underwater still showed no sign of relenting and floating up.

If it had been like the first fish, Lin Yang might have become complacent, since there was a chance that it would get stuck in a hole and stay there.

But this time, he didn’t relax at all. The force at the moment of hooking the fish was definitely greater than any of the previous catches in his perception. As long as the line didn’t break, there was no way he could give up.

After several unsuccessful attempts to flee and exert force, the fish underwater began to roll, trying to break free from the control of the hook.

However, dozens of meters of fishing line easily neutralized the rolling force thanks to the huge bearings of the high-speed sea fishing reel; it was all for naught, causing only a murky turmoil underwater with silt and debris churning, while the force from above remained immovable.

About thirty seconds into the stalemate, finally, the fish below made a move.

It floated subtly perhaps a meter higher, and the fishing rod, which had been bowed down tensely, finally lifted a bit.

Perceiving this slight change, Lin Yang put forth all his strength again, slightly enhancing his fine control over his body.

It could be said that, after so many boosts in physical strength, he was now at his limit.

At this moment, Lin Yang could vaguely discern the underwater fish’s direction of movement and its current approximate stamina. In his mind, he even conjured an image of a large Giant Grouper desperately trying to escape.

The fish’s strength was incredible underwater, and after only relaxing for a brief moment, it began to desperately try to escape again.

To deal with such a fish purely on brute force, even at his current level, he only had about a sixty to seventy percent confidence. The fishing line vibrated at high frequency, and the knot was slightly deformed and flattened, always on the verge of exceeding the tackle’s limit and snapping.

At this critical moment, Lin Yang turned to the cockpit and called out, "Captain, pull up the anchor. I’ve hooked a really tough big fellow."

The space underwater is 360 degrees and 3D. The fishing line could temporarily cope with the big fish, but the fishing boat was fixed by the anchor.

To get this big guy up, using conventional methods would be difficult because human strength has its limits. Using all his strength would merely maintain a fragile balance and not give him the upper hand, let alone drag the fish up by force.

To break the deadlock, the most effective method would be to drift-fish with the boat.

Pulling up the anchor, letting the fish run with the boat, as long as he doesn’t unluckily get tangled in an obstacle, there’s a great chance, and it wasn’t his first time doing this, either.

The captain, with his vast experience, began to act quickly upon Lin Yang’s command, swiftly pulling up the anchor.

Once the anchor was lifted from the seabed, the big fish’s force quickly translated to the boat.

Thankfully, the boat was large. A smaller fishing vessel might have been capsized by a single pull.

"Brother Feng, go to the other side of the boat and squat down to maintain balance. Captain, start the fishing boat’s engine, and let’s drift-fish using the method we used against the Big Mouth Bass," Lin Yang ordered coolly and clearly, while glancing down to check the clip connecting his harness to the side of the boat.

The boat’s engine roared to life. Sensing the direction of the fish’s force, the boat moved away from the pier, barely offset from the direction of the force underwater.

The big fellow originally aimed to return to its hidey-hole. But now, with the thwarting rolling and colliding, it couldn’t shake off the control of the fishing line. As it exerted force to one side, it was inadvertently pulled a few meters away from its cave.

This big fish had been active around here for many years, and the area around was its hunting ground. Except for a few bold sharks, most predators didn’t dare to venture close.

Now, the "Emperor" encountered a tough match and was out of luck.

What would happen when a ten-plus-meter-long fishing boat drift-fished a conservative estimate of a several hundred-kilogram big fish?

Once the fishing boat had pulled the fish away from the complex underwater environment near the pier, the outcome was all but certain.

This big fellow was strong and had ample stamina, but once removed from its complex hiding area, Lin Yang’s reel came into play. Patiently adjusting the drag to maintain a balance where the line could be let out to exhaust the fish’s stamina, but not so much that he lost control entirely.

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