The Top Fishing
Chapter 467 - 218: The Mysterious Colossus_3

Chapter 467: Chapter 218: The Mysterious Colossus_3

Next, the anglers participating in the competition around the big bridge quickly noticed an extraordinary scene: Lin Yang’s fishing boat would sometimes speed up and sometimes stop to turn around within a vast area, using the huge buoyancy of the boat to adjust the direction of movement, depleting the strength of the big fish underwater.

Lin Yang, on the other hand, stood steadily on one side of the boat, bending the fishing rod as he struggled with the fish underwater.

The high-intensity confrontation made him extremely focused. Through the walkie-talkie, more and more reports of catches of Giant Groupers rang out, but he did not care at all, not even when Gao Bai succeeded in catching his second fish—Lin Yang did not take it to heart.

The big fish underwater was too powerful. Even with Lin Yang’s full attention, there were plenty of problems, afraid that a moment’s inattention would make another mistake and let the fish escape.

Unconsciously, Lin Yang’s strength was also rapidly declining. To successfully tire out this fish, he had to create enough trouble for it while he still had the strength.

Thinking this, he once again adjusted his fishing strategy.

The relatively gentle strategy of playing the fish by easing the line was abandoned. He slightly loosened the drag, letting the big fish make a dash and escape more than twenty meters.

Following that, he tightened the drag, his muscles tensing, repeatedly leaning back and forth, desperately reeling in the fishing line.

During this process of give and take, the big fish underwater still expended a good amount of energy. Having already been in a stalemate for quite a while, and after such a tussle, its reserves of strength were not insignificant.

In just a few minutes, his give-and-take strategy had been repeated more than ten times, and the strength of the big guy underwater was noticeably depleted.

Nevertheless, the fish’s energy reserves were still beyond what a single person could contend with. During these minutes, Lin Yang’s own strength also rapidly diminished, enduring agony every moment.

In such a situation, his persistent character trait played a crucial role. Even though his arms had already begun to shake, he gripped the fishing rod tightly without letting go. It was no longer realistic to easily pull the fish back in, but maintaining the posture to control the fish and let it drag the boat was now feasible.

This state lasted for over an hour, and unnoticed by them, their fishing area on the outskirts was now surrounded by anglers watching the excitement. Even the blue and white referee boats remained nearby, seemingly very interested in the fish that Lin Yang had caught.

Having been in a state of high tension for a long time, he was now drenched in sweat from head to toe, as if he had just been fished out of the sea. However, the fighting spirit in his eyes had not diminished, still maintaining the most appropriate posture to fight the fish.

Gradually, the big guy underwater was completely exhausted and began to rise to the surface.

A few meters below the surface, the lens of a smartphone captured a huge shadow.

"Holy crap, what is this thing?"

"A big fish? That’s way too exaggerated, isn’t it? Does anyone in the livestream have a similar catch, take a look at what this is."

"Looking at the color, it doesn’t seem to be a Giant Grouper. This fish’s color is much darker, it’s almost a shade of yellowish-brown to grey-black."

Just as the viewers in the live broadcast were guessing what it could be, the big fish finally surfaced from underwater.

Boy, it was a pitch-black creature that looked just like the detritus at the bottom of the water, with a huge mouth and a thick body, and its spiny dorsals were at least two sizes larger than the usual.

Especially its thick stout lips—it looked like it could swallow an adult whole if it opened its mouth.

"What the hell is this thing, also a Giant Grouper? Captain, can you take a look?" Wang Feng wasn’t sure what the big fish was and hastily called the captain from the wheelhouse.

The captain came out of the wheelhouse and took a careful look at the big fish.

The big fish’s overall size matched that of a Giant Grouper, only much larger than usual. However, the color difference was quite substantial.

The Giant Groupers caught in the surrounding area, because of the high visibility in waters less than thirty meters deep, were mostly light yellow or yellow-brown in color, some with spots.

But this big guy was at least two shades darker, looking dark and terrifying. Combined with a massive head, it was particularly frightening.

"It should be a Giant Grouper, but I’ve never seen one this big. Maybe it would be better to ask the referee to take a look," said the captain, who was also unsure and suggested.

"OK."

Soon enough, the captain called the nearby referee boat using the ship’s intercom. After receiving the message, the referee boat quickly approached.

Upon closely observing this at least two-and-a-half-meter-long behemoth on the water’s surface, the two referees were also dumbfounded. Giant Groupers were caught every year, or pulled out of the water by a collaborative effort then released, but this size and color were very rare; even experienced referees had not seen such.

Therefore, a short real-time video of the big fish was quickly uploaded to the temporary office on shore, and more staff took notice of the fish Lin Yang had caught.

At that time, the marine biology research team, which had been following the progress of the event and staying in contact with the organizers, also spotted this video.

The young researcher Su Li, with a face full of freckles, exclaimed to her colleagues: "Look, one of the anglers in the competition just caught a black Giant Grouper."

Su Li’s colleague quickly turned his head to watch the video and confirmed: "This must be some kind of adaptive body coloration evolution. There’s no oil spill pollution around the cross-sea bridge, so why did it turn this strange color? Also, this Giant Grouper is a bit too big. I think your previous proposal is worth considering. Should we inform our supervisor about this?"

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