The Top Fishing
Chapter 468: Door-to-door endorsement

Chapter 468: Door-to-door endorsement

Su Li nodded, "Just for this special color alone, it’s worth a good study, I’ll call my advisor right away."

The young researcher quickly reported the situation to her teacher and forwarded the video.

The response was crisp; they used up a very precious live catch research quota and immediately contacted the organizers of the event.

While the referees were waiting for the organizing body to make the next step in their decision-making process, a piece of news that exceeded everyone’s conventional understanding soon came.

"This special Giant Grouper will no longer be measured and released according to the usual local fisheries conservation laws but will be collected and taken away by a subsequent scientific research vessel. The local Marine Biology University’s research group has used up their valuable capture quota to study this fish."

When Lin Yang and Wang Feng heard this news, they were quite calm; after all, they didn’t know what it meant. The fish didn’t belong to them personally anyway, so whether it was released or handed over to an institution, it made no essential difference to them.

However, the captain reacted differently; after hearing the news, he looked at Lin Yang with eyes full of envy, something that had never happened in the previous days.

"Mr. Lin Yang, it looks like you’ve hit the jackpot this time."

"Hit the jackpot? What jackpot?" Lin Yang curiously turned his head to ask him.

"According to the laws of the United States, the Giant Grouper is a strictly protected species; it is not allowed to be fished in the local area. Even if one is caught, it’s not allowed on board, and if you wish to take a photo, you have to go into the water."

"Uh-huh, I know all that, so what’s the big deal?" Lin Yang continued to inquire.

"Based on this regulation, the current world record for Giant Grouper on the World Fishing Association website is from over fifty years ago, before the laws were changed. Since then, no new record of Giant Grouper has been made since it’s not allowed out of the water for weighing. This type of fish is a rare species in other marine areas, with little distribution and seldom accidentally caught by anyone with sufficient evidence to verify it. As far as I know, the current record for Giant Grouper is 327.1 pounds. The one you caught definitely broke that record."

"I see, I thought it was a big deal." Lin Yang said, still very nonchalant.

Like the previous Big Mouth Bass record, this Giant Grouper too was caught during the competition and the weighing and measuring data were provided by the Marine Biology research team, making the reporting to the forum absolutely effortless.

While they were waiting for things to be processed.

In less than half an hour, three boats of various sizes, bearing the logos of the Marine Fisheries Bureau and the Coast Guard, arrived at the location of Lin Yang’s fishing boat.

This Giant Grouper, with its enormous size, was entirely different from the previously mutated Big Mouth Bass. The government officials who arrived promptly started bustling about after quickly verifying their IDs and the anglers’ qualifications.

The fish, exhausted from the struggle, continued to move in the waters surrounding the surface. After about half an hour of relief, its vitality had somewhat returned. Still, with the fishing line and hook in place, it couldn’t escape. Right after the professionals arrived, they immediately took new measures.

They used a device resembling an anesthesia gun and shot the behemoth. In no time, the fish became less and less active and began to float motionless on the surface.

The longest of the boats then opened its rear gunwale, and several people used the hoisting equipment on board to collectively pull the fish onto the boat.

Listening to the captain’s explanation, it seemed they had anesthetized the fish, but as for how it would be handled afterward—whether they would perform a dissection, live transport, or something else—remained unknown.

A few minutes later, Lin Yang and his companions received the measurement data provided by the personnel on board.

629.3 pounds, which is approximately 570.9 jin.

Without a doubt, this score broke the world record for Giant Grouper.

"The walkie-talkie just announced that we’ve caught the third target fish of the day, and for us, today’s competition has already ended prematurely," Wang Feng said excitedly on the side.

"Yeah, it’s over, everything’s over," Lin Yang nodded in agreement, and then his body went limp, uncontrollably sliding down onto the deck.

At first, it was brute force that kept him in the struggle with the big fish, but towards the end, it was only his willpower he could rely on.

The high-intensity confrontation made his adrenaline surge wildly, and now that the fish were ashore and the battle over, the overwhelming fatigue took uncontrollable hold of him.

"Lin Yang, brother, are you alright? Should I call for emergency response? How are you feeling now?" Wang Feng was genuinely alarmed.

The experienced captain, looking at Lin Yang’s condition, said, "He’s just been under prolonged muscle tension and has been sweating a lot. He’s just exhausted. We have electrolyte water on board; drink some, and after resting for a while, he should be fine."

Lin Yang lifted his head, "It’s nothing serious; the captain is right, a bit weak. Get me a drink, I’m thirsty."

"Oh, okay, I’ll get it right now," Wang Feng replied and turned to get the beverage.

Following that, Lin Yang enjoyed the VIP treatment again, with drinks brought to his lips and someone personally massaging his arms, shoulders, and other muscles.

After resting on the deck for around half an hour, his body slowly began to recuperate. With the aid of the gunwale, he attempted to stand up. Though still somewhat weak, at least he could get up on his own.

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