The Top Fishing
Chapter 495 - 228: The Super Colossus

Chapter 495: Chapter 228: The Super Colossus

Hearing the call, Lin Yang turned his head and strode into the cabin.

"Is it a big fish coming? How big? Where?" he asked directly with rapid-fire questions.

"Look, the large blotches of red and yellow on the screen are the big fish. Our sonar fish finder is the latest version, with a much higher refresh rate than the old ones and virtually no signal delay."

Lin Yang followed the pointed direction and, indeed, saw a significant blotch moving sinuously on the monitor.

"Can we estimate the size of the fish from the blotch? Is there anything else for comparison? I saw them catch a big-eyed gold spearfish earlier; there must be schools of small fish around, right?"

"Oh, of course, I was focused on the big fish and blocked the signals of medium and small fish. Let me bring them up for you!"

Zhang Lin pressed a few buttons, and the image on the screen quickly changed. Aside from the big fish, many other scattered small blotches appeared nearby.

In comparison, these small blotches were only 1/10 the size of the large blotch, or even smaller.

With the comparison, the big fellow seemed like a colossus.

"What are these little blotches? Compared to the fish, this big fish seems kinda exaggerated. It’s not a whale, is it?"

"No, not a whale. Whales don’t move that fast, and the size ratio is a bit off. I think it’s our target, the Bluefin! Those smaller ones around should also be dozens of pounds, over a hundred pounds each. Roughly estimating, this fish should be over 1000 pounds."

No sooner had he spoken than a second fish appeared on the monitor.

If the hundred-pound fish seemed unclear in comparison to the big one, the second fish provided a clearer data reference.

This fish was only half the length of the big one and bigger than the previous smaller fish. Moreover, on its dorsal fin, there was a blue light blinking, which puzzled Lin Yang.

"Hey, what’s with that blue light?"

"That’s a signal tracker, this fish has been caught before, it has a signal tracking device installed on it, let me check its record." Zhang Lin operated the device again, quickly matching the signal with the reported data.

"Bluefin Tuna, 495 pounds, caught and released on September 25 last year." Zhang Lin blurted out the record.

"Holy moly, that’s the 495-pounder released last year, then the bigger one must definitely be over 1000 pounds! Let’s go, let’s go, it’s time to work. Change the bait." Lin Yang walked excitedly out of the cabin and headed straight for the fishing rod.

He reeled in the line, removed the bait fish, replaced it with a new one, and then trimmed one side of the bait fish’s fins. After tweaking it, he threw the bait fish into the sea, and the kite took off again.

With preparations complete, Lin Yang opened the marine encyclopedia and redeemed all available buffs.

His lure on the fish hook already had a stronger attracting power than others, and now, with various other buffs, the ability to lure fish had increased significantly.

Now that the buffs were active, Lin Yang didn’t know exactly when the fish would be hooked. He checked the details of the electric reel’s settings one more time to make sure everything was fine, and then he waited patiently.

At that moment, his state was definitely tenser than when he had been "watching the sunset" earlier, he couldn’t remain lying on the folding deck chair, glancing around from time to time, every little movement making him turn his head to look.

"Brother Yang, what’s wrong with you? Why have you become so nervous after changing the bait?" Yue’er was curious about Lin Yang’s actions and demeanor.

Lin Yang: "Just now in the cabin, the fish finder detected a big fish, at least over 1000 pounds. The fishing equipment we’re using today is the ultimate setup for boat fishing, I’m looking forward to catching a record-breaking big guy."

"Pshaw, you make it sound like you can command it or something, do you think it will obediently bite the hook just because you want it to?" Yue’er pursed her lips in disbelief, seeing Lin Yang’s confidence.

No sooner had she finished speaking than the reel on the fishing rod started clicking rapidly.

Lin Yang turned his head to look, and in the next second, the clicking merged into a continuous sound – they had a bite, and the fish was instantly fleeing at full speed after taking the hook!

To understand, the drag setting of the massive boat electric reel was set much higher than the norm for catching Bluefin. If the fish could pull the line out at such speed after being hooked, its strength could be imagined to be tremendous.

"We’ve got a bite! It’s a big one!"

Lin Yang quickly went to the fishing rod to fine-tune the drag, adjusting it from 70% to 85%. After this adjustment, the speed of the line going out slowed slightly but still couldn’t be reeled in.

Hearing the call, Captain Harry and Zhang Lin also ran out of the cabin, but Captain Harry just took one look before turning back into the cabin.

"Zhang, retrieve the anchor! This is a big fish! We must get the boat moving to have a chance!" The captain commanded, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.

Soon, the anchor was retrieved, and the captain also started up the boat’s engines. Captain Harry was very experienced in controlling the vessel to coordinate with playing the fish.

The chosen direction of the boat’s movement was at an angle of less than 90 degrees to the direction of the big fish’s force, which could reduce the pressure on the fishing gear, the reel, and the rod to some extent, allowing for more line to be pulled in.

Having already cooperated in this way before, Lin Yang now had practical experience. He promptly took advantage of the captain’s repositioning to reel in some of the line and, at the same time, tried to use the powerful motor of the electric reel to start playing the fish.