The Top Fishing
Chapter 50 - 049: Explaining How to Adjust the Float

Chapter 50: Chapter 049: Explaining How to Adjust the Float

Of course, from time to time, fishing enthusiasts in the live stream also raised various problems they encountered while fishing.

Fishing Never Goes Empty: "Host, stop showing off your fishing skills. I ran into something really weird yesterday afternoon. I kept getting bites, but they were all just trash fish. What’s up with that?"

Air Force Commander: "Yeah, host, I’m experiencing the same issue here. The method you talked about last time, hanging earthworms, works really well, but as soon as I change the bait, it doesn’t work anymore. The float movements are really messy, and I keep missing bites."

Seeing that the questions came from two of his longtime fans, Lin Yang replied with a smile: "Missing bites when you get them boils down to just a few scenarios."

"One is that your hook is too large, and your bait is too hard, which impedes the fish when they try to take the bait."

"The second is that small trash fish have infiltrated your fishing spot. Another point is that your fishing float hasn’t been adjusted properly, leading to erratic float movements and missed bites."

"So you guys should check against these scenarios one by one."

Fishing Never Goes Empty: "I was playing in a ’black pit,’ and there were no trash fish. I also used small-sized hooks and leaders, so it must be that I didn’t adjust my fishing float properly. Thanks for the guidance, host."

Lin Yang: "Haha, you’re welcome."

"Host, how can we tell if we’ve adjusted our fishing float correctly?"

"Yeah, host, please tell us about adjusting the float. When I go fishing, I just randomly cast it out and wait for dead bites. Even though the fishing spot is boiling with fish, I still miss bites often, and I feel like I’ve missed a lot of chances to hit it big."

"Adjusting the float? What is that? Isn’t it just about throwing in the line directly after purchasing it?"

"Right, host, please talk about how to adjust the float."

"Ah, so many newbies here; it’s like seeing myself when I first started learning how to fish."

With someone taking the lead to ask questions, the majority of the viewers in the live stream followed suit, flooding the screen with captions about adjusting the float.

Seeing this, Lin Yang lifted his rod with his lead sinker resting in his palm and said, "Since everyone’s asking, I’ll talk a bit more about it and explain the method for adjusting the float specifically for Crucian Carp."

"Is class starting again? I’m staking out a spot in the front row."

"Pen and paper ready, host, go ahead and explain."

"Little Sunflower Classroom is back in session, and I’m all settled on my little stool."

Watching the playful captions scroll across the screen, Lin Yang laughed and said, "Alright, let’s get started. I’ll talk about this method of adjusting the float especially for Crucian Carp,"

As he spoke, he took a new piece of lead skin and wrapped it around the lead seat, also cutting off the leader line above it.

"Host, why talk about Crucian Carp? There are so few Crucian Carps here; it’s mostly Luo Fei. Can you talk about Luo Fei instead?"

"Haha, Luo Fei and Crucian Carp bite the same way."

"Shh, quiet, please raise your hand before speaking next time."

Lin Yang smiled lightly: "Yes, the reason I single out Crucian Carp is that among the commonly fished species, adjusting the float for Crucian Carp is relatively the most complicated and also the most common species."

"So as long as we can master the technique of adjusting the float for Crucian Carp fishing, adjusting the float for other fish under different conditions will become very simple."

"First, the initial step is to find the bottom. Whenever we go fishing in any body of water, our first step must be to find the bottom."

"Many anglers are influenced by the half-water float adjustment method and start adjusting their float at not too high a position right away, seemingly saving a lot of time. But because they don’t find the bottom beforehand, the target depth is not precise."

"This results in missing out on many chances to catch fish due to not being able to discern subtle bites."

"But initially finding the bottom is actually very simple. First, we need to make sure that the weight of the lead skin is greater than the buoyancy of the float, and then cast the line assembly into the water without the leader line."

"Then gradually pull up the float until the tip of the float is level with the water surface. At this point, we should no longer move the top space bean, and this position marks the depth of our fishing spot."

As Lin Yang was explaining, he controlled the drone to give a close-up of the float cast into the water, with the entire shot being a full tracking shot, and also high definition uncensored.

"I feel like the host is explaining it in so much detail, and the camera is also following along quickly, capturing every detail without missing a beat."

"This is a hundred times better compared to those float adjustment videos found online."

"Not concerned with adjusting the float; I’m just here for the roller coaster experience."

"Uh, I just came in; did I miss something?"

Lin Yang glanced at the comments on the public screen and chuckled before continuing, "After we’ve found the bottom, we need to move the fishing float to the depth we want to fish, which is what we commonly refer to as finding the target depth."

While speaking, he reeled the line assembly back from the water.

"We first need to determine the target depth we’re prepared to adjust for and fish at. Generally, if we’re using a 7-depth soft-tail float and kneading the bait for fishing, we can adjust for 4-5 depths and fish at around 2 depths."

"If it’s fishing with pulled bait, we can adjust for 3-4 depths, then fish around 2 depths."

"For floats with a higher number of depths, like a rigid thin-tail floater for kneading bait, we can adjust for 7-9 depths and fish 2-3 depths. If it’s rigid thin-tail for pulled bait, we can adjust for 4-6 depths and fish 2-3 depths."

"Alright, once we have determined our target and fishing depths, we need to pull down the float. Here, pay attention..."

Lin Yang continued as he controlled the drone to give a zoomed-in close-up shot.

"The distance we pull down must be greater than the length of the leader line we’re using. Then we start trimming the lead skin until the float exposes the number of depths we desire."

"It’s important to note here that when our float is close to our adjustment target, we must be careful when trimming the lead skin to avoid cutting off too much by accident, which would be quite troublesome."

"Next up is our final step: bait hanging and finding the bottom. First, we move the float to a position approximately equal in distance to the space beans that mark the water depth,"

"We attach a slightly larger bait ball to find the bottom. When casting the line into the water, if the float shows two eyes above the water, we continue to pull up the float by the distance of two eyes. If the float shows more than three eyes, it means we’ve gone beyond the bottom, and we need to pull the float down by about two eyes so that the bait on the hook is precisely at the bottom."

"Now we can attach the bait in the normal fishing size and cast the line into the water, then make minor adjustments so that the float shows about two eyes above the water for fishing. Alright, that concludes the method for adjusting the float."

Lin Yang looked at his phone and said.

But his brow immediately furrowed, as he saw that the comments on the live broadcast’s public screen were still stuck at the previous moment, Lin Yang thought it was a signal freeze.

However, just a few seconds later, the comments exploded like a dam bursting.

"Amazing, with these shots and the explanation, the host could totally start a specialized fishing class."

"Great explanation, but what I want to ask is, what model is the host’s drone? I want to buy one too."

"Don’t ask, asking means you can’t afford it."

"After the host’s explanation, I’ve had an epiphany. No way, I need to go out and try it right away, bye guys."

"Here comes a small gift as a token of respect, thanks for the host’s detailed explanation."

Lin Yang watched the continuous stream of comments and small gifts and said, "Thank you everyone for your gift support."

The One Who Never Fishes Empty: "Host, didn’t you forget to mention something? Are you holding back?"

Air Force Commander: "Host keeping secrets? That can’t be right."

"Upstairs, don’t slander the host."

The One Who Never Fishes Empty: "Erm, sweat, what I meant was that the float is adjusted, but we also need to make corresponding adjustments based on the fish’s behavior, right?"

The comments flew by quickly, but Lin Yang still noticed these few comments.

He nodded and replied, "That’s right, this netizen asked a very good question, let me explain further."

"Crucian Carp’s float movements are relatively complex. If the fishing is good, there may be obvious signals, but you might not hook any fish when you lift the rod. So it’s necessary to adjust the float in time according to the fishing conditions at the beginning."

"If the float moves noticeably but you’re not hooking any fish when you lift the rod, it means your fishing is too sensitive. In this case, based on the float we’ve just adjusted, you can push the float up about one eye at a time until you find the correct fishing position."

"If you’re hooking fish without any float signal, or if you’re hooking fish by the corner of the mouth or the lower jaw, it means your fishing is too dull. At this time, you can pull the float down about one eye at a time until you get a straight bite."

"Another very important point is that Crucian Carp generally like to feed at the bottom, but in many environments, they may also rise to the surface. If we get no bites while fishing at the bottom, we should consider fishing off the bottom or floating."

"We can lower the float by about 10 centimeters each time, searching for the fish layer by layer, until we find where the fish are biting. If, while float fishing, attaching double baits pulls the float completely underwater, we should continue to trim the lead weights until the float shows about two eyes above the water after baiting, which is optimal."

"Eh, what I just mentioned only applies to densely stocked fish ponds. If you are fishing in the wild, you can just use the float adjustment method I described earlier."

Lin Yang has been using split-screen live broadcast mode, with half the screen showing drone footage and the other half showing himself. So, this combination of float adjustment visuals and a vivid explanation is just perfect.

This effect was completely unattainable with previous handheld live streaming, so now the audience’s viewing experience in the live stream is very good."

"The host is really ’awesome,’ way better than those pretty boys who just preen and pose."

"Are you a woman upstairs? Off-road driving on this crappy road."

"With these shots and this explanation, unbeatable."

"Full recording, I’ll savor it slowly under the covers tonight."

A new type of drone live streaming, combined with a detailed explanation of float adjustment, brought a new surge in popularity to the live stream, with various small gifts continuously flying in.

Next, Lin Yang continued to talk about some considerations when fishing for Crucian Carp, and time flew by for over an hour without notice.

It was getting late, and the fish in the spot had almost stopped biting. Lin Yang said goodbye to the viewers in the live stream and started to pack up his fishing gear to head home.

By the time he got home, it was already noon.

After lunch, the small bait machine Lin Yang had purchased from the same city was delivered.

Several people worked together to move the machine into a room, setting up a small processing workshop.

With this filling machine, plus the sealing machine bought previously, making bait became much easier.

Just line up the empty bottles in order, and they can be automatically filled and sealed, which is very convenient and allows for ’automated’ production by one person.

Lin Yang had earned many points with his continuous protection spree lately, so he exchanged hundreds of bottles of the potion at once to be managed directly by Old Lin.

Of course, Lin Yang repeated the importance of these potions to the old couple, emphasizing that they take great care in managing them.

Not only that, he was preparing to make different bait formulations, not just for Crucian Carp but also for Catfish and Carp, and put them on sale altogether.

This, of course, used a large number of points, so his daily fishing trips to earn points couldn’t stop.

However, his electric scooter couldn’t carry much stuff, and the battery range was short; it no longer supported his fishing trips. So, it was time to buy a vehicle for commuting and transporting his fishing gear.

Upon hearing that their son wanted to buy a vehicle, his parents had no objections.

However, his mom suggested that it would be best to have Uncle accompany him when buying a car to prevent getting overcharged by salespeople and spending unnecessary money.

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