The Top Fishing
Chapter 544 - 243: Vampire Fish_2

Chapter 544: Chapter 243: Vampire Fish_2

Lin Yang also witnessed the entire process of the fish jumping up to clean its gills, and his heart tightened slightly, feeling that it was probably not a Silver Dragon Fish.

The Silver Dragon Fish didn’t have such a powerful escape strength, nor did it have sufficient explosive power, and most importantly, having caught several Silver Dragons before, not once did they perform such an action of jumping to clean their gills.

Additionally, the size and length did not quite match that of a Silver Dragon Fish.

"Shabaka! Shabaka!!"

Just then, Baom, who had been quiet and hadn’t said anything, suddenly exclaimed loudly.

Upon hearing Baom’s exclamation, Sun Zheng hurriedly translated, "Master Lin, Baom says that the fish we’ve caught is a Snaggletooth! This type of fish is quite rare, and especially one this big; you better be careful!"

"Snaggletooth?"

Upon hearing this term, the first thing that came to Lin Yang’s mind was the bucktoothed girl from Stephen Chow’s movies... just kidding. There indeed was a peculiar-looking ’Snaggletooth Fish’ in the Amazon, also known as the vampire fish.

"Are you sure it’s a Snaggletooth Fish?" He asked again to confirm, as he had also done his homework before coming.

"Yes! Snaggletooth Fish! It has very long teeth and a very unique shape; big ones are also very rare. Steady yourself a bit, I remember the record for Snaggletooth Fish logged by the World Fishing Association is just over one meter three. This fish has the potential to challenge the record for this species!"

Hearing that he might challenge the record, Lin Yang felt a drop in his heart again, and the action of reeling in the line immediately slowed by half a beat.

He had come all this way to the Amazon to fish, but he was on a mission.

The first was the collaboration with CCTV, which required high-quality video content of this kind.

The second was his own live-stream fishing, which also needed such content to attract viewers to watch.

Lastly, since he had previously set a few records, he had started to understand some of the rules regarding fish species records with the World Fishing Association.

Ordinary people might not have the chance to catch such fish, and even if they did, it’s not guaranteed to meet the audit rules, but Lin Yang was different. He was now live-streaming the entire fishing process, solo, which made even the strict auditing rules unable to find any faults.

In addition, every broken record could provide him with no small amount of international exposure.

Having experienced the enormous benefits of fame previously in Japan, Lin Yang was naturally happy to have the opportunity to break new records.

The big fish underwater was still struggling non-stop, and the high-definition camera was capturing every move on the surface.

The next second, the big fish once again leaped from the water.

This time, the fish swam towards Lin Yang, and the camera fortuitously got a good front-face close-up.

Now everyone, as well as the viewers in the live stream room, understood why the fish was called a Snaggletooth.

Goodness, the two protruding buck teeth were at least 15 centimeters long, standing out like the fangs of a sabre-toothed tiger, and if it bit into one’s buttocks, it would certainly leave two huge bloody holes.

"Holy smokes, what in the devil is that? Were those teeth just now?"

"Snaggletooth, devil snaggle! I know what this is now. They sell these ornamental fish in Guangdong; the size is usually around sixty centimeters, much smaller than this one!"

"Damn, watching the host fish gives me déjà vu of a zombie movie. Those two teeth are way too freaking scary!"

"Host, you must be careful, don’t get bitten by those long teeth."

Lin Yang was not foolish; there was no way he would give it an opportunity to bite him.

Once he identified the species, his subsequent control of the fish became much steadier. He patiently played the fish, slowly letting out line, then reeling in, a battle of endurance.

About twenty minutes later, he completely wore out the big fellow, who started to drift up from the water, allowing Lin Yang to pull it to the shore.

"Yue’er, prepare the largest net." Lin Yang reminded her, and Yue’er immediately took out a foldable net from her backpack and quickly set it up.

Although he brought the large net along, not even he thought there would really come a day when he’d need to use it.

The two-piece folding structure, once fully expanded, had an opening nearly ninety centimeters across. It was not just for fish; even wrapping around a person would be easy. It was specifically ready for handling big fellows that the fish gripper could not manage.

With the large net prepared, Lin Yang took the net in his left hand and with a strong effort on the rod with his right hand, he quickly scooped the fish into the net, successfully catching it!

The fish was safe, and Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He gently dragged the fish to shore and took out his lure pliers to unhook it.

Only then did everyone get a close-up look at the intricacies of this Snaggletooth Fish.

My, the previously estimated 15-centimeter buck teeth were actually over 18 centimeters in length. They were like two curved bone blades sticking out of the lower jaw. Besides the two exaggeratedly large teeth, the other teeth were also sharp and pointed.

But this was not the most interesting part. What was even more surprising was that the fish’s two big teeth could retract.

There were two flesh holes in the upper jaw of the fish’s head, and when the fish’s mouth was closed, the two large, sharp teeth could perfectly retract into these holes, just as a sword can be sheathed back into its scabbard.

This meant that the snaggle teeth were only visible when the mouth was open and could not be seen when the mouth was completely closed.

This made Lin Yang feel even more spooked. For a moment, he even had the illusion that after the 18-centimeter teeth retracted, they might poke into the upper jaw and penetrate the brain.

After studying the structure of the snaggle teeth for a while, Lin Yang gently pressed the fish’s head with his left hand and used the lure pliers with his right hand to find the spot in the inner part of the mouth where the treble hook was attached. With a gentle twist, he successfully removed the hook from the fish.