The Top Fishing
Chapter 562 - 247: Night Fishing for Catfish_4

Chapter 562: Chapter 247: Night Fishing for Catfish_4

"Captain Tataro even said earlier that not getting a bite is actually a good sign. I have a feeling that tonight we are certainly going to encounter a big one. Just you wait and see, the bait that we first dropped has been soaking for over two hours now. Let’s start by changing the bait..."

As he spoke, Lin Yang slowly reeled in the line, pulling the fishing rig up from the bottom of the water.

The camera gave a close-up shot, showing the originally fresh chicken intestines and other animal innards that, after soaking in the water for two hours, had now turned completely white.

Without any hesitation, he shoved these innards up to the top of the fish hook above the fishing line, exposing the hook, and then replaced them with fresh innards.

Lin Yang swung the fishing rod round and cast the newly replaced bait into the distant marker. With a splash, the sinker hit the water, and Lin Yang, along with the friends in the live stream, patiently waited once more.

At this moment, the fast-flowing river surface once again entered a state of calm, and within the live stream’s camera frame, only the grey and white outline under the night vision remained.

Who knew when a fish would bite, but there were still tens of thousands of friends in the live stream patiently waiting for that miraculous moment to arrive.

"Oh, I don’t know if we can hold out for the dream catch. I am so looking forward to it!"

"Host, since there is nothing else happening right now, can you ask the Catfish Hunter you’ve hired, what’s the fishing catch usually like in these waters, are there many big fish?"

"Good suggestion from the brother above. Although the host is skilled at fishing, he’s still an outsider, and doesn’t understand the local fish and water conditions. Asking the indigenous about their normal state would provide us some mental preparation."

"It wouldn’t be bad to have the native tell his fishing stories either, since we’re idle anyway..."

Indeed, following the friends’ suggestions, Lin Yang also felt it was a good idea. The waiting process in fishing is quite monotonous and could use some new elements for variety.

Having the idle Tataro tell his fishing stories seemed like a good idea too.

Lin Yang turned his head towards Sun Zheng and tentatively asked, "Brother Sun, could you ask Tataro to talk about his experiences as a fisherman and hunter on the Amazon River?"

"I’ll give it a try." Sun Zheng nodded his head and began to communicate with Tataro in Portuguese.

Tataro had been very enthusiastic when Lin Yang first arrived at the camp, but since the broadcast started, he had maintained a more reserved and reticent demeanor, knowing that his employer was streaming live and that speaking too much could affect the broadcast.

However, now that Lin Yang had actively prompted the translator to talk to him, the native, who was over fifty years old, quickly began to recount his experiences.

"Our family has lived in this rainforest area for generations. Originally, we were closer to the upstream part where there were vast banana groves. But then a group of white people leased the area, and the government relocated us to our current village location."

"In my early memories, my grandfather was an exceptional Catfish Hunter. He used several different fishing traps to catch catfish in the Amazon River, and in those days, catching fish was much easier."

"On a good day, you’d set a string of hooks from a single canoe in the evening, and by the next morning, you could carry back home dozens of big fish."

"However, as the official fishing industry developed, and more and more outsiders turned their attention to the Amazon River, they brought more advanced fishing equipment from outside and caught large quantities of fish to sell in the markets, even exporting them to other countries through fishing companies."

"Starting about more than ten years ago, the number of fish species in the Amazon River began to noticeably decline, and it became difficult to experience times like before when a set of hooks could catch dozens of fish. During the rainy season when the water flow is higher, it is somewhat better since you can at least catch enough daily to feed the children at home."

"But once the dry season comes and the water level drops, the catch becomes unstable, and sometimes you might work all day without catching more than a few decent fish."

"Later on, when foreigners started coming to the camp for sightseeing adventures, they needed guides who were familiar with the local waterways and environment, and that is when I began interacting with the tourists."

"Now, for at least five or six years, I haven’t relied on fishing as an income to support my family..."

Sun Zheng translated Tataro’s story at an unhurried pace, very smoothly.

Even Lin Yang hadn’t expected, before hearing this story, that there would be times when hardly any fish could be caught in the Amazon Rainforest.

So it seemed, not catching anything significant while waiting for the big catch wasn’t anything unusual after all.

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