The Top Fishing
Chapter 601 - 262: Fishing for Emperor Crab

Chapter 601: Chapter 262: Fishing for Emperor Crab

The large ship was much steadier than yesterday’s small boat, and Lin Yang had started the drone live stream in advance.

"Front row, good morning!"

"Shadasheng."

"Good morning, host. How is Xiong Da doing? Did he bring him on board?"

"Are we catching Emperor Crabs today? Is this on the way out to sea?"

Lin Yang, controlling the drone’s perspective, rotated it around the deck and said, "Good morning, everyone. I’m Lin Yang. Currently, I’m on Uncle Victor’s ship. According to Uncle Victor, there are many Emperor Crabs not far from the sea entrance. We just have to follow the Kubi River downstream to get there."

"The sea entrance? Are you sure? Aren’t Emperor Crabs supposed to live deep underwater? I remember watching a video where they’re usually at depths of over eight hundred meters, even deeper, and not in great numbers."

Seeing the comment above, Lin Yang laughed and nodded, "Indeed, Emperor Crabs are deep-sea creatures, but depth is not a necessary condition for them. Their survival mainly depends on water temperature and food. With a temperature of around 2-5 degrees Celsius, they can live and reproduce normally.

The latitude here near Soviet Port is quite high, so in August, Kubi River water is only about ten degrees, and by the seashore, the water is even colder, making it incredibly suitable for Emperor Crab’s breeding. Additionally, since there’s little human activity and commercial fishing is scarce, the density here is quite high.

We’ll see the specifics once we get there; I also learned about the general situation from Captain Victor’s introduction."

With this explanation, those viewers who were skeptical earlier stopped questioning, and everyone held back their anticipation to watch Lin Yang catch Emperor Crabs.

In less than half an hour after starting the broadcast, the fishing boat arrived in the sea area outside the sea entrance.

Captain Victor anchored the ship and then began to organize the tools used to catch Emperor Crabs on deck.

Lin Yang also said, "Look, everyone, these are the tools for catching Emperor Crabs in bulk. This thing is called a crab trap, and it works on the same principle as those little crab traps we use in freshwater reservoirs. You simply slash the bait fish with a knife and stuff it into the pouch under the crab trap. Uncle Victor has already prepared the first crab trap, let’s give him a hand and toss it down. In most cases, we can pull it up in an hour and see the result."

After greeting everyone, he put on his gloves and joined in the work of deploying the crab traps.

This round, bulky object didn’t look heavy, but it wasn’t light when he picked it up.

Lin Yang cooperated with Ivan, and together they were able to steadily cast the trap into the water and sort out the rope attached to the buoy.

"The depth of this sea area is about fifty meters. We’ve set down one crab trap, and we’ll continue to the next coordinates. Later, we can locate the traps through the surface buoys."

Next, they followed the same procedure, setting three more crab traps behind Uncle Victor and then stopped the fishing boat.

"Is four crab traps enough? I see there are still many traps in the cabin. Since we’re not busy, why not set a few more?" Lin Yang curiously asked.

Uncle Victor laughed and shook his head, "No need, the Emperor Crab density in this area is very high. Just one trap’s catch is enough for our own camp’s consumption. Setting up so many is merely to select larger individuals to treat you guys."

Hearing Uncle Victor say this, Lin Yang was somewhat baffled.

Friends who had tried sea fishing in China also set crab traps by the seashore, and sometimes dozens of traps would yield very few crabs. According to Uncle Victor, one trap suffices for food, implying an abundance of resources beyond what Lin Yang could imagine.

"Okay, so what do we do next? Just wait?" Lin Yang continued to inquire.

He was still somewhat skeptical about how simple and straightforward it seemed to catch a large number of Emperor Crabs.

Uncle Victor said, "If you’re feeling bored, you could also try fishing for crabs with a fishing rod. I can teach you a very interesting method of fishing for Emperor Crabs."

"With a crab fishing rig? I didn’t bring any." Upon hearing this, Lin Yang’s first thought was of the crab fishing rigs covered in rope loops that he’d seen in American fishing stores.

Victor shook his head, "No need; just a common silk scarf will do. Ivan, did you bring one?"

Ivan nodded, "I got this from Tina before we left. Here, my dear friend, give this a try."

Soon, Ivan pulled out a delicate scarf that was already torn, likely an accessory Tina no longer wanted.

"This? How do I use it?" Lin Yang asked again.

"Like this. I’ll help you." Ivan chuckled, signaling him to take out his fishing gear, then got busy.

It was very simple: they put a half piece of bait fish on a large hook and then wrapped the scarf around it multiple times to fix it onto the fishing gear.

"There, wet it with water, throw it in, let out the line, and you can start fishing normally." Ivan said effortlessly.

"Just like that?"

Lin Yang examined the scarf on the hook and felt somewhat overwhelmed.

Ivan said, "It works well. You can try, or I can demonstrate for you if you like!"

"I’ll do it myself."

Lin Yang, still skeptical, got the scarf wet in the water, then slightly leaned forward with his rod, adjusting the fishing line before it quickly sank.

Once the gear hit the bottom, he reeled in the line to tighten it, then turned to Ivan.

"Now what? How do you do it?"

"No need to do anything else. If you’re unsure, you could gently jiggle the rod to attract attention."

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.