The Top Fishing
Chapter 610 - 265: The Giant Parrotfish_2

Chapter 610: Chapter 265: The Giant Parrotfish_2

Lin Yang’s cast this time was skillful, with the lure landing precisely.

From the position he had just attacked, only two to three meters away from the water’s edge and in rather shallow water, the lure had only paused for a few seconds upon entering the water before he began to reel in, his gaze fixed on the sparkling water surface, afraid of missing any detail.

Just two seconds after he had tightened the fishing line, he suddenly felt a tremendous pull on the rod tip.

The slightly tilted rod tip was immediately pulled into a bend, a big guy indeed.

"Wow, got one on the first cast!" Lin Yang exclaimed excitedly as he lifted the rod to set the hook, unable to resist calling out.

The next second, the tension was pulled again, madly unspooling the line.

After encountering various giant fish species, Lin Yang had become very calm when fishing for medium and small freshwater fish.

Although he appeared a bit excited, his hands did not make a single mistake, adjusting the reel’s drag first and then the angle of the fishing rod, carefully sensing the direction in which the underwater prey was trying to escape.

"Could it be a Mi Qiao?"

"The bite just now was underwater; hard to say, it might be a big dogfish."

"There are many types of fish here; who knows what it is, we might even catch a Taimen."

"Coldwater fish, they shouldn’t have so much strength."

Lin Yang smiled and said, "I can’t be sure about others, but it shouldn’t be Taimen or dogfish. I just caught those two the other day, their ways of exerting force are different, and after that clear strike just now, I’m more inclined to think it’s a Mi Qiao."

"You can judge it might be Mi Qiao just based on these details? Host is pretty slick."

"That explanation is a bit far-fetched, just trying our luck, it’s not about the details."

"The person above makes sense, but I still trust Master Lin more. Master Lin has never made a mistake in such matters."

Lin Yang patiently controlled the fishing rod to play the fish, while explaining with a smile, "Apart from the difference in feel, another basis for my judgment is that the type of fish we caught earlier while testing was also a Mi Qiao.

Before the broadcast started, we had already caught a Mi Qiao weighing over a pound. Unlike other predatory fish, this species tends to school."

As soon as he finished speaking, the force underwater increased again, and the drag reel clicked.

"Holy moly, it’s exerting force again, come back here!" Lin Yang slightly leveled the rod to the side, waiting for the force to ease before slowly reeling in again.

After about five or six minutes of playing the fish, the big fellow finally exhausted most of its strength and slowly surfaced.

Its silvery body and elongated lines, with the faintly visible light red tail, it really was a Red Mi Qiao.

"Mi Qiao, it really is a Mi Qiao! Said we would catch it, and we did; that was too quick, the host is awesome!"

"Who just said it didn’t seem like it; come here, let me show you a treasure!"

"Envious of such resources..."

The fish was out of the water, but Lin Yang did not completely relax; something about it he was not accustomed to.

Compared to other predatory fish, the mouth tissue of a Mi Qiao is much thinner. If the triple hook isn’t securely placed, a more violent handling could potentially rip through the fish’s mouth and let it escape just shy of success.

He slowly crouched down, then gathered the last few meters of the fishing line.

"Yue’er, hand me the large fish controller."

"Oh, okay, I’ll get it for you!" Yue’er responded, turning her head to open the equipment box to fetch the fish controller.

Having received the large fish controller, Lin Yang finally felt reassured, holding the fishing rod in his left hand and slowly lifting it to expose the fish’s head above the water while his right hand precisely plunged down, the tip of the controller locking in place, job done.

He lifted the fish out of the water, its size slightly larger than anticipated.

However, Uncle Victor glanced at it and shook his head slightly, "About ninety centimeters, not reaching the meter mark."

That remark was like a bucket of cold water poured over the head of the excited Lin Yang.

"No way, it looks about right." Lin Yang muttered as he pulled out a ruler and roughly measured it.

Turns out, Uncle Victor was very accurate, from head to tail, 96cm, just a bit shy; indeed not at the meter mark. Like a ribbonfish with its elongated body, due to its shape, it creates some visual misperception.

"Well, that’s a bit disappointing. I just measured it; 96cm, not a full meter, so strictly speaking, it doesn’t qualify as a real Mi Qiao!" Lin Yang said to the camera, spreading his hands in disappointment and tossing the fish into the live fish box behind him.

Red Mi Qiao requires a lot of oxygen; throwing it into the live fish box was virtually a death sentence, as it would turn belly up within ten minutes,

Clearly, due to a 4 cm difference, it was relegated to the "cold palace" by Lin Yang, destined only to be food brought back to camp, just slightly better than being chopped up for chum.

"Do you want to fish this type? We locals call it White Fish, it’s everywhere, very easy to catch, and I know a good spot." Uncle Victor, seeing Lin Yang somewhat lackluster, casually mentioned.

"Is it far?" Lin Yang quickly regained interest upon hearing this.

"Not far, just about ten minutes by boat. There’s a place like a gourd mouth, with faster water flow. Downstream near the bend, these fish are very abundant. We Russians don’t like them much, too many bones."

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s go. We have to catch a meter-long one no matter what." Lin Yang’s eyes lit up, nodding repeatedly.

"Great!"

Lin Yang said, "I’ve got some good news, everyone. Uncle Victor just gave us an important tip about a spot ahead that’s suitable for catching Mi Qiao. We’re heading there now to try our luck. It might be a bit monotonous on the way, but don’t go anywhere, guys. I hear they have a lot of large Mi Qiaos there."

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