The Top Fishing
Chapter 647 - 278: Black Bear Has Arrived

Chapter 647: Chapter 278: Black Bear Has Arrived

The cabin was basically finished, but the follow-up construction was far from complete.

The only vessel he had at hand was a small field pot he carried with him, which he used for fetching water and cooking; it was very inconvenient for storing food, as he could only place it on a relatively clean stone platform.

Having gained a preliminary understanding of the soil he dug up, Lin Yang decided to use the resting time at the camp to make some crude pottery to use as daily water storage and containers for holding items.

He knew a little about other skills, but pottery making was something Lin Yang was truly a complete novice at.

Fortunately, there were knowledgeable folks in the live streaming room, and after some directing and attempting, he managed to make some progress.

Under the guidance of his viewers, Lin Yang carefully picked out debris from the dug-up soil, then ground the soil as finely as possible, mixed it with water and mud, and then rolled it into round strips, layering them into a small arc-shaped basin, sealing the gaps between layers with water.

Although it looked a bit ugly, after finding the method, he grew more skilled with each attempt, and in the few hours between dinner and bedtime, he had made three fairly decent-looking pieces of pottery.

The clay was slightly too moist, so after finishing, Lin Yang did not dare to fire them immediately and left them overnight instead.

The next morning, after waking up, the clay had hardened somewhat from being baked by the campfire overnight, and after carefully firing it over the fire for a few hours, two out of three pots were successfully made, providing Lin Yang with some basic utensils.

With the cabin and daily utensils sorted, his first step was initially completed.

At this point, five days had passed since the challenge began.

All ten challengers had settled in their respective areas, and for now, no one had quit.

But not quitting didn’t mean everyone was doing well.

For instance, contestant number 2 was a middle-aged white woman who was said to be an outdoor survival expert, but in reality, she found it extremely difficult to obtain food in the completely unfamiliar area.

She set up many snares and traps, and after five days, she had only caught one rabbit. Most of her time was spent gathering wild berries and plant roots, or just starving. Currently, the project she was working on was hand-weaving a net at her rudimentary shelter, getting ready to catch fish in the large lake.

Contestant number 3, a white man named Kaman, although also not having ample food, built a decent shelter. He brought an axe and saw with him, and used four days to build a tidy wooden cabin.

His main food source came from fishing with hooks baited with pine tree innards. Due to the lack of professional equipment and only average skills, his fishing yield was poor. He spent a considerable amount of time fishing by the water each day, but since he chose a spot too shallow, the fish he caught were just enough to fill his stomach, with hardly any surplus.

The contestant who was doing best was probably number 8, a black young man named Claude. After initially exploring the surrounding area, he made a preliminary assessment of the game within his territory. During one hunting trip, he even spotted a Wolf Weasel from a distance but, unfortunately, startled it during his approach and failed to hunt it.

The porcupine meat he caught at the start left him not lacking food for a short period, giving him plenty of time to wander around the camp. Occasionally, he would also try his luck fishing at a nearby lake with a homemade fishing rig. The part of the lake he was at was deeper, and he got a good catch, currently having three smoked fish stored.

After successfully firing the clay pottery, Lin Yang also officially began his food storage work.

As soon as it was light out and after a simple breakfast, he took his fishing rod and military knife and went to the lakeside to fish.

After selecting an appropriate spot for fishing, Lin Yang had a very successful catch.

In less than a morning, he had caught over a dozen fresh fish, ranging from three to eight pounds, but during the process, he accidentally lost a flashy lure, which upset him a bit.

As the daytime temperature was still around ten degrees, the fresh fish couldn’t be preserved for long, prompting Lin Yang to use one of the oldest methods of preserving meat.

Smoking.

He added an extra stick inside the shelter’s fireplace to hang the fresh fish, and used fresh pine branches for the fire. Pine branches are high in oil content and can be lit even when fresh, but they emit smoke when burning. This warm smoke was perfect for drying the water content in the fresh fish while preventing the meat from spoiling or rotting.

Ever since Lin Yang began fishing and storing fish, the popularity of his livestream just kept climbing.

He had now confirmed that CCTV had reached an exclusive cooperation with the streaming platform, as the content was extremely novel, even securing a separate section on the homepage.

Many survival experts were constantly struggling to gather food with very little to show for it, yet this fishing expert, originally a novice in wilderness survival according to his basic data, had not only swiftly organized a tidy shelter but also showed off a uniquely impressive fishing technique.

Other streamers would be thrilled to catch a few fish in a day, but for Lin Yang, all it took was a few casts.

If he weren’t worried about losing the lure to the lakebed by using an off-bottom fishing technique, he could at least double his fishing speed.

In just three days, by the end of the first week of the challenge, Lin Yang’s cellar had over fifty medium split, smoked fish stored.

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