The Top Fishing
Chapter 70 - 069: Becoming a Deserter

Chapter 70: Chapter 069: Becoming a Deserter

After fifteen minutes of persistence, Lin Yang’s food box was completely filled with dry scattered bait.

By that time, Zhang Qiang had already caught six fish and was about halfway through the process of landing them.

"Haven’t you made your nest yet, Master Lin? I’ve already got six!"

Ignoring the somewhat provocative tone of the other, Lin Yang habitually tossed two pieces of scattered bait into the nest point once more.

No sooner had the float turned over than he had a chance to lift the rod to disperse the bait, when suddenly there was a super clear bite.

A single bite, powerful and definitive!

Lin Yang was stunned by the bite. Such a big movement, it couldn’t be because he had used too much scattered bait, causing the fish to become frenzied, and then a line-hitting action to occur, could it?

He hesitated for half a second, didn’t lift the rod in time, and "plop," there was another bite. After two bites, the float was pulled under completely.

This time he could not hold back; Lin Yang struck a fish vigorously!

Feeling the force transmitted from the rod, Lin Yang inwardly exclaimed that something was not right—the force underwater was very strong. He had missed the first bite, and now it was a double-tailed catch!

At this point, some people might ask, what’s so bad about catching a double-tail?

Catching double-tails can increase efficiency when fishing for small fish, but in Black Pond fishing for carp, it’s not a good thing at all.

Carp are generally quite large, usually weighing about two to three pounds each, and anglers often use line groups mostly between 1.0#1.2#1.5#, even if they use 2# sub-line in summer, encountering double-tails is not safe.

If two fish are not controlled and escape in opposite directions, it’s very easy for the fishing line to get cut off at the eight character ring, controlling the fish becomes difficult, the risk is high, and one could easily lose the fish. The chance of securely landing a double-tail is less than half that of catching them one by one, which is steadier.

However, fortunately, Lin Yang had his own line protection buff, adding an extra layer of security.

He immediately raised his arm, using the rod’s power to try to get the fish to break the surface of the water. If it were an inexperienced novice letting two fish scurry under the water, eight or nine times out of ten, they would lose the fish or cut the hook.

The rod in Lin Yang’s hand had good resilience, and he firmly kept the two carp above water, and within seconds, he had got them completely out of the water.

Once their heads were above water, Lin Yang no longer gave them the chance to dive down, smoothly pulling them to the waterside, aiming with the net, and off you go!

Today the first catch with his rod was a double-tail, and not one got away!

"Haha, making a nest to attract fish has achieved a stage victory, the host officially enters combat mode."

"The host is too slick, managing to catch double-tails while fishing for carp."

"So what if it’s just six fish, our host can catch up in three casts, why show off?"

Lin Yang glanced at the comments: "Alright, the connection is made, let’s officially start landing fish!"

Rolling bait with the first cast, the float turned over and he got a big bite right away.

With the experience from before, Lin Yang didn’t hesitate at all, lifting the rod to spear the fish, hitting the mark precisely.

The line shortened by thirty centimeters, increasing his control speed significantly. He exerted slight force upward and quickly pulled the third fish out of the water.

With two rods and three fish, Lin Yang’s performance was impressively spectacular.

The nest point was full of fish, Lin Yang entered a stable fishing state, each rod accompanied by a cast, only catching the float turning over and sinking process, if there was no action by the predetermined target, he would skip teasing the float, directly lift the rod, and the next cast would be two big scattered bait to replenish the nest.

After three more casts, Lin Yang’s fish protector also contained six fish.

He turned his head to look at Zhang Qiang: "Boss Zhang, I also have six fish now."

Zhang Qiang realized by now that the situation was not very favorable. After catching the fish earlier, he had not seen a bite for quite a while, whereas Lin Yang was hitting fish on every cast, and had already caught up.

No sooner had he spoken than Lin Yang’s float took another bite, catching another fish!

The seventh!

The eighth!

....

Lin Yang’s catch was increasing very quickly; in less than half an hour from the start, he had already caught more than ten carp, far outstripping Zhang Qiang.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Boss Zhang, do you have any bites over there?" Lin Yang teased him.

"Hmph!"

Zhang Qiang was at a loss for words and could only respond with a dissatisfied grunt.

"Wow wow wow, this instant karma’s coming too fast, like a slap in the face at the speed of light."

"Don’t rejoice too soon at the front, the streamer is pulling up the list, looking dumbfounded now, huh?"

"The greatest distance in the world isn’t between life and death, nor is it when the person you love doesn’t love you. It’s when I’m reeling them in constantly, and you’re sitting next to me without a single bite."

At this moment, the comments were incredibly satisfying, with many new viewers joining in and asking, and the viewers in the live stream explaining all sorts, maxing out the live streaming effect.

While Lin Yang was continuously catching fish, the fishing spots of Yang Xincheng and Old Sun were also very lively.

A high-end aggressive fishing method plus top-notch bait, up against ordinary anglers who only knew how to mix bait, was nothing less than a dimensional strike.

Yang Xincheng was a bit stronger, at least being more steady in getting a bite and having fewer mistakes.

Old Sun was different; after using the bait Lin Yang had, with just a dozen casts, there were already movements in the nest.

But he used a heavier line setup, and his rod lifting and fish hooking were very aggressive, and he ended up letting several fish escape in the fishing spot within just one hour, still managing to catch 10 fish.

After disturbing the fishing spot, he just restarted luring the fish, continuing to catch with this clumsy method for over an hour, stunning the familiar folks next door.

"Old Sun, you’re really catching them well today! Did you take some vigor pill?"

Old Sun: "Indeed, the imported kind, how fierce is that?"

"What bait are you using? Give a buddy some to try."

"Not much left, I’ll share some with you. See that young guy over there to the south of the east bank who’s constantly catching? Last time he was here, he caught over a hundred pounds, and the bait was given by him."

With such promotion from Old Sun, those who didn’t know Lin Yang now recognized him.

Of course, many people in the fishing grounds already knew Lin Yang, as quite a large number of them were in the same group.

And many of them were using the fermented rice they had bought from Lin Yang, although some of them were not using it correctly.

Fishing in Black Pond is different from wild fishing; in wild fishing, you just need to attract the fish, no one is competing with you.

Strictly speaking, Black Pond Fishing is about competing for fish; there are only so many fish in the whole pond, and with people building nests everywhere, just attracting them isn’t enough; you also have to find a way to keep the fish there.

....

From the start of the catches until 8:30 in the morning, roughly an hour, Lin Yang was in a constant state of catching, until around 9:00, when the bites gradually slowed down.

At that time, Lin Yang looked over and saw that Zhang Qiang’s equipment was still there, but the man himself was nowhere to be seen.

He shook his head, thinking Zhang Qiang might have had some skills, but there he was, ending his fight with just six fish, turning into a deserter.

Since there were no bites during this period, Lin Yang decided to chat with the viewers of the live stream.

He looked at his phone set up on a stand next to him and said, "Phew, the bites have slowed down a bit. I’ll rebuild the nest and chat with you all for a bit, feel free to ask any questions you might have."

"Checking in, the ’Fishing Prince’ live catch report, the host has caught 42 fish so far!"

"Is the host still using the last time’s bait? Why didn’t it make the fish float to the surface today?"

"I’m curious about this question too. I was waiting to see the spectacle of last time when all the fish were floating at the surface."

Lin Yang explained, "Today there are more people, spreading the fish out. The fish we can attract to our vicinity aren’t enough to reach such high densities, so naturally, they can’t be pulled to float. Also, the origin of the fish might be different. As you saw earlier while getting a bite, when the fish chase the bait to a certain height, they won’t go any higher."