The Top Fishing
Chapter 79 - 079: The Current Carp King

Chapter 79: Chapter 079: The Current Carp King

First, they had arrived in the morning, and fishing for too long would be exhausting.

Second, it had gotten dark, and the deep mountains were full of snakes, insects, rats, and ants, which was unsafe. Plus, the mountain roads were difficult to traverse, and driving was relatively dangerous.

Therefore, they had to descend the mountain before it got dark.

Keep fishing.

Soon, another hour had passed.

In that time, they had caught a few small Crucian Carp, but by now they felt it didn’t really matter whether they caught anything or not.

After all, with the Big Catfish Lin Yang had caught earlier, they had no regrets about this trip, and whatever happened next was fine by them.

Soon, it was five in the afternoon, and the sun was nearing the distant peaks. The originally glaring light had turned into a soft evening hue.

Originally, Lin Yang had planned to pack up by now, as packing up earlier and descending while it was still light would be safer.

After all, they had already caught a Big Catfish and unlocked the reward, so today had already been worthwhile.

But whether it was his incredible luck, or the bad luck of the big fish in Heavenly Pit, just as Lin Yang was about to tell everyone to pack up, he suddenly noticed that the bobber on his nine-meter-long rod had gone under again!

Then he waited two seconds before striking hard.

Whoosh!

He had hooked another fish.

And judging by the pull on the rod, this fish was definitely not small!

However, it was still uncertain whether this fish was another Catfish or their target—a wild Carp weighing thirty to forty pounds.

Woo woo woo—

After the sound of the fishing line cutting through the water and air, Wang Bo and the others felt quite surprised.

They had not expected that so close to dusk, Lin Yang could still hook such a big fish that could create the sound of the wind cutting through the line.

If this fish was the wild Carp weighing thirty to forty pounds, their target fish, that would be even better; this trip would truly have no regrets.

Some viewers, having nothing better to do and still watching the live stream, also perked up at this moment; seeing a giant Carp now would be truly enlightening!

"Damn! It’s so powerful!"

Lin Yang, rarely doing so, grabbed the rod firmly with both hands and raised it. From the force transmitted by the rod, he could clearly feel it was stronger than the previous fish.

Woo woo woo—

As the rod was raised, an even louder sound followed—this time he felt the fish’s strength underwater was excessively strong.

The moment he struck, it almost felt as if it was snagged on the bottom.

"It’s snagged, it’s a big fish!" a wave of unprecedented excitement surged up in Lin Yang’s heart.

This was precisely the moment every fisherman hoped for!

Although the fish underwater hadn’t moved yet, Lin Yang didn’t dare to be negligent; he immediately stood up from the fishing chair, balancing his body’s center of gravity, his arms at a ninety-degree angle, and quickly lifted the rod while the big fish hadn’t started fighting back.

As soon as the rod was lifted, the big fish seemed to feel pain and immediately exerted a fierce strength.

Woo woo woo—

The tremendous noise of cutting through the water, as if an eight-grade windstorm had arisen underwater. Even with Lin Yang’s above-average strength, he almost lost control.

He hurriedly steadied himself, exerting force with his arms, using the rod’s spine to keep the fishing rod upright.

Fortunately, he had secretly swapped to this reward rod from his tackle bag; had he been using the previous rod that caught the Big Catfish, it would likely have broken by now.

This reward rod had excellent spine strength, and relying on his powerful arms, Lin Yang ultimately endured the first wave of force from the big fish underwater.

At that moment, Lin Yang also allowed himself a sigh of relief.

Because he knew that from successfully lifting the rod to enduring the first wave of force, these were basically the most critical moments in catching a big fish.

After this, the probability of the fish escaping was less than twenty percent.

Wang Bo and the two others had already noticed the commotion at Lin Yang’s end, especially seeing him take this fish so seriously, they also realized it was no small feat.

"How is it, Master Lin, is this fish bigger than the one just now?"

"Hmm, it should be a bit bigger," Lin Yang nodded.

"Bigger than the Catfish just now? My God, how big is it then!"

"Could it really be the legendary giant Carp?"

"If we could really catch a thirty to forty pound Carp, that would be insanely cool!"

The three of them were so engrossed in talking that they had lost interest in fishing themselves and instead gathered behind Lin Yang to watch him play the fish.

In the live stream, viewers could also see Lin Yang playing the fish from this angle.

At this moment, hearing their conversation, the viewers not only got excited, but the number of viewers in the live stream also began to increase.

After Lin Yang successfully lifted the rod and endured the first wave of force from the big fish, he already had an idea.

With his fish handling skills and strong physical condition, unless there was a problem with the rod or line, there was basically no chance of the fish escaping.

And now, the rod he was using was the nine-meter giant rod he had just claimed, which could handle a fish under a hundred pounds without a problem; and the fishing line he was using was a three-number, high-power line, augmented with a line-protection buff, so breaking was absolutely impossible.

By the time he had steadied himself on the shore, he was definitely going to catch it.

This was his second time catching such a big fish, so his practical experience wasn’t very rich.

Only then did he realize that, actually, once a fish reaches a certain size, some aspects become easier to handle than those ten- to twenty-pound fish.

Because big fish like this swim steadily in the water, they just swim at a constant pace towards deeper water, rarely bursting with power, and they don’t dart back and forth.

On the other hand, those ten- or so pound fish prefer to suddenly exert force and crash side-to-side, and a moment’s inattention could lead to losing control and the fish running off.

But with bigger fish which are steadier, Lin Yang only needed to apply force to gently guide the fish whenever it began to stray too far, keeping it within a certain range.

In this way, the fish’s energy would slowly deplete, but with few surprises.

Thus,

Lin Yang, playing the fish, swam back and forth in the area in front of him, taking almost half an hour.

Finally, under his control, the big fish surfaced, revealing a massive yellow-brown back.

"This... this fish is too much, right?"

"Indeed, I’ve never seen anyone catch such a big fish in real life!"

"Outrageous, this fish is almost enchanted."

The trio was astounded, as just the sight of the fish’s broad back was already astonishing enough.

This fish was almost a meter long, and its back was very broad and its body plump.

"This really seems like a carp, doesn’t it?"

"It does! The body is mostly yellow, and the tail is even reddish!"

"This fish definitely weighs more than thirty or forty pounds... maybe fifty pounds?" Wang Bo was somewhat unsure, as he had never estimated a fish of this size before.

At that moment, Lin Yang smiled and said, "Probably not 50 pounds, carps are strong, this one should be over 40 pounds, truly a worthy ’Carp King’!"

Being able to catch the target fish as it was almost getting dark made them all very happy.

Although it was Lin Yang who caught the fish, Wang Bo and the others were thrilled to witness firsthand the legendary giant carp they had been waiting for all week, feeling that their efforts over the past few days had not been in vain!

With the big fish out of the water, the rest was easy.

It flicked its tail a few times, but didn’t create any forceful impacts and Lin Yang resolved each one.

Soon, the big carp was completely tired out, not having any energy left.

It was fortunate they had specifically come to fish for big fish this time, so they had brought a large net, otherwise it really wouldn’t have been easy to scoop it up.

Quickly, Li Xiaopeng and Tai together scooped up the big carp.

With their combined effort, they caught the giant carp in the large net and held it together. Now the fish was secure, and although it still had some energy, there was no way it could escape from their embrace.

"Haha, it’s really big! Holding this fish feels like holding a small pig!"

"So satisfying, even though it wasn’t me who caught it, but I personally lifted it out of the water—this fish, this fur, this color... it’s too beautiful!"

The two holding the fish were as happy as if they were holding their own wives.

"Hold still you two; I’ll take a photo!" Wang Bo took out his phone from his pocket and clicked several pictures.

"Brother Bo, don’t forget to send me the photos; I want to post them on social media!" Li Xiaopeng said happily.

"Take a couple more, include me; I want to post on social media too," Tai also hurriedly said.

"Sure thing, sending them right now," Wang Bo agreed, immediately transmitting the photos to everyone; their phones all chimed with the sound of incoming messages.

After taking the photos, Lin Yang removed the hook from the fish and then used a scale to weigh this big carp.

About 46 pounds!

Seeing this weight, they all exclaimed in surprise again.

The legendary forty-pound Carp King had really been caught by them!

Looking at the plump belly of the giant carp, Lin Yang was amazed, unable to believe that such an isolated water reservoir like Heavenly Pit could produce such a big carp!

But upon reflection, it made sense.

Because, like catfish, carp are fish species with strong adaptability and vitality.

Furthermore, carps are omnivorous, eating anything from algae, moss, and insect larvae in the water... they are not picky at all, so it’s no surprise they grow big.

Moreover, they were in the Southern Region, where rainfall is abundant and vegetation is lush all year round, hardly lacking any food source. Unless there’s extremely dry weather, such a large Heavenly Pit wouldn’t dry up.

So unnoticed by anyone, this fish had grown over God knows how many years to reach this size!

Having placed the big carp on the ground, Lin Yang then took over the mobile tripod that had been streaming live nearby.

He certainly hadn’t forgotten about his live stream viewers.

Such a big carp definitely needed to be shown to his viewers too.

Initially, he had wanted to stream using a drone today, but since they were riding in Wang Bo’s car and it was inconvenient to bring it, he had dropped the idea.

As the mobile camera moved closer, the live viewers got excited too.