Despite their youth, Bai Yu and his three companions are full of passion and give their all when doing certain things.
That's exactly what happened. After Bai Yu encouraged them, the four of them were in high spirits and managed to create the atmosphere of four teams.
Bai Yu's fishing spot was still at the bow of the boat, and his fishing gear was the same as yesterday. The only difference was that he changed his bait to half a red sea bream.
This red sea bream is quite large, weighing over ten pounds, and it was one of their catches yesterday.
The reason they used half a red sea bream was because they planned to make steamed red sea bream for lunch. The head part didn't have much meat, so they used it as bait.
What? You say the chest and belly parts of a fish are delicious because they have fewer bones?
They're all the same. Red sea bream is a saltwater fish, unlike freshwater fish. Red sea bream only has one large bone and hardly any small bones. No matter what part of it you eat, it tastes the same.
As Bai Yu cast his bait, the second day of fishing officially began.
However, after casting his line, the first thing Bai Yu had to do was adjust his luck stat for the day, increasing it from 72 points to 100 points.
Logically speaking, the original 72 points of luck value was already quite high, but that was in the past. Now they are in a competition.
Based on past experience, the higher the luck value, the better the harvest for Bai Yu.
The ideal state is naturally 100 points, as 100 points of luck allows the White Fisherman to catch any precious sea fish.
The reason he had such a good harvest yesterday was related to his luck value, which was over 100 points.
To achieve similar results to yesterday, one's luck level naturally cannot be too low; otherwise, the results will definitely not be as good as yesterday's.
With Bai Yu's luck value fully increased, all that's left is to wait for the first fish of the day to appear.
Whether it was due to his high luck or not, not long after Bai Yu cast his line, his fishing line began to slowly drift outwards.
To be honest, Bai Yu was a little stunned when she saw this scene.
This scene was truly bizarre. For the fish in the ocean, if they were interested in the bait, they would inevitably eat it directly.
Then, once they sense the hook hidden in the bait, they will inevitably start to flee.
Once they start to run away, the fishing line will definitely be pulled along by them, and the fishing line will come out very quickly when these guys run.
These are all chain reactions; the occurrence of one will inevitably trigger a series of subsequent reactions.
But what's happening in front of Bai Yu now is that the fishing line is slowly coming out of the water. What's going on?
Did any fish actually bite the hook? Or were there small fish nibbling at the bait from the seabed?
But that's not right either. The bait Bai Yu used was a red sea bream weighing over ten pounds. Although it only had one piece of fish meat and the upper body, the part that was hooked on the hook was still very large.
I dare not say much about other things, but this bait must weigh four or five pounds. With such a big bait, how could small fish possibly bother with it?
Even if they come, they can't possibly drag the bait away.
Bai Yu didn't understand why the fishing line was slowly emerging, but in order to avoid the possibility of a fish already biting the hook,
Bai Yu then suddenly jerked the fishing rod upwards, not caring about anything else, just to hook the fish first, in case he actually succeeded.
'Swish'
Listening to the sounds coming from the fishing rod, and judging from the weight it conveyed and the degree of its bend, Bai Yu was certain that there was a fish on the hook, and a rather large one at that.
But why isn't this thing running away? Could it be another sunfish?
Just as Bai Yu was wondering if he had fallen into a sunfish again, suddenly, a huge force came from the fishing rod, and the fish began to fight back!
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What the hell? Is this guy slow to react? I've been holding the fish in my mouth for ages, and now he's trying to run away? Aren't you being a little disrespectful?
Faced with this guy's resistance, Bai Yu was not going to be polite. He took the reel and started to exert force, locking the fishing line and preventing it from having any chance to pull the line away from Bai Yu's hand.
The fish that took the bait this time was quite large, weighing over 100 pounds, making it one of the giants.
But for Bai Yu, who had just experienced the baptism of a three-meter-long tuna last night, this fish weighing over 100 pounds was just a small carat. Don't even think about getting the better of him.
As Bai Yu locked the fishing line, the fish struggled more and more fiercely, but no matter how much it struggled, Bai Yu only needed to lock the fishing line.
The most crucial point is that he not only locked the fishing line, but he also kept jerking the rod to further stimulate the fish that were biting the hook.
Under his stimulation, the fish's strength dropped sharply, and in no time, Bai Yu could clearly feel the resistance on the fishing line weaken.
"Hmm? You're already out of energy? Looks like you're not only slow to react, but you also have no stamina. How long has it been? Less than ten minutes and you're already done?"
Bai Yu mocked the fish that had taken the bait.
This means that the fish that took the bait was a fish, and one that was actually in the ocean.
If this were a different person, especially a man, after being so verbally mocked by Bai Yu, the outcome would be obvious: a winner and a loser would have to be decided.
In just over twenty minutes, a yellowfin tuna that was just over 1.1 meters long, at most 1.2 meters, came onto the deck.
You don't care whether this fish is just barely passing; for the white-tailed fisherman, as long as it passes, it can be considered his achievement.
As Bai Yu's white knife turned red, he began to bleed the tuna, while the cameraman reported Bai Yu and his team's progress.
For Bai Yu and his team, every qualified tuna they catch brings them one step closer to the top of the leaderboard.
With one tuna added to their tally, their total reached fourteen. It wasn't the exact hour yet, so their score hadn't been updated.
After placing the tuna in the freezer, he baited the hook again and cast it out.
This time, the bait was changed to skipjack tuna, the kind that's particularly cheap and rarely eaten. It's also known as cannonball tuna or small tuna.
This type of bait has only one characteristic: it is exceptionally large. Each bait is round and plump, clearly the kind with a lot of meat.
In fact, skipjack tuna does have a lot of flesh, but the texture of the flesh is not very good. It is not high in fat and has a very fishy smell.
Despite its nickname "little tuna," this thing is worth far less than a real tuna.
In order to attract tuna to bite the bonito bait, Bai Yu put in a lot of effort, even making several cuts on the bonito.
For seabed predators, the smell of fish is extremely important during the hunting process.
Frozen skipjack tuna has a very strong fishy smell. At this point, he made several cuts on the fish to let the frozen blood inside flow out.
This will ensure that the skipjack tuna can maximize its effectiveness on the seabed and attract enough predators to hunt it.
As time passed, Bai Yu and his three companions had all caught their first fish, one after another, bringing up tuna that met the competition rules.
It's unclear whether their location was wrong or Bai Yu and his group were just too lucky; in any case, they were in a very difficult situation.
As the morning passed, Bai Yu and his three companions' score soared to second place, having already caught 29 tuna, while the first place score was 30.
Bai Yu and his team caught sixteen qualified tuna in one morning, averaging four per person. It took them four hours, which is one hour per tuna.
Despite catching a considerable number of tuna, Bai Yu and his companions weren't particularly happy because the tuna they caught were all too small.
Although the tuna they kept met the competition rules, they barely did.
All sixteen tuna weighed just over 100 pounds, with almost none exceeding 200 pounds.
It's worth noting that there's also a total weight competition in this tournament, and they're aiming for two championships and a mystery grand prize.
Therefore, he needs to have both quantity and weight of tuna; quantity alone is not enough.
At lunchtime, Bai Yu cooked the half-eaten red sea bream that she had saved earlier, simply steaming it. They ate this half-eaten fish for lunch.
In addition, make a sweet and sour pork ribs dish and stir-fry some greens, and you'll be all set.
Two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and rice as the staple food were enough to satisfy the four fishermen, who then went back to the deck full of energy to continue fishing.
According to the plan they came up with during dinner, since the tuna they caught today were not very big, the total weight did not accumulate too quickly.
This problem isn't particularly serious, since individual tuna aren't very heavy, they just make up for it by increasing the quantity.
One tuna isn't enough, so have two, three, four, ten—the more tuna the better.
As for how they managed to catch so many tuna?
Then let's make up for it with time, using more time than other teams to catch more tuna.
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