"How much? 390 jin? I just went out and bullied the monkeys for a bit, and in such a short time, the fish king's score has already risen to 390 jin. Who is this, so fierce?"
Bai Yu had just returned to the Yu Xue 23 from the small boat when he received news that his Fish King had been stolen by someone else.
If the gap isn't too big, Bai Yu wouldn't care and could just keep chasing it later.
However, the news he received was far beyond his expectations. The new king of fish had achieved an outrageous result, jumping from under 100 jin to 390 jin.
390 jin (145 catties), not 39 jin (18 catties). This fraction of the result has already surpassed Bai Yu's previous record.
Upon learning that the new King of Fish was Wang Hai, and that Wang Hai had caught it while he was chasing the monkey, he exclaimed "Awesome!" several times.
This was Bai Yu's heartfelt sentiment, without any dissatisfaction or other thoughts.
Just by looking at the ship Wang Hai was on, you can tell that Wang Hai and Bai Yu are different. Bai Yu was on the Yu Xue 23, which is a bit far from the sea area where the battle took place at the stern.
If the angler is focused on fishing and doesn't pay attention to the situation at sea, they won't notice the big battle taking place on the surface.
But Wang Hai was different; his fishing boat was at the tail end of the fleet, and it was one of the last three fishing boats in the fleet.
From the moment the monkeys appeared on the sea, their fishing boat had the best view, allowing them to immediately observe the situation on the sea.
Then, after the sea battle began, the players on the last few fishing boats were extremely busy. They had to balance fishing with keeping an eye on the sea.
At first, when the monkey only had one boat, everyone was quite restrained, simply fishing and watching.
But when the second batch of ships appeared and the number of ships engaged in battle increased, the situation changed. On the last few ships, half of the players stopped fishing and started watching the battle intently.
When the third batch of fishing boats and the fourth batch of warships appeared, the last eleven or twelve racing boats carried one or two hundred competitors.
There are very few anglers left who still enjoy fishing; at most, there might not be more than a handful.
You know, everyone has curiosity, it's just that some people are more curious than others.
Bai Yu is very curious and eager to participate, so he went from Yu Xue No. 23 to No. 56 and joined the naval battle.
However, Wang Hai was at the very back of the fleet, in the area closest to the naval battle.
He stubbornly suppressed his curiosity and never put down his fishing rod, which eventually led him to catch this enormous giant grouper.
Besides Wang Hai suppressing his curiosity, he was also very lucky.
After all, the area where Wang Hai was located was the closest to the battlefield, with dozens or even hundreds of ships engaged in chaotic fighting on the sea.
And yet, even under these circumstances, he was still able to catch a fish, and it was an exceptionally large grouper.
Isn't that considered good luck?
After returning to his fishing spot, Bai Yu was about to get back to fishing.
Half of today's competition time has passed, and there are less than ten hours left before the first day of competition ends.
This year's fan fishing competition features 18 hours of fishing time each day. How the contestants arrange their time is up to them.
According to Bai Yu's plan, he should aim to achieve a score of at least 700 or 800 jin, or even higher, in the first day of the competition.
Only in this way can he possibly win a top spot in the competition and receive the prize money he deserves.
He has already reached 400-500 jin (200-250 kg), but he is still 300-400 jin (150-200 kg) short of his goal, so he still needs to continue to work hard.
Bai Yu then baited his hook and cast it out.
He quickly switched gears back to fishing; the moment he cast his line, he was focused on catching fish.
Within minutes, the tip of his fishing rod bent down.
Upon seeing this, Bai Yu reacted very quickly, jerking his fishing rod upwards and giving the fish that had taken the bait a sharp shove.
"Wow, you're catching fish pretty quickly. It seems the big battle on the surface hasn't had much of an impact on the seabed."
Bai Yu felt the weight on the fishing rod and muttered to himself.
The fish that bit the hook this time was of a decent size, weighing around ten pounds. Although it couldn't compare to the king of fish that Wang Hai caught, Bai Yu was still very satisfied.
Giant fish aren't something you can just catch whenever you want. For white fishermen, improving their results mainly depends on catching fish weighing ten or twenty kilograms; they need to increase the quantity.
Bai Yu then started reeling in the line; a fish weighing over ten kilograms posed no threat to him.
Moreover, because he had just beaten up the monkey, Bai Yu was still somewhat excited even though he had started fishing.
This excitement was evident in his reeling in the line; he reeled in the line extremely quickly, completely disregarding the feelings of the fish that had taken the bait.
As for the water pressure issue, that's not currently on his radar.
After all, he had already wasted several hours trying to beat up the monkey, and now he needed to go back and catch up.
As Bai Yu continued to cast his line, the fish that had taken the bait approached the surface of the sea at a very fast speed, and the sound of continuous casting echoed from the deck.
For any angler, this sound is very pleasant; there is no angler who doesn't like to hear it.
Soon, a fish with red skin and a pair of bright, sparkling eyes came to the surface of the sea. However, those originally bright eyes now looked filled with a terrifying meaning.
This is a bigeye snapper, and its distinctive feature is as obvious as its name suggests: it has a pair of very large eyes.
However, due to water pressure issues, the bigeye snapper was not in very good condition at the moment.
First of all, this thing was floating on the sea without moving at all. No matter how Bai Yu tried to move it, it just stared with its big eyes and open mouth, seemingly without any signs of life.
This creature already has very large eyes; otherwise, it wouldn't be called a big-eyed snapper.
And now, under the pressure of the water, its eyes have bulged out, which looks absolutely terrifying.
Of course, for seasoned anglers like Bai Yu, this kind of scene was far too common.
It's a ridiculous notion that a tiny bigeye snapper could scare him.
Bai Yu then grabbed a landing net from the side, scooped it up, cut two slits in its gills, and threw it into the fish tank.
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