The distance between the cruise ship and the second island wasn't too far, and they quickly reached the shore.
However, the boat they were on was a speedboat, which was not practical to bring it all the way to shore, especially close to the beach.
The speedboat could only take them to the shore, and then they had to wade through the water to the island and choose a suitable spot to fish.
This time, there are requirements for the fishing location, unlike yesterday when you could fish anywhere on this small island.
Because this island is much larger than yesterday's island, if all the contestants were distributed on the island, it would be outside the range that the organizers could use for live streaming and camera cuts.
In some areas, when drones fly over, the distance is too far and there is no signal, so the footage cannot be synchronized in real time.
Therefore, the organizers stipulated that fishing was only allowed in the area directly facing the beach during the competition.
The beach facing the cruise ship is also very long. According to Bai Yu's estimation, this side alone is more than a kilometer long, and that's only part of the length.
The one-kilometer stretch was enough for the more than one hundred participants in this competition. After Bai Yu and his group chose a spot, they each took a landing net and headed towards the bushes on the island.
Just like Li Shuang said before, they planned to wander around this small island and see if they could find a few coconut crabs.
Unfortunately, perhaps they weren't lucky, or perhaps there were simply no coconut crabs on this island.
Anyway, Bai Yu and the others spent twenty minutes wandering around the island and found more than twenty coconut trees, but they didn't see a single coconut crab.
On the contrary, they caught several hermit crabs and mud crabs.
Especially this blue crab. It must be crab season. The blue crab that Bai Yu caught was huge. The width of the shell alone was a foot wide.
Bai Yu's hands are quite large; his clenched fist is about 20 centimeters long, and the shell of this blue crab is also about 20 centimeters long.
For king crabs, once their shells reach 20 centimeters in length, they are considered ready for harvesting.
The blue crab that Bai Yu caught had a shell that met the catching standards for king crabs, which shows that this guy was really big.
After Bai Yu caught it, he felt that this blue crab definitely weighed more than two pounds, and it was definitely not the same species as the near-shore blue crabs he used to catch while beachcombing.
The blue crab he caught is probably a deep-sea swimming crab. Deep-sea swimming crabs belong to a large family that includes three types of crabs: blue crabs, mud crabs, and swimming crabs, all of which can be called swimming crabs.
Nearshore mud crabs and deep-sea mud crabs differ in size due to their different growing environments.
They all look pretty much the same, the only difference being their color and size. Deep-sea blue crabs are darker in color and much larger. The largest deep-sea blue crab I've ever seen weighs over four pounds.
This is the largest blue crab that Bai Yu has ever seen and eaten. Just last year, when his uncle returned from a sea voyage, he left Bai Yu a large blue crab.
Although they didn't find any coconut crabs on the island, these few blue crabs and hermit crabs were enough for them to have a meal tonight.
With nine o'clock fast approaching, they returned to their respective spots where they had left their fishing gear bags and began setting up their fishing platforms to prepare for fishing.
All the contestants were very enthusiastic this time. Before nine o'clock, all kinds of parasols had been set up on the beach. From a distance, the beach looked like a row of mushrooms.
The same goes for Bai Yu and the others. Bai Yu's parasol is blue with a black inner sun protection layer, so you don't get sunburned at all when you're under it.
The only thing Bai Yu needed to worry about was that their fishing platform had to be moved with the tides. When the tide receded, Bai Yu and his friends would move the platform forward, and when the tide rose, they would move it back accordingly.
Fortunately, this island is in the sea. Although there are tides here, the magnitude of the tides is relatively smaller compared to the seaside on land.
If this were in Hai Province, and they were fishing at the seaside there, they would basically have to move their fishing spot every hour or so, otherwise their spot would either be too far from the sea or too close, and the tide would flood them.
At nine o'clock, Bai Yu baited his hook and cast it out.
The bait he used was, of course, the octopus he caught the night before. He had never used octopus for fishing before and didn't know if it would be effective.
Anyway, he knew that squid was very useful for fishing, so Bai Yu didn't plan to use squid right away. Instead, he would first use octopus to test the resources in this area.
When fishing in such beach areas, when using a surf rod, it is important to cast the line carefully, ideally casting the bait as far as possible.
As for the reason, it's very simple: the ocean waves!
Just by saying these two words, I believe everyone understands why you should cast your bait further away. If you fish too close, the bait is easily affected by the waves, making it difficult for fish to bite.
Only by casting the bait further away can you reduce the impact of the waves and catch more fish.
The bait has been cast out, and now it's just a matter of waiting for the first fish to bite.
At this moment, Bai Yu took out a bottle of Mengniu milk and deliberately showed the camera behind him what it means to drink a whole bottle when there's deep affection.
After finishing his drink, he gave a thumbs-up to the camera. Although he didn't say anything, it was as if he had said everything.
Faced with such blatant advertising, the live stream immediately switched the camera to Bai Yu. As one of the sponsors of the program, she should be given the screen time she deserves.
Meanwhile, the live stream audience also offered some feedback on Bai Yu's thumbs-up gesture.
Of course, this evaluation is not about Mengniu milk, but also praises Bai Yu's dedication.
Bai Yu has changed a lot since he took on the advertisement. He's become incredibly proactive in advertising, and his attitude is excellent. Mengniu has really made a fortune.
Indeed, the comments section was full of people saying that Mengniu made a huge profit, and very few people said that Baiyu's advertisement was inappropriate.
The main reason is that the advertisement for Baiyu was placed quite early. It's only nine o'clock, and most people have just cast their lines. No one can catch fish so quickly.
Besides, consider how much Yuxue Shipping Company invested in this competition. What's wrong with them accepting an advertisement? Bai Yu didn't say a single advertising slogan throughout the entire event. He just drank a bottle of Mengniu milk and gave a thumbs up. Was that excessive advertising?
If all advertisements were this big in the future, I think fewer people would dislike watching ads.
After finishing a bottle of Mengniu milk, Bai Yu began fishing seriously, always ready for the first fish to bite the hook.
He didn't have to wait too long; after only four or five minutes, Bai Yu's fishing line started to move.
Bai Yu picked up the fishing rod and lifted it up. He felt a slight weight on the rod. Yes, that's the right word, a slight weight.
As for the fish that bit the hook this time, it was almost as if they didn't bite at all. Bai Yu didn't feel much weight added to the fishing rod; it seemed to weigh less than a pound.
If it weighs less than a pound, then it's a small fish. For small fish, Bai Yu has his own way of dealing with them, which is to pull and yank them out!
Under his skillful manipulation, a fish with a black body, an exceptionally black head, and a touch of gold was quickly dragged to the shore.
"Golden-headed sea bream? Oh my god, I can actually catch golden-headed sea bream here? Whose fish farm had this escape from? Who's a kind soul running a fish farm here?"
Bai Yu looked at the golden snapper he had brought up, then at the surrounding environment of the island, and said with a slightly puzzled expression.
The reason Bai Yu was puzzled was that the fish he caught was a type of sea bream, but it was not from the Pacific Ocean; it was a type of sea fish from the Atlantic Ocean.
In other words, the golden snapper caught by the white fisherman is an invasive species and is not native to the Pacific Ocean!
That's why he was curious whether he was able to catch this golden snapper because there were net cages for raising this kind of fish nearby.
But then again, the sea area they are in is between the Zhongsha and Nansha Islands, and there is no human habitation within a radius of 100 miles. Who would be so kind as to engage in aquaculture in such a place?
Could this golden snapper have come from somewhere else? It doesn't look very big, less than a pound, just a fry. How far did it travel to get here?
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