Despite Bai Yu's valiant resistance, he always felt utterly helpless in the face of this giant fish.
He had already started to exert force with his right hand, even using all his strength, but under this guy's pull, Bai Hao's right hand still started to rotate counterclockwise.
No matter how persistent Bai Yu was, he couldn't defeat this big fish.
A minute later, Bai Yu's right arm was already sore and she was about to give up.
Upon experiencing this sensation again, Bai Yu immediately released her right hand.
Since we can't fight him head-on, we'll just have to wear him down. Anyway, he has plenty of time today, and there's still a lot of fishing line left. We'll continue fighting him later!
This time, Bai Yu had already made up his mind. He wouldn't give the guy who had taken the bait too much time. Once he had a chance to counterattack, he would have to take him down.
As Bai Yu let go, the fish that had taken the bait on the seabed was overjoyed. After all, the pressure on it had lessened, and it could swim away more happily.
As for the pressure that the load shearer can bring, for a fish weighing three or four hundred pounds, this resistance is negligible, almost non-existent.
During this process, Bai Yu did not give up on creating greater obstacles for this guy; he kept twirling the fishing rod.
Although he can't reel in the fishing line now, nor can he stop the guy's escape rhythm, he can still make it feel the pain of the hook being caught in its flesh and make it furious.
Even if this speeds up the release of the fishing line, it's all worth it as long as it can deplete the guy's stamina as quickly as possible.
Actually, to be honest, this was the first time Bai Yu had ever caught such a big fish all by himself, and he really couldn't handle it by himself.
In the past, when he was fishing for big fish, if he couldn't catch them, he could ask Wang Hai for help to relieve some of the pressure.
Now, facing this big fish alone, he was really struggling to handle it, and his desperate counterattacks were having no effect whatsoever.
In no time, there was very little fishing line left in the reel, and the line markings exceeded one kilometer.
There was only 1,500 meters of fishing line, and more than 1,000 meters had already been used, yet this guy's speed hadn't decreased much.
With little fishing line left in the reel, Bai Yu was ready to give this guy another try.
He then immediately grabbed the crank handle of the reel with his right hand again and began to exert force to control the speed of the line.
However, as Bai Yu exerted his strength, the force on the reel was still greater than Bai Yu's strength, but this time he could hold on for a little longer.
Well, it lasted for about four seconds before Bai Yu released her grip on the crank handle again.
"Holy crap, he's already run a kilometer and he still has so much energy?"
"Come on, I'll see how long you can hold out. I don't believe you can break the fishing line! Go ahead and try!"
Bai Yu has had this big fish for a while now, but he still can't do anything about it, which is really getting him frustrated.
I was already unlucky enough to have spent half a day catching just one Napoleon wrasse, and then I waited for another half hour to an hour without catching anything.
Now that he's finally caught another big fish, he's completely helpless against it. What is Bai Yu trying to achieve?
No matter how big or valuable a fish is, if it's not caught, it's all for naught.
After letting the fish swim for a while longer, the fishing line in the reel was visibly almost gone, so he tried again to lock the line.
A few more minutes passed, and this time Bai Yu felt that the force coming from the fishing rod had decreased significantly.
For Bai Yu, this is a good thing, at least he can hold on a little longer this time.
With a burst of effort, he exerted all his strength once again, leaning back slightly to combine his own power and weight to fight against the fish that had taken the bait.
Surprisingly, this maneuver actually allowed Bai Yu to withstand the force transmitted through the fishing rod, stopping the fish from escaping.
Although Bai Yu's right hand was still moving backward, the speed had slowed down considerably. Now, the two sides were simply testing each other's endurance.
Now, more than ten minutes have passed since the guy took the hook, and his strength is no longer at its peak, while Bai Yu's condition is much better.
Under these circumstances, Bai Yu gained confidence. He refused to believe that he could possibly lose to this big fish.
No matter how much the fish struggled, whether it changed direction and charged left and right or kept charging forward, Bai Yu held on tightly to the crank handle of the reel.
This process was difficult, and Bai Yu's expression became very distorted at one point, clearly showing that he had put in a lot of effort.
But his efforts paid off. When facing this big fish, he went from being completely overwhelmed at the beginning, to being gradually defeated, to being able to barely hold on for a while, and finally to withstanding the pull of this guy.
This confrontation lasted for more than ten minutes. Bai Yu's right hand got tired, so he switched to his left hand, and then back to his right hand. In short, he was determined not to let this guy run around freely.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. Suddenly, Bai Yu felt the power coming back from the fishing rod decrease. It seemed that he had almost exhausted the rod's power.
After having this feeling, Bai Yu's heart became even more excited.
He didn't care whether the guy's stamina had been almost completely depleted. Bai Yu was now focused on one thing: its strength had decreased, so it was time for Bai Yu to unleash its power.
Even though Bai Yu had already exhausted a lot of energy during the ten-minute-plus hard fight, he still wanted to take advantage of the moment to launch a counterattack and catch the guy off guard.
More than half an hour has passed since this guy started trying to grab her, and Bai Yu can finally fight back. She has finally managed to get through this time!
Then Bai Yu took a deep breath, picked up his fishing rod, and began to cast.
As the first cast to launch a counterattack, the white fisherman tugged the rod very high, raising it as high as he could, and even locking the fishing line in place.
Then, taking advantage of the moment when the fishing rod is falling, grab the reel handle with your right hand and quickly reel in the fishing line.
In just one round trip, Bai Yu can reel in at least two more loops of fishing line, which adds up to a length of twenty or thirty centimeters.
Don't underestimate the length of 20 or 30 centimeters. With a few casts, he can reel in a meter of fishing line. The fishing line he has outside is only a little over a thousand meters. With a few thousand casts, that's enough.
As for the time required, it doesn't need to be too long, about two or three hours is enough. If the guy recovers some strength in the middle and then starts a new round of struggle, then this time will have to be extended.
After all, Bai Yu is all alone now, and facing a fish weighing three or four hundred pounds, or even four or five hundred pounds, is really a very difficult situation.
That's only because it's a competition. If it weren't a competition and he could ask for help, he would have done so already. He wouldn't have needed half an hour to take this guy down.
If someone could help, this time could be shortened even further.
Unfortunately, it's a competition now, and Bai Yu can't ask for help. He has to face this behemoth all by himself.
A dozen minutes later, before Bai Yu had even reeled in too much fishing line, the guy seemed to have recovered some strength and started a new round of resistance.
Faced with this guy's resistance, all Bai Yu could do was hold on tightly to the reel handle to prevent the guy from pulling away the fishing line he had painstakingly retrieved.
By this time, Bai Yu was already extremely exhausted, and his arms were starting to ache.
However, compared to his physical strength, Bai Yu is actually more adept at endurance and willpower, in which he is extremely strong.
Faced with the resistance of this big fish, Bai Yu relied on his own willpower to persevere. His strategy of refusing to let go ultimately gave him the upper hand in the confrontation.
It took another seven or eight minutes before the guy's resistance lessened somewhat.
At that moment, Bai Yu continued to retract the line. Even though he still had some strength left, it couldn't stop Bai Yu's determination to retract the line.
When Bai Yu caught this fish, it was a little after 1 a.m., almost 2 a.m. As time went by, and the sky in the east began to lighten slightly, Bai Yu still had more than 700 meters of fishing line left to reel in.
It was already 4:45 a.m., and the sun was about to rise.
Bai Yu's fishing spot on the boat was facing east. He watched the sky gradually brighten, but he still hadn't caught the big fish.
The main reason is that this big fish is too clever. It actually knows how to rest and recuperate, allowing itself to recover more energy before making a sudden charge.
Bai Yu had previously caused this guy a stir; the sudden turn of events almost caused him to drop the fishing rod from Bai Yu's hand.
That's why it took Bai Yu two hours to retrieve less than half of the fishing line.
That previous wave of attacks really caused Bai Yu a lot of trouble. This guy is really too cunning. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he's the sixth best fish in the world.
The fishermen are now on high alert, ready to respond to any changes that may occur on their fishing rods, and have strategies in place at all times.
Fortunately, this guy seemed to realize that surprise attacks weren't very effective, so they stopped using that tactic afterward.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu was steadily reeling in the fishing line, and the fish that had taken the bait was getting closer and closer to the fishing boat.
At five o'clock in the morning, when the sun was just peeking out, there were still 600 meters of fishing line left.
At 5:30, there were still more than 400 meters of fishing line left, and we could soon see the hope of catching it!
At six o'clock, there were still more than 200 meters of fishing line left. Almost there, almost caught!
Under the glow of the sunrise, the crimson clouds reflected on the sea, turning it entirely red.
Just then, as Bai Yu gazed into the distance, a black dot suddenly appeared in his field of vision—a black dot that seemed to leap out of the sea—and then vanished in the next instant.
The direction in which the fishing line extends from Bai Yu's hand is the direction in which the black dot disappears!
For some reason, a thought suddenly popped into Bai Yu's mind: the black dot that had just disappeared was very likely the big fish he was fishing for.
In that instant, Bai Yu's mind also tensed up.
Since that black dot just now leaped out of the sea, does that mean that its stamina has recovered a lot?
In this situation, Bai Yu's attention also turned to the fishing rod, ready to deal with the guy's resistance at any time.
And you know what? Bai Yu's judgment was very accurate; this guy did indeed launch a new wave of resistance.
However, since Bai Yu had made preparations beforehand, this guy's resistance did not cause any trouble, and Bai Yu was able to get through this wave of resistance very smoothly.
Then came another round of reeling in the line. By 6:40, there wasn't much fishing line left. It looked like there were only a few dozen meters of line left to reel it in.
At this moment, Bai Yu's heart also became excited. He could already see the figure of this guy through the sea. That guy was huge, definitely a giant fish!
The water in the South China Sea is still very clear. Although you can't see the creature's appearance clearly at a depth of several tens of meters, you can still see its general shape.
Moreover, as the creature got closer to the fishing boat, its figure became clearer and clearer.
"Brother Fisherman, a sailfish! You caught a sailfish! It's a huge sailfish! Its dorsal fin is as big as a small sailboat!"
Just then, Bai Yu heard Xiao Tao's voice.
According to Xiao Tao's original plan, he should have gone back to the crew room to rest by now, but his curiosity was too strong. He really wanted to know what kind of fish Bai Yu had caught this time.
And so it's been dragging on until now. Xiao Tao is holding a harpoon, ready to shoot Bai Yu's big fish at any moment.
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