After receiving his number plate, Bai Yu took three kinds of bait from the organizer as usual and then headed towards his fishing spot.
He plans to fish today the same way he did the day before yesterday, using the same fishing rod and bait, and wants to try using corn kernels again.
The only difference today is that the number of fish caught in this fishpond has decreased.
According to his own understanding, after two days of elimination competition, all the contestants caught tens of thousands of kilograms of fish from this pond.
Especially on the first day of the elimination rounds, which was Bai Yu's match, more than 200 contestants caught nearly 40,000 catties of fish from the fishpond, and the organizers did not replenish the fishpond.
The average score of the contestants who advanced in the second day's elimination rounds was just over 200 jin, which is far from the average score of at least 300 jin on the first day.
This shows that the current catch in the fishpond is definitely less than before, especially the number of fish weighing less than ten pounds.
However, this is not a big problem. In the current competition, all they need to do is catch fish and achieve results.
Their competition only considers the weight of the fish caught; nothing else matters. If you can't catch any fish, it just means your skills aren't up to par.
Upon learning of this situation, Bai Yu was also particularly concerned, but moreover, he couldn't be bothered to care even if he wanted to, since he wasn't the organizer of the competition.
In addition, he really lacks experience in fishing for freshwater fish, and he can't think of any good ways to improve his performance. He can only temporarily use the fishing method from the day before yesterday and see if he can catch any fish.
Bai Yu took out a fishing rod from his tackle bag, tied on the fishing line, float and other equipment, and then put bait on the hook.
This time, he changed the fishhook he was using slightly, but not with any special function; he simply made the hook a little bigger.
Since there weren't many fish weighing less than ten pounds left in the pond, Bai Yu had no choice but to set his sights on the bigger fish. Naturally, big fish require big hooks.
Moreover, larger hooks can hold more corn, which should attract bigger fish to bite.
As the time came to nine o'clock, the starting whistle blew. While most of the other players were still preparing their bait, Bai Yu had already hooked his fish with corn and cast it out.
One of the advantages of using corn for fishing is that you can simply bait the corn and cast it out, saving a lot of time.
With a splash as the fishhook, carrying corn, enters the water, all that's left is to wait.
The timing is uncertain; a fish might bite the hook in the next second, or no fish might bite all day. No one can say for sure.
Fortunately, Bai Yu is a competent video creator; he knows what to do when no fish are biting.
For example, he would show off his not-so-sufficient fishing skills to the camera at his collar, while pouring some corn kernels out of the bait bag and explaining the importance of baiting the area.
Then, considering that he didn't have much experience fishing for freshwater fish, he was afraid that when the video was posted, netizens wouldn't believe that his experience was really useful.
So after explaining the importance of baiting, he would also add at the end that this was all learned from online sources and summarized from the experience of many fishing veterans.
Although what Bai Yu said are all common sense about fishing, things that almost every angler knows, you can still tell whether Bai Yu's experience is useful or not.
If it's useful, that's all that matters. If it's useful, it proves that it's not spreading misinformation.
Just when Bai Yu thought he would have to wait a while for his first cast, and was talking non-stop to the camera, he noticed something different when he looked down at the corn kernels.
That is, the fishing rod he was holding under his arm suddenly started moving; it was sliding towards the fishpond, going down the support.
Upon discovering this, Bai Yu immediately looked up at the water and saw that the vertical float that should have been floating on the surface had disappeared!
Bai Yu, who had just caught over 500 jin of fish the day before yesterday, was all too familiar with this situation.
It's obvious that a fish has taken the bait and dragged the float away.
Fortunately, Bai Yu had the foresight to not just place the fishing rod on the stand, but instead tucked it under his arm.
If he hadn't made preparations beforehand, just that scene would have been enough for a fish to bite and drag the fishing rod away, and Bai Yu would have become famous overnight.
When the time comes, the top trending topic in the fishing world will definitely be: a well-known fishing, beachcombing, and sports blogger, the number one on Douyin, lost a fishing rod on the first day of a fishing competition, and the fish even dragged the rod away.
This has happened before; in fact, during the elimination rounds just two days ago, there were several instances of fishing rods being dragged away.
However, the number of fans of those involved is limited, so the impact of their actions is also very limited.
However, Bai Yu is different. He and his company have just recently been trending on social media. If something like this happens again, it will definitely attract a lot of ridicule.
Fortunately, Bai Yu had made some preparations in advance, and this situation was prevented from happening.
However, since a fish has taken the bait, Bai Yu naturally has to take appropriate measures, otherwise this guy will think that Bai Yu is afraid of it.
Bai Yu then took the fishing rod in his hand and pushed the rod handle against his thigh, putting pressure on the guy first.
Moreover, he not only braced the fishing rod against his thigh, but he also kept lifting the fishing rod upwards, trying to drag the guy towards the shore.
After all, the fishing rods and lines that Bai Yu is currently using have fixed lengths, with the fishing line being the same length as the fishing rod.
When he lifts the fishing rod, he's essentially dragging the guy towards the shore, shortening the distance between them.
However, this time the fish that took the bait was not too small. In Bai Yu's opinion, it weighed at least 30 pounds. None of the fish he caught the day before yesterday could bring him this kind of pressure.
Based on Bai Yu's past fishing experience, catching a fish weighing 30 or 40 pounds or even larger wouldn't pose any challenge for him, after all, he had caught fish weighing 300 or 400 pounds before.
However, he used to use a surf rod, and the shortest fishing line was over 500 meters long. Now he uses a reel-in rod, and the fishing line is only a little over eight meters long.
The short fishing line limited Bai Yu's maneuvering. He only had one option: to fight this guy head-on and see if it was stronger or if his fishing gear was more sturdy.
Bai Yu immediately stood up from his fishing spot, took a step to the side with his fishing rod, and stood to confront the guy.
Anyway, Bai Yu's most powerful part is his lower body. Once he adjusts his posture, this guy won't be able to shake Bai Yu in the slightest before the fishing line breaks.
What happened next was exactly as Bai Yu had imagined. No matter how much the creature struggled, whether it tried to escape to deeper waters, make a large splash on the surface, or thrashed about searching for a way to survive,
Bai Yu stood as still as a pine tree, perfectly upright.
Even with Bai Yu's insistence, this guy, for reasons unknown, suddenly swam towards the shore.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Bai Yu reacted very quickly. Adhering to the principle of retreating when the enemy advances, he took his fishing rod and retreated.
Then, without Bai Yu lifting a finger, this guy arrived at a position only two or three meters from the shore, and was about to get close to the shore.
Then, to its dismay, it found itself frozen again, this time very close to the shore, and its life was in danger.
Sure enough, after seeing the creature reach the shore, Bai Yu showed no intention of letting it go.
Since it's no longer planning to come to the shore, Bai Yu will continue his operation.
Bai Yu then retracted two sections of his fishing rod, turning the 8.1-meter rod into a 6 or 7-meter rod, and continued to lift it upwards, taking two steps back as he did so.
As he retreated, the fish that had taken the bait naturally moved forward as well. Once the fish reached the shore, Bai Yu had to reel in the fishing rod until only the last section remained.
He then grabbed the fishing line, followed it to the creature, and pinned it down.
They caught this guy without even using a net.
It wasn't that Bai Yu didn't want to use a landing net, but after seeing the guy's appearance and size, Bai Yu realized that it would be more convenient to just use his hands.
This time, Bai Yu caught a large mandarin fish that was nearly a meter long. This fish is a very ferocious freshwater fish with great strength.
With Bai Yu's net, which is only a little over half a meter deep, it's really not easy to catch this mandarin fish. If you're not careful, it's easy for the fish to escape using the net.
The only thing that intrigued Bai Yu was the fishermen's assessment of the mandarin fish: they all described it as extremely ferocious, carnivorous, with small fish and shrimp being their staple food.
But what's going on today? He put corn kernels on his hook, so how did he catch a snakehead fish?
Not only did I catch it, but it was also a large snakehead fish that was nearly a meter long and weighed about 30 or 40 kilograms. And this guy was actually interested in corn kernels?
Could it be that this guy got tired of eating meat and wanted to change things up these past few days, and then he got caught by Bai Yu?
Or perhaps the fishermen caught all the small fish in the pond a couple of days ago, drastically reducing the fish's food options, forcing it to turn to corn kernels as a last resort?
Regardless of why the mandarin fish took the bait, it has now become Bai Yu's prey. All he has to do now is put this big guy into the fish basket.
The big fish that Bai Yu caught was immediately spotted by the drone flying over Feizai Fishpond, and the live stream camera switched to him as he fished.
Originally, when the live stream viewers saw that Bai Yu hadn't spent much time catching this fish, they thought it wasn't very big. Who would have thought that the final result would be like this, with the first fish being nearly a meter in size.
After all, from the moment the fish took the bait until he caught it, the whole process only took Bai Yu five or six minutes, which is a very short time.
So far, this mandarin fish has been full of energy and shows no signs of fatigue. Even though it has been held down by Bai Yu, it has not given up hope of survival.
During this process, Bai Yu encountered some difficulty in removing the hook. He had to climb onto the guy's back to finally remove the hook.
It was Bai Yu's snakehead fish that brought the first wave of popularity to the live stream, with the number of viewers soaring to over 100,000.
Keep in mind that it's only a little past nine in the morning, which is still quite early. Plus, it's during working hours, so not many people are likely to be slacking off or playing on their phones at this time.
However, the number of viewers in their official live stream still exceeded 100,000, reaching a new high.
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