With Bai Yu having determined the direction, Snake also adjusted the direction of his fishing boat and headed towards the center of the competition area.
The venue for this competition is not only fifty nautical miles in length and width, but it is also fifty or sixty nautical miles away from the coastline.
It was more than two hours later when Bai Yu and the others arrived at the central area.
"Wow, Bai Yu, you're right! Nobody comes to the central area. This whole area is ours now. You're a genius!"
In Snake's view, in the center of the competition area, as far as the eye could see, there were no other competing boats except for two boats with red tags.
"Absolutely. This thing is all about luck and psychology, and we've just won the bet."
Snake, check what's on the fish finder. Find an area with lots of big fish around; we're about to get to work!
"This place is pretty good. The fish finder shows that there are more than twenty fish around the area, each about a meter long. It's just that I can't be sure if they are all tuna."
"More than twenty meter-long fish? The resources here are pretty good. The big fish are all clustered together. Not bad, not bad. I'll fish here."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he also left the cockpit and went to the deck outside.
"Ah Hai, Shuangzi, Ah Sheng, come and get your fishing rods ready to get to work. How well we do in this competition, and whether we can catch a big fish, depends entirely on ourselves!"
"Here we are! Time to get to work! Let's take down these foreigners! The championship is ours for the taking!"
"I haven't gone fishing yet. I should be able to catch two hundred pounds of bluefin tuna today!"
Brothers, I'm making a promise to you today: if I can catch a bluefin tuna weighing over 200 pounds before midnight Hawaii time, I'll give away one to anyone who catches one when I get back to China!
I'm recording this video as proof; if I can catch one, I'll win!
"Hey, Ah Sheng, that's a bit petty. If I can get any tuna today, no matter what kind, I'll suck the first one out of it. I mean it!"
"Since you two have both set up flags, I have to set one up too. You've both been sending tuna, so I'll send something else. I'll send electronic products worth the same amount as the first tuna I caught. How about a cell phone?"
As soon as Bai Yu shouted, Li Shuang and the other two, who were originally enjoying the breeze on the deck, immediately sprang into action, running in front of the camera to raise flags.
Lu Sheng said that as long as he could catch a tuna weighing more than 200 jin on the first day, he would suck the tuna. Wang Hai was referring to sucking the first tuna catch.
Li Shuang is the same way, except he no longer gives away fish, but instead gives away electronic products.
"Well, since the three of you all said you wanted to send something, shouldn't I, as the team leader and boss, also send something?"
What do you think I should send as a gift?
"We'll give away fish, that's what we're doing here. It's a fishing competition, what else can we give away?"
"But we can't just send fish. You can do what I did and exchange it for something else of equal value."
"Sending fish is good, it saves trouble."
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While Bai Yu and his three companions were chatting and discussing what to give as a gift, they returned to the cabin and took out their fishing rods.
There are also requirements regarding the use of fishing gear in this competition, namely, the use of fishing rods with auxiliary functions is strictly prohibited.
This seems to be standard practice in all fishing competitions. Don't be fooled by the fact that we have all kinds of auxiliary equipment available in China, such as electric reel rods and equipment to help with line retrieval.
It's fine for people to play with these things themselves, but professional anglers would never touch them because they're not allowed in competitions.
If any of you have seen videos of foreigners fishing at sea, you'll notice a very obvious characteristic: those foreigners hold the fishing rod the entire time they're fishing.
They didn't use any auxiliary equipment, not even the locks to secure their fishing rods to the railings of the fishing boat. They carried the fishing rods themselves the whole time, including when they were fighting big fish head-on.
The same applies to this competition; fishing holes, rod holders, and the like are not allowed.
In addition, you are not allowed to bait the area while fishing, but there are no other requirements.
It is said that the reason why baiting is not allowed is because in one competition, a team with a small notebook won the championship by baiting.
Foreigners, on the other hand, never use bait when fishing, not to mention that baiting in the ocean requires a huge investment, given the ocean currents.
The bait you throw in will be carried by ocean currents, and once it reaches the seabed, who knows where it will end up?
However, the team from the small notebook played a dirty trick that time. They brought a lot of frozen bait to the competition and then attracted large tuna by spreading the bait widely.
The final prize in the last digit category was won by the other side.
It's said that they learned this method from our family, but by then no one in our family was participating in the competition anymore.
Then, the team from the small notebook won the competition using the method they learned from our family. As a result, the organizers changed the competition rules for the next edition.
With Bai Yu and his three companions taking out their fishing rods, they were ready to start fishing.
The fishing rod Bai Yu was using was the same sea rod that Tongzi Ge had given him at the beginning. This fishing rod had been with him for seven years, and it was no longer just a simple fishing rod.
As for the choice of bait, in addition to mackerel and squid, which are the fishermen's favorites, they also bought several boxes of frozen cod and the cheapest skipjack tuna.
Snake suggested they buy the skipjack tuna, saying that the anglers here often use skipjack tuna to catch tuna, and that the tuna here also prefer to eat tuna.
Hearing Snake's explanation, Bai Yu didn't think so. In his opinion, the local fishermen were simply trying to get the highest return with the lowest cost to satisfy their inner sense of satisfaction.
After all, among all seafood, skipjack tuna is basically the cheapest type of sea fish. Even in the market, you can buy it for four or five yuan, or even less.
As for tuna, any tuna weighing over 100 pounds, regardless of breed, will generally cost several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan per fish.
Using a skipjack tuna that costs only a few dollars to gamble on a tuna that costs nearly ten thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars is a very worthwhile investment no matter how you look at it. Moreover, the sense of accomplishment from winning big with a small investment will give anglers a great sense of satisfaction and pride.
However, since Snake made the suggestion, Bai Yu did not refuse. Anyway, this stuff is not expensive, and buying a few boxes wouldn't cost much.
Although fishing is a sport that relies on luck, when it comes to luck in fishing, Bai Yu has never been afraid of anyone.
No other reason than that he opened it, and he has G!
Bai Yu took his fishing rod and went to the bow of the fishing boat. He directly baited his hook with a mackerel weighing more than a pound, and then with a strong flick of the rod, he cast the bait and hook out of the water.
For this fishing competition, Bai Yu specially prepared two sets of high-strength fishing lines, which were custom-made by a fishing tackle shop.
His two fishing lines weren't particularly long, only 1,500 meters, but their length was truly impressive. According to the shop owner's tests, these fishing lines could withstand a giant fish weighing nearly 1,000 pounds.
One thousand pounds is close to nine hundred jin (a unit of weight, approximately 500 kilograms).
The reason for using such high-strength fishing line is that during this competition, there have been many tuna weighing over 500 pounds, with the highest recorded catch weighing over 800 pounds.
Although Bai Yu wasn't sure if he could catch a 700-800 pound tuna, it was always good to be prepared.
As for the fishhook that Bai Yu used, it was also very large, larger than Bai Yu's palm, and made entirely of metal.
The weight of this single fishhook is already comparable to the weight of the fishhook itself.
After Bai Yu cast the bait, he opened his system panel again, glanced at the number in the upper right corner, and made sure he hadn't misread it.
There was a reason why Bai Yu used these items right away: his luck was exceptionally high today, ridiculously high.
After various buffs, Bai Yu's luck value today is 116 points, exceeding the maximum value of 100.
He refused to believe that, with cheat codes enabled, he could still be inferior to other teams.
So what if those teams have fisheries associations behind them? A few resource distribution maps, can they be more useful than G?
If it's really that useful, then Bai Yu's Tongzi Ge should retire, because it's no longer effective.
Moreover, Bai Yu's luck value is not just 116 points. This is only his luck value for today. However, Bai Yu also saved up a lot of luck value from doing temporary tasks.
Even if he runs out of those hundred-plus points, he's still not going to back down; he can still add more luck points.
His main goal today is to get him a big fish, a super big one, so he can have a go at fishing!
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, Bai Yu slammed the fishing rod in his hand against him, and a tremendous force came from the rod.
With such force and speed, the reel hadn't even had time to release the line before it jerked Bai Yu, and only then did the reel begin to release the line.
Fish have arrived!
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