As the yacht slowed down, Bai Yu and the others came out with their fishing gear bags and went to the first-floor deck area to prepare for fishing.
Strictly speaking, wasn't the yacht Bai Yu and his group on board for fishing?
Even a single-story deck is quite high above the sea, at least three or four meters above the water.
If they catch a fish later, and it's a big one that bites the hook, they won't be able to get it onto the deck.
Bai Yu only thought of this situation before going fishing; he had overlooked it before.
After all, they had never built a yacht like this before. At most, they had rented a cruise ship once for a fan fishing competition, but back then, company employees were busy with all the work.
Although the cruise ship's deck is higher than the sea surface, staff had prepared extra-long landing nets for the contestants to use for catching fish.
Bai Yu and his group were out at sea on their own, and no one noticed what was happening. After the yacht slowed down, Bai Yu took a landing net and went up to the deck to put it to use.
Then he discovered the problem: the net was too short and couldn't reach the surface of the sea at all.
Bai Yu and his team racked their brains on the spot and came up with a solution: to weld a landing net out of a steel pipe.
Welders are available on the yacht, and the shipping team has staff with expertise in this area. They also have all the necessary materials, and in no time at all, they made a landing net that was over five meters long.
Moreover, it's a super large net, with the opening alone being 1.5 meters wide. Even if you were to catch a giant creature weighing 100 kilograms, you could easily take it down.
Of course, this net also has one drawback: it's too heavy.
Even though Bai Yu and his team used hollow steel pipes, these are still steel pipes after all, and their weight is still quite exaggerated. Needless to say, the landing nets they made weighed more than ten kilograms.
Li Xue and her group can forget about using a net like this; they probably won't be able to use such a heavy net. Only Bai Yu and his group could use it.
As the yacht arrived at the bay, the number of boats around it increased, and there were boats flying all sorts of flags.
It's not just limited to our country and Taiwan; there are also quite a few foreign cargo ships.
However, the place Bai Yu and his group were going to was different from that of these cargo ships. The other ships were going to the main island of Taiwan, while Bai Yu was going to a small island below Taiwan, called something like Dong Island.
Bai Yu didn't remember the specific names, because that wasn't something he didn't need to remember. He just remembered one thing: you could catch all kinds of precious sea fish here.
Before long, they arrived at a sea area, a sea area where many small black dots were scattered on the surrounding sea surface.
These small black dots represent individual islands, some of which can only be described as reefs.
The yacht stopped about 400 to 500 meters from the nearest small island, as it could not go any further.
As before, there are many hidden reefs near the islands and islets, not to mention that this place looks more like an archipelago.
Needless to say, there are countless reefs here, and it's easy to run aground if you're not careful.
Bai Yu and his companions understood this situation. After all, safety is the primary objective when sailing on the high seas.
As the yacht came to a stop, Bai Yu grabbed his fishing rod and prepared to fish.
The seawater here is so clear that it always gives Bai Yu the feeling of seeing the bottom of the sea.
There's an old saying that applies to freshwater, but it's not quite right for seawater: "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish!"
Even in crystal-clear waters, there are still plenty of fish on the seabed, especially in shallow areas with many reefs.
The bait used by Baiyu is sea shrimp, and there must be a lot of grouper in this area, as well as small fish and shrimp.
In these areas, the main food of these fish is definitely shrimp, so fishing with shrimp is very easy.
With everything ready, Bai Yu cast the bait out, sending it flying far away.
This time, he wasn't fishing near the yacht, but in an area with more reefs, where there would be more fish.
This time, the casting distance was quite far, about forty or fifty meters. This casting also allowed me to test the depth of the seawater in the fishing area.
The area here isn't very deep. After casting this line, the water is only about 30 meters deep. And that's just the area for this one cast; it's hard to tell how deep or shallow the rest of the area is.
After casting the line, all that's left is to wait, hoping for the first fish to appear.
Bai Yu originally thought this was going to be a long battle, and that it would take at least ten minutes before any fish would bite the hook.
However, the final result was quite different from what Bai Yu had expected. He had just cast the bait out and waited for only two or three minutes when he felt something unusual on the fishing line.
The fishing line is starting to come out of the line; does that mean a fish has taken the bait?
Faced with this situation, Bai Yu suddenly lifted the fishing rod upwards, while also grabbing the crank handle and reeling in the fishing line twice.
As the fishing rod tip bent down, Bai Yu felt the weight on the rod, indicating that a fish had been caught.
However, Bai Yu's heart tightened up immediately afterward. He could sense from the fishing rod that the fish that had taken the bait this time seemed to be quite big, and this fishing trip didn't seem to be going too smoothly.
For seasoned anglers like Bai Yu, they can judge the size of a fish by the strength of its struggle.
The fish that bit the hook this time felt to him to weigh no less than 30 pounds, while the fishing line Bai Yu used this time had a tensile strength of only 30 pounds.
The fish weighed thirty pounds, which was beyond the capacity of the fishing line. If he wanted to catch it, he couldn't fight it head-on, otherwise the line would definitely break.
Bai Yu was also a bit troubled by this result. In the past, he relied on the strength of the fishing line to fight his opponent head-on when fishing. Now, if he had to use his skills, he would feel a bit restricted.
This is not to say that Bai Yu lacks skill; on the contrary, Bai Yu is quite skilled at fishing, even highly skilled, especially in sea fishing, where he has his own unique insights.
However, the fishing rod's hardware is a bit outdated this time, which limits his margin for error. He'll really have to figure out a way to catch this fish.
But before Bai Yu could think of a solution, the fishing line in his hand came loose.
At first, Bai Yu thought the fish that had taken the bait had gotten away, but then he thought about it again and realized that something seemed off. It didn't seem like the fish had gotten away from the hook; it seemed more like it had changed direction and escaped.
For various types of sea fish, when they encounter danger, their first thought for escape is definitely to go to deeper waters.
The place where Bai Yu is now is a deeper area. If the fish that took the bait this time wants to escape, it might run towards him.
If the fish runs towards him, the fishing line may loosen until it passes the yacht, and then the fishing line will be tightened again.
After figuring this out, Bai Yu started staring at the sea. Just then, he saw a black shadow on the sea, approaching the yacht at a very fast speed.
What puzzled Bai Yu was whether the area this guy was in was a bit too shallow? It should be almost at the surface, right?
Moreover, the fish showed no sign of slowing down and headed straight for the yacht, even though there was a yacht in front of it.
Then, right before Bai Yu's eyes, the fish made intimate contact with the hull of the yacht. The impact was so severe that Bai Yu seemed to hear a loud thud.
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What the heck? What's going on? How did we crash into the yacht?
Bai Yu was almost stunned when he saw the big fish make close contact with the yacht. He hadn't even started fishing yet, and the fish was about to be caught.
But the next second, as the fish surfaced, Bai Yu was stunned, and a phrase from a national treasure resonated in his heart.
"Holy crap! A yellow croaker? Are you kidding me? They've given me a yellow croaker right off the bat, and this is how we met? Did it die from the impact?"
Indeed, as the fish surfaced, Bai Yu immediately recognized its species: the yellow croaker, one of my country's protected fish species.
This thing is so famous, and it has been protected for a very long time. Bai Yu has caught all kinds of fish, but he has never caught this yellow croaker.
That's why Bai Yu had a very deep impression of it; even if he had never caught it, he could recognize it at a glance.
The yellow croaker was now floating motionless on the surface of the sea. Bai Yu wasn't sure if it had crashed to its death or was just stunned. He was still a little panicked.
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