As Bai Yu had expected, nothing unexpected happened in the end.
It didn't take long for him to remove the hook from the hammerhead shark's mouth. Apart from the shark shaking its head in pain, nothing else happened during the whole process.
Even when the hammerhead shark shook its head and made a biting motion, Bai Yu didn't panic at all.
Before removing the hook, he used a mouth spreader to open the hammerhead shark's mouth, preventing it from having any ability to bite.
Furthermore, when removing the fishhook, Bai Yu did not do it with his bare hands; he used a hook remover.
Even if the hammerhead shark breaks free of the expander, it can only bite the hook remover, not the whitefish.
After all, Brother Li was incredibly strong; he held the shark firmly in place, giving it no chance to make a move.
After removing the hook, Bai Yu didn't keep the hammerhead shark any longer. He and Brother Li put it into the landing net and threw it back into the sea.
Bai Yu then baited the hook again and threw it into the sea.
Although he had just caught a 100-pound hammerhead shark, this hammerhead shark was not a success at all; it was as if he hadn't caught anything.
However, this did not diminish Bai Yu's enthusiasm; on the contrary, it aroused his passion for fishing. He had wasted a little time, and now all he had to do was try his best to catch up.
In tonight's fishing trip, Bai Yu's goal was to catch big fish. He not only used large bait, but also large hooks.
Logically speaking, any big fish that can bite the hook must weigh at least 20 pounds.
However, after Bai Yu cast his line again, it didn't take long before he caught his second fish.
The operation is the same: after the fish bites, the first thing to do is to lift the rod to set the hook and keep the fish alive.
However, after Bai Yu left it behind, he noticed something was wrong by the weight transmitted through the fishing rod.
The fish that bit the hook this time seemed a bit small. The bait he used was a mackerel weighing more than half a pound, and the hook was a large hook about half the size of his palm.
But this time, the fish that took the bait seemed to weigh less than ten pounds. Wasn't that a little strange?
However, Bai Yu quickly realized that there are still many small fish in the ocean with large mouths.
The most typical example is the barracuda, which is well-known to everyone.
Even the largest barracuda, which is over a meter long, weighs no more than ten kilograms. But barracuda of this size are the honey badger of the ocean, fierce hunters who fear no death and will kill any fish they see.
Sure enough, when Bai Yu finally caught the fish that had taken the bait, he had a sea wolf fish that was about a meter long.
This sea wolf fish is quite large, but its daily life doesn't seem to be very fulfilling. It looks rather thin and bony, and despite being a meter in size, it weighs less than ten pounds.
Fortunately, the later catch was much more normal. He still had a catch, but the fish changed from barracuda to grouper and sea bream.
There are many varieties of grouper in the South China Sea, and it is a fish that is very popular among whitebait fishermen.
Firstly, there are a lot of groupers in some good fishing spots, and among these groupers, there are quite a few large ones.
Among them are brown-banded grouper, oil grouper, green grouper, and giant grouper, which can weigh tens or even hundreds of kilograms.
Even smaller ones, such as pearly white spots, tiger spots, eastern star spots, and western star spots, often weigh over ten kilograms.
The grouper below that may not be very heavy individually, but there are so many of them.
In particular, there is a type of grouper called the nine-spined perch, which is also a type of grouper. This thing appears in groups, and when it appears, there are huge numbers of them.
Another, and most importantly, is that grouper is expensive!
No matter what kind of grouper it is, even a nine-spined sea bass whose name has nothing to do with grouper, it still costs tens of yuan per kilogram.
Given the abundance and high price of grouper, which angler wouldn't be interested?
In any case, none of the hundreds of anglers present, regardless of age or gender, were unhappy about the competition.
Bai Yu was the same; he enjoyed fishing very much because his catch was quite good.
Putting aside the hammerhead shark that was released, by nine o'clock, Bai Yu had already caught seven or eight fish, bringing his total catch to over 100 jin (50 kg) and close to 200 jin (100 kg).
"Tsk, fishing at night is so much better. The resources here are really good, there are so many big fish, you can't catch them all."
Bai Yu had just taken a grouper he had caught off the hook when he remarked with a sigh.
"That's right, Brother Yu really knows how to find a good spot. This time we really got to enjoy fishing to our hearts' content, and we even made a lot of money! Brother Yu, it's great to be your fan, you can even make money!"
Right next to Bai Yu, another contestant caught a fish and said with a smile.
"That's because you were lucky enough to draw a spot in this competition, and then you were lucky enough to catch a fish. You earned it all on your own, and it has little to do with me."
"But if you try a little harder and manage to win the prize money for this competition, you'll have to thank me properly then."
"Absolutely. If I win the prize money this time, I won't just thank Brother Yu verbally. I'll also do something practical. I'll treat Brother Yu to a meal. You absolutely have to come!"
"Absolutely. If you win an award, I'll definitely go."
"Okay, then it's a deal. We'll definitely get a share of the prize money this time!"
While chatting with the other contestants, Bai Yu didn't stop fishing. After collecting his catch, he baited his hook again and started fishing again.
It's still early, the competition isn't over yet, and they still have to keep fishing.
Whether it's striving for the championship and prize money that seems both far away and yet so close, or simply to treat their idol Bai Yu to a meal, they have no choice but to work hard.
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