After putting the large yellow croaker into the box, Bai Yu baited the hook with three more snails and cast it out again.
Bai Yu believes that since he can catch fish with snails, he should continue using them.
For the next period of time, Bai Yu was engaged in a battle with the fish in the sea using snails, and he caught one fish after another.
Don't underestimate these seemingly inconspicuous snails; they're plentiful on the beach, but using them for fishing is relatively easy.
While it's not possible to catch fish continuously, at least the catch is steady, with both large and small fish.
He caught all sorts of fish, big and small. He could catch big yellow croaker weighing four or five pounds, and small ones like rockfish and stinky bream weighing only a few ounces.
There are even quite a few small miscellaneous fish, many of which don't even have names. Fishermen along the coast simply call them miscellaneous fish.
Of course, these sea fish are not truly nameless; it's just that their value hasn't reached the point where fishermen should remember their names.
Bai Yu would also examine these small fish carefully, and if he determined that they were worth keeping, he would keep them no matter how small they were.
It wasn't until six o'clock in the afternoon, which was dinnertime, that the sky over the sea began to darken.
When it came to eating, Bai Yu and his three companions were very enthusiastic. They immediately put away their fishing rods and headed towards the area where the food was served.
Dinner is still necessary, because the competition stipulates that there are only three meals a day. If any contestant misses a meal, they can only eat snacks or something similar.
Do you think Bai Yu and the other three would miss their mealtime under these circumstances?
That was definitely impossible. At the same time, their arrival at the staff's side first was also for a purpose, which was that they were going to borrow some lights from the staff.
Dinner was the same as lunch. The staff prepared boxed meals again. Bai Yu and his three companions took fourteen boxed meals and ate them on the side, just like at noon.
After they finished dinner, it got dark, and many lights were turned on throughout the island.
Bai Yu and his team made extensive preparations for this fishing competition, especially regarding lighting.
As mentioned before, their fishing competition runs from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day, and it gets dark relatively early in the South China Sea.
Especially as they headed further east into the sea, it got dark earlier. Before seven o'clock, the entire sea was already dark, and only a full moon remained in the sky.
Aside from the moon, the entire island is illuminated only by lights. These lights serve another function: to help the contestants catch bait.
This is also the main reason why only two kilograms of shrimp were prepared for the contestants in this competition. There are many ways to obtain bait on the island. In addition to collecting some sea snails and scallops by beachcombing, you can also fish for phototactic marine life.
Seafood such as octopus, squid, and shrimp.
The four fishermen had some experience in this area. The moment the island's lights came on, they found the brightest spot, grabbed their squid fishing rods, and headed over.
They looked at the tiny ripples on the sea surface, which were caused by phototactic seafood moving around. At this time, fishing with squid rods would definitely yield a good catch.
The reason why small octopuses, squid, shrimp and other creatures appear where there are lights is because the lights attract many plankton, which in turn attract other things, which in turn attract small octopuses, squid and other creatures.
In nature, the food chain is layered, forming a unique food chain specific to the ocean.
When Bai Yu and his three companions arrived at the bright spot, each of them took out a flashlight from their pockets, which they had just borrowed from the staff.
Then, holding the fluorescent hook of the squid fishing rod, Bai Yu shone it under the light of the flashlight until it absorbed enough light, and then cast it out.
In this sea area, a glowing fishhook is a deadly attraction for these small octopuses and squid.
After the fishing hook went into the water with a thud, Bai Yu felt the fishing rod in his hand sink down in just a few seconds, and then he lifted the fishing rod up.
Then he pulled up a small octopus, which was tightly hooked by a squid hook. It could only move its tentacles and nothing else.
And so, the little octopus ended up in Bai Yu's hands, but it seemed that this guy was not willing to be caught by humans.
Even though it had already come into Bai Yu's hands, it still made its due response, which was to spray a mouthful of ink into Bai Yu's hand.
Although it's not very harmful, it's incredibly insulting!
Bai Yu naturally wouldn't give this ungrateful fellow a kind look, so she put it directly into the ice and froze it solid first.
He then added more light to the fluorescent hook, cast it out again, and continued fishing.
Although these small octopuses aren't very big, they're still quite effective for fishing.
What's more, catching these small octopuses isn't difficult at all. As long as your fluorescent hook is bright enough to attract these guys, you'll be fine.
He cast his second line just seconds before catching another small octopus.
I don't know if it's because few people come to this island, or perhaps it's because the resources here are very abundant.
Anyway, under the lights, this area of the sea was teeming with squid and small octopuses.
During this time, it wasn't just Bai Yu and his group of four fishing; many other anglers took out all sorts of fishing rods and began their fishing trip.
Of course, some contestants did not make any preparations, even though the staff had given them the competition instructions before the competition started and said that there were only two pounds of bait for this competition, and the contestants would have to find a way to get the rest themselves.
However, the preparation these athletes made was to collect more seashells and scallops on the island and use them for fishing.
So when they saw some contestants using squid fishing rods to catch fish bait, these contestants were stunned. They really didn't expect that there was such a way to solve the problem of fish bait!
If you had to choose between squid, octopus, and whelks/scallops as bait, the first two would undoubtedly be the better choice.
However, these contestants didn't prepare squid fishing rods. They wanted to use squid fishing rods to catch squid, but there was nothing they could do about it.
In response to this situation, some participants who felt they were being targeted immediately approached the organizers to complain and request that they also be provided with a squid fishing rod.
The staff naturally wouldn't agree to these people's requests. Before the competition started, they had already informed all the participants that they needed to bring their own equipment for the competition.
They also specifically notified everyone that it was best to prepare several spare rods, otherwise, if they didn't have enough fishing rods, their competition would be over, as the organizers would not provide any fishing rods.
So when faced with these contestants asking for squid fishing rods, the staff naturally didn't have any. This resulted in more than half of the contestants being able to watch other contestants frantically accumulating bait with their squid fishing rods during this time.
From this moment on, the competition will see a polarization among the participants. Those with squid fishing rods will have a significantly increased chance of winning, while those without will have a decreased chance.
In just a short while, Bai Yu caught ten squid and octopus from the sea, and also caught two shrimp. He had a very successful catch.
However, Bai Yu did not stop fishing with bait, but continued to fish.
Today is only the first day of the competition. The best way to gain an advantage in the following matches is to gather all the bait for the next few days on the first day.
In this way, during the later stages of the competition, while others are preparing bait, he can use that time to fish, gradually widening the gap between himself and the other competitors.
As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. The ancients taught us this principle long ago, and Bai Yu naturally understood it as well.
Of course, Bai Yu and his group weren't the only ones with this idea. Any angler with a squid fishing rod would choose to save up more bait on the first day for later fishing.
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