Nothing happened that night, and Bai Yu and Wang Hai went to bed early.
The next morning at seven o'clock, Bai Yu and Wang Hai had already gotten up. At this time, the entire competition venue was still quiet, and there were hardly any people up.
There are fixed times for this competition every day, and you can't fish if you don't go at those times.
Among these anglers, there are many who genuinely love fishing or are keen on getting an early start, but due to the fixed competition schedule, they can't get up too early even if they want to.
Especially as November drew to a close, temperatures in Hubei dropped, with early morning temperatures sometimes dropping to just a few degrees Celsius.
As a result, even fewer people will be willing to get up early.
Only Bai Yu and Wang Hai, the two newcomers, were not particularly familiar with the intricacies of the situation. Also, Bai Yu usually needed to exercise and run a few laps to stretch his muscles, which is why they got up so early.
After running around the village twice, Bai Yu and Wang Hai, who got up early, sat down at a breakfast stall.
Normally, in such remote rural areas, there shouldn't be any places selling breakfast, but because a fishing competition is being held here in the next two days...
There must have been a lot of people coming and going, and naturally, some small vendors in the surrounding area sensed the business opportunity and brought their stalls here to set up their shops.
Given the current climate that promotes the street vendor economy, the organizers and relevant departments welcome these vendors, as their presence can make the competition more lively and enriching.
What is the most must-try food when visiting Hubei?
It must be hot dry noodles! Although Bai Yu and his group are not currently in Wuhan, this is still Hubei province, and hot dry noodles are available here.
Well, apart from the portion being a bit small, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the hot dry noodles. In the end, Bai Yu and Wang Hai each ate three bowls of hot dry noodles, plus a serving of steamed dumplings, which finally solved their breakfast problem.
After the two brothers had eaten and drunk their fill, they returned to their lodgings, where the other contestants gradually began to get up.
Today is the 25th, which is also the first day of the fishing competition. The main competition starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, so you can only fish for eight hours a day, including lunch.
At 8:45, just fifteen minutes before the start of the competition, the loudspeakers at the competition venue sounded, informing the participants to come over and draw lots.
This competition had over a hundred participants, including some who were already acquainted with each other. To prevent potential cheating,
For example, the fish caught by two contestants are placed together, and all contestants' fishing spots are drawn temporarily. The number drawn determines the fishing spot, in order to disperse familiar people as much as possible.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai also participated in the lottery. Bai Yu drew number 43 and Wang Hai drew number 88. Their fishing spots were quite far apart.
For the two of them, as long as their fishing spots are not together, they don't know anyone in this competition.
After all, they had always been into sea fishing and beachcombing, and they didn't really know anyone who knew about freshwater fishing. Even when they chatted with Lao Deng yesterday and asked him for some fishing tips, it was the first time they had met.
So for Bai Yu and Wang Hai, the next three days of competition will be purely individual, and the kind where they won't even have anyone to chat with.
After drawing lots, the two of them received their bait from the organizers and headed to their respective fishing spots.
Before parting ways, they were still encouraging each other, hoping that the other would achieve good results.
"Ah Hai, keep it up! If you can get into the top ten, I'll treat you to whatever you want to eat. Let's have a good time for a few days before we go back!"
"Really, Brother Yu? You really will treat me to whatever I want to eat? If that's the case, then I'll really have to work hard. I'm determined to get into the top ten!"
"If you can get into the top ten, I'll treat you to a meal. Go go go!"
The cheers from the Bai brothers naturally caught the attention of others, but for the other contestants, the moment they saw Bai Yu and Wang Hai, they thought the two brothers were no threat.
Because Bai Yu and his companion were completely unfamiliar to them, and not many people knew them. Even those who did know them were considered outsiders to the other contestants and were not a threat.
Other competitors see their main rivals in this competition as Lao Deng, Lao Liu, and their group of fishing masters, who are still strong contenders for the championship.
On the other hand, Bai Yu carried his own fishing tackle bag and held the bait he had gotten from the organizer as he walked toward fishing spot number 43.
There are requirements for the use of bait in this competition. You must either use the bait provided by the organizer or use harmless bait.
Technological products like those are strictly prohibited from use; if discovered, the participant will be disqualified.
For a novice like Bai Yu, when it comes to choosing bait, it's fair to say he's only half right and completely clueless.
So when choosing bait, he chose the simplest bait provided by the organizer, which was fermented corn. He didn't know how to use other powdered baits, so he didn't take them.
Soon Bai Yu arrived at fishing spot number 43, set up his fishing platform, and was ready to fish at any time.
Don't let Bai Yu's status as a fishing novice fool you; he's made thorough preparations for this competition.
The fishing gear is a brand new complete set, plus a tackle box, fishing platform, sun umbrella, and other equipment.
It's fair to say that Bai Yu has prepared everything that might be needed for fishing.
Putting aside how much money he spent on buying these things, he put in a lot of effort just to get them to the competition venue.
After Bai Yu set up the fishing platform and the sunshade, it was already nine o'clock, and they could start fishing.
Seeing that everyone else had already started working, Bai Yu knew she couldn't fall behind if she wanted to achieve good results.
So Bai Yu opened his fishing tackle bag and prepared to take out his fishing rod and start fishing.
But soon a problem arose in front of him: what model of fishing rod should he use?
Fishing for freshwater fish is quite different from fishing for saltwater fish. Before, Bai Yu only needed the fishing rod that Tongzi gave him, but there are many more fishing rods to choose from when fishing for freshwater fish.
Bai Yu himself has prepared small, medium and large rods.
In the fishing world, there's a saying that certain fishing rods are suitable for certain types of fish, so choosing the right fishing rod is very important for anglers.
But Bai Yu didn't understand any of this. In his own opinion, when in doubt, one should choose the biggest option.
There are restrictions on fishing rods for this fishing competition. The maximum length allowed is 8.1 meters, and larger rods are not permitted.
In addition, fishing rods are not allowed to be fitted with reels; you can only use a fixed fishing line to fish.
After choosing the fishing rod, Bai Yu understood the rest. He knew how to choose the fishing line and use the hooks and floats.
After all, when Brother Tongzi gave him the fishing rods before, he also gave him ten sets of fishing lines. Although all of those fishing rods eventually broke, it is undeniable that those fishing lines also gave Bai Yu a lot of fishing experience.
It just adds to your experience in sea fishing...
According to the event organizers, they are currently in a black pit where the largest fish weighs about 40 to 50 kilograms.
Based on this size, Baiyu uses No. 10 nylon line. According to the shop owner who sold the fishing line to Baiyu, this type of line can easily catch fish weighing 30 to 40 kilograms.
Even a fish weighing fifty or sixty pounds can be easily handled if handled properly.
In terms of fishing, White Fish only uses a main line without any leader lines, and the hooks are larger, size 15 Ise-ni hooks, which are mainly for catching big fish.
Because this competition doesn't look at the quantity, but the weight. The final result is based on who catches the heaviest number of fish.
After all, there were just too many participants this time, more than a hundred contestants. If you look at the numbers, there will definitely be some duplicate contestants.
However, when it comes to quantity, the probability of getting the same result is very small. After all, weight can be accurate to the gram. Even if the weight in kilograms is the same, the weight in grams cannot be the same either.
Therefore, the final result is based on weight, not quantity.
After everything was ready, Bai Yu put three corn kernels on the fishing hook and then threw it into the black pit in front of him.
After Bai Yu finished casting his line, he took out a small net spoon and scooped up corn kernels one spoonful at a time, tossing them back to where he had cast his line.
This competition does not prohibit baiting, but it does not allow heavy baiting. As for how to determine whether heavy or not, that is up to the players themselves.
If a competitor fails to capitalize on their opportunity and the referees at the competition venue deem them to have hit a double shot, resulting in their disqualification, then things could get interesting, and the competitor wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
So strictly speaking, although the competition rules allow baiting, there are limits on the amount of bait that can be used. Whether or not to bait is up to the players to decide.
Other competitors might refrain from baiting the water source to qualify for the competition, but Bai Yu has no such mental burden; he baits the water source whenever he wants.
According to his own thinking, he only used two bags of corn kernels for fishing today. Each bag only contained one pound of corn. Even if he used both bags, it shouldn't be considered as using too much bait.
Bai Yu then began to bait the area with spoonfuls of corn, throwing out about ten spoonfuls and nearly a hundred corn kernels before stopping and quietly waiting for the fish to bite.
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