Bai Yu looked at the red snapper in her hand and found it more and more beautiful. In addition, its size, which was much larger than that of a normal red snapper, made her more and more satisfied.
How to describe this type of fish? It's not exactly rare, but it's undeniably beautiful and tastes quite good.
This gives it a place among the sea fish family, especially since the one Bai Yu caught was very large; he hadn't seen a red snapper weighing more than a pound in a long time.
Some people may not be familiar with the name "red wrasse," but many people have probably heard of the golden threadfin bream.
This creature has several golden lines on its body, hence its name, the Golden Thread Fish.
Most golden threadfin bream weigh around half a pound, with larger ones only reaching about a pound. Even smaller golden threadfin bream are caught and sold.
The red snapper that Bai Yu is catching now, although it is only a little over a pound and not very big, is not small in the red snapper group.
The main reason for this result, of course, is our domestic foodies.
Small golden threadfin bream can be deep-fried, while larger ones can be braised, stewed, or steamed. Plus, they're not expensive, so what else can we Chinese eat if not them?
Bai Yu had the same thought about the golden threadfin bream he had caught: he would eat it for supper that night.
However, before eating, there is one more thing to do, which is to weigh this guy. Although Bai Yu is not participating in this fishing competition, he still wants to know what ranking he can get if he participates.
For this reason, Bai Yu specially prepared a scale for himself, the kind of portable small scale.
After weighing, his golden threadfin bream weighed 1.6 jin (approximately 0.8 kg), marking his successful first catch.
Of course, he was the only one on the entire fishing boat with a scale; the catches of the other contestants would be tallied after the competition ended and they began their return journey.
Bai Yu's achievement was not only for his own benefit but also to serve as a comparison with other contestants, letting them know that to achieve good results in this competition, they would at least need to surpass Bai Yu's performance. Only then would they be considered true champions.
Unfortunately, Bai Yu's first target didn't perform very well. Putting aside others, let's just talk about the members of their Ocean University F4.
He's already caught a red snapper, but Lu Sheng, who caught fish even earlier, still hasn't gotten his fish onto the boat after all this time. The two are still locked in a battle of wits.
I wonder how big his fish is, that it has taken him so long to catch it.
Leaving aside Lu Sheng, after Bai Yu noted down the weight of the red snapper in his notebook, he took it to the kitchen, then came back to re-bait the hook and continued fishing.
However, luck doesn't seem to be on Bai Yu's side tonight, even though his luck stat is quite high, around 30 or 40 points.
However, he couldn't catch any good fish today. He had been fishing on the deck for more than an hour until 11 p.m., and he only caught less than 20 pounds of fish, most of which were red snapper.
These red snapper came in various sizes, the larger ones weighing about a pound and the smaller ones about half a pound. Bai Yu took them all to the kitchen to be served as an extra meal tonight.
Bai Yu's luck wasn't too good, but the other contestants were quite lucky. According to Bai Yu's information, four contestants had already caught a single fish weighing over 20 pounds, including Lu Sheng!
Lu Sheng's first catch was a large fish called Gt (cattle trevally) from the sea, weighing over 30 kilograms. This one fish was equivalent to the catch that Bai Yu had made in more than an hour.
"Sigh! Luckily I didn't participate this time. If I had, with my current results, it would have been incredibly embarrassing."
The last fishing competition champion was completely crushed in sea fishing, and in my most familiar territory no less! It's incredibly humiliating!
Bai Yu watched as Li Shuang also caught a GT from the sea, and he was filled with emotion.
Although Gt fish are not valuable, they are generally quite large, giving them a significant advantage in terms of weight.
This competition is all about the weight of the fish caught, and Gt is the top choice among top choices!
Unfortunately, the bullhead trevally, which is usually easy to catch, was not caught today for some reason. He couldn't catch a single whitebait, which kept his score low.
Even if he caught a grouper, a grouper worth thousands of dollars, it still couldn't bring him much joy.
Half an hour later, just when Bai Yu felt that his harvest for the day was over and he was going to continue his efforts in the second half of the night, things suddenly took a turn for the better.
At 11:30, Bai Yu was sitting on the deck reading a novel on his phone when the alarm suddenly sounded again.
Bai Yu had heard that sound countless times, so he simply glanced up at his fishing rod.
Upon seeing the red light emanating from his fishing rod, he calmly stood up from the deck, walked to his rod, and lifted it upwards.
Just like that, Bai Yu felt something unusual on the fishing rod: the fish that had taken the bait this time was quite big!
He felt a weight on the fishing rod that was different from before, and the fish was resisting much more strongly than before. It seemed to be a big fish that had taken the bait!
After making this judgment, Bai Yu became interested and waited all night before finally catching a big fish.
Although this creature wasn't quite giant, it was still far superior to the previous fish, and even all the previous catches combined couldn't compare to this one.
After setting the hook, Bai Yu deftly activated the drag on the fishing rod, immediately turning it to its maximum setting. He then felt around the rod again to assess its size.
The reason for doing this is that the fishing line Bai Yu used this time has limited capacity; he did not use a fishing line for catching giant fish.
So now he needs to assess the size of this thing, then see if the fishing line can withstand the tension from both sides, and then decide on the specific fishing operation.
When it comes to freshwater fishing, Bai Yu's weight estimates might not be particularly accurate, but when it comes to saltwater fishing, which is Bai Yu's forte, his estimates are extremely accurate.
Based on his assessment, the fish that took the bait this time was between 30 and 40 pounds, which was just within the range that the fishing line could withstand.
Bai Yu wasn't going to be polite to this guy. He had been waiting all night for a big fish to bite, and now that a big fish had actually taken the bait, he wasn't going to let this guy get away with it.
Bai Yu then took the fishing rod off the stand and held it in his hand. With the fishing rod in hand, Bai Yu felt that fishing was much more enjoyable when held in his hand!
The moment this thought crossed Bai Yu's mind, he immediately grabbed the reel handle with his right hand, locking the fishing line tightly to prevent the guy from taking even a single strand of line from Bai Yu's hand.
Dealing with a fish weighing thirty or forty pounds and preventing its escape was incredibly easy for Bai Yu. However, considering the limited strength of his fishing line...
After locking the fishing line, Bai Yu did not immediately pull back the rod to reel in the line. Instead, he just kept jigging in place without reeling in the line.
His plan was to exhaust the guy's stamina before continuing with the next steps.
Bai Yu's repeated casting of the line can provoke the fish that has taken the bait, causing it to lose its mind and flee aimlessly.
Once the opponent loses its composure, it won't be long before its stamina is exhausted, and at that point, it will be Bai Yu's turn to take control.
As a seasoned angler, Bai Yu is naturally not lacking in patience; his main focus is on maximizing energy expenditure.
Listening to the swishing sound of the fishing rod, even with no fish caught, Bai Yu was still in a very pleasant mood.
Especially after watching this guy thrashing about wildly in the sea, this feeling of pleasure reached its peak. It wouldn't be long before this guy's stamina was exhausted, and then it would be his time to perform.
However, what Bai Yu did not expect was that before this guy's stamina was exhausted, he actually sensed that this guy changed the direction of his escape, from rushing left and right to running upwards.
Before long, Bai Yu vaguely saw a red fish leap out of the sea behind their fishing boat and then fall back into the sea.
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What the hell does this mean? This guy just walked naked from the seabed to the surface and then performed a "fish leaping over the dragon gate" for them?
"Damn, Brother Yu, did you see that just now? There seemed to be a fish behind the stern of our boat, a red one at that, but it was too far away and it was a bit dark over there, so I couldn't see what kind of fish it was."
This scene wasn't only witnessed by Bai Yu; Lu Sheng, who was also fishing at the stern of the boat, and the cameraman behind them also saw it.
As for Li Shuang and Wang Hai, they haven't caught any fish yet and are sitting on the deck bragging.
"I saw it, and that guy is very likely the one I'm fishing right now. If you don't believe me, look at my fishing line. The one that took the bait is right on the surface of the sea."
"Tiger, did you capture that scene on your camera? If you did, it would be perfect video footage!"
As Bai Yu spoke, he also showed off his fishing line. At this point, the angle between his fishing line and the sea surface was already very small. If it weren't for the presence of the fishing boat, the fishing line would almost be parallel to the sea surface.
As for Tiger, whom he mentioned, he was a staff member responsible for filming their videos. Their competition required video recordings, so naturally someone had to film them.
This time, Bai Yu hired eight cameramen, and his company also sent two people, but they weren't there as cameramen; instead, they were responsible for monitoring whether anyone was cheating in the competition.
"It should have been filmed. My camera is a wide-angle lens, and the sea in front of it is also within the lens range. However, due to the distance and lighting, the image may not be very clear."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's not clear, as long as there's a picture, that's fine. My action camera should have captured it too, and then we can combine the two together and it will be about right."
Although Bai Yu was chatting, he didn't stop working, keeping his fishing rod firmly locked in place.
Moreover, whenever this creature changes course while swimming, causing the fishing line to come down, Bai Yu will start reeling it in, not letting go of any opportunity to close the distance between the creature and the fisherman.
You know what, Bai Yu's method was quite effective. At least under his control, before the guy's stamina was completely exhausted, he had already reeled in ten or twenty meters of fishing line.
Bai Yu initially fished at a depth of 60 to 70 meters, but this guy pulled away another 30 to 40 meters of fishing line. Now Bai Yu has pulled some back, meaning that so far, there are still about 80 meters of fishing line left to retrieve.
Once the remaining fishing lines are retrieved, Bai Yu and the others will be able to see what this guy looks like.
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