As the saying goes, early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy!
On the third day of the competition, Bai Yu and the others got up early as usual. After having breakfast at the restaurant, they headed to the competition venue.
The third competition venue was also a small island with a beach, but unlike the previous day, today there was only a beach and no sunshine.
The weather on the third day wasn't very good; it was cloudy and accompanied by winds of force four or five.
In this kind of weather, your own skills are not so important when fishing; it all comes down to luck.
Fortunately, Bai Yu has an absolute advantage in this regard, as he can see his luck value for the day.
As luck would have it, on the third day of the competition, his luck stat was pretty good, just over half of the usual luck stats, which is a little over fifty points.
Throughout the day, Bai Yu's catch continued unabated. Although he didn't catch any particularly large fish, catching about 100 jin (50 catties) of fish in a day was still quite good.
This result is already quite good. At least among the four of them, his achievement is the best, far ahead of the other three.
In fact, the overall situation of this competition can be roughly judged by the gains of Bai Yu and the other three.
After three days of competition, Bai Yu's performance was undoubtedly the best among the four of them. According to their own estimates, Bai Yu's current performance was between 500 and 600 jin.
Next up is Wang Hai, whose weight is around 300 jin (150 kg). Li Shuang and Lu Sheng are a little worse, around 300 jin (150 kg).
Based on this, Bai Yu's current performance is definitely among the best of the contestants.
Especially on the third day, when the weather was bad and everyone's overall harvest wasn't very good, Bai Yu's harvest was quite good, and others certainly couldn't compare to him.
The most important day of this competition is the fourth day, which is the best chance for all the players to turn the tide. If players who are not doing too well now fail to seize this opportunity, then they will basically have no hope of making a comeback.
Why is this day considered an opportunity?
The island where the competition was held on the fourth day was a natural bay with abundant resources, attracting many large fish.
Here you can see a variety of large creatures on the sea, such as sharks, dolphins, whales, and sea turtles.
As for what lies beneath the surface, there are even more varieties of large fish, such as tuna, swordfish, giant grouper, wrasse, trevally, bonito, sunfish, and moonfish—you name it, they're all here.
This is also a famous sea fishing spot, but because it is far from the coastline and requires a lot of time and travel expenses to get here, not many people come here to fish.
Perhaps it's because people who have come here to fish in the last two years have lost money, and no rare big fish have been caught here, that fewer and fewer people are coming here.
Bai Yu and his three companions had also been to this place. They had caught some precious seafood here, so precious that a single fish could have provided them with enough to live there for three years.
That was two years ago. Bai Yu had just finished a competition abroad and then invited Li Shuang and the others to go fishing at sea, which led them to this place.
In one day, Bai Yu caught two Napoleon wrasses and three yellow croakers. By the end, Bai Yu had a misconception: were these two protected marine fish species so numerous that they were becoming invasive?
Otherwise, how come he always catches these two kinds of fish?
On that voyage, the four fishermen paid more than 20,000 yuan for the boat, but their final catch was only more than 10,000 yuan, resulting in a loss of more than 10,000 yuan.
The reason this location was chosen as the competition venue is to give the contestants a chance to defy fate.
Although no particularly large fish have appeared here in the past two years, there are still quite a few tuna, grouper, and especially bullhead tuna weighing tens of kilograms.
If you're lucky enough, it's possible to catch three or four hundred pounds, or even four or five hundred pounds, in a day of fishing here.
This amount of gains is enough to change the existing rankings.
When Bai Yu and his three companions came to the deck, they saw a semi-circular bay, and outside the bay, several boats were moored on the sea, with a few fishermen fishing.
This crescent-shaped island is quite beautiful. The inner bay is formed by a group of high reefs on both sides, making it a natural harbor.
The only downside is that the island is too far away, and it's not particularly big either, only about seven or eight square kilometers.
The island is small, but the terrain is quite complex. It's not impossible to develop it into a habitable place, but the cost would be too high.
For various reasons, despite having excellent natural resources, this small island has become an uninhabited island.
Aside from fishing boats, practically no one else comes here.
Upon seeing this beautiful island, even Bai Yu, who had already witnessed such beauty, still took out his phone to take pictures.
Transported by speedboat, the four fishermen, along with their fishing gear, arrived at the small island and began preparing for their fishing trip.
All the players were full of anticipation for today's competition, hoping to secure victory in advance with their performance.
As for the reason, it's because this morning, the staff informed all the participants that the cruise ship's captain had communicated with the fishing boats in the inner bay via radio.
The area where they are now is still very rich in large fish resources. I dare not say much about other areas, but there are still more than a dozen giant fish in this inner bay and the area two or three nautical miles outside the inner bay.
It is precisely because there are only a dozen or so giant creatures that the contestants in this competition are able to get excited.
The number is indeed small, but precisely because of this small number, if any of the contestants can catch a giant fish, they will inevitably widen the gap between themselves and the other contestants.
After all, it's a situation where there are too many wolves and not enough meat. If one person catches a big fish, the chances of other players catching one will inevitably decrease.
Given this ebb and flow, whoever catches the biggest and most fish will have the greatest advantage.
After arriving on the island, Bai Yu and his three companions immediately began searching for fishing spots.
First of all, the two sides of this inner bay are definitely not suitable as fishing spots because the terrain on both sides is extremely high, like cliffs. If you catch a big fish in such a place, it would be impossible to catch it.
If they want to catch big fish, and actually manage to catch them, the fishing spot they choose can't be too high, and it has to be a spot that allows them to fish in deep water.
Are there places like this on this small island?
The answer is yes, but there aren't many good spots, and players have to find them on a first-come, first-served basis.
In addition, the organizers have designated fishing areas for this competition, and all participants are only allowed to fish within these areas.
Although this island is not very big, it is still seven or eight square kilometers, and the terrain is diverse, with beaches, rocky beaches, and a small section of mangrove forest.
Designating a fishing area is essential for facilitating live broadcasts of the competition.
This time, the fishing area is only the inner bay, and all of it is on the left side of the inner bay; the right side is a no-fishing zone.
In this area on the left, there is a small section of sandy beach and a small section of mangrove forest, while the rest of the area is rocky beach.
After several days of competition, the contestants have come to understand that fishing in beach areas yields the least catch.
So when choosing a fishing spot, the four of them didn't even look at the beach, completely ignoring it, and headed towards the mangrove forest next to it.
The reason we headed towards the mangroves was because this area was the closest flat land to the mouth of the inner bay.
When fishing here, as long as you cast with the right force, you can cast the rod all the way to the center of the inner bay, which is the area with the richest resources in the entire inner bay.
Of course, Bai Yu and his group of four weren't the only ones eyeing this area; other contestants also had their eyes on it.
As a qualified angler, even though there aren't many professional sea anglers among the participants in this competition, everyone still knows some basic common sense.
The location of the mangrove area is particularly good; you can cast your fishing line far out from there, and there aren't too many obstructions around.
So from the very beginning, many players had their eyes on this area and started vying for it right away.
The selection of fishing spots for this competition was based on the principle of first come, first served; whoever grabbed a spot first got to keep it.
The location where the contestants landed on the island was a kilometer away from the mangroves, and all the contestants had to carry their fishing gear bags and fish boxes filled with ice to get there.
In this situation, even though Bai Yu's arrival time on the island wasn't the fastest, he was still the first to reach the mangroves and then occupy four fishing spots.
Who is Bai Yu?
A world long-distance running champion, an Olympic champion, and a world record holder, who has he ever been afraid of in the world of running?
Not to mention that at the beginning of this year, he had just gone through several months of weighted cross-country training. The fishing gear bag, fish box and other items he carried this time were just a piece of cake for Bai Yu.
When vying for a spot, Bai Yu went to the mangrove area first, then chose the area with the least vegetation, put his fishing gear bag and fish box on the ground, which meant he had occupied two spots.
Then Wang Hai came over with his fishing tackle bag and fish box. He put the things on the ground and occupied two more fishing spots, so now he had all four fishing spots.
Next, we just waited until nine o'clock, at which point everyone had to rely on their own skills to start fishing.
Before fishing, Bai Yu made some changes to his fishing gear. He removed the original reel and replaced it with a stronger fishing line, and also replaced the hook with a large hook.
Today, Baiyu has only one goal: to catch big fish, big fish, and big fish again!
If he can catch a giant fish, his score can increase by at least 100 pounds. If he can catch a super giant fish, his score of 200 to 300 pounds is also possible!
In this situation, do you think Bai Yu can manage without using the Giant Line?
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