"Xiao Yu, when did you start believing in this stuff? Fine, I'll say it for you: you caught a big fish this time, a behemoth weighing over a hundred pounds."
"Alright, let's hurry back to fishing, lest this guy get away if we're late!"
Urged on by his second uncle, Bai Yu quickly returned to his fishing spot, taking three steps at a time.
Then he immediately took his fishing rod off the holder, followed by turning on the drag to apply some pressure to the rod.
Then lift the rod to set the hook, making sure the hook is firmly attached so that the fish can't be easily thrown away by simply washing its gills!
During Bai Yu's hook-setting process, this guy put a lot of pressure on him, giving him the feeling of catching a giant fish weighing over 100 pounds.
Could it be that my second uncle was right, and that his fish really was a giant fish weighing over 100 pounds?
Thinking this to himself, Bai Yu didn't actually make any moves with his hands. Since this guy felt like he was catching a big fish, Bai Yu would treat him the same way and start playing the fish.
Bai Yu turned the dragger to its maximum setting and then jerked the rod at the guy every now and then, making sure he didn't forget that there was still a hook in his mouth.
Five minutes later, the fishing line on the reel had been cast out four or five hundred meters, but the fish that had taken the bait still showed no signs of exhaustion.
"Tsk, what the hell is this thing? So much time has passed, how come it still has so much energy? If this keeps up, I won't have much fishing line left!"
Bai Yu glanced at the length of the remaining fishing line in the reel, then felt the power emanating from the fishing rod, which filled him with doubt.
But time is of the essence now. Every second wasted means the guy will pull the fishing line a meter further, which reduces his chances of hooking the guy up.
Bai Yu decided not to waste any more time with this guy and instead decided to fight it head-on. He needed to protect the little fishing line left in the reel.
As Bai Yu's right hand gripped the crank handle of the reel, he immediately began to exert force with his right hand, and the muscles in his arm instantly tensed up, with veins bulging.
This shows how much strength this guy has left; his previous maneuvering of the fish was basically useless.
After Bai Yu began to exert his strength, the creature in the sea seemed to be provoked and began to resist and struggle fiercely.
Under the collision of forces, the first thing to make a sound was the fishing rod. It had bent to almost its limit, and a creaking sound came from the rod as if it was under too much pressure.
If Bai Yu hadn't had absolute confidence in Tongzi's fishing rod, he would have been genuinely afraid that the rod would break in the next second, rendering all his efforts futile.
The initial effort to play the fish might have had some effect; even though the fishing rod was bent to its limit and making creaking noises, it seemed that the fish's strength was limited.
It can no longer cause any damage to the fishing rod.
Not only did the fishing rod withstand the force of this guy, but Bai Yu also withstood the first wave of pulling force.
In the struggle with the big fish, as long as you can withstand the first wave of force, you can basically say that you have the upper hand in the confrontation.
After all, fish are different from humans. Humans can use their brains to think, while big fish only have brute strength and can only rely on brute force to fight.
Take Bai Yu, for example. After fighting this guy with his right hand for three minutes, his right hand started to ache, so he switched to his left hand and started fighting the guy again.
After such a long battle, this guy's strength has been almost completely exhausted.
After Bai Yu switched hands, the pulling force on the fishing rod dropped sharply. Even though Bai Yu's left hand was not as strong as his right, he now had an absolute advantage in the struggle against the exhausted fish.
With his effort, the guy who had taken the bait was pulled back little by little, and he even saw the fishing line coming back.
what does that mean?
This means that from now on, the roles of offense and defense have reversed, and Bai Yu is now in a dominant position.
Then came the reeling in of the line, even though Bai Yu was now using his left hand, which felt a little awkward compared to when he usually used his right.
But that's not important. Right now, Bai Yu is only focused on one thing: whether he can reel in the fishing line by pulling the rod.
After dawdling for three minutes, Bai Yu managed to reel in over ten meters of fishing line, which was the result of his best efforts.
However, after switching to his right hand again, the real test for this guy is about to begin, as Bai Yu's most powerful right hand has returned!
With each lift of the rod and reel in the line, the whitebait could reel in two or three more turns of line each time.
Although this guy would launch another attack on freedom every seven or eight minutes, Bai Yu had everything under control.
After four or five rounds of back-and-forth, only a dozen meters of fishing line remained on the reel.
Just then, a shadow appeared on the sea, and a large fish, dark brown in color but with a touch of red under the sunlight, appeared on the surface.
"Grouper? A dark brown grouper, and it weighs over 100 pounds. Could this be a giant grouper?"
Looking at the silhouette of the large fish on the sea, Bai Yu's tone was full of uncertainty.
He had never seen a giant grouper before, let alone a live one, he had never even seen a dead one. His knowledge of this creature was limited to what he had heard of, that it was extremely large and could grow to several hundred pounds.
The grouper that Bai Yu just caught weighs over 100 pounds, which matches his understanding of the giant grouper.
"Second Uncle, Second Uncle, are you fishing right now? If not, could you come and do me a favor and help me check if this fish is a giant grouper!"
As Bai Yu reeled in the last bit of fishing line, he called over his second uncle to help identify the species of the grouper.
"A giant grouper? Xiao Yu, you caught a giant grouper? I haven't seen this fish in years."
Wow, it really is a giant grouper! Goodness, such a big giant grouper, it must weigh over 100 pounds! This fish is really good; just this one could be worth a lot of money.
After hearing Bai Yu's shout, the second uncle, who happened to be out of fish, came over to take a look.
After confirmation by his second uncle, the fish that Bai Yu caught was indeed a giant grouper.
"Is it really a giant grouper? Uncle, I heard that giant groupers are listed as protected animals. Can I still catch this fish? I've been fishing for over an hour, do I have to release it in the end?"
After receiving confirmation from her second uncle, Bai Yu was filled with inner turmoil.
According to Bai Yu's knowledge of giant grouper, he seemed to have heard someone say that giant grouper had become a protected animal and that wild giant grouper could no longer be caught.
"It's on the list of protected animals? Who told you that? I've never heard of it."
Wait, you're not talking about the giant grouper being listed as a key protected animal in Guangdong Province, are you? That rule only applies to Guangdong. We're currently in the South China Sea within Hainan Province, so that rule doesn't apply here.
If you don't believe me, wait until you get back to shore and search online. The regulations in Guangdong Province were set in 2001. Then look at the trade of giant grouper in the following years. Most of the giant grouper trade takes place in Guangxi Province.
"Two neighboring provinces, yet Guangdong's regulations don't apply to people from Guangxi. Do you think this stuff works for us? Absolutely not."
After his second uncle mentioned it, Bai Yu remembered who had told him that the giant grouper was a protected animal. That person was Li Shuang, whose hometown was Guangdong Province!
"If that's what you're saying, Uncle, then I've caught this giant grouper without any problems, right? When I get back to the dock, it's okay if I sell it, right?"
"It's alright, don't worry. Although your second uncle doesn't go out to sea anymore, I'm still very familiar with the regulations regarding sea fish."
Besides, I'm your own second uncle. Do you think I would betray you? If I did, do you think my brother, sister-in-law, and even Grandpa would forgive me?
As my second uncle said, the giant grouper is currently a locally protected aquatic wild animal, and the buying and selling of wild giant grouper is prohibited in Guangdong Province.
In addition, people in Guangdong Province do not need to buy or sell wild giant grouper, because Guangdong Province is the largest region in my country for farming giant grouper, and they have plenty of giant grouper to eat.
And it's not just about eating them; they even use giant grouper farming to open fishing grounds. Many anglers who love catching big fish go to the giant grouper farming bases to try their luck at catching giant fish.
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