As soon as the fishing boat came to a stop, without needing to be notified by the crew, Bai Yu and the others grabbed their fishing rods and came out, ready to fish at any moment.
Of course, the staff can't just sit around doing nothing; they still need to prepare the necessary items.
For example, Bai Yu had already paid for the fish bait. Whether it was shrimp, small squid, mackerel, or large squid, Bai Yu and the others could use the bait on the boat as they pleased, as long as it wasn't wasted.
For his first fishing rod of the new year, Bai Yu didn't plan to catch any big fish. Instead, he chose shrimp as bait, hoping to catch a red fish of about the same size.
Is Bai Yu's request too demanding?
Although he specified the color of the fish, this requirement wasn't actually that high, since red sea fish are quite common.
There are so many red sea fish, such as red snapper (red snapper), bigeye snapper, red snapper, longtail snapper, nine-spined sea bass, red grouper, red snapper, red snapper, and so on.
So overall, Bai Yu's requirements aren't actually that high, and there's still a possibility of them being met.
After a round of probing, Bai Yu determined the depth of the sea where they were located, and then considered the depth at which he wanted to fish.
The waters where they are currently located are over 80 meters deep, but Bai Yu plans to fish at a depth of 60 to 70 meters, not at the bottom of the sea.
After making the decision, Bai Yu baited his hook and cast his line, making his first cast of the new year.
After casting his line, Bai Yu sat down on the deck, took out a bag of snacks, and started eating.
For this fishing trip, Bai Yuxin brought a new piece of fishing gear: a fish bite alarm. The alarm would sound immediately when a fish took the bait, providing the fishing rod owner with the necessary signal.
It was thanks to this new equipment that Bai Yu was able to sit down on the deck with peace of mind and leisurely eat snacks.
Of course, Bai Yu wasn't the only one using this equipment; many people on the fishing boat were using it.
For this competition, they only prohibited the use of electric winches; other auxiliary equipment was not restricted.
The reason Bai Yu used this thing was mainly to experience it and see if it was as convenient as advertised and could make fishing much easier.
"Brother Yu, how come technology is developing so fast these days? There are even electronic alarms for fishing now, and I heard there are Bluetooth fishing floats too."
It's a pity we're out fishing at sea, so we won't really need a fishing float. Otherwise, I'd really like to buy one and try it out, to see how good a Bluetooth fishing float is.
Li Shuang also cast his line and used the alarm. Then he went to Bai Yu's side and started eating snacks there.
"Times are developing, times are progressing, isn't that a good thing? As modern youth, we should just enjoy life. We..."
'Ring ring ring ring ring'
Just as Bai Yu and Li Shuang were chatting about technology and development, before he could finish speaking, they heard a ringing sound.
Although the voice sounded somewhat unfamiliar to them, they had heard it before; it was the voice of the fish alarm system and others!
"A fish has taken the bait!"
Upon hearing this sound, Bai Yu and Li Shuang spoke in unison, and immediately stood up from the deck, each looking at their own fishing rods.
Unfortunately, they didn't see what they wanted to see. The fish alarm should have a red light flashing after a fish bites, but Bai Yu and Li Shuang didn't see the red light on their respective fishing rods.
In conclusion, it wasn't either of them who caught the fish this time, but someone else.
"Sigh! The space at the stern of our boat is still too small. When Ah Sheng catches a fish, we think we're the ones who caught it."
"That's right, this fishing boat is a bit too small. If it were our company's Yuxue fishing boat, this wouldn't have happened."
"That's right, that's right."
Bai Yu and Li Shuang exchanged a glance after this mishearing incident, then sat down again, looking rather dejected.
On the other hand, Rikuo, as the first of the four at the stern to catch a fish, was fishing with his rod. This was the first time he had caught a fish before the other three.
Fortunately, Bai Yu didn't have to wait too long. Before Lu Sheng could even catch his fish, Bai Yu heard the alarm sound again, and he stood up once more.
This time he saw it clearly: a red light appeared on his own fishing rod—his alarm had gone off!
"We've caught a fish! We've caught a fish! Shuangzi, I'm going fishing now. You have some snacks and wait for me."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he went to his fishing rod, then suddenly lifted it up and gave the guy who had taken the bait a hard thud.
With that one hooking motion, Bai Yu could clearly feel the weight on the fishing rod. He successfully hooked the fish and kept the one that had taken the bait.
The only slight disappointment was that the fish that took the bait this time didn't seem to be particularly big, at least not to Bai Yu, probably less than ten pounds.
Bai Yu was quite curious about what kind of fish he had caught for the first time in the new year, hoping it would be the kind of fish he wanted to catch.
Bai Yu naturally wouldn't be polite to such a small fish, and immediately started fishing with his rod.
With the swishing sound of the fishing rod and line, he cast and reeled in line repeatedly. In no time, he had already reeled in twenty or thirty meters of fishing line.
It was at this moment that Bai Yu realized something: was he collecting the fish a little too fast?
If that happens, won't this guy collapse from internal pressure loss?
But is slowing down the reeling speed useless now? He's already reeled in almost half the fishing line, and the line that should be losing pressure is about to lose pressure.
With that in mind, Bai Yu decided to go all in and increased the speed at which he was reeling in the line.
From the moment a fish bites the hook to when Bai Yu drags it to the surface and sees its exact shape, it takes only a little over a minute, emphasizing efficiency.
"Red, red, it's really red!"
With the help of the lights on the fishing boat, Bai Yu saw what the fish looked like. Nothing else mattered; what Bai Yu noticed first was that the fish was red!
A great start! A great start! Bai Yu's first catch was a red fish, and now he actually caught one!
Bai Yu then directly lifted the fish onto the deck by the fishing line.
In his opinion, this fish was really small. His original estimate of less than ten pounds was a bit too much. In fact, the fish's actual weight was only a little over one pound, and its body length was about thirty centimeters.
"A red snapper? Wow, I actually caught such a big red snapper! I'm lucky. I have to say, this fish is really beautiful!"
Bai Yu looked at the fish in his hand and gave his own evaluation.
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