What Bai Yu didn't expect was that as his strength was exhausted, the tension on the fishing rod also disappeared.
This was something Bai Yu never expected. He was exhausted because this guy had drained his strength, but for a sea fish, three minutes shouldn't be enough to deplete the opponent's stamina.
But what's going on now? Why is there no power coming from the fishing rod?
It got off the hook? But that doesn't make sense. Although the other end isn't pulling the line anymore, the weight hasn't decreased at all.
Could it have been attacked by another big fish halfway through? That's possible. Maybe we should check the retrieval line now?
With uncertain thoughts in mind, Bai Yu began to reel in the line.
Since his right hand had just lost strength, Bai Yu could only put the fishing rod back on the holder and then use his left hand, which still had some strength left, to reel in the line.
The subsequent reeling process went incredibly smoothly, far beyond Bai Yu's expectations. Until a black shadow appeared on the surface of the sea, Bai Yu did not encounter any resistance whatsoever.
Not only did it not encounter any resistance, but even after this creature came to the surface, Bai Yu didn't see it move at all; it just floated quietly on the surface of the sea.
Based on its appearance, Bai Yu couldn't immediately tell what kind of creature it was.
The fish floating on the sea surface looks like a large pancake; its body appears to be oval, yet also somewhat square.
The most obvious feature is this guy's fins, which are very large, both the upper and lower fins are very big.
It was so big it gave off a strange feeling. Could those two fins really keep such a huge creature balanced? Bai Yu expressed his deep doubts.
Bai Yu was filled with doubt about this large, lying-down creature. He didn't recognize the fish; he had never seen it before.
As a regular customer at Uncle Sun's hotel, Bai Yu wouldn't dare say he knew every fish in the ocean, but he recognized most of the economically valuable sea fish that would appear on the menu.
"Uncle, do you recognize this fish on the surface of the sea? Why is it lying there motionless, not even struggling? What's going on?"
If Bai Yu didn't understand something, he would ask someone knowledgeable. Coincidentally, there was someone knowledgeable right next to him—his uncle.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, you're really lucky! You caught such a big sunfish. That's just how this guy is; he's basically just sitting around doing nothing every day. You can fish without worry."
"Sunfish? That's quite a descriptive name."
Bai Yu looked at the sunfish on the sea surface, seeing it lying motionless on the water. It looked just like a car that had overturned. The name really was fitting.
However, since the sunfish is known for its sluggishness, why is it that no one sells sunfish in the market? What is the reason for this?
After talking with his uncle, Bai Yu finally learned that hardly anyone eats the sunfish.
On the one hand, this type of fish is really not tasty. Underneath the skin is a gelatinous layer, which is particularly tough and tastes like chewing wax. Also, because of this gelatinous layer, the fish meat has a particularly poor texture.
It's fair to say that not only do people dislike eating sunfish, but even marine predators, after taking a bite, shake their heads and leave, showing absolutely no desire for a second bite.
This is precisely why the ocean sunfish, the king of the sea, can survive so tenaciously, and even enjoy a better life on the seabed than most other marine creatures.
After hearing her uncle's description of the sunfish, only three words echoed in Bai Yu's mind: "Nobody eats it."
He knew all too well what those three words meant: if no one ate it, it meant no one bought it; if no one bought it, there was no market. So what was he going to do with the sunfish he had caught?
The sunfish has already been towed to the side of the fishing boat by Bai Yu. After his uncle finished speaking, he didn't even want to bring the sunfish onto the boat.
After all, the fishing boat they were on was not a large vessel; it was at most a medium-sized fishing boat, and the fish hold on board had limited capacity.
The sunfish that Bai Yu caught is about a meter long, and its upper and lower fins are more than a meter wide. It must weigh at least 100 kilograms.
If we put these in the fish hold, what if we can't sell them when we get back to the dock? Isn't that just taking up space in the fish hold for no reason?
Regardless of whether it took up space or not, Bai Yu, with the help of his uncle, eventually used a landing net to get the guy onto the deck and remove the fishing hook.
Now that it's on the deck, the ocean sunfish is completely still except for its belly, which is still moving up and down. It looks no different from being dead.
Finally, Baiyu and his uncle worked together to throw the sunfish back into the sea.
When Bai Yue and Li Xue saw Bai Yu release such a large fish, they were initially very puzzled. However, after learning the details, they only said three words: "Good riddance!"
Although the sunfish was eventually released, Bai Yu's previous efforts were essentially wasted.
Fortunately, this didn't waste too much of his time. After all, aside from the initial few minutes of battling the sunfish, the rest of the process went exceptionally smoothly.
From start to finish, the whole process only took a dozen minutes, which is not a waste of time at all when it comes to catching big fish.
After releasing the sunfish, Bai Yu quickly composed himself and then used a mackerel as bait to continue fishing.
For him, who had been fishing for mahi-mahi all day, it was just a sunfish, nothing serious, and completely within his acceptable range.
Soon, not long after, Bai Yu's second cast brought another bite, and just like the first, the fishing line was quickly pulled out again.
You say Bai Yu is unlucky today? He's catching fish so often, he's basically the one catching fish the most among everyone on the fishing boat.
You could say he's lucky, right? He fished for mahi-mahi all day and just released a sunfish. Who knows what kind of fish he'll catch next?
However, the moment he heard the fishing rod twitch, he quickly made the correct move, lowering the rod and then lifting it to set the hook. The whole action was as smooth as flowing water, nothing more than practice makes perfect.
The force transmitted through the fishing rod this time was still quite strong, but thankfully, it was still within the range that Baiyu could handle.
This time, however, he changed his approach to fishing. Even within his tolerance level, he didn't want to go head-to-head with this guy.
Instead, they used the "playing the fish" method, letting the guy run for a while.
During this process, if this guy slows down even slightly, he will be met with a sudden, sharp lift of the rod.
Bai Yu didn't intend to reel in any fishing line; he simply wanted to remind the creature that it still had a fishhook in its mouth, preventing it from stopping and urging it to get away from the area as quickly as possible.
Thanks to Bai Yu's skillful maneuvering, the guy ran more than 100 meters in just over a minute, and that was after Bai Yu activated the drag reducer and applied some pressure.
Without a dragger, it's hard to say whether there's any extra fishing line left in the reel.
Although the fishing line is coming out quite quickly, Bai Yu's methods are effective. For example, the speed at which the fishing line comes out is now noticeably slower.
This alone is enough to show that this guy has already used up a lot of his stamina, and it won't be long before it's Bai Yu's turn.
It was at this moment that Bai Yu grabbed the fishing reel and began to fight back.
Although this guy still has some strength left, Bai Yu can easily deal with it.
Sure enough, as soon as Bai Yu picked it up, he could clearly feel the difference between this fish and the previous sunfish; at least in terms of weight, the two were not in the same league.
As Bai Yu exerted force with his right hand gripping the reel, although the other party's resistance made it somewhat difficult for him, he still managed to reel the fishing line in, circle by circle.
According to Bai Yu's estimate, there are still more than 300 meters of fishing line outside. It would take about half an hour to catch this fish. If someone helps, this time can be shortened significantly.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu turned to look at the right stern of the boat, next to Li Xue'er, where Wang Hai's fishing spot was.
What he didn't expect was that Wang Hai had also caught a fish, and judging from his appearance, the fish that had taken the bait didn't seem to be small. Wang Hai was currently wrestling with the fish.
It seems that finding help is not an option for the time being; he will have to rely on his own efforts now.
As Bai Yu cast his line and reeled in the line again and again, listening to the sound of the rod cutting through the wind and the line slicing through the water, Bai Yu felt that this wasn't so bad. Fishing slowly was fine; a slow pace was good too.
The sound of fishing is beautiful, but catching big fish is very physically demanding.
Even though Bai Yu is a sports student, his strength lies in his legs, and his main focus is not his upper body.
So whenever Bai Yu reeled in his line for five or six minutes, he had to stop and slow down to allow his arms and waist to relax so he wouldn't be constantly tense.
In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed. After repeatedly lifting the rod and pulling the line, there was not much fishing line left outside.
A shadow appeared on the sea surface, seemingly the large fish that Bai Yu was currently fishing for...
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