After feeling the tension on the fishing rod decrease, Bai Yu's face also showed some joy.
Although the big fish caught this time weighed at most a hundred pounds, for Bai Yu, who had caught truly large fish before, this weight was really insignificant.
But times have changed. Whether Bai Yu fished to make money or simply because of his hobby, the experience of fishing was different back then.
But things are different now; he's participating in a competition now.
Although it's not a formal competition, just an entertainment event he organized himself, he would still feel a sense of accomplishment if he could win the championship.
As for whether people will say he won the championship in his own competition, or whether there's any inside story involved,
Bai Yu didn't care too much, after all, this wasn't the first time he had organized this competition. This was the third time, and Bai Yu had only won the championship once out of the three competitions. The other two championships belonged to other people.
Moreover, given Bai Yu's current wealth, there's no need for him to make money in this way; engaging in insider trading is a very shameful thing to do.
So even if some of the critics have questions, he won't pay them any mind. What he needs to do now is take down this big fish!
It's already exhausted, so Bai Yu is going to take advantage of its weakness and kill it!
Bai Yu then immediately increased the frequency of casting his line and reeled in the line, aiming to provoke the opponent while dragging it back.
Once this guy gets enraged and loses his rationality, his stamina will be depleted faster, making it easier to catch the white fish.
Under Bai Yu's relentless barrage of fishing rod pulls, the fish that had taken the bait quickly became exhausted, turning into meat on a chopping board, at Bai Yu's mercy.
A few minutes later, a gray-skinned fish came to the surface of the sea. In addition to being relatively large, this creature was also very strong and looked like a top predator in the ocean.
"Bullfish? It's so-so. Apart from being quite big, this guy has almost no advantages."
As Bai Yu dragged the bullhead tuna to the side of the boat, the cameraman shoved the camera in and gave the bullhead tuna a close-up.
Bai Yu, positioned close to the camera, gave this bull mackerel a low rating.
Although the evaluation wasn't high, what Bai Yu said was all true. This bull mackerel really was just as he said, with no other advantages besides its size.
In terms of taste alone, the flesh of the bull mackerel is not very tasty, with a strong fishy smell.
This type of fish is usually used to make fish balls or meat floss. At the very least, it can be used to make various canned goods and feed.
The price is naturally not too high, usually around ten yuan.
However, the fishing competition that Bai Yu is currently participating in is not about who catches the most valuable fish, but about who catches the heaviest fish.
In other words, even though this bullhead tuna is very cheap, it is still very much in line with the needs of the white fishermen.
The sheer size alone was enough to satisfy Bai Yu's side.
After the bull tuna was hauled to the side of the boat, a staff member came over, along with a hook.
The only rule in this competition is that no outsiders can help during the fishing process, but this does not apply to fish that have been towed to the side of the boat and have no ability to resist.
In other words, the staff can help Bai Yu get the bull tuna onto the deck, which is not considered a violation of regulations.
Soon, with the help of the staff, the bullhead trevally was lifted up by the crane in just a few minutes, saving Bai Yu a lot of effort.
For this newly caught bullhead trevally, Bai Yu only had one method for processing it: to bleed it, and that was all that was needed.
Although bleeding this size of bullhead trevally would reduce its weight, Bai Yu didn't care about the slight weight loss and preferred to process the bullhead trevally as well as possible.
When Bai Yu took the bull mackerel to the freezer with a small cart, he also weighed the big guy and learned that it was a 108.7-pound bull mackerel.
"Not bad, not bad. We've only been fishing for a short time, and our Brother Fisherman's catch has already exceeded 100 jin (50 kg), putting him in a leading position."
"Indeed, to be honest, I really admire Brother Yu when it comes to fishing, and I'm also very envious of him."
The viewers in the live stream haven't gone fishing with Brother Yu, so you might not understand what I mean. I'm not flattering him; I genuinely think he's incredibly awesome.
I won't go into the achievements we mentioned before, but in all these years, when we went fishing with Brother Yu, we've almost never seen him come back empty-handed. The only exception was before we bought a boat, when we went fishing at our own expense and lost money a few times, but that never happened again.
While Bai Yu was pushing the bullhead tuna to the freezer, Li Shuang and Lu Sheng in the live stream chatted with the viewers.
The main character in the chat was undoubtedly Bai Yu, as only he could get all the viewers in the live stream involved in the discussion.
What Lu Sheng said, translated, means that he thinks Bai Yu has opened fire, but he has no evidence.
This is why Bai Yu was unaware of what was happening in the live stream; otherwise, she would have patted Lu Sheng on the shoulder to affirm him.
After all, he did get lucky, although not by much; he could only see his luck value for the day, so it was only a partial success.
After putting the bull mackerel into the freezer, he returned to his fishing spot, baited his hook, and cast it out.
From that moment on, Bai Yu never fished for whitebait again. It wasn't that the whitebait were no longer interested in Bai Yu's bait, but rather that they couldn't get a bite on the hook.
In order to catch a big fish, Bai Yu changed his fishing hook to a much larger one.
Now, apart from the bighead carp that can bite the hook, the rest of the whitebait, unless they are relatively large, cannot swallow the hook.
Although they couldn't swallow the hook, these whitebait wouldn't let the squid on the hook go. Several times, after feeling the fishing rod move, Bai Yu started reeling in the line.
In the end, besides catching nothing, the squid on his hook also suffered a considerable loss, with almost all of its tentacles being eaten.
The fishing trip lasted until noon. Bai Yu fished at the stern of the boat for more than five hours, and he didn't stop except to go to the toilet twice.
Despite the intense fishing, his catch was quite good; he caught no fewer than twenty trevally alone.
Moreover, these bullhead tuna are all very large, most of them weighing around ten pounds, and some even exceeding twenty pounds.
However, if you include that particularly large bullhead tuna, these bullhead tuna average about 20 kilograms each.
His achievement was truly remarkable; among the 502 contestants in the entire competition, almost no one could rival him.
Even among those who are also fishing bloggers or fishing masters, none of them can surpass Bai Yu's achievements.
After all, fishing in the ocean isn't something you can catch just by having skills. In fact, when it comes to sea fishing, skills aren't really that important anymore.
As soon as it hit midnight, Bai Yu packed up his fishing rods and prepared to go eat.
As a foodie, he not only loves to eat, but he is also very enthusiastic about eating. Nothing can stop him from eating!
Regarding the food, although Mengniu was not a sponsor of this fishing competition, Yuxue Seafood Processing Plant was an advertiser and provided a lot of ingredients.
This ingredient includes not only various seafood for cooking, but also a lot of seafood snacks, all available throughout the day. As long as the contestants don't waste any, they can eat as much as they want.
There's no way around it; that's what the processing plant does. They sell at factory prices, and even if there are costs involved, they're very low.
One of the sweet and spicy squid tentacles is quite delicious, and Bai Yu really likes it. He even carries a few bags of squid tentacles with him as a cold dish when he eats.
These squid tentacles were developed by Bai Ba and his apprentices and nephews, primarily targeting today's young people.
This time was no exception. When Bai Yu went to the restaurant, he also took two packets of squid tentacles. One packet was for the chef in the kitchen, and the other was for himself.
"Sir, this is a new product that your apprentice helped research. Would you like to try a pack and see if it suits your taste?"
One of the cooks on fishing boat number thirteen was Bai's father's senior apprentice, whom Bai Yu called "Big Fish." His apprentice was one of the R&D personnel in the processing plant.
The shipping company and processing plant under Bai Yu's name have solved a lot of employment problems for Bai's father's fellow apprentices and nephews.
Let me put it this way: whenever Bai Yu's father and his sect have a gathering, if Bai Yu is at home and goes with his father, he always sits with his grandmaster, who is also Bai Yu's father's master.
This shows just how much his master liked him.
After all, the master-disciple relationship of Bai's generation was different from that of the current generation. Back then, when they kowtowed to each other, they were practically father and son.
Bai Yu also solved the employment problems of many people in their sect, which would help his master solve a lot of problems.
After a quick lunch, Bai Yu went straight back to the crew quarters, lay down on her small bed, and began her afternoon nap.
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