After lunch, Bai Yu had Snake start the fishing boat, and they moved to a new spot to continue fishing.
Although it's a new location, it's not actually that far from the previous fishing spot; it's only a few nautical miles away overall.
A distance of a few nautical miles is nothing to a tuna; it only takes a short while to reach that distance, so there's not much difference between changing the tuna and not changing it.
Furthermore, their current location is within the sea area designated for this competition, and the seabed resources within this area are generally similar.
Whether you catch fish or not has little to do with the quality of the marine life; it mainly depends on the angler's luck.
If you're lucky, you can catch tuna one after another; if you're unlucky, you can spend a whole day on the deck and not catch a single tuna.
When it comes to luck, Bai Yu has never been afraid of anyone, especially during competitions. Others really rely on luck to compete, but Bai Yu is on the verge of it, and he never turns it off. He's on the verge of it the whole time. Why would he be afraid to compete with others in terms of luck?
Soon after Bai Yu cast his line, good news came his way.
With the sound of the fishing line coming out of the reel at a very fast speed, it was clear that a big fish had taken the bait.
Upon seeing this, Bai Yu immediately grabbed his fishing rod and jerked it upwards, executing a hookset maneuver. He then activated the dragger to its maximum setting, applying significant pressure to the fish.
Judging from the feeling of setting the hook, this time the fish that took the bait felt very good. Putting everything else aside, this fish was definitely bigger than the fish that took the bait in the morning, and by a lot.
This was good news for Bai Yu, who had been fishing for small fish all morning. This was enough to prove that his method of having Snake change positions had worked.
Well, a tuna weighing over 100 pounds is already considered a small fish by Bai Yu.
Then Bai Yu took his fishing rod and tentatively went to Jixi to lift the rod and reel in the line, carefully feeling the size of the fish and seeing if it was a weight he could catch in a short time.
Just as Bai Yu was casting his line, the fishing rod suddenly sank sharply, the force of which startled him.
The force was so great that it was even bigger than the bluefin tuna that Bai Yu had caught yesterday. It was so great that Bai Yu was afraid that his fishing rod or line would give way and break in the next second.
Fortunately, Bai Yu's worries did not last long. Just a few seconds later, the power on the fishing rod suddenly disappeared, and even the struggling force became much weaker.
Bai Yu then tried casting back a few more times, and also reeled in the fishing line a few times.
He gripped the reel with his right hand, and the process of reeling in the line was exceptionally smooth, without encountering any obstacles throughout.
It didn't even seem to struggle, but there was still weight on the fishing rod; it just wasn't struggling anymore.
"What the hell is going on? They've given up? Resigned themselves to their fate, or did something else steal their thunder?"
As a seasoned angler, Bai Yu has experienced quite a lot, and he has encountered similar situations before.
For example, while fishing, you are a red sea bream and are reeling in the line when suddenly another big fish takes aim at the red sea bream you caught.
Then you ate half of your red sea bream, and this is what happened.
But if that's the case, isn't the situation on the seabed a bit too exaggerated?
You should know that Bai Yu was fishing for tuna this time, and the fish that took the bait this time was a big fish weighing one or two hundred pounds. What kind of fish is it that would take a fish weighing one or two hundred pounds as food?
Never mind, let's hurry up and reel in the line. Once we get this guy on the line, we'll know exactly what's going on.
The white fish then sped up its reeling, and soon a long upper jaw emerged from the water, followed by a broken large dorsal fin.
After seeing the upper jaw and dorsal fin, there's no need to think too much. Bai Yu caught a sailfish this time. The characteristic upper jaw and dorsal fin are already exposed. Isn't that obvious enough?
But where's this guy's lower body? Where did it go? How could such a big lower body just disappear?
A few minutes later, Bai Yu asked Wang Hai to help him get the sailfish onto the deck.
"Holy crap, what the hell is going on? Such a big sailfish was eaten? What kind of big fish could do something like this?"
Bai Yu was filled with astonishment as he looked at the sailfish on the deck, which was now only its upper body.
In Bai Yu's judgment, this sailfish, just the half that was left behind—a head and part of its upper body—would weigh over a hundred pounds.
If this were a complete sailfish, it would weigh at least 200 pounds. A sailfish of this size would be a true overlord in the ocean.
But now there's a guy who eats this kind of sailfish, and he even ate 100 pounds of fish in one go. Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?
"Brother Yu, judging from this bite mark, the one that ate half of the sailfish was most likely a great white shark, and it had to be a six or seven-meter-long great white shark!"
Wang Hai looked at the bite marks on the sailfish's wound, the dense teeth marks, and without thinking, he immediately thought of a great white shark.
Furthermore, great white sharks are top predators in the ocean. Their prey list has only one item: no list. All marine life is their prey.
Whether they are bigger or smaller than others, they will attack when they are hungry.
Even their natural enemy, the orca, which treats them like toys, will bare their teeth at an orca when they are extremely hungry.
"Great white sharks? It really could be them. A six- or seven-meter-long great white shark is a behemoth. Our fishing boat wouldn't be completely safe in front of it."
No, we have to get out of here. It's too dangerous to stay here. If it really is a great white shark, the consequences would be unimaginable if it attacked us!
"Ah Hai, tell Li Shuang and Lu Sheng to pack up their lines. I'll go get Snake to take the boat to another spot. You guys, don't forget to throw that half-finished sailfish in as well. As for the great white shark's food, don't bother trying to steal it; I'm afraid it'll hold a grudge!"
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he went to find Snake.
It was too hot at midday, so Snake wasn't watching them fish on deck; instead, he was resting in the cabin.
Bai Yu quickly found Snake in the cabin. After Bai Yu finished telling Snake what had happened, Snake was even more excited than Bai Yu. He ran and jumped to the wheelhouse, started the fishing boat, and drove off.
On the other hand, Li Shuang and the other two on the deck immediately pulled back to the retrieval line and threw the half-finished marlin back into the sea.
"Alas! Bad luck indeed. I finally managed to catch a big fish, even though it was a sailfish, it was still a big fish, but unfortunately it got eaten."
While the fishing boat was changing positions, Bai Yu and his three companions sat on the deck and started chatting.
"Brother Fisherman, don't worry. There's still plenty of time. You can continue fishing this afternoon and evening. Maybe you'll catch a big fish."
"I hope so. My requirements aren't high. Just get a few tuna weighing around 200 pounds each to raise the average weight of the tuna."
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This time the location was much farther away; Snake drove the fishing boat for over an hour.
It ran for about thirty nautical miles, covering most of the competition area, before finally stopping.
"Bai Yu, I've found another great spot! There are so many big fish here! My fish finder is showing only meter-long fish!"
The moment the fishing boat came to a stop, Snake ran out of the driver's seat and told Bai Yu the news.
When they heard this news, Bai Yu and the other three were a little confused. What was going on? Was this fishing spot getting better and better with each change?
Could it really prove the old saying, "A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise"? Or, "A tree dies when transplanted, but a person thrives"?
They changed fishing spots, traversed most of the game map, and found a place with richer resources.
Since that's the case, Bai Yu and his group weren't going to be polite with the fish here. He took a few skipjack tuna baits, made a few cuts on them, and threw them in.
Although the rules of the competition stated that baiting was not allowed, they only threw in a few skipjack tuna, which does not count as baiting.
After all, who would throw in just a few not-so-tasty skipjack tuna when baiting their fishing spot, especially whole ones?
Bai Yu's actions were simply to let these big fish in the sea know that there was food here, and those who wanted to eat could come over. It would be best if they could wait here for a while, and they would serve these guys food right away!
Bai Yu then baited his hook with a skipjack tuna and threw it into the sea, hoping that a big fish would bite.
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