Steadying herself, Chen Zhiyao quickly turned off the see-through glasses for fishing and turned on the see-through glasses for beachcombing.
With double the strength, the fish in the sea clearly couldn't withstand that pulling force.
Chen Zhiyao skillfully controlled the fishing rod in her hand, and with each slack and release of the fishing line, she tried to exhaust the fish's strength.
After half an hour of pulling, she pulled a large, silvery-white fish out of the water.
The fish that broke out of the water felt an unprecedented fear, frantically thrashing its long tails and washing its gills in mid-air.
Through the spray of water in mid-air, Chen Zhiyao recognized it as a large sea wolf weighing over thirty pounds.
"Why is it a sea wolf? I thought it was a grouper weighing dozens of kilograms." Chen Zhiyao's tone was full of disappointment.
Fortunately, this fish can be sold for more than 300 yuan, so at least there was some profit.
She persevered and soon cast the bait into the water.
Just as Chen Zhiyao removed her fishing hook, Chen Weiqiang next to her also caught a fish, a sea bass weighing about 20 pounds.
Although this sea bass is not as big as her barracuda, it is worth more than twice as much.
Chen Weiqiang happily pulled the sea bass up, so happy that he started humming a song.
His smug look immediately aroused Chen Zhiyao's competitive spirit.
He quickly hooked a larger squid onto the fishing line and cast it toward the largest dark shape in the sea.
However, this is several hundred meters deep in the ocean, so even if Chen Zhiyao spotted the big fish, it wouldn't be easy for her to maneuver.
Sure enough, due to the ocean currents and the squid's movements, the fishing hook gradually drifted away from the position she had anticipated.
Fortunately, there were several reasonably sized dark shadows around the location of the bait.
Less than two minutes later, I felt a strong pull on the fishing rod in my hand.
This fish was significantly weaker than the sea wolf from before; Chen Zhiyao estimated it to weigh around 20 pounds.
A 20-pound fish must be quite strong.
But she felt something was strange. The fish was moving very slowly. It was clearly quite strong, but the fishing reel was turning very slowly.
Sensing that the fish below were slacking off, Chen Zhiyao had a bad feeling.
"Could this guy be a sunfish?"
Although the fish in the water were giving up, they didn't want to die, and were now fighting against the fishing line with all their might.
It thrashed about, trying to break free of the hook, but Chen Zhiyao held onto the fishing rod tightly, refusing to give an inch.
As time passed, the fish in the water gradually became exhausted, and their movements became sluggish.
Just then, Chen Zhiyao, who had been focused all along, keenly seized this excellent opportunity and activated "Berserk Mode" without hesitation.
She gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, her arm muscles taut, as if all her strength was concentrated in this moment.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao swiftly jerked the fishing rod like a storm, each jerk with powerful explosive force and rhythm.
At the same time, she skillfully and quickly reeled in the line, which drew graceful arcs in the air and made a buzzing sound.
The fish, which had been making a last-ditch effort, was now completely powerless to resist under such a fierce attack and could only obediently be pulled out of the water along the fishing line.
Looking at the strange fish in mid-air, Chen Zhiyao was so surprised that her mouth dropped open.
She stared intently at the enormous creature on the deck, her mind filled with curiosity about the fish.
Its body was flat and broad, like a large board; its protruding eyes were like two huge glass balls embedded in its face; and its huge mouth, which took up most of its face, seemed to be able to swallow the entire ocean when it opened.
This fish in front of me is really special; its bizarre appearance makes it look like an alien.
Chen Zhiyao couldn't help but turn to look at Chen Weiqiang beside her and asked impatiently:
"Dad, what kind of fish is this? Why is it so ugly!"
Seeing his daughter's surprised expression, Chen Weiqiang smiled and replied, "This is an anglerfish, a large fish that lives in the deep sea." Anglerfish are also called toadfish or sea toads, and because of their unique appearance, some people also call them "sea ghost fish."
Its liver is very delicious and is known as "goose liver of the sea".
Anglerfish are deep-sea fish that typically live at depths of 500 to 5000 meters.
They typically only move to shallow waters when they are spawning.
Anglerfish are not fond of exercise and usually stay in a lazy state, as if they have no interest in any activity, let alone actively swimming and hunting.
Surprisingly, this seemingly slow-moving and harmless fish is an outstanding fisherman in the ocean.
The anglerfish has a very special feature: its first dorsal fin spine has evolved into a small, glowing fleshy ball.
This little fleshy ball looks like a long and peculiar "fishing rod." And this little fleshy ball even plays the role of bait.
Most of the time, anglerfish cleverly bury their massive bodies deep within the soft, fine sand of the deep sea.
Then it reveals the "fishing rod" that is constantly swaying gently in the water, attracting the curious and hungry little fish around it to come closer.
Whenever a greedy little fish can't resist the temptation emanating from the "fishing rod" and swims over excitedly, ready to feast,
The anglerfish, which had been lying in wait, would suddenly open its gaping maw with lightning speed.
The powerful current swept the unsuspecting little fish into its enormous belly.
It's worth mentioning that the monkfish's stomach can expand.
Thanks to its unique physiological structure, it can even easily swallow fish of similar size to itself.
Chen Zhiyao had never caught an anglerfish before and didn't know much about them, so she blinked her big eyes and continued to ask:
"Is this kind of fish valuable? How much can it sell for per pound?"
Chen Zhiyao, this little money-grubber, has already started to calculate, wondering if she can make a small fortune from this strange fish.
Li Weiqiang saw through her thoughts at a glance and said with schadenfreude:
"This fish only costs five or six yuan per pound, it's not even as good as the sunfish."
Upon hearing that the fish was only five or six yuan per pound, Chen Zhiyao immediately lost heart.
Sigh, they're not even as good as the sea wolf from before.
Just then, a cheerful and festive broadcast suddenly came from overhead:
"Congratulations to the angler at fishing spot number 11 for successfully catching a 98-pound brown-banded grouper! We sincerely wish all the anglers here today the best of luck in catching their own giants!"
Chen Zhiyao caught two worthless sea fish in a row. When she heard that someone else had caught a giant grouper, she felt a pang of envy and a rather unpleasant feeling.
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