Chen Zhiyao was focused on reeling in the big fish on her fishing rod when she heard her mother's voice and was startled.
The fish is already here? Is there really such a thing as a "newbie halo"?
At this point, Chen Weiqiang began remotely instructing his wife:
"Is the fish big or small? If it's a big fish, turn on the drag and play it for a while. If it's a small fish, just reel it in."
Yan Shuting gripped the fishing rod tightly, looked it up and down, and then spoke.
"The pulling force isn't very strong, and the bending of the fishing rod isn't as great as yours. The size is probably average."
"It should weigh around a few pounds. You can play the fish for a while, and I'll catch it and then come over to help you."
The three fishermen were all busy reeling in the fish, and there was no way he could go over to help, so he could only let Yan Shuting continue reeling in the fish.
"Oh well."
Yan Shuting frantically played with the fish for a while, and seeing that the fish below wasn't struggling much, she quickly turned the reel to reel in the line.
She didn't know how to exhaust the fish, so she just reeled in the line violently and soon pulled a red-spotted fish out of the water.
"Red-spotted fish, it's a red-spotted fish. This guy is quite big, at least three or four pounds."
"..."
The grandfather, grandson, and two others who were still walking the grouper were stunned. Was this the power of the newbie aura?
Knowing that her mother had caught a 4-pound red grouper, Chen Zhiyao suddenly felt that the brown grouper she had just caught didn't taste so good anymore.
"A red-spotted fish of this size can sell for at least six or seven hundred yuan per jin (500 grams), so that would bring in 2,000 yuan?"
Thinking that the fish was worth more than 2,000 yuan, Yan Shuting was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
After sending the fish into the live water tank, Yan Shuting immediately hooked a large live shrimp onto the hook.
Then I cast the bait to the same spot as before.
Less than two minutes after the bait was put in the water, Yan Shuting was just about to turn on her phone to watch a video when, unexpectedly, another fish took the bait.
"We've caught another fish! This one has a really strong pull; it must be a big one."
Hearing Yan Shuting's excited voice again, the three people not far away were already used to it.
Yan Shuting was still a novice and didn't know how to play the fish, so she simply tightened the drag and then held the fishing rod as the fish swam around in the sea.
I thought I could just reel in the fishing line when it got tired of swimming.
The grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter caught the fish around the same time, and they were all brown-banded grouper.
The largest fish that Chen Zhiyao caught weighed a full thirteen or fourteen pounds.
Grandpa Chen's and Chen Weiqiang's are a little smaller, but they still weigh eleven or twelve pounds.
The three of them took the fish to the live fish storage room and then went to Yan Shuting's fishing spot together.
She was frantically reeling in the fishing line with a look of excitement on her face.
Immediately afterwards, she pulled a brown-banded grouper that was frantically shaking its head and tail out of the water.
Chen Weiqiang, who had been waiting nearby, used a net to scoop the big guy up.
Chen Weiqiang brought the fish up and said happily:
"It's also a brown grouper, and it's quite big, weighing about seven or eight pounds."
After catching two expensive groupers, Yan Shuting was completely hooked on fishing.
At this point, she didn't even want to eat; all she could think about was fishing.
If her husband and daughter hadn't dragged her out to eat, Yan Shuting would have preferred to continue fishing.
After catching several big ones, it was clear from the fish finder that there were far fewer fish down below.
Before going to eat, Chen Weiqiang poured out half a bucket of dead fish he had picked up on the beach that morning to create a feeding area.
Hopefully, this will attract more big fish.
The food had been prepared long ago and was a bit cold by now, but the group didn't mind and wolfed it down.
Everyone was focused on fishing, and in less than five minutes, all the food on the table was gone.
"Honey, wash the dishes." Yan Shuting put down the dishes and went straight to the fishing spot.
Seeing that this person's addiction was even greater than his own, Chen Weiqiang regretted encouraging his wife to go fishing.
Chen Weiqiang was momentarily stunned. When he looked up again, he found that everyone had run away, leaving him all alone in the kitchen.
Outside, three people were chattering about how to handle the fish.
Before the dishes were even finished washing, Chen Weiqiang heard his wife's excited voice.
"Hahaha, I caught another red-spotted fish!" Chen Weiqiang couldn't help but hear the loud and excited voice.
"This luck is unbelievable! They've caught two red-spotted fish already, while I've never caught a single one."
Thinking of the red-spotted fish, Chen Weiqiang was so jealous he almost turned into a lemon, so he quickly sped up his work.
He had just finished washing the dishes and hadn't even reached the deck when he saw his daughter catch another brown grouper.
"Dad, your baiting was quite effective; a lot of big fish have come."
Chen Weiqiang walked to the fishing spot, and at that moment, Grandpa Chen also caught a brown grouper, but it was a little smaller, only five or six pounds.
Chen Weiqiang was extremely frustrated, feeling like he had lost a hundred million. His big fish had almost all been caught.
Over the next few days, brown-banded grouper were caught one after another, and the three of them were basically catching grouper one after another.
However, Yan Shuting, who was still in the novice stage, was not from the same world as them.
I just caught a small red-spotted fish, and immediately caught a three-pound spotted pepper fish.
Just then, another fish took the bait, and it seemed bigger than the previous ones.
After catching a few fish, Yan Shuting had gained some experience. At least she knew how to use the fishing rod, how to play the fish, and how to reel in the line.
However, his experience was limited, and he wasn't very skilled at handling the fish, so he looked a bit flustered.
Feeling the strong pull from the fishing rod, Yan Shuting was incredibly excited.
At this moment, she also experienced what her husband had described earlier: the feeling of her blood boiling all over her body. It was indeed quite exciting and particularly addictive.
After wading around on and off for nearly half an hour, Yan Shuting finally caught a brown-banded grouper weighing over ten pounds.
Fishing is indeed quite enjoyable, but it's also very tiring. After taking the fish out, Yan Shuting was so tired that she couldn't lift her arms anymore, and her arms ached terribly.
Yan Shuting happily tallied up her fishing catch for the day:
In less than two hours, she caught two red snapper, three spotted peppered snapper, and two brown grouper.
It was tiring, but the rewards were truly enviable.
While there's such a thing as a "newbie halo," this is just too overpowered.
The grandfather, grandfather, and grandson standing nearby all cast envious glances at her.
Chen Zhiyao was looking enviously at the fish her mother had caught in the bucket when suddenly she felt a strong pull on the fishing rod in her hand.
She wasn't paying attention for a moment, and was pulled so hard that she stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"That force is equivalent to a 20-pound behemoth."
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