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Chapter 151 - 151 151 Paper Tiger

151: Chapter 151: Paper Tiger 151: Chapter 151: Paper Tiger Yue Feng’s every cast went down with Loose Powder, one hook baited with soft sticky Ragworm, and one with a red worm on a Lure.

At the position of the hook’s shank for the Lure, he pinched a triangle of Loose Powder that was neither too large nor too small.

There was always some bait residue left in the nest, which could attract nearby fish and ensure the ones in the nest stayed put.

After hurriedly drawing about four or five poles, if there was no bite once the bait hit the bottom, Yue Feng would immediately lift the pole to shake off the bait, and then continue with the next one, quickly creating a mist from the surface to the underwater around the nest.

At this moment, Li Cungen next to him finally saw the first bite since the start of fishing.

Yue Feng was just looking down to bait his hook when he heard the grating sound of the fishing line.

Glancing up, he saw that the fish in front of Li Cungen hadn’t even come out of the water before it cut the hook and got away.

“Fuck!

What kind of fishing line is this!

So unreliable!

No.

2 line cut instantly!” Li Cungen glanced at the leader in front of him, cursing as he snipped it with scissors and took out another set from the leader box.

If you have solid basic skills, any No.

2 line, as long as it hasn’t aged, you can fish for this kind of carp easily and happily.

But with Li Cungen’s method of lifting the rod, cutting the hook becomes another problem.

No matter what price you pay for your line, it can’t withstand the violent force that bursts out in the moment the fish fiercely bites.

This bonehead—clearly the problem was his own technique, but he blames it on the quality of the line.

Yue Feng grew even more disdainful of this guy.

As Yue Feng began catching fish, the entire fishing site started a fast fish rhythm.

The pit boss had adjusted the fish’s condition well, and the bite rate was pretty good at the beginning of fishing.

After a few casts to bait the nest and lure the fish, Yue Feng’s nest was also full of fish signs.

As a result, Yue Feng double-hooked two pieces of soft sticky bait and sent them down.

At this point, someone might ask, why prepare red worms and then not use them when starting to fish?

It wasn’t that Yue Feng didn’t want to use them, but after observing the bites of four or five fish, he found that today’s fish were a bit tricky.

They went straight for the bait but barely touched the red worms.

When there was the occasional motion, it wasn’t the kind of clear-cut bite, so Yue Feng temporarily gave up on fishing with red worms.

Double-hooking the Ragworm and adding Loose Powder meant that, in effect, there was more bait on the bottom than if he had used Insect Bait.

In this way, Yue Feng’s nest became faster and faster to fish in, quickly going from fast jumps to slow streaks, and then to fast streaks again.

About twenty minutes into the fishing session, the nest had become a frenzy of bites as soon as the bait was in place, and double fish on every cast.

Compared to Yue Feng, who was getting more and more fluid in his fishing, Li Cungen was faring much worse.

He had a decent number of bites at the start, but this guy lost all three of his first fish to cut lines and escapes.

Later, gritting his teeth, he changed to a larger 2.5 leader, and only then did he successfully land his first fish.

The thicker leader was indeed more durable, but it also introduced another issue: line resistance.

With the thick line, it thwarted the fish from taking the bait, as the line rubbed against the fish’s lips, preventing it from swallowing.

The signals appearing on the float were mostly gentle up-and-down tremors, with the occasional definitive dip.

The hooks also tended to catch very shallowly, so with a bit too much force, the fish could easily slip off and escape.

Thicker line makes it harder to hook the fish—a truth well-known by experienced fishermen.

However, it was clear that Li Cungen hadn’t realized this.

In less than half an hour, between the escaped and snapped lines, the fish bites at Li Cungen’s nest began to thin out.

“Fish spooking” locally referred to as “slingshotting,” is extremely harmful to the feeding area each time it occurs.

When fish dart off, they alarm their companions, and in severe cases, it might even result in a “nest explosion” with all the fish scattering—a continuous half hour of fish spooking but still getting bites was already a sign of great potential at this fishing spot.

Once the school of fish scattered, they became even more cautious about feeding, making the float’s movements even lighter.

Li Cungen was struggling to handle even the solid bites, let alone the subtle ones.

Every so often, he’d make a slingshot motion, and every so often, a fish would run, with far more escaping than being caught.

Li Cungen’s fishing was going poorly, but Yue Feng’s was getting smoother by the minute.

With solid basic skills, Yue Feng cast his rod and struck with great stability and few mistakes.

Although the Loose Powder he brought every time didn’t accumulate much of a feeding area, it drew the surrounding fish together—they could get a taste but not a full meal, which only made them swim aimlessly within his spot, unwilling to leave for a long time.

As a result, the school of fish grew larger, and most of the fish Li Cungen spooked from his area were likely attracted to Yue Feng’s spot.

Now, Yue Feng inwardly contemplated Qiangzi’s pre-competition comment about Li Cungen—it was spot-on.

The guy seemed alright at first glance, but when it came to understanding fishing, he was far behind, nowhere close to grasping the basics.

Being in a high-frequency catching state, the fans in the livestream were finally getting their fill.

The trolling was spot on, the float was performing well, and the fish too.

After the fishing action picked up, the float movements were loud and clear, indicating large, decisive bites, and every rod lift was perfectly timed at twelve o’clock in the fish’s mouth.

This steady state lasted for an hour, with little change at Yue Feng’s spot, but Li Cungen’s area had gone completely quiet, effectively shut down by Yue Feng.

“Looks like Brother Feng managed to put out the fire of that guy with the foul mouth next door!

“Doing both the major and minor things, he’s like a stubborn old plaster!”

“It’s only because Brother Feng’s got a good temper.

If it were me, I’d have slapped him on the wall so hard he couldn’t be scraped off!

Such a player is truly top-notch!

“With his crappy skills, he’d put himself out of the game even without someone else doing it.

Didn’t you hear the continual rod lifting and fish spooking through slingshotting just now?

The guy complains that a 2.0 leader line is too thick.

This season, when I go fishing, I use a 1.5 line for the big lines.”

“That’s true, a 2.0 leader line and he still manages to snap the line on lifting the rod—what does he need a bicycle for?!”

Yue Feng unhooked another fish and sent it into the keepnet, glancing briefly at the public channel.

Less than an hour into the broadcast, there were already over 2000 viewers, with many new faces among the chatters.

The topic of the livestream was quite okay, mainly discussing the nuances of fishing techniques.

“I’m on a continuous hot streak, so I’m not looking at the public channel much, but if anyone hasn’t followed the host, you might want to hit that follow button!

I’ll bring you all kinds of exciting fishing activities live!”

To Yue Feng, these words were just standard maintenance of the livestream room, but to Li Cungen, they sounded irritating.

Continuous hot streak?

Who is he saying that for!

Dammit, I can’t just sit here and do nothing!

When it comes to fishing skills, Li Cungen is definitely outclassed, but when it comes to mischief and causing trouble, he’s quite the expert.

Today’s bait preparation had been full of twists and turns—given the lackluster bites at his spot, the issue must lie with the bait.

He decided to leave his current bait, build a new feeding area and start over with a different recipe!

With that thought, Li Cungen quickly sprang into action.