Fishing Livestream
Chapter 169 - 169 169 The Forceful Cannon Release Fish

169: Chapter 169: The Forceful Cannon Release Fish 169: Chapter 169: The Forceful Cannon Release Fish Yue Feng rarely visited this fishing ground, so he hardly knew anyone there; however, Liu and the others did run into many friends, exchanging greetings and making small talk.

What surprised Yue Feng was that even some guys he didn’t recognize came up to greet him, saying they had watched Yue Feng’s livestream, which left him feeling both honored and a little shocked.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the sound of brakes slowing down came from the entrance of the fishing ground, and moments later, two modified fish transport vehicles drove in.

This was the first time Yue Feng had seen such a specialized large-scale aquaculture transportation truck.

Its chassis must have been that of a heavy-duty truck, and it had two large, squarely welded metal fish tanks fixed onto the original place for the cargo area, with liquid oxygen tanks a little behind the cab, connected to the fish tanks with pipes.

“Holy moly!

Those fish tanks are huge!” Yue Feng exclaimed after looking around.

Liu Fengnian chuckled, “One tank should hold at least two to three thousand pounds of carp!

See the liquid oxygen tank behind the cab?

That’s for long-distance transport; it pumps oxygen into the fish tanks, which not only lowers the water temperature to reduce fish activity but also supplies oxygen to ensure their survival!

You can transport them on the road for a whole day without any issues!”

“With so many fish, how do they release them?

Do they weigh them, or do they use a slide?” Yue Feng continued to inquire.

Weighing the fish and using a slide are common methods of releasing fish into the Black Pit.

The former involves scooping the fish out basket by basket, weighing them on an electronic scale, and then releasing them into the pond, eventually adding up the total weight of the fish released.

This method allows for clear and accurate control of the weight of the fish when released into the water, avoiding any short weight, but it has its drawbacks; handling the fish an additional time can damage their scales and mucus layer somewhat, which can slightly affect when they start biting.

Using a slide involves opening an outlet at the bottom of the fish tank and sliding the fish directly into the pond.

The advantage of this method is that it doesn’t harm the fish much, but as for how many fish are released, the audience has no idea—it all depends on the pit boss’s word.

Many unscrupulous pit bosses declare a thousand or two thousand after releasing merely three to five hundred, and many Black Pit Beginners who don’t understand the trickery get duped into incorrectly assessing the fish situation.

“At the Dongxia Village Fishing Ground, we use both methods!

As usual, we randomly select one tank for angler-assisted weighing; once the weight is confirmed, we use the slide for the remaining tanks!

The reason why He Wenlong is doing so well with his Black Pit here is that we’ve never had any problems with the fish release!” Liu Fengnian said.

Yue Feng nodded, “Oh, that’s not bad at all!”

This method indeed sounded good, as it put everyone at ease while minimizing harm to the fish, striking a perfect balance.

After waiting a few more minutes, He Wenlong emerged from the following vehicle and began the fish release process.

As Liu Fengnian had said, they weighed fish from one of the four tanks, and then the remaining three tanks were connected to tinplate-welded slides, letting the fish and water slide into the pond together.

Today’s fish were quite excellent, all of them long and healthy carps, although they were a bit large on average—the fish scooped from the weighed tank seemed to average over 2.5 pounds each.

Occasionally, some big ones appeared during the scooping, weighing three or four pounds, and Yue Feng even spotted a specially large carp weighing at least seven or eight pounds; encountering it while fishing could give one quite the struggle.

“These fish are a bit big!

But they’ve got nice bodies!” Yue Feng remarked.

“Yeah, they are indeed a bit larger than the last batch!

But the quality should be fine!

Look at the fish that were just released—they have started to pump their gills already!”

Following the direction Liu pointed, Yue Feng indeed noticed that the first fish to hit the water were already churning at the surface.

Carp belong to the category of cold-blooded fish, and during long-distance transportation, due to the continuous presence of liquid oxygen in the water, the temperature inside the fish tank is very low, so they are in a state of greatly suppressed function, similar to hibernation beneath the ice in winter.

After being placed into a pond with normal temperature water, the fish will break out of this state and become active again, due to the rise in the water temperature environment.

Healthy fish, during this process of changing states, will get a bit excited and skip back and forth on the surface of the water; locals call this phenomenon “gill-flushing.”

Yue Feng isn’t clear about the specific mechanisms at work, but according to long-term real-life observations, the fish that are more active in gill-flushing after entering the water are of better quality, and their chances to bite are greater as well.

As the fish from the selected tanks were released, the entire southern bank near the release site turned into a frolicking ocean, with countless carps darting up and down, one after another; the sight was indeed festive.

After the fish from one tank had been weighed and released, the release of the following tanks was much simpler—by attaching a slide and opening the thick rubber tube on one side at the bottom of the tank, countless carps slid down the chute into the pond.

Ten thousand jin of fish is no small matter, and even at three jin each, there were nearly three thousand fish.

If one were to calculate the area of the fish pond, on average, there would be several fish per square meter.

The density was already very high.

After the fish were released, something even more surprising happened for Yue Feng at the specially reserved drainage outlet at the southeast corner of the pond—it started to drain water.

The addition of fish had caused the water level to rise, and water exceeded the preset level of the pond, overflowing!

Watching this fish release had given Yue Feng a deeper understanding of the commercial Black Pit.

The fact that releasing fish could fill up a pond was something he would have never believed before if someone had told him, yet now it was happening right before his eyes.

How many fish could there be!

After the busy work of fish release was done, it was already getting dark, and Liu Fengnian and the others said their goodbyes and hurried back!

Coming personally to witness the fish release was indeed insightful; at the very least, the previously prepared 1.5 size fishing line now seemed too thin.

Based on today’s fish size and vigor, in the Big Cannon Pit with an average catch of 160 jin per angler, the fishing line should start at no less than 2.0 in diameter, with at least a size 3 new Kanto hook as the base, and even a size 4 could be used if the fish are particularly quick!

What to do if the prepared fishing lines and hooks aren’t suitable?

Just keep tying!

Qiangzi volunteered to order some takeout, and the guys resolved their dinner in the shop.

The group discussed the potential fish behavior for the next day and prepared larger fishing lines and main lines; they stayed in the shop playing until past nine before dispersing, each going back to their own homes.

After sending off Brother Liu and the others, Yue Feng also approached the time to close up shop; he locked the doors and windows, freshened up a bit, then went upstairs to go to bed early, to conserve his energy for the tough fight the next day.

The next morning, Yue Feng was woken by the alarm clock at five o’clock sharp, he rolled out of bed, quickly dressed, and after washing up and brushing his teeth, he was soon on his way to the fishing grounds.

Since they all knew the way, there was no need to gather together; by six in the morning, Yue Feng arrived at the fishing ground.

The weekend Big Cannon competition had been hyped for a week already; not only were all sixty angler spots filled, but since it was the weekend and many salaried anglers didn’t have to work, those who hadn’t signed up came to the fishing ground to watch the excitement, so there were even more people than the last time.

At this moment, the fishing ground was already packed with people.