Fishing Livestream
Chapter 172 - 172 172 Something's Off with the Fish

172: Chapter 172: Something’s Off with the Fish 172: Chapter 172: Something’s Off with the Fish Yue Feng glanced at the time; there were only ten minutes left until the official start, and so he took out his live-streaming equipment from the rod case, activated it, and entered the live-streaming room.

“Wow, first one!”

“Front row!

Brother Feng started the stream early today!”

“Didn’t you say last stream about the Loose Powder of ten thousand jins?

Brother Feng got lazy yesterday and didn’t post jokes to preview!”

“What ended up happening with that fish pinching incident from last time?”

Just as the stream started, hundreds of die-hard fans flooded in; these were the fans who had set up special notifications, and as soon as Yue Feng started broadcasting, they immediately received a notice to rush to the live-stream room to watch.

“Hello everyone, today’s ten-thousand-jin, sixty-person capacity fishing is starting, with less than ten minutes to go!

Brothers who just joined the room, please help share the stream, thanks!”

Yue Feng kept his opening remarks simple; there were people on both sides, so he unconsciously lowered his voice a bit while talking.

Teacher Bai next to him had been stealing glances at Yue Feng with the corner of his eye, and seeing Yue Feng actually deploy a drone for the live stream, his narrow eyes squinted slightly.

At that moment, the phone suddenly vibrated, and Teacher Bai took it out to look; a text message had come in.

“Bro Bai, help a brother out later and scout for the spot from last time!”

Upon seeing the message, Teacher Bai unconsciously glanced over at Zhao Dezong on the other side and nodded.

In fact, even if Zhao Dezong hadn’t contacted Teacher Bai, Bai had already long considered Yue Feng a rival; don’t think that Zhou Tao and Teacher Bai, who were at least a decade apart in age, got along very well.

If a brother’s fishing rod got snapped while fighting fish, and now having the chance to be next to the rival, certainly it was time to look for a comeback opportunity.

After a round of sharing as the live stream started, the number of people in Yue Feng’s live-stream room quickly soared past a thousand, and it was still rapidly growing.

“Brother Feng, it’s been a long time since you’ve arranged some benefits for the brothers, isn’t it time to set something up for everyone today?”

“The Instantly Sticky Beans used last time for pinching fish was pretty good; how about Brother Feng gives out some of that?

The stream ended abruptly last time, we didn’t even get the chance to call a lottery on public frequency!”

There might be difficulties with other things, but Instantly Sticky Beans were no problem at all.

A bottle of rubber pellet, costing less than ten yuan to purchase wholesale, and with a sprinkle of powder on them, they were ready to use; even including shipping costs, it wouldn’t exceed twenty yuan per bottle.

For Yue Feng, that was just a drop in the bucket.

“That’s not a problem, while there are few people in the live stream room, let’s have a draw!

Ten boxes of Instantly Sticky Beans, with a flavor profile leaning towards black earthworm pellets!

I won’t be giving away bait like doughball pellets and the like; you can buy those anywhere and use them.

You guys go and test the actual effects!” Recently Yue Feng really had been giving out fewer benefits, so when the fans reminded him, Yue Feng agreed without hesitation.

“That’s more like it; if you didn’t do some benefits, you’d become a real penny-pincher!

Hahaha!!”

Drowning Fish sent out a Cloud Piercing Arrow!

Drowning Fish sent out a Lamborghini!

Drowning Fish sent out Unrivaled!

Just as Yue Feng announced the giveaway in the live stream, Drowning Fish sent him a wave of special-effect gifts.

Drowning Fish: “I’ve been busy these last few days and haven’t been online, where is this fishing at!”

“@Drowning Fish, caught a big shot live!”

“@Drowning Fish, the big shot is rising!!”

The water friends instantly tagged Drowning Fish in the public frequency, the highest courtesy available on the network!

Yue Feng smiled and said his thanks, “Thanks for the special-effect gifts from Boss Fish!

Today we’re at a ten-thousand-jin Loose Powder pit in our local area, starting to scoop in a few minutes!”

Drowning Fish: “Haha, keep it up!

There’s good fishing, I’ll watch for a while longer!”

As Yue Feng was expressing his gratitude for the gifts, Teacher Bai couldn’t help but glance over again.

As a more traditional middle-aged person, he was somewhat resistant to this new form of live streaming from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing someone give Yue Feng gifts and him responding with a forced smile made Teacher Bai look down on it even more.

In Teacher Bai’s eyes, this was no different from begging on the streets.

Yue Feng, feeling the chilly hostility behind his neck, remained silent.

After one final check of the preparations for starting to fish, there was just one minute left before he could begin.

Suddenly, Yue Feng remembered that he had just unlocked a new “Smart Fishing Commentary” module after completing a task but had not used it yet and had no idea what effect it would have.

Using the last bit of time available, Yue Feng activated the function of the module with a thought.

The “Smart Fishing Commentary” module is now active, and a mysterious person has entered the live broadcast room!

Ding!

“The mysterious person is now in place.

Authorization can start real-time professional fishing commentary and interact with the viewers!”

Authorize!

Smart commentary officially authorized to activate!

Seeing the prompt, Yue Feng was full of anticipation.

He did not know exactly how this function module would work but planned to examine it further when he had the chance during the fishing competition.

After less than half a minute, the fishing field owner, He Wenlong, gave a signal, and the competition officially started!

As soon as the competition began, all the anglers entered a state of combat, clenching egg-sized Loose Bait doughballs with Lead Skin.

They primed the fishing spot with six doughballs, then formally started dual-hook fishing with Loose Bait.

Having personally observed the fish stocking the previous afternoon, Yue Feng was very confident in the fish’s response at the start of the competition.

His chosen fishing method was the simple and brute force approach of Lead Skin with nest bait, followed by an aggressive dual-hook, Loose Bait technique.

This method was quite effective when fishing for quick-biting fish.

The Loose Bait would create a large column of mist-like spread around the bait spot, tempting the surrounding fish to come closer.

If the fish were responding well, the more he fished, the more and quicker they would bite, often resulting in continuous catches—a hallmark effect when this method matched the fishing conditions.

After a series of ten or so dual-hook, Loose Bait casts into the bait spot, the expected series of bites didn’t happen.

Not a single sign of fish was seen around the bait spot, and the float was eerily stable.

Noticing this, Yue Feng paused his actions and scanned around the pond.

Apart from one angler on the edge successfully playing a fish, no one else seemed to be catching anything!

Yue Feng felt a sudden pang of alarm in his heart, a bad feeling emerging from within.

Today’s fish bites were off!

In a pond normally averaging 160 pounds of fish per person, even if the bite rate was only half, that would still mean 80 pounds per person.

The start of fishing should have been marked by continuous catches, but the complete lack of activity across the pond was definitely abnormal.

Yue Feng activated his fishing spot selection Skill with a thought and looked around.

All the fishing spots within his sight were of normal color, indicating that there were fish in the vicinity.

Could it be that the fish were not recognizing the Loose Bait?

Thinking this, Yue Feng rubbed together a couple of Doughballs onto the hooks and, holding his rod vertically, dropped the bait right below the tip of his rod.

Indeed, while normal fishing with nest bait and luring didn’t get any response, the bait dropped about four meters away from the shore, right below the tip of the rod.

As soon as it reached the spot, the float signalled a decisive drop.

The float lightly tapped the surface during its journey, followed by a distinct drop, and then the remaining two-eye float sharply dragged underwater—a black float!

Seeing the decisive black float, Yue Feng flicked his wrist and accurately set the hook.