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Chapter 186 - 186 186 Baiting Oneself

186: Chapter 186: Baiting Oneself 186: Chapter 186: Baiting Oneself Liu Fengnian suggested a solution that Yue Feng tried out briefly, and surprisingly, it was really effective!

For the issue of the bobber’s subtle changes in reading, after adjusting the water line, changes in fishing targets indeed began to appear, and the sensitivity of the bobber had reached a level where considering the surface tension of the water was necessary.

After replacing the line set, Yue Feng began his second trial fishing.

In front of him were two bundles of bait.

One was prepared by Yue Feng himself, previously used in wild fishing and quite effective, but today it faltered.

The other bundle was prepared by Liu Fengnian and given to Yue Feng for use.

The message from Brother Liu was clear, urging Yue Feng to compare and find out the differences!

Though Yue Feng did not know much about competitive fishing, he was quite knowledgeable about bait, and he conducted targeted simple tests on both types of bait before hurrying into another trial fishing.

Yue Feng set the bobber to a higher reading, lifted two bait balls to weigh the bait, then replaced them with the bait prepared by Brother Liu and performed the same operation.

Many experienced anglers use “weighing” the bait, aimed at understanding the specific gravity of bait and the condition of dual hooks underwater.

Now, Yue Feng’s weighing was mainly focused on the specific gravity of the bait.

Upon comparison, the situation became very clear.

The Lure Yue Feng made could suppress four readings, while the batch prepared by Brother Liu could barely suppress less than two readings, roughly at about one and a half.

This meant that the specific gravity of Yue Feng’s bait in the water was almost twice as heavy as Liu’s, and this discrepancy was very obvious in front of picky fish.

“Damn!

Brother Liu, I was prepared for your bait to be lighter, but this is way too light!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but exclaim.

Liu Fengnian casually smirked and replied, “Light?

We don’t use a float here.

If we had one, you could try it!

The dispersion is also very good!

What’ve you been making?

That’s bait for fishing wild fish with a live mouth, it won’t work for tricky slick fish!

Try adjusting your own float and compare the differences; once you get it, I’ll give you the recipe!”

“No rush on the recipe, I think I can work it out myself!”

Since knowing Liu Fengnian, Yue Feng had always known he was a master bait mixer, even now when facing special fish behavior in the Competition Pond, Yue Feng wasn’t ready to back down—his confidence was still intact.

It was just about increasing dispersion, reducing specific gravity, and improving hook attachment, Yue felt he could manage that with his knowledge of bait.

In Yue Feng’s understanding, in these baits, the main role was played by the ingredients Siji and Chi Shang; other varieties were just flavor and fragrance additives, which had limited effect on catching tricky slick fish.

As for Chi Shang and Siji, they were merely different combinations of crushed potato flour and filaments of varying lengths; in essence, there wasn’t anything mysterious.

Now that he understood the principle of bait mixing, Yue Feng began to make simple adjustments to the bait he was handling.

Basing it on common baits from his fishing box, Yue Feng added some extra light bran to his mix to decrease specific gravity and increase misting, then crushed a bit of Snowflake Flour in his palm and added Lasi Powder of 80 and 120 mesh filaments, quickly making targeted adjustments to the bait.

With added potato flour and light bran, the bait’s absorption ratio saw a notable increase.

By adding Lasi Powder of different mesh filaments, it enhanced the bait’s stickiness and hook attachment.

After these simple adjustments, Yue Feng added water and re-prepared a portion of bait.

He quietly waited for it to absorb water and produce filaments.

After the adjustment, the state of the bait had significantly improved from before.

The materials had become fluffier after absorbing water.

Although the texture wasn’t as exaggerated as the bait Liu had prepared, there had been a noticeable improvement.

About five minutes later, Yue Feng squeezed the air out of the bait and pulled the newly adjusted bait onto the double hooks to test its density.

The results came out quickly.

The newly adjusted bait could push down about two eyes in the water, drastically reducing the density compared to before.

Throughout, Liu Fengnian and the other guys did not interfere with Yue Feng’s bait preparation.

Seeing the new bait’s light density, everyone was extremely surprised.

This thing cost just a bit more, even less than half of what Liu usually spent for bait, but its density and dispersion were nearly the same.

Liu Fengnian was the most nervous one.

The formula he was using wasn’t something he had concocted himself but had learned long ago from the competitive anglers at a high cost.

He was planning to act smart, but in no time, Yue Feng had managed to create a simplified version using a few types of bait he always kept in his fishing box.

The bait’s state was about the same, what was left was the flavor.

Bait like Cherry Carp and others contained varying degrees of base fragrances, which could be used as attractants for the fish.

When the density was similar, one could only hope that these expensive imported baits were more tempting to the fish.

Liu’s idea was not bad, but he overlooked one aspect.

There were plenty of fish in the pond.

The two of them fishing a whole pond of fish was simply endless.

Not only was the fish unending, but there was another problem.

The competitive anglers coming to the Competition Pond mostly thought like Liu when opening their bait.

These expectant fragrance-based baits weren’t only used by Liu; many anglers were using them.

Over time, the fish that saw and ate a lot of it and were hooked often became wary.

In contrast, the regular foul-smelling bait that Yue Feng was using now seemed to perform better.

Having adjusted the bait, Yue Feng found a good fishing spot and tentatively fished a few rods.

Believe it or not, after meeting the stringent requirements of the line assembly and bait state, he was finally catching fish that he couldn’t catch before.

His success rate was about catching five or six out of ten bites, not perfect, but much stronger than before.

Fish are not highly intelligent creatures.

The fact that they learned tricks like bait-shunning was actually a result of prolonged fishing.

Now, targeting specific adjustments, it no longer seemed so mysterious at the start.

As he got the hang of it, Yue Feng’s hit rate kept increasing.

After pulling dozens of rods, the spot started boiling with activity as a dense, dark mass of carps competed fiercely for the bait.

Speaking of competition, whereas he couldn’t get a bite last time, this time, after changing the bait and line assembly, the hook-up rate had significantly improved, and he was occasionally catching two at a time.

“These fish in the pond are quite interesting!” After fishing for a while and understanding the general situation, Yue Feng put down his fishing rod.

“You’re pretty resourceful!

The bait you made yourself worked nicely too!” Liu Fengnian couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Heh heh!

Just fumbling around!” Yue Feng modestly scratched his head and said.

“I see that you have a basic understanding of bait and line assembly now.

We can’t help you much further; you’ll need to reinforce the training yourself!”

“Ah?

What training still?” Yue Feng was momentarily confused and didn’t understand what Liu meant!