Fishing Livestream
Chapter 224 - 224 224 Hundred Pounds of Sturgeon

224: Chapter 224: Hundred Pounds of Sturgeon 224: Chapter 224: Hundred Pounds of Sturgeon The excitement of the anglers benefited Yue Feng as well, at least from a distance, they had already given up the spot where the fish were slipping away.

This underwater behemoth was quite interesting too, obediently swimming back and forth along the edge of the pit, not fleeing toward the middle of the pond, which gave Yue Feng a chance to successfully land the fish.

Ten minutes!

Twenty minutes!

Half an hour!

The crowd in the livestream grew larger and larger, even Big Fish Pit Zhang’s WeChat group had started to spread the news.

Many brothers who hadn’t come fishing heard that a giant creature had emerged from the Big Fish Pit and hadn’t surfaced for half an hour, all rushing over to watch the excitement.

The fishing venue was already filled with quite a few people and vehicles fishing, and now even the production road outside was lined with parked cars.

At four-ten, nearly an hour had passed since Yue Feng hooked the fish, and he had made many rounds around the south and west banks.

Finally, the big thing revealed its head.

It had a long slender body with a faint silvery-grey bony armor draped over its back, a tail somewhat similar to a shark’s, and at least over one and a half meters in length.

“Wow!

It’s a sturgeon!

This guy has caught the big sturgeon Zhang had stocked in his pond!” an eagle-eyed Fisherman exclaimed after getting a clear view of the fish.

Yue Feng was seeing this kind of sturgeon for the first time, and after getting a good look at it, he was a bit dumbfounded.

So it was this thing???

It wasn’t long before Zhang, the owner of the venue, also made his way over.

“It really is a sturgeon!

This fish has been in the pit for at least five or six years, it was stocked when the pit was first opened, and it had never been caught by an angler before.

I thought it had died, but to my surprise, it’s still alive!” exclaimed Zhang, unable to contain his amazement.

Yue Feng glanced at the fish on the water’s surface; its strength had not been completely exhausted, it hadn’t flipped belly-up.

It had just been forced to the surface by the strong waist power of the rod.

However, the sturgeon’s method of exertion was different from other fish, preferring steadier efforts and slower swimming speed.

After showing itself briefly, it quickly dove back into the water.

Knowing what fish he had hooked, Yue Feng felt more confident and became even calmer.

After another ten minutes of struggle, the fish exhausted its last bit of strength and flipped belly-up.

The fish was too big for one net to handle, but that was no problem for the clever Fisherman.

Qiangzi fetched his net, and with one net for the head and another for the tail, they managed to combine their efforts and hauled the fish onto the shore.

This large fellow measured over one and a half meters long, shark-like in appearance, with a sharp and elongated nose and its mouth situated on the bottom.

At a glance, it weighed at least over a hundred jin (approx.

50 kilograms).

With the big fish out of the water, things got lively!

Although it was known that there was a sturgeon in the pit, few had seen it, so it was quite a spectacle for everyone.

The on-site crowd at the fishing venue was ecstatic, and the viewers in the livestream were even more thrilled.

The entire process of the catch, from beginning to end, was presented in full view, and with the effect of high-definition cameras and smart imaging, it was as exciting as watching a blockbuster fish fight.

“Kneeling for Brother Feng!

Such a huge sturgeon, looks like it’s at least one and a half meters big, more than a hundred jin, right?”

“So this is a sturgeon, huh?

The body shape is so weird!

Doesn’t look like an ordinary freshwater fish, more like a shark!”

“Zhonghua sturgeon?

This thing should be a national protected animal, right?

Does anyone know?

Tell everyone please!

Don’t accidentally break the law!”

“There’s no such thing as purebred Chinese sturgeon; these are all hybrid sturgeons.

In the Northeast, there are specialized sturgeon breeding bases where small sturgeons of about ten centimeters cost just over ten yuan each!

They are only pricey when they get bigger!”

“I’ve eaten this before, though not as large, around thirty pounds, and the taste wasn’t that great!

The meat has cartilage, and the texture is just so-so!”

“The line and rod Brother Feng used are really powerful.

There were several times I thought it was going to snap, but it held up incredibly!!”

“I have a big question, is the Mysterious Man here?

Why doesn’t the fish dive into deeper water when it’s being reeled in?

Just one round could cut the line, snap the rod or break the hook.

While the fish is strong, it never seemed desperate to dash toward the center of the pond!”

The Mysterious Man: “I don’t know the answer to this either, let’s ask Brother Feng later!!”

Once the big fish was brought ashore, Yue Feng didn’t hesitate to take off his sunscreen clothing jacket and lay it on the ground.

Since he had promised to release all the fish he caught, he had to protect them beforehand; if they got too battered, their chances of survival after being released would be slim.

Many viewers were puzzled why the fish was so docile; when it came time to remove the hook, the truth finally came to light!

Yue Feng used a specialized hook for catching big fish called the Sturgeon Blade.

This hook is modeled after the Ishiyama hook and improved upon—its shaft is forged to be stronger and its tip is exceptionally sharp.

But these aren’t the key points; the crucial thing is where the hook was lodged.

The leader had a double hook setup: the longer leader was hooked in the fish’s mouth, while the shorter one was hooked beside one eye socket of the fish.

Many people might have seen a sturgeon up close; the mouth of a sturgeon is located under the snout.

This unique structure causes the nose to rub against the fishing line when taking the bait, which was why the float kept dipping and I kept missing fish—it was due to this structural difference.

If you’re specifically fishing for sturgeon in a sturgeon pit that allows anchoring the fish, you generally haul them up by anchoring them on their body.

If you want to catch them by the mouth, it gets trickier and requires the right method.

The leader should be longer, at least a meter long, and can even go up to one and a half or two meters!

The distance between the paired hooks should also be increased, at least seventy to eighty centimeters!

Trolling cannot be as sensitive as fishing for common carp or grass carp; the lead skin must lie flat on the bottom, and the leader must lie completely down so that the mouth underneath the body can ingest the bait and be caught properly.

Otherwise, most of the movement would just be bumping the line, and hastily raising the rod would only anchor on the fish’s body.

As for why the fish today didn’t dash toward the center of the pond, nine times out of ten it’s because the hook was stuck near the eye socket.

Once they swim inward, the angle of the hook near the eye socket changes, causing the sturgeon pain, so it obediently swims along the pond’s edge.

When its strength is exhausted, it gets caught by Yue Feng.

After removing the two hooks, Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief and plopped down on the ground.

He didn’t feel tired during the high-tension fight, but once the fish was out of the water and on shore, the stress in his chest eased and he felt as if all his energy had been drained.

His arms trembled slightly due to the prolonged tension, and his heartbeat was frighteningly fast.

Just then, a middle-aged man with a rotund belly, dressed rather elegantly, walked out of the crowd.

“Young man, are you selling this big fish?

I’ll offer you two thousand yuan to buy it, what do you say?”

Yue Feng looked up at the man who wanted to buy the fish—a medium build with a slicked-back hairdo, hair meticulously combed, and a potbelly like a general—a look that suggested a successful businessman.

“Sorry, brother, I’m not planning to sell this fish!!”

Upon hearing this, the man with the slicked-back hair persisted, “Think the price is too low?

I’ll add another two thousand, how about four thousand yuan?”