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Chapter 268 - 268 267 Public Bait

268: Chapter 267 Public Bait 268: Chapter 267 Public Bait They each had their own calculations, but these guys with ulterior motives didn’t discuss these details openly among themselves.

Nobody wants to lose at competitive fishing, same as in card games.

Unless you’re on the same team or have a really solid relationship, these victory-determining details are rarely discussed in front of everyone.

“This is the prize for the first round!” Wang Xiaoli was straightforward about the bet, pulling out the cash and handing it to the winner of the competitive fishing.

The others followed suit, handing over their respective entry fees, and with that, the first round of competitive fishing was concluded.

“Continue?” Liu Fengnian counted the betting money he had collected, cigarette hanging from his mouth, and cocked his head to ask.

At this question, a few of the guys hesitated and started to backpedal.

If only one of Liu Fengnian’s trio had scored a win, the others might not have thought much of it.

But now that all three used the same bait to dominate the top three, everyone started to murmur with suspicion.

If the gap was too wide, competitive fishing would lose its fun, akin to simply giving away money.

Wang Xiaoli didn’t make a sound, but Zhen Shuang next to him spoke up, “Uncle Liu, that bait of yours is fierce.

Mind if we study it a bit to even things out?

With such a huge gap, there’s no suspense in the competition!”

Zhen Shuang was cautious when asking, not wanting to upset Liu Fengnian, but Liu Fengnian agreed readily.

“Sure, feel free to study it.

I’ve got about two pounds left.

If that’s not enough, you all can use a measuring cup to divide it, and we can all use communal bait!

Prepare your own bait, add your own additives, have fun!”

When they heard Liu Fengnian say that using communal bait was fine, the few who were indecisive had their spirits lifted and regained their fighting spirit.

Those who were game for competitive fishing, regardless of their actual fishing skill, usually had a competitive streak.

If they weren’t brave enough for the challenge even with communal bait, there was no point in competing in these games.

“All right, that’s awesome!

Uncle Liu is so generous, perfect for everyone to test how dominant your bait is!” Zhen Shuang seized the opportunity to give praise, thus beginning the flattery.

After Liu Fengnian said this, he turned and took out the bait previously prepared by Zhang Fenglin from his fishing box.

He had made arrangements with Zhang Fenglin before arriving, so besides Lasi Powder, Liu Fengnian hadn’t brought any other bait, only this one package, thus there was no suspicion of deception.

To boost everyone’s confidence, he even showed the bottom of his fishing box when taking out the bait.

“Come on then, this is all the bait we have.

Let’s each take a measuring cup and start with one cup.

But let me say this first, you’re free to use the bait, but adjust the small additives on your own, huh?

We still have a competition tomorrow, and that can’t be shared openly!” Liu Fengnian continued.

Nobody objected to this point; having access to communal bait was already quite accommodating, and it would be somewhat overreaching to inquire about the small additives.

With over ten guys, each took a measuring cup of bait, prepared it, and compared it with the bait Liu Fengnian and his team were using, ensuring it was the same before confirming, and then the competitive fishing continued.

From beginning to end, Liu Fengnian, Yue Feng, and Zhang Fenglin didn’t communicate verbally, but they had already unified their strategic thinking before the competition started, so they all knew what to do without saying a word, and began their act.

True affection can never be retained, only tricks win hearts.

With the deliberate underperforming and pace control of the three participants, one of them always ranked in the top three, while the others consistently achieved decent results.

Liu Fengnian, Zhang Fenglin, and Yue Feng held more than half of the winning odds in the fish pinching contest in their hands, releasing a bit of opportunity at the right moment.

Even if they were leading, they usually only had a slight advantage of a few fish, giving others the illusion that they could catch up with just a little more effort.

In such an atmosphere, this warm-up fish pinching session lasted from morning until noon.

At noon, lunch boxes were sold at the fishing spot.

After a quick rest post-lunch, they continued playing from after two o’clock until it got dark.

It was one thing for the fish pinching to last a long time, but in the afternoon, new anglers joined in.

At peak times, there were as many as 18 anglers intensely competing.

The three won more than they lost, displaying convincing performances from start to finish.

By evening, when it was time to pack up, each had pocketed over two thousand yuan.

After deducting the registration fee, practice fee, and bait costs, each was left with at least five hundred yuan.

“Let’s go, we’ll go out to eat tonight and discuss tomorrow’s competition while we’re at it!” called out Liu Fengnian as he packed up his fishing gear.

Soon, the fishing equipment was loaded into the car, and the three drove away to a private restaurant in the city center for a lavish dinner.

“Yue, your acting was really something during the day?

Were those bottom rankings intentional?

I paid close attention for a round and couldn’t tell that you were underperforming, so how come your final results were so disappointing?” asked Zhang as he settled into his seat, eager to know.

“I noticed too.

Your fishing skill is becoming inscrutable.

When you’re good, you’re really good, but when you’re bad, you’re honestly bad!

Explain yourself, it’s a good opportunity for Zhang and me to give you some advice!”

Asked about this, Yue Feng scratched his head awkwardly, “It wasn’t intentional acting.

I was trying a new fishing rhythm and I didn’t quite get it!”

“A new rhythm?

Can you be more specific?”

Yue Feng elaborated, “In the rounds I did well, I was following the rhythm of drawing in fish in first, then waiting for the fish to reach a certain density before grabbing the double-tailed ones for the win!

One round, I even got third place without using bait with added alcohol!”

Apart from this fishing strategy, I also tried fishing and luring without deliberately making a nest.

There were also strategies like starting with frantic frequency and heavy attacking, various fishing rhythms, but they yielded poor results.

Especially the round where I maintained the highest frequency and reacted to any movement with a quick pull—my results were particularly bad, the fish moved to mid-water, and I couldn’t draw them up after that!

I even wanted to try floating fishing, but there simply wasn’t the right fish mood for it!”

“Floating fishing?

Now I see, that’s tough with these fish; you just lost because of inexperience!”

“Why’s that?

I thought the fish bite was aggressive.

If I managed to draw them to midwater to consistently catch them, I probably could’ve ranked high.

I grappled with it and kept up the pulling frequency to the end, but it was futile!”

Hearing Yue Feng’s explanation, Liu Fengnian lit a cigarette and chuckled, “Let Zhang explain this to you; when it comes to floating fishing, Zhang’s the expert!”

Zhang Fenglin didn’t decline the offer and shared, “Actually, both new and old fish can present the opportunity for floating fishing!

Today’s fish mood was indeed suitable for floating.

Your mistake was thinking that floating means just skimming the water’s surface, which is a conceptual confusion!”

“Floating fishing is actually a broad concept.

Starting from midwater and above, it can already be considered floating.

Depending on how the fish are biting, it can be further subdivided into stationary layer fishing, turnover fishing, and at its most extreme, fishing at a deep float!

Though the density of crucian carps in Star Moon Lake’s fish pits is decent, they are still crafty old fish.

It’s extremely difficult to focus on floating fishing at the surface level, fundamentally because the amount of bait cast can’t keep up.

If Loose Powder were allowed, then there might be a slight chance.”