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Chapter 327 - 327 316 The Big Fish Appears

327: Chapter 316: The Big Fish Appears 327: Chapter 316: The Big Fish Appears “Damn, did you guys notice just now?

There seemed to be a big fish entering Brother Feng’s baited area; there were several big bubbles just a moment ago!”

“I saw it too, those bubbles looked like carp bubbles, and that fish isn’t small at all!”

“Brother Feng was just tilting his head back drinking water, I bet he didn’t notice the disturbance at the baited spot, but he better pay close attention, don’t miss it while daydreaming!”

Those watching were far more anxious than Yue Feng, who was actually fishing, yet he didn’t notice this detail.

After putting down his water bottle and glancing at the float, he just happened to see the 3.5-sized float disappear below the water surface with a swoosh.

Yue Feng thought his eyes were playing tricks on him from staring at the float for too long, and raised his left hand to rub them, but still no sight of the float.

When he realized that he might have had a fish biting and the float had gone under, the tip of his rod was already trembling from the pull of the fish.

In such a situation, he had no chance of a dead-sticking approach.

Yue Feng had no choice but to lift the rod and set the hook.

The first sensation was heavy!

He felt he had hit a fish with that strike, but it didn’t move at all as if he had hooked onto some debris at the bottom of the water.

Lifting the rod too late, the line was tight.

After the strike, the entire rod was nearly flat, not raising at all.

After being hooked, the fish under the water was stunned for about two or three seconds, then quickly swam towards the middle of the river.

It didn’t give Yue Feng any chance or room to fight back.

Yue Feng only had time to slightly control the rod to one side.

Unfortunately, the fish didn’t come back.

He managed to guide it just off the baited spot a bit, but then the leader line was cut!

“Ah!!

The leader line was cut, such a pity, that fish was definitely not small!”

“It’s truly a bit regrettable, but Brother Feng has been fishing for close to four hours now, and the sun is so hot right now, with so few bites.

No one could have reacted to that bite during the drink!”

“I feel for Brother Feng for a second, that gesture of rubbing his eyes when the float went under was just too heart-wrenching.

It’s okay that the fish got away, Feng is human too, don’t be too harsh on him!”

The viewers in the live broadcast were relatively rational, but Yue Feng himself was a bit irked.

Dammit, using a 1.5 leader line while tug-of-warring with a big fish really doesn’t leave much room for error.

If he had lifted the rod when the fish first took the bait, he might have had a chance.

Yue Feng shook his head slightly, took the scissors, cut off the broken leader line, and replaced it with a new one.

After losing a fish in his baited spot, even though he had tried his best to lead it away, it still had an impact.

Yue Feng casually kneaded two big clumps of loose, moist bait and threw them into the spot to freshen up the baited area, minimizing the impact of the lost fish.

In the following ten minutes or so, there was no activity in the spot, but this time Yue Feng didn’t lose concentration and made another baited spot at a slower frequency.

Fast fishing at the start is like a sprint race, a competition of speed and efficiency.

But now, it’s all about endurance— who can keep up and ensure a catch throughout the event stands a better chance of winning.

For the slow fish that come after this point in time, the baiting area is necessary, but one shouldn’t add bait crazily like at the beginning of fishing.

Yue Feng’s strategy was to maintain a slow-paced frequency of baiting and watch and wait with plain ragworms.

He would change the bait approximately every two minutes and replenish the baited spot with a new handful every five minutes.

At eleven-twenty, after nearly half an hour without landing a fish, Yue Feng finally saw signs of big fish in his own baited spot, fish were back!

This time Yue Feng was much more careful, tiptoeing as he slowly raised the rod, then he rolled two lead-weight-shaped ragworms and cast them back towards the nest area.

The landing spot of this cast was also very precise, situated near the edge of the nest, about forty centimeters closer than a normal cast.

After this cast, he waited for a longer time, a full five minutes, and Yue Feng still had no intention of changing bait.

There surely were lots of scattered bait around the nest, and since the big fish had entered the nest, they would definitely roam around eating these remnants; his bait was closer to facilitate the lifting of the rod and the slipping of the fish after hooking.

Being slightly slower in efficiency was always better than hastily hooking a fish and then not being able to lift the rod to cut the hook.

Indeed, with Yue Feng’s patient vigil, the float began to exhibit a small trembling motion up and down.

Yue Feng knew that this motion meant the fish had already swum near the bait, and it was very likely to take a bite next!

Thinking this, Yue Feng gripped the handle of his rod, his eyes firmly fixed on the movements of the float in the nest; the moment it took a bite, he would definitely hook it!

After another ten seconds or so, the float made a sudden large dip—a visual depth of three and a half measures directly dipped three measures, leaving just a bit of the red top, then in the next second, it completely disappeared under the water in a black float dip.

This time Yue Feng saw it clearly, after the black float, he lifted the rod to stab the fish with a very steady wrist movement in combination with his arm; he hit the mark!

The force underwater was still very strong, but the good news was that under Yue Feng’s deliberate adjustment, he managed to lift the rod!

The fish that had been stabbed felt the presence of the foreign hook and started swimming restlessly in the water; Yue Feng immediately lowered his body’s center of gravity, utilizing the full curvature of the rod and his waist strength.

Now, the benefits of using a non-barbed hook became apparent; the wound was smaller, the fish felt less pain, and there was no frantic fleeing behavior, but rather it maintained a relatively steady mood as it darted back and forth in the nest.

Having managed to play the fish, the most dangerous phase was considered over; Yue Feng, holding the rod with both hands, carefully squatted on the ground, subtly adjusting the direction of the rod to gain as much control over the fish as possible.

“He’s got it, he’s got it!

Feng’s hooked another one!”

“Looking at the curve of that rod, it’s definitely another big one!

Feng is probably still using the 1.5 line and the 9 Carp hook from Jinhai Xi!

If he can land this big fish, today’s competition will be perfect!”

“Feng is really stable when playing the fish, and the fish behaves well under water, too.

If only I could have such skills!!”

Seeing that Yue Feng had stabilized the situation, Ken also opened his mouth and said, “Feng’s got a big one, and from the looks of it, the chances of landing it are more than fifty percent now, guys.

Wanna bet on the weight of the big fish?

The two luckiest people, whose guesses are closest to the actual weight, each get a bottle of Musk Medicine Wine!!”

“Great idea, haven’t played that for a long time!”

“+1 upstairs, passionately support any proposition from the mighty Ken!”

“Support, support, let’s have a raffle!!”

Ken continued, “Then I’m starting the guessing game!

Set the condition to share the live broadcast once to take part, and those brothers who haven’t met the conditions go meet them now.

Once everyone’s ready and our live broadcast audience is a little higher, we’ll start working for the top e-commerce big brother!!!”