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Chapter 340 - 340 329 Adaptation Targeting the Big Fish

340: Chapter 329: Adaptation, Targeting the Big Fish 340: Chapter 329: Adaptation, Targeting the Big Fish After catching two fish in succession, Yue Feng topped up another large bait, and when he dropped the fourth rod, he hooked another one!

By comparison, the fish at the beginning in Yue Feng’s spot, which hastily competed for food, were smaller carps, weighing around two to two and a half pounds.

Being a faster swimmer due to their size, these fish had a certain edge in competing for food; after catching a few, the situation started to change, and larger individuals of three to four and four to five pounds began to bite.

In the next ten minutes or so, Yue Feng continuously caught seven or eight large carps at his spot.

This left Chen Chen dumbfounded.

He remembered boasting and mocking others not long ago, teaching them how to fish.

Now, while Chen Chen only had four fish in his Fish Guard, the guy next door had surpassed him rod after rod, making Chen Chen’s face feel hot.

What was even more depressing for him came afterwards.

After Yue Feng landed another fish, he turned his head and gave Chen Chen a smirk, saying, “What you said really did the trick, thanks!!”

Just one sentence completely shattered Chen Chen’s composure!

It’s not terrifying to be like a needle against wheat or to be silenced; what’s terrifying is that the other person is not even slightly perturbed emotionally, and uses nothing but his catches to slap back in the most impactful way, bringing back his face.

That’s what is truly devastating to the core.

“Hahaha, Brother Feng is awesome!”

“Holy smokes, that guy next door must feel worse than eating shit right now!”

“I feel like Brother Feng is more dominant than before; this is a whole new level of advanced prowess!

I can even guess how awful the guy next door looks right now!”

Seeing the comments from the folks in the channel, the Chengzi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yue Feng is great in every aspect, except he likes to play outside the box.

But after being suppressed for so long, he’s now turned things around in an irrefutable manner, which indeed feels much more satisfying than the usual face-slapping routine.

“Hey, buddy, save some for us!” Zhao Zheng, who was next to him, couldn’t help himself and muttered under his breath.

Zhao Zheng’s catch was not much different from Chen Chen’s.

Seeing Yue Feng’s successful baiting, he immediately adjusted his strategy and started to replenish his bait to attract fish.

But Yue Feng’s groundwork was solid, and any adjustments now seemed too late.

All Zhao Zheng could do was hope his chatting might have some effect.

Yue Feng’s rhythm wasn’t affected at all.

After casting his rod into the water, he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Zheng, “The way you speak, as if the competition isn’t just with forty people.

According to the stocked fish, there’s an average of several hundred pounds of fish per person in the water!

I’ve only caught a few fish; don’t be joking, man!”

Zhao Zheng was so stifled by the response.

Logically, using stocked fish quantities and per capita catches as measurements would mean the competition wouldn’t be so slow.

It’s true there are fish in the water, but the area is vast, and the fish are not evenly distributed.

“Ah, I’m convinced!”

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself and gave up on the idea of continuing the chat.

He poured wet Loose Powder bait from his basin and switched to Doughballs granules.

Yue Feng, who was busily preparing his bait, became the brightest spark on the fishing ground again in the following hour.

He would land a fish every two or three casts on average.

Although the bites weren’t fast, there was no sign of them stopping.

His neighbors, on the other hand, suffered, as their 4.5-meter rods had lost out early on; it was only after switching to a 5.4-meter long Fishing rod that they managed to scrape together a few fish.

Seeing that his neighbors had all switched to longer rods, Yue Feng also changed his fishing rod from 4.5 meters to 5.4 meters.

Having already cast a full rod’s length before, there was already a baited spot in front.

After switching to the longer rod, the float’s position was just right, and he continued to catch several more fish, but the fish activity at the baited spot began to slow down.

At this point, it had been an hour and a half since the start of the competition at seven-thirty, and although the temperature hadn’t risen yet, the bites had become very sparse.

Seeing this, Yue Feng adjusted his strategy once again.

He didn’t touch the lead skin on the main line and casually changed the float, swapping out the ordinary date pit float for a running lead float that almost didn’t require any lead to balance.

After a quick adjustment of the new float’s position, Yue Feng settled in to wait.

When he had begun live streaming earlier, Yue Feng had used this type of running lead float designed for casting long distances and had even demonstrated the difference in the Tuning Pool, but many fans who had joined the live stream later hadn’t seen or used this piece of equipment.

They couldn’t help chattering away in the public chat after seeing it.

“Shit, what kind of float is that?

An alien?”

“Cool people, explain what this thing is, eh?

After changing the float, how come you don’t even need to adjust the lead skin!”

“It’s a running lead float, also known as a floating lead!

It’s for long-distance fishing!”

While they were talking, Yue Feng cast out his second rod.

The float, left with three eyes visible, was abruptly pulled under, turning into a “black float”—a fish had taken the bait!

Another catch!

“This is awesome, just changed it, and immediately caught another fish.

It feels like Brother Feng is going to win today’s match, it seems like there’s no one around who is quicker than him!”

Mysterious Person: “The running lead float is decent for catching some fish when casting far, but it won’t last long!

This fishing method creates a diagonal line underwater; the more you fish, the fewer bites you get.

I think Brother Feng will change his strategy after a while!”

“Change strategy?”

Mysterious Person: “If it were me, after the initial rush for fish, I would certainly switch to targeting a bigger fish.

The reason for switching to the running lead float now and getting all the fish up is that it’s probably time to start going after the big ones.

If you don’t catch these smaller fish now, they will get scared away once the larger fish move into the baited area!”

The Mysterious Person’s prediction was spot on.

About twenty minutes after changing to the new float, Yue Feng managed to hook four or five carps one after another from around the edge of the baited spot, and then there were no more bites.

Next, Yue Feng reeled in his line and replaced it with a number 4 main line and a number 3 float that was the largest in terms of the lead it could hold.

Chen Chen had been continuously observing Yue Feng’s actions the whole time.

When he saw Yue Feng change to the running lead float, he followed suit, managing two catches himself, which proved there was some effectiveness to it.

Now that Yue Feng had changed his line again, Chen Chen sneaked a few glances and switched his as well.

Yue Feng had set up a number 4 main line, a number 3 branch line, and a new size 4 “Advanced” fishing hook.

For Yue Feng, this rig was entirely meant for targeting big fish.

After a quick adjustment, Yue Feng poured all the liquid from the “Doughballs” bottle into the wet Loose Powder he had prepared before the competition.

Then, he added most of the pellets he had bought, stirred everything until well mixed, and with precision, cast the newly fortified Eight-Nation Alliance bait mixture approximately eight-tenths of the way to the baited spot using lead skin.

“Mysterious Person bro got it right, Brother Feng is prepping to fish for the big ones!

Looking at that bustling bait spot, he’s planning something big!”

“If I’m not mistaken, Brother Feng is using the liquid from the Doughballs bottle for baiting.

Back during the live streaming at the reservoir around May Day, that stuff really worked wonders.

Looks like it might be his last stock, I wonder if there’s a chance to get some more.

The dozen or so they gave to me, I didn’t dare to use and now they’re all gone!”