Fishing Livestream
Chapter 662 - 662 649 Sneaky Trick

662: Chapter 649: Sneaky Trick 662: Chapter 649: Sneaky Trick While fishing for slower fish, Yue Feng might not have been able to utilize his technical advantage fully, but as the bites picked up, Yue Feng’s time to shine had arrived.

He effortlessly lifted the rod to hook the fish, then easily lifted his arm to guide the fish back along the surface of the water.

With a push of his finger at the base of the hook, the hook was removed.

With a splash, he scooped the fish into the net—his movements as smooth as flowing water.

Three consecutive fish bit as soon as the rod hit the water, a vast improvement over the half-day wait for a bite earlier.

Under the influence of the drugs, fish in the pond that were previously lethargic and lacked appetite had started biting; it wasn’t just Yue Feng’s area that was bustling—the entire pond was in a frenzy.

For the first two hours since fishing began, shopkeeper Zhang had been monitoring the situation closely.

Today, the fish weren’t biting well, and the only spot that had seen some action, he had deliberately sabotaged and ruined.

Now, outside the entrance of the fishing ground, Zhang was standing with a cigarette hanging from his mouth, looking proud as he boasted to the nearby villagers.

By preliminary estimates, today would yield at most 300 pounds of fish, and the event could make Zhang a tidy profit of several thousand yuan.

While he was still reveling in his success, Shopkeeper Zhang’s wife rushed out of the courtyard, running towards him.

“Still boasting, Shopkeeper?

There’s trouble!”

“What’s the matter?” Shopkeeper Zhang glanced at his wife, who usually held herself with a calm demeanor.

Something was amiss.

“Come back and see, the pond is exploding with bites!

Everyone’s gone mad fishing!”

Upon hearing this, Zhang’s face changed, and he no longer cared about boasting.

He turned and ran towards the shed.

Once he reached the shed, Zhang stood by the doorway and watched for a short while.

Excluding the three anglers who couldn’t handle the lack of action and had left early, there were still 17 people intently lifting rods, reeling in fish!

Somehow, the secret about the fish liking the rubber pellet bait had gotten out, with everyone using a handful of redworms and earthworm pellets on their hooks.

At the same time, at least five or six rods were pulling in fish—a scenario normal in summer fishing, but quite exaggerated for the Winter Fishing Hall.

Now, Zhang’s plans had backfired.

If fishing continued at this rate, the pond stocks would soon be depleted.

A thousand pounds of fish, based on the selling price, amounted to 3000 yuan.

This was no small sum for Old Zhang.

Seeing everyone energetically competing for fish, Zhang’s eyebrows furrowed with urgency.

Something had to be done; he couldn’t afford for them to keep fishing like this.

Too many fish caught meant less money earned.

There was no way he was letting go of this easy profit!

Just then, Zhang had a sudden idea, his gaze landing on the central oxygenation machine.

It was less than a minute until 11:30, which was normally the time to oxygenate the water for half an hour!

If the oxygenation machine were running, the churning water would definitely affect the fish’s biting behavior.

Plus, it would make it hard for the anglers to watch the floats!

With this thought, Zhang made up his mind to hold on just a few more minutes, then start the oxygenation.

While there was still some time, he decided to call Old Li, who delivered the fish, to discuss what to do.

Resolved, Zhang turned back to his cabin, locked the door behind him, and dialed the fish delivery driver Old Li’s number.

“Hello?

Old Zhang, looking to order the next batch of fish?” came the magnetic voice of a middle-aged man around fifty from the phone.

Old Zhang curled his lip, “Old Li, what’s the deal with the fish you delivered this time?

Didn’t we agree to control the bite rate?”

“The first half was okay, a few hundred kilograms of fish came out, but now it’s a continuous burst, fish are biting in the whole pond.

If we keep fishing like this, the stock of fish in the pond will be wiped out, and I was hoping to save some fish for a big 5,000-kilogram event on the weekend to earn more!”

“A continuous burst?

That’s hardly likely,” Zhang frowned upon hearing this.

The fish supplier and the pond owner are always on the same side; if the pond owner wants good fish, he will pull in good fish; if he wants to control the outflow rate, he must employ some tactics.

For instance, the simplest method is mixing wild fish with farmed fish during stocking or artificially using drugs to kill appetite after unloading the fish.

Overall, achieving the objective is very simple and just a matter for the pond owner to decide.

Today, when Zhang stocked the pond, he had already alerted Old Li, the fish supplier, that 500 kilograms would suffice, and the remaining thousand or so kilograms of fish could be saved for a big event on the weekend, saving a considerable amount in costs.

To meet this requirement, Old Li added appetite-suppressing drugs to the water tanks during unloading; those tanks with fish would then only open up for about three to four hundred kilograms at most.

But now there’s a continuous burst across the whole pond!

Something wasn’t right.

Old Li had used the appetite-suppressing drug for many years; this situation shouldn’t occur.

“Did you pour Stress Spirit or Fish Vitality Treasure into the pond?” Old Li curiously asked.

“No, why would I do that?

If I threw the drugs in, wouldn’t that open their appetite?” Zhang shook his head as he spoke.

“That shouldn’t be happening.

The dosage of the drug I use is very stable; it couldn’t possibly fail!”

Zhang, the boss, continued asking, “I’m not calling to blame you, you know more, help me think of a way, how can we make the fish stop biting?”

“That’s simple.

Didn’t I send you a big barrel of white appetite-suppressing drugs?

Mix two spoons of it in a barrel of water; once the powder dissolves in the water and you pour it into the pond, the fish should stop biting.

Be careful not to mix too much water, otherwise, it will affect drawing fish after proper fishing!

According to the dosage I’m giving you, it should last about eight hours!”

“Alright!

Gotta hang up now!” As soon as Zhang, the boss, got the technical advice, he immediately hung up the phone in a hurry.

He found the drug, scooped out two spoonfuls to mix with water, and, biting his lip, he added an extra half a spoonful, stirred it up, and completely dissolved the drug in the barrel.

The next second, Zhang, the boss, turned his gaze towards the door and glanced at the time, it was half past eleven, without hesitation, he switched on the oxygen machine.

All the anglers in the pond were scrambling for fish; suddenly, the large oxygen machine in the middle of the pond started roaring.

The humming noise demonstrated the machine’s immense power, quickly churning the water surface into a series of splashes.

“Zhang, the boss, turn off the oxygen machine; everyone’s catching fish!

With the oxygen machine on, we can’t see our floats!”

“Damn it, just as we were getting our fishing spots settled, the activation of the oxygen machine was all for naught!

I was hoping to catch a few more fish to bring ashore!”

“Turn off the oxygen machine!”

“Turn off the oxygen machine!”

A series of anglers called out toward the direction of the door.

Zhang, the boss, holding a red bucket, pushed aside the curtain and said, “It’s half past eleven, guys, according to our fishing ground rules, it’s a routine half-hour oxygenation!

The northern room has prepared lunch for everyone, it’s already served, and anyone who needs it can go eat!

Chicken back stewed with potatoes, a serving only costs fifteen yuan, rice included!”

Upon hearing Zhang, the boss, mention the fishing ground rules, the previously clamoring anglers quieted down as this rule was indeed mentioned in the WeChat group advertisement, and following the rules left no room for complaints.