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Chapter 695 - 695 682 Playing Lure with Taiwan Fishing Mindset

695: Chapter 682: Playing Lure with Taiwan Fishing Mindset 695: Chapter 682: Playing Lure with Taiwan Fishing Mindset Yue Feng reeled in his line, glanced at it, and found that, just as he had expected, the treble hooks were deformed, but the lure was still intact.

Yue Feng, “Haha, brothers, just like I said, applying the ideas from Taiwan Fishing to lure fishing has its practical uses!

Last night when I was preparing, I manually replaced the treble hooks on the sinking pencil with ones that are one size smaller.

This way, our leader carbon line is much safer.

Changing a treble hook takes a short amount of time, so we can quickly get back into the new battle!”

“Damn, Yue Feng’s move is slick!

Why didn’t I think of that?

There’s a spot I always go to with lots of branches, no idea how many lures I’ve lost there!

I’m going to try using smaller treble hooks too!”

“Learned something new again, but I have a question, doesn’t this modification affect the lure’s posture underwater?”

Yue Feng skillfully took out a pair of needle-nose pliers and a new treble hook from his tool belt and said, “The question asked by the brother upstairs is a good one!

The weight balance of the front and rear treble hooks is indeed considered in the design of different types of lures, and blind replacement without considering real situations might indeed lead to certain effects!

This requires the angler to have a good understanding of their own lures!

My personal approach is to observe the swimming posture by testing it in a lighter water quality shallow water area.

As long as the balance is fine and the posture is not affected, we can give it a try!

By the way, there’s another point to note, I used relatively small lures targeting not too large fish!

If you’re considering factors such as casting distance and need to use larger lures, it’s best not to extremely change to too small of a hook.

If a fish strikes, it’s easy to lose the fish due to unhooking, which is not worth the loss!

Changing treble hooks is similar to using smaller hooks and thinner lines in Taiwan Fishing!

The action of the fishing rod used must also compromise to a certain extent; otherwise, if the rod is too stiff, the hooks may tear the fish’s mouth, leading to escape!”

While talking, Yue Feng had already replaced the new treble hooks, remembered the spot where he had gotten snagged, and cast his line to the left side of the targeted area.

This time, the lure safely reached the bottom, in water only about two meters deep, after five seconds or so.

He cast three times in succession, covering the front and back of the targeted area, as well as the left side, with no fish attacking.

Just as Yue Feng was about to give up the search and reel in his rod.

Unexpectedly, the incident happened again.

The sinking pencil, about one and a half meters underwater, was attacked again during a pause while Yue Feng was reeling in at high speed.

Could it be that damned Big Mouth Bass again?

Yue Feng lifted the rod tip to set the hook, but this time, the force he felt was much greater than the previous Big Mouth Bass.

“Brothers, got a bite while reeling in, don’t know what fish, but the strength is decent, probably similar to that previous Big Mouth Bass!”

Yue Feng controlled the fish while reeling in and explained to the live stream audience in a timely manner, quickly pulling the fish up.

When the fish surfaced, its blue-grey spotted back, slightly upturned huge mouth, and somewhat robust body identified it, good lord, as another Big Mouth Bass.

Yue Feng finally personally experienced what Lawrence meant by it moving in the entire water column; this fellow wasn’t steadily staying near the bottom but was active about half a meter from the bottom.

The lure’s speed wasn’t slow when Yue Feng was reeling in, and a slight pause was enough for it to strike, showing that the fish’s activity and aggressiveness were quite good.

“Another Big Mouth Bass!” Yue Feng scooped the fish up with the landing net, removed the hook, and showed it to everyone.

This fish was obviously smaller in size; Yue Feng picked up the caliper and compared it in front of the camera, showing it was about five centimeters shorter than the minimum length required, not meeting the standard.

After measuring, Yue Feng shook his head, “This one is slightly undersized, not meeting the minimum standard for the competition!

According to the rules, it can’t be counted.

Otherwise, not only will it not contribute to the score, but points will also be deducted when counting the catch onshore!

Little guy, consider yourself lucky!”

As he spoke, Yue Feng threw the Big Mouth Bass back into the water.

Onshore, a member of the competition’s staff, a black woman monitoring the boat’s camera, noticed Yue Feng’s second weighing and said to a colleague, “Hey, Alex!

That Chinese angler who was temporarily in the lead just caught another fish, but he’s not so lucky this time; the second Big Mouth Bass didn’t meet the requirements, so he released it!”

“What?

So soon?

The competition just started less than fifteen minutes ago, right?” exclaimed another white man standing nearby.

“Indeed, based on the boat’s location analysis, his current fishing spot isn’t a traditional marked area.

In other words, he’s fishing in an unmarked area and still caught a target fish!”

“Incredible!

Keep an eye on his boat’s camera for me.

I have a feeling today’s competition is going to be exciting.

Apart from this angler named Yue Feng, no one else has caught a target fish yet,” Alex said.

“OK!”

…

Although the fish wasn’t up to par, it still had a significant impact on Captain David.

With only a few casts, he’d managed to catch another target fish.

His boss’s young friend really was not an ordinary angler.

After releasing the fish, Yue Feng didn’t rush to change his marked point, but instead cast the lure again, testing his new hypothesis.

The previous fish had taken the bait in the middle to lower layer, suggesting there could be more of its kind in this layer.

Just because there were no bites on the bottom didn’t mean the slightly lower middle layer was bite-free.

Big Mouth Bass are known to prefer attacking from below; their anatomy dictates they don’t like to lower their heads to chase targets below them.

With this idea in mind, Yue Feng adjusted his fishing strategy accordingly.

Instead of waiting for the lure to hit the bottom before reeling in, he silently counted to just over three seconds before starting to retrieve, causing the sinking lure to start moving ahead of time.

This adjustment proved to be highly effective; on just the second cast, Yue Feng felt a tug, and he had another fish on the line!

The fish caught midway in the water fought slightly less than those at the bottom but was still well within Yue Feng’s control.

Many anglers, after hooking a fish, are too eager to immediately bring it to the surface for verification, but Yue Feng’s composure was exceptional, delicately controlling the rod during those initial rounds, with no hurried movements.

Only after dissipating much of the fish’s initial fight below did Yue Feng sturdily lift the rod and then pulled the fish out of the water.

It was another Big Mouth Bass!

The size of this Big Mouth Bass was obviously larger; even before it was on the boat, Yue Feng judged that it surely qualified!

He scooped it up and measured; indeed, it was about three centimeters longer than the first one.

The weight of this fish must be close to two jin.

“Brothers, the inspiration from reeling in the fish just now led me to adjust my technique, and clearly, our guess was right, another qualifying Big Mouth Bass caught!”