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Chapter 704 - 704 691 Successful Fishing Catch

704: Chapter 691: Successful Fishing Catch 704: Chapter 691: Successful Fishing Catch If it had been a normal day, Yue Feng, even if he were managing a fishing line, would still sneak a glance at the public channel’s comments whenever he had the chance.

But this time, he felt completely unsure inside!

The line would definitely not break, and to prevent snagging the bottom and losing the bait, the 12-strand PE maximal tensile strength was much more than the hook’s limit.

What he feared was a failure at the triple hook, a snag at the bottom could straighten out the fish hook with little effort, just like using a size three sleeve hook in freshwater Taiwan fishing to catch a fish weighing over ten pounds—there was no confidence at all.

Despite his internal nervousness, Yue Feng maintained a calm demeanor on his face as Captain David started up the boat and headed towards one side.

Taking advantage of the 90-degree angle maintained between the fishing line and the fish’s direction of movement, Yue Feng reeled in the line steadily.

At the slightest disturbance, he would loosen it slightly to release tension, trying to keep things balanced as much as possible.

Under Yue Feng’s cautious control, the fish, which had gone berserk after being hooked, was actually stabilized, and the line in the spool got wound back to about seventy meters—the first and most dangerous phase had been endured.

But the crisis was far from over.

After the boat moved forward a few hundred meters, David suddenly cautioned, “Sir Yue Feng, there is a shallow patch up ahead, we can’t let the boat go over it.

If there are obstacles in the water, we could run aground!”

Indeed, following the direction, Yue Feng glanced ahead and saw that about seventy or eighty meters away, a patch of water was differently colored, showing several spots of underwater vegetation.

This was a typical shallow area.

“Move towards the northwest direction at one o’clock; we can’t go straight ahead!” Yue Feng quickly reacted.

“But there are those guys’ boats over there!

Could it be risky?” David was somewhat worried.

“It’s better to face some risk than to definitely encounter problems!

Trust me!”

Choosing the lesser of two evils, the choice between a definite problem and certain risk was an easy decision to make.

While David adjusted the course, Yue Feng slightly shifted the front of the fishing rod to the other side—just like playing with the fish, applying force from one side could still provide some effect in controlling the fish!

The originally ninety-degree direction, after this adjustment, turned into an angle of about fifty degrees, instantly reducing the pulling force on the fish underwater.

When changing the direction of force, it’s the most dangerous moment; if the fish suddenly sped up, it could easily get out of control and escape.

Fortunately, the fish underwater didn’t take the opportunity to force its way out, but maintained its underwater posture from before.

Not until David had adjusted the course to avoid the shallow area did Yue Feng finally breathe a sigh of relief—the second dangerous gate had been passed!

Joe Smith’s fishing boat, which was about fifty or sixty meters away from the Black Pearl, soon noticed the situation on Yue Feng’s boat.

The neighboring fan ship, Jenny, almost running parallel with Joe Smith’s boat, also noticed the issue immediately.

“Have they hooked a big fish?

Joe, what should we do?” Pete asked.

Squinting his eyes, Joe Smith glanced over and said in a voice almost devoid of warmth, “Maintain a stable speed and a reasonable distance between boats.

The rest, leave it to God!”

This so-called leaving it to God was practically a death sentence for Yue Feng,

Under normal circumstances, even in a competition, if someone hooked a fish, others nearby would try to avoid them as much as possible!

A fifty-meter maneuvering distance, deviating from the course just by about forty degrees, was very easy to dodge.

But Joe had no intention of steering clear.

Thus, what followed next in the live broadcast was a scene that greatly outraged the viewers.

The Black Pearl adjusted its course to one side to avoid shallow waters, while the other fishing boats following outside did not make any obvious maneuvers.

The closest distance between two boats was less than ten meters, which was extremely dangerous for fishing boats.

“Damn!

These Americans, really fucking annoying!”

“That’s Americans!

Damn bloody hell!”

“Domestic anglers, wherever they fish, see fellow anglers as one family, always having many willing to offer help.

Look at it internationally, in the so-called land of freedom and democracy, the United States!

At the critical moment when they found out Yue Feng had a catch and needed to adjust his course, they just ignored it.

Too damn cold-blooded!”

“You’re wrong upstairs, it’s not that they ignored it, they did it on purpose!

Not helping is one thing, but causing trouble is another!

They wish for Yue Feng’s big fish to escape!

Such a grandson move!”

“Luckily, Yue Feng is skilled and also lucky, avoiding that area should now be safe!”

“I recorded it with a screen recorder, I’ll bypass the firewall and upload it online later, let everyone see!”

While the viewers in the live chat were filled with righteous indignation, the Black Pearl had already successfully passed through the narrow dangerous area, and the remaining line in Yue Feng’s reel was less than thirty meters.

“Are you okay now?” David finally asked, having handled the risks, to Yue Feng who was holding the fishing rod.

Yue Feng nodded, “Slow down a bit, I feel the fish’s strength is getting weaker.

Try retrieving the line to see how it reacts!”

“ok!”

Soon, the speed of the fishing boat slowed down a notch, and Yue Feng with both hands controlling the fishing rod, slowly pushed up, raised the rod after that, and then pressed down slightly.

While exploiting this very short gap, his right hand coordinated with the winding, taking in just over half a meter of fishing line that he had pulled back using the resilience of the rod into the reel.

By employing this technique of retrieving approximately half a meter of line per round, Yue Feng managed to retrieve over 23 meters.

The fish underwater was noticeably weaker, the intervals between exertions becoming longer, and the resistance during line retrieval was also decreasing.

Despite this, Yue Feng still dared not use brute force, fearing that all his efforts would come to naught!

Just like that, the Captain’s experienced coordination + anglers’ control + extremely conservative strategy, kept this big fellow under Yue Feng’s control.

Half an hour passed!

An hour passed!

After an hour and a half, finally, this big fellow was completely exhausted and pulled out of the water.

The moment the fish was out of the water, the drone camera gave a precise close-up.

Its huge mouth, the body surface colored yellow-green with black spotted stripes, its stout and thick body.

Its mere appearance took everyone by surprise.

“Holy shit, it’s so big!”

“That’s too exaggerated, isn’t it a special kind of fish?

The pattern doesn’t quite match!”

“Is this fish over a meter long?

Its mouth could fit a fist, and for a moment, I felt like it was the kind of big-mouthed fish you’d catch in a reservoir!”

Yue Feng patiently pulled the fish to the side of the boat, made several attempts with a net, but couldn’t find a good opportunity to go for it.

By estimation, this big guy easily exceeded a meter in length.

The net was limited in size, worried that it might escape again if not careful.