Fishing Livestream
Chapter 718: 704 Electronic Tag

Chapter 718: Chapter 704 Electronic Tag

“It was your boat that called for us, right?” shouted a middle-aged white referee in uniform, from several meters away.

Yue Feng nodded, “The fish is on this side!”

Soon, the referee brought the boat close to the Black Pearl, stopping on the other side.

The gigantic grouper was being controlled on the water surface; after Yue Feng’s nearly aggressive handling, it had calmed down somewhat, bobbing up and down. Its exaggerated shape, coupled with skin colored like toad’s, looked somewhat frightening.

According to Florida law, it’s generally not permitted to pull grouper onto a boat. To record the measurements, the referee staff really had to strive. A crew member in a life jacket dived in with a tape measure to measure the fish’s length in the water.

Soon, the fish was measured, and its length met the competition requirements.

After measuring the length, a worker took out a small blue syringe-like device, poked it near the fish’s dorsal fin to leave an unknown marker, and then helped Yue Feng remove the fish hook and release the fish.

“Honorable referee, I just witnessed him pulling the fish out of the water with my own eyes. His strength far surpasses that of an average adult, and I suspect the device he’s wearing enhances his strength. I request a verification!” At that moment, Gao Bai lagged in starting his objection to the referee.

The white referee glanced at him, smirking and shaking his head, “This exoskeleton aid was registered before the competition, and I was the examiner at that time! There’s definitely no issue! If you have any objections to my explanation, you can approach the competition’s arbitration panel for a review!

Now, I declare, angler Yue Feng of the Black Pearl, has caught a grouper that meets the size requirements, and his score is valid! Good luck to you all!”

Leaving behind a short notification, the referee boat departed. Yue Feng rubbed his slightly sore arm, his expression mockingly watching Gao Bai who had just reported him.

“Hey, did you understand what the referee said? If you have any objections, you can go to the arbitration panel to request a review! I’ve been live streaming the whole process, and the drone’s video function was on the whole time. If you need it, I can send you a video of the entire process! Also, my compatriots said your envious expression just now was too embarrassing!”

“You…” Gao Bai’s face turned somewhat ugly, seemingly at a loss for words.

“Haha, we’re going to continue fishing. You should also keep it up, you were all talk before the competition, just don’t let me easily surpass you!” Leaving behind a seemingly polite but actually disdainful comment, Yue Feng continued fishing.

“Hahaha, this American made a fool of himself!”

“Jealousy makes him introverted!”

“Jealousy splits him in two!”

“Brother Feng, that worker who dived in to measure the fish, what exactly is that blue injector he had?”

“I noticed that too, it seemed like he marked the fish’s back!”

Yue Feng shook his head, “I’m not sure what exactly it is, perhaps Captain David can give us an answer! Dear Captain David, what exactly is that blue injector?”

David replied, “That’s a micro-current tracking device provided by the Ocean Life Research Organization. It can monitor and pinpoint the changes and movements of these giant groupers. Many fishes are equipped with similar devices! Our fishing competition should also have either sponsorship or participation support from the research organization!”

Yue Feng nodded, “Got it! Electronic tags for identity marking and location tracking!”

“Right!”

…

A few kilometers away on shore, in a research vehicle belonging to the Ocean Life Research Organization, a new blue dot slowly lit up on the hydrographic map, radiating concentric circles of energy waves. This new dot was the signal generator from the fish that had just activated.

“Hey, Su Li, your idea is fantastic! So far, two giant groupers have been tagged and activated. Within a certain range, we can now track their movement paths!” a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing glasses said happily as he looked at the blue dots on the map.

Next to him sat a white woman in her early twenties. Her name was Su Li, and she had long blonde hair with a few faint freckles on her face, watching her research group leader with a smile.

Su Li nodded, “This electronic tagging method has already started being used by many organizations. We are just beginning to apply it! I believe that by the end of this competition, we will have at least a dozen new tag data!

“If we’re lucky, someone might catch a fish bigger than the standard size, and then we can use our applied research spots! By then, the firsthand accurate data about these giant groupers will be greatly enhanced, which would be extremely helpful for the professor’s academic paper!”

“I’ll be closely monitoring the official live broadcast of the giant grouper competition. If such a large individual fish comes up, I will contact them immediately!”

“Go for it!”

…

After dealing with the first giant grouper, Yue Feng leaned against the cabin and rested for a few minutes.

The effects of the Barbarian Bull Power Card were extremely domineering, boosting Yue Feng’s strength by more than twice. His performance during the fish fight was terrifying. Now that the effect had worn off, he felt a bit unaccustomed, as if his initially energetic body had gone through a long struggle and was now power-drained.

However, having previously learned beginner-level fitness muscle massage and recovery techniques, Yue Feng gave himself some muscle relaxation massages. After a few minutes, the physical discomfort quickly subsided. Yue Feng tried to flex his muscles forcefully, and it felt not much different from before, indicating that the aftereffects of the card had quickly faded.

Just then, another angler had successfully caught another giant grouper, bringing the total number of giant groupers caught from two to three. The only good news was that these three catches were made by different anglers, so Yue Feng was not at a disadvantage yet.

After changing bait spots twice, Yue Feng was about to ask Captain David to move the boat when he hooked another fish!

The position where this fish took the bait was only seven or eight meters away from where he had been fishing before. Upon hooking the fish, Yue Feng immediately lifted the rod.

Oddly enough, after pulling up a fish with the card’s power before, and now encountering another fish taking the bait, Yue Feng handled it much more proficiently. He didn’t rush to activate the card’s effect a second time. Bending over to wrestle the fish for a short standoff, he managed to stabilize the situation.

“This one seems a bit smaller! Still a giant grouper!” Yue Feng secured the heel clip back into the slot, slowly straightened out as he reeled in the line, and gradually pulled the fish away from the underwater structure.

Having recently caught a giant grouper, the second one did not make as big a visual impact on everyone. On camera, all they saw was Yue Feng bracing the fishing rod against his abdomen, hands wrapped around the rod, his muscles tense as he slowly reeled in the line.