Fishing Livestream
Chapter 722: 709: The Black Giant Grouper

Chapter 722: Chapter 709: The Black Giant Grouper

What happens when you attempt to reel in a conservatively estimated several-hundred-kilogram fish with a fishing boat that’s more than ten meters long?

After leading the fish away from the complex underwater environment near the bridge piers, the outcome became inevitable.

The giant had great strength and endurance, but once away from its hiding place, Yue Feng’s fishing reel came into play, patiently adjusting to release tension, ensuring the line could be let out to exhaust the fish’s energy without losing control by letting out too much at once.

Soon, the anglers participating in the competition around the bridge noticed an unusual spectacle: the Black Pearl would sometimes accelerate, and other times stop and turn, using the massive buoyancy of the vessel to alter its swimming direction, thus exhausting the huge fish underwater.

Yue Feng, meanwhile, stood steadfast at one side of the boat, his rod bent in a relentless battle with the fish beneath the waves.

The high-intensity struggle made Yue Feng extremely focused. Through the walkie-talkie, reports of more and more anglers landing giant grouper came in, but Yue Feng didn’t care at all, not even when Di Gaobai successfully caught his second fish.

The enormous strength of the fish underwater meant Yue Feng had to concentrate fully; he feared that any lapse in attention could result in a mistake that would let the fish escape.

Before he knew it, the ten-minute duration of the Barbarian Bull Power Card had ended, and his bodily strength began to wane. Yue Feng gritted his teeth and activated the final card effect for the last time, feeling the warm flow return to his abdomen as his strength returned.

The end of the card’s effects served as a reminder to Yue Feng; each only lasted ten minutes, and if he did not maximize the use of the card’s effects, time would pass by quickly. Without the cards’ effects to rely on, he would be at a significant disadvantage.

To make the most of it, he had to cause enough trouble for the fish while his strength was at its peak!

With that thought, Yue Feng adjusted his fishing strategy again.

He scrapped the relatively gentle tension release plan and loosened the tension slightly, letting the big fish rush out more than twenty meters in a single go.

Then he tightened the tension again, his muscles tensing as he repetitively leaned back and forward, desperately reeling the line back in.

During this give-and-take, the fish’s energy underwater was significantly depleted. Already locked in a stalemate for a long while, and now after such a struggle, the fish’s energy reserves were notably drained.

By the time the effect of the Barbaric Bull Strength had worn off once more, Yue Feng had repeated the pull-and-release strategy over ten times, and the huge creature below had clearly lost a large portion of its energy.

Nevertheless, the fish’s stamina reserves were still not something one person could contend with. Deprived of the card effects, Yue Feng felt his strength rapidly decreasing, suffering in every moment.

In such a situation, Yue Feng’s unyielding character played a crucial role. Even though his arms began to tremble, he clung to the rod without letting go. It was unrealistic to reel the fish in easily, but he was able to maintain a posture that controlled the fish, letting it tow the boat along.

This state continued for well over an hour. Unnoticed by many, the periphery of the Black Pearl’s activity area had become lined with anglers who came to watch, and even the blue and white referee boats stayed nearby, appearing very interested in the fish Yue Feng had hooked.

Yue Feng, after enduring a long period of intense tension, was completely drenched in sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the sea. Yet, the fighting spirit in his eyes did not fade, and he remained in the best possible posture to continue the struggle with the fish.

Slowly, the colossal creature underwater had its energy utterly drained and began to surface gradually.

While still several meters from the surface, cameras in mid-air captured a large shadow.

“Holy shit, what the hell is that?!”

“A giant fish? Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration? Are there any big ones in the livestream? Look at this thing, what is it!”

“Judging by the color, it doesn’t seem to be a Giant Grouper. This fish’s color is much darker! It’s almost reaching a yellowish-brown to grayish-black now!”

Just as a group of onlookers in the livestream were busy speculating what exactly the creature was, the big fish surfaced from underwater.

Wow, it was pitch-black all over and looked like decomposed matter from the bottom of the water, with a huge mouth, a thick and sturdy body, and dorsal spines that were at least two sizes larger than the standard.

Especially those thick, sturdy lips, it seemed that opening its mouth would easily swallow an adult whole with no problem.

“What the hell is this thing? Another Giant Grouper? Captain David, can you take a look!” Yue Feng wasn’t quite sure what this big guy was and hastily called the captain in the cockpit.

Captain David came out of the cockpit and scrutinized the big fish closely.

The overall body shape of this big fish matched that of a Giant Grouper; it was just at least two sizes longer, but regarding color, there were some significant differences.

The Giant Groupers caught in the surrounding areas, because the water was mostly within thirty meters deep and the visibility was relatively high, were mostly light yellow or yellowish-brown, some with patches in between.

But this big fellow, its color was at least two shades deeper, looking quite dark and ugly, and quite terrifying when paired with that huge head, extra scary.

“It should be a Giant Grouper, but I’ve never seen such a large individual before! Maybe calling the judge over for a look would be a better choice!” Captain David was a bit uncertain and suggested.

“Ok!”

Soon, Captain David used the ship’s intercom to call the judge, who was not far away, and the judge’s boat quickly made its way over.

When they got a close look at this big guy that was at least two and a half meters long on the surface of the water, the two judges were also taken aback. Giant Groupers were caught by many people every year or pulled out of the water in cooperation and then released, but this size and color were very rare, even well-experienced judges hadn’t seen one before.

So quickly, a short, real-time video of the big fish was uploaded to the temporary office onshore! More staff members took notice of the fish Yue Feng caught.

At that time, the marine biology research team, which was always in contact with the event organizers and monitoring the progress, also discovered the video quickly.

The young researcher, Su Li, with a face full of freckles, exclaimed to her companions, “Look, someone among the anglers in the competition just caught a black Giant Grouper!”

Su Li’s companion turned quickly to check the video content and confidently said, “This could be some kind of adaptive body color mimicry evolution, there’s no oil spill pollution near the Miami Causeway, so why would it turn this strange color! Additionally, the size of this Giant Grouper is a bit exaggerated, I think your previous suggestion is worth employing! Should we inform our supervisor about this?”

Su Li nodded, “Just this special color is worth researching deeply, I’ll call our supervisor right away!”

The young researcher quickly reported the situation to her teacher and forwarded the video.

The response from the other side was also very straightforward; they decided to use one of the very precious live capture research quotas and contacted the event organizers immediately!