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Chapter 757: 744: The Color-Changing Giant Beak

Chapter 757: Chapter 744: The Color-Changing Giant Beak

The lure slowly descended until it reached the bottom, but instead of stopping, it continued to drift downward under the force of the current, with the reel still slowly paying out line.

At that moment, Yue Feng suddenly had an idea. If he positioned himself slightly upstream, would the lure, left to rush downward freely by the current, display a more natural movement at the bottom?

The behavior of the lure in the flowing water was surely different from that in still water. Perhaps those older, larger creatures would fall for this trick?

Thinking this, Yue Feng didn’t rush to stop and reel in the line; instead, he let the lure continue to be pushed downward by the current.

If there had been an underwater view at that moment, one would have seen a line tethered to a slender, minnow-like fish that fluttered downstream like a kite, moving in a swimming posture that became extremely natural due to the rushing water, almost reaching the perfect simulated behavior of computer software.

When the lure reached a small depression on the riverbed, suddenly a slender silver figure rushed from the side and with a puff, swallowed the entire lure.

Yue Feng only felt the rod jerk strongly downward, causing his heart to skip a beat.

Damn, that force was exaggerated, much bigger than the fish he had just caught, almost giving him the illusion of a giant sea creature taking the bait!

The next second, Yue Feng locked the line release and sharply jerked the rod to hook the fish! A heavy force came from the depths!

“Got it! I don’t know what variety it is, but it’s definitely a big one!” Yue Feng shouted excitedly, adjusting his grip on the rod before carefully beginning to reel in the fish.

He had already gently adjusted the drag twice, yet the line was still clicking out. Yue Feng didn’t dare to lock the drag completely, patiently playing the fish, gradually wearing out its strength.

Not only was this creature powerful, but its stamina was also incredibly enduring; after more than twenty minutes of back and forth struggle, Yue Feng finally felt the pull weaken slightly with each surge.

With patience, he continued to reel, and finally, the big fellow surfaced.

It still had a slender body, but the scales were no longer silver-white. Instead, they turned a metallic tin color, and the length was astonishing—definitely over a meter, but the exact length would only be known once it was brought onto the boat.

“Uncle Victor, what kind of fish is this?” Yue Feng, seeing the fish that had surfaced about seven or eight meters away from him, was a bit puzzled!

The body shape was similar to a minnow, but the color was a shade deeper, a very noticeable difference to the naked eye.

“It must also be a Dragon fish! This one is definitely over a meter! Such a big fish is not suitable for a hook remover, there is a landing net in the toolbox!” Victor glanced and reminded.

“I’ll get it, I’ll get it!” Wawa replied and turned to fetch the landing net.

Yue Feng patiently drew the fish in bit by bit, and the true appearance of the big fellow was finally revealed to everyone.

At first glance, it was large, with a slightly flattened fish head, a mouth big enough to fit a child’s fist, and scales that seemed to be forged from metal, reflecting a dim cold light under the light.

The fish had a slender body but was also quite wide; its size and length appeared no smaller than the large Silver Dragon Fish Yue Feng had caught in the Amazon.

Wawa carefully positioned the large landing net in the water ahead of the fish, and Yue Feng, controlling the tired fish, guided it into the net aligned with the fish’s head, took the handle, and up it went!

The big fish was precisely scooped up, its slender body longer than the diameter of the net head, causing it to curl up somewhat awkwardly inside.

Just by looking at its shape, it was at least two sizes bigger than the eighty to ninety-centimeter one from the Amazon just now.

“Holy shit, holy shit! What the hell is this??”

“A granddaddy-sized one? That’s terrifying. Can they even grow this big?”

“Hurry up and measure how long and heavy it is, this is the first time I’ve seen one this big!”

“Its color is so beautiful too! Compared to it, all those Silver Dragon Fish and whatnot are just trash! It would be amazing to bring it back home to raise, absolutely majestic!”

Yue Feng and Ken joined hands, and only then did they lift the net out of the water and onto the boat.

Victor’s hook remover came in useful again. The medium-sized minnow had been completely swallowed down to the throat, with two triple hooks firmly embedded, and it took a lot of effort to finally remove the lure.

With such a big fish, Yue Feng found it difficult to lift it with the fish grip, so he turned around to get a towel. He locked the fish’s gill with his left hand and supported the tail with his right, and then he managed to lift the fish up.

“Haha, a giant one way over a meter, guys, we got it! Come on, Ken, let’s take a photo together!” Yue Feng was thrilled and quickly called Ken over.

Victor pulled out a measuring tape, “Let’s measure its length first! Are you planning to release this fish or take it back? If we fuss over it too long, it might not survive!”

Reminded by Victor, Yue Feng instantly realized that if he were at home, it would indeed be impressive to keep such a big fish, but in Russia, it was not feasible.

Regarding eating it, catching one at the Amazon level was enough, so dealing with this fish would be problematic.

Yue Feng quickly decided, “I’ll follow your advice, measure it, then let it go!”

Soon, Victor measured it with a ruler. From head to tail, it was 146.5 cm, just a few centimeters shy of one and a half meters!

It was because such freshwater fish are rare and there was no global record for them yet; otherwise, with its size, it would definitely have set a new world record!

“Guys, did you all see that? 146.5 cm! Here at this spot, we successfully caught a giant one well over a meter! We shouldn’t strain such a big fish too much. After the photo, I’ll release it! It’s also setting a new record for the biggest catch. All our efforts back and forth were worth it!”

A bronze-faced Yue Feng showed a heartfelt smile, took a photo with Ken to show their live-streaming friends, and then patiently bent down.

Having released countless big fish, Yue Feng was releasing a mammoth-sized one for the first time. He cautiously put the fish back into the water, holding onto the towel that was fixed behind the gills, observing the giant’s condition.

Half an hour of fighting had left this big fish nearly exhausted. Back in the flowing water, it struggled to move its body, but it was extremely difficult to turn and maintain its swimming posture as its strength hadn’t recovered yet. Seeing this, Yue Feng dared not let go, patiently waiting.

Luckily, after being out of the water for only a short time, the fish regained a bit of its strength in the current after a few minutes and finally managed to turn over.

Seeing this, Yue Feng knew it was time to let go. He casually released one end of the towel, allowing the big fish to free itself.

The giant moved its tail flexibly in the water, then darted into the deep water and disappeared from the surface.

“Phew! Safely released! Milestone achieved for the giant catch, done!” Yue Feng washed his hands in the water, his face full of smiles!