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Chapter 772: 758: Capsizing in the Gutter

Chapter 772: Chapter 758: Capsizing in the Gutter

Upon hearing the answer, Yue Feng was a bit puzzled. How could a flounder have such strength?

When Yue Feng was studying, he vaguely remembered learning that flounders were supposed to be small; he had eaten them during New Year’s at home. They had both eyes on one side of their flat bodies and tasted pretty good.

Uncle Victor nodded, “Yes! It’s just that the flounders here are bigger! It is said that some have caught ones over one hundred kilograms! In the records of ocean fishing boats, the largest has been three to four hundred kilograms!”

“One hundred kilograms of flounder?”

Yue Feng was shocked to hear this weight. He had seen sea fish of two hundred pounds many times, but could flounders grow to over two hundred pounds? This was beyond Yue Feng’s understanding.

“Yes! These flounders can get quite large! It just takes many years, and in cold water, the fish grow slowly!”

“Oh, got it!” Yue Feng nodded, his anticipation growing more intense.

After fishing for a while, Yue Feng gradually noticed that this fish was different from the typical sea fish. There was always a great resistance when reeling. Initially, Yue Feng thought it might be due to the weights, but then it dawned on him that it could be explained if the fish were a flounder.

The body of a flounder, being flat, has a much larger cross-sectional area compared to the sea water when being pulled up, thus significantly increasing the resistance.

After over half an hour of hustling, the fish underwater was finally pulled up to the surface.

Indeed, Uncle Victor was right!

The big fellow looked larger than a large child’s bath basin, slightly visible in the water and seemed quite sizable.

“Damn, guys, did you see that? A jumbo flounder!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but swear.

“Holy smokes! So big, so big! Can flounders even grow this big?”

“This must taste good, right? I’ve only eaten small ones; we call them turbot here, not too pricey, and the live broadcast learned something new today!”

“Slow down, slow down, bring it up for a close-up! This flounder doesn’t look much different from a stingray! Really big!”

With the fish being so big, a net was no fit for it. Uncle Victor turned around, dug out a large fish gaff from under the cabin, and with quick hands and eyes, hooked it onto the flounder’s body, helping to pull the big fellow aboard.

This was a large, grayish-brown fish, over one meter twenty in length and sixty in width, its eyes grown on one side with bulging eye sockets, reminiscent of a freshwater frog by the river. On the opposite side of the abdomen, the light white belly was clearly distinguishable from the camouflaged color on the back.

“Pacific Ocean flounder! I estimate this one’s about sixty or seventy pounds! It’s a bit shy from what Uncle Victor mentioned about weights reaching hundreds of kilograms, but I’m already very satisfied! I’ll take it back, and when we return to camp, we’ll have a good taste!”

As he spoke, Yue Feng proudly bent over and lifted the fish with his arms for another photo op.

“Careful!” Uncle Victor cautioned, a beat too late.

Before Yue Feng could react, the lifted flounder began swinging its tail left and right.

All that could be heard were the crisp slapping sounds. In a moment of distraction, Yue Feng felt like his shoulder had been slapped more than a dozen times.

Yue Feng reflexively let go, allowing the fish to drop onto the deck with a thunk.

“Hahahaha, a spanking without a word, just asking if you yield!”

“Feng’s got me dying of laughter here, oh man, my stomach hurts from laughing!”

“Pulling it out of the water from over a hundred meters and it’s still active, this flounder is fierce, thumbs up for you!”

“Brother Yue, be careful! That jerk was rock solid!”

The group hadn’t realized the seriousness of the situation, but Wawa felt terrible and turned to fetch ice from the cabin.

“How does it feel? Can you still lift your arm?” Uncle Victor also looked tense.

Yue Feng tried moving his arm and it felt awkward, the spot where he was hit was burning with pain.

“Damn, this thing is really strong, it almost killed me! My whole arm is burning!!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but complain.

Lifting his sleeve to check, and boy, the left shoulder and halfway down his left arm, the whole area was red, and by now the edge was starting to swell.

“This looks pretty bad, you can’t keep fishing, we need to head back to camp and treat this!” Uncle Victor said sternly after checking, no longer as relaxed as before.

“Are you serious? Just find some ice to put on it, it should be fine!” Yue Feng didn’t want to go back yet, as he hadn’t had enough fun fishing for such a big flounder!

“No, we only have crushed ice on the boat, I need to be responsible for you! We must head back now, let someone check it out!” Uncle Victor was very adamant this time, shaking his head and making the final decision, quickly starting to pull up the anchor, returning.

Soon, the affected area went from burning to numb and then swelled up considerably, clearly worse than Yue Feng had anticipated.

Wawa only fetched a small amount of crushed ice from the cabin, wrapped it in a towel, and applied it to Yue Feng’s arm, which provided a slight relief, but it was still painfully hot.

“Guys, I’m really sorry! We weren’t cautious earlier, and I got whipped by the tail of the flounder during the photo, my shoulder swelled up, and now we are heading back to camp to see a professional doctor! So today’s live stream has to end here!”

“I’m dizzy, it’s that serious?”

“It looks really swollen! I thought it was just for show, Brother Yue! Are you alright?”

“If it can’t be broadcast, then so be it, safety first! Apply the ice and deal with it sooner!”

“Surface wounds are trivial, the main thing is to check if there’s any damage to the joints, muscles, ligaments, etc.!”

“Rest well after the broadcast Brother Yue, let us know the results of the check-up, we’ll wait for your news!”

Yue Feng: “Okay, I’ll update everyone after the checkup! I’m signing off now! Goodbye!”

After ending the live stream, Yue Feng’s left shoulder felt increasingly uncomfortable, the whipped area swelled significantly, and the towel wrapped with crushed ice still wasn’t very effective. After resting for a while, Yue Feng even struggled to lift his arm!

Wawa was extremely worried, fussing back and forth to change the ice towel, and Uncle Victor seriously contacted the camp using a satellite phone.

More than two hours later, the fishing boat returned to the small dock, where an off-road vehicle was already waiting.

In addition to the driver, there was also a doctor, who quickly conducted a simple examination on Yue Feng after he disembarked.

The examination results were somewhat acceptable—fortunately among the unfortunate, it was just severe muscle congestion and soft tissue contusion. The prompt ice application stabilized the condition of the bruising and injury!

Having gone through many adventures and caught many big fish, it was the first time Yue Feng encountered a situation like today where things went south unexpectedly.