The Top Fishing Master
Chapter 392 - 196: Catching Coconut Crabs_3

Chapter 392: Chapter 196: Catching Coconut Crabs_3

However, speaking of which, Lin Yang wasn’t sure if this type of crab counted as seafood, because although these crabs spawn in the sea, once they hatch, they spend their lives on land and would even drown themselves if they went into the sea.

Their gills had adapted to extract oxygen from the air and could no longer survive in the sea.

After everyone had simply eaten the two coconut crabs, Lin Yang greeted the viewers in his live-stream, and then he ended the broadcast.

After the broadcast ended, they checked the time; it was almost ten o’clock after a busy night. They all felt a bit tired, so they went to their tents to sleep early.

The night passed without incident, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Everyone got up early today, probably because spending the night in the tents on land offered better sleep than on the yacht, plus the sound of the waves aided in sleeping, making their sleep particularly sweet that night.

After a simple breakfast, they boarded the yacht again, but they didn’t plan to leave just yet. This time, they intended to sail even farther than the last.

However, they had ample supplies of food, fresh water, fuel, and fruit on the yacht, so they were not in a hurry to return.

In the open seas around this deserted island, Lin Yang and his group had not yet fished. Yesterday, they had only caught some tiger crabs, a coconut snail, and a coconut crab, so today they planned to start fishing.

Lin Yang took the fishing rod to the stern of the boat and started the live stream using a phone stand, since the water wasn’t very deep near the island, he was just trying his luck to see what he could catch.

He had also used a skill to check the distribution of fish in the area. Although there were no large schools of fish, the resources were still decent.

Today, he was using shrimp as bait, which they had bought at the dock when they set out to sea.

These shrimp are called Prince Shrimp in our country. The name does sound quite domineering; it’s just unclear who its "father king" is.

The distribution of these shrimp is actually very wide—they are found everywhere. But seriously, these shrimp look quite good, but they don’t taste very good.

The shell of the shrimp is especially large, but there isn’t much meat inside, and because it is not a deep-sea shrimp, the meat isn’t particularly sweet. However, the texture is quite nice—it’s quite chewy. Because they are so small, they aren’t satisfying to eat, but they are perfect as fish feed.

After hanging a Prince Shrimp on the shrimp chamber on the hook, Lin Yang powerfully cast the fishing line out.

The hook slowly sank, reaching a depth of about 10 to 15 meters.

He chose a spot that had some fish below, although not many.

To address the limited and small number of fish below, Lin Yang secretly applied a big fish buff and, coupled with his strengthened bait effect, catching fish became much easier.

Sure enough, less than five minutes after casting the hook, during a casual chat with the viewers in his live stream, he suddenly felt the Prince Shrimp on the hook sink downward—it was a successful catch!

"Wow, that was a quick catch; is the host cheating?"

"Indeed, the seabed here is flat and sandy, there aren’t many places for fish to hide."

Watching Lin Yang’s fishing rod suddenly sink, the people in his live stream also started making noise. Indeed, it didn’t look like there were many fish there.

But he definitely felt it—he had caught a fish.

However, the fish wasn’t very big, and he wasn’t sure what it was, but he would find out once he pulled it up.

Immediately, Lin Yang stopped playing around and began to reel in the line forcefully, and soon, a silver-gray fish was pulled up.

"Is this, a Ma You Fish?" Seeing the fish, Lin Yang was somewhat uncertain, because he had only seen this type of fish in the market, never having directly caught one before.

But he was very familiar with this type of fish.

As mentioned before, the scientific name for Ma You Fish is Four-fingered Horse Mackerel; it is also called Wu Sun, Sacrificial Fish, Ma Wu, and the like. This fish is particularly famous in Guangdong Province, often hailed as the king of sea fish.

Although no one knows if it really is the king, the fact that it’s called such indicates that this fish is indeed superb.

Lin Yang had been to sea several times, but this was his first time catching this type of fish, because the circumstances of this fish are quite special.

This fish doesn’t live near the shore; it only lives in the open sea, which means it isn’t found in any bay suitable for sea fishing.

Nowadays, many elders say that Ma You Fish isn’t farmed, but in reality, as times progress, societal advancements have solved the farming issues of this fish.

Currently, 99% of these fish in our country are farmed; the remaining wild-caught numbers are not too many.

As said before, among all sea fish, the taste of Ma You Fish ranks at the forefront. Lin Yang and his group had never eaten wild Ma You Fish before, but today they could finally try it.

The fish he had just caught weighed about 4 pounds—certainly not small.