The Top Fishing
Chapter 560 - 247: Night Fishing for Catfish_2

Chapter 560: Chapter 247: Night Fishing for Catfish_2

The confluence of the two rivers mainly exhibits these conditions due to factors like the flow velocity of the water, the content of impurities in the water, and variations in water temperature.

The flow of the Black River is relatively slow on this tributary, incorporating a large amount of humus from the riverbanks into its current, which is why its color appears somewhat darker. In contrast, the Amazon River’s channel is wider and deeper, which means less sediment in the water.

Furthermore, the temperature differences between water at various depths cause a form of stratification after mixing. About ten kilometers further up, the waters will completely blend, a normal physical phenomenon, so there’s no need for overinterpretation or excessive alarm.

Additionally, we chose to anchor at the mouth of the river because there’s more food here, and schools of fish gather, making it easier to catch larger specimens.

Almost at the location now, Master Lin is getting ready to get to work....

The fishing boat carrying Lin Yang continued for about 5 minutes before stopping in a slower-moving area of a triangular river mouth.

After a brief exchange with Captain Tataro, Sun Zheng turned and said, "Captain Tataro says this is a pretty good spot, located at the intersection of deep and shallow water, with relatively flat terrain, which is especially suitable for the big guys to forage. Before our arrival, Tataro had already thrown bait into the water to chum the spot."

"They’ve chummed here? How did they do it? I’m curious, I didn’t see any markers, and the current seems quite strong," Lin Yang asked curiously.

Sun Zheng translated again, and Tataro quickly began to explain.

With Tataro’s guidance, Lin Yang finally spotted the clues.

Near the riverbank, a very thick tree trunk had a rope as thick as a pinky finger tied to its lower end, most of the rope submerged in the water, with a bit of branch barely peeking out above the surface.

Sun Zheng said, "The locals like to use a simple cast iron cage sold at markets as a tool for chumming and fishing catfish. They put rotting meat inside the cage, add weight, and throw it into the water, and that’s how they chum the spot.

This is on a large body of water, the chum spot is very large, different from the small-scale chumming for gathering fish we do in traditional platform fishing."

Once Lin Yang understood the details, he nodded and began to examine the fishing rod equipment he would operate.

For catfish, you can’t use the traditional lure fishing method, as the hooking rate is extremely low, so tonight he’s using the most traditional method.

A single-hook line-through rig, with pre-prepared chicken intestines hanging directly on the fish hook.

Originally, according to Tataro, the chicken intestines on the hook should also be fermented for better results.

But Lin Yang simply couldn’t stand the smell, so he had to settle for fresh chicken intestines on the hook.

A large, twisted chicken intestine penetrated the fish hook, then completely wrapped around it.

To stabilize the rig in the current, Lin Yang tied a standard bottom fishing knot and attached a 50-gram weight. He selected an area where deep and shallow waters met as his focal point, swung his arms in a wide arc, and cast the rig out into the water.

Given the large area of the water’s surface, he didn’t put all his eggs in one basket but repeated the process with other rods, choosing suitable spots to cast.

However, only the stoutest rod and rig were singular in their strength, while the other heavy-duty gear fell far short of the first rod’s line strength, capable of pulling over a hundred pounds.

After busying themselves for over twenty minutes, the remaining daylight slowly faded, and the fishing team began to relax.

All necessary preparations were completed, and the rest was just a matter of waiting.

The rainforest at night, enveloped in complete darkness, is a whole different world from the rainforest during the day.

Unknown animal cries sounded intermittently from all around.

Looking around, except for the broad river channel faintly reflecting light, the trees on both banks were swallowed up by darkness.

The emergency lights on the fishing boat that Lin Yang and his team were on illuminated the black water, like an isolated island.

The atmosphere was indeed a bit eerie, but luckily, the boat was crowded with people, including Captain Tataro, making a total of four, and they were also live streaming, which was not boring.

"That’s it for the work? Wonder how long it will take for us to catch a fish?"

"Streamer, streamer, do all the catfish in the Amazon weigh over 100 pounds?"

"Streamer, what time will you head back from fishing in the wild? It’s getting dark, and it seems a bit dull."

"Since we’ve already chummed the spot, we should quickly get a bite, just don’t know when the fish in the Amazon eat!"

Lin Yang glanced at the chat and noticed a viewer’s joke about what time the fish eat. He smiled and said, "A buddy just joked about what time the fish start eating, but there’s actually some truth to that.

Fish feeding does follow a pattern. Captain Tataro mentioned that between 8 and 11 pm in this part of the river, the odds of catching fish are higher. Bottom fishing is a slow method that takes time, so we just need to wait patiently.

We’ve attached bells on the tip of each rod so we can immediately react whenever any rod gets a bite."

No sooner had he mentioned reacting than Lin Yang heard a bell ring behind him on one of the rods.

"Wow, we’ve got a bite already?"

He quickly stood up from his seat, identified the correct rod, and gave a powerful lift. A heavy force from the bottom of the water transmitted through the rig and then through the rod into his hands.

He had been prepared for several hours of waiting, but it had been only about half an hour when the fish took the bait.