The Top Fishing
Chapter 751 - 313: Yachting and Slipping Fish_2

Chapter 751: Chapter 313: Yachting and Slipping Fish_2

First Place: 1792, CN, Global Team, Lin Yang.

However, in the column for the heaviest swordfish, it wasn’t Lin Yang’s name but some unknown!

Heaviest Swordfish: 599, MDV, Ocean Team, Frank.

The rest weren’t much different from before.

What Lin Yang didn’t know was whether that moving fishing boat he saw in the morning had caught the fish it was after.

He guessed probably not, for if a fishing boat had to move to accommodate fishing, the fish must be at least several hundred pounds or even over a thousand, surmising that they were still playing the fish.

Half an hour quickly passed, and Lin Yang caught two small several-hundred-pound fish, adding a little Experience Value and points, but no other special rewards.

Time flew by, and as the second day of competition ended, Lin Yang and the others headed back.

On the way, they saw a fishing boat moving in the opposite direction to many others.

This was the very boat Lin Yang had observed in the morning; apparently, it was still playing the fish!

This was not surprising. If not for the fact that they wanted to release the caught fish alive, they wouldn’t need to play it for so long—they could just use an American-style landing net when the fish approached the boat, saving a lot of time.

But to ensure the safety of the fish and the crew, competing anglers had to spend more time making the ferocious big fish temporarily lose their aggressive power.

This, in turn, tested the anglers’ skill level even more.

"Returning fishing boats, please be careful to avoid disturbing the anglers."

The fishing boat was also loudly using a megaphone, asking the returning boats to steer clear.

The fishing boat Lin Yang and his crew were on was still a good distance away from that one, so they just continued heading back.

It was not until 7:30 p.m. that the leaderboard was updated.

Everyone had initially thought that the fish that had been played for so long had escaped.

Heaviest Swordfish: 998 pounds, CA, Maple Leaf Team, Bretton.

Individual Points Ranking:

First Place: 1583, CN, Global Team, Lin Yang.

Second Place: 1488, CA, Maple Leaf Team, Bretton.

Third Place: 1280, USA, Pirate Team, James.

Bretton’s Big Swordfish was only 74 pounds less than the world record of 1072 pounds!

But this achievement also far surpassed the previous swordfish fishing records.

That night, Bretton became the new focus.

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A night passed, and the third day of competition continued.

With the referee’s command, the competition began!

This time Lin Yang was still full buff, and to catch even bigger fish, he also used fish attractant potion.

Since he was using a fake bait, he just dropped the potion directly onto it.

However, the effect didn’t seem as good as he had imagined.

He controlled the rod, making the Wave Crawler fake bait move rapidly on the surface of the water, and quickly pulled it back without any fish biting.

Big fish are scarce and need time to arrive, which is normal. Lin Yang comforted himself and then cast in a different direction.

After repeating these actions, it was only on the fourth cast that the rod signaled a bite.

And as soon as there was a bite, it was a fierce one!

The fishing reel in Lin Yang’s hands immediately emitted the screeching sound of a drag alarm.

"Master Lin, do we start the boat?"

"Start!"

After spending two days on the fishing boat with nothing much to do, just passing drinks and serving food as a guide, finally there was a chance to shine, and he had been eyeing Lin Yang for quite some time.

Seeing Lin Yang’s battle-ready stance, he knew a big one was on the line.

"Captain, start the boat, move forward!" he immediately called out to the captain to get the fishing boat going.

"OK!"

When an angler on the boat hooks a big fish, the captain shares in the glory as well, as he can later promote his superb ability in finding fishing spots, showing remarkable cooperation.

However, as soon as the captain put his hand on the throttle and pushed it forward, the entire fishing boat seemed to come alive, setting off at a startup speed unlike any other time.

This made the captain somewhat puzzled, wondering why his beloved boat was performing so exceptionally today?

Lin Yang was busy dealing with the fish in the sea and simultaneously keeping an eye on the fishing boat beneath his feet. As soon as he felt the fishing boat start to move, he immediately gripped the fishing rod tightly, holding it vertically.

Compared to letting others steer, he felt more confident about his chances of landing a big fish if he were controlling the boat himself.

Although the big fish had not surfaced yet, his experience told him that this fish was definitely one of the heaviest he had ever hooked.

Even though the fishing rod he was using this time was one of the strongest available, and it came with a line-protecting buff, Lin Yang felt it was better to minimize head-on confrontations as much as possible.

Under the captain’s control, the fishing boat, following Lin Yang’s strategy, chased after the fleeing big fish.

But at this moment, the captain in the cockpit felt an unexplainable oddity, sensing that his boat was behaving differently than usual.

Usually, it responded fluidly to his commands, going wherever he directed it.

Now, though it was still going where he wanted, it seemed as if the fishing boat was preempting his commands, moving on its own, and the trajectory was slightly different from what he had anticipated.

Although the difference was slight, the captain could still sense it.

Could it be that he hadn’t maintained his beloved boat for too long, causing issues with the control system?

The captain could only console himself with this thought, planning to give his boat a thorough maintenance after the competition was over.

Lin Yang was unaware of the captain’s concerns; his focus was solely on the ceaselessly advancing fish at the forefront.

Once the fishing boat started moving, the pressure on Lin Yang’s hand lessened slightly. Although the reel was still letting out fishing line due to the pull of the fish, the speed at which the line was being released had already slowed down significantly.

Now, it was a matter of whether the fishing line in his reel would run out before the big fish in the sea finished its first round of surging.

"Attention, everyone, Master Lin has hooked a big one, and we need to get the fishing boat moving to assist. Those who haven’t got a fish should reel in their lines for now," the guide quickly notified the other three competitors on board.

Fortunately, after some pre-competition practice, the other three had gained enough understanding of Lin Yang’s skills, and they expressed their full understanding of his monopolizing the fishing boat for himself.

"No problem at all, sigh, speaking of which, it’s embarrassing. The fish we three caught don’t even measure up to what Master Lin caught alone. To win this competition, we still have to rely on Master Lin.

With that Big Bluefin Tuna, plus this even bigger one, we should have at least a fifty percent chance now!"

"Yes, indeed, we’re counting on Master Lin for this competition. We’ll just take a longer rest, conserve our energy, and save our strength for landing a big one."

"Master Lin is awesome!"

The other three spoke words more delightful than the last.

Mainly because Lin Yang’s skills had surpassed theirs by more than a little over these days. If Lin Yang’s skills were on par with theirs or only slightly better, the other three might not have been so agreeable.

After all, if someone is at the same level, they’d feel capable too and question why they should accommodate you.

Following the guide’s instructions, the captain maneuvered the somewhat disobedient fishing boat, coordinating with Lin Yang’s fishing.

Lin Yang, on the other hand, was focused on the big fish in the sea. To say he was concentrating was merely to say he was holding the fishing rod tight; at this stage, the hooked fish was still in a frenzy and the fishing line couldn’t be retrieved.

"Squeak, squeak... squeak..."

And so, about forty minutes passed, with the fishing boat reaching a speed of almost twenty knots under Lin Yang’s control.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t go faster, but Lin Yang judged that the current speed was just right, as the pull from the big fish in the sea was just within the capacity of his fishing equipment, and it didn’t make things too easy for the fish, maximizing the depletion of the fish’s energy.

As to why Lin Yang could make such precise judgments, one could say that practice makes perfect, akin to how an electrician can touch a wire and know if it’s live.

The same goes for fishing; experienced anglers can tell by the feedback from their equipment whether it can withstand the strain, whether they should ease up or go all out in fighting the fish.

These are the insights of experience.