thenovelthief Chapter 474 - 221: Kite Fishing Method
Chapter 474 - 221: Kite Fishing Method
Chapter 474: Chapter 221: Kite Fishing MethodAs he spoke, he turned on the drag system, and under the weight of the sinker, the hooks began to descend into the water. Seeing how adroitly he handled it, the captain knew he surely had experience.
The shallow reef area was only around twenty or thirty meters deep. Feeling the line’s speed slow down slightly, Lin Yang knew that the sinker had reached the bottom.
Instantly, he lifted his arm upward, trying his best to prevent the sinker from snagging on debris on the seabed.
After a slight adjustment, he began reeling in the line,
After just a few jiggles, he once again felt the tug of a fish on the bait.
But this time, he didn’t hurry to pull in the line to catch the fish. Instead, he wanted to try the thrill of multiple catches with one cast; after all, if fishing wasn’t for showing off, it would be meaningless.
He set the hook with a lift of the rod, then returned it to its previous spot, continuing the teasing motion.
If there had been a camera underwater at that moment, it would have captured the fish skin stringer swinging with Lin Yang’s rhythmic teasing, becoming lively like a little fry darting about, luring larger herring to strike.
After catching the first fish, Lin Yang kept up the action. To his surprise, however, no more fish took the bait, which puzzled the relatively inexperienced Lin Yang.
With patience, he tried several more times without any further signs, so he was forced to reel the rig back in.
When he saw where the herring had bitten on the stringer, an idea dawned on Lin Yang.
The herring had taken the bait on the lowest hook, suggesting that the layer he was fishing in was a bit too high. Since a herring was hanging there, the hooks above were beyond the fish layer, naturally impacting his catch rate.
After removing the herring and tossing it into the live well, Lin Yang quickly sorted out his rig. Looking at the others, including Zhang Lin and the captain, each of them was busy with their rods, striving for bait fish.
He glanced at the camera and said, "After several trial casts, I think I’ve got the method down. Next, I’ll perform a double catch for everyone, a little challenge."
Having said that, Lin Yang pressed the line release switch, and the rig began to descend smoothly again.
Timing the descent he had become familiar with, this time he didn’t wait for the sinker to hit bottom. Instead, he stopped letting out line early, clicking the reel to lock it.
"Alright, let’s fish at this depth," Lin Yang announced, then began rhythmically raising and lowering the rod, making the hooks move as if swimming.
Strangely enough, after just a couple of jigs, the tip of the rod tightened again—he had another bite.
"Haha, the first one," Lin Yang exclaimed with a slightly more exaggerated lift, securing the fish to the hook, and maintained the previous teasing technique.
The second one quickly followed.
Then came the third.
In less than five seconds, he had three successive bites!
"Got it, got it; at least two, maybe three. Now is the moment for everyone to witness a miracle," Lin Yang declared.
The live stream’s viewers were tantalized by his confident proclamation, eagerly awaiting the reveal of the rig.
Soon, the stringer emerged from the water.
The first fish was a herring—an effective bait.
The second fish, also a herring, another effective bait.
Continuing to reel in the line, the last hook emerged, with yet another herring—another effective bait.
The flag Lin Yang had just boldly planted was immediately realized beyond expectations, his prowess was on display.
"Hahaha, I just knew there was a chance. How about that? All three are the target bait fish, not bad, right?" Lin Yang laughed as he removed the hooks, his face smug with satisfaction.
"What’s going on here?"
"If I’m not mistaken, it seemed even the captain couldn’t catch three target fish in one go just now. How did the host pull it off?"