Chapter 4 - 004: Catching a Big Carp
It's like how the same ingredients, in different proportions and with different cooking processes and times, can result in vastly different tastes and textures when prepared by an average person versus a national-level chef.
Likewise, with bait ingredients, how they are prepared, the proportions used, the purity of the medicinal liquors and essences added, and the duration of sealed fermentation all greatly affect the fragrance and purity of the bait.
Two bags of bait ingredients were more than enough, since he couldn't chum the water in advance.
As for the bait itself, he chose to stick with the old three options, since Crucian Carp and Carp have similar tastes, and the old three could still be used to catch Carp.
Taking the bait ingredients, and on his way out, Lin Yang also grabbed a landing net and several line rigs, spending over fifty dollars in total.
After paying, he hurried back to the riverbank, this time choosing a fishing spot with more aquatic plants.
The weather was good today, and it was nearing 11 a.m., with high temperatures expected at noon, so he wasn't worried about the bait taking too long to work. He threw in half the bait ingredients right away, using the same bait as before.
While waiting for the bait to take effect, Lin Yang adjusted his phone stand and restarted the live stream. Although there were only a few people, it was still nice to have someone to chat with and pass the time.
Moreover, with the Golden Finger now in play, he was confident that the number of people in his live stream would slowly increase.
Since he was aiming to catch big fish, Lin Yang switched to a 5+3 line rig, using a size 3 New Guandong Hook, and he kept using the same 4.5-meter fishing rod—he had no other rod.
However, this setup was still fine for catching Carp weighing under ten pounds.