Chapter 99 - 099: Riding the Giant Fish Again
After setting everything up, it was already past six in the morning, and Lin Yang started the day’s live stream.
"Good morning, everyone. Today is the second day of fishing at Azure Dragon Lake. I replenished the bait spot before dawn, and now let’s see if there are any bites."
Preparing the bait at the same spot for two consecutive days can have a cumulative effect at the reservoir. When fish roam in search of food, they are likely to return the next day to places where food was plentiful. This is the core essence of baiting.
By baiting for two days in a row, Lin Yang’s old baiting spot had already attracted quite a few fish from the vicinity.
On his first cast, he caught a Crucian Carp with two tails, which took him by surprise.
"Wow, is this spot teeming with bites? The first cast and it’s a double tail. Check out the size of the Crucian Carp from the reservoir; this big one is almost a pound."
Lin Yang scooped the two fish ashore, casually grabbed the bigger one, and showed its size to his livestream viewers with his palm, drawing a wave of envy.
"Yesterday, I tried fishing here for a day, and I got a preliminary understanding of the fish situation at Spring Reservoir. The Crucian Carp are more active from morning till noon, so I’m focusing on Crucian Carp, and once the water warms up, I’ll try for bigger fish. The Big Flower Head Carp yesterday brought me quite a few surprises, so I specifically borrowed a set of gear suitable for landing a hundred pounds of giant fish; I’ll see if I can get lucky later...."
Fishing definitely follows the basic rules of fish behavior, and nobody is an exception.
From just after six in the morning until before eight, the spot where Lin Yang’s shorter rod was baited was constantly active.
It was fortunate that Lin Yang was using a large-bellied black pit fish keeper. If it had been an ordinary competition fish keeper, with two days combined, the catch approaching 100 pounds could have crushed the fish below.