Chapter 237 - 154: Fishing for the Giant Blue_3
"Alright, the big fish has successfully been released, I’m feeling a bit drained, I need to sit down and rest for a while." After releasing the big fish, he immediately sat down on the steps by the water and really didn’t want to move at all anymore.
"The host has been overworking his slight frame quite a bit lately, he’s clearly exhausted and a little weak."
"No need to say it, everyone understands. We’ll ask Brother Feng to arrange some wild boar kidneys to nourish him, young people need to take care of their health."
Lin Yang exhaled and glanced at the barrage of comments, somewhat speechless: "You guys are ridiculous, this is a wild Large Crucian Carp, not a farm-raised fish. A farm-raised bream can grow seven or eight pounds in a year, reaching 15-20 pounds in two years, or even larger, as long as there is enough food. It can grow to fifty or sixty pounds in just seven or eight years."
But in this mountain reservoir, due to the lean water quality, the microbial communities are definitely sparser, and the density of small fish and shrimp is even lower, plus the growth rate is much slower when not fed regularly.
The fish that grow in this kind of environment are a bit like the ones from the Three Eastern Provinces, where the water is cold, they grow slowly, but they are exceptionally strong. You’ll know how terrifying it is once you have a chance to fight one here firsthand; I feel like my fingers are still trembling...."
After resting for a while, Lin Yang continued feeding the nest, feeling that there should be even bigger bream in this reservoir.
After feeding the nest again, he also changed his previous 6+4 line setup, this line group is about sufficient for handling a few dozen pounds of fish under normal conditions, but if you aim to catch even bigger fish, this setup is somewhat conservative, especially after experiencing the strength and stamina of the reservoir’s big fish.
Suddenly, Lin Yang found a new, heavy-duty line to put on, adjusted his fishing setup and the new major line is 12+8. With his line protection buff, the strength was roughly equivalent to a heavy configuration of normal setups of about 15 pulling 12#. With this setup, even a catch of up to a hundred pounds could be comfortably managed.