Chapter 561 - 247: Night Fishing for Catfish_3
Lin Yang tightly grasped the fishing rod, slightly adjusted the drag, and then began to wind the line vigorously.
The initial strength of the first fish was somewhat decent, but after two rounds of struggle, its strength quickly diminished, so Lin Yang knew this fish wasn’t very big.
A few minutes later, a blue-grey catfish with a broad forehead and wide mouth was pulled up to the side of the boat. Lin Yang, holding the fishing rod horizontally, gently exerted force and flung the fish directly onto the boat.
"First catch, but this catfish is probably only around seven or eight kilograms. Come on, shine some light on it, give it a close-up."
The fish wasn’t large, and Lin Yang, remaining calm, used a fish controller to clamp its mouth and easily removed the large fishhook from the corner of its mouth.
In the camera, the catfish’s mouth was slightly wide, its skull large, with two thick whiskers at the mouth’s edge, and four shorter barbels on its chin.
From behind its neck to its tail, however, the body tapered from a rotund form to a thin tail, giving it the appearance of a supersized mutant tadpole.
"Pimelodus, a very common species, but this type of catfish has good meat quality and is popular in the market among the locals," Sun Zheng explained in a timely manner.
Lin Yang also nodded and said, "It’s okay. Even though it’s not too big, it’s still the first catch. We can keep it; these catfish aren’t protected and can be taken back. Even if we don’t eat them, we can give them to the people in the village."