Chapter 594 - 258: Fishing for Salmon_3
The topic shifted to equipment, and the interaction in the live stream’s chat skyrocketed, quickly enhancing the atmosphere in the room.
Having streamed for a long time, Lin Yang was used to the playful banter of his regular fans. He glanced at the chat, pursed his lips without interrupting, retracted his lure, and then chose a different direction to cast his line with a powerful swing of his arm.
Unlike his previous attempts that targeted the deep-water areas, this time he searched a spot much closer to the shore.
Choosing this strategy, even Lin Yang couldn’t articulate any particular reason; he just felt that the previous deep-water searches hadn’t attracted many fish to the bait.
It was this kind of arbitrary action that proved to be very effective. On the first cast, as soon as the lure neared the bottom of the water and was pushed down smoothly by the current, it suddenly made an attacking motion.
He immediately lifted the rod to set the hook, and he struck!
The water was quite shallow, only about seventy centimeters deep, but when he lifted the rod, the fish was not small.
The fish hooked by the lure frantically sprinted in the water, its first dash even causing the partially adjusted drag to burst into a clear clicking sound.
Handling this level of fish was something Lin Yang had mastered. He adjusted the direction of the rod slightly and easily stabilized the fish underwater, slightly tweaking the brake to let it slip out for a loop.
After dissipating the initial burst of energy, he held the rod at about a 45-degree angle and started reeling in smoothly; the fish breached the water surface for the first time.
Considering its size, the fish looked almost the same as the previously caught Taimen, only its belly area was slightly bulging, appearing a bit more plump.