Fishing Livestream

Wang Xiaomin is the kind of player made for competitions; the tenser the atmosphere, the more excited he becomes, and his nerves become extremely sensitive.

With Leng Xiaojun's cold sneer, Wang Xiaomin's anger was thoroughly provoked, and he began fishing furiously.

He directly swapped the float he just used for a number three float with a larger lead capacity and simultaneously switched the rod to 9H+.

In the previous part of the competition, Wang Xiaomin had basically figured out the fish's behavior. After the Loose Bait entered the water and the float just flipped over, he quickly raised the rod.

Wang Xiaomin thought he was fast enough, but then a glance at the neighboring competitor revealed that Leng Xiaojun had already raised his second rod and started baiting.

How could it be so fast? Wang Xiaomin pondered as he observed.

It turned out that Leng Xiaojun was using a method for making the nest that defied conventions; as soon as the rod was cast into the water, he immediately raised the rod, completely abandoning the time taken for the float to settle in place.

Wang Xiaomin had seen many different methods of making a nest with Loose Powder, but this water surface method of making a nest was the first time for him.

But then he thought, since the bait was in large broken particles, it seemed making the nest on the water surface didn't really have any impact.

Normally, after the Loose Powder enters the water, it goes through a process of water absorption, only then do the flake-like substances fall off. If the rod is raised too early and the dry bait hasn't finished absorbing water, it doesn't easily fall off.

The first impact is that the nest is made relatively scattered, not concentrated enough.

The second impact is that the nest is easily made off-center; the bait's landing point and the point where the float settles, under the effect of inertia, shift, making it impossible to reach the nest, which becomes passive.

With the large particle loose bait currently being used, the initial water absorption ratio is quite large, relying on the technique at hand to control the baiting state; the first issue doesn't exist.

As for the impact on landing location, it relies on experience. Only through prolonged training can this situation be properly handled.

This small detail alone made Wang Xiaomin's heart tense up.

The captain is indeed the captain. Leng Xiaojun may be arrogant, but he's got real skills.

But Wang Xiaomin isn't someone who gives up easily; he didn't let him continue to widen the advantage. Quickly recovering, he copied Leng's method.

Water surface nest making isn't a big deal. After all, only two people were fishing in this sizeable pit, so making the nest a bit closer didn't really matter. As long as the bait's landing point was concentrated, he wouldn't be unable to reach the nest.

Based on this judgment, Wang Xiaomin soon followed suit, switching to water surface nest making with Loose Powder.

Solid basic skills allowed Wang Xiaomin's baiting to be extremely precise, and within a very short time, even as the ripples from the previous bait entry hadn't completely dissipated, the next rod was already in, and the movement was brisk and efficient.

Wang Xiaomin prepared a large basin of Loose Powder, divided it into two, and it didn't last long; within less than five minutes, nearly half had been used.

At this point, Leng Xiaojun played another trick. As the bait decreased, the size of the Loose Powder on the hook was reduced. Consciously conserving "bullets."

This time, Wang Xiaomin reacted slower, and when he realized, his Loose Powder was almost used up, while Leng Xiaojun had about ten small triangle shots more than him left in his bait box.

One must know that the amount of baiting and the efficiency of fish attracting aren't in a proportional relationship. The attraction of fish through scattered bait isn't simply linear within a range. By consciously conserving Loose Powder, the actual effect of attracting fish might not necessarily be significantly affected.

High-intensity bait throwing soon brought the hungry sly old fish into the nest; Wang Xiaomin had only a bit of Loose Powder left, and feeling embarrassed to continue mixing, he could only boldly use one hook with Ragworm, and the other with small Loose Powder for fishing.

Enough fish density made them rush for food; the bite wasn't much different from before. Using larger corner hooks to catch the first bite had a very high success rate.

Leng Xiaojun also used the Fly Copy fishing method, casting rods at a steady pace, catching bites, then using Fly Copy to land the fish into the Fish Guard.

Initially, the speed at which both caught fish was relatively even; you catch one, I catch one, the number of fish caught was very close, almost no gap was widened.

But as time went on, Wang Xiaomin had less and less Loose Powder in his bait box. From starting with a four-finger pinch, reducing to a three-finger pinch, the small Loose Powder could barely cover the hook, eventually not lasting until the competition ended.

Forty minutes of fish competition, around thirty minutes in, Wang Xiaomin's Loose Powder was completely used up, while Leng Xiaojun still had a thin layer of Loose Powder left at the bottom of his bait box.

When Wang Xiaomin completely stopped using Loose Powder, Leng Xiaojun began his final assault, occasionally casting a small Loose Powder towards Wang Xiaomin's nest.

The result was naturally obvious, Wang Xiaomin had increasingly fewer fish, slowing down in the last five minutes.

When the number of fish in the group dropped below a certain point, they no longer fought for food, and the cautious characteristic of the old sly fish in eating was soon reflected in how they reacted to the bait.

Thus, Wang Xiaomin began frequently experiencing empty shots.

However, Wang Xiaomin now had the experience from the previous fish competition. Gritting his teeth, he directly switched out the rod, using 0.08 extreme line strength, which stabilized the success rate of catching bites, not allowing the key points of the competition to be completely disrupted.

"Sister, you're on the boat, oh, brother, I'm walking ashore, oh so loving, waves sway slowly!" The classic melody of "A Boatman's Love" began to play, Wang Xiaomin snapped out of his focused competition mode, put down his fishing rod, and habitually turned to glance at Leng Xiaojun, smiling.

"A seasoned pro is truly a seasoned pro. Fishing against Cold Captain, you really learn things!" Wang Xiaomin grinned and said.

Leng Xiaojun, around thirty minutes into the competition, thought he was sure to win, having deliberately conserved some of the Loose Powder bait for attracting fish. After Wang Xiaomin ran out of resources, the effect was expected to be favorable.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaomin decisively switched to extreme fishing gear. Although the bites were slow in the last five minutes, he still managed to catch five or six Carp. The anticipated advantage in number wasn't completely widened.

"Old Hu, the electronic scale, weigh the fish!" Leng Xiaojun squinted, his face showing no emotion, but his tone suggesting his mood wasn't too happy.

Soon enough, Hu Changsheng brought over the electronic scale, casually lifting Leng Xiaojun's Fish Guard.

13.51kg.

Upon seeing this number, Wang Xiaomin knew he had won.

Though he wasn't clear about the opponent's count, he remembered his own catch count—48 fish, an average of six to seven taels each, even if slightly lighter than Leng Xiaojun's, it certainly couldn't be three jin more.

"Well well well, should've known not to give you three jin, Captain Leng, you lost this time!" Wang Xiaomin's lips curled up into a casual arc as he lifted the Fish Guard out of the water.

By visual estimation alone, Wang Xiaomin's catch seemed almost equal to Leng Xiaojun's.

Soon they dumped the fish into a basket to weigh, and the display showed a stable number.

12.83kg.

A 0.68kg difference in catch, which amounts to less than two fish. If Wang Xiaomin had noticed the detail of the Loose Powder usage just one minute earlier, perhaps the final scores would be tied or even capable of overtaking.