Fishing Livestream

Xue Kai contemplated for a full five seconds before slowly saying, "If it were me, I would continue testing a few more casts. If the fishing situation continues to differentiate, I would switch back to bottom fishing!"

Upon hearing this answer, Yue Feng nodded with a smile, "Not bad, you clearly thought it through before answering! Well said!

Any single catch in the early stage of fishing can only represent the overall situation to a certain extent. You can make some judgments based on the details of this catch, but you must leave room for maneuver!

Although Wang Zhen is temporarily behind, can we be 100% sure that his current strategy is wrong? Actually, we can't! Try fishing for a bit longer to see the results, a comprehensive analysis can sometimes be more accurate!"

Just as he finished speaking, the float next to Wang Zhen showed a bite once again, and after a successful catch, he had a new gain.

This fish was clearly much larger than the previous crucian carp, with a significantly bigger bend in the rod and could not even be brought to the surface immediately.

After wrestling back and forth for a few rounds, the big fish finally surfaced, a nearly two-pound carp slowly appeared after exhausting its strength.

Seeing the size of the fish, Wang Zhen cautiously grabbed the net next to him, patiently pulled it to his feet and scooped it up, only then did he relax his vigilance.

"Did you see that? What did we just say! Your guess was immediately validated in practice!" Yue Feng pointed at the fish with a smile to Xue Kai.

The third fish went into the cage, and Wang Zhen temporarily overtook the scores from before.

Perhaps Wang Zhen on the field had the same thoughts as Yue Feng and Xue Kai off the field. After catching the mid-sized carp, Wang Zhen abandoned the idea of adjusting his fishing strategy and continued to fish slightly off the bottom, following his earlier tactics.

The fishing situation in the entire third pit was very frenzied. Both on Wang Zhen's side and next door the Sleeping Beauty, Wang Zhiqiang's side, the fish activity in the fishing spot was very good, frequently catching fish, one after another.

This was when Wang Zhiqiang's foresight in switching rods earlier became apparent. Although the hardness of rod No. 4 was barely adequate, after switching to rod No. 6, the efficiency in retrieving fish increased significantly.

Looking at Wang Zhen's side again, relying on the strong backbone of the rod, the thick line setup, and large hooks, the fish retrieval was also very aggressive.

Both sides were increasingly fishing faster, with the situation suddenly becoming evenly matched, neck and neck.

As the competition progressed, Wang Zhen initially felt a little nervous, but as the fish situation stabilized, his performance improved significantly.

In contrast, Wang Zhiqiang next door became somewhat unbalanced in mindset.

After all, he was an honor angler in competitive fishing, yet in a 1v1 competition, he was unexpectedly fishing neck and neck with an underqualified rookie. If this were to be talked about afterward, how embarrassing!

Having an idol burden inevitably affected his performance slightly. When the first segment reached 22 minutes, Wang Zhiqiang made a mistake.

Clearly adopting a strategy of steadily suppressing the fish to the bottom, there had been no problems fishing before. But at the 22-minute mark, according to the rhythm of the competition, this cast should have been a nesting cast,

With a large triangular Loose Bait on the upper hook and a large Ragworm on the lower hook, regardless of any action before the float is in place, there should have been an immediate lift of the rod to shake off the bait. There was no reason to give the fish a chance to eat the bait at the bottom.

However, just as the double hooks reached the bottom and the float stabilized, there was a small half-eye-sized bite action.

Wang Zhiqiang, somewhat distracted thinking about accelerating the pace to widen the gap in fish catches, instinctively lifted the rod to set the hook upon seeing the bite.

This went wrong. The bait ball used for nesting was comparatively large and not suitable for fish to take in. The hook set hit just barely, but the hook point was very shallow, so it tore loose before the rod was fully lifted.

The fish in the nesting spot ran, creating large amounts of foam.

"Haha, great! Wang Zhiqiang lost a fish!" Zhao Zheng laughed out loud at the sight from below the stage.

Yue Feng nodded, "Too hasty in striking, should have just ignored the small bite at such a big raid cast. The hook was shallow and couldn't hold! With the fish running in the nesting spot, now Wang Zhen has a chance!"

Indeed, Wang Zhen's opportunity had arrived. Noticing the mistake of the fish running in the adjacent nesting spot, Wang Zhen promptly adjusted his fishing method.

He didn't bother with gripping the fish, instead, pinching Loose Powder on both hooks, head down and swiftly casting over ten rods, relying on the dispersion and atomization of the bait to lure the fish that fled from the neighboring nesting explosion back into his fishing area.

Upon witnessing this, Wang Zhiqiang nearly ground his molars to pieces, losing the advantage only to give the opponent a chance to overtake, quickly trying to refill the nesting condition after the shock,

But in such a fast-paced competition, a mistake like this allowed the neighboring competitor to seize the opportunity, making it difficult to repair the error.

For a full three minutes, the fish bites in Wang Zhiqiang's nesting area were extremely sparse. Knowing well that the fish population in the nesting spot was the core of the competition, Wang Zhiqiang didn't dare to react to bites, instead watching as Wang Zhen improved his fish retrieval to another level.

"Hehe, Wang Zhen responded well this time, seizing the opportunity steadily. He actually gained the upper hand in the first segment by turning the tables!" Zhao Zheng nodded repeatedly as he commented.

Yue Feng said, "In the second segment, Xiao Zheng, you go up and continue fishing with this big strategy! It's best if you can speed up the rhythm a bit more!"

"Huh? Speed up a bit more? You mean to add more pressure on the ensuing opponents?" Zhao Zheng hesitated upon hearing Yue Feng's suggestion but quickly understood Yue Feng's intent.

"Yes! In terms of basic skills and such, there's definitely no clear advantage, but our understanding of the competition rhythm is stronger than theirs!

The difference between team competitions and individual competitions lies in this aspect! If the opponents are nervous and make another mistake like Wang Zhiqiang, then our win in this match is quite stable! How do we make them more nervous? By applying pressure through the rhythm!"

"Great! I'll follow your lead!"

The first segment of the competition soon reached its end, and Wang Zhen successfully seized the advantage in the first segment, with stable performance and no mistakes, holding a lead of at least four to five more fish than Wang Zhiqiang in total count, with a weight advantage likely around five to six pounds.

The referee reminded that the first segment had concluded and it was time for a change of participants. Zhao Zheng stepped boldly onto the competition stage.

"The first segment was very well fished, hand me the rod!" Zhao Zheng patted Wang Zhen's shoulder as he spoke.

"The nesting spot is about eight rod lengths directly in front! The formation is in the center, but normally fish are picked from the left side! Strictly speaking, there should be one large and one small nesting spot at the bottom!"

Wang Zhen whispered details about the spot into Zhao Zheng's ear, already displaying the demeanor of an already mature angler.

"Got it, take a break!" Zhao Zheng nodded and took a seat on the Fishing Box, packing Loose Bait on the double hooks and making three strong casts down there.

After simply figuring out the fish condition, he accelerated the pace of retrieving fish a bit as requested by Yue Feng, launching a flurry of activity.

As Wang Zhen stepped down, the team members below all raised their thumbs simultaneously.

Yue Feng grinned, "After finishing the first segment as a starter, how do you feel? Come on, summarize!"

Experience truly is a magical thing. With basic skills practiced every moment, what should be known was already learned. Yet before stepping up and after stepping down, there was a completely different feeling for Wang Zhen.