It’s because of the unique geographic location here that catching any type of fish isn’t a surprise.
Of course, if it’s a fish from cold water regions, like the many fish from the Bohai Sea, definitely none of those are here, but basically, this place has all the fish found in the Southern Sea.
After pulling up two Tai Province Rock Breams in a row, Lin Yang finally managed to catch the last of the four types of Black Seabream he had introduced earlier, the Pacific Rock Bream, thus completing his catch of all four members of the Black Seabream family.
"All Black Seabream today, the host must have hit a Black Seabream nest."
"I think catching Black Seabream is also good, you know, they go for about seventy or eighty yuan a pound. Catch one and it’s a hundred bucks, if it were me, I could fish till I dropped."
"The host’s fish catching speed has obviously slowed down a lot, I guess there probably aren’t many fish left below."
Indeed, after fishing for nearly an hour, Lin Yang could clearly feel that the bites from the fish below had slowed down significantly. At the beginning, he could land a fish every three to five minutes, but now seven or eight minutes had passed without a nibble.
Li Xiaopeng was having similar luck; he too had been catching Black Seabreams in rapid succession just a while ago, but now he also experienced a lull.
As Lin Yang was contemplating whether to change fishing spots, he hooked his sixth variety of fish for the day.
From the resistance transmitted through the line, he could tell the fish wasn’t large, but when he pulled it out of the water, he was a bit shocked.
"Brother Yang, isn’t that a sea snake you’ve caught?"
Seeing Lin Yang landing a fish, Yue’er was ready to film it with her phone, but taking a look at the creature he pulled out of the water, she instantly stepped back in fear.
Hearing Yue’er’s remark, Lin Yang laughingly reassured her, "Don’t worry, this isn’t a sea snake, it’s just an eel, no venom."
After saying that, he quickly reeled in and maneuvered the eel, which weighed approximately a pound and was frantically coiling around his fishing line.
He said with a smile to the camera, "This is a spotted snake eel, also known as a flower eel or a rock eel. Although not venomous, if it accidentally bites your finger, it might just bite it off."
Lin Yang had only heard about such things before, and this was his first encounter with one. Some vloggers who perform beachcombing would say these things are very nourishing, but in reality, even given away for free, local fishermen might not want them.
Because this rock eel really wasn’t worth much, and its body was full of bones that were both brittle and hard, some unscrupulous factories would buy them to make fish balls, but most people wouldn’t even give it a second glance. If an angler caught one, most would just throw it back immediately; even if they took it home, it would mainly be used to feed ducks and dogs, and very rarely eaten by the anglers themselves—in fact, even dogs would seldom eat this thing.
Catching such a creature was of little use to Lin Yang, other than unlocking a new entry in his collection that rewarded him with three hundred yuan, it had no other value.
Lin Yang asked Yue’er to bring him a long pair of pliers, then used the pliers to remove the hook from the eel’s mouth. After dehooking it, he promptly threw the rock eel back into the sea. The thing was not only unappetizing and worthless, but it was also rather dangerous, so it was best to just let it go.
After releasing the eel, he baited his hook once more and cast it into the water. He planned to fish one more time; if it took too long to catch a fish again or if he kept catching trash fish, he would simply change spots.
Following the catch of that rock eel, it seemed there really were no more fish around. After Lin Yang’s hook hit the water, nearly 10 minutes passed without a twitch.
Observing the situation, Lin Yang glanced at his phone. Unknowingly, it was already four in the afternoon. Time really flew by when fishing; even when waiting for a bite, it seemed to pass quite quickly.
"Host, better change spots already, all the fish here have been caught by you."
"That’s an exaggeration, but it does seem like Master Lin’s spot really doesn’t have much left."
With no fish biting for a long time, the live stream chat was getting bored.
"Wait another five minutes, if there’s still no fish, then let’s switch places," Lin Yang decided to wait another five minutes. If there were still no fish by then, he would have to move to a different spot; after all, he had dozens of waypoints saved in his phone waiting to be fished.
Time flew, and just as the five minutes were about to elapse, suddenly his fishing rod jerked violently, bending over as if it were about to be pulled down into the water.
Luckily, Lin Yang reacted quickly, gripping the rod instantly and giving it a strong heave, and then his brow furrowed, as the fish on the line felt unusually heavy...
"No way, the host was about to call it quits and then he lands a fish!"
"It’s not another Black Seabream, is it?"
"Definitely not a Black Seabream, look how his rod is bending, obviously this is a big fish!"
"It’s not a Black Seabream, not a Yellow Seabream, and not any kind of fish I’ve caught before," as Lin Yang lifted his rod high, he couldn’t help but comment to his viewers.
Feeling the force of the big fish constantly pulling on the line, his frown deepened.
Because at this moment, he felt something strange; the fish in the water should not have been too large since he had felt its weight wasn’t more than about ten pounds, maybe only seven or eight pounds if smaller.