After about twenty minutes of tugging and pulling, he managed to get the fish right next to the fishing boat.
"Huh—"
Once he caught a clear glimpse of the fish in the water, Lin Yang’s excitement spiked instantly.
Its lower body showcased yellow triangle fins, and deep blue pectoral fins—wasn’t this a Bluefin Tuna?
After all, he had caught Bluefin Tuna before and knew quite a bit about them.
By then, three people on the boat had hooked fish, but the other two were still struggling to reel theirs in. Only Lin Yang, who started later, managed to bring his catch alongside the boat first.
"Hahaha, the host is really impressive. Although he was the last to hook a fish, he was the first to reel it in."
"Looking at the fish underwater, could it be a Bluefin Tuna?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, to hook a Bluefin right off the bat! Although it doesn’t look very big, it’s still so thrilling. It’s making me want to go too."
"May I ask, can they just do whatever they want with the fish they catch?"
"....."
Aboard the yacht, Yue’er, holding a hook, also came to Lin Yang’s side.
"Wow, Brother Yang, this one seems to be a Bluefin Tuna!" she exclaimed, somewhat uncertainly, as she looked at the fish that was still underwater.
"It sure looks like one, big bro, can you handle the fish by yourself?" Li Xiaopeng also joined in.
Although the fish Lin Yang caught was not very big, it still weighed several dozen pounds.
"This is just a piece of cake..."
Since the fish he caught was not large, Lin Yang decided against using the hook gaff, as using it would mean he couldn’t release the catch.
He asked Li Xiaopeng to bring the landing net, and with a fishing rod in one hand and the net in the other, he pulled the fish out of the water. Seeing his chance, he immediately scooped the fish out of the water.
"It really is a Bluefin Tuna, looking like it could weigh seventy to eighty pounds. Such a big piece of Bluefin is just like a baby that hasn’t met a month yet. Better to release it, plus this boat only has a quota for one Bluefin Tuna. It’d be a waste to use it on this one."
The guide also walked over at this time and looked at the Bluefin Tuna that Lin Yang had caught. He didn’t even need to take out his measuring tools to know the answer and said somewhat diplomatically.
"Yeah, let’s release it. I also think it’s just too small!"
As a man who had once caught a 1,500-pound Bluefin, Lin Yang truly didn’t value such a small fish.
Such a small catch, releasing it was not a big deal; he barely even regarded it.
He didn’t even bother to take a photo, quickly removed the hook, and threw the Bluefin Tuna back into the sea.
Afterward, he was like someone injected with adrenaline, furiously casting his line again and starting to fish, not believing that there weren’t bigger Bluefin around.
"Whoosh—"
The lure precisely landed in the desired location, and Lin Yang started jigging.
Unfortunately, this cast didn’t attract any fish, and it was quietly reeled back in.
"Eh."
Just about to cast again, Lin Yang suddenly remembered that he was a tagged man—was he even worried about not getting a bite?
Ah, fishing really can get you hooked!
Since there were Bluefin Tuna here, Lin Yang decided to go all in and activated every buff he could, including the big fish buff and the enhanced bait buff.
With the buffs activated, naturally, his chances of catching a big fish increased as well.
Embracing anticipation, Lin Yang once again sent his jig flying out.