39: Chapter 39 This is very unreasonable

Hearing Old Yu's exclamation in his ear, "The fish in the water has color on it," the somewhat exhausted Chen Sheng instantly felt a surge of strength. He asked Old Yu, "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

Not daring to reel in recklessly, he had unknowingly retreated six or seven meters away from the shore.

He couldn't see the state of the fish at all.

Old Yu said with absolute certainty, "One hundred percent sure I didn't see wrong."

"Since you didn't see wrong, why are you still standing there dazed? Hurry up and grab the landing net to stand guard at the shore!"

"WOC! I really owe you one." Old Yu grumbled as he jogged to the shore with the landing net.

Staring unblinkingly at the fish, when he saw that splash of red on its body, Old Yu felt jealous yet again.

"WOC! A red tag!" When he shouted this, Old Yu subconsciously glanced at the landing net in his hand, feeling a sudden urge to throw the net at the tag fish.

"What tag fish?"

"Where is there a tag fish?"

"Who the hell has such good luck to hook a tag fish?"

The nearby Fellow Anglers heard that someone had hooked a tag fish and immediately dropped their rods, running toward the source of the sound while constantly asking questions.

Soon, another circle of Fellow Anglers surrounded Chen Sheng's fishing spot.

Each of their expressions was like Old Yu's, even more excited than Chen Sheng, the person involved.

Fortunately, as Fellow Anglers, they had high integrity. Despite their excitement, seeing that the fish hadn't landed yet, they didn't crowd too closely, leaving enough space for Chen Sheng to play the fish.

"Holy crap, this handsome guy has great luck. This is the second tag fish he's hooked."

"I wonder what tag it is this time?"

"Doesn't matter what tag it is; even if it's a green tag, it's worth five hundred. Adding in the fish catch, he's easily made a profit!"

"What green tag? Don't talk out of your ass. My spot is right next door; I heard it clearly just now—this fish is a red tag."

*Hiss*~ Didn't they say the five-thousand-yuan red tags are impossible to catch?"

"An expert who's been here before posted in the group that in Dongshan Reservoir, if you're lucky, you can catch green and yellow tags, but red tags are almost impossible to land."

"WOC! Then this guy's luck is truly unparalleled."

Amidst the fiery discussions of the spectating Fellow Anglers, the fish was slowly pulled to the shore. Old Yu, who was prepared, immediately thrust out the landing net and accurately scooped the entire fish into it.

As he struggled to lift the net out of the water, the surrounding clamor grew even louder.

"Damn! It's so big. It must be at least thirty pounds or more."

"Thirty pounds? What's wrong with your eyes? Just looking at that length, it's at least forty pounds."

"Over forty pounds... no wonder red tags are almost never caught. You'd have to use Giant-Fishing Techniques and rely on pure luck."

To catch giants, one mainly relies on waiting, and a single session can last at least several days.

But at Dongshan Reservoir, it's six hundred for the first four hours and one hundred for every hour after. Spending that much to fish for tags isn't as cost-effective as finding a natural body of water with giants that doesn't charge, spending the fishing money on food, and waiting peacefully for seven days and nights.

On the scene! Before Chen Sheng could even retract his rod and return to his spot, Old Yu had impatiently used a hook remover to take the hook out and skillfully hung the fish on a scale. When the numbers appeared, he immediately shouted, "36.7 pounds."

Although it didn't reach forty pounds, the power it exploded with underwater had given Chen Sheng the illusion of it being over sixty pounds.

At this time, the person responsible for patrolling the reservoir pushed through the crowd and walked in. "I heard a tag fish was caught. Where is it? Let me see."

The Patroller was still the same middle-aged man from the morning. When he saw that the one who caught the tag fish was the same young man who wasn't on the list the boss gave today but could still catch tags, the smile on his face instantly became a bit forced.

He muttered in his heart, "Damn, this guy must have stepped in dog shit luck."

However, with so many people watching, even if he was reluctant, he could only step forward to inspect it.

Chen Sheng quickly pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and distributed 'celebration cigarettes' to the Patroller and the spectating Fellow Anglers one by one. "Here, have some of the good luck."

"Congratulations!"

"Haha! Then I won't be polite."

It was fortunate that his years of work experience had given Chen Sheng the habit of carrying several extra packs of cigarettes when going out; otherwise, there really wouldn't have been enough to go around.

But after two rounds of distribution, his stock was nearly exhausted.

The Patroller took the cigarette. Although it was just one, it made the forced smile on his face look a bit more natural. After confirming the fish in the net was indeed a tag fish from their reservoir, he immediately held it up and announced loudly to the crowd, "Congratulations to spot number 23 for catching one red tag!"

After showing the tag fish around, the Patroller took out his phone on the spot and transferred 5,000 yuan to Chen Sheng.

The two chatted for a few more moments, and then the Patroller left with the tag fish.

Once the Patroller was gone, Chen Sheng walked over to Old Yu, who was bragging to the Fishing Buddies, and kicked him in the shin. "Go buy me a carton of cigarettes."

"Don't you have legs yourself?" Old Yu, who was happily bragging, didn't want to leave.

"Did you catch as many as I did?" Chen Sheng asked back righteously.

Old Yu: "..."

That hurts, bro!

Old Yu curled his lip and squeezed out of the crowd without a word.

Chen Sheng exchanged some fishing tips with the surrounding Fishing Buddies. However, to his surprise, after the exchange, they didn't return to their own spots like they had in the morning. Instead, they stayed rooted to the spot, saying they wanted to take advantage of the slow bite to observe the expert's techniques up close.

Not only were the spectating Fishing Buddies unwilling to leave, but even the Patroller, who had found a place to release the tag fish back into the water, crowded back in.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng could only pick up his rod and continue fishing on his own.

Let them watch! Anyway, there was only one hour left of the 8-hour fishing session.

And so, under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Sheng used his bait mixed with aged rice vinegar to perform a 'consecutive silver carp hook-up' that one usually only sees on the internet.

One fish, two fish, three fish...

Averaging one fish every three minutes, the crowd gasped repeatedly, and more and more people gathered to watch.

"Old Yu! Free up a Keepnet for me." Finally, Chen Sheng's second Keepnet was full.

Hearing this, Old Yu, who had already given up on fishing and was bragging to the Fishing Buddies, changed his expression and quickly walked to his own spot, freeing up a Keepnet and personally placing it next to Chen Sheng's spot.

The Patroller, who was mixed in the edge of the crowd, also had a change of expression. Hearing that Chen Sheng was switching Keepnets, he hurriedly took out his phone and sent a message to the boss.

When the boss received the message and learned that an angler not on the list was hauling in a massive catch, he could no longer maintain his elegance of sitting calmly. He rushed over, only to catch Chen Sheng playing a fish, and on that fish's body hung a splash of yellow.

Clearly, this was yet another tag fish.

The boss was stunned.

At this moment, the only thought in his head was—did this guy step in dog shit when he left the house this morning?!

If it wasn't dog shit luck, how could he catch all three types of tag fish in one day, something even those given special care couldn't achieve?

This is completely unreasonable!

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