112: Goldfinger is a bit laggy

“As expected, my golden finger is a bit lacking! I can't do it without cheating!”

Yang Qi activated his golden finger and observed the situation in the sea, which made his heart itch.

“Damn it, are you looking down on me?”

Unexpectedly, near his fishing spot, there were several relatively large Groupers, just quietly staying at the bottom of the sea, not coming over to eat the bait.

The closest one was no more than two meters from the hook, just quietly watching the constantly wriggling Shrimp on the hook, without the slightest desire to eat.

Yang Qi gently pulled up his fishing rod and moved it to the side. When the bait reached the bottom again, it was basically bouncing right by the Grouper's mouth.

Unexpectedly, this Grouper didn't even blink at the Shrimp by its mouth, showing no intention of opening it, as if it were asleep.

“Oh, damn it, I don't believe this!” Yang Qi immediately got angry.

He moved the fishing line even closer to the Grouper. The Shrimp dropped directly onto the Grouper's nose, and its tail even bounced a few times on it.

“Damn it, I didn't want to bother with you, you little thing, but you're really pushing your luck!”

The large Grouper's mood instantly soured, feeling its dignity severely trampled by this little fellow.

Immediately, with a flick of its head, it swallowed the little fellow. It just felt something was off and was about to spit it out.

But it was too late, it only felt a sharp pain at the corner of its mouth. A very strong force was pulling it upwards.

This won't do! The large Grouper immediately sensed danger. It had to hide in a cave to escape the danger.

It could be seen vigorously wagging its tail, swimming towards a nearby reef cave.

Yang Qi felt the fishing rod suddenly sink, almost losing his grip. His heart filled with joy, this fish was hooked solidly!

“Hooked!”

He quickly gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands and pulled upwards with force. But this Grouper was extremely strong, desperately trying to get into the cave, and the fishing rod was bent into a large bow.

Yang Qi gritted his teeth, vigorously pushing his feet against the deck, resting the fishing rod on his stomach, and began to wrestle with the Grouper.

“Little guy, you're quite strong! You're not getting away today! Come into my bowl.”

He mumbled, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. The Grouper struggled more and more fiercely in the water, stirring up a splash.

The large Grouper's first burst of strength was still very powerful.

Just as the Grouper was about to dive into the cave, Yang Qi suddenly had an idea. He sharply swayed the fishing rod to the side, while his left hand quickly reeled in the fishing line.

The Grouper didn't expect this move, its body instantly lost balance, and it was pulled off its original path.

Once it left the seabed, it became much easier; basically, the first wave of pulling was over. He leaned back to lift the rod while reeling in the line.

“A Grouper! If I can catch it alive, I definitely shouldn't catch it dead.” Yang Qi thought to himself.

He still reeled in ten meters, then paused for a minute or two. He steadily reeled in the line and pulled the fish all the way.

The thirty-plus-pound Grouper gradually surfaced. It was still unwillingly thrashing its body. Yang Qi seized the opportunity and quickly scooped it up with a landing net.

“Haha, the big Pearl Grouper is finally mine! Over forty pounds.” Yang Qi shouted excitedly.

Although Yang Qi had caught many large Tunas and many other valuable fish.

But Yang Qi would still treat every fish he set his sights on seriously. At this moment, he was grinning from ear to ear, holding the large Grouper, letting Bai Lang take a photo of him.

“Come on, come on, I'll take one too.” Zhang Jun couldn't wait any longer. Although he had already caught three fish, none of them weighed more than ten pounds.

Fishing is fun, catching a big fish is even more fun!

After Zhang Jun and the other two finished taking photos, Yang Qi held the large Pearl Grouper and put it into the live fish tank.

Due to the order in which the fish were caught just now, Zhang Jun and Zhang Fei, the two brothers, each occupied a small live fish tank. Bai Lang and Yang Qi shared the large live fish tank. However, if either of them caught a large fish, they would definitely only be able to put it in the large live fish tank.

Among these three people, Zhang Jun was definitely the most convinced by Yang Qi's abilities. And sure enough, today he once again occupied the spot next to Yang Qi.

The few of them re-baited their hooks and cast their lines to fish. Near Yang Qi's spot just now, there were three or four Groupers weighing over twenty pounds.

Due to the commotion of catching the fish just now, those few Groupers were somewhat affected. They all swam out a certain distance.

Coincidentally, one of the large Groupers happened to come to Zhang Jun's fishing spot.

“Damn it, I just wanted to get some good sleep, but you just had to disturb me.”

“Forget it, should I just hide a bit further away?”

“Hmm, there’s a little thing bouncing around in front. Is it trying to get attention from me? Never mind! I’ll just have a snack and then go back to sleep!”

This was also a Pearl Grouper weighing around thirty pounds. It simply flicked its tail, came in front of the Shrimp, and swallowed it in one bite.

A huge pulling force instantly came from the fishing rod in Zhang Jun's hand. He instinctively lifted the rod to set the hook.

The large Grouper, whose mouth was pierced, cried out in pain and furiously tried to escape.

“Hooked!”

Zhang Jun desperately hugged the fishing rod, and the fishing line made a “whoosh, whoosh, whoosh” sound as it cut through the water, immediately attracting the attention of the others.

“Holy cow, Second Brother, that's a big fish! Amazing!”

“Brother Jun, awesome!”

Zhang Fei and Bai Lang offered timely flattery, their faces full of envy.

“Hehehe! Just luck, just luck!”

Zhang Jun replied proudly to the two, while desperately pulling the fishing rod, looking for an opportunity to reel in the line. It seemed he was preparing to go head-to-head with this big fish.

Yang Qi looked into the sea and saw it was a Pearl Grouper weighing over thirty pounds. He was very impressed by Zhang Jun's luck.

He relied on his golden finger for doorstep delivery, while Zhang Jun relied purely on luck.

Yang Qi even started to doubt Zhang Jun's old nickname, “Air Force Commander.”

If he didn't have his golden finger and relied purely on luck, then the title of “Air Force Commander” would definitely belong to him.

“Brother Jun, it could also be a large Grouper, try to keep it alive!”

Yang Qi reminded Zhang Jun.

“That's right! Didn't you just catch a Grouper? I'll reel it in slowly then!”

Zhang Jun immediately understood. It must be said that although he hadn't caught many big fish, his lack of practical experience didn't affect the richness of his theoretical knowledge at all.

He then loosened the drag a bit, no longer going head-to-head with the big fish, intending to let the first burst of strength subside first.

As the big fish's first burst of strength gradually disappeared, Zhang Jun tightened the drag, meticulously applying the technique of pausing every ten meters.

It didn't matter if the fish came up a little slower, the main thing was stability.

“Hahahaha, Yang Qi, it really is a big Grouper!”

By this time, the silhouette of the big fish was faintly visible. Zhang Jun shouted.

Yang Qi was already waiting by his side with a landing net.

As the thirty-plus-pound large Pearl Grouper surfaced, Yang Qi extended his large landing net and steadily scooped the big fish's head into it.

The two of them worked together to pull the large Pearl Grouper onto the deck.

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