123: Night fishing

“This spot should be pretty good. Everyone can rest if they want, or keep fishing.”

Yang Qi said to the group.

“I’m going to set up a few boat rods and let the electric reels fish automatically.”

“I’ll fish for a bit longer.”

“I want to fish too, it’s still early to sleep,” Bai Lang chimed in.

“Alright, then I’ll give you a boat rod, and you can also use the electric reel for automatic retrieval.”

Everyone chose to continue fishing. Yang Qi quickly brought Bai Lang a boat rod and taught him how to set it up and operate it.

Bai Lang excitedly baited his hook, cast the line into the water, and activated the electric reel’s automatic mode.

The electric reel’s fishing positions were still the same as during the day: Yang Qi and Zhang Jun on one side, Zhang Fei and Bai Lang on the other.

If a big fish was caught and they couldn’t handle it, they could just shout, and everyone would help.

Everyone was busy, adjusting their rods, then gathering on the front deck to chat, smoke, and joke around.

After a while, Bai Lang’s electric reel suddenly made a rapid sound, and the fishing line was pulled taut. He rushed over in a hurry.

The rod tip bounced up and down a few times with the line, then with a “click,” the automatic retrieval switch engaged, and the line began to reel in with a “zzzzzz” sound.

“Fish on!” Bai Lang shouted, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.

Yang Qi quickly went over to help, guiding Bai Lang on how to manually assist the electric reel in retrieving the line.

As the line was slowly reeled in, a very large silhouette could vaguely be seen beneath the surface.

Everyone gathered around, their eyes fixed on the water, full of anticipation.

When the large fish was pulled out of the water, everyone gasped in amazement—it was a Sea Bass weighing over twenty catties.

Bai Lang’s face was flushed with excitement as he posed for a photo with the large Sea Bass. After that, everyone’s spirits were even higher, and they all focused on their rods, eagerly awaiting the next surprise.

Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of catching the large Sea Bass, Zhang Jun’s boat rod also showed some activity.

The electric reel spun wildly, the fishing line was taut like a violin string, the rod tip violently shook a few times as it was pulled, and the electric reel’s automatic retrieval switch popped open.

It started reeling in with a “zzzzzz” sound.

“Judging by the movement, what I’ve caught isn’t small either!” Zhang Jun shouted, quickly stepping forward to grab the rod.

He held the fishing line with one hand, battling the fish, constantly wary of the line breaking and injuring him.

Feeling that the electric reel and line setup could completely control the fish underwater, he felt relieved.

“I’ve got a fish on here too,” Zhang Fei also shouted.

As Zhang Jun manually assisted the electric reel in slowly retrieving the line, the shadow beneath the water grew larger and larger, its outline gradually becoming clear. It was actually a huge Green Grouper.

This Grouper weighed at least thirty to forty catties and struggled fiercely, trying to break free from the hook.

Zhang Jun gritted his teeth, his hands firmly gripping the rod, engaging in a contest of strength with the Grouper.

After a fierce tug-of-war, he finally landed the large Grouper on the boat with a net.

Yang Qi suddenly noticed his own fishing rod also trembling slightly. It seemed a fish was about to bite the hook, having brushed against the line.

At this time, night had fallen, and the sea was pitch black, with only a few stars twinkling in the sky.

But the people on the boat were still immersed in the excitement of fishing, looking forward to more catches.

Yang Qi ran to the control room and turned on the two searchlights at the front and back. Instantly, the area around setting sail was brightly lit.

Immediately, countless phototactic small fish gathered around the boat, followed by some predatory fish from the upper water layers, such as Mahi-Mahi and Skipjack Tuna.

Yang Qi returned to his fishing spot and found that both of his rods had fish on them. The electric reels were making a “zzzzzz” sound and were already automatically reeling in.

Looking at the bend of the rod tips, the fish below shouldn’t be large; the electric reel was automatically retrieving with no pressure at all.

From what Zhang Fei said, he had caught a five to six-catties Grouper, a trevally, and a red seabream. The smallest trevally was over 3 catties.

Three birds with one stone, pretty good, and the fish were decent.

Immediately after, Yang Qi’s electric reels also brought the fish from below to the surface of the sea. The first rod had a small red seabream and two yellowtail snapper.

The second rod caught a four to five-catties small Grouper, and surprisingly, two Skipjack Tuna.

“What the heck! Damn it!”

Yang Qi cursed under his breath.

“These cheap things, how can they be worthy of my current rank!”

As this thought emerged, Yang Qi chuckled self-deprecatingly:

“What rank do you think you are! Aren’t you just relying on your golden finger to catch big fish? Yang Qi, Yang Qi, don’t get ahead of yourself.”

“Look now, without activating your golden finger, relying purely on luck, you can only catch some cheap stuff. You can’t compare to the other three.”

Actually, recently, Yang Qi had tried his best not to activate his ability except when searching for fish schools.

He always refused to believe his luck could be so bad, but in the end, he was always slapped in the face by reality, forced to activate his golden finger to precisely feed the big guys.

After some self-reflection, Yang Qi re-baited his hooks and cast his rods.

“Golden finger, forget it for now, I’ll wait a bit longer! I can still hold on.”

Yang Qi walked over to Zhang Jun, offered him a cigarette, and watched him catch fish.

This one rod caught three fish: a four to five-catties Sesame Grouper and two six to seven-catties red seabream. It was an impressive catch, quite good.

Yang Qi even cheered for him.

Suddenly, he saw that one of his own rods was already automatically reeling in.

Looking at the stress on the rod, it wasn’t a big fish; he could only hope for a better species.

Yang Qi, with a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in his pockets, slowly walked back to his fishing spot. He silently watched the fishing line “zzzzzz” being retrieved by the electric reel without any pressure.

The fish wasn’t big, the pull was very small, and after waiting a little longer, it was pulled to the surface of the sea.

“Holy crap, damn it!” Yang Qi couldn’t help but curse.

It was actually a yellowfin bream weighing just over a catty, and two Skipjack Tuna weighing three to four catties.

“This is just too much! Not even as good as the last cast.”

Yang Qi grumblingly took the fish off and threw them into the livewell, planning to use them as bait when he encountered bigger fish.

Regardless of good fish or bad fish, a fishing enthusiast never gives up!

He re-baited with Shrimp and cast his rod into the sea.

The adjacent fishing rod suddenly shook twice, triggering the automatic retrieval switch, and the electric reel began to reel in automatically.

The previously motionless fishing rod now had its tip lowered, constantly shaking up and down under the pull of the fishing line, like a person repeatedly nodding and bowing.

Judging by the force of the rod’s movement, the fish caught wouldn’t be too small.

“Haha! Fish on!”

Yang Qi felt like he’d lose out if he didn’t shout; he’d been listening to the others yell all this time.

Now that he had the chance, he had to shout too.

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