290: Yang Qi fell into the pit

"Brother Jun, have you all started?" Yang Qi asked Zhang Jun and the others.

"We've all started. Five people, 8,000 yuan in fishing fees. I only caught four, and A Yao caught two. We only got 900 yuan back."

"It's not that they weren't biting; the fish were just too big to reel in, and we broke a lot of lines. But the Pond Master released some grass carp yesterday morning in front of everyone, and the largest was only 25 catties."

Yang Qi nodded, then suddenly noticed several giant grass carp in the reservoir's center, longer than him and with bellies thicker than his waist, likely over 170 catties.

"This Pond Master is a bit sly! He deliberately releases some twenty-plus-catty fish in front of everyone. It would be a miracle if the line didn't break when encountering these giant grass carp," Yang Qi thought to himself. He then saw A Hua approaching with a box of mineral water.

"A Hua, have you started too?"

"Yeah, broke two sets of lines." Lu Hua nodded.

"A rookie, I don't know who gave him the guts to fish a black pit."

Yang Qi looked at him but didn't speak.

Seemingly noticing the disdain in Yang Qi's eyes, Lu Hua said sheepishly, "The Pond Master raises a lot of geese. I wasn't thinking of anything else, just wanted to challenge the Pond Master and eat a big goose!"

"You've just watched too much TikTok. Have you ever seen someone catch a Bluefin Tuna weighing over 700 catties with one hand?"

"Are there really big geese?" Yang Qi asked.

"How could that be fake? This Pond Master is very arrogant. He said he welcomes Anglers from all over the country to challenge him. And he specifically called out those online masters to come and challenge him," Lu Hua said, nodding.

Yang Qi looked at Zhang Jun, who also nodded, so he asked again, "Can only hand rods be used?"

"Only hand rods within 7.2 meters, with a line group within 15 meters," Zhang Jun replied.

While they were talking, Liu Yao brought the Pond Master over.

"Boss, I heard from General Liu that you want to catch bighead carp and silver carp! But today, my place is a grass carp pond!" The Pond Master asked, sizing up Yang Qi.

"Yes! Pond Master, I just want to catch bighead carp and silver carp. Name your price!" Yang Qi said to the Pond Master.

"Hey! Boss, this is no fun. Didn't we just agree?" Liu Yao said to the Pond Master, displeased.

"General Liu, don't worry. I have to explain the situation clearly to this boss, don't I?" The Pond Master didn't want to offend these benefactors, so he explained inwardly.

"We're all friends. Since we've talked this much, I'll give everyone some face. Fishing for bighead carp and silver carp is 600 yuan an hour, with a minimum of four hours. Your catch is yours, or you can sell it back to me."

"Below twenty catties is 8 yuan per catty, and above twenty catties is 12 yuan per catty. The line group requirements are the same as for grass carp, and someone can help net the fish."

"Still, the same saying: welcome to challenge me."

Yang Qi looked at the arrogant Pond Master, who had an 'I don't care if you fish or not' attitude, and his eyebrows twitched a few times.

This price was obviously high, but he didn't dwell on it too much; just do it!

As a cheater, in the field of fishing, he was truly fearless.

"Alright! I'll go with what the Pond Master said. It's one o'clock now, I'll fish until five. Bai Xue, pay him."

Yang Qi said readily.

"I'll do it! Bai Xue, you two go play in the shade over there; it's too sunny outside. A Yao, get the bighead carp and silver carp bait." Zhang Jun said to Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan. Then he scanned 2,400 yuan to the Pond Master.

With the help of a few people, Yang Qi quickly set up his fishing platform. He took a 7.2-meter, 19-tone fishing rod from Liu Yao, and then took out a line group from his own tackle bag and made a new set.

Yang Qi sat on the fishing box, casting the 7.2-meter rod without any effort, thanks to his powerful arm.

The Pond Master looked at his posture, and for some reason, a faint worry stirred in his heart.

The first step in fishing for bighead carp and silver carp is to cast bait to attract fish. Yang Qi waited until the float just stood up, then twitched the rod.

As one egg-yolk-sized bighead carp and silver carp bait after another was cast into the water, the surface gradually turned milky white.

Yang Qi also saw a few bighead carp and silver carp enter the fishing spot, but he didn't pay much attention to them, continuing to cast bait. In less than an hour, he had used up an entire basin of bighead carp and silver carp bait.

However, not a single fish had bitten. Yang Qi was not in a hurry. He took a basin of bait from Liu Yao but didn't cast immediately, instead picking up a bottle of mineral water and taking a few sips.

At this point, more and more bighead carp and silver carp were gathering at the spot. While he was drinking water, seven or eight more bighead carp and silver carp over twenty catties arrived.

"We can start now." When he was casting bait earlier, he didn't give the fish any time to bite; he always reeled in early.

Yang Qi kneaded a new piece of bait, hooked it onto the upper hook, and cast it into the water.

This time, when the float stood up, he didn't twitch the rod again; he began the actual fishing.

After waiting ten seconds, the float shook and then suddenly dipped down. Yang Qi twitched the rod immediately, and the hook firmly pierced the fish's mouth.

The fishing rod instantly bent into an arch, and the fishing line cutting through the water made a "woo woo woo" sound, like a whistle, very piercing.

Hand rod fishing is different from sea rods with reels; it requires brute force.

If the fishing rod is not raised immediately, and the fish pulls it into a tug-of-war, without the rod's elasticity to absorb the force, the outcome is usually a broken line and a lost fish.

But who was Yang Qi? After his body was modified by his ability, his strength had reached that of three adult men.

He squatted into a horse stance, exerted force with both arms, and immediately raised the fishing rod. No matter how hard the fish struggled underwater, it was futile.

Yang Qi took a few steps back, landed on the shore, gripped the fishing rod with both hands, and pulled it back forcefully.

He even skipped the process of tiring the fish, directly pulling the large bighead carp and silver carp out of the water.

This seventeen or eighteen-catty bighead carp and silver carp, after choking on a few gulps of air, had no time to react before it became powerless and was obediently pulled to the shore.

Zhang Jun was already waiting with a net, and with a "thump," the first bighead carp and silver carp went into the fish keep.

The entire process took less than two minutes. The Pond Master, somewhat disbelieving, checked his phone.

"What the hell is going on? This fish must be sick, does it have no strength?"

Yang Qi continued to bait and cast.

The bait sank, the float slowly stood up, and the next moment, it dipped down.

Yang Qi raised his rod to set the hook, and again, there was the "woo woo woo" sound of the fishing line cutting through the water.

"He's hooked another one, in less than a minute! Holy crap!" This time, the Pond Master watched his phone, timing it. He couldn't help but curse.

About two minutes later, another large bighead carp and silver carp, weighing around twenty-five catties, entered the fish keep.

Bighead carp and silver carp are different from other fish; they won't get scared and flee if their companions are caught.

As long as there's bait, you'll catch more and more. Sometimes, if you catch a smaller one and throw it back, you can even catch it again later.

It's said that fish only have a seven-second memory, but he doesn't know if that's true.

Maybe it remembers to eat but not to be caught!

Yang Qi wondered if eating fish with such low intelligence would make him just as stupid.