366: Team Competition 2

Tang Long exhaled a smoke ring, full of emotion.

"That is only thanks to Brother Jun's strong support that I am where I am today."

Yang Qi said with a smile.

"I believe he certainly provided you with help, but I believe even more that it is primarily because you yourself are excellent enough."

"In this group competition, I might hold the team back, but don't worry, I will definitely do my best."

Tang Long said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Brother Tang, don't say that. I am confident that we can achieve good results."

Yang Qi said with firm conviction. Fishing, after all—as long as he could find the fish schools, getting a good result would be easy, wouldn't it?

After the "setting sail" had been sailing for more than two hours, it arrived at the first designated fishing spot. There were often schools of Sea Bass in the vicinity of this spot.

Sure enough, as soon as they arrived in the vicinity, they saw three or four groups, totaling thirty or forty Sea Bass, chasing small fish there. The fish finder also showed quite a few fish underwater. Yang Qi immediately shouted:

"Everyone, get ready to fish!"

After parking the boat, several people began to assemble their fishing rods and cast their lines.

This time, Yang Qi used a Metal Jig lure, and he was seen casting it fiercely toward a certain spot.

With the movement of his hand holding the fishing rod and the gentle turning of the reel, the metal piece swam forward just like a small fish.

Those three or four Sea Bass immediately spotted the metal piece and swam over, wagging their tails one after another.

The rod in his hand suddenly paused, and a pulling force was transmitted to his hand.

"Here it comes!"

Yang Qi immediately raised the rod to set the hook. He quickly turned the reel with his other hand, and a few minutes later, a four or five-pound Sea Bass was pulled out of the sea by him.

A fish this big was no pressure at all for Yang Qi. He didn't even use the Landing Net; he just swung the Sea Bass directly onto the deck.

This process of landing the fish was filmed by the Competition Committee staff on board as evidence.

While Yang Qi was still unhooking his fish, Bai Xue, Zhang Jun, and the others also hooked fish one after another. For a time, the whole boat was filled with laughter and joy, becoming lively.

Just when Yang Qi caught his fifth fish, another Sea Bass chased over, wanting to bite the lure.

Just as the Sea Bass was about to bite the metal piece, a huge Grouper suddenly darted out from the bottom of the water, scaring the Sea Bass away in one bite, and while it was at it, swallowed the metal piece into its mouth.

"I've hooked a big one!"

Yang Qi felt the rod sink violently and was secretly delighted; this unexpected catch was quite significant. The rod instantly bent into a large arc.

He quickly gripped the rod tightly and began to struggle with the Grouper. The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment.

The Grouper had immense strength, dragging the rod violently toward the deep water area. Yang Qi leaned back, his feet planted firmly on the deck, and his hands pulling the fishing line with all his might.

Tang Long and Brother Jun, who were nearby, saw this and put down their rods to come and help.

"Holy crap, it must be a big catch, hold steady, Yang Qi!"

They shouted while pulling the rod together.

After a fierce battle, the Grouper gradually lost its strength and was pulled onto the boat little by little.

This Green Grouper weighed more than thirty pounds, and everyone was extremely excited looking at this big fish.

"This Grouper is really big!"

Tang Long and Zhang Jun said while helping to unhook the fish.

"It's indeed big, it must be at least thirty pounds."

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "With such a good harvest right at the start, it seems we have hope in this competition."

Everyone readjusted their state, cast their lines again, and looked forward to more catches.

At this moment, within the range of Yang Qi's Supernatural Ability, a large school of fish appeared, swimming toward the direction of the "setting sail".

"It seems to be a school of Jinmu Sea Bass! It really is a good Sea Bass spot."

Yang Qi thought to himself, but his movements sped up quite a bit. Just after throwing the fish in his hand into the fish basket, he cast toward the school of Jinmu Sea Bass.

Although the price of Jinmu Sea Bass is relatively low, it wins in size. Each of these Jinmu Sea Bass is over seven or eight pounds, and the largest are nearly twenty pounds.

This competition is about the weight of the catch, and this kind of school of large fish is just perfect.

Yang Qi's Metal Jig had just sunk four or five meters into the water; in a few seconds, the tip of the rod was instantly pulled down.

He immediately raised the rod and pulled up a ten-pound Jinmu Sea Bass.

"It's a Jinmu Sea Bass. This kind of fish basically appears in schools, everyone pay attention."

Zhang Jun recognized the Jinmu Sea Bass that Yang Qi pulled out of the water at a glance.

The scale of this school of Jinmu Sea Bass was much larger than the previous school of Sea Bass.

The five people chased the school of Jinmu Sea Bass and fished for about three hours, catching almost over fifteen hundred pounds. The remaining school of fish then dove and fled into the distance.

All of this was filmed by the Competition Committee staff.

"You guys are really lucky, hitting a large school of fish on the very first day."

The two men took the cigarettes handed by Zhang Jun and exclaimed.

"It's mainly because my brother is good at finding fish. There's no way around it; we originally wanted to keep a low profile, but our strength doesn't allow it!"

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Jun laughed triumphantly.

"Husband, Brother Jun, Brother Tang, come over and eat first!"

At this time, Bai Xue's voice came.

"Let's go, Brother Jun, Brother Tang, and the two big brothers, the food is ready, let's go eat first!"

Yang Qi heard Bai Xue's shouting and said to the others.

"You guys go ahead and eat! We brought self-heating rice."

The two Competition Committee staff quickly waved their hands to refuse.

"Let's go! Let's go! The food is already cooked, don't be polite!"

Yang Qi strongly invited the two. With the persuasion of Zhang Jun and Tang Long, the two finally went over to have lunch together.

Seeing the five or six sea fish on the table, it was clearly the various fish that had just been caught in the morning. There was Grouper and Sea Bass, and even a Sour Cabbage Fish made from a ten-pound Jinmu Sea Bass.

"Isn't this the fish that was just caught in the morning? It can't be counted toward the score if it hasn't been weighed, right?"

"Why did you eat it like this? This... this is such a pity!"

The Competition Committee staff's eyes widened, and they looked stunned.

"Oh! It doesn't matter, competition results are certainly important, but we also have to eat, don't we?"

Yang Qi and Bai Xue looked at each other and smiled.

"But this is over twenty pounds; even if you wanted to cook it, you should have cooked a little less."

One of the staff members said.

"Hahaha, if you cooked less, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough for the couple to eat!"

Zhang Jun laughed after hearing this. Yao Shanshan and Tang Long also laughed, leaving the two completely confused.

"Forget it, forget it, since they don't care themselves, we should stop worrying about them."

The two looked at each other, stopped talking, picked up their chopsticks, and started to feast with the others.

However, I have to say, the taste of this freshly steamed Sea Bass is truly delicious. And the Sour Cabbage Fish made from sea fish also has a unique flavor.