426: Fishing for crucian carp at the river mouth

"That's simple! All the fish we catch today will be yours. Take them and stew them for the dog to boost its nutrition; consider it a gift from us. You host a dinner tonight to celebrate!"

Liu Yao suggested, immediately seconded by the others.

"Sure, no problem. Everyone come to my place for dinner tonight."

Yang Qi waved his hand. In fact, this group of people often gathered for meals, sometimes at home, sometimes at restaurants.

While talking, Yang Qi assembled his fishing rod. He didn't need to prepare bait from scratch; he just took a little from each of the others. Combined, his bait ball was no smaller than theirs.

A 3.9-meter rod, 1.5 + 0.6 line setup, size 4 Jinhaixi hook, 2-gram float, adjusted to fish at a depth of two while set to four; it was easy and fast to catch fish.

Yang Qi picked up the wine-soaked rice, "swish, swish," scattered two handfuls, and then threw down two handfuls of pellets. Next was waiting for the fish to gather in the nesting area.

He took out cigarettes, handed them out to the others, and went to chat.

"Yang Qi, have you caught those guys stealing dogs these past few days?" Liu Yao asked while taking a cigarette.

Yang Qi shook his head and said: "I've been watching for three consecutive nights and haven't encountered them. I guess they went to produce elsewhere."

"Forget it, I'll just consider myself unlucky!" Liu Yao nodded and said: "By the way, your Coal is really good; he doesn't eat food thrown by strangers. When he has puppies later, give me one."

"My Coal is a male dog; where would he get puppies for you?" Yang Qi rolled his eyes at him and said.

"Is that so! I really didn't know. Then I'll find Liu Zheng and ask him to get me one." Liu Yao nodded, then changed the subject.

Yang Qi knew that Qiandao Lake angler Liu Zheng had bought two box trucks for hauling goods, and he had quite a lot of work. Occasionally, he could still go fishing with Zhang Jun and the others; they were all quite familiar with each other.

"Got a fish!" While the group was chatting, Lu Hua's loud shout suddenly reached their ears.

Everyone turned to look; it turned out he had hooked a Crucian carp of about two taels. Judging by his excitement, it was as if he had caught a fifty or sixty-pound fish while fishing at sea.

But it seemed normal; everyone was still an Air Force Commander, and so far, he was the River Champion!

"Just showing off! Watch how I shut him down later!" Liu Yao was a bit unconvinced.

Yang Qi turned his head to look underwater again. There wasn't much fish in his nesting area yet, so he squatted down and continued chatting with them.

"Hey! By the way, I'm going to Canada to spend the New Year with my Maternal Uncle-in-law this year. Are you interested in going there with me to have some fun?" Zhang Jun suddenly said.

"New Year? I can't go then!" "Yeah! Definitely can't go during the New Year!" The others shook their heads repeatedly.

Yang Qi saw Zhang Jun looking at him and also shook his head: "I can't do it during the New Year either, let's talk about it later."

"Sigh! Alright then! Let's go have fun together when we have time in the future." Zhang Jun felt a bit regretful. Actually, he had hoped Yang Qi could go with him so they could see the famous Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.

At this moment, Yang Qi discovered a few Crucian carp had entered his nesting area, so he stood up: "Time to fish, I reckon the spot is ready."

Yang Qi returned to his fishing spot, sat on his fishing box, and cast his first hopeful line.

In fact, his recent fishing was just to kill time. He didn't deliberately use his Supernatural Ability, at most just checking if there were fish in the nesting area.

Besides, catching so many small Crucian carp wasn't very useful; it was mainly to experience the joy of opening a blind box.

So for the past few days, he hadn't won the River Champion title once, letting Zhang Jun and Lu Hua show off for several days.

At this time, Zhang Jun and the others started catching fish one after another. Yang Qi wasn't in a hurry; as long as fish entered the nesting area, he would always be able to catch them.

"I saw on short videos that Asian Carp are rampant in the US and Europe, becoming a disaster. It's unbelievable when you think about it!" "And here, trying to catch a few fish is difficult as hell!" Lu Hua started the topic again.

"That's because those foreigners are a bit dim-witted; they don't know how to spit out fish bones and think these freshwater fish are too fishy and have too many bones. Plus, they don't know how to cook fish, so nobody eats them," Liu Yao said matter-of-factly.

"If it were in our country, no matter how many fish there were, as long as fishing was allowed, they wouldn't be able to grow fast enough, let alone become a disaster; that's just a joke." "Those foreigners are ignorant; they don't understand the profoundness of Chinese cuisine at all. Just talking about cooking fish, the variety of methods from all over the country alone would blind them."

Yang Qi didn't chime in, listening quietly to their high-minded talk. It wasn't that he couldn't fit into the topic, but rather that he had just seen his fishing float move. A bite!

Fishing is a bit metaphysical. Basically, all Anglers know: the first fish must not be allowed to escape, nor should it be released right away. Otherwise, the subsequent harvest will basically be indescribable.

Also, keep your hand on the rod; as soon as you let go, the float goes black (a bite). It always bites when you're answering the phone, lighting a cigarette, or getting up to pee, but when you focus on watching it, there's no movement.

When you bring a Landing Net, you only catch small fish; if you forget the Landing Net, you're sure to hook a big one. Then there's putting the fish keepnet in early; if you see water weeds floating right after baiting the spot, there's a high probability there are no fish. The fish that gets away is always the biggest, which affects your mindset for the rest of the fishing session. There's also a saying: Anglers can catch anything except fish!

Yang Qi stared at the float, seeing it push up slightly twice and then stop. He had to suppress the urge to lift the rod and continue waiting.

After waiting a while, he saw it push up again, followed by a sharp dip. A very standard Crucian carp bite.

Yang Qi gripped the rod, flicked his wrist, and immediately felt a pull on his hand. "Got it."

He straightened his arm, gently lifted the fish to the surface, and slowly pulled it close. Sure enough, it was a small Crucian carp of about one tael.

Yang Qi happily lifted the fish to the keepnet, unhooked it into the net, and then pulled the bait to cast again. He had originally come here to fish for wild Crucian carp, and catching small ones was completely within his expectations. A sense of loss? Non-existent!

Didn't you see the envy in Liu Yao's eyes? He was the only one left as an Air Force Commander now; he was scratching his head and getting a bit anxious.

"Hehehe, got another one!" Zhang Jun grinned and laughed.

"Brother Jun, share some of your bait with me; mine might not be mixed well today!" Half an hour later, Liu Yao was still an Air Force Commander, and then he said shamelessly.

"What do you mean not mixed well? My bait was mixed by you yourself! Seriously, let's swap bait! You fish with mine," Zhang Jun said speechlessly.

"Is that really so? Then why am I not getting any bites?" Liu Yao had some selective amnesia.

"How fresh, you have now inherited my mantle!" Zhang Jun said indignantly.

"What mantle?" Liu Yao didn't quite understand.

"Air Force Commander! Isn't it passed on to you now?" "Hahaha!" The group burst into laughter upon hearing Zhang Jun's joke.