86: Four people hit the giant at the same time

Seeing Bai Xue and Mother Yang easily handling the three electric reels, Yang Qi returned to his fishing spot.

The father and son pushed the Red Seabream they had just caught into the freezer and turned on the refrigeration switch.

For the next two hours, the father and son successively caught over 20 Red Seabream. The large ones weighed forty to fifty catties, and the small ones seven to eight catties. There were also five or six Spanish Mackerel weighing over ten catties. Yang Dad exclaimed how enjoyable it was.

Mother Yang and Bai Xue also continued to catch fish without stopping: Grouper, Black Sea Bream, Yellow Chicken Fish, and Porgy.

During this time, a Large Yellow Croaker weighing over 2 catties was also caught. Because it bit too deeply, Bai Xue wrapped it in a black cloth and placed it in a foam box.

Yang Qi suddenly noticed two spindle-shaped figures appearing ahead.

“Tuna!”

“It’s a Yellowfin Tuna!”

“Dad, go to the ice storage and get a box of frozen bait. Bai Xue, prepare to chop fish for chumming.”

“Okay!” “Okay!”

Yang Dad brought out a box of frozen Blue Mackerel. This time, Yang Qi had brought 10 boxes for the trip.

Yang Dad watched Bai Xue chop a few fish and immediately understood what to do.

He took the knife from Bai Xue’s hand and began chopping fish. Each fish was chopped into two to three sections.

After chopping about ten fish, Yang Qi began picking up the fish sections and throwing them into the sea. From far to near, he kept throwing. Yang Dad kept chopping until three boxes were used up.

Yang Qi only called a halt because he saw many small fish swarming to eat. And these two Tuna had already noticed the bait and were swimming towards where the bait was thrown, with four or five more following behind.

“Hook whole Blue Mackerel; Tuna are coming.”

Bai Xue had already changed the electric reels to single hooks and baited them.

At Yang Qi’s command, five fishing rods had their hooks changed and were cast towards the chummed area.

Tuna, needing to keep swimming constantly, consume a huge amount of energy and must eat continuously.

A Tuna needs to eat 18% of its body weight in food every day.

Therefore, a Tuna can be said to be either eating or on its way to eat.

Don’t be fooled by the Tuna’s large size. Sometimes, when chasing large schools of Sardine, or schools of anchovies, or even Blue Mackerel schools, one might think they can easily prey on them.

Tuna are large and fast, but they have speed to spare and lack flexibility.

These small fish schools use this flexibility to evade the Tuna’s predation. Of course, a portion of them will certainly become Tuna food.

“Dad, gently sway the rod like this and slowly reel in. Make the Blue Mackerel on the hook move to attract the attention of big fish.”

As Yang Qi was teaching Yang Dad how to operate, his Dad’s fishing rod suddenly bent sharply forward, forming a large arc. It pulled him forward, causing him to lean.

The fishing line made a fierce “whoosh, whoosh, whoosh” sound as it cut through the water.

“Fish on! What great strength!”

Yang Qi used his ability to look and saw it was indeed a large Yellowfin Tuna weighing one hundred and seventy to eighty catties!

Yang Dad had never encountered such a large fish and almost stumbled for a moment.

Fortunately, he often worked back home, so he had nothing left but sheer strength.

He immediately squatted into a horse stance. Using both hands, he leaned back, barely holding back the crazed Tuna.

“Dad, loosen the drag a bit and let the fish run for a while to relieve the first wave of pulling force from the giant.”

Yang Qi instructed his Dad from the side:

“Once this wave of pulling force is relieved, the rest will be handled just like before.”

“Okay! I understand!” Yang Dad followed Yang Qi’s instructions and immediately felt much more relaxed.

“Hahahaha! I’ve also hooked a big fish here!”

Exclamations also came from Mother Yang and Bai Xue’s side.

Yang Qi looked and sure enough, they had hooked two more Yellowfin Tuna, each weighing over a hundred catties.

Yang Qi was speechless!

He was the first to spot the Tuna, yet now he was the only one who hadn't hooked one.

“Oh dear! My ability is really not omnipotent. Although I can see the fish, it’s useless! If it doesn’t bite the hook, there’s nothing I can do!”

“This is truly absurd!”

No choice! One cannot blame the government for a hard life!

“Alright, alright! If it doesn’t come, then so be it! It’s most important for Dad and Mom to be happy! I’ll just play support!”

Yang Qi comforted himself.

He was about to put away his rod to avoid tangling lines with his Dad.

If his Dad lost a fish later because of a tangled line, he would surely scold him.

A huge pulling force came from the fishing rod, almost instantly bending it into a large arc.

“What immense strength!” Yang Qi immediately squatted into a horse stance, forcefully lifting the rod with both hands to set the hook.

He held on for twenty seconds, trying to pull the fish further away from his Dad. He knew the hook must have pierced the fish’s flesh.

Yang Qi slightly loosened the reel’s drag, letting the fish run for a while. The Tuna, stung by the hook, frantically swam outwards.

On Bai Xue and Mother Yang’s side, with Bai Xue teaching Mother Yang and the high-powered electric reels, there wouldn’t be much of a problem, just a slower pace of landing fish.

The two ladies simply let the electric reels automatically retrieve the line, constantly pouring water on the reels to cool them down, occasionally helping to pull the line by hand. It was very easy.

Bai Xue pressed the automatic retrieve switch on the middle electric reel, and it had almost reeled in all the line.

Now the scene was four people, five rods, with four rods hooked up, all to large Tuna. The spectacle was magnificent.

Yang Qi deliberately pulled the fishing line to the side. As the first wave of impact passed, he entered into the fish-fighting mode.

As Yang Qi’s body swayed back and forth, the fishing rod also moved back and forth, his left hand reeling for a bit and then stopping.

He slowly entered into a tug-of-war mode.

The over two-hundred-catty Tuna was full of vitality, darting and jumping from time to time. Yang Qi could only grip the rod tightly, seizing the opportunity to reel in some line, and releasing a bit of line when the Tuna exerted force.

The enemy advances, I retreat; the enemy retreats, I advance!

Finally, after tormenting the Tuna for over an hour, the Tuna was more out of breath than in.

Yang Qi slowly pulled the fish to the side of the boat, picked up the gaff hook from the gunwale, and firmly plunged it into the Tuna’s head.

He took out a rope, looped it around its large scissor-like tail. Calling Mother Yang, the two of them strained to pull the fish onto the aft deck.

“What a huge Tuna!”

Mother Yang had never seen such a large fish and couldn't help but exclaim!

“It must weigh over two hundred catties! Mom, go help them; I’ll bleed the Tuna first.”

After speaking, he took out the bleeding knife he had specially brought this time and made two deep cuts near the Tuna’s gill cover and tail. The fish blood, full of a fishy smell, immediately flowed out.

He forcefully flipped it over to the other side and made two corresponding cuts.

He took the water hose and inserted it into the cut near the gill, letting water flow in with a “sizzle.”

He ran to Yang Dad’s side to check, and it was almost done; the Tuna was about to surface.

Mother Yang and the others still had a ways to go. Using electric reels for giant fish meant the speed of landing them was a bit slow, but it was safe and labor-saving.