14: Jeremy Wager Fishing Master

Note: The prices of fish have a huge gap with reality, please do not bring in reality, don't scold me ಥ⌣ಥ

Arriving at the Zhu River tributary, Chen Xiangbei saw many fishing enthusiasts had already started fishing.

He found a section of the river where the water was deeper and there were fewer people, adjusted his equipment, and then took out the Secret Bait from the System space.

He carefully read the instructions for use. Following the ratio requirements on the manual.

Mix the bait and water in a 1:10 ratio, and it can expand to 5 times the volume of bait. (Produced by the System, don't dwell on the law of conservation of energy)

That is, 1g of bait mixed with 10ml of water, finally yielding 50g of bait.

One bag of bait is a total of 500 grams, which means one bag of bait can mix out 25000g, which is 50 jin of bait.

According to the notes on the manual, fishing for a freshwater fish only requires 5-10g of bait, while saltwater fish require 10-20g of bait.

Overall, one bag of bait can last for a very long time.

He poured out 10g of bait into the bait tray, then poured in 300ml of water to mix and stir, obtaining 500g of formed bait.

He pinched off a small amount, about 5g of bait, hung it on the hook, then cast it about 8 meters away, and quietly waited for a fish to bite.

Not long after casting, Chen Xiangbei felt a strong pull on his hand, and quickly pulled the rod up, the fish was instantly hooked.

The fish had quite a bit of strength, it felt like this fish would be quite large.

After playing with it for a while, in the face of absolute strength, the fish quickly ran out of energy and gave up struggling.

He lifted the fishing rod with his left hand, and held the landing net with his right hand to scoop the fish up.

Upon closer inspection, he found it was a Black Fish, the weight was decent, about two jin.

Wild Black Fish sell for a relatively high price, the market price generally ranges from 20-50 yuan, the bigger the fish, the more expensive the price.

He opened the fish keep, put the fish inside to keep it alive, only fresh live fish can fetch a good price.

He baited the hook again and cast the rod, focusing on the bobber on the water surface.

After waiting for a while, he felt a faint movement of the line, this was the contact the fish made with the bait mass when eating the finely crushed bait.

Suddenly, the bobber violently sank into the water, Chen Xiangbei immediately exerted force, feeling strong resistance.

Chen Xiangbei settled his qi in his dantian, adjusted his center of gravity, and engaged in a fierce struggle with this big fellow.

After about five minutes, a plump large Grass Carp surfaced, and he scooped it up with the landing net.

He weighed it by hand, it was probably around eleven or twelve jin.

Although it was a big fellow, the price of Grass Carp couldn't compare to Black Fish, the price of Grass Carp generally ranges from 3-7 yuan per jin.

This Grass Carp should sell for around 5 yuan per jin, a Grass Carp weighing over ten jin is about the same price as a two-jin Black Fish, and catching Grass Carp is time-consuming and tiring.

He continued to cast the rod.

Before long, he caught another Black Fish, this one was even bigger than the previous one, a little over three jin.

He continued fishing for nearly two hours, and noticed that the speed of catching fish was getting slower and slower.

During this time, he caught over twenty fish of various sizes and species.

There were seven or eight large Crucian Carp, five or six Black Fish, three large Grass Carp, and several tilapia.

The rest were some small fish like White Amur Bream.

Chen Xiangbei weighed the fish by hand, it was probably over fifty jin.

“I have to go back and deal with the fish first, if I keep fishing, I won't be able to take them back. Moreover, the fish in this spot have been startled, if I want to fish, I'll have to change locations.” Chen Xiangbei thought to himself.

It was nearly 12 o'clock at noon, finding a wet market would allow him to quickly sell the fish and also solve the problem of lunch.

Chen Xiangbei carried his fish box and came to the side of the road to wait for a car.

Fortunately, this tributary was near the suburbs and the city, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get a taxi.

While waiting for the car, several Middle-aged men, also carrying fishing rods and other fishing gear, walked towards him, they looked like people who were finished fishing and heading home.

Seeing Chen Xiangbei standing on the side of the road carrying his fish box, one of them spoke up and asked.

“Mr., you came fishing too, did you catch anything good?”

“Oh, I just finished fishing and was preparing to go back, the catch was pretty good, how was your haul, Brothers?”

“Alas, there wasn't much of a catch today, just a few White Amur Bream and two large Crucian Carp.” A pot-bellied Middle-aged man said gloomily.

“Mr., let us see your fish.” Another Middle-aged man said curiously.

That's how fishing enthusiasts are, they often share their catches with each other. Chen Xiangbei didn't say anything, and directly opened the box for them to see.

“Wow~ so many big Black Fish, and so plump, Mr., you've struck it rich!”

“And this big Grass Carp, it must weigh over ten jin! My goodness, and so many large Crucian Carp, my mouth is watering.”

The several people said in surprise.

“Mr., are you keeping these to eat or selling them? Can you sell me a few?” A relatively younger Brother asked Chen Xiangbei.

“Yeah, you have so many fish, sell us a few, we'll pay market price, we won't let you lose out.” The others echoed.

Chen Xiangbei thought for a moment, it was the same no matter who he sold to, so he said.

“I was going to take them to the market to sell anyway, since you Brothers want them, then I'll sell them to you.”

“Black Fish are 30 yuan per jin, Grass Carp are 5 yuan per jin, large Crucian Carp are 8 yuan per jin, and tilapia are 5 yuan each, take a look and pick.”

The several fishing friends also knew the market, and knew this was a normal market price.

Moreover, these were pure wild fish, they didn't haggle, and all started picking.

Ultimately, six Black Fish sold for 320 yuan, three large Grass Carp sold for 175 yuan, and the large Crucian Carp and tilapia sold for 85 yuan.

Chen Xiangbei gave away all the remaining small fish, each person got some. The total income was 580 yuan.

He earned 580 yuan in just two hours, isn't this better than manual labor?!

Chen Xiangbei was a little excited, but at the same time, he also thought of the key point.

Those several old Brothers looked like skilled veteran fishermen as well, but they only caught a few small fish after fishing all morning.

Yet he was able to frequently catch fish in the same spot, indicating that the System's bait played a huge role.

Otherwise, no matter how skilled your fishing technique is, if there are no fish in the water, you won't be able to catch these fish.

The characteristics of the Secret Bait attracted the surrounding fish, and coupled with advanced fishing techniques, he was able to catch so many fish.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiangbei finally realized how immense the power of the bait rewarded by the System was.

With this Secret Bait, Chen Xiangbei could make good use of it to earn a lot of wealth.

Not long after the several old Brothers left, the taxi he called arrived, he put all his equipment in the trunk, and then got into the back seat.

Sitting in the car, Chen Xiangbei thought that it was time to buy a vehicle for transportation, otherwise, always taking taxis wasn't a suitable method.

Sometimes he had to go to very distant places to find fishing spots, taking a taxi was inconvenient, and transporting the catch was even more inconvenient.

That's it, how about buying a used car? Used cars are cheap and cost-effective, and anyway, it would only be used for fishing.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so, Chen Xiangbei decided to go to the used car market after eating to see if there were any vehicles he liked.

Half an hour later, Chen Xiangbei returned home, gave his equipment a simple wash, and then went out to eat.

Due to his urgent desire to buy a car, he didn't even have the mood to eat lunch.

He ate something casually at a nearby self-service fast food restaurant, and then couldn't wait to head to the used car market.