30: This stupid fish is really stupid

This is an ordinary Goldfish. The Goldfish family is known for being "silly fish".

In the early days, you could catch Goldfish directly by hand in Baiyun Lake, but that's not really possible now.

Using the oxygen generator prepared in advance, he hooked up oxygen to the fish container and put the fish in.

Today, he specifically prepared 5 large folding fish containers.

Ornamental Fish are quite fragile; if not carefully looked after, they might just die on the spot the next second.

Seeing how good the fishing results were, Chen Xiangbei switched to using a string of hooks, which means multiple hooks on one rod, to increase efficiency, especially when dealing with these "silly fish".

He put five hooks on, each with a tiny bit of bait, and then cast the rod.

Sure enough, these silly fish were like cats seeing something fishy; they bit every time. Chen Xiangbei lifted his rod, and a string of small fish flew up.

Out of the five fish, there were two Goldfish, two fighting fish, and one Bitterling. They were all common small Ornamental Fish, not worth much money.

The two fighting fish and the Bitterling were put in one container, and the Goldfish were put in another.

fighting fish are naturally aggressive and like to fight, so he let the two of them fight.

This time, he cast his rod a bit further.

Lanshou Goldfish are slow-moving and can't compete with the fish in the center of the storm. Casting further might increase the catch rate of rare fish species.

With a strong flick, the hook with the bait flew out and landed in the small patch of ripples in the distance.

After waiting for a while, Chen Xiangbei carefully felt the subtle tugging feedback.

With a "swish", several fish were pulled out of the water in the direction he pulled. This time, he finally saw different kinds of Goldfish.

Looking from afar, it was a bright red Goldfish.

Based on his understanding of Lanshou Goldfish, it was either an ordinary red Lionhead Goldfish or a rare Red Tiger Lionhead Goldfish or Red Ox Lionhead Goldfish.

The price difference between the two was huge. He secretly prayed in his heart that it was a rare one.

The fish were pulled up. This time, the hooks weren't full; there were only three.

All three were Lanshou Goldfish: two ordinary Plain Lionheads and one all-red Red Lionhead. However, this Red Lionhead had a good shape and could sell for a few hundred yuan.

Chen Xiangbei was not discouraged and continued to cast his rod.

For a long time after that, the catch was not ideal. Perhaps this spot wasn't very good.

He caught several hundred fish, but only over twenty were ordinary Lanshou Goldfish. The rest were mostly miscellaneous small fish, with few Ornamental Fish.

Chen Xiangbei decided to change locations. So, he released all those several hundred miscellaneous small fish back into the lake, only taking away the valuable ones.

Carrying his gear, he walked deeper into the Baiyun Lake fishing area, observing as he went, hoping to find a good fishing spot.

The further he walked in, the fewer people there were, but he saw a few tents set up by the lake.

At a glance, they were seasoned veterans who had been fishing for days and nights. There definitely wouldn't be many fish left to catch in such a place.

He continued walking deeper until he was near the edge of the fishing area.

Here, strange rocks stood in abundance, and some huge stones rose from the lake water. Among the scattered rocks, there were many pools of water.

Chen Xiangbei put down his gear, wanting to walk onto those huge rocks to observe the situation in the water.

On the way there, he noticed considerable movement in these pools. So, he took a small piece of the Secret Bait held in his hand and threw it in.

This throw was incredible; a small piece of bait stirred up a thousand waves!

Numerous fish darted out from the rock crevices, fiercely snatching at the piece of Secret Bait.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xiangbei thought of a good idea.

He saw him walk back to the pile of gear by the shore, pick up a large landing net, and return to the pool he was just at.

He saw him tie the Secret Bait onto a piece of foam.

The other end was tied with a short line to the middle of the landing net. The line length was half the depth of the net, ensuring the bait could float in the water while the net enclosed the bait.

As long as the fish came in to eat the bait, it would be a jackpot!

He extended the telescopic landing net to its longest, then slowly lowered it into the pool. Once it reached the suitable depth, he remained in a half-squatting position, ready to exert force at any moment.

Before long, the strong scent attracted a large school of small fish. They swam over from the rock crevices, vying with each other, and in an instant, water splashed everywhere.

Seeing that the time was right, Chen Xiangbei suddenly lifted the landing net out of the water.

When the fish realized they were trapped in the landing net, they struggled and twisted their bodies desperately, trying to escape from the net.

However, they could not break free from the net's restraint.

Of course, there were also a few lucky ones who jumped out of the landing net and fell back into the water as it was being pulled in.

Chen Xiangbei put a netful of fish into a small shallow pit behind him, carefully observing them to find the valuable fish species among them.

He sorted through them by hand and found that there were quite a lot of miscellaneous small fish.

There were several fighting fish, a few Goldfish, and a few small Carp. The rest were all common fish species.

This is understandable; more aggressive fish species would definitely eat first. Ornamental Fish are generally more docile.

So, he decided to scoop several more times. The later the scoops, the more valuable the fish would be.

He scooped the miscellaneous small fish out of the pit and threw them into Baiyun Lake. Since he didn't want them, he released them to protect biodiversity.

Then he returned to the pool and repeated the trick.

For three consecutive times, he only scooped up miscellaneous fish. It wasn't until the fifth time that he found an ordinary Butterfly Koi among them.

He finally saw hope. He continued scooping. This pool was quite large, and the number of fish inside was sufficient.

...

He couldn't remember which time it was anymore, but the fish scooped out in the recent attempts were getting more and more valuable.

Among them were a rare pure white Cow Lionhead Goldfish and two Heavy Ink Tiger Lionhead Goldfish.

The pure white Cow variety of Lionhead Goldfish is one of the most popular varieties on the market.

The price is roughly around ten thousand yuan, and those with good appearance can sell for double the price.

The price for the Heavy Ink Tiger variety is roughly around 2000-5000 yuan.

With these few Ornamental Fish as a base, he didn't need to be so anxious today.

It turns out these Ornamental Fish had become wary from being caught and liked to hide. No wonder he didn't catch many despite fishing for so long just now.

Seeing the movement in the pool getting smaller and smaller, he decided to try one more time. This time, he directly increased the amount, putting in about 20g of bait.

Sure enough, a fish wearing a white battle robe was seen floating up from the bottom of the water, swimming anxiously under the landing net, seemingly looking for an entrance.

Finally, it floated to the surface and then swam in through the net opening.

Chen Xiangbei was quick-eyed and quick-handed. With a strong pull, he lifted the landing net.

This fish was pulled ashore with the piece of foam still in its mouth.

Chen Xiangbei put the fish into the shallow pit and observed it carefully. Upon seeing it, he was attracted by its beauty.

This was a fish about 40 centimeters long, completely snow-white, with a rounded Lionhead shape and a large, wide tail fin that looked exactly like a butterfly.

This was a white short-bodied Butterfly Koi. This kind of Butterfly Koi with excellent appearance has high value, second only to top-grade Panda Butterfly Koi.

Chen Xiangbei carefully took it out and put it into a separate fish container to keep it.