92: Caught a big one

Zhao Hu's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this, and he quickly replied.

"No problem, we'll handle this ourselves and won't cause you any trouble!"

"Thanks, brother! You're truly our 'savior'! You've caught so many rare Lionhead Goldfish!"

"It's nothing. I don't need them anyway. We both get what we need."

"Alright, you go take care of breakfast first. I'm going back to fishing."

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. Bye bye!"

Before Zhao Hu finished speaking, he turned and ran into the cabin.

Chen Xiangbei shook his head with a helpless smile, turned back, and continued fishing.

In the past hour or so, he not only consumed a lot of Secret Bait but also caught a pile of trash fish.

This also simultaneously reduced the number of trash fish in this area of water grass. In this situation, the more you fish, the rarer the fish you catch later will be.

Sure enough, in the next few casts, the fish that took the bait were all Ornamental Fish of varying values.

Consecutive casting is equivalent to a small amount of chumming. Over time, other fish from further away were also attracted.

"Whoosh~"

As he reeled in the rod again, a Molly fish covered in silver scales was pulled up.

This was a silver Molly fish. Although not highly valuable, it was very ornamental.

It should have mutated from a white Molly fish, and its body size was slightly larger than ordinary Molly fish.

There are two directions for mutation: one is malignant mutation, and the other is benign mutation.

Malignant mutation is changing towards ugliness, while benign mutation is changing towards a more charming appearance.

He decided to keep this fish for now. Even if he didn't raise it himself, he could give it to someone else, as it was a benignly mutated fish after all.

He put it into a fish box he planned to take back to raise.

Turning back and just about to put the bait on, he heard a sound of splashing water from a distance.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw ripples on the water surface, along with a hint of bright red.

Due to the distance, he couldn't see the specific situation clearly.

So, he turned back into the cockpit and took out the high-power binoculars.

He adjusted the magnification to a suitable level and looked towards the spot where the sound had just come from.

He saw that the water surface had already returned to calm, with only a small area of light red lake water continuously spreading outwards.

Based on the movement just now and the light red color on the lake surface, it should be a large fish foraging in this water area.

"Splash~"

Suddenly, there was movement again to his front right.

He quickly looked over there and saw a large black creature chasing a group of small fish in the shallow water area.

Because the water here was shallow and the water grass was dense, it greatly affected its flexibility.

This caused it to constantly fail to catch the frantically escaping small fish, thus making a series of splashing sounds.

Chen Xiangbei put down the binoculars, picked up a fishing rod next to him, removed the small hook from the rod, and replaced it with a medium-sized hook.

This fish was a bit large. Without changing the hook, it would be difficult to hook the mouth of this big guy firmly.

After changing the hook, he immediately put on the Secret Bait.

Then he located the black shadow and cast towards its position.

"Whoosh~"

"Plop~"

The bait accurately landed in the area where the large fish was located.

The sound of it hitting the water angered the big guy who was struggling to catch prey.

It turned around and bit down on the bait.

Chen Xiangbei seized the opportunity, lifted the rod with one hand, and hooked the creature firmly.

The pain that shot straight to its head caused it to wildly thrash its body, trying to break free from the hook.

But from the moment it bit the hook, fate had already made the best arrangement.

Chen Xiangbei didn't give it a chance to exert force, directly pulling it out of the water with great force and weight, dragging it back towards the boat.

Without the leverage of the water, this fish could only struggle a bit, with no practical effect.

After pulling it onto the boat, he removed the hook, weighed the fish, and estimated it to be around eleven or twelve pounds.

This was a fierce Pencil Rainbow Snakehead, a type of large Rainbow Snakehead. The largest size artificially bred can reach around 10 pounds.

The reason this Pencil Rainbow Snakehead could grow so large is closely related to the water environment of Baiyun Lake.

Rainbow Snakehead fish look very similar to Black Fish, and many people easily confuse the two.

In fact, they have no relation.

They have significant differences in appearance, habitat, and diet, among other aspects. The only thing they have in common is that they both belong to the Channidae family.

Pencil Rainbow Snakehead fish have a certain reputation in the Ornamental Fish market.

Because they are easy to raise and relatively friendly to beginner fish keepers, they are the kind that can be kept alive just by feeding them on time.

Therefore, the price of Rainbow Snakehead fish in the market is quite good.

He put this Pencil Rainbow Snakehead fish into the trash fish box, allowing it to have a good meal.

As for the trash fish, they could only accept their fate. Whether they would survive depended on how big the Pencil Rainbow Snakehead's appetite was!

He turned back, put the small hook back on, and continued fishing for those small Ornamental Fish, as they were the main source of income.

Meanwhile, inside the cabin, Chen Wen had woken up and was eating breakfast with Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu told him about Chen Xiangbei catching the golden Lionhead Goldfish, which drew a lot of praise from Chen Wen.

"Hu Zi, do you think we've been wandering around the Baiyun Lake Market for three or four years now?"

"Yeah, this should be the fourth year."

"Before we met Xiangbei, the value of the fish we bought combined didn't seem as high as the fish we've bought in the past half month, right?"

Zhao Hu thought for a moment and replied, "It seems that's the case. In the past few years, we've only acquired one top-grade Lionhead Goldfish from the Baiyun Lake Market."

"Other varieties were also very few. Most of them were ordinary goods worth a hundred or so yuan."

"Exactly! I recalled yesterday that when Chen Xiangbei first came to us to sell fish..."

"...Up until now, there have been no less than five top-grade Lionhead Goldfish alone!"

"Rare and precious varieties appear almost every day."

"Most importantly, this might not be his entire catch. Some might have been sold to others."

"And we don't know how long he's been fishing in Baiyun Lake."

"From yesterday when he said he had twenty million yuan in spare cash, I think he's been fishing here for a year or two."

"We've been blind not to have discovered such a fishing master in the past year or two! What a waste!"

Chen Wen analyzed the situation for Zhao Hu point by point.

Zhao Hu, upon hearing this, felt that it was indeed true. Every time he went fishing with him, the catch was simply incredible.

For such a fishing master to have been fishing here for so long without them discovering him, it was a huge loss!

It was hard to imagine how abundant his previous catches must have been to accumulate that much money!

"Wen Zi, what do you think we'll do if we really can't fish in Baiyun Lake anymore?"

"What else can we do? Find a new lover!"