Fishing Livestream

Chapter 1044: Sub-leader with Groundbait



The better the fish's activity, the stronger their appetite, and the bolder they are! If it's a returning fish or a fish in poor condition, such a shock will make them stop biting for at least five minutes!

Based on this point, coupled with the actual number of fish released per person being 150 pounds, the accuracy in judgment has to be at least 80%!

With such a high probability, it's definitely worth taking a gamble! It's almost a guaranteed win!"

"Uh, the way you put it, it does seem to be the case! Did you hear that, brothers in the live stream room? This is the real deal!

If you encounter a similar situation at the Winter Fishing Hall, just follow the advice of Yue Feng, increase the amount of feed directly! You definitely won't lose out!"

As they were speaking, Wang Xiaomin in the camera had already hooked a fish.

He caught two fish on his first cast.

He swiftly and forcefully raised the rod to hook the fish, bending the rod for about one or two seconds to control the fish underwater, then the two seven-to-eight-ounce carp were lifted out of the water by the rod's torque and landed steadily at the mouth of the fish guard.

At this moment, you can see Wang Xiaomin's skill in fly kicking carp, as the two fish were completely still from the moment they broke the water to when they landed in the fish guard.

After reaching the fish guard's mouth, Wang Xiaomin used his left hand to gently guide the line, his right pinky hooking the line to arch the fishing set, and easily brought them to the needle stopper. With two plops, the fish were secured.

"Wow, Yue Feng really wasn't lying, this small technique looks perfect! I remember when I saw you fly kicking before, it felt the same! Not a single extra move throughout, crisp and clean!"

Yue Feng: "Technically speaking, there's indeed nothing to fault! But catching two fish on the first cast raises some issues with the fishing strategy! It's not a big deal, let's see how he responds later!"

"The strategy has issues? With so many fish, naturally you catch two! What's the big deal! Can it even be controlled by humans?"

"Of course, the fish just under the bottom were biting at that position, which isn't suitable for catching two fish! Especially at the start of the fishing, it's easy to overfish and run out of fish!

But a rod or half rod doesn't matter much, if it were me, I'd start adding feed with the next cast! With the fish active, increase your efforts, and each cast brings more action!"

In the next shot, Wang Xiaomin didn't use the double-hook method with more feed, but instead used a method no one else had used before.

He placed two furry red insect baits on the hooks, then casually grabbed some loose powder with his left hand and clamped it onto the leader line.

Yes, you read that right, onto the leader line, not the hooks, nor the lead skin, just a 1.2# nylon line. He just casually clamped it on.

"Huh? Clamping powder on the leader line? What's this move, won't it drop at your feet?" Tian Tian couldn't help but comment upon seeing this.

But in the next moment, the loose powder didn't drop at their feet, but slid slightly on the line and accurately landed in the feed area.

"Leader line with powder! Hmph, this kid is always doing flashy stuff!" Yue Feng chuckled noncommittally.

"Uh, was this powder method something you taught? I've never seen anyone play like this before!" Tian Tian looked at Yue Feng with curious eyes.

Yue Feng: "I didn't teach it, if you have to pin it on someone, it should be his own invention! But I know why he's doing it, if everyone's interested, I can talk about it!"

"Of course we're interested! First, I don't know how he did it! Secondly, what's the benefit of doing this? My head is full of questions now!"

Yue Feng explained: "The reason is quite simple, as you all saw in the footage, the leader line is placed in the center of the loose powder, when baiting it's tight enough so that the bait ball doesn't fall apart, but loose enough to slide on the leader line!

When you release it, the loose powder will naturally slide to the hook's position! But it won't attach to the hook! After sinking, it will scatter quickly, and dissolve right on the bottom!

As for the benefits, it allows the bait ball to be packed looser, without a core, improving the state of the double hooked insect bait, increasing the chances of getting bites!

Overall, it's indeed a method, but its applicability is quite narrow, requiring control over the bait opening water ratio and baiting force. It looks easy but is somewhat hard to learn, a slight deviation might mess it up.

Unless you're a professional angler, the subtle differences make little difference in practical fishing! There's no need to nitpick!"

"Uh, the way you put it, I think I'll not learn it! Just sticking to clamping loose powder on the hooks is fine! Haha!" Tian Tian scratched his head and chuckled, admitting defeat.

"You can't say it like that, it still has its uses! If each cast supplements the feed this way, catching two fish at the start doesn't matter, the feed spot won't lack fish! The fishing strategy aligns with practical fishing, and the fishing will only get faster and faster!"

Continuing to fish in this manner, after five minutes, Yue Feng's predictions were all spot on.

Initially at the bottom, then gradually ten centimeters above, and then twenty centimeters above, Wang Xiaomin's feed spot had more and more fish accumulating, and the fishing depth increased.

At first, there were occasional single catches, but later on, it was all double catches, and within such a short time of fishing, the bites at the neighbors to the left and right had already been significantly reduced.

"Tsk, tsk, you really got it right! The fish are being hooked fast!" Tian Tian couldn't help but sigh watching Wang Xiaomin in full combat mode.

"It's not that the fish are being hooked faster, but that the fish are gathering! Fishing with insect bait, this kind of fish situation is the most satisfying, the bites are more genuine, any unusual movement when the float flips could mean a bite, if the trolling is right, the motion is very beautiful! Look at this gentle pause and the half-eye movement down, they are all like this!"

"Now he should be using a thicker line, I'd like to see if using a 0.8# line would snag! It still seems a bit too challenging to me!"

Yue Feng shook his head with a smile: "With the current fish situation, I estimate that even a 1.5 leader line would work, I'm afraid you won't see the 0.8 line fly kicking anytime soon!"

"You're saying the whole one-and-a-half-hour competition could be all bites? With 150 pounds per person, it doesn't seem like there's enough time for such explosive biting!"

"Uh, that's possible! If the biting starts fast, it could also unexpectedly stop, I've encountered this situation before in the Black Pit!"

The two were just talking casually, not expecting the bites to actually stop.

But after an hour of the start, the fish conditions in the whole pond slowed down, Wang Xiaomin continued for an extra ten minutes, yet the bites still stopped!

"Uh, we talked it into the open stop! The healthier fish have mostly been caught, leaving the old, sick, and weak, I guess you can see the 0.8# leader line fly kicking the carp that you've been longing for!"

After struggling a few more casts, Wang Xiaomin really cut the leader line and switched to a 0.8# size seven sleeve hook!


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