The Top Fishing Master

Upon seeing this situation, everyone obviously wouldn't sit idly by, and all of them started changing their fishing rods one after another.

In no time, all the competitors on the site switched to marine rods, but some were extremely anxious as they hadn't prepared marine rods for this fishing event, and they were desperately trying to find them quickly.

Soon, all the competitors along the river changed to marine rods.

For a while, the constant swishing sound spread across the area as people cast their lines.

In the middle of the Yellow River Old Channel, splashes of water kept appearing, caused by everyone casting their marine rods.

This bustling scene didn't last very long.

"I've got a fish!"

Suddenly, a competitor shouted, and we saw him quickly raise his rod, which immediately bent into a large arch, clearly showing it's a sizeable fish.

Many eyes and cameras instantly focused on this lucky person.

And under the camera lens, it clearly showed his catch was another Hua Lian, slightly smaller than Lin Yang's earlier, but it still exceeded ten pounds.

At the same time, a detail was revealed.

This person's catch was also snagged.

What's more surprising than Lin Yang's, it was hooked by its tail, this fish was also snagged.

"Above the tail is considered a proper catch, but this fish is still hard to count as that, really lucky that it could be caught like this,"

"This illustrates a point, and that is, there are definitely fish in this river, in abundance even, otherwise, there wouldn't be people repeatedly snagging fish."

"Yes, it seems all the fish are in the middle of the river, that's why no one could catch them using a platform fishing rod earlier."

"Perhaps it's too cold, so the fish are not by the banks, all hiding in the deep water areas in the middle, fortunately, Master Lin led the way with the marine rods, otherwise, everyone would still be catching nothing."

"It's not that there are no fish, it's that they're not by the banks. It had to be Master Lin; if he hadn't discovered this point and led the change in fishing strategy, today's competition would have been one where everyone catches nothing."

As the second person also caught a fish, many anglers became convinced that there are indeed fish in the river, just concentrated in the middle.

Only by using marine rods could they cast to the right spots.

So the few remaining competitors who hadn't dared use marine rods all quickly changed their strategy and switched to marine rods.

The entire river has now adopted the marine rod fishing method.

With all the competitors continuously casting their marine rods, fish started being caught one after another again.

The variety of fish caught also began to diversify, with catfish still being the majority.

Twenty-pound Fat Heads and ten-pound white carps were being brought ashore.

Additionally, carp, grass carp, and Crucian Carp began appearing one after another, and many anglers' minds shifted, finally breaking the streak of catching nothing.

However, observant streamers and viewers among the fishing friends noticed a detail.

The majority of the competitors were snagging fish, rather than catching them in the mouth.

Notably, none of the competitors who caught catfish got them by mouth—all were snagged on the belly or sometimes the tail.

This point puzzled many fishing friends, leading them to type numerous comments.

"It's truly peculiar, it's not that there are no fish in the water, it's that they're not biting. So many caught fish were snagged!"

"I've been fishing for many years, and have watched plenty of fishing, but this is the first time I've witnessed such a situation—it's simply miraculous."

"If snagged fish count as proper catches, then there are plenty of those today."

"Hahaha, a group of fishing masters and experts having to rely on snagged fish for their scores—this is hilarious."

"Can someone explain what's actually happening here?"

In response to the many fishing friends' confusion, various experts in the program team attempted to analyze the reasons.

The host, Xiao Xue, also gave her analysis, and her expertise has always been quite good.

She spoke seriously: "I analyze the situation today like this: the resources in this river are actually pretty good. From the species of fish everyone caught so far—Crucian Carp, carp, grass carp, catfish—it's clear that they're abundant. Even without the fish biting, if the cast is skillful, a few can be snagged, demonstrating a high fish density underwater."

"However, due to weather conditions, the fish aren't near the banks, so must be cast with a marine rod to the deepest parts of the river to catch them. Even if cast to the middle, because the temperature has dropped rapidly the past couple of days, the fish are still not really biting, so most catches are snagged rather than caught by mouth."

"Therefore, I can basically conclude that today's competition won't have great scores overall. Even though marine rods might catch fish, it's mainly dependent on luck. Fish aren't biting much, so getting continuous catches won't really happen today...."

Following Xia Xiaoxue's analysis, many anglers seemed to verify her words.

In truth, only a few managed proper catches by mouth.

The few fish that were caught were mostly snagged on their bodies.

During the remaining time, almost no one was catching nothing entirely; everyone was catching fish one after another.

However, overall, there were two characteristics.

One was that there were few proper catches, and more snagged fish.

The other was that, broadly speaking, the quantity of fish caught was still not large.

As Xia Xiaoxue had analyzed, the Yellow River Old Channel wasn't lacking in fish; on the contrary, there were plenty, or nobody could have snagged so many fish directly.

As for why everyone initially didn't catch fish, it boiled down to two reasons.