The Top Fishing Master

"You guys are actually quite lucky, take a look at Li Xiaopeng over there, it's all Mai Sui, and Mai Sui loves to snatch bait, eats anything, but its mouth is so small, you can't catch it at all."

"Yeah, the three of us have basically been watching the float dance for half an hour, the float goes down and goes crazy, but you can't catch anything, it's all Mai Sui."

"You're just lucky, over here it's not even Mai Sui, it's all Pangpi, which is worse than Mai Sui, it may look wide-bodied, but its mouth is even smaller than Mai Sui."

"I laughed until I cried; I can reach the bottom quite smoothly here, but it's still the realm of little fish."

"Even reached the bottom, and it's still little fish?"

"Take a look, they're all ground tigers, these things crawl on the bottom, as soon as the bait hits the bottom, they latch on tight, the float looks like it's hooked a big fish, leaving us excited for nothing multiple times, thinking it's a big fish, only to pull it up and find out it's smaller than a fingernail."

The anglers were all complaining, really today's competition was overrun with little fish.

Speaking of which, the reason was actually quite simple.

Everyone could pretty much analyze it.

It's because the area is a large patch of open water, the water surface is virtually similar everywhere, and the 10-meter distance near the shore is actually very gentle, with almost no terrain differences.

At 10 meters from the shore, the water depth doesn't exceed 2 meters, so no matter how long the rod is, the fishing depth is basically the same, just one or two meters.

And at this depth, it's essentially the realm of little fish.

The big fish usually hide in the distant deep waters, especially today with so many people gathered on the shore, making a lot of noise, the big fish are very cautious and generally don't come close to the shore, which is giving many anglers a headache.

The big fish are all hiding in the distant deep waters, while the places everyone can fish are all shallow waters, leading to the little fish going wild.

White stripes, Mai Sui, Pangpi, Shrimp Tiger, the four mythical beasts all came out, causing many anglers severe headaches.

Many contestants helplessly switched rods repeatedly, from five or six meters up to ten meters, or even longer, trying to fish further and deeper.

However, the results didn't differ much; it was still mostly little fish causing trouble.

This nearly drove those using long rods crazy,

it was like using a cannon to shoot mosquitoes.

Imagine holding a rod over 10 meters long, like a giant pillar, finally managing to cast the hook into the water.

Next moment, the float moved.

You excitedly lifted the rod, using all your strength to pull the fish up, only to find the fish is smaller than your hook; what kind of feeling is that?

It's enough to make anyone break down.

At this moment, the audience was also watching in stunned silence.

"Wow, last time we watched for ages, it was a showdown of empty-handed fishing by masters, and now, we're seeing the masters using cannons to catch mosquitoes."

"Hahaha, if it comes to catching these small fish, I'm at the same level as the masters!"

"Feels familiar, every time I go fishing, it's the same scene."

"Turns out when faced with these small fish, these fishing masters are as helpless as I am, really no solutions?"

"Even these master-level anglers can't avoid the small fish?"

"To answer the above, there are definitely solutions, several actually. For example, you could lure big fish by setting a bait area, change baits to avoid small fish, adjust rod length, and change water depth to avoid small fish congregation. You can also adjust the line setup, hook size, and lead weight to avoid small fish, but none of these methods guarantee results, some might not even work."

"The earnestness of the person above almost had me believe it, until that last sentence hit with reality."

"Those masters really seem like that, some are changing rods, some are changing line setups, some are changing bait, but with all the switching, the only thing not different is the fish — still those small fish beasts; I can feel the contestants' inner turmoil."

"Perhaps this water area is simply overrun with small fish, impossible to avoid."

The audience had mixed feelings, some found it interesting because they saw these experts trapped by small fish just like when they fish.

Others felt speechless, because they weren't watching the show to see a bunch of amateurs clashing, but to see impressive performances and expert techniques.

Just then, the main camera of the program team switched to Lin Yang's side.

However, the camera first focused on Li Xiaopeng instead of Lin Yang.

Suddenly, viewers in front of the TV were astonished.

Because they saw a different performance.

"Everyone, quickly look, this person caught a big fish!"

In the video, it was Li Xiaopeng who had just caught a Carp weighing about a pound.

Although this fish wasn't big, and in Carp terms, it could only be considered a small Carp.

But for the audience, it was the biggest fish in the competition they had seen so far.

Because before this, all they saw were contestants catching small fish, let alone Carp, not even the most common Crucian Carp seemed to have been caught by anyone.

Li Xiaopeng catching a more than one-pound fish directly overshadowed all previous contestants.

So, the entire live broadcast suddenly lit up.