Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 649 - 376: Playing for Real (Part 2)

When it comes to fishing skills, Han Mocheng is slightly better than Meng Fan and Liu Zi in Zhang Yang's team. Their basic skills are about the same, but Han has a bit more in terms of reaction and understanding of the fish conditions.

Through the first two matches, Zhang Yang has given a simple analysis, and Han Mocheng himself has a basic judgment as well. The fish conditions are pretty clear now, and Han has drawn a good spot again, so he's naturally not afraid of Liu Xiaodong's provocation.

He quickly switched to the number three short float that sinks fast and has a short journey. After starting to fish, he quickly made a few casts with peanut-sized bait to set up the area.

At this point, the combination of a good spot and special bait medicine showed immediate effect.

The previous discussions and redraws took about fifteen to twenty minutes, so the fish in the area had already dispersed. However, with just three casts, the bites immediately picked up in Han Mocheng's spot.

With a nearly pure response from the fish, there was no need to be too selective. Han Mocheng simply adjusted to the rhythm of catching bites and quickly started catching fish rapidly.

Single tail, first catch!

Single tail, restocking!

Single tail, continue restocking, suppress the fish conditions!

Single tail, continue!

After catching five single tails in a row, the giving position in the area elevated. Han Mocheng consciously maintained a fast rhythm and excited the fish in the area.

With a simple density guarantee, the catching strategy was immediately adjusted.

For the first bite, the slight dip downwards was ignored, focusing on the swift rise and brief suspension, increasing the chance of catching double tails!

After switching to the bait with Zhang Yang's enhancement, Han Mocheng clearly felt the effect in the actual fishing.

How to describe this feeling?

Once the bait was right, the coordination with the overall fish condition and fishing performance improved, raising the margin for error. Sometimes, even when an action wasn't very smooth, raising the rod still resulted in double tails.

For a moment, Han Mocheng was on a roll, performing more and more smoothly, and quickly immersed himself in it.

Switching back to Zhang Yang's side, at position 12, the fish condition was not much different from Han Mocheng's. Zhang Yang also casually made a few casts, and the bites in the spot became dense.

It can be said that with the addition of the herbal wine, it was like giving wings to a tiger in actual combat. Zhang Yang was using a fast, crisp float, yet around ten minutes in, the fish were still not under control, frequently biting at the initial cast.

Fishing purely at the bottom could yield seventy to eighty fish, and with many bites above the bottom, Zhang Yang had more room to excel. Through precise float selection, almost every cast landed a double tail, maximizing the efficiency of catching fish.

In the total twenty minutes of fishing, because of the prior buildup and smack talking, everyone was noticeably more serious, and on the south bank of the Winter Fishing Hall, no one spoke, just the sound of casting and reeling echoed.

Zhang Yang, while catching bites, also monitored the efficiency of other anglers around him. Despite many bites, it didn't completely shut down the neighbors' fishing but did slow them down. The anglers on both sides showed a noticeable reduction in their catch rate.

Besides Zhang Yang and Han Mocheng doing well, the other three in the team also improved significantly after switching to medicated bait.

Among them, Xiaobao showed the most contrast, as the advantage of the bait made up for his technical shortcomings. Speaking of basic casting and retrieving, after so much practice, Xiaobao was passable. In the warm tent with short rod retrieves, apart from having a gap with top-notch anglers like Zhang Yang, he was just as good as ordinary anglers.

"Ding-a-ling…"

Just as everyone was fully focused on the competition, Da Ge's alarm rang right on time.

Han Mocheng happened to land a last-second double tail as the alarm went off; two fish almost synchronized with the sound entering the net.

"Whew… That was close!" Han Mocheng put down his rod and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Last-second double tail, kind of over time, isn't it?" Liu Xiaodong next to him said leisurely.

"Haha, Brother Liu, you're quite observant! When it's time to count, check with Da Ge if the last-second ones count. If not, deduct those two, I won't take advantage!" Han Mocheng said calmly.

"Alright, you're a stand-up guy!"

Liu Xiaodong was left speechless because this was just a casual fishing competition, and the rules weren't strictly enforced.

"Let's start counting the catches from number one, as usual! Teacher Ma, your call?" Da Ge glanced at Ma Yuhua and asked.

Ma Yuhua waved his hand: "No need to be fussy; you all decide! With so many brothers watching, can't mix up the results, can you?"

"Alright, taking turns as usual, Zhang Yang, arrange two people to count this round's catches!"

Zhang Yang nodded: "Sure, no problem! Liu Zi, Xiaobao, you two count the catches for everyone!"

"Got it!" Liu Zi responded, then quickly stood up from his fishing spot, grabbing a plastic basin to start working.

While the two youngsters were counting catches, Zhang Yang was quite composed, pulling out a pack of white ganja to hand out to familiar friends nearby, as they all began to smoke.

"Not bad, Zhang Yang, your two young brothers are quite efficient at work!" Da Ge said with a smile while puffing on a cigarette.

"They're alright. Normally in our own fishing rounds, these two also do the counting, so they're used to it! How was your performance this round, Da Ge?" Zhang Yang asked.

"It went okay. At position five, the bites were slower than on the west side, so breaking even is good enough! How about you?" Da Ge asked back.

Zhang Yang's lips curled: "With things so tight, of course I'm going all out, one point, not a big issue!"

Actually, Da Ge casually asked how Zhang Yang's fishing went out of habitual politeness, since they hadn't counted that area yet.

But Zhang Yang's answer had a bit of sharpness to it.

"Wow, so confident? One point?" Da Ge purposely turned to look at Zhang Yang, trying to determine from his eyes if he was being serious or joking.

"Yeah! No big issue! With fifty-one rounds of betting, shouldn't we be vigilant?" Zhang Yang nodded and whispered close to Da Ge's ear.

"Darn, not fair, pretending to be weak just to win big!" Da Ge realized and whispered back.

"Hehe! Not keeping secrets between us, right? Going to the restroom? Let's discuss something there? Hard to talk here!"

"Let's go!" Hearing this, Da Ge nodded decisively.

When the two strolled over to the restroom, Zhang Yang finally said: "You know Teacher Ma's group, they're up to no good! How about teaming up to deal with them?"

"How do we team up? How can I help?" Da Ge asked.

Zhang Yang said seriously: "We're all serious; after losing several rounds, your brothers probably can't take it, might sneak off at any chance. Try to keep them steady!

I can reimburse your friends' losses afterward, based on what's left over!

We, the brothers, need to do something about Teacher Ma's people! Get some money and have a beef and seafood hotpot tonight, isn't that nice…"

"You're counting on us? No special circumstances?"

Da Ge knew a bit about Zhang Yang's character, not one to boast, but still found it hard to accept.

"None! Our relationship doesn't require me to fool you! So, are you in or not!

I'm telling you the truth; you can't rely on them. It's going to be cannon fodder if they persist today!

Lack of skill means losing out in the top three, and that's a blood loss no matter how you see it!

Among us brothers, casual ten or twenty on fish matches doesn't matter, but with Ma Yuhua's lot, animosity waits to exploit us, and I can't let them have their way!

"Alright, with things said like this, let's team up and get them!" Da Ge gritted his teeth and agreed decisively.