It's a pity that his laughter just now was too harsh. He threw several rods in succession without any movement. Hong Tao looked at his watch and saw that it was already 12:30, and there were still 4 and a half hours before the end of the game. If counted,
There is only a little over 3 hours left for the return journey, so we must hurry up.
Since there are no fish biting here, we might as well change the place. Since the purpose of lure fishing is for people to find fish, we might as well go look for it, maybe there will be surprises. After making up his mind, Hong Tao put away the front drive and started
The host, driving the speedboat, made a 180-degree U-turn in the fork of the lake, and drove south along the lake shore at high speed with water splashing from the stern and Irene’s cheers.
After running for more than 20 minutes, Hong Tao finally found another suitable marking point. This was not the fork of the lake, but another submerged forest that extended far along the lake shore. What made Hong Tao happy was that there were no other runners here.
, he also passed two forks of the lake just now, and there were other fishing boats inside, so he didn't go in to join in the fun.
After adjusting the speedboat to a suitable distance, Hong Tao began to throw the pole into the gap between the tree branches again.
Not a single fish caught...
No fish caught on both rods...
Three poles... got it!
Things didn't go as planned. When Hong Tao threw the bait into the middle of the branches on the water for the third time, with a little splash when the bait fell into the water, a bigger splash suddenly appeared on the spot, and a fish jumped directly from the middle of the branches.
He jumped up half his body and swallowed the bait in one gulp. With the help of the sun's reflection, Hong Tao could clearly see the yellow and black patterns on the fish more than 20 meters away. This was another smallmouth bass!
With the experience of catching his first fish, Hong Tao still followed the same example. At first, he was not in a hurry to reel in the line. Instead, he had a tug of war with the fish and slowly pulled it out of the branch. From then on, he quickly reeled in the line, regardless of
How it struggled until it was pulled to the side of the boat in one breath. At this time, Hong Tao became bolder. He no longer asked Irene to help him pick up the fish, but instead shortened the fishing line to only a few dozen centimeters long and put the tip of the rod close to the water.
, and then with a sharp lift, the fish was thrown directly into the cabin.
"Oops, you've soiled all the seats." Irene was basking in the sun on the back deck after eating. Hong Tao splashed water all over her body. She turned over unhappily and lay there watching Hong Tao pick the food.
Weigh the hook.
"It's already overcast. How can you bask in the sun? Look, your husband has caught another one, 4 pounds. When I win the championship, let's go to Hawaii to bask in the sun. Now move your buttocks and hold down the water tank.
The lid is on!" Hong Tao muttered, patting Irene's butt to ask her to move away a little, and then threw the fish in.
There were already two fish on the bottom, and Hong Tao gradually regained his confidence. He operated the speedboat and moved slowly along the woods. After a few meters, he would throw a rod in and try. If there was no movement, he would continue to move forward.
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Half an hour later, the third smallmouth bass also successfully boarded the boat. It was a little smaller, weighing less than 3 pounds. However, it met the requirements of the competition and the results could be calculated. Naturally, it entered the live water tank under Erin.
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"Why are all the fish I caught smallmouth bass?" After catching these three fish, Hong Tao discovered a problem. These three fish were all of the same species, and there was not a single largemouth bass.
After pondering for a while, Hong Tao decided to try another fishing spot, and this time he would not be looking for such submerged trees to see if it was due to the environment that all the fish he caught was one type of fish.
The third fishing spot was an abandoned small pier. When Hong Tao arrived here, a racing boat happened to be leaving here. Seeing that Hong Tao was interested in staying here, the racer shouted in good faith, maybe
This means that he has already searched here and found nothing.
Hong Tao did not listen to the angler's advice and parked the boat far away, then used the bow drive to slowly approach the pier. The small pier was severely damaged, and more than half of the dozens of meters long trestle collapsed in the water.
, only a few wooden piles were exposed. It seemed that it was not demolished, but probably caused by the hurricane.
When the boat was still more than 30 meters away from the pier, Hong Tao began to throw the rod and search the water from the left side of the pier. The first rod was unlucky. There was a wire rope hidden under the water on the left side of the pier, and Hong Tao's bait happened to be entangled in it.
It reached the top, so Hong Tao threw away the first artificial bait. In order not to disturb the fish underwater, Hong Tao could not let the boat get close to the wire rope, so he had to reluctantly break the fishing line.
After replacing a new lure of the same model, Hong Tao avoided the left side of the pier and threw the lure directly under the pier. Then, with the movement of his wrist, he made the lure avoid the wooden piles in the water and turn left and right.
ran outside.
At this time, there was an engine sound in the distance, as if a boat was coming. Hong Tao looked back curiously, and sure enough, a speedboat was running wildly on the water in the distance, but this boat was not a contestant's bass boat, it was
The whole body is covered in bright yellow, and it is the broadcast ship of those TV stations.
Hong Tao originally thought that the speedboat would drive directly from here, but who would have thought that it suddenly slowed down, turned 90 degrees to the left, and headed towards him. It seemed that he wanted to come over and take a photo.
"The broadcast ship is coming!" Erin also saw the ship. She quickly sat up from the deck and picked up the net to show off.
"Ignore it, maybe it's the host again." Hong Tao put his hand over his eyes and looked, but he couldn't see clearly the people on the boat.
At this moment, the fishing rod in his hand was suddenly pulled. Out of instinctive reaction, Hong Tao did not even turn his head back, but made a movement with his right arm to stab the fish. Sure enough, as the fishing rod was raised,
, the entire fishing rod was bent, a big splash appeared under the trestle, and a fish was hooked.
Compared with those branches submerged in the water, although the situation under this trestle is also very complicated, it is relatively easy. As long as the leakage force of the reel is controlled and the fish is not given too much room to move, the fish will run away.
Don't go up to those wooden piles.
Just as Hong Tao was fishing, the broadcast boat also used an electric motor to slowly come closer and stopped on the water less than 3 meters away from Hong Tao's fishing boat. There were three people on the boat, and one of them was wearing a suit with all the printing on it.
The person wearing fishing clothes in the advertisement is Hong Tao's old acquaintance, the host last night.
"Daniels, it seems that we brought good luck to the Chinese boy. He caught a fish. He shouldn't be too big and looks very relaxed." Although the host is hosting a fishing show, judging from his words
It can be felt that he is not a fisherman, or is not very familiar with fishing.
"It's hard to say. The fishing rod he chose is very stiff and the reel is too big. Although it feels bad in the hand, it is very convenient to control the fish. I don't know whether he chose it intentionally or unintentionally." Daniels is indeed a professional.
As a fisherman, he can see the same movements more clearly.
"What do you think of our Chinese boys' fishing skills?" The host seemed dissatisfied when he heard Daniels's different opinions.
"From a technical point of view, he seems to be very relaxed in controlling fish. He should be a very experienced fisherman. However, his method of controlling fish is somewhat different from ours, more like European players. He rarely uses a low rod to enter the water to control fish.
Way, do you know why?" Daniels asked the host a question in turn.
"Oh, I've never been to Europe to fish. To be honest, my fishing skills are terrible." The host didn't care much about his own face and directly admitted that he was a bad guy at fishing.
"Because most of them fish standing on the shore, using longer fishing rods, all about 4 meters, and the water depth on the shore is very shallow, so they cannot insert the fishing rod into the water." Daniels answered his question.
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"So it's possible that this Chinese boy is really a fishing expert?" The host understood the meaning of Daniels' words.
"I can't tell this yet. His previous lack of proficiency in operating a bass boat may be related to his fishing method. He may not be used to fishing in a boat, and he may not be familiar with lure fishing methods. You see
The lures he chose were all the same type of minnow, with no soft worms, sequins or Texas rigs." Daniels continued this analysis of Hong Tao's fishing methods.
"Is there any difference? I've seen many fishermen also use minnows." The host seemed to be deliberately pretending to be stupid so that Daniels could expand on the question and popularize fishing to the audience in front of the TV.
common sense.
"Of course it's different. Generally, we will prepare three different kinds of lures, and then use them to search in turn near the punctuation point. Only in this way can we increase the rate of catching fish. Only after we have determined what kind of bait the fish near the punctuation point likes.
Mainly focusing on that kind of artificial bait. But he doesn’t seem to have this awareness. Unless he knows directly what the fish here like without searching, I think this is impossible.” Daniels followed the host’s words and learned how to fish with lures.
Basic common sense is said.
"Oh, God, this is a largemouth bass, I'm afraid it weighs 5 pounds!" Although the host's ears were on Daniels' side, his eyes were always staring at Hong Tao's back.
When he grabbed the fish's mouth with pliers and lifted it up from the side of the boat, he sighed immediately and covered his mouth with his hands in an exaggerated manner, like a frightened woman.
"5 pounds and 3 ounces, Mr. Host, although you said you are not very good at fishing, your vision is very accurate!" Although Hong Tao kept fishing behind his back, he didn't say a word in the conversation between the host and Daniels.
Falling down, everyone heard it. This is not because Hong Tao has a pair of ears, but because their voices are very loud, because this is a live TV broadcast, and whispers are not allowed, otherwise what will the audience listen to?
This is a very fat largemouth bass. Although it is not longer than the first smallmouth bass Hong Tao caught, its body is thicker, wider, and has a big belly. It is much heavier than the first fish.
It's about a pound. It seems that you can't be too lazy to cook fish. If it can grow thinner, maybe Hong Tao will let it go in the end because of the lack of weight. Don't think about it now. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature and novel updates.
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