Six hundred and eighteen chapters victory in the first battle
When Hong Tao's boat parked at his berth, he first saw Paul's NB speedboat. Paul seemed to have come back, but I didn't know how his fishing was. But don't worry, he's already there
Some competition staff used a special tape to seal the door of the live fish cabin. Once the competition time is over, the staff will follow the number of the participating fisherman and under the supervision of the fishermen, they will seal the door of the live fish cabin.
The fish are weighed and then displayed on the big screen.
This big screen is in the open space in front of the pier. The venue there has been set up and turned into a temporary building with a roof that can accommodate hundreds of people. Although it is not dark yet, the lights on the facade of the building are already bright.
All were opened. After confirming that the live fish cabin had been sealed, Hong Tao followed the staff to the bottom of the building and found the security guard sitting in the professional player seat.
Luo. Since Irene's seat was on the amateur side, Hong Taozhi and Paul simply said hello to explain that they had returned safely, and then took Irene to smoke with foreigners. There is a very popular place in the United States.
The problem that worries Hong Tao is that smoking is not allowed in many places. Not only do restaurants need special smoking seats, but even open-air parks are not suitable for smoking.
Just after 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a long whistle sounded from the pier, which marked the final end time of the competition. All fishing boats returning after this time will not be counted as a result. The old and American sides are very strict about the rules.
There is nothing to say about making and following the whistle. Just as the whistle was remembered, the list of all the contestants who came back on time was displayed on the big screen, and those who did not come back were also displayed on the screen, but their names were in red.
The catch weight and the name after the name are both N-words.
There were quite a few latecomers, more than 30 in total. Hong Tao took a closer look and found that there was not even a professional fisherman among them. They were all amateur fishermen. It seemed that professionals and amateurs were not only inferior in professional level.
On the other hand, experience in all aspects is where the greatest distance lies.
After the whistle sounded, more than a dozen staff members wearing uniform uniforms of the competition began to run towards the trestle. At the same time, a notice came from the loudspeaker at the venue. There were 15 fishermen in each group, and the fishermen whose names were called needed to go
Supervise the staff on their respective fishing boats to weigh their catches, and then sign the transcripts with their own hands.
Hong Tao was more unlucky. He was a wild card player, so he was ranked last in the professional group. Of course, he was also ranked in the last group in the weigh-in. But he saw the amateur fishermen who were still behind him. There was nothing to complain about.
If Paul hadn't used his connections to help him sign up, he probably wouldn't even be able to get into the amateur group.
The FLW competition is the highest level outdoor fishing competition in the United States. Even if you want to enter the amateur group, you have to start from the beginning and participate in those small regional competitions, and then compete one by one. After several promotions, you can be promoted to the official FLW competition.
It can be seen from this that none of the amateur players are sticklers or bastards, they are basically people who are familiar with fishing.
After the weigh-in of the professional group was completed, the host changed into a more fancy fishing suit and walked onto the high platform in the center. When the spotlight completely enveloped him, a very professional smile appeared on his face.
"Now the results of the first day of competition will be displayed on the big screen behind me. But I specifically asked the staff not to show it yet. I want to interview someone first. Now I invite Mr. Hong Tao from China to take the stage. Of course, his beautiful
Assistant, Ms. Eileen...!" The host pointed the finger at Hong Tao again, but this time Hong Tao was not too surprised, because during the weighing, the staff had already come over to congratulate him and said that he
The weight of these 5 fish is likely to be ranked first on the first day.
"Mr. Hong, what do you think of your performance today?" the host asked Hong Tao seriously, holding the microphone.
"I'm quite satisfied. This is my first time fishing here, and I don't know much about the water conditions and fish conditions, so I didn't go too far today. I just tried it within half an hour's sail. My
I'm pretty lucky, I caught a few bass." Hong Tao had already boasted all about NB last night, so now he just needs to stop being so polite and say whatever he wants.
"I can testify to this. The staff has just calculated the GPS data of all professional players. Mr. Hong's mileage is the shortest, but he does catch the heaviest fish. Okay, I accidentally let it slip.
The first place in the weigh-in on the first day was this Mr. Hong, please watch the big screen." No one knows whether the host let it slip or did it on purpose. People in the audience no longer cared to consider this issue.
Everyone is craning their necks to look at themselves on the screen or caring about the angler's competition results.
Hong Tao and Irene also stood on the stage and turned around and looked up at the big screen. Hong Tao's name was listed in the first row. The total catch weight was 19 pounds and 8 ounces, 2 pounds ahead of the second-place fisherman.
1 ounce is almost the weight of a fish, and the lead is relatively large. The total weight of the catch is not calculated separately every day, but the accumulated sum of the previous two days is used as the fisherman's score in the preliminaries, ranking in the top
The catches of the ten fishermen over the four days are then added up to determine the final score.
Paul's name was also ranked very high, 7th, but the gap between him and Hong Tao was a little more than 4 pounds. Even if Hong Tao participated in the weigh-in with 4 fish, his result would still be better than Paul's.
Hong Tao seemed very calm about this result, because he knew in his heart that he was a cheater. If he couldn't win, then why bother fishing? He felt that his score tomorrow would be better than today, but at this time he also did
I made a decision, that is, not to reveal my true strength too early. Anyway, as long as I enter the finals, it will be fine.
Next was the performance display of the amateur group, and the first place winner was an engineer from North Carolina. Coincidentally, this engineer happened to be on the same boat as Paul.
"Paul, you have to work hard tomorrow. If you can't make it to the finals, you will lose." After Hong Tao returned to his seat, he began to tease Paul next to him.
"The first day doesn't mean anything. Like you, I'm just familiar with the situation here. Don't worry, I will definitely make it to the finals, but you can't have such good luck every day. I heard Daniels say, you
Of the five fish caught, three were smallmouth bass." Paul was not yet convinced, and he attributed Hong Tao's performance today to luck.
"Okay, let's see you tomorrow night. I'll go back to the room first." Hong Tao didn't argue with Paul any more and turned around to find Irene in the back. He had been busy all day and was quite nervous, so he was really tired now.
, he didn't plan to eat out for dinner, so he would just settle it in the hotel. When he came out in the morning, he saw an advertisement hanging at the door of the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, with a picture of big lobster on it, which looked delicious.
Florida is rich in lobsters. The lobster here is called spiny lobster, which is a warm-water lobster. It has one obvious difference from Australian lobsters and South African lobsters, that is, it does not have a pair of large shrimp claws, but as compensation, it has a lot of meat in its tail.
That’s why locals in Florida call eating lobster tails. If Hong Tao comes to Florida early, he can still catch the annual Key West Lobster Festival.
Every August, the Lobster Festival is held on Key West Island at the southern tip of Florida to celebrate the lobster fishing season from August to November. At this time, 20 chefs from Florida will gather.
On Duver Street in Key West, various cooking methods of spiny lobster were performed in the open air. At this time, the restaurants on the island also changed to cooking lobster as the main dish. There are various methods and the prices are very cheap. It has always been a must.
It lasts for 3 days before it ends.
It is a pity that Hong Tao does not have this blessing. He can only listen to the foreman in the hotel restaurant introducing him to the grand occasion of the lobster festival, while imagining himself wandering in the sea of lobsters. Although he did not catch up with the lobster festival, but
Hong Tao and Irene also didn't miss the opportunity to taste spiny lobster. This kind of lobster is also available in the hotel restaurant. The freshness is no problem. They were just caught in the past two days.
After a hearty meal of lobster rice, Hong Tao did not go to the bar with his uncle and nephew Paul, but went directly to his room to sleep. These Americans were really energetic. After a tiring day of running around, they had to drink until midnight in the evening.
I went back to my room to sleep, and when I woke up the next morning, I was still full of energy.
Live tiger. This thing is unacceptable. People who grew up eating meat and people who grew up eating vegetarian food have different physical qualities. But then again, if there is a global famine, there will not be sufficient meat supply.
, they are the first ones to starve to death, we can still survive by eating some bark.
It started to rain lightly in the early morning of the next day. Florida is surrounded by the sea on three sides, so it rains a lot all year round. It may rain when a cloud drifts over. The competition was not rescheduled because of the light rain, and most of the contestants even protected themselves from the rain.
He didn't wear any clothes, at most he just put on a hat and came out. Hong Tao felt that his body didn't have that much firepower, so he and Paul borrowed two rainproof clothes, and managed to get Irene to wear them too, and then drove the speedboat.
, rushed into the drizzle.
When Hong Tao drove the speedboat today, he was not as good as yesterday. Although he did not dare to take the front half of the speedboat out of the water like other players, normal high-speed driving was still no problem.
On the second day of the game, Hong Tao changed his approach. He roughly calculated the distance, and then followed the GPS guidance and drove the speedboat directly to the depths of Lake Okeechobee. It took him a full hour and a half to get there.
Stop. Today he plans to fish from far away to near. This is more efficient. The more he changes the fishing position, the closer he will be to the pier. It is also possible to find fishing spots that have not been visited by other fishermen. The probability of catching fish should increase.
Bigger, especially big fish.
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