Zhang Yang took a deep breath, forced himself to adjust his mood, and laughed while refusing, "Sorry folks! According to the current live streaming platform rules, hosts are not allowed to make private transactions with fans!

If anyone is interested in little bait products, you can buy them from our Famous Fishing Tackle Company's offline agents! I won't continue this topic in the live stream!

Let's switch to the high-definition camera and watch Meng Fan handle the fish!"

The perspective in the live stream wobbled slightly, and soon Zhang Yang twisted the camera down.

Meng Fan had already stood up from the tackle box, holding the large handle of the fishing rod with both hands, the entire rod had bent into a big bow.

The fishing line was still making a humming sound, but Meng Fan didn't seem overly nervous, appearing to have effortlessly controlled the situation.

While Zhang Yang was helping to prepare bait, Meng Fan had already switched the leader line to a 3# large line, 2# leader, and a number three New Kanto hook.

With such a fishing setup, even if the fish is bigger, as long as you can handle it, there's a significant chance of landing it.

Meng Fan's calm confidence was boosted by the reasonably thick fishing setup.

"How is it? Is it big?" Zhang Yang asked.

Meng Fan's lips curved slightly, and he said with a smile, "It's okay, not too big, seems like it's only around ten pounds!"

"Really? Around ten pounds? If that's the case, it could be a Grass Carp!"

Zhang Yang suspected it was a Grass Carp because the fish in the reservoir were placed there by him, and only Grass Carp matched the ten-pound size criteria!

But judging by the way it bit the bait earlier, Zhang Yang felt it didn't quite resemble a Grass Carp's bite, fishing from the bottom and the continuous sinking float pattern made him lean towards Carp.

However, most of the Carp planted in the reservoir were about three to five pounds, none reaching ten pounds.

"I can't really say which fish it is, but we will know when it comes up!"

Meng Fan didn't quite grasp Zhang Yang's point, still steadily holding onto the rod.

At this crucial moment, the fish suddenly gained strength and charged straight into the deep water on the opposite side.

The seven meters two fishing rod in Meng Fan's hand went from a seventy to eighty-degree standard fish-handling angle to quickly pressing down to forty-five or fifty degrees.

"Damn, trying to revolt!" Meng Fan exclaimed colorfully, subconsciously squatting down.

Lowering his body could help the fishing rod exert force, readjusting the bending angle to better control the fish.

However, this tactic seemed not very effective today.

Even squatting down to lower his center of gravity, the fish underwater still didn't comply, continuing to dash into the deep water area directly in front.

Watching the fish handling getting out of control, Zhang Yang quickly reminded, "Angle the rod sideways into the water to turn the fish around! Hurry, we're running out of time!"

Meng Fan wasn't experienced enough with handling big fish, pausing for a second, he reacted half a beat slower.

By the time he angled the rod into the water, the fish's charging angle had lessened greatly, and the rod's elasticity couldn't relieve the force, leading to the leader being cut off, and the rod quickly sprung back!

The line snapped!

Meng Fan no longer boasted, losing a big fish on a live stream, ending up cutting the hook and losing it, it was a bit embarrassing!

[Oh no! Got away!]

[Thought it wasn't a big fish at first, but seeing its later strength, it seems unreasonable!]

[What setup was used? Snapped just like that, what a pity!]

[Started off smoothly, but why did it end up snapping? Was the fish scared?]

[Yang, please analyze and recreate what just happened technically?]

Zhang Yang awkwardly smiled at the live audience as he adjusted the camera, "Haha, the fish snapped the hook and got away!

No worries, there are plenty of big fish here, and a 2.0 leader, although manageable, isn't foolproof!

Meng Fan, don't just stand there, bait some more and wait for the next one!"

Zhang Yang tried to downplay the incident as much as possible, but it was apparent the viewers weren't buying it.

[Is that it? This explanation lacks substance!]

[Lack of substance +1, didn't mention the key points, stop hiding, give us the details!]

[I just want to know why the fish suddenly exerted force!]

[What was that final rod-insertion technique? We rarely get such chances with big fish, and haven't seen anyone use it! Please explain! ]

Viewers might have missed what happened just now, but Zhang Yang saw the details clearly.

The reason Zhang Yang intentionally downplayed the fish escaping was mainly to save Meng Fan some face.

As Zhang Yang hesitated whether to address the fans' confusion, Meng Fan threw a rod and said somewhat awkwardly while scratching his head.

"The fish escaping just now was partly due to my mistake! When Yang asked how big the fish was, I said ten pounds and subconsciously raised the rod!

I misjudged the fish's behavior.

Initially, I thought the fish was quite docile, swim steadily, raising the rod shouldn't be an issue, but unexpectedly startled the fish, causing it to flee into deep water, leading to the follow-up of escaping and hook-snapping!

Folks, don't learn from me. Yang didn't explain directly, it's to save face for me! It's already over, just summarize and learn from it!"

Being the high emotional intelligence guy he is, Meng Fan clearly understood priorities, even without seeing the live chat, he discerned viewers' inquiries through Zhang Yang's brief responses.