Zhang Yang glanced at Meng Fan and commented unexpectedly, "Wow, you sure are blunt! Isn't this basically exposing yourself?"

Meng Fan chuckled indifferently, "No need to worry about my image or face; you were the one who taught me fishing basics anyway!

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong; the authenticity is what counts in our live stream!"

Zhang Yang nodded, "Alright then, I won't hold back!

You continue fishing, and I'll take this opportunity to talk to the bros about the series of adjustments and analyses of the fish that got away!

Who was shouting for the good stuff earlier? Everyone follow, and send a lollipop, then take out your notebooks and start the lesson!"

[Gentle Breeze sent 99 lollipops and said: Tuition, gratefully accepted!]

[Dream Come True sent a Love Gatling and said: This commentator is a decent person, saving face for his partner, thumbs up for character!]

[Dudu Tornado sent 66 lollipops and said: Tuition offered!]

...

Wow, a little episode gave the viewers a deeper understanding of Zhang Yang's character; it's obvious that everyone's impression of him improved once again.

Lollipops worth a penny each started flooding the screen as if they were free; many people went as far as sending ten-dollar gifts. The gift leaderboard data began to soar.

After a minute, the public chat finally quieted down a bit, and Zhang Yang cleared his throat before starting to speak lightly, "Alright, stop! Thanks to all the bros in the live stream for your gifts and support!

Let's start the lesson now, everyone quiet down!

Since we're analyzing fish behavior and adaptations, let's be thorough; I'll begin from when we continued the fishing live stream after lunch without a catch, don't lose focus!

Given the current season and temperature, noon temperatures approach thirty degrees, causing the water to heat up, dissolved oxygen to decrease, fish activity to worsen, and they stop feeding — which is normal!

There's a saying, 'even gods find it hard to catch fish at noon,' which describes this state!

When initial fishing attempts drew no bites, I started contemplating the reasons.

Was the lack of bites due to weather and temperature, or other factors?

If simply due to weather, there's nothing one can do; human effort can't change the weather at the reservoir!

But that's just one potential reason; other possibilities exist.

Before verifying them all, we must maintain a skeptical attitude!

Speaking of verification, how do we go about it?

You all saw, I prepared a commercial pellet totally different from the red worm bait!

In the colder seasons, red worm bait is generally quite effective, but with higher water temperatures, fish feeding habits shift.

Excessive protein intake affects larger fish's metabolism, and too much high-protein food risks ammonia poisoning!

So, as water temperatures rise, larger fish prefer milder diets and favor broad-sourced plant-based bait!

I had Meng Fan switch to commercial bait to test whether there were no fish at the spot or if they just weren't keen on red worm bait!

The first few casts showed no clue, but after observing carefully for a while, I noticed something!

The bobber's small vertical movements from wave effects were obscured!

This indirectly suggests that fish might be in the spot but are circling the area without eating bait!

Considering the fish activity gathered during the morning's lunch break, the conjecture was that big fish came to the spot, scaring away the carp that stopped biting!

Okay, with this line of thought, let's consider further: if big fish entered the spot but did not eat bait, how should adjustments be made?

With high temperatures, large fish have poor feeding desires; fruit-acid type additives are a great adjustment tool!

We mixed some fruit-acid additives into the commercial bait, resulting in immediate positive feedback.

The fish started biting and took the bait, a big catch hooked!

Until the big fish was hooked, our series of assumptions were verified and proven correct, ending this analysis!

After discussing the fish behavior analysis and adaptation process, let's talk about reasonable operation and errors when catching big fish!

The big fish ran away earlier, so let's analyze the problem's source!

The first point is that I had Meng Fan change to a three-plus-two tackle ensemble based on the preliminary analysis of the fish situation.

This was a tactical adjustment; catching big fish necessitates thicker lines to improve error tolerance post-catch!

The second point involves catch-and-play operations!

From hooking the fish to lifting the rod to play it, Meng Fan hadn't made any errors in the first half; the fish was fairly compliant, proving unproblematic even after several rounds!

The real issue arose later.

I asked how big the fish was, and subconsciously, attempting to demonstrate his judgment of the fish's size, he intentionally lifted the rod to try to bring the fish to the surface. But realizing the mistake, he abandoned the attempt!

That's when the problem surfaced!

Applying pressure while lifting stimulates the big fish underwater; feeling pain, it will inevitably struggle more fiercely to escape!

The outcome was the big fish began plunging toward deep water, and the angler had difficulty controlling it.

The rod's curvature was excessively lowered, making it tough to control even when squatting to lower the center of gravity.

As the curvature decreased, the tension eased, and the leader couldn't handle it, resulting in the hook breaking and the fish escaping!

In trying to regain control of the big fish, Meng Fan performed two actions.

The first was squatting to lower the center of gravity, aiming to restore the rod's optimal fish control angle. With luck, it could bring the big fish back to calmness, but he was rather unlucky as the fish struggled vigorously!

The second action was inserting the rod into the water upon my reminder!

This method of rescuing the rod is relatively useful in fish control operations; when the rod's natural bending is too small, it can't ease tension, bending it sideways alters the force direction, restoring its tension elasticity!

Furthermore, inserting into the water generates substantial resistance to the rod; with elasticity and resistance working together, there's a possibility the big fish underwater might abandon fleeing and choose to turn around.

If the fish turns around, it means the risk of severing the line through excessive tension has passed, and the fish can swim back and forth within the rod and line's reasonable control area until fatigued and captured!

Although Xiao Meng executed it, his response was slow, missing the optimal showing of strength and fish control opportunity!

By the time the rod was inserted into water, its curvature was nearly flat, unable to ease tension, leading to the hook being cut and the fish escaping!

Alright, the analysis and explanation are done; did everyone understand it?"

Silence. Following Zhang Yang's analysis, the sizeable live stream room fell into a brief quietness.

It lingered for over ten seconds before someone finally spoke on the public chat.

[Whoa, I originally thought fishing was purely luck-based; now I see, it's all about technique and details!]

[This series of analyses and deductions is logical and well-grounded — undeniable!]

[Mom asked why I'm watching the live stream while kneeling; I said, I'm listening to Brother Yang's lesson!]

[Learned something, learned something; so this is how master anglers think! It's no wonder they catch fish while I remain an air force everywhere!

I always fished casually, only setting the spot and whether they bite or not — evidently, there's a significant issue!]

[Too exciting! Listening to Brother Yang analyze fish behavior and judgment feels like watching Detective Conan, carefully investigating minor details, boldly validating hypotheses, then using tangible results to uncover reality and catch fish! Amazing!]