"Holy crap! It's pulling the rod!"

Zhang Yang couldn't hold on, watching helplessly as the rod was dragged into the water, streaking away like an arrow, leaving only a curved line on the surface.

"Huh? It's pulled the rod?" Hearing Zhang Yang's shout, Meng Fan quickly stubbed out his cigarette and strode back.

In less than ten seconds, the rod had been pulled at least dozens of meters away, almost reaching the center of the reservoir.

Now, Zhang Yang and Meng Fan were a bit dumbfounded!

[Oh man! Unlocked the achievement of having the big fish pull the rod!]

[What to do? Is there a boat? Think of a way to get it back!]

[Not sure how deep it is in the middle, does the streamer know how to swim?]

[That bite just now was powerful as hell, a total submersion in one gulp, an instant black float! It's definitely a big fish!

Meng Fan stared at the increasingly distant fishing rod in the water, gritting his teeth and said, "Should I go in to fetch it? I'm pretty good in water!"

The reservoir's construction was rather rushed; there were two lifebuoys prepared, but no time for a small boat, so at this moment, Zhang Yang was also a bit troubled.

However, doing something risky like going into the water during a live stream, Zhang Yang definitely wouldn't do that.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "Can't go into the water, let me think of another way!"

The chat was still buzzing with the fans' comments, but Zhang Yang was not affected at all. After a few seconds of simple thinking, he slapped his forehead - got it!

"I have a plan! Everyone wait, I'll be right back!" Zhang Yang shouted a sentence and strode towards where the car was parked.

Thirty seconds later, Zhang Yang returned with a sea fishing rod.

"Using the sea rod to cast? Can you aim accurately?" Meng Fan's eyes lit up.

Zhang Yang smirked, "This is no big deal, right? Let me be the streamer for a bit; you take off our high-definition camera, and I'll show everyone how to fish up a rod with a sea rod!"

"Alright!"

[Another new skill? The fish has swum to the center of the reservoir, can he reach it?]

[In the past, when our reservoir had a lot of fish, I used to cast as well; with the right setup, casting a hundred, eighty meters was no problem!

But the accuracy is questionable, considering only a rod handle sticking out on the surface, it's too small!]

[I've seen experts using bomb baits for long-range throwing, with a very small landing dispersion. I wonder how the streamer's casting skills are!]

[Come on, you guys don't know much, ever heard of turtle fishing? We have a guy here who catches turtles with weights, never misses! If we could get him here, fetching a rod would be a piece of cake!]

[Hey, Meng, how's Yang's sea rod casting? Accurate or not?]

Meng Fan took off the camera, glanced at the chat: "Um, I've been fishing with Yang for a few years, mostly we're into pole fishing together, black pits, lakes, and reservoirs have all played plenty, but not much chance to fiddle with sea rods!

I know a bit about casting, but fetching a rod fifty meters away is beyond me.

But I don't know about the precision of casting, what I do know is Yang's character!

He's very methodical, wouldn't show off easily without a sure chance! Just follow my camera, let's see if Yang can surprise everyone!"

Up ahead, Zhang Yang was checking his gear while striding forward.

Trying to reach the fishing rod from the north shore, the distance is too far, not ideal; the best choice is to get to the west bank, where the backlight is not glaring and clearer visibility, also the straight-line distance is a bit shorter.

Zhang Yang walked ahead, Meng Fan followed behind with the streaming setup. In a few minutes, Zhang Yang found a suitable spot.

At this moment, the end of the rod was still, with the portion on the water about twenty to thirty centimeters stuck out.

The only chance to get the rod back is casting the weight and the bomb hook on the rig to the opposite side of the rod handle and catching it when reeling, or snagging the wrapping line band, honestly, this is quite challenging.

Zhang Yang observed the scene, spat on the ground, and said, "I'll do a blind cast first to get the feel, it's been a while, I'm a bit rusty!"

Having said that, Zhang Yang released the line from the spinning reel, hooked the line with his thumb, and swung the rod back.

The next second, there was a whooshing sound as the weight and bomb hook flew towards the target like an arrow.

After a small airborne journey, it landed with a thud in the water.

"A little off!" Zhang Yang muttered to himself while quickly reeling back the line.

And all the fans in the chat, alongside Meng Fan, were stunned by that cast!

Indeed, it was a bit off, but just by a dozen or so centimeters! If the landing point were 20 to 30 centimeters further, the rod could have been fetched in one go!

[Wow, holy cow, that's so accurate, just a hair off from hitting the rod handle!]

[Who said it wouldn't work just now? Did you hear that? This is just trying to get the feel back after being rusty!]

[Oh my, that's intense!]

[You can tell by the expert's first hand, the casting posture and landing point, definitely amongst the top in the long throw reservoir experts!]

[I'll bet a lollipop, the next cast will definitely get the rod, anyone wanna bet too? Place your bets!]

[I'll join in for fun, adding a bottle of beer!]

[I'll throw in a bottle of Lao Gan Ma!]

[Who else is in, place your bets!]

...

Goodness, the chat experts who love creating buzz opened a betting line right there!

Zhang Yang missed with his first attempt and quickly reeled the gear back, repeating the previous steps once again.

With a graceful exertion, he shouted, "Here we go!"

Whoosh!

Another perfect arc flew, landing successfully on the opposite side of the rod handle, just over ten centimeters away. Seeing the landing was right, Zhang Yang swiftly lifted the rod for a hooking action.

The next second, the large Ise hook on the bomb hook successfully snagged the protruding part of the line strap; success!

[Little Xiaomi sent 8 lollipops and said: Hahaha, I told you, nailed it, nice!!]

[Success! That was awesome!]

[Love Jiangshan More Than Beauty sent 99 beers and said: Not just great with the hand rod, sea rod casting is awesome too! Impressive!]

Oh my goodness, the chat went crazy again with a flood of gifts.

Zhang Yang cautiously reeled back the line, slowly pulling the handle in the water closer.

Perhaps due to the fish exhausting too much energy during the earlier escape, it didn't take off crazily again upon feeling the slow and steady reeling.

At first, it didn't move, but once the line was slowly tightened by Zhang Yang, the fish began swimming steadily in a sideways direction in the water.

Zhang Yang had no intention of startling the fish for a head-on fight, seeing the fish moving, he kept adjusting his stance to find a better angle for control, aiming for stability, not speed, while reeling back the line, and would even walk a few steps to adjust his position if the angle wasn't ideal.

After smoothly reeling back for about five minutes, eventually, the rod was pulled to the shore, where Meng Fan grabbed it, perfectly resolving the rod-pulling incident.

"Watch out for the hook snagging your hand! And don't rush to put the rod up!" Zhang Yang reminded.

"No worries! I'm familiar with unhooking!"

Meng Fan carefully sorted out the hooks entangled in the strap, cutting the line on deeply pierced ones directly with small scissors, solving all the troubles after some effort.

"Dragging the rod to the center in one breath, I gotta see how big this fish is! Hey, Yang, can I lift the rod now?" Meng Fan asked for instructions.

"Lift it slowly, to make it easier to maneuver the fish later, be careful not to startle the fish while lifting!!"

"Don't worry, the leader's thick enough, it's steady!" Meng Fan said while steadily raising the rod.

As the rod lifted higher, Meng Fan gradually felt the underwater resistance this fish caused, it was quite hefty, barely manageable with the rod's backbone.

If not for witnessing its journey from the reservoir's center all the way here, Meng Fan might've suspected a snag!

The rod bent into a big arch, and the fish tussle began!