CHAPTER 514: CHAPTER 299: ONE MATCH, TWO SUCCESSIVE EXPLOSIONS_2

A 15h hardness fishing rod can easily handle a big carp with the Flying Kicking technique. Occasionally, when two fish are hooked, the double-tail Flying Copy can also provide enough control waist strength, making previous mistakes of breaking the rhythm after catching a double-tail a thing of the past.

Splashes of one fish after another, the Flying Kicking carp technique, which almost no one is using at this stage of the competition, is being showcased in front of everyone. Its high efficiency in catching fish and the cool operation methods leave the anglers on both sides stunned.

At this moment, the photographer in charge of recording today’s competition noticed Wang Yan’s adrenaline-pumping fishing method and hurriedly captured it from various angles.

The cameraman brought by Zhang Yang’s team was filming Wang Yan’s explosive streak, and the fishing venue’s cameraman was also filming. With cameras all around, the competition referees quickly noticed Wang Yan’s groundbreaking fishing method and soon gathered around.

Thus, a very rare scene appeared in the following official competition.

At least seven or eight staff members with badges gathered around Wang Yan, witnessing his fish-catching with powerful enthusiasm.

When today’s competition ends, Wang Yan’s Flying Kicking carp technique will surely cause a sensation in the black pit fishing circle once it goes online.

...

When the competition reached the 85-minute mark, Zhang Yang’s side’s consistent casting frequency finally yielded some results.

After the bobber was in place, there was a slight action, which Zhang Yang accurately captured.

In a new spot with no previous fish stock, the bobber started showing some action. Although it might not necessarily mean the fish were biting, it confirmed that fish had arrived at the spot!

Zhang Yang was very mindful of what kind of adjustments to make for different fish conditions. This slight movement clearly indicated that fish had entered the spot, causing the bobber to sway.

With this ’communication feedback,’ Zhang Yang decisively adjusted the casting frequency, changing from a cast every one and a half minutes to one every minute.

Since there were fish entering the spot, the natural goal was to keep the fish there.

When three or two fish came in, Zhang Yang wouldn’t immediately focus on catching them. Instead, he saw them as seeds for the fish school to grow, continuously putting in bait to keep them around the spot, attracting more fish to gather.

As mentioned before, attracting fish with bait or using small doses to lure fish are not the most efficient methods. The best effect actually comes from using fish to attract fish.

When fish feed around, the specific frequency of water molecule vibrations they cause can be perceived by other fish of the same species. Once these fish detect information underwater, a certain aggregation effect occurs, leading to more fish gathering.

As the fish school density around the spot increases, the cautious behavior of old fish entering a spot and feeding will also gradually change. When the density is sufficient and the fish school is large enough, even the old fish will let down their guard and start vying for food, which is what ordinary anglers call ’the spot is opening.’

Seeing this, some might want to argue, how does Zhang Yang keep the fish from eating the hook when fish arrive at the place and he’s casting every minute with bait in the water?

It’s not like he sewed the fish’s mouths shut. How can someone on the shore control the fish underwater?

The angler indeed hasn’t sewn the fish’s mouths shut, but there are ways to minimize the chances of fish biting the bait.

A simple detail: use big bait!

Normally, a fish bait the size of a peanut might be enough to catch fish, but during the fish aggregation phase, the bait on Zhang Yang’s hook is as large as a sour apricot. The wet scattered edges fall apart after hitting the water, while the core continues to disperse thereafter.

By using a reasonable baiting technique, the bait ball can maintain a relatively large size within a minute.

The larger bait ball makes it difficult for the fish to swallow. Plus, with fewer fish and cautious feeding, most of the time, the objective to keep the fish around without quickly catching them can still be achieved.

If a fish indeed swallows the hook and eats the bait, there is nothing but to observe the bobber motion and give a few seconds for the fish to spit it out. If not, and it raises the bobber or turns and pulls, the only option is to lead this fish out of the spot to minimize the impact on other fish.

Returning to the topic, Zhang Yang patiently continued managing the spot. After another ten minutes or so, the bobber action at the spot noticeably increased.

Occasionally, there was line bumping and tentative biting actions on the bait and hook, which increased in frequency.

After Zhang Yang resisted twice in strong rod-raising impulses, the fish still ate solidly. He then raised the rod and caught the first fish after switching to a 4.5-meter long rod!

After changing rods and managing a new spot, Zhang Yang hadn’t caught a fish for nearly an hour.

Among black pit players, there’s a silent understanding of a bitterness called "the landing net head dried up."

Right now, Zhang Yang is like that. With no fish for a long time, the landing net head had dried under the sun, yet he had his own judgment and was not overly mentally disturbed.

With a delicate rod-raising, hook-setting technique, he controlled the fleeing direction, with the left hand assisting on the rod handle for extra power, successfully stabilizing the fish. After one round, he brought it to the surface and swiftly Fly Copied it into the net, removing the hook and securing it in the keeper.

After dealing with this fish, Zhang Yang continued the previous casting frequency, but the wet scatter Triangle Cannon on the hook was upgraded a size.

During different stages, appropriate actions should match - Zhang Yang’s detailed control over these advanced fishing techniques had already become second nature. It’s not the focus to catch fish now; managing the larger fish school was the primary goal.

Thus, with a cast every minute and continuously using large wet scatter bait, various fish actions near the spot started to increase gradually.

After another 15 minutes or so, as the competition crossed the halfway point, Zhang Yang continued using the consistent rhythm to lure fish with two large wet scatter baits. However, after the bobber immersed and dropped to eight units, it didn’t continue descending but hovered there after an indistinct small downward twitch.

Was it a strike point?

Zhang Yang’s lips slightly curled, patiently waiting a few seconds before delicately raising the rod tip to probe, ensuring no fish were anchored before lifting the rig out of the water.

An appearance of a strike point is a very clear indicator, signifying that the cold spot’s fish condition had entered a second stage. The fish density at the spot had shown small-scale feeding aggression.

For today’s fish, such high-level strike points appear only when the fish density is high. This feeding behavior indicates not far from opening spot and catching fish.

Thus, from the next cast onward, Zhang Yang again adjusted the casting frequency from one cast every minute to one every 45 seconds, increasing the frequency again.

Managing spots is somewhat akin to rolling a snowball in the winter of childhood.

Fewer ’communications’ are needed initially, but as it proceeds, the communications reflected in the bobber actions increase, and once a strike point appears, subsequent points and feeding become more frequent.

After the second frequency adjustment, Zhang Yang clearly sensed the spot’s fish condition becoming more restless. After three or four consecutive casts, high-level strike actions appeared again.

This time, the bobber action was very beautiful, with an entry downward twitch followed by a second turning downward motion. Zhang Yang decisively raised the rod to set the hook, landing another fish!

Once he hooked this high-level strike point fish, Zhang Yang felt the timing was mature, slightly adjusting the size of the wet scatter bait to start catching fish!

From changing rods at the cold spot to managing the spot again until reaching the strike point level, the entire process spanned about eighty minutes. With just over an hour remaining, the total four-hour competition would soon end.

However, Zhang Yang had already completely calmed down inside. As long as he didn’t make a mistake, victory in the group was within his grasp!

The subsequent fish condition developed exactly as Zhang Yang had anticipated in his plan.

With a steady rhythm while using the wet scatter bait to catch fish, each time he caught a few fish, he would supplement the spot with two casts to readjust the fish condition changes, ensuring that fish in the spot wouldn’t be depleted, maintaining a balanced attraction and catching state.

In the last hour of the competition, nearly 99% of over a hundred anglers along the south shore had entered the idle fish ’trash time,’ but Zhang Yang, this outlier, instead increased his pace without seeing any idle fish moment.

When it came to the final ten minutes of the competition, he even had a second explosive connection!