CHAPTER 1028: CHAPTER 1009: FOUR FISH OR FIVE FISH

After adjusting the depth of the water and the fish layer for fishing, Yue Feng once again cast two bait balls of different sizes into the fishing spot.

This was the moment when Yue Feng’s second small tactic revealed itself.

Normally, when anglers use lure for fishing, the bait balls on the double hooks are usually the same size. However, in Yue Feng’s view, in such a highly detailed competition, every small detail must have higher standards.

The upper hook line is short, so the lure is larger and disperses somewhat upon entering the water to attract fish.

The lower hook line is long and swings more slowly, with a smaller lure, giving fish more time to take the bait.

Yue Feng had a clear strategy: given that this is a one-hour competition with a mid-game switch, after understanding the fish situation, strict control of the fishing spot is the most effective way to win while ensuring the catch doesn’t lag behind.

Ordinary baiting frequency, or simply pinching loose powder-type fishing methods, could work for mixed fish but are hard to succeed in targeted fish competitions.

At this moment, what Yue Feng pursued was the extreme control of each step and real-time perception of fish conditions, rather than adjusting after a vague judgment like an ordinary competitive angler, leaving the rest to luck.

Yue Feng’s personality doesn’t rely on luck, and since you, Qiu Guoyun, pride yourself as a leader in the field of targeted fish in China, let me show you how to really fish them!

In the blink of an eye, the big and small bait reached the preset fishing target, and Yue Feng made a small teasing movement with the rod tip,

Plop, a small nibble, lift the rod and hook the fish! Another catch!

At this moment, Qiu Guoyun finally started casting his rod as well.

He adjusted his fishing technique to be like flying lead, catching the fish at the high point off the bottom earlier.

Seeing this detail, Yue Feng smiled slightly without speaking and cast out another rod.

With the same baiting strategy and fishing technique, it was clear that the fishing speed could be faster, but both Yue Feng and Qiu Guoyun tacitly did not increase the baiting volume for bombarding, leading the scene into a temporary subtle balance.

Qiu Guoyun fell behind by three fish at the start, and after stabilizing his fishing technique and beginning to catch steadily, he noticed a quick glance at Yue Feng next to him and unexpectedly found that Yue Feng seemed slightly more efficient per single rod.

Whether it was directly fishing off the bottom or using the flying lead interface, in a pit over a meter deep, the time gap from bait entering water to fish entering the fish guard was minimal, yet upon observation, Qiu Guoyun found it faster than he had perceived.

Soon, his eyes glanced over the float of Yue Feng, and his heart skipped a beat.

This guy, Yue Feng, lacked fishing ethics and used a large float estimated to handle at least two grams of lead to fish for targeted fish. Each float’s time from water entry to settling was significantly more than Qiu Guoyun’s.

But now that the competition was underway, it was too late to adjust, so Qiu Guoyun had to slightly increase the bait’s weight to catch up the speed of water entry to position.

Seeing this scene, Yue Feng said nothing, but he already knew in his heart that he would win this fish battle.

In the next twenty minutes or so, Yue Feng and Qiu Guoyun kept almost the same fishing frequency, and it looked like their catches were quite similar.

If there were cameras underwater now, it could clearly be seen that after half the fishing, Yue Feng’s spot had very few bait residues, only a tiny bit.

By contrast, Qiu Guoyun next door had noticeably increased bait volume, and the fish started to gather in small groups at the bottom. These were accumulated from larger bait volume and would quickly become Yue Feng’s base once positions switched.

"Attention anglers, there are five seconds left until the mid-game position switch. Upon hearing the switch reminder, please stand up and begin the switch! 54321! Switch!"

Hearing the staff reminder, Yue Feng calmly stood up with his rod and,

with the assistance of the staff, immediately moved the fishing box, fish guard, and other equipment to the position next door, switching positions.

Yue Feng slightly adjusted the rod holder and turned to glance at Qiu Guoyun: "In the first half, without loose bait comparison, I beat you by five fish.

Now, if I say you lost, you surely won’t be convinced. In the second half, let me show you how I fish for targeted fish! Watch closely, keep up!"

As soon as these words fell, Yue Feng swiftly sorted out the subline and did the lure and powder in one go. In the blink of an eye, the first rod of the second half was already in the water.

Looking back at Qiu Guoyun, hearing Yue Feng say so, he was startled in his mind, five fish?

He clearly calculated it was four fish, right? He hadn’t missed one and shouldn’t have remembered wrong! Where did the extra fish come from?

With this suspicion distracting him, unconsciously, his baiting hand for the second half slowed by a beat. By the time Qiu Guoyun’s double-hook lure and powder fishing gear entered the water, Yue Feng’s first rod had been cleared off the water’s surface.

Within a few seconds, Yue Feng’s second rod was baited and powdered, go!

At the start of the second half, the two were almost mirror operations with great tacit understanding, but any perceptive person could clearly see the difference.

No matter which subtle detail, Yue Feng’s proficiency was higher than Qiu Guoyun’s, coupled with the impact of Yue Feng’s words about deliberately more to talk about one fish, in the first seven rods, Yue Feng effectively saved out an extra rod’s leading time.

At this level of competition, any subtle advantage might affect the final result. With seven rods, Yue Feng’s baiting volume and chances of catching fish were definitely slightly more than Qiu Guoyun’s.

It was reflected in the catch soon, with Yue Feng intentionally slowing by two seconds to adjust the rhythm to catch a double tail.

Now, indeed, the lead was five fish!

"Six fish!"

Yue Feng removed the double tails and put them in the house, deliberately popping out a magical word. Qiu Guoyun was originally loading bait and powder, habitually looked up, wasting another second.

The rod casting cycle rhythm point after catching a fish was still one second behind Qiu Guoyun, and Qiu Guoyun’s momentary distraction put the rhythm point aligned again, making the few seconds of intentional letting from holding the double tails earlier effectively free.

A fully focused Yue Feng was now like a blend of madman and genius,

his operations were impeccable, even the slightest move of removing or placing a fish was skillfully flawless.

At the same time, his squeezing of time and impact on the angler reached a meticulous level,

a word, an expression, even an insignificant cold hum, trying every possible way to affect Qiu Guoyun next door, just for that possibly earned second or half-second of time.

Under such extreme high-intensity and high-pressure competition, it wasn’t long before Qiu Guoyun was sweating,

he still couldn’t feel where something was wrong, but found that no matter how hard he tried, racing to the limit, he still couldn’t gain even the slightest advantage.

Thus, the competition moved on,

leading by six fish.

Leading by seven fish,

Leading by eight fish.

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