CHAPTER 1090: CHAPTER 1071: THE UNLUCKY NUMBER FIVE FISHING SPOT

A perfectly good, sumptuous lunch was completely ruined by this Versailles guy Wang Xiaomin.

Tian Tian stopped her gossiping questions, and Wang Xiaomin was happy to have some peace. Most of the time, he was busy sending messages on his phone, just occasionally chiming in.

After everyone was well-fed and satisfied, they set off again towards the competition venue.

The last match of the afternoon begins with the draw at 1:45, with the competition starting officially at 2:00.

There are still twenty minutes until the entry time, but most of the anglers arrived early. Although the champion takes the largest prize, the top twenty positions all have cash rewards, so anglers who feel they have a chance are preparing in advance.

Judging from the atmosphere of the competition, it seems that there’s no situation of some giving up due to hopeless national competition results.

In his spare time, Wang Xiaomin, this guy, never lets go of his phone, but as soon as he got out of the car and entered the Winter Fishing Hall, he changed instantly. Pulling a trolley case and carrying his fishing box and other equipment, he quickly began his pre-match preparations.

The fish have already been put into the pit in advance, and currently, the oxygen level is set to max to maintain an oxygen burst state. Wang Xiaomin squinted his eyes and surveyed the general condition of the water surface in front of him, found a corner, and began to prepare.

Fresh red worms were prepared in two portions by Wang Xiaomin: one pound of large male worms and another pound specifically arranged for Wang Zhen to drive to a local fishing tackle shop in Spring City to buy small soft female worms, which looked soft and tender but were very lively and of good quality.

According to his understanding, Wang Xiaomin mixed half a portion of male worms with about half a portion of female worms, allowing the two different sized and quality red worms to mix together.

Dip his hands in water and shake off a bit of moisture, then scoop out some light carp and sprinkle a thin layer over, stir it up a bit, and repeat this action several times. Soon, the Insect Bait was ready.

With the Insect Bait prepared, the next was Loose Powder, surprisingly, for the last match this afternoon, Wang Xiaomin did not continue the tactical strategy from the morning’s competition, instead choosing a moderately weighted wet loose bait, which seemed very simple.

Meanwhile, Wang Xiaomin was ready and waiting for the draw, Yue Feng and Tian Tian also arrived at the studio.

"Hello, brothers in the live broadcast room, good afternoon! Yue Feng and I are here again to live stream the grand finale of the million-dollar Black Pit Championship!"

Yue Feng also nodded and smiled at the camera: "Hello everyone, I’m Yue Feng! There are only three minutes left until the draw and entry, the last match will soon begin!"

Tian Tian lowered her head to look at the content of the work connection WeChat group, then looked up and said, "After the three matches yesterday and this morning, the temporary ranking was already released during lunchtime!

Now, I have a list of the top five anglers in hand! I wonder if anyone wants to see it? If you do, type ’want,’ and while you’re at it, please help share this live broadcast with your friends!"

After all, it’s a big match deciding a million dollars, so the audience’s curiosity is still very strong.

Upon knowing that the temporary rankings from the first three matches were released, the word ’want’ quickly flooded the screen. The reminders for sharing the live broadcast by loyal fans accumulated to over 8,000 times in a very short time and were still increasing crazily.

"Alright, seeing as you all are so supportive, I’ll read out the list for you!

Currently, the first place temporarily is Wang Xiaomin, the hot young angler with potential from Brother Feng’s own club!

The second place is Duan Rui, a local veteran from Spring City. The third place is Zhou Boyang, also a local angler from Spring City. As far as I know, he’s a regular at our Hot Spring Fishing Venue, hardly missing a single competition!

Fourth place is Qiu Guoyun, the captain of Tiancheng Club. Many anglers should know Captain Qiu; he’s quite a fierce character, especially skilled at catching various sizes of carp!

Fifth place is Leng Xiaojun, the captain of Tianyuan Fishing Tackle, whom I introduced to everyone in previous matches. He’s a domestically top-notch angler with abundant competition experience who can win the championship if given a chance!"

After briefly introducing the rankings, Tian Tian turned to look at Yue Feng: "Yue Feng, while reading the rankings, I just noticed that among the top three, the second and third place anglers are both local experts from Spring City!

From the simple registration data, they don’t seem to be professional competitive Taiwan Fishing experts!

Could you analyze why they were able to pressure the hot professional anglers? Which aspects played a decisive role?"

Yue Feng glanced at the rankings and smiled, nodding: "Actually, you didn’t even need to ask, I wanted to talk about this issue myself! Since you asked, I’ll share my thoughts!

Firstly, Black Pit competitions are somewhat different from traditional competitive events!

In terms of fishing fresh carp, Black Pit anglers’ skills are not inferior to competitive anglers. Why do I say this?

It’s that old saying, Practice Makes Perfect. The variations in fresh fish are relatively few; once basic skills are honed through long sessions of fishing, they’re sufficient! Given good fish conditions, opportunities are hardly wasted!

Secondly, let’s talk bait: we’ve lowered the barrier to be more grounded by allowing live red worms in the competition, thus reducing the competitive anglers’ advantage in bait,

Red worms are considered the king of bait, which significantly narrows the gap between Black Pit recreational anglers and professional competitive anglers.

Speaking of venues, as everyone knows, in Black Pit or competitions in such environments, position is paramount. Though just saying that isn’t comprehensive. Apart from position, the understanding of the fish conditions and water conditions is also very important!

As you mentioned earlier, these two local anglers are regulars at the Hot Spring Winter Fishing Hall, so they are much more familiar with the good and bad positions, fish conditions judgment, recognition of flavor strength, etc., than anglers who’ve never been there.

If their basic skills are slightly above par, once opportunities arise, they’ll seize the fish! Newcomers may not necessarily do better than these locals!"

"Oh my, with your analysis, there’s still a lot of suspense over who the final winner will be!

Let me dig a pit for you now; if you were to pick the angler with the highest chance to win out of the five, who would you choose?"

"It would definitely be Xiaomin! In this regard, my stance remains unchanged!"

"Haha, you’re quite firm in your opinion, indeed it matches my expectations!"

"How about you? Who do you favor?" This time, Yue Feng turned the tables and threw the tricky question back.

Yue Feng never hides when protecting he favors only those true to him, but Tian Tian, being the witty and adaptable young woman, faces a tougher choice!

"Haha, I’m nowhere near as discerning as you. Looking at these five anglers, all their skills are extremely strong; it wouldn’t surprise me whoever wins the final match!

The draw process has started now; let’s see how your top student Wang Xiaomin’s luck fares, I wonder what spot he’s drawn!"

Seeing the draw number on the phone, Wang Xiaomin felt speechless

Damn it, in the last crucial match, he drew number five!

The fifth spot is very close to the entrance, neither a big edge nor the middle, it’s considered the worst area, slightly worse than the sixth spot he drew before.