CHAPTER 1092: CHAPTER 1073: WANG XIAOMIN’S ALL-OR-NOTHING GAMBLE

Unlike the big hooks and lines used in the morning for direct fly kicking, after Wang Xiaomin caught the fish, he placed his right hand directly in the middle of the fishing rod’s handle.

The 5.5H hardness rod couldn’t get the fish out of the water in one round, but Wang Xiaomin wasn’t in any hurry. He controlled the fish to frolic back and forth in the water for about two rounds, and then it emerged,

a carp left over from before, weighing roughly over two pounds.

He scooped the fish into the net, hooked the net on the fish guard with his ankle, then with a light press on the hook handle with his right hand, the hook was removed, hitting the right spot at 12 o’clock!

"Yue Feng, look quickly, Xiaomin caught his first fish! And it’s a carp! Looks like it’s over two pounds!" Tian Tian reminded a beat slower.

Seeing the first catch, Yue Feng frowned and shook his head, "It’s not good to start with a carp, don’t be too happy, it’s not a good sign!"

"It’s just a first catch; it probably doesn’t mean anything, right? Maybe it’s just a random event!" Tian Tian comforted.

"I also hope it’s just a random event! Let’s keep watching. If it’s still carp later, the fishing situation will be worse than we expected!" Yue Feng said.

"Really? Could it be even worse?"

"Let’s keep watching, catch two more fish, and we’ll find out!" Yue Feng replied vaguely, focusing on watching the scene unfold.

Before long, after about three or four casts, Wang Xiaomin caught another fish!

This time, it’s still a carp!

After a few more casts, the third fish was also a carp!

With three carp caught, Wang Xiaomin’s expression turned serious. Without hesitation, he put down his fishing rod, poured the loose powder from the food box back into the basin, and took out an unlabeled brown glass medicine bottle from the fishing box.

Typically, the small medicine should be added using the bottle cap or a dropper, depending on the amount of bait.

But this time, Wang Xiaomin ignored all that, unscrewed the cap, and poured it all into the loose powder basin, spreading his hands to mix the medicine as evenly as possible.

"What kind of medicine is this? Adding so much? He poured the entire bottle, almost a hundred milliliters at least!"

Tian Tian’s understanding of small medicine was directly exceeded upon seeing this scene. She had never seen Wang Xiaomin use medicine like this when fishing.

Yue Feng smirked, "Xiaomin is giving it his all! Isn’t there a saying about using desperate measures for a desperate situation? He’s seeking that last glimmer of hope now!"

"Is it that serious? It can’t be, right? It’s only been a few minutes since we started fishing, catching three carps weighing six or seven pounds, while not outstanding, that’s still quite decent!"

"Haha, no need to panic now, but if we wait half an hour till evening before taking action, it’ll be too late! I’ll give this kid a hundred points for his proactive response, shows some guts!"

"Can small medicine really be used that way? This is not the way we usually talk about using medicine! Will the fish bite with so much medicine? Won’t it kill the spot?"

"Killing the spot? It’s possible! But it’s also possible to use a stronger scent to attract fish from farther away to the spot!

Using it this way carries a big risk, and if it wasn’t a last resort, I wouldn’t recommend everyone use this method for fishing!"

"Uh, what exactly are the principles behind using small medicine for fishing? The way you’re talking about it completely breaks the fixed notions I’ve developed from years of fishing experience,

Makes me feel like at such high concentrations, the fish definitely won’t bite; there wouldn’t be any other result!

It’s like cooking, if you add a whole jar of salt, can you still eat the dish?" Tian Tian became unusually serious when discussing this topic, her eyes full of earnestness. Most anglers somewhat believed in small medicine, and Tian Tian was no exception.

Yue Feng shook his head and smiled, "Your analogy works to explain the usual fishing philosophy somewhat, but the actual mechanism of luring is different from your analogy!

Put it this way, many people compare adding medicine to fishing to adding salt, soy sauce, and MSG to cooking, but such a comparison is very superficial!

There’s some truth to it from the perspective of increasing palatability and promoting consumption, but in terms of the feeding lure mechanism, this comparison is almost completely wrong!

Why do I say this? It’s simple. Humans eat food not just based on the condiments you add, but by seeing with their eyes, smelling with their noses, and tasting with their tongues, gathering all the information to the brain to analyze and judge whether it’s edible and delicious!

The main significance of condiments is to make the dish taste better.

And adding small medicine to lure fish? Fishes are relatively primitive cold-blooded animals, and their feeding mechanisms are different from humans!

Fish have poor eyesight; carp are nearsighted and can only faintly distinguish between red, yellow, and green colors, so feeding isn’t primarily based on sight.

The truly important organ for fish is the lateral line. Cyprinidae fish have six lateral lines, four on both gill covers and two on the body, totaling six lateral lines!

They sense various subtle changes in the water through the lateral lines, such as the diffusion of gradient ions when amino acids enter the water, or the vibration of water molecules caused by slight movements in the water, or even the rapid diffusion of certain small-molecule substances like common alcohol in water.

When fish perceive these food-related informational cues, they determine that a certain location or area has food present, attracting them to the spot and completing the feeding process!

What is small medicine? Small medicine is a collection of effective components carrying small-molecule scent bases, amino acids, vitamins, musk, and certain effective components of traditional medicine!

In mature additive formulae, some substances might react with others to form new compounds,

The resultant products happen to be very beneficial for the fish’s growth and development. How to add these wisely and balance them well is the soul of an additive!

The main differences in effectiveness lie here!

Now that I’ve explained the components and principles of small medicine, do you still believe in the concept of a dead spot?"

"But there really is a phenomenon where too much small medicine kills the spot, right? I’ve seen it more than once!"

"That’s when the concentration of certain amino acids within the spot exceeds the sensory threshold of fish, causing a rejection or alert response!

This phenomenon does exist, but it won’t persist indefinitely. Amino acids diffuse in gradients in water, and as long as the water maintains oxygenation and circulation, it will quickly drop to a normal concentration range!

Let me give you a simple example: have you ever encountered a situation where there’s no bite in the middle of the spot, but catch after catch around the edges?

Or perhaps someone could’ve killed the spot in the first half, yielding no fish during normal fishing, but then someone else arrives and scores during the second half?

Most often, it’s caused by situations like these!"

"As you say, that is indeed the case! Once, I encountered such a situation when I took over my friend’s spot, so that’s how it is!

Xiaomin is using high-concentration small medicine to affect as wide a range of fish as possible around the area?"