Fishing Livestream

The young team members didn't understand how to play Go or what it meant to slay the big dragon, but they roughly grasped the general idea that Yue Feng was conveying.

Wang Xiaomin's eyes lit up after hearing this: "I got it! So it means that no matter how things develop later, Xiao Zheng probably didn't have a follow-up plan during the casting time just now! It's all about adapting to the situation, right?"

"Exactly! The fish's behavior isn't fixed, so naturally, the follow-up plan isn't fixed! It's great if it's useful, but if not, there's no loss either. Anyway, during the initial phase of creating a fishing spot, a few casts won't affect much! The slow pace of the initial fish behavior offered a chance to make opportunistic moves! If the fishing started with explosive success, there'd definitely be no time for tinkering!"

"Oh, I understand!" Wang Xiaomin nodded and started to ponder.

The competition on the field continued, with two people setting up fishing spots using the plum blossom pile fishing method, both employing aggressive bottom-fishing gear with strong-scented bait, full of attack power.

But most of the time, the fish's behavior doesn't change according to the angler's will.

The medicinal-bait spots attracted mixed carp significantly more than crucian carp. Five minutes after setting up the spots, neither of the two points showed any signs of active starts, and it became eerily quiet instead.

Looking at other anglers around the pit, the fish behavior seemed similar. It turned out the whole pit slowed down.

Seeing the lethargic fish behavior on-site, Yue Feng actually let out a slight sigh of relief, thinking a slower pace was good, at least reducing the chance of human error.

Just as he was secretly rejoicing, Qiu Guoyun raised his rod to hook a fish and was the first to start catching!

In less than half a minute, Zhao Zheng also caught a medium-sized carp.

In terms of count, it's one to one! Currently, it's a tie.

Several more minutes passed with no effective fish activity, and Yue Feng said while smacking his lips, "So far, there's one good news and one bad news on the field!

The good news is that the opponent's first-section strong attack has failed, thanks to poor fish behavior! The bad news is that our fish bites are also not great, and the medicinal wine isn't as tempting to carp as it is to crucian carp!

Let's see how Zhao Zheng handles this situation! If it were me, I'd be considering switching to a more refined set and trying a bit farther out now!"

As if verifying Yue Feng's judgement, a minute later, Zhao Zheng stood up from his fishing spot and reached for the spare rod behind him.

He then opened the float box and inserted an unusually shaped float into the float seat.

Seeing this, the livestream room got excited again.

"Holy crap, suddenly using a dragging float setup, looks like he's going for distance!"

"Brother Zheng is amazing, awesome!"

"The Tiancheng Club must be dumbfounded now. They just modified the responsive float, and before even making it handy, they switched to an unanchored independent float. They must be bewildered!"

"Let's not rush to cheer 666; let's see how the distance fishing goes. Maybe the fish bites aren't good further out either!"

"As the competition progresses, the fish definitely move cautiously inward! That's common knowledge!"

"Motor off + unanchored independent float, the ultimate secret to distance fishing for mixed species!"

Seeing this, Yue Feng nodded: "If the fish behavior is poor, adapt accordingly! The direction is absolutely right, just not sure if the fish behavior will cooperate!"

The words "will cooperate" were not out of his mouth yet when they saw Zhao Zheng lower his first rod and immediately hook a fish!

The dragging float gave a direct and straightforward black-tug action, with the three markers disappearing in a flash!

Zhao Zheng's whole body shifted his center of gravity downward, wrist taut, struggling to bow the rod slightly into an arc.

With meticulous handling, he gradually raised the rod that was almost in a tug-of-war situation.

When the rod arched to seventy or eighty degrees, Zhao Zheng let out a breath. This fish was practically secured.

After two rounds, the fish surfaced—a very decent-sized carp, estimated at about a pound and a half, only slightly smaller than a juvenile fish and equivalent to two ordinary carp stakes.

Seeing this, Qiu Guoyun, who was initially planning to fight furiously, was dumbstruck!

Distance fishing is acceptable; many fishing spots are like this!

But what kind of float was the opponent using?

The float had a thin and small body, with only three markers on the tail, and the float base occupied at least four-fifths of the total length.

Soon, with a head full of questions, Qiu Guoyun also changed his fishing method, temporarily abandoning the initial spots while casting full rods for distance with Da Fei weights, and started reaching for fish as well.

Once they pinpointed the fish's region, catching them wasn't an issue. After adjusting strategy, Qiu Guoyun also quickly started catching fish.

When sure about fishing remote spots, Zhao Zheng repeated an unusual operation he had previously done.

He arranged new ground bait points in the left, middle, and right extreme bait drop directions again,

to keep them healthy, waiting for fish bites to slow down before rotating fishing them.

Unlike the earlier fast-paced catching, now the competition's viewing appeal significantly dropped, but both the audience and live-stream friends' attention remained focused.

Most people had one idea: anticipating for Zhao Zheng's laid-back tactics to explode, possibly slaying the "big dragon".

Unbeknownst, the competition reached twenty-five minutes in, and the dragon wasn't slain. Zhao Zheng and Qiu Guoyun were almost neck and neck in their catches.

Yue Feng glanced at the time, then turned his head towards Wang Zhen.

"Wang Zhen, are you still nervous? There are five minutes before you go on stage. Have you thought about the strategy to use?"

Wang Zhen shook his head: "Much better than the last time, not that nervous! As for this fishing method, shall we continue with Brother Zheng's plum blossom pile and distant fishing? So far, the catch count is the same, but we should weigh a bit more!"

Yue Feng nodded: "I won't remind you about anything else, just focus on the success rate when using the dragging float! Technique is crucial, you must handle the fish and control the fishing line delicately! Don't panic!

My biggest worry is if you make one mistake with a fish and get nervous, leading to consecutive mistakes and a total collapse!"

At this moment, Wang Xiaomin suggested: "If needed, take an extra No. 3 rod in for higher fault tolerance?"

Wang Zhen nodded: "Okay, listening to Xiaomin, let's take the No. 3 rod then, since the fish's behavior isn't fast; catch one and weigh one! Focus on success rate!"

"Get ready, it's your turn!"

Minutes later, the referee announced the change, and Wang Zhen casually strolled with his rod to the stage.

Arriving at Zhao Zheng's exchange position, Zhao Zheng stood up, letting Wang Zhen sit down, then whispered in his ear: "I've set up spots for the left, middle, and right full rod lengths and supplemented the eight-point rod main spots with a few more, but I haven't been around to spare them yet!

If there's no bite from distant spots, you can take a quick shot, maybe get unexpected results!

I found those fish hiding far in remote places; there's a small clear area at the farthest boundary line I haven't touched. Lay some ground bait; it'll keep for the fourth session when Xue Kai comes up to control the rhythm! Got it?"