Fishing Livestream

Opening it up, not bad, the opponent for the first match is the Fish Hunter Club.

Fish Hunter Club is the club with the lowest overall strength among the four teams. In the first round of club duels earlier on, Yue Feng and his team deliberately chose them as their opponent and directly knocked them out.

However, in the revival match, Fish Hunter performed exceptionally well, unexpectedly grabbing a revival spot to enter the top eight.

After reaching the top eight, their luck was extraordinary again. In the draw for the quarter-finals, they encountered Chiwu Club, and in a closely matched competition, they won, successfully entering the semi-finals.

Seeing that they were drawn against Yuefeng Club again, the captain of Fish Hunter, Yu Wensheng, looked a bit displeased.

The previous matches were easily dominated by Yue Feng, giving Old Yu somewhat of a psychological shadow. He knew today's semi-finals were going to be tough, but he didn't expect to meet someone from Yuefeng Club right in the first match, so the morale was undoubtedly affected.

Soon, the pairings for the first match were completed,

Yuefeng Fishing Tackle versus Fish Hunter Club. Hua Club versus Tianyuan Youth Training Club.

All four teams took the field together, 1v1 matches, taking place simultaneously.

Having confirmed the opponents, Niu Ben happily submitted the team play order form and walked down with Wang Xiaomin.

"The fish conditions in the first match should be quite rapid. We submitted their play order according to our previous lineup. Zhao Ran, you're starting. By now, there's no need to hold back, give it all you've got! Get ready!"

There's still just over ten minutes until the match starts, quickly prepare.

At this moment, a thought suddenly struck Yue Feng. He walked over to Zhao Ran, who was squatting and opening bait.

"Old Zhao, there's no restriction on the Doughballs Fishing Method in the competition rules, right?" Yue Feng asked.

Zhao Ran paused his bait preparation, looked up at Yue Feng, "No, why? Are you planning to use doughballs? I feel the fish luring rate won't be very good! Doughballs are heavier, injure the fish's mouth, and have a lighter bite; the intake rate for doughballs is not very good! It's better to use wet scatterbait for better fish attraction and higher error tolerance."

Zhao Ran was being truthful, and it's also a known limitation of the Doughballs Fishing Method, rarely used in competitive games.

But Yue Feng had a different thought, when he was surveying the area of Pit No. 5 earlier, he felt something was subtly overlooked.

Seeing Zhao Ran opening the bait, he suddenly realized.

Doughballs' fish attraction is indeed much worse than wet scatter baits, especially in large water bodies, this difference is evident, especially with fish in the early sliding stage compared to punch bait with wet scatter, it has no advantage.

But Pit No. 5 is small, at most under a hundred square meters, with a density of more than a thousand pounds of fish, around the spot, there's no shortage of fish.

Thus, the biggest restriction is virtually unlocked.

The advantage of Doughballs Fishing Method is that it doesn't create a cloud-like mist, making timid fish take the bait more realistically, which is very suitable for today's fish conditions.

"Do this, prepare both wet scatter and regular punch baits, and also prepare a soft sticky bait core. After the first section, test its effectiveness, Pit No. 5 is small, density is high, there's no situation where fish are lacking! It's still about bite rate and success rate!"

When Yue Feng mentioned the pond being small, Zhao Ran immediately understood: "Yeah, the pond is small! Doughballs can be useful! Alright, I'll listen to you, I'll prepare some! If the bites are slow, using doughballs might give an advantage, fish caught with doughballs are generally bigger for sure!"

Quickly, Zhao Ran took the already prepared punch bait, added a bit of water, kneaded it repeatedly, and adjusted it into a stickier massless doughballs bait core, while Yue Feng also brought over a packet of small pellet starter bait.

With everything ready, Zhao Ran headed to the field, quickly meeting his opponents from Fish Hunter again.

Fish Hunter's lineup this time was different from the last, as their captain Yu Wensheng unusually took the starting position.

"Hehehe, Captain Yu, hello! We meet again!" Zhao Ran casually placed the washbasin to his side, grinning as he greeted.

"Damn it, we're up against you guys in the first round, it wasn't easy making it to the semifinals, and we have to face you again in the first match! If we lose this one, it will crush the hard-earned confidence of my team members! Go easy on us, at least don't make the loss too exaggerated!"

Yu Wensheng seemed a bit frustrated, though his words were polite, the tone betrayed some unwillingness.

"Haha, look at you, this semifinal spot of yours was earned with real effort and skill! How are you acting weak before the match even starts!" Zhao Ran maintained a calm demeanor.

"No matter what I say, it's useless. By going first, you can infer my intentions, bayonets drawn, I'm going all in with you! Just hope you don't use any overwhelming strategies, your team's new tactics and styles are too many!"

"Haha, I'll take that as a compliment!"

Zhao Ran grinned, skillfully pulled out a towel to wipe hands, dampened it in the basin, wrung it to half-dry, folded it neatly, and placed it beside the bait box.

Seeing him dampen the towel, Yu Wensheng was a bit puzzled. Normally an angler uses a dry towel to wipe hands, but Zhao Ran deliberately wetted his towel, it seemed odd.

In the next second, seeing Zhao Ran take out a pack of small starter bait and pour it into the bait box, he felt a bit uneasy. The doughballs bait core was sticky, with punch bait previously wiping fingers on a half-dry towel, it wouldn't stick to the hands, which was the strategy.

"Are you planning to fish with doughballs this match?" Yu Wensheng asked unexpectedly.

Zhao Ran nodded: "Better be prepared! Give it a try!"

Then, the loudspeaker with the umpire's voice came on.

"Club League, East China Region's semifinal first match, all athletes and referees, please pay attention, the match starts at the sound of the whistle!"

A whistle sounded, and the match officially began!

If given one more minute, Yu Wensheng definitely wouldn't do anything, would similarly prepare a doughball punch bait, Yue Feng's team used it right at the start, they sure have a plan, not knowing the reason doesn't matter, follow their lead first, think of ways in the later sections.

But now without prepared bait core, crucially, he only had crushed pellet powder, making doughballs wasn't an option, which was a bit frustrating.

On the first cast, Zhao Ran dampened the towel with his left hand and shaped two doughballs bait cores on the hook, then covered the bait core with starter bait, gently pinching with his fingertips, the core was coated heavily with a 3mm layer of small starter bait particles.

With the bait ready, he cast the rod into the water and started fishing.

Half an hour ago, the fish had just been placed in the water, but the bites were better than expected. The first bait had barely reached the bottom, and the float indicated a subtle bite action.

Zhao Ran did not rush to lift the rod, lightly shook it, without a sudden pull, he directly lifted the rod again, repeating the action to replace with a new doughball bait core, and cast two large bait balls back in.

After five casting spots in a row, the float was already flickering with frequent small actions, at this point, Yu Wensheng beside him was the first to lift the rod, catching a small carp weighing seven or eight ounces.

This side had not yet landed the carp when Zhao Ran's float was also showing action.

A gentle lift line, followed by two firm, substantial sags, a very nice biting action.

Zhao Ran flicked his wrist, lifted the rod to strike the fish, only to find a heavy force at the tip.

The first rod was a corner, and it turned out to catch a big fish?