Chapter 507: Chapter 296 Digging the Corner???
"Got snagged? That’s odd, why wouldn’t it budge?" The fish collecting captain frowned and looked puzzled.
Zhang Yang grinned and said, "Hehe, sorry about that, didn’t bring enough fish keepers, caught a bit too much fish. How about using a net to scoop some out and then lift it up?"
"Your bag-like fish keeper can really hold a lot! There are people blowing up fish keepers every day at Jinghai Garden, but it’s the first time we’ve encountered one that can’t be lifted!"
The fish collecting captain curiously sized up the black pit fish keeper woven with nylon rope that Zhang Yang was using.
Zhang Yang explained, "It’s a black pit keeper developed by our company. This thing, when full, can hold eight hundred to a thousand pounds! Not kidding, I’ve been busy all day at this fishing spot, quite a few fish in the keeper!"
"Alright then, you should listen to advice and eat well! Please lend me your net, I really want to see just how many fish you can fit in one keeper!"
Zhang Yang took out the net pole, screwed back a 35 diameter net head and handed it over, "Use it as you please!"
Then came a long process of fishing out fish by the fish-returning young guy.
One basket, two baskets, three baskets, four baskets...
A full four baskets of fish were scooped out, and only then, when they tried to lift the remaining fish up, were they able to hoist the rest onto the surface.
"Wow! So many fish, together probably about six or seven hundred pounds!"
"Who is the ace that caught so many? It’s been a long time since we’ve had such an amazing angler here at the garden!"
"Oh, it’s that one with the cap and face mask, truly impressive!"
The crowd was buzzing with excitement, and many were fixated on the impressive haul of fish and the angler responsible for it.
"Wow, your fish keeper sure can hold a lot! Let’s have Old Ma set a rule; if a fish keeper exceeds three hundred pounds, it has to be switched out, otherwise, the fish below will get crushed!"
Zhang Yang smiled and scratched his head, "Hehe, sorry about that, forgot to switch fish keepers today, I’ll be sure not to trouble you next time!"
"No worries, let’s weigh them now!"
The weight-measuring captain called out, and one by one, the large carp were lifted onto the electronic scale.
In total, it was six and a half baskets of fish, accumulating to a total weight of 757 pounds! According to the real-time fish return price that day of 4.3 yuan per pound, the total was 3,255 yuan.
It wasn’t just landing the fish, it was like taking three turns on the way back, and it even covered the registration fee for tomorrow’s pickup truck race.
After weighing, the fish were dumped into the live fish tank, and the earnings were counted and handed over to Zhang Yang, who thanked them with a smile, grabbed his fishing box, and headed towards his parked car.
Watching Zhang Yang leave, Xie Tianhao was in a daze for a long time.
That’s when Xiaobao spoke, "Uncle, why are you making me hang around with Zhang Yang? I don’t even know him, it’s better for me to drive you around and help out! Over there, I know no one, and everything’s unfamiliar!"
"Silly boy, I’m paving the way for you, did you think it would be easy to get in there?
Normally I think I’m a pro at black pit fishing, yet today I didn’t even return two hundred pounds of fish, can’t you see the gap between us?
Haven’t you always wanted to make a living from fishing? This is a rare opportunity, and I’ve put my pride aside just to ask for this favor!"
Xie Tianhao’s scolding shook Xiaobao, dimming his reluctance somewhat.
Respect is earned through skill; if Zhang Yang’s performance was average, Xiaobao might have refused his uncle’s suggestion, but seeing Zhang Yang catch so many fish and earn over three thousand bucks, Xiaobao was tempted.
"Um... I’ll listen to you then!"
"That’s right, listen to me, can I steer you wrong? Pack your stuff quickly, I’ll book a hotel for tonight and gather the people. Be sharp and sweet-tongued tonight, got it?"
"Got it!"
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Zhang Yang shouldered his fishing gear and got into the car, while others gradually returned after finishing their fish returns.
After some inquiries, it turned out that there were six rods set up today, and overall fish results were decent. Except for Zhang Yang, the others averaged at about two hundred pounds, falling short on the fish money by a hundred or so bucks, but they had gotten a pretty good grasp of the fish situation.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Zhang Yang smoked and waited for a while until everyone gathered, greeted them, and three cars drove out of the fishing spot’s parking area, headed straight for the hotel they were staying at.
Having understood the fishing situation, a meeting to summarize the day’s fishing is certainly needed, and Zhang Yang also planned to share his findings about the new bait he tested from noon onwards with the teammates.
The cars pulled up at the hotel, with everyone heading to their rooms to wash up and change out of their smelly sunblocks, before gathering at Zhang Yang’s room for the meeting.
Glancing around at his teammates, Zhang Yang said, "We’ll talk about three things in today’s meeting.
First, about today’s fishing situation.
I must say, the density at Jinghai Garden is really high, they’re putting in another forty tons tomorrow, and I’ve checked the weather forecast, it should be similar to today. Based on my prediction, the fishing situation shouldn’t be too bad!
For good fishing here, the nest-making and catching rhythm must be on point.
Based on my experience in position 155, the early phase live fish almost exclusively take the bait at the surface and rarely go to the bottom, so the bobber adjustment should be considered, using a larger bobber, and setting the depth higher!
The second thing, I experimented with our new Chinese herb wine’s effect on mid to late phase fishing, and when used at a two to three ml concentration per pound of bait, it worked well for catching live fish, but the results weren’t as obvious in the mid to late fishing."