When Hong Tao's boat was parked at his berth, he saw Paul's NB coaxing speedboat at first sight, and Paul seemed to have returned, but he didn't know how he was fishing. But don't worry, there is already a special tape to seal the door of the live fish cabin, and when the competition time is over, the staff will weigh the fish in the live fish tank according to the number of the participating anglers under the supervision of the angler, and then publish it on the big screen.

The large screen was in the open space in front of the pier, where the venue had been set up as a temporary covered building that could accommodate hundreds of people, and although it was not yet dark, the lights on the façade of the building were all turned on. After making sure that the live fish cabin had been sealed, Hong Tao followed the staff to the bottom of the building and found Paul, who was sitting in the seat of the professional players. Since Erin's seat was on the amateur side, Hong Taozhi and Paul simply said hello, explaining that they had returned safely, and then dragged Erin to the outsiders to smoke. There is a problem here in Lao Mei that worries Hong Tao, that is, many places are not allowed to smoke, not only in the restaurant need special smoking seats, but even in the open-air park, you can not be addicted to smoking.

Just after 5 p.m., a long whistle sounded from the pier, marking the end of the tournament, and all fishing boats returning after this time were not counted. Lao Mei didn't say anything about the formulation and compliance of the rules, and as soon as the whistle remembered, the big screen showed a list of all the contestants who came back on time, and those who didn't come back were also displayed on the screen, but their names were red, and the catch weight and name behind the name were an N-word.

There were quite a few of these late anglers, more than 30 of them, and Hong Tao took a closer look, and none of them were professional anglers. It seems that the difference between professional and amateur is not only in terms of professional level, but also in terms of experience.

After the whistle sounded, more than a dozen staff members dressed in uniform began to run towards the pier, and at the same time, a notice was also heard from the loudspeaker of the venue, every group of 15 anglers, and the anglers who were named needed to go to their respective fishing boats to supervise the staff to weigh their catches, and then sign the report card.

Hong Tao was unlucky, he was a wild card player, so he was last in the professional group. Of course, weighing is also in the last group. However, he saw the amateur anglers who were still behind him, and he had nothing to complain about, and if it weren't for Paul using his connections to help him sign up, he probably wouldn't even be able to get into the amateur group.

The FLW tournament is the highest level of outdoor fishing in the United States, and even if you want to make it to the amateur division, you have to start from scratch in those small regional competitions, and then fight your way up to the official FLW tournament after several promotions. Thus. Those amateurs don't have a mallet or a bastard, and they are basically people who are familiar with fishing.

After the professional group was weighed, the host changed into a fancy fishing suit and walked up to the high platform in the center, when the spotlight completely enveloped him. A very professional smile spread across his face.

"Now the big screen behind me is about to show the results of the first day of the competition, but I deliberately asked the staff not to show it yet, I would like to interview one person first, and now I invite Mr. Hong Tao from China to the stage. And, of course, his beautiful assistant, Ms. Irene......! The host pointed the finger at Hong Tao again, but this time Hong Tao was not too surprised. Because when he was weighing, the staff had already congratulated him, saying that the weight of his five fish was likely to rank first on the first day.

"Mr. Hong, what do you think of your results today?" The host took the microphone and asked Hong Tao seriously.

"I'm satisfied, it's the first time I've come here to fish, and I don't know much about the water and the fish, so I didn't run too far today, I just tried it within half an hour, and I was lucky enough to catch a few bass." Hong Tao had already blown all the NB last night, so now he simply stopped being polite, what do you have to say.

"I can testify to this, just now the staff has counted the GPS data of all the professional players, and Mr. Hong has the shortest mileage, but he does catch the heaviest fish. Okay, I accidentally said that I leaked my mouth, the first place in weighing on the first day of the competition was this Mr. Hong, please look at the big screen below. "No one knows whether the host said that he leaked his mouth or deliberately, and the people in the audience no longer care about this problem, everyone stretches their necks on the screen to find themselves or care about the results of the fisherman's game.

Hong Tao and Erin also stood on the stage and turned their heads to look at the big screen, Hong Tao's name was listed in the first row, and the total weight of the catch was 19 pounds and 8 ounces, which was 2 pounds and 1 ounce ahead of the second angler, which was almost the weight of a fish, and the lead was relatively large. This catch weight is not calculated for each day individually, but is the sum of the first two days as the result of the angler in the heats, and the top 10 anglers in the fourth day of the catch as the result in the final.

Paul's name is also very high, 7th, but the gap between him and Hong Tao is a little more than 4 pounds, even if Hong Tao uses 4 fish to participate in the weighing, it is better than Paul's results.

For this result, Hong Tao seemed very calm, because he knew in his heart that he was a cheater, and if he couldn't win like this, then what kind of fishing would he play. He felt that his results tomorrow would be better than today's, but at this time he also made a decision, that is, not to expose his true strength too early, anyway, as long as he entered the finals

This was followed by a presentation of results in the amateur category, and the first place winner was an engineer from North Carolina, who coincidentally happened to be in the same boat as Paul.

"Paul, you have to work hard tomorrow, if you can't make it to the final, then you will lose." After Hong Tao returned to his seat, he began to tease Paul next to him.

"The first day doesn't mean anything, like you, I'm just familiar with the situation here, don't worry, I'll definitely be able to get into the finals, but you can't have such good luck every day, I heard Daniels say, 3 of the 5 fish you caught are smallmouth bass." Paul wasn't too convinced, and he attributed Hong Tao's performance today to luck.

"Cheng, then we'll see you tomorrow night, I'll go back to the room first." Hong Tao didn't quarrel with Paul more, turned around and went to the back to find Erin, busy all day, plus the spirit is more nervous, now he is really a little tired, he doesn't plan to go out to eat dinner, just solve it in the hotel, when he came out in the morning, he saw an advertisement hanging at the door of the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, with a big lobster painted on it, which looked very delicious.

Florida is rich in lobsters, the lobsters here are called spiny lobsters, which belong to the warm water lobster, it has an obvious difference from Australian lobsters and South African lobsters, that is, it does not have that pair of prawn claws, but as compensation, it has a lot of meat on its tail, so the locals in Florida call eating lobster tails. If Hong Tao had come to Florida earlier, he would have been able to catch the annual Key West Lobster Festival.

Every August, the Lobster Festival is held on Key West Island at the southern tip of Florida to celebrate the lobster season from August to November. At this time, 20 chefs from Florida gather on Dover Street on Key West Island to perform various recipes of spiny lobster in the open air, and the island's restaurants have also switched to cooking lobster as the main dish, with a variety of methods and very cheap prices, which lasts for 3 days.

It's a pity that Hong Tao doesn't have this blessing, he can only listen to the foreman in the hotel restaurant introduce him to the grand occasion of the lobster festival, and at the same time imagine in his mind that he is swimming in the sea of lobsters. Although they didn't catch the lobster festival, Hong Tao and Erin didn't miss the opportunity to taste the spiny lobster, and there is also this kind of lobster in the hotel restaurant, the freshness is no problem, they are all just caught in the past two days.

After a full meal of lobster meal, Hong Tao didn't fool around with Paul's uncle and nephew, and went back to his room to sleep. These Americans were so energetic that they had to go back to their rooms in the middle of the night after a tiring day, and then they woke up the next morning and were still alive and well. This thing is not convinced, people who grew up from snack meat and people who grew up from snack vegetarian food, the physical fitness is different. But then again, if there is a global famine and there is no adequate supply of meat, they will be the first to starve to death, and we can survive by eating some tree bark.

In the early hours of the next day, it rained lightly, and because Florida is surrounded by the sea on three sides, it rains a lot all year round, and it is possible to rain if you drift over a cloud. The competition was not rescheduled due to light rain, and most of the contestants did not even wear rain jackets, at most they came out with a hat. Hong Tao felt that his body did not have such strong firepower, so he borrowed two rainproof clothes from Paul, so that he could put Erin on it, and then drove the speedboat into the drizzle.

Today, when Hong Tao drove the speedboat again, it was not as good as yesterday, although he did not dare to lift the first half of the speedboat out of the water like other competitors, but ordinary high-speed progress is still no problem.

On the second day, Hong Tao changed his approach, he roughly calculated the distance, and then followed the GPS guidance and drove the speedboat directly to the depths of Lake Okeechobee, driving for one and a half hours before stopping. Today he plans to fish from a distance to a closer place, which is more efficient, the closer the fishing position is to the pier, and it is possible to find a fishing spot that other anglers have not yet visited, and the chance of catching fish should be a little greater, especially for big fish. (To be continued......)

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