Chapter 617: Live Performance
"A rare black bass, this weight is not very common in this lake, you are in luck!" Daniels couldn't stop praising the fish in Hong Tao's hand, his words were more convincing than anyone else, people grew up on the edge of the lake since childhood.
"No, it's not a matter of luck, it's strength, we've caught 2 fish of about the same size, both in the tank, do you want to see it?" Erin is not very satisfied with Daniels's evaluation of Hong Tao, what does it mean to be lucky? Isn't this beating around the bush and squeezing people!
"This is the third one! The other two are also so big? Listening to Erin's words, the host's eyes were about to pop out.
"I'll show you this one, it's the biggest, but the other two are pretty much the same." Women just love to show off, and can't listen to a little criticism, Erin took the largemouth bass in Hong Tao's hand and threw it into the live fish tank, and then regardless of whether the water in the cabin was fishy, she lay on the back deck, stretched out her arm and held a short-handled net, and began to fish in the live fish cabin.
"My aunt, if you toss like this, our fish will all die, and half of the weight will be deducted." Hong Tao originally wanted to quickly move to the right side of the dock to throw the rod, but Erin couldn't drive the boat as soon as he tossed it like this, when the woman and others showed off her clothes, jewelry, shoes and all her achievements, you had to let her complete the whole process, and listen to the praise of others before leaving, otherwise this is the biggest harm to the woman, and she will grit her teeth and hate you.
"If you can't die, if you can't die, just take it out and breathe." Erin finally caught the two smallmouth bass and climbed up with the net.
"Oh my God, what a big smallmouth bass, where did you catch it? Oh, sorry, I was a bit rude to ask. Daniels recognized the type of fish at a glance without having to take it out of the net, and the question came out.
"I can't tell where it is. But I have the coordinates on my GPS, do you want to see it? "Hong Tao really didn't deliberately hide the fishing spot and didn't want to say it, as long as he was sure that his fish scale water really worked, then he didn't care about the special fishing spot, it didn't matter where he fished, that's it!
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I'm just curious, such a large smallmouth bass is very vigilant, they are much more cunning than the largemouth bass. It's hard to fish. Daniels thought that Hong Tao was blaming him for asking about other people's fishing spots at random, and quickly clarified himself.
"Mr. Hong, can we follow your boat for a while? Rest assured, we will not affect your fishing, the TV broadcast is also part of the competition, and we want to show the audience what you are fishing. The host watched with amazement as Irene put the two small-mouthed bass back into the live fish cabin, and suddenly made a request to Hong Tao, with a very polite attitude, as far as Hong Tao knew. The broadcast boat can take pictures of any participating angler, as long as it does not substantially affect the angler's fishing, the angler has no right to refuse, which is clearly stipulated in the rules of the competition.
"No problem." Hong Tao has seen this rule. Even without this rule, he is not opposed to others shooting, because he has almost mastered the method of fishing for bass, which is the white lure with the lowest proportion of fish scales. All three of these bass were caught with that kind of lure, and it seems that the taste of the bass is relatively light.
agreed to the host's request, and Hong Tao did not continue to chat with them. Now I only have 3 fish, and I still have two fish left to catch, and the time is almost 3 o'clock, counting the return distance, there are less than 2 hours to use for fishing at most.
Hong Tao moved his speedboat more than ten meters in parallel, came to the right side of the pier, dodged two relatively tall wooden stakes, and then threw the bait, this time the bait was closer to the bottom of the remnant trestle, where the water surface was basically in the shadow due to the shelter of the trestle bridge deck, although Hong Tao did not know the specific living habits of the black bass, but he felt that this kind of darker waters were more suitable for predatory fish to hide, just like in the movie, the bad guys always hide in the dark.
After throwing 2 rods in a row, the bait did not encounter any attack, but Hong Tao did not give up, he immediately changed to a new white bait, and then threw it again, the position was still in the shadow under the trestle.
"Daniels, is this location a hiding place for bass? Why did our Chinese boy get a new bait? The host began to ask questions to the camera again, in order not to disturb Hong Tao's fishing, he deliberately turned around and turned his face towards the lake, so that the voice of people talking was not easy to alarm the fish on the shore.
"It's in the right place, but I don't know why you want to get a new lure, and a lot of anglers have their own habits and lucky things." Daniels had to turn his head away, and he didn't have any accurate explanation for Hongtao's move to change to a new lure.
......Just as the host was about to continue the vernacular, a sound of water suddenly came from behind them.
"It's a pity I didn't see a fish bite!" Daniels's reaction at this time was almost as fast as Hong Tao grabbing the sea rod, but it was too late, at this time Hong Tao had just finished lifting the rod and stabbing the fish, and was concentrating on the rapid reeling, the fishing rod in his hand was pulled into a bow, but the reel did not put a millimeter of fishing line out, which means that the force drain device has been screwed to the tightest state.
"This should be a big fish too." Daniels regretted that he didn't see Hong Tao lifting the rod and stabbing the fish, this simple action can say a lot about many things, such as the angler's experience, habits and judgment, a bit like watching the drift in traditional fishing and table fishing.
"Even though I'm not very good at fishing, I can see that there is something different about the Chinese boy, especially his fish control movements, why does he reel so hard and quickly? What if a force relief device is not suitable at all? Isn't he afraid of running away from the fish? The host also didn't see Hong Tao lifting the rod to stab the fish, but this did not affect him to help the audience ask questions.
"That's what makes him so clever that he seems to know in advance where he's going to go and what kind of environment he's going to fish in, so he chooses a very hard rod, a thick line, a big reel, and every rod is configured this way, which shows that he was ready for it. Now I can tell you for sure that this is a master angler, not an ordinary master fisherman, he has his own set of fishing theories that are not well known to us. For now, his theory should be very successful, and I can't wait to get to know him, can you tell me where he came from? "This Daniels obviously didn't attend last night's draw ceremony, and he doesn't know anything about Hong Tao.
"He's a wild card player, and he was shoehorned in by the guy Paul, and you know, Paul is a lawyer, but he's usually not very reasonable." The host turned off the microphone in his hand, and these words could not be said to the audience.
"That Paul in Philadelphia?" Daniels seems to know Paul as well.
"Yes, that's the guy who made a bet with this Chinese boy and lost it, and supposedly even danced a striptease at the lawyer's dinner, and he was not convinced and made another bet on this game. Daniels, who do you think will win Paul or the Chinese boys? Because I bet on it too, and it weighs on Paul. The host touched the headset with his hand, and then quickly asked his question, presumably the broadcast director was already asking him why there was no sound all of a sudden.
"I'm afraid you chose the wrong opponent this time, but it's hard to say, fishing is also an activity that depends on luck, and we can only be sure if we see his performance tomorrow." Daniels was still relatively steady and did not jump to conclusions, but it was already revealed that he was not optimistic about Paul's intentions.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just now our Chinese boy caught another fish, and I was so excited that I turned off the microphone switch. As you can see, now the Chinese boy threw this fish directly on the boat, and it was a largemouth bass, which was slightly smaller than the one just now, it should also be more than 4 pounds, and he now has 4 effective fish of more than 4 pounds, as he said at the draw ceremony yesterday, he is heading towards the finals, and if he can play at this level tomorrow, then we will be able to see him in the finals in the next two days. The host behaved very professionally, just after chatting with Daniels about personal issues, he immediately switched to the live broadcast state, which made Hong Tao ashamed of himself.
After two largemouth bass were hit in a row at the abandoned pier, Hong Tao searched for about 10 minutes, but no fish were seen again, and it is estimated that the bass here have been fished out. Generally, predatory fish have their own active territory, and most of them like to act alone or in pairs, and do not gather in large groups, because if there are too many wolves, there will be less meat, and there will not be enough small fish to eat.
Since there are no more fish here, Hong Tao did not delay, directly put away the front drive, started the motor, and started the transition. But instead of continuing on, he turned around and walked back, once again to the submerged woods. Hong Tao did this for a reason, because time was running out until the end of the race, and if he ran farther away, even if he caught a fish, he might not have time to return to the dock on time. Rather than risk foul play, the safer way is to go back to a closer spot and try it, and even if you can't catch a fish, these four fish are expected to achieve a good result.
Hong Tao made the right choice, and half an hour later, he caught a smallmouth bass from a branch, and although it was 2 pounds and 11 ounces later, it met the requirements of the competition and could be counted. 5 fish have been caught, there are still 40 minutes before the end of the race, there are already several participating speedboats speeding towards the pier, Hong Tao does not plan to pursue any perfection, after starting the main engine, give the steering wheel to Erin, let her have a good time driving the speedboat, no matter how she tosses, how can she drive the boat back on time in less than half an hour. (To be continued......)
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