576: Chapter 563: Giant Bone Tongue Fish 576: Chapter 563: Giant Bone Tongue Fish Ten minutes later, the fish underwater surfaced!
With a red tail, a chunky body, black on the back, and a white belly, not to ntion the long barbels around its mouth, the fish’s looks were incredibly cute, chubby and adorable!
Baby: “Oh my, what kind of fish is this?
It’s so cute, chubby like a little fat pig!”
Yue Feng didn’t know exactly what it was called, but he was sure it was so sort of catfish, so he looked to Zhou Jie for help.
Zhou Jie glanced at it and introduced, “This is a Red Tail Catfish!
It’s also known as a Fortune Kitty back ho and is a very popular ornantal fish!
The Amazon is its place of origin!
Don’t be fooled by its chubby cuteness, though, it’s pretty fierce!
It won’t hesitate to eat any fish that it can swallow!
They can grow pretty big, I’ve seen so over a ter long!”
Yue Feng nodded and said to the live stream, “Caught a little fat pig, a Red Tail Catfish!
Since it’s so pretty, let’s spare it from the cooking pot and let it go!”
“I rember catfish usually like to eat carrion!
Better not to eat it!”
“With that slow pace just now, I thought we caught a turtle or sothing!
Turns out it was a Fortune Kitty!”
“This thing shouldn’t be too expensive, right?
It would be nice to get one to raise at ho!”
Yue Feng brought the fish close to the boat, secured it with the fish gripper, and with a concerted effort, hauled it onto the boat.
Catfish species are pretty aggressive when taking the bait, and this one swallowed the hook deeply.
Yue Feng struggled quite a bit before he finally managed to remove the hook.
He held the fish up for a photo and quickly released it back into the water.
Just as Yue Feng had released the big fish and was casually rinsing his hands, ready to take a breather, the ever-vigilant Fabio suddenly made a silencing gesture towards him.
All four n imdiately held their breath and looked in the direction the Captain was pointing.
On the surface of the water, there appeared a mouth the size of a bowl, vaguely resembling a crocodile’s snout, but slightly flattened and elongated.
“It’s a Giant Bone Tongue Fish coming up for air, be careful and toss out a chunk of at to try!” the Captain whispered to Zhou Jie, who then relayed the ssage to Yue Feng.
Yue Feng nodded, spoke softly to the live stream, adjusted the drone’s flying altitude, and focused the cara on the Giant Bone Tongue Fish.
After briefly surfacing for air, the hefty fellow didn’t imdiately dive back down but hovered about half a ter below the surface, casting a large shadow visible from above.
Having learned from his previous experience fishing for Silver Dragon Fish, Yue Feng was much wiser this ti.
He deliberately cast the bait a bit off to the side and began reeling in steadily.
As he neared the fish, he slowed the speed.
The Red Tail Catfish before had stripped the at off the hook, so now there was a larger chunk of at, which Yue Feng had put on himself after the Captain’s warning, following Zhou Jie’s advice.
The piece was about half a pound, and when it hit the water, it was almost neutrally buoyant, not sinking directly to the bottom.
After waiting for about half a minute, there was no movent, and the dark silhouette on the water’s surface had disappeared.
Yue Feng pouted, damn, such a good opportunity gone unbit.
It must have been scared off to the side, reel in the line and try another spot!
As he was reeling in the line, the drone’s overhead view suddenly captured a dark shadow reappearing, heading straight for the piece of at.
Splash!
With a swift sucking motion, half of the freshwater pomfret was sucked right into its belly.
Yue Feng jerked his rod to hook the fish, and he struck it!
They only saw the giant fish flip wildly on the water’s surface, creating ripples that spanned at least a three-ter radius.
The line peeled off with a clicking sound, and the rod was bent into an exaggerated arc.
“Hooked it!” Yue Feng shouted, imdiately gripping the rod with both hands.
If yesterday’s catch felt like struggling to control a large fish, today’s fish was in complete state of uncontrolled frenzy!
Luckily, the rod they used today was sturdier, and even the reel was swapped for a heavy-duty drum reel.
If they had used the improved version of the Red Spider from before, the reel probably wouldn’t have lasted a single round before being completely destroyed!
The giant fish was incredibly powerful.
Trying to fight it head-on using the rod’s action felt futile, and after two attempts at exerting force, Yue Feng had already increased the drag to over thirty kilograms, but still couldn’t stop the line from peeling out.
“Is the spool almost empty?
What do we do?” Yue Feng once again looked to the Captain for help.
Fabio, realizing the fish was simply too large to control, imdiately started the boat, aiding Yue Feng in playing the fish!
The boat began to move, and the pressure on Yue Feng finally lessened a bit.
Seizing the chance during the turns, he wound the nearly empty spool back to about half full, temporarily safe.
This was just the beginning!
In the following two hours, the Giant Bone Tongue Fish taught Yue Feng a lesson with its actions, proving that its nickna “sea elephant” was not for nothing.
It seed to have endless stamina, surging forward several tis and then leaping out of the water to crazily gill-flare.
Wave after wave of its powerful movents left Yue Feng feeling like he was between heaven and hell,
Luckily, he had been training a lot during this period.
If it had been an average person, their arms would have long since cramped up!
The target was the Giant Bone Tongue Fish, and now that it was hooked, the number of viewers in the live stream had soared from over eighty thousand to one hundred thirty thousand.
It was already approaching midnight in China, but these night owls had no intention of sleeping, all eager to see the glory of this legendary Dream Fish Species.
After the last forceful surge was barely withstood by Yue Feng, the Giant Bone Tongue Fish finally beca exhausted.
Its tail feebly moved in the water, stirring up large ripples, but it couldn’t pull any more line from the drum reel.
Yue Feng took a deep breath and said to the cara, “Hello to everyone in the live stream!
I’m Fisherman Yue Feng, currently in the Amazon challenging the legendary Giant Bone Tongue Fish.
After two hours and thirteen minutes, we’ve completely tired out the fish!
Now, I need to ask our Captain Fabio about how to properly handle what cos next.
In the area we are currently in, it is not allowed to pull the Giant Bone Tongue Fish onto the boat, and we have no intention of taking it back.
If possible, I’d like to get in the water, take a photo with the catch, and then have the Captain assist in releasing the fish!”
Zhou Jie communicated with the Captain, and Fabio didn’t hesitate to jump into the water from the boat.
The water here was quite shallow, only reaching around the navel.
Fabio waved to Yue Feng, who then handed over his phone and other water-sensitive items to Doll, passed the rod to Zhou Jie, and jumped into the water himself.
If you don’t count pushing the boat in the shallow water area that morning, this was Yue Feng’s first ti getting in the water.
After entering the water, Fabio naturally approached the side of the giant fish and gently exerted force, dragging the fish’s body up from the water.
Now, the true appearance of the Giant Bone Tongue Fish was clearly revealed to everyone in the live stream.
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