579: Chapter 566: The Native Catfish Master’s Secret Bait Recipe 579: Chapter 566: The Native Catfish Master’s Secret Bait Recipe “Wow!
The river here is so magical!
Even at this distance, the waters haven’t fully mixed together!” Baby excitedly snapped photos with her phone, a unique sight she couldn’t normally see.
Zhou Jie explained, “The two rivers have different water temperatures, plus varying densities and impurity levels, so this peculiar phenonon occurs!
Continue downstream, and about ten kiloters later, they’ll gradually rge together!”
Baby: “Fengfeng, do you want to go see where they rge?
I think it’s really interesting!
It’d be worth it for a video segnt!”
Yue Feng: “Why not?
It’s not much of a detour!”
At Baby’s and Yue Feng’s request, the fishing boat didn’t head straight to the camp to unload supplies but continued downriver for another four or five kiloters, finally arriving at the spot where the two rivers rged into one colour.
After Baby got her fill of taking videos with her phone, the boat turned around and headed back to the camp.
By the ti they reached the camp, it was already past four in the afternoon.
The dicinal wine from the native doctor the day before was really effective.
After a night’s recovery, Yue Feng’s arm had deflated, and although a faint redness could still be seen, it was essentially pain-free.
He had regained more than ninety percent of its function and strength; it was no longer an issue.
Upon arrival at the new camp, the staff carried the supplies, while Zhou Jie took Yue Feng to find the middle-aged man called Barbaro.
This fellow was much stronger than Fabio, appearing to be in his forties with well-developed muscles, especially with a scar above his brow, giving him a slightly fierce look.
“Hey!
Old pal!
I’ve brought you so business!
This is my compatriot from China who wants to fish for Amazon catfish, and I know you’ve got a secret weapon, so don’t keep it to yourself!” Zhou Jie clearly knew Barbaro, greeting him very familiarly.
“Thanks for the referral, I think I should buy you a drink tonight!
Lucky Chinese kid!”
“Heh heh!
I brought plenty of drinks, all good stuff, including our dostic liquor!
My friend from China is very generous.
If you can help him catch those legendary giant catfish, I think he’ll gladly pick up the tab for our drinks!”
“Deal!
For the sake of Chinese liquor!” Barbaro readily agreed.
Zhou Jie turned to Yue Feng: “All set!
Treating him to a drink is your paynt!”
Yue Feng nodded: “No problem!”
Soon, under Barbaro’s lead, Yue Feng and Zhou Jie were taken to a storage room at the side of the camp where unused items were kept.
Barbaro moved out a black earthenware jar from the corner, which looked quite old, covered with cobwebs on the lid.
“This is my special fish bait; however, it has a strong sll, so you better be ntally prepared!” Barbaro relayed the warning to Yue Feng and the others through Zhou Jie.
Yue Feng nodded and also gave Baby a heads up; Baby was more drastic and pinched her nose closed with her hand.
Once he was sure everyone got the ssage, Barbaro opened the lid of the jar.
Yue Feng, standing two or three ters away, was imdiately hit with a wave of foul odor.
How should I describe this stuff?
Many people should have a basic idea of a country outhouse.
If a dry pit latrine’s sll ranks as a one, the stench from that jar would be at about a ten—a sll many tis worse than Yue Feng had anticipated, akin to moderately decomposed animal tissue combined with so unique foul scent.
Zhou Jie did brace himself ahead of ti and also pinched his nose.
“What the hell is this stuff, it’s so damn stinky!
Even poop would sll better compared to it!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but complain.
Zhou Jie explained, “These are chicken guts!
After special treatnt and mixing with a local plant juice to fernt, it’s used as bait for catfish, and the effect is fantastic!
Do you need to film a video?
I can have Barbaro take the guts out for you to have a look!”
“No thanks, spare that!” Yue Feng quickly shook his head, already finding the sll unbearable with his nose pinched; if the guts were taken out, he was sure he would throw up.
“Barbaro says that for catching these big catfish, it’s best to try at night.
He has several spots, and he can take us there!”
Yue Feng nodded, “That’s great, I’ll go prepare the equipnt first, let’s eat early, and after eating, we’ll set off!”
“Ok!”
Coming out of the wooden hut, Yue Feng gasped for air for a while before his nose felt a bit better!
That foul sll had been so overpowering that now he seed unable to sll anything at all.
Opening the hard case fishing rod storage box, Yue Feng did a check on the equipnt he would use that night.
An ultra-heavy boat fishing rod paired with a Stella heavy drum reel, 300-pound test fishing line, and the fish hook was a special cold-forged steel one for catching big fish at sea.
With such gear, not just a few hundred pounds of catfish, but even a bluefin tuna weighing over a thousand pounds wouldn’t be a problem.
After a final check of the equipnt, the camp had dinner early at around five o’clock.
Yue Feng and the kid didn’t have much appetite, but thinking of the night’s fishing trip, they forced themselves to eat two bowls of rice.
During dinner, Yue Feng noticed sothing amusing.
Barbaro was a real boozer!
Despite knowing they were going to fish together at night, he still knocked back several cans of beer, and judging by his manner, if Zhou Jie hadn’t quietly reminded him, he would have gone on to down a few more bottles easily.
After a fulfilling al, it was still Fabio who steered the boat, now joined by Barbaro, altogether five people, heading straight for the confluence point in the river.
Through Barbaro’s introduction, Yue Feng learned that catfish in the Amazon are quite dangerous creatures.
They can easily grow to a hundred or two hundred pounds, and even bigger ones are not that rare!
These guys mostly stay inactive in nooks and crannies during the day and start looking for food as the light fades.
They can easily swallow prey about half the size of their body, and in the Amazon region, records of Amazonian catfish attacking and killing living humans exist.
The boat left the camp and traveled for about an hour before arriving at the spot Barbaro had ntioned.
This place wasn’t far from the area they had passed in the afternoon.
The sun was nearly setting, and through the shade of the trees by the river, they could faintly see the distant sky ablaze with the colors of sunset.
“Barbaro says to cover your noses, he’s about to take the bait out of the canister!
It’s best to dampen a towel with water and cover your nose with it so you won’t sll the stench!”
Having had one encounter already, Yue Feng didn’t hold any unrealistic hopes and obediently did as Zhou Jie suggested.
Then, Yue Feng turned on the drone to connect to the live broadcast!
“Been looking forward to it all day long, Brother Feng has finally started the stream!”
“Front row seats, how’s Brother Feng’s arm?
Feeling better?”
“Is this the end of fishing and heading back?
What a beautiful sunset!”
Yue Feng: “Hello everyone, I’m Yue Feng!
After 24 hours of rest, we have co to another campsite!
As ntioned in the vignettes, we are setting off tonight to the confluence of the rivers to try fishing for giant Amazonian catfish!
Right now, the local fishing experts are preparing the secret bait for the catfish!”
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