Lin Yang tightly grasped the fishing rod, slightly adjusted the drag, and then began to wind the line vigorously.
The initial strength of the first fish was sowhat decent, but after two rounds of struggle, its strength quickly diminished, so Lin Yang knew this fish wasn’t very big.
A few minutes later, a blue-grey catfish with a broad forehead and wide mouth was pulled up to the side of the boat. Lin Yang, holding the fishing rod horizontally, gently exerted force and flung the fish directly onto the boat.
"First catch, but this catfish is probably only around seven or eight kilograms. Co on, shine so light on it, give it a close-up."
The fish wasn’t large, and Lin Yang, remaining calm, used a fish controller to clamp its mouth and easily removed the large fishhook from the corner of its mouth.
In the cara, the catfish’s mouth was slightly wide, its skull large, with two thick whiskers at the mouth’s edge, and four shorter barbels on its chin.
From behind its neck to its tail, however, the body tapered from a rotund form to a thin tail, giving it the appearance of a supersized mutant tadpole.
"Pilodus, a very common species, but this type of catfish has good at quality and is popular in the market among the locals," Sun Zheng explained in a tily manner.
Lin Yang also nodded and said, "It’s okay. Even though it’s not too big, it’s still the first catch. We can keep it; these catfish aren’t protected and can be taken back. Even if we don’t eat them, we can give them to the people in the village."
"Wow, does this catfish look a bit malnourished? Its proportions seem a bit off?"
"Upstairs buddy, seems like you haven’t seen the world. Pilodus, in their smaller sizes, have this shape so that they can swallow larger prey. But I’ve heard they can grow up to four or five ters long! They’re not so cute when they are big."
"Upstairs bro, science plus one. I watched River Monsters once, and one episode was about a place in Europe where a giant Pilodus grew over two ters long and could swallow a goose in one bite. They may look cute, but they’re actually quite fierce."
"I’m an old fan of the broadcaster; didn’t he once catch a super large Pilodus?"
Lin Yang had indeed caught such a large Pilodus before while at Mingyue Mountain.
He directly pried open the catfish’s mouth and said, "This type of catfish has teeth inside their mouths, but they aren’t used to tear prey apart. Mainly, they help increase friction to prevent the prey from escaping.
It can be said that this size of Pilodus can swallow prey about 2/3 its own body length and is very aggressive in the water."
Indeed, the audience could see a dense row of small teeth along the upper jaw inside the fish’s mouth on the screen.
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Having caught his first fish, Lin Yang’s morale was greatly boosted.
He checked the fishing setup again to ensure it was all correct, then cast his line toward the general area where he had previously caught the fish.
He had thought that, since it was not long after dark and he had started catching fish, there would be a joyful performance of continuous catches.
But this ti Lin Yang was slightly miscalculated; from just before eight o’clock to nine-thirty at night, nearly two hours with four fishing rods, he didn’t manage to catch another fish, and the bells hadn’t rung in a long while.
Lin Yang turned to Tataro, "Is it normal to go so long without a fish biting?"
After Sun Zheng translated, he quickly answered, "Tataro told us this might actually be a good thing. Using animal innards to bait catfish generally leads to two scenarios.
The first is catching fish soon after starting, with bites every few monts, but the fish are small. This indicates there are no large individuals in the nearby area.
The second scenario, like now, without any fish biting for a long ti, might an that there aren’t many small and dium-sized catfish around, but there could be a big one!"
After hearing Sun Zheng’s translation, Lin Yang continued, "Do catfish have a territorial sense?"
"Yes, any wild predatory animal shows an inverse relationship between the number of individuals and their size; it’s a natural rule. Larger catfish will have their own predatory territories, and within those territories, smaller fish are in a state of being preyed upon, definitely reducing in number.
Of course, there’s also the extre other possibility that there really are no fish around, but for the main channel of the Amazon River, that’s unlikely!"
Having heard what Tataro said, Lin Yang felt reassured. He then thoroughly exchanged all buffs for catching fish, especially the buffs for catching big fish.
With the big fish buffs, he also said to Sun Zheng, "Brother Sun, since there’s a chance we might catch a big one, these lighter rods might not be suitable. If we catch sothing, it could break them. Maybe you could help pack up the other rods, and let’s focus on this thickest, heavy-duty casting rod."
"Alright. Since the first fish was caught, even if we catch small catfish, we’d release them."
Sun Zheng agreed and ca over to help quickly gather up the other three rods, leaving only the last one.
Seeing Lin Yang arranging the equipnt, the online audience was a bit puzzled.
"Is the host preparing to pack up? Night fishing doesn’t seem too promising."
"Having watched Master Lin’s livestream for so long, it’s the first ti encountering such poor fish conditions. Are there no fish active in the Amazon River at night?"
Glancing at the comnts, Lin Yang confidently said, "The best als co late; when everyone fishes usually, not everywhere is a catch explosion. After all, our target is a super-large catfish.
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