"Whoops! Right next to Master Wang, I'm a bit unlucky today. Please, go easy on me!"
At first sight, Lang Junfeng greeted Wang Jun and pretended to be courteous with an exaggerated gesture.
Wang Jun glanced at Lang Junfeng, clearly knowing he was insincere, frowned, and said, "Old Lang, stop talking nonsense!"
"Oh come on, what's nonsense? Always catching fish, now the name of Wang Jun, Master Wang, is famous at any fishing venue in W City, isn't it?" Lang Junfeng said meaningfully.
Wang Jun held back and didn't respond to Lang Junfeng's sarcasm. He carried his bait bowl, bent down to scoop a bowl of water, and placed it behind the fishing box, finishing his preparations.
In terms of courage and personality, Wang Jun wasn't afraid of confrontation, but without any major conflict of interest, he didn't like to stir up trouble. He was just fishing, no need to start an argument over a few words.
However, Wang Jun staying silent didn't mean Old Lang would give up easily.
"Why isn't Master Wang speaking? I just got some new bait, how about a fishing challenge?" Lang Junfeng laid out his words and finally revealed his idea.
The so-called fishing challenge wasn't about literally pinching a fish, but a term loved in the fishing circles, especially in competition.
They're all self-proclaimed exceptional anglers, no one wanting to lose. When normally fishing or practicing together, they'll set rules and stakes, then compete to see who catches more fish, or if the catch is the same, who takes less time.
"A fishing challenge? How do we play?"
Wang Jun subconsciously glanced with the corner of his eye at the small yellow face in his bait box, showing interest.
"The usual rules: the loser pays the catch! You're not scared, right? Do you lack confidence in Zhang Yang's bait or your own skills?"
Lang Junfeng feared Wang Jun wouldn't agree, so he pressed him again.
"Damn! A challenge it is! I accept!" Wang Jun couldn't stand such a provocation, spit on the ground, and agreed without hesitation.
The so-called losing by paying the catch was a common punishment in these challenges; the loser, no matter how many fish they caught, had to give their entire catch to the winner as a form of bet.
After all, catching fish gets three bucks per pound; if you fish well, you could earn a hundred or two hundred bucks or even more.
"Alright, now that's master-like! A man's word is his bond! It's settled!"
Lang Junfeng, satisfied with Wang Jun's affirmative reply, took out a pack of Jinlong Carp bait with a chubby kid drawn on it from his fishing box,
right in front of Wang Jun, he sprinkled the dry powder onto the pre-prepared bait mix, then added water and flour to adjust it.
Wang Jun saw this set-up and squinted his eyes; wasn't this the trick Zhang Yang taught him earlier?
No wonder Lang Junfeng was so confident in provoking him, he had his trump card.
Normally, with Lang Junfeng adding Jinlong Carp bait without cost concerns, Wang Jun might have had a hard time competing in bait.
But today was different; in his bait box lay the new secret weapon, the small yellow face, His confidence wouldn't be shaken!
"Haha! This aroma is quite strong! Almost forgot to ask, how long's the challenge? Three hours?" Wang Jun asked with a stiff smile.
"Just three hours, forget the aroma, the catch speaks for itself!" Lang Junfeng nodded.
With a faint hostility, the two reached a fishing challenge agreement, Wang Jun felt his heart racing as he slightly rotated his wrists, waiting for the fishing reminder.
After a little while, at seven o'clock in the morning, Meng Xiangqiu called out, and today's official fishing began!
As soon as fishing started, Wang Jun followed his already mastered technique, first making three bait nests with lead skins, then pinched small yellow face bait on his double hook triangles, quickly starting to cast.
Normally, Wang Jun felt his baiting technique was very sharp, but during today's challenge, some minute details of his basic skills were exposed.
Even though the condition of the yellow face bait was great, he fumbled several times in baiting; sometimes, even a small mistake causes the bait to drop off before hitting the water, making him a bit annoyed.
Yet this guy showed quick wit, seeing the empty hook with bait causing haste that affected his performance, he cleverly took out rubber pellet bait to hang on the fish hook.
Two rubber pellets hung under the double hook as the "base" of the Triangle Cannon, making the pinched Triangle Cannons bigger and less likely to accidentally drop off, greatly increasing the casting tolerance.
This trick was casually mentioned by Zhang Yang during a chat, unexpectedly coming in handy during the real battle today.
While Wang Jun and Lang Junfeng on the north bank were fiercely competitive in the fishing challenge, Zhang Yang on the south bank also entered the battle mode.
Although the seventh fishing spot wasn't great, Zhang Yang maintained a positive attitude, the angler at the eighth spot had limited skills, and the sixth spot was empty, giving Zhang Yang confidence to succeed.
"Hello friends in front of the video, I'm Zhang Yang! Today, I'm doing an outdoor carp fishing video at Meng Village black pit in W City!
I'm your good friend, Zhang Yang!
After a period of real combat testing, today I'll introduce a revolutionary black pit bait, which I named small yellow face!"
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In real combat filming mode, Zhang Yang was already accustomed to interacting and explaining through the microphone while fishing, leveraging this new fishing video to officially introduce small yellow face to the public!