In less than an hour, Zhang Yang had finished preparing the new formula bait and crucian carp scatter cannon. Since there was no space on the shelves, he casually found two empty boxes and just placed them under the counter.
"Watching you prepare the bait just now gave me a hard-to-describe feeling!
It's like... it's like you know exactly how everything should be! What's that saying again? Right, having a plan in mind!" Old Zhao couldn't help but exclaim.
Zhang Yang grinned: "It's not as mystical as you make it sound. It's just that using it a lot gives you some understanding of the bait's performance! You all could achieve it too if you paid a bit of attention normally!
As I always say, apart from some special ingredients that might significantly affect the catch, the reasonable combination of ordinary commercial baits available on the market is sufficient for attracting and promoting eating!
Don't blindly trust Divine Bait or miracle drugs! Fishing, the most appropriate gear is the best, improving technical understanding is the key!
By the way, do you arrange your fishing lines according to your habits, or do you want to prepare together with the habits I use?
Just to be clear, the way I use them is certainly more meticulous. If you're not used to it, it will definitely lead to line breaks and lost fish, affecting your haul! But once you're used to it, you'll manage just the same!"
"We'll go with what you say! Anyway, this way there's no detour, and we can't go wrong listening to you! I feel like I've been fishing for nothing before!" Zhao Bingguang waved his hand, showing his submission.
"I'll follow your lead too! The sooner I break lines, the sooner I learn. I used to fish for carp with a 2.5# line, now I catch them just the same with a 1.2 line, nothing affects it!" Wang Jun also supported and expressed his stance.
After consulting their opinions, Zhang Yang took out a line ruler along with several different types of hooks and sub-line, opened the sub-line box and got busy.
If you want to catch crucian carp well, Zhang Yang has very high demands on the line setup.
Just for his own use, Zhang Yang prepared four different combinations: 0.8# line with size 8 golden sleeve hooks, 0.6# line with size 7 golden sleeve hooks, 0.4# line with size 6 golden sleeve hooks, and 0.3# line with size 5 golden sleeve hooks.
Correspondingly, the main lines were prepared in four different diameters: 1.2#, 1.0#, 0.8#, 0.6#.
With these combinations, it basically covers both slow and fast fishing situations, and can easily cope with even more extreme conditions.
The preparation of various main and sub-line specifications was in large quantity, thus consuming considerable time.
Zhang Yang seemed to have endless patience, squatting at the workbench, steadily preparing set after set without tiring, unconsciously letting several hours pass by.
It was fortunate that Old Zhao and the others reminded him; as expected, the next day there was a significant increase in regular customers coming to Zhang Yang's shop to replenish ammunition and consumables.
The formula bait and scatter cannon prepared yesterday sold more than half, almost consuming Zhang Yang's entire day just tying hooks and lines, leaving him without even the time to make tea for familiar customers visiting the shop, forcing them to help themselves.
After a whole day of work, Zhang Yang finally managed to handle this small peak. Just in one day, the number of packaged fish hook bags in Zhang Yang's trash can reached over 70, calculating from which, nearly 400 pairs of customized spare sub-lines for anglers were tied in a single day.
On the evening of the 30th,
After finishing his work, Zhang Yang casually inquired in the black pond group about the sign-up status of the October 1st fishing agreement.
Oh my, for the crucian carp ground with as high as three hundred votes, the number of confirmed sign-ups had already reached 12 people, including Zhang Yang, making a total of 13 people, not counting those preparing to snatch a spot on the side ground.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yang decisively took on the task of group registration.
Zhang Yang had played around at Joyful Forest Fishing Ground in his past life, but objectively speaking, this Boss Liu Mazi wasn't exactly an upright person.
According to fellow anglers' evaluations of Liu Mazi in his past life, this guy was a deceitful black pit owner with a ruthless streak and a knack for manipulating people's minds.
A simple example: a pit owner who follows rules and has a bottom line aims for balanced fish output and angler reputation, stabilizing customer sources, controlling costs, and creating profits under the premise of stable fish output.
However, Liu Mazi doesn't follow this routine.
At Joyful Forest, when Liu Mazi releases fish, they really come out in abundance, with 950 out of a thousand being caught.
But when he feels the fishing ground's recent yield is good and popularity is high, he has no qualms about ripping people off. It's common to release a thousand and catch only two or three hundred!
According to Zhang Yang's memory, Joyful Forest in W City was the first pit to produce a good yield for two to three games and then suddenly gouge anglers in a single game.
With this understanding, Zhang Yang, holding premium customers, naturally had to be cautious and prepared.
After arranging the registrations with the fishing participants, Zhang Yang called the pit owner of Joyful Forest, Liu Mazi.
"Hello? This is Joyful Forest Fishing Ground, who is this?" A loud male voice answered on the phone.
"Hello, is this Boss Liu? This is Zhang Yang from Mingyang Fishing Gear! I saw the announcement that 2000 pounds of crucian carp will be released tomorrow? I'd like to understand the situation!"
"A fishing gear shop? Indeed, that's happening. The fish arrive at 5:30 AM tomorrow, releasing will be on-site!"
Upon hearing Zhang Yang identify himself, Liu Mazi's tone instantly became more attentive; this was his customer base, after all.
"How many people have signed up now? Are there any fishing spots left?"
"Yes, about 20 people have signed up now. How many from your side? I can reserve the spots for you!"
"Including me, about 13 or so! Can you offer us a group rate or something? A little room would help me organize members from the shop!"
"13?"
Upon hearing this number, Liu Mazi was slightly stunned, his breathing suddenly becoming rapid.