Chapter 369: Chapter 225: Nothing More_2
Temporarily changing pulled bait to rubbed bait, the bait ball on the double hooks is obviously one size bigger, lifting the rod at the predetermined depth to shake off the bait.
To gather more fish, the amount of bait is crucial. Although Liu Xiaoyun doesn’t know why he’s trailing Zhang Yang, this adjustment in thinking is absolutely correct.
Seeing this, someone might want to ask, why?
With the same amount of bait and the same frequency rhythm, why does Zhang Yang gather more fish than Liu Xiaoyun?
Is it because of the effect difference of the special additives?
Actually, no, the effect difference of the additives used by the two is not much, Zhang Yang’s bait does not have a significant overwhelming advantage.
Then why?
One word, precision!
To be more precise, it’s the precision of the bait drop point after the rod cast and double hook bait enters the water!
This shows the advantage of solid basic skills.
With the same amount of bait, once Liu Xiaoyun’s double hook bait enters the water, the scatter range is roughly within a twenty to thirty centimeters circular area.
And what about Zhang Yang? The drop point of the double hooks is almost overlapping rod by rod, the scatter range is at most as large as a teacup rim.
What impact will the same amount of bait falling into the water but scattering differently produce?
The continuous scattered bait at the same spot naturally accelerates the fish group gathering speed.
Scattering bait all over, expanding the range, naturally lowers the efficiency of gathering the fish group.
The ten-minute period of casting has already triggered a qualitative change from quantitative change, reflected in the result as a certain difference in the height of the gathered fish layer.
On Zhang Yang’s side, right when the turnover happens, there’s an immediate catch on the bobber stomach, while Liu Xiaoyun’s lower fish layer causes a slower rhythm by half a beat.
However, this little advantage is not yet enough to have a decisive impact on the final result, because Liu Xiaoyun soon realized this point and consciously replenished the bait, increasing the bait amount.
The process of gathering fish is somewhat similar to rolling a snowball, slow progress in the beginning, but it speeds up once it reaches a certain scale. As long as the bait amount keeps up, the fish density can quickly catch up.
After Liu Xiaoyun consciously increased the bait amount, after roughly seven or eight casts, he finally saw the first high-position connector bobber.
Finally catching up with Zhang Yang’s rhythm, Liu Xiaoyun continued fishing silently.
While Master Liu was chasing the fish layer, Zhang Yang had already steadily caught nine fish and was leading Liu Xiaoyun by seven fish.
And that’s not all; with the non-stop fishing bringing bait into the water, the fish group density kept increasing, and the biting rhythm became more stable.
Zhang Yang felt the opportunity was right and began consciously allowing bites, aiming for double catch!
If you ask someone what is the ultimate fishing skill for target fish,
The answer would definitely be surface fishing, the fastest and most direct fishing method, unparalleled in real combat lethality.
But if there is no surface fishing fish condition, what’s the next best strategy?
Fixed-layer fishing + aiming for double catches!
Fixed-layer fishing ensures that under current fish conditions, the fish group density remains relatively high, while aiming for double catches maximizes the fishing efficiency.
Think about it, with a set of fishing line having two hooks, if each cast can only catch one fish, the bait on the other hook primarily acts as a bait to attract fish.
Normal tuning, baiting, casting, and the fishing setup from baiting to water entering take at least ten seconds, if lifting the rod slowly for two to three seconds yet can select to aim for double catches, the actual fishing efficiency can increase by at least 70%-80%.
Therefore, in top-level target fish competitions, there’s such a saying, double is king.
This is a difference on a strategic level, which cannot be compensated by frequency or quick hand-foot coordination.
At this moment, Zhang Yang’s understanding of competitive fishing and fish condition judgment is at the highest level, only trying a few casts, he has found the rhythm of allowing bites to aim for double catches.
After the bobber turns over with a stomach bobber appearance, pausing roughly for two seconds before lifting the rod, the probability of double catch increases by at least eighty percent!
With continued casting, the probability of double catches continues to rise.
Then, Liu Xiaoyun, who just caught up with Zhang Yang’s fish-taking rhythm for a brief moment, discovered a terrifying scene.
His own bait seems not slower than Zhang Yang’s, yet what’s caught on the stomach bobber is mostly single tail, while Zhang Yang frequently hooks double tails, rapidly widening the fish catch gap.
Liu Xiaoyun’s hands dare not stop, but his mind began to panic, thinking quickly, wanting to find a good strategy.
Why, with the same fixed-layer fishing, is the double tail rate next door so high?
What to do? What to do?
Liu Xiaoyun’s technical characteristic is more adept at fishing slower fish conditions, with limited control over high-speed fish conditions, pondering for several casts but unable to find a good solution, he gritted his teeth and relied on technique to lift large bait again.
The low double tail is due to insufficient fish density. Increase the bait amount, and there won’t be no double tail!
The system nature of fishing sports is perfectly proven at this moment again.
Liu Xiaoyun may not be good at capturing double tails, but by increasing the bait amount to gather more fish, he somewhat increased the probability of his own double tail.
Sullenly fishing for a while longer, the fish group density increased, and the normal stomach bobber appearance finally showed a decent double tail rate.
During the entire fishing process, Zhang Yang’s corner glance never left Liu Xiaoyun. Competing with decent opponents can somewhat give Zhang Yang a bit of pressure.
This is the charm of competitive fishing. Zhang Yang continuously evaluates the opponent’s performance, his nerves got stimulated, but his rich experience made him not feel it’s pressure, instead, he thoroughly enjoyed the process.
An hour of fish pinching time quietly continued, Zhang Yang’s fish in the nest under long-term bait amount slowly experienced a change in fish condition.
The direct manifestation is the fish layer gradually rising, frequently appearing at high position connections, lifting the rod for double tail phenomena during the last twenty minutes.
Seeing such, Zhang Yang decisively raised the fishing layer height underwater by ten centimeters, roughly maintaining the same fish rhythm, frequently catching double tails.
At the last ten minutes of the competition, Zhang Yang had already moved from thirty centimeters off the bottom at first to fifty centimeters off the bottom, drawing the fish to near mid-level position.
By fifty minutes, Zhang Yang clearly remembers his catch number reached 176 fish, with this efficiency kept up to the end, breaking two hundred rate per hour wouldn’t be a problem.
However, the cunning Zhang Yang didn’t do so, but intentionally revealed a flaw.
In fish pinching, you must give the opponent a chance, at least outwardly appearing to give the opponent a chance to win. If the advantage is too big, it won’t be fun later.
It’s like the saying goes, long-term flow of thin water!
Based on this idea of letting go, Zhang Yang again lowered the bobber by ten centimeters and continued fishing.
This time lowering the bobber lacked a matching fish layer height, very obviously the fish density was insufficient, the biting slowed down.
This is precisely his smartness in depth letting go, from a fishing method perspective, nothing appears out of place to an outsider, but reflected in the catch, gave the opponent a chance.
Thus, Liu Xiaoyun, who was pressured throughout the match, discovered during the final sprint stage that Zhang Yang’s fish bite actually gradually slowed down.
Too many double tails, emptied the nest?
Liu Xiaoyun deep down harbored a vague guess, while feeling happy, his hands and feet sped up even more.
With a chance to surpass, Liu Xiaoyun got faster and faster in fishing, feeling more and more adept at capturing bites, frequently hitting double tails, rapidly catching up on the temporarily lagging tail score.
"Ring ring ring..."
In this tense atmosphere, Ding Wen’s alarm rang, marking the end of the one-hour fish pinching time!
Zhang Yang calmly laid down his fishing rod, while Liu Xiaoyun next to him succeeded in bringing in a buzzer-beater double tail.
If in the first half Liu felt he had no chance to win, after the final sprint stage, Liu Xiaoyun felt his score should be similar to Zhang Yang’s and he finally felt relieved.
"Teacher Liu, your fishing is really impressive, ending with double tails!" At this moment, the angler at position eight next to him offered a cigarette to Liu Xiaoyun.
"No way, just fishing blindly! Competing with Zhang Yang, the result is yet unknown!" Liu Xiaoyun said while accepting the cigarette with a smile and lighting it.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyun relieved with a guaranteed win expression, Zhang Yang could not help but laugh.
Still too young, a Second-level Competitive Fishing Master, that’s all!