As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 111: Chapter 110: Selling Fish at the Entrance of the Scenic Area

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However, the appearance of the sea bass was telling Chu Mingcheng a message: there were already fish being attracted to the area.

He continued casting the lure, pulling and stopping repeatedly, and after several attempts, he saw a greyish-brown big fish leap out of the water and gulp down the bait; the next moment, the rod dipped sharply.

Wow, he did not think it was small when he saw it just now, and the force transmitted from the rod now was even beyond his expectation.

When he jerked the rod to set the hook, the rod lifted but the tip didn’t follow through, bending quite severely.

This was actually because the lure rod was a bit too soft. If he had used his boat rod, he could have pulled the fish up directly.

After pulling a couple of times and feeling that the fishing line could withstand it, Chu Mingcheng tightened the drag lock and began to reel in the fish.

But after only two turns of the line, the fish underwater went crazy as if it had just exploded with strength, struggling in every direction and preventing Chu Mingcheng from reeling in the line for the moment.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to loosen the drag a bit, deciding to tire the fish first by letting it run.

With constant tugging, and the tide already rising, the waves came one after another. The fish had to struggle against both forces, and its energy was draining especially quickly.

In less than three minutes, a grouper weighing at least three to four pounds surfaced, lying on its side, clearly exhausted.

Though lure fishing often yields little, there are indeed occasional surprises!

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t expected that casually fishing with a lure for a while to pass the time would land him a grouper. Although it was just a common green spot, it still could sell for around three hundred yuan.

He first pulled the fish closer; fishes usually stay quiet until they are taken out of the water.

But once lifted out of the water, they begin to struggle wildly, which is when it’s easy for the hook to come loose.

Chu Mingcheng deftly scooped it up with a net and then used a fish grip to check its weight—it was three pounds and six taels.

He tossed the green spot grouper into the fish box. The fish he had caught in the morning had been a bit listless, but the sudden addition of the big fish had startled them back into bouncing vitality.

This proved that the two oxygen pumps were working well, ensuring the fish stayed alive throughout a day of fishing.

Of course, this was when there were few fish. If he had caught too many, they would certainly all die.

Continuing with the lure, he fished several more times but returned to the situation of no fish biting.

The tide was getting higher, and the water level had risen significantly. Chu Mingcheng simply packed up the lure rod and picked up the breakwater pole to start fishing for sea bream.

He dug out two scoops of Shrimp Brick, measured the water levels, and still aimed for the bottom.

Perhaps because of the Shrimp Brick thrown in earlier, no sooner had he dropped his bait than he had a fish on the hook.

It was a two-tael stone fish, which was really greedy and easy to catch.

Luckily, there were many who loved to eat it, making it easy to sell.

Continuing on, it was not even half a minute before he caught another one.

Chu Mingcheng raised his eyebrows. Had his pre-baiting attracted a school of stone fish?

To be honest, the stone fish near the shore were too small for his liking, and he looked down on them somewhat. They weren’t as big as the black sea bream and yellowfin sea bream, which meant a much lower efficiency in making money.

However, seeing that even such small stone fish could still contribute experience to the High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas, he decided to endure it.

Since his return from Xisha, the High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas had not reached level 2. The experience had only gotten to 172 points, lacking twenty-eight quality fish to level up.

Black Sea Bream was a common species, while the Yellowfin Snapper belonged to high-quality fish, but unfortunately, they were not that plentiful.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng did not change his technique and continued fishing according to the current circumstances.

As the tide kept rising, more stone fish kept biting; in just half an hour, he had caught twenty-three, truly a whole shoal of them.

But after catching so many, the freed-up space started to be filled by other species of fish.

And there it was, after waiting for two minutes, the fishing rod suddenly transmitted a force that brought joy to Chu Mingcheng’s expression.

The force was not huge, but it was much larger than that of the stone fish.

He quickly lifted the rod and then swiftly turned the handle, pulling a seven to eight-tael black sea bream to the surface in no time.

A seven to eight-tael black sea bream wasn’t large; Chu Mingcheng simply grabbed the line and pulled it up.

With the black sea bream biting, it meant that sea bream had arrived—a piece of good news.

Then on the second cast, the earlier situation of a fish nibbling at the bait happened again, and he quickly let out line.

As expected, he hooked a yellowfin sea bream and brought it up; this one was quite large, weighing a full two pounds.

By now, the tide had risen about a third of the way up, no wonder the fish were biting so well.

Not wanting to waste precious time, Chu Mingcheng aimed to catch more fish while the going was good.

However, while changing bait, he still took the time to check on the old man fishing nearby, noting that he too was having a good day, having just pulled up a sea bream as well.

With fishing this good, time was truly not enough. In a flash, the sun had turned into a sunset, and the sea glimmered beautifully under its glow.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t brought his camera today, so he couldn’t capture the moment.

Also, as the tide became calm, the fish stopped biting, and after waiting for about ten more minutes without another catch, Chu Mingcheng decided it was time to pack up and sell his fish.

Taking stock of his catch, with seawater filling over half the box, he estimated about thirty pounds of fish—a decent haul. The High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas had leveled up.

[High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas (Level 2)]

[Current Experience: (5/300)]

[Usable tools: Hands, fishing gear (can be used hands-free), fish spears (including harpoon lassos, etc.), longline fishing (locked)]

[Fish Attraction (Level 2): Within the host’s range, high-quality aquatic products that meet the requirements have a two percent chance of being actively attracted, thereby appearing within the host’s line of sight (but will escape if startled by the host)]

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