Spending money to fish in a black pit, you might occasionally see a frenzy when the fish are biting well, but in this reservoir with a large water surface and low fish density, getting the fish to frenzy is as difficult as climbing to heaven. Yet, it just really happened now.
Wang Yan, who had been staring at the bobber, couldn't help but remind, "Boss, it seems like there's a frenzy. Should I give it a try?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "Sure, give it a shot. Pay attention to the action of the bobber turning over! It might be a high position strike!"
"Alright! Let's do it, let's do it! Let's pull in the catch!"
Wang Yan raised the rod normally, deliberately burying the fishhook at the very bottom of the red worm bait after parting the leader, and pulled two very solid balls of red worm bait.
Wang Yan cast the rod normally, and the fishing rig along with the bait entered the water. Before the bobber could turn over, it was pulled away at an angle towards the distance!
Seeing this, Wang Yan decisively raised the rod to hook the fish and immediately shouted.
"Damn! Damn! Damn! This is a big one, for sure! It's so strong, I can barely control it!"
However, this exclamation only lasted for less than three seconds before abruptly stopping.
The huge force that was almost uncontrollable when raising the rod suddenly eased up, and the rod returned to its previous bending arc as if catching just one fish, reducing the pressure of controlling the fish.
Zhang Yang confidently said, "Double tail, one got away! Take it easy, it might be that the leader is split, the knot at the top is easy to open, the other one could get away too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the rod popped up.
The other leader had also come off from the knot position below the figure-eight loop, and when Wang Yan lifted the fishing rig, the loop that should have had leaders tied to it was now bare.
"Damn! It got away!" Wang Yan scratched his head in frustration after seeing this.
Having been in practical fishing for so long, Wang Yan considered himself to have some skill and experience in controlling and playing the fish. Yet, unexpectedly, he didn't manage to land either of the two fish.
Zhang Yang raised his hand to scoop a little more pellet feed with a baiting spoon, saying with a smile, "Take off the lead skin, replace it with a thicker line, try 1.0 on the leader!
Just hook one bait, fine line fishing these two or three-pound grass carps could easily split when catching a double tail, not much related to fish-controlling skills!"
Old Zhao asked, "Did we really get fish? Wow, is the nest full of grass carp already?"
At this moment, the other companions who saw Wang Yan shouting also put down their fishing rods, returned to the shore, and gathered around.
Zhang Yang nodded, "I suggest you all change your fishing rigs as well, spread some pellets, first keep the grass carp school to catch them, then consider the crucian carp!
Although these things are not as rare as big plate crucian carp, they're not low in value; anyway, the boss said when we paid that there's no limit on the fish species!"
After hearing this, Meng Fan scratched his head, "No pellets left! How about I drive out to buy some?"
Zhang Yang spread his hands, pointing at the pellets taken from Old Zhao's car just now, "Just distribute these pellets among everyone, they won't need much,
Actually, the main thing is using the pellets to mimic the sound as they hit the water from a feeder to entice the fish, not much amount is needed!"
Zhang Yang had already roughly figured out the fish situation, and everyone soon began to distribute the pellets, with bowls in hand. There were about seven or eight pounds in total, each taking two big handfuls first, sprinkle them slowly, and talk about it after they're used up!
While others were distributing the pellets, Wang Yan, who was still firmly seated at the fishing platform, had already changed the new line set, with a 1.5# mainline, 1.0 leader, and a size 7 barbless Gold Fish Hook, once again casting a single-hook red worm bait into the nest point.
It was the same bobber action as the last cast, with the fish layer's position very high, the bobber hadn't turned over when it was once again pulled away.
With the thicker line, Wang Yan had a lot more confidence raising the rod this time, raising it normally and easily lifting the rod, controlling the fish.
The water temperature was low, and the fish's impulse was far less than in the summer and autumn seasons. After two rounds, it was topped out of the water and successfully landed in the net.
It was comparable in size to the previous grass carps, and at this point, Zhang Yang could basically confirm that they were likely from the same batch of stocked fish.
Analyzing from their retained habit of eating pellet feed, these fish had definitely been fed pellets, and for young grass carps growing to this size in the reservoir, it would take at most a year or even just half a year on pellets alone.
Zhang Yang speculated that they might be last spring or summer's fingerlings.
Having figured out the method for catching grass carp, everyone immediately started working as per Zhang Yang's shared fishing method.
Using their hands or a baiting spoon, they scattered small handfuls of pellets to attract the fish, and when the nest point started showing activity, they used the red worm to bait and fish.
In a short time, everyone started pulling in fish continuously.
This unexpected continuous fish catching situation excited everyone immensely.
A high position strike, coming out to fish in the spring without preparing thicker leaders, frequently losing hooks or having them cut, the unluckiest being Wang Jun who even cut a 1.2 mainline, and Song Jielin, whose bobber, used only a few times, got dragged away by the fish.
From about twelve forty in the afternoon, it continued until four thirty, when everyone had used up all the pellets, exhausting their supplies.
Everyone had at least a hundred pounds of grass carp in their fish keepers, and Zhang Yang, who was the first to try using pellets to make a nest, had a more concentrated school of fish, with a base of at least 150 pounds of grass carp in his fish keeper.
"Not many bites left, and no pellets left! Should we add some more base bait to try again? This is freaking great!" Zhao Bingguang said with a radiant face.
Wang Jun echoed, "Forget about pellets, I even ran out of leaders, dammit, I just tied two boards of new leaders yesterday. It was really thrilling! Even more thrilling than in the black pit, each rod was dragged away."
Zhang Yang shook his head, "Judging by the biting frequency, I think that's about it! The fish that came in the afternoon should be this many!"