Chapter 19 : Shocking Catch

• "Well, generally speaking, those areas are likely to have fish, but things are different now. Let's hope for some surprises."
• Sun Jianguo didn't discourage Lin Fan's confidence.
• What if he had a good way to catch fish with a net?
• On the way to the target point, Lin Fan tied a long stick to both sides of the three nets.
• Above the sticks were the foam pieces he modified.
• Sun Jianguo and the three others couldn't understand his net-making technique.
• Having lived in Minghu Village for half their lives, they had never seen anything like it.
• "Alright, Big Zhuang, stop for a moment."
• After the boat entered the backflow area and stabilized, Lin Fan spoke up.
• He lowered the first net into the water.
• The stick with the foam block attached went straight into the water, leaving only a white foam on the surface.
• "Big Zhuang, keep rowing, but slower. I'll lower the net."
• "Alright."
• The iron boat moved, and the fishing net was slowly pulled into the water.
• "Xiaofan, can your method catch fish?"
• "I'm not sure, but I have to try."
• "And this net is too big. It probably can't catch fish weighing less than two catties."
• Sun Jianguo had noticed this a long time ago.
• He knew that Lin Fan had caught a super big fish in this lake.
• But not all fish were big.
• In the past, when the fishing was good, they would catch carp weighing around half a catty.
• There were a few fish weighing a few catties or even a dozen catties, like grass carp and silver carp.
• But there were very few of them, and it was almost impossible to catch them.
• To catch fish weighing more than two catties with just one net, Sun Jianguo and the others couldn't understand.
• "If it's not a big fish, it would be damaging to the environment to catch it."
• "Haha! Xiaofan, you're thoughtful. I hope we can catch a few fish."
• Sun Jianguo didn't say much more.
• He had already foreseen the result.
• Even though Lin Fan's fishing method was novel, he had never seen it before.
• But there were hardly any fish in Minghu Lake, no matter how skilled he was.
• After setting up all three nets.
• Lin Fan had Big Zhuang stop the boat in the center of the backflow area.
• "Xiaofan, what should we do now?"
• Da Li asked.
• "I'll go down and take a look."
• "Huh?"
• After the three of them reacted, Lin Fan had already taken off his shorts and short sleeves.
• "Xiaofan, why don't you let me go down? I'm very good at swimming and can hold my breath underwater for four or five minutes."
• Da Li stopped Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan had a great figure, with well-defined muscles, as if they were carved out with a knife. He looked very attractive.
• But he was still a student who had returned from studying abroad. How could he compare to the strong men in the village?
• "Don't worry, Da Li. I won a swimming championship abroad. I can hold my breath for ten minutes."
• "This!"
• "Amazing!"
• Sun Jianguo and the others gave a thumbs up.
• Lin Fan smiled and jumped into the water.
• Underwater, he opened his eyes wide and instantly saw the condition of the surrounding water.
• His entry into the water startled the fish hiding among the rocks, causing them to panic.
• In the end, they collided with the fishing net and got stuck, unable to escape.
• Seeing this, Lin Fan smiled.
• Instead of coming up immediately, he dived to the bottom of the water.
• Then he stomped his foot!
• Clang!
• The surrounding water seemed to tremble.
• A large number of fish could be seen leaping out of the lake bottom, frantically swimming in the surrounding water.
• After doing all this, Lin Fan calmly swam to the surface.
• The depth of this backflow area was about seven to eight meters.
• The bottom had long been washed clean, with rows of stones following the direction of the water flow.
• "Xiaofan, how was it? Isn't the lake water cool?"
• Sun Jianguo reached out a hand and pulled Lin Fan onto the iron boat, asking cheerfully.
• "Not bad. The water quality is very clean, with a slightly salty taste unique to the sea and a sweet taste like mountain spring water."
• Lin Fan replied.
• "Haha, Xiaofan, what should we do next? How long should we wait before pulling up the net?"
• Da Li asked with a silly smile.
• He came today out of curiosity and enthusiasm.
• After all, Sun Jianguo had persuaded him to come with Big Zhuang.
• Since Lin Fan had just returned to the village, he had many ideas. He wanted to try them out with him. If one of them worked, Minghu Village might benefit.
• "Da Li, Big Zhuang, you two hold the oars like this and vigorously slap the water surface."
• "Huh?"
• "Xiaofan, are you joking? This is a lake, not a pond. Will this work?"
• "Trust me, it will work."
• The two brothers looked at each other, then picked up the oars and kept slapping the water surface.
• Creating waves and splashes.
• After about ten minutes, Lin Fan told them to stop.
• "We can pull up the net now."
• Sun Jianguo focused his attention, intending to see if Lin Fan could really catch fish.
• "Uncle Sun, lend me a hand."
• "Alright!"
• Sun Jianguo held back his laughter. Pulling up an empty net was too simple.
• But as soon as he bent down and picked up the floating foam in the water, he felt a weight in his hand.
• He couldn't pull it up!
• "Xiaofan, the fishing net might be stuck on a rock."
• "It's not. The bottom of the fishing net has been modified. The lead sinker and the net are quite far apart, so it won't get hooked on a rock."
• "Then why is it so heavy?"
• "Come, let's pull it together."
• Lin Fan stepped forward and signaled Sun Jianguo to straighten his body, then they both pulled up the fishing net.
• Before the fishing net even surfaced, Sun Jianguo widened his eyes.
• "Those are fish! And they're quite big!!!"
• "It's true!!!"
• "Oh my god! There are big fish in this lake!!!"
• Not only was Sun Jianguo shocked and speechless.
• Zhang Dali and Zhang Dazhuang also screamed.
• Like teenagers in their teens, they hadn't seen fish in Minghu Lake for many years. How could they not be excited?
• "Xiaofan! You're truly amazing!!!"
• "Awesome! Awesome!"
• Dali and Dazhuang imitated Sun Jianguo's shocked exclamation.
• "The fish resources in Minghu Lake are really good. If my guess is correct, when you guys used to cast nets, the nets probably didn't reach the bottom, and they were also small nets. Even if these fish hit the nets, they wouldn't get trapped or break through the nets."
• Lin Fan speculated.
• "That's right! That's right! Dali and I used to use small nets. We never imagined that there were such big fish in the lake, and there are so many of them!"
• Sun Jianguo agreed.
• After pulling up all three nets.
• The eight-meter-long iron boat looked like it was about to be covered in fish.
• There were so many fish in the fishing nets, it was terrifying!
• "Xiaofan! You must be a god!"
• "Amazing! Amazing!"
• Dali and Dazhuang praised Lin Fan along with Sun Jianguo.
• "The fish resources in Minghu Lake are really good. If my guess is correct, when you guys used to cast nets, the nets probably didn't reach the bottom, and they were also small nets. Even if these fish hit the nets, they wouldn't get trapped or break through the nets."
• Lin Fan speculated.
• "That's right! That's right! Dali and I used to use small nets. We never imagined that there were such big fish in the lake, and there are so many of them!"
• Sun Jianguo agreed.