Chapter 1040: 1037: Bro, If You Got No Bait, Why Are You Chumming?

"Can fish it, it's our Qingao Island's Whale Lady, last week's estimated weight was 189 tons.""If you can fish it up, why shouldn't Qingao Island give it to you..." Chen Zhiyu chuckled, instinctively crossed one leg over the other, and glanced at Chen Zhijie.

Whale Lady was brought in by Orca as a flagship emblem, extremely intelligent, and can even secretly order takeout.

Chen Zhiyu had caught Whale Lady more than once, getting the dolphins to help it order takeout, directly using the fishing site's account to find the supplier chain, buying seven or eight tons of dried krill.

When the goods arrived at Changping Mountain, Chen Zhiyu was almost completely dumbfounded.

"What the heck! Boss! Your lobby manager is fiercely showing off to the employees, how can we fish for big ones!"

A ferry fisherman personally witnessed the tempestuous sea stirred by the blue whale emerging, and the seemingly abyssal whale mouth afterward, deeply shocked.

But the quick-thinking fishermen, after listening to Chen Zhiyu and Chen Zhijie's conversation, immediately caught on.

Whoa!

The whale is your flagship emblem, but your Whale Lady is stealing fish from the fishing site to eat! Aren't you stopping it?

As soon as they thought of Whale Lady gobbling up fish which might be the ones they were about to fish, no fisherman could stay calm, public opinion was almost erupting.

"Everyone, listen to me—"

Chen Zhiyu was the first to get off the car, smiling broadly, grabbed Ah Qing's hand, raised it high, and said:

"My fishing skills are average, so, to prove our fishing site's fish situation, I especially invited Ah Qing to first pull up a few big fish, to inaugurate the fishing site!"

Sea fishing, though a bit different from pond fishing, follows the same principles.

Chumming can increase the chances of catching fish, and once the chum is laid, you have to wait a while for the fish to gather.

This is also why, even though Qingao Island's opening ceremony was arranged at the market, once the fishermen reached the shore, the ferry immediately brought them to the site.

From now until after lunch, this time is meant for chumming and fish gathering, the real showdown for fishermen is actually in the afternoon and evening.

"I... should be able to successfully inaugurate." Held by Sister Zhuyu's hand, Ah Qing, under the intent gaze of dozens of people, shyly spoke.

"Steel Rebar Lord!" The fishermen weren't strangers to the fishing king from their hometown and began to call out Ah Qing's other special nickname.

"Wow....."

Ah Qing blushed fiercely, using her cool hands to cover her burning cheeks.

"Leave the chumming to me!" Yu Zhenghong, who had been sitting in the ferry, chatting quietly with Chen Peipei, stood up upon seeing this scene:

"I may not beat you in pond fishing, but my family's ancestral recipe for sea fishing is unbeatable." Yu Zhenghong shot a glance at his fellow anglers, showing off a haughty expression, looking down on all.

The Yu Family ancestors were genuine fishermen, although they left nothing substantial, some fishing and baiting methods were passed down, including fishing charts and such.

Yu Zhenghong picked up his tackle box and squatted on the pier, tinkering with his secret recipe.

Opening the tackle box, the fishy smell instantly wafted, even making Ah Qing, twenty meters away, tear up profusely.

"Dad... what are you doing!"

Setting up a live stream, Ah Qing turned red from the pungent smell, looking at her dad inquisitively.

"My secret recipe, you don't get it, I'll pass it to you after a couple of years..." Yu Zhenghong took out a bowl of bait made from dead fish and shrimp bricks, flaunted it before Ah Qing, and chose a chumming spot.

"Lin Ying... squeeze harder, I can handle it." Squatting at the fishing desk, Ansheng raised his hand, pulled Lin Ying's arm, and placed it over his snout, asking her to tightly pinch his nose: "Even dogs would vomit."

"Eugh....."

As Ansheng began to complain, Ah Bai, who had been dry heaving beside him for a while, couldn't hold back, turned to the side, and vomited the breakfast meat buns and chicken slices onto the pier.

"Master Fuli, do you think Ah Qing can catch fish?"

Lin Ying, full of resignation, covered her mouth and nose, earlier, when Yu Zhenghong saw her, it was like he'd seen a ghost, he quickly dragged Chen Peipei onto the boat to avoid her.

And now, preparing for fishing, he moved such a huge bowl of appalling stuff in front of her.

Lin Ying was momentarily confused if Yu Zhenghong feared for his family's reputation or was teasing her.

"Normal fish should be catchable, I see there's shrimp meat and fish paste in there, all things fish love, throwing it in the sea for chumming should be quite effective..."

"For big fish, it depends on the bait and luck." Ansheng mused, thoughtfully commenting.

"However, I have a secret recipe ensuring Ah Qing will surely catch big fish."

Ansheng looked around carefully, seeing no one paying attention to the chumming bowl, ran from Lin Ying's side to the bowl, effortlessly lifted a hind leg with a satisfied expression.

"Hmm....."

A clear stream of water trickled into the bait bowl, gradually mixing with untouched silk powder bait.

With a face full of satisfaction, Ansheng shook himself and trotted back to Lin Ying's side.

"Will this work?"

Lin Ying took out a couple of tissues, handed them to Master Fuli, showing a puzzled expression, slightly perplexed by Master Fuli's secret recipe.

"Absolutely."

Ansheng confidently nodded, last night knowing Ah Qing would be at the fishing site, that morning he held back, intentionally drank less while boasting to Jin Wanlin.

"Sister Lingling! Come help me out!"

After setting up the live-stream equipment on the Cloud Platform, Ah Qing called out to Qiu Lingling.

"Coming." Lingling, full of curiosity, looked at Ah Qing.

Though her family are AAA seafood wholesalers, Lingling herself doesn't fish.

She's a bit curious about what fish Ah Qing can catch in today's not-so-great weather.

"Today a friend organized the sea fishing site opening, I'm invited to inaugurate the site..."

Ah Qing held up her steel rebar fishing rod, facing the live stream explaining the backstory, ready to begin fishing, and along with that, talk about Qingao Island to the live-stream viewers.

Yu Zhenghong picked up a shovel, scooped a chunk from the bait bowl, aimed at the selected water level, and tossed the bait out.

Sea fishing needs heavy bait to catch big fish, even the bait should ideally be live.

"Just wait..."

Yu Zhenghong was just about to give a proud reminder to Ah Qing that once the bait sinks to the seabed, she can cast the rod.

A shadow flashed in the sea bottom, a giant grouper, larger than a person by two circles, opened its mouth, swallowing the bait from below and leaping out of the water.

"Boom—"

Over two hundred pounds, the grouper crashed into the sea, splashing water several meters high, soaking Yu Zhenghong.

"Glug glug—"

The giant grouper, after diving back into the sea, surfaced its upper body, opened its mouth wide, and faced Yu Zhenghong, vigorously flapped its fins, suggesting he toss more.

"What the heck..."

Yu Zhenghong's eyes widened, a disbelief-filled stare at the grouper.

Other fishermen preparing chum, stood dumbstruck, staring at the giant grouper.

"Glug——"

The giant grouper seeing delay in bait arrival, again emitted strange calls, hinting at Yu Zhenghong not to be so stingy.

Requesting him to toss another couple of pounds, this stuff is rather tasty.