Watching Zhang Yang focus intensely as he cast his line repeatedly, the bait in his tackle box diminishing rapidly, he was not in a hurry to catch fish for now. He was focused on creating a dense area to attract the fish before starting his catch.
Noticing this detail, Lin Nianwei felt puzzled.
He's only caught two fish and that's it?
What's the point of continuously casting without success? Nearly an hour into the competition, ordinary anglers were already catching six or seven fish using hand-thrown bait bombs.
This so-called "expert" wasn't doing too well this afternoon.
Zhang Yang maintained this fish-attracting approach until eighty minutes into the competition when he encountered the first fish taking the bait off the bottom, marking the end of this phase.
The bottom take indicated that Zhang Yang had assessed the fish situation and decided to slow down and start catching fish, meaning the fish in the water had grown dense enough to compete for food.
