American Super Rancher

Chapter 24 Catching Big Fish

Soon after arriving at a fishing tackle shop in Revere, Qin Xu went in and picked out a set of high-end fishing rods!
Well, the price is also very high-end!
When I was about to pay, I saw that the fishing rod next to me was almost thick at both ends, which looked weird!

Qin Xu asked a 50-year-old, somewhat bald and fat boss behind the counter: "Hey, buddy, what kind of fishing rod is this?"

The fat boss looked at Qin Xu with a smile and said, "Hey, this is a rod for sea fishing. Dude, have you never tried sea fishing?"

Qin Xu was a little curious, is this used for sea fishing?
The fat boss explained: "This is a rod for bottom fishing. There are also boat fishing and play fishing, which are different!"

Qin Xu scratched his head when he saw it, so he asked the boss to make a set of each!
After paying the money, Qin Xu looked at the boss's smiling face like a blooming chrysanthemum, and curled his lips, this is really not cheap!
Qin Xu spent more than 3 US dollars on several sets of fishing rods, fishing lines, hooks, lead pendants and a large backpack!
Together with Little John, he carried the things to the back seat of the pickup, and Qin Xu returned to the ranch in the car.

When he got home, Qin Xu took his things to the storage room, and picked out a set of [-]m fishing rods, a brand he had never heard of, and they were quite expensive.

After getting the fishing gear ready, especially a small bench, Qin Xu rode a quad bike to the side of the big lake!
Finding a place with few aquatic plants, Qin Xu hooked up the earthworms and threw them out!

Putting down the small bench, watching the blue waves rippling in the distance, and the water birds rising and falling on the lake, Qin Xu felt that this day was extremely beautiful!

The only flaw is that there are no fish to eat the hook...

Qin Xu suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a fisherman occupation, and opened the system occupation panel, and sure enough, there was a fisherman category.

After Qin Xu opened it, he saw several skills inside, one of which was fishing!
Fishing lv1: There is a tenth chance of catching precious fish within a radius of one kilometer!

Learning conditions: fisherman occupation, [-] ranch points!

Qin Xu hesitated, do you want to learn?But after thinking about my big plan to transform the swimming pool into a fish pond, I decisively clicked to learn!
And then... nothing happened!
It's just that there is an extra fishing lv1 in his skill bar.

Why does Qin Xu feel like he's being fooled? Last time he was learning cooking and English for a while?
When he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod in his hand sank suddenly, and Qin Xu was almost dragged into the water by this force.

Hurry up and steady your steps, hold the fishing rod steady, and start to slowly let go of the line!

Only then did Qin Xu have time to look at the surface of the water, only to see a grass carp longer than an arm struggling violently in the water!

Qin Xu controlled the fishing rod, slowly put the line on, let it go for a while and then retracted it for a while, just slipping it back and forth like this.

After more than five minutes, the big guy of more than 80 centimeters was finally brought ashore!

Looking at this big wild grass carp, Qin Xu sighed a little, Yankees are such a waste, they don't even eat such a good fish!
Qin Xu has heard about the flood of carp in the United States, and there are many theories about why Americans don’t eat Asian carp!

Some people say that Europeans and Americans don’t eat river fish because the smell is too strong, so why do they eat catfish and tilapia?The meat quality of tilapia is very different from that of crucian carp!
As for some people, from the 20s to the 40s, the United States relied on electricity to develop heavy industry.

As a result, it became a critical period for the world's superpower in one fell swoop, so during this period, the pollution brought by American industry was unprecedented.

Not only is the air filled with the pungent gasoline smell, but also heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury are deposited in rivers and lakes.After many years.

Aquatic organisms in fresh water are too polluted, and the U.S. Congress even legislated to prohibit the predation of fish in fresh water.

Even though under effective governance, the United States has restored its green mountains and green waters, the habit of people not eating freshwater fish has also formed.

This is even more nonsense. In a country that advocates democracy and liberalism, will such laws appear?

Doesn't that violate the spirit of freedom and equality they advocate?
In Qin Xu's view, the reason why Europeans and Americans don't eat these Asian carp is because of the way of eating river fish and the "gentleman" demeanor they advocate!
Do you think, what are the characteristics of river fish?There are many thorns, especially silver carp and crucian carp!
Even we fish-eating experts have been stuck in the hospital by fish bones. Think about how Europeans and Americans eat with knives and forks?
Another point is that when we eat fish at the table, it is normal to spit the spines, and it is rude not to spit the spines!

But Europeans and Americans are different. The "gentleman" demeanor prevents them from spitting out what they eat at the dining table!
So now the Asian carp is flooding, so Qin Xu almost drools when he sees such a big wild fish!

I don’t know if it’s because of learning how to cook, now Qin Xu has more and more potential to be a foodie. Doesn’t that mean that every good chef is a foodie!

Now Qin Xu is thinking about whether to continue, or have a boiled fish, or braised fish!

After thinking about it for a while, I went to check the time.Qin Xu decided to continue fishing to see what other fish he could catch!

One tenth, that is, once out of ten times, you can catch the most cherished fish within a kilometer!

After loading the bait, he just cast it off, and before Qin Xu could sit down, the fishing rod sank again!
Qin Xu was so shocked, this is too fast!

This time the time for walking the fish was a bit shorter. It was a crucian carp with chopsticks a day long. Such a big wild crucian carp is rare in China!

Suddenly, Qin Xu felt a blur in front of his eyes, as if there was something very big swimming by at the bottom of the water!
I looked carefully, there was nothing, just lowered my head to put on the bait, and felt a blur in front of my eyes.

This time Qin Xu saw a creature nearly two meters long, flashing past the bottom of the water!

Qin Xu couldn't help being stunned on the spot, what the hell is that, there won't be water monsters in this lake!

Thinking about it, Qin Xu suddenly felt a little cold and thin!
He stepped back quickly, as if he would suddenly be dragged into the water by a monster coming out of the water!
He hesitated for a while whether to fish or not, and thought for a while.Qin Xu thinks it should be a fish, um, it should be a fish!

Thinking like this, Qin Xu slowly threw the hook down again. As soon as he threw it down, Qin Xu felt that the fishing rod was out of control.

Hurry up and start to unwind the thread. This time the thread was pulled so fast that he almost couldn't catch up with the thread. In the middle, Qin Xu tried to close the thread, but sadly found that he couldn't pull it at all!

Until now, Qin Xu hasn't seen what's under the water. He saw that it wasn't swimming toward the middle of the lake, but was swimming toward this side.

Qin Xu quickly followed it and ran along the bank.Run and put the line.Fortunately, this time I brought a 100-meter reel!
When it was about 60 meters away, Qin Xu found that his strength was a little weaker, so he tried to retract the line.

As a result, the thing suddenly struggled violently again, Qin Xu couldn't help it, so he had to continue to unwind the thread,

After putting it all the way to 80 meters, Qin Xu felt that the strength was not so strong, and began to draw the line slowly.

Just retract and release like this, when it reaches 30 meters, the underwater creatures finally surfaced!
(End of this chapter)