After the first fish was caught and placed in the net, Zhang Yang immediately entered a frenzy of catching fish.

What kind of frenzy, you ask?

One hook with normal bait, the other with a large Triangle Cannon. Once both hooks were baited, a quick flick of the wrist cast them into the hotspot.

For four consecutive fish, before the bobber even started to sink after flipping, the fish bit aggressively, greedily smashing the bobber with exaggerated action.

After a few fish were lifted out with the Flying Copy technique, Zhang Yang observed that the fish situation was even better than expected. Why hesitate? He decided to make some further optimizations and adjustments.

On the next cast, Zhang Yang pulled the bobber stop down by about thirty centimeters and baited the hooks to cast again.

Pulling the bobber stop down by thirty centimeters meant changing from bottom fishing to fishing about thirty centimeters above the base.

In a typical scenario, catching carp with such a high hook position and adjusting the bobber to fish thirty centimeters off the bottom is already quite an accommodating operation.

But today was different. After adjusting the bobber, the first test cast still had a bite right as the bobber turned.

The so-called bobber adjustment had no substantial impact on the actual fish behavior.

What the hell? Could it be that today the fish are swimming high?

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yang was eager to try it out.

It's common to fish for crucian carp near the surface in competitions, but if you say the same for carp, you'd likely be criticized by ordinary anglers for misunderstanding carp behavior. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

However, any behavior changes under high fish density. If the carp group density is too high, they will rise to very high positions, madly grabbing food, making surface fishing feasible.

Why not give it a try? Zhang Yang murmured to himself and moved the bobber stop another half meter down.

After two bobber stop adjustments, the hooks were now about eighty centimeters off the bottom in a semi-water position. If it still resulted in immediate bites as the bobber flipped, Zhang Yang decided to gamble.

The saying goes, "fortune favors the bold," and fishing is no different. Recent experiences made Zhang Yang eager to release pent-up negative emotions, and an exciting bout of fishing seemed like the best option.

Once again, there was no immediate bite, and just while pondering, the fish underwater tilted the bobber and dragged it away.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang confidently lifted the fish into the net with the Flying Copy technique and adjusted the bobber stop once more.

This time, it wasn't a short, probing adjustment of thirty or fifty centimeters.

He pulled it down a full meter.

The current fishing spot was about 2.8 to 2.9 meters deep; now it was just above a meter in depth.

If bites still occur under these conditions, the fishing situation is perfect for surface fishing, but the existing Flying Copy method wouldn't suffice.

After adjustment, Zhang Yang used his usual technique to bait the hooks and cast again.

Fishing in a little over a meter of depth, it turned out that the fish couldn't catch the bait; the fish weren't active at such a high level. Before they could reach the bait, the setup and the bait both sank.

The scattering bait and normal bait were heavier than the buoyancy of the bobber's adjustment loads, and when fishing at a high position, the fish couldn't catch up, causing the bobber to sink under water.

Zhang Yang had anticipated this situation and was mentally prepared. He gently lifted the setup, skipped the normal bait, and switched back to the double-hook large Triangle Cannon.

The fish weren't at that high a level yet, so surface fishing wasn't working for now? No problem, as long as the fish are active. When there are no fish, our brother will cast until there are!

This slightly risky strategy today, our brother decided to bet on it!

And there he went, Zhang Yang, casting like a robot, with exceedingly high efficiency, continuously luring fish with scattering bait.

After more than ten consecutive casts, the full basin of scattering bait in front of him was nearly depleted.

Zhang Yang didn't waste time and used the brief interval when the bobber followed its normal trajectory to tilt the basin, filling it once more with scattering bait to continue replenishing his ammunition.

This was followed by another round of high-frequency casting.

After about twenty more rapid casts, Zhang Yang managed to lure the fish group up.

You could see the bait just hit the water when fish rushed up from below, flickering in the central area of the hotspot before quickly diving back down.

Sitting on the bank, the light obscured the view, but if a drone had been hovering above, overlooking the fishing spot, one could see a massive school of carp in Zhang Yang's hotspot, just one step away from all the fish surfacing to grab the bait.

Seeing sporadic fish rising, Zhang Yang knew the fish group was about ready and switched back to the normal bait.

This time, the fishing setup entered the water, the bobber flipped, and at about ten marks, a large, satisfying tug on the line.

A quick strike to hook the fish, and a large carp was brought to the surface in less than half the time it took with bottom fishing and lifted into the net with the Flying Copy technique.

After swiftly unhooking the fish, Zhang Yang, unusually, didn't immediately rebait and cast again. Instead, he grabbed the net, moved the fish into the enclosure, and confidently took out a new main line from the line box behind him.

The label on the main line's spool read "No. 5 heavy-duty line," length 3.4 meters, capable of supporting 4.3g of lead.

Yes, you read that right, a brand-new line at 3.4 meters in total length. Apart from preliminary water testing during the pre-match setup, it hadn't caught a single fish. The swivel attached didn't even have hooks on it yet.