Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 79 Freelancing

Feeling Ma Hongjun's gaze on him, Xiao Kai turned around and chuckled. After removing the bass and putting it in the fish basket, he cast the lure out again.

Two minutes later, another bite signal came into his hand, and Xiao Kai raised his rod and hooked a fish again.

One.

Two.

Three.

In less than twenty minutes, Xiao Kai had already caught four or five bass.

That's lure fishing for you. As long as you have the resources, a strong enough rod and line, and fast enough hand speed, you can sometimes catch fish almost as fast as with a hand rod.

Playing with fish? Unless the fish is very small, it simply doesn't exist.

Of course, if you want to get a better feel for it, you can play around with it for a while longer.

However, Xiao Kai would not do that; he enjoys the process of connecting the levers.

Ma Hongjun's eyes widened at the sight.

Previously, he often saw people looking envious and jealous when watching Xiao Kai's connecting rods in his videos. At the time, his comment was, "These people have such a narrow mind. It's just a connecting rod, why make such a fuss?"

But if he were to comment on it now, he would definitely say, "As for..."

He felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He was the host, and he had been involved in lure fishing longer than Xiao Kai. He had originally planned to show off his skills when he invited Xiao Kai to fish. The reason was obvious: he wanted to perform well in Xiao Kai's video and satisfy his vanity.

In his plan, Xiao Kai hadn't been fishing for long, so barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be the first to catch a fish.

However, things didn't go as he expected. At this moment, he, who considered himself an experienced lure angler, not only failed to catch a single fish, but also almost fell into the water. On the contrary, Xiao Kai, the novice, caught several fish in a row.

This comparison made him feel utterly humiliated.

But he cares more about whether he can catch fish than about saving face.

Just after Xiao Kai caught another bass and was eager to catch it, Ma Hongjun finally couldn't resist anymore.

He quickly reeled in his lure rod and came behind Xiao Kai, grinning obsequiously, "Brother Xiao, look, I haven't gotten any bites over there. Can I fish next to you?"

Xiao Kai had just placed the bass into the fish basket when he heard Ma Hongjun's words. Without the slightest hesitation, he replied, "Brother Ma, what are you saying? This river isn't mine, of course it's fine!"

"That's great, thank you, Brother Xiao!"

Upon hearing Xiao Kai's agreement, Ma Hongjun immediately beamed with joy.

Although the river does not belong to anyone in particular, as Xiao Kai said, in general everyone follows the principle of first come, first served, and the same applies to fishing spots.

If you want to use someone else's fishing spot, you should ask for their permission first, at least until they leave, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings.

The same principle applies to lure fishing as to platform fishing.

After all, lure fishing is different from platform fishing. It generally doesn't involve feeding the bait, but there are similar concepts.

Sometimes, it's quite rare to be lucky enough to stumble upon a fish nest or find a route that's efficient at catching fish.

If someone suddenly interrupts and starts searching randomly in your position at this time, not only is it easy to get disconnected, but it's also easy to scare away the fish.

Even if nothing happens, it's easy to cause dissatisfaction.

Although there are many people who don't follow the rules, Ma Hongjun is not one of them.

Not to mention that he and Xiao Kai are on the same side, so they should abide by the rules even more.

According to his observation, Xiao Kai seemed to have a fish nest, and every time Xiao Kai swung the fishing reel to control the lure's return, he seemed to catch fish in roughly the same spot.

The reason he sought out Xiao Kai was simply to freeload off this fishpond.

Seeing that Xiao Kai agreed, Ma Hongjun immediately threw out his bait without delay.

To avoid colliding with Xiao Kai's route, he chose to search along a route parallel to Xiao Kai's, but in the same direction on the return journey. This way, they would both pass near the area that Xiao Kai had just found, which appeared to be a fish nest.

Soon, under Ma Hongjun's control, his lure finally reached that area.

Suddenly, he felt a slight tug on his hand.

As a lure angler, he immediately knew what this meant and promptly raised his fishing rod.

huh~

woohoo~

With the sound of the fishing line cutting through the water, Ma Hongjun finally caught a fish.

"Holy crap, Brother Xiao, look! I've caught a fish!"

Xiao Kai, who was winding up the line at a steady speed, heard the sound and turned around. He saw Ma Hongjun looking at him with a flushed face and was so excited that he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"Hmm, not bad, keep it up!"

After saying that, Xiao Kai turned around and continued fishing.

The next second, with a slight flick and lift, the lure rod in his hand immediately bent into a large bow.

"I caught a fish too!"

"hey-hey!"

Seeing that Xiao Kai had also caught a fish, Ma Hongjun's smile widened.

The feeling of catching fish together with your companions is truly amazing.

Soon, with the two men frantically cranking the reel, they pulled two bass of roughly the same size ashore one after the other.

Then, the two of them threw the lure out again.

A few minutes later, the two caught fish again, one after the other.

This continued for more than ten minutes until the fish finally stopped biting.

Xiao Kai took out his phone and checked the current temperature, which was 23 degrees Celsius, five degrees higher than when he arrived in the morning.

Judging that the fish should have risen to the surface, he took out a sinking Milo lure from his lure bag, which is specifically designed for searching the upper and middle layers of water, and then cast his line again.

As Xiao Kai reeled in the line at a steady speed, there was no movement for the first time.

There was still no response the second time.

On the third attempt, when Xiao Kai brought the lure near the aperture, another heavy hit occurred.

huh~

Another fish was caught.

Seeing that Xiao Kai had changed his bait and quickly caught a fish, Ma Hongjun immediately followed suit.

Soon, the two resumed their linked mode.

Since Ma Hongjun couldn't see the aperture and didn't know the exact range of a small aperture, Xiao Kai usually caught more fish.

Even so, Ma Hongjun still found it incredibly satisfying.

The commotion quickly attracted a lot of attention.

Seeing the two of them catching fish one after another, some people started to get envious.

A lure angler, wearing a fisherman's hat and looking to be around thirty-four years old, suddenly appeared not far from them.

At first, he was very careful to search outside the search path of Xiao Kai and the others, but perhaps seeing that Xiao Kai and the others did not react, he gradually became bolder.

Soon after, the lure was cast near Xiao Kai's large aperture.

It's worth noting that in the past two months, Xiao Kai's aperture has grown to a diameter of twenty meters, covering an area of ​​nearly three hundred square meters, which is quite large.

Even so, it's still pitifully small for a lure rod that can easily have a casting range of tens of meters.

Before long, that person crossed the boundary.

Perhaps sensing that there were no fish biting within the large aperture range, but seeing Xiao Kai and the others catching fish one after another, the person unknowingly found the vicinity of Xiao Kai's small aperture.