A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 730: Is there someone under the water?

"Not bad."

The difficulty of the second cast was greatly reduced. What was pulled up was a real common fish-shaped creature with big eyes and a small head. Its body was slender but flat. It was another new thing that Leon had never seen before.

"Walleye: a freshwater fish caught at night."

Seeing the name, Leon was happy because bigeye was the target fish and was part of the Fish Tank - Night Fishing Collection Pack. Other fish in the same collection pack included snapper and eel.

Except for eels, which are ocean fish, snappers and bigeyes can be caught in town rivers. Leon already has an eel in the box, and now he has harvested a bigeye. With another snapper, this night fishing collection package is complete.

After putting the bigeye into his backpack, Lyon continued fishing. After waiting for a while, he heard something.

This time, it was even easier to catch the fish. Lyon didn't need to put in any effort and directly pulled it ashore.

"Sunfish: a common river fish."

The brown-yellow scales, with large blue markings, reflect extremely dazzling light under the sunlight. Although it is not big, it looks quite plump.

There is a target fish in the sacrifice pack, but this time it is the target fish in the river fish collection pack.

After admiring the appearance of the sunfish for a while, Leon threw the sunfish into his backpack, put the magic bait back on the hook, and continued fishing.

The effect of the three daily quick-hook buffs had been used up before. This time, the float did not respond so quickly. It floated quietly on the water and spun on the water with the current.

Leon was not in a hurry. He adjusted the farmer's hat on his head and lowered the brim to avoid the sun on his cheeks. Then he sat cross-legged on the lush grass and stared quietly at the fishing float on the water.

Thanks to the temperature-regulating effect of the farmer's hat, Leon was not sweating profusely and gasping for breath in the sun. However, the fishing rod had no protection from the farmer's hat. In just a short while, Leon felt the end of the fishing rod was a little hot when he held it.

Perhaps the temperature was too high, and most of the fish hid at the bottom of the water to resist the scorching heat of the day. Without the buff to attract fish, Leon waited for almost half an hour this time, but did not see any movement from the float.

After retrieving the hook, Leon looked at the magic bait on the hook that was intact, sighed silently, then stood up and planned to change the fishing spot.

There is not much shelter in this area, and there is no aquatic plant or tree shade on both sides of the river. According to the habits of fish in summer, you still have to find a cool place to cast your rod in order to get good returns and results.

The place that meets this condition is naturally the river next to the cemetery on the east side of Liuxiang. There are green trees and abundant aquatic plants there. In addition, because the nearby cemetery is planted with beautiful flowers and plants, there are also many kinds of insects. The insects that occasionally fall into the water also attract many fish that are waiting for them.

Leaning against a big tree, Lyon threw the hook into the water again. This time was different from before. As soon as the hook sank to the bottom, Lyon saw the float start to float up and down.

In response to this, Lyon was not in a hurry to lift the rod, because these were just small fish with small mouths that could not suck in the magic bait hanging on the large fish hook. There was no need to pay attention to them. The big fish that could really swallow the hook and bait would not make such a noise.

Sure enough, after a moment, the float stopped bobbing, as if the sought-after fish had departed. However, Leon perked up, staring intently at the float. In less than five seconds, the float was dragged directly into the water, disappearing without a trace. The remaining fishing line, unencumbered by the damper, was also being pulled out, spinning around and around.

"Big guy." Opening the damper, Leon raised the rod and began to pull with the unknown fish that had swallowed the hook in the water.

However, the fish at the bottom of the water did not seem to exert much force in response, but they were very flexible in swimming around in the water, and even consciously circled around with the fishing line, trying to entangle the line on various debris.

And as soon as it felt Leon pulling on the reel, it would suddenly rush in the opposite direction and continue to reel in the line.

After this operation, Leon obviously felt the strain and blockage, and the fishing line seemed to be entangled with a lot of messy things. Fortunately, the fish that caused this scene intentionally or unintentionally had not yet fallen off the hook.

The fish hook that comes with the iridium reel set is in the shape of an anchor hook and has a barb on the top.

This type of hook is specifically used to deal with large fish that can swallow the hook in one gulp. Once the fish swallows the entire hook, it would be extremely difficult to take it out without the help of dexterous human hands.

As the two sides pulled, Leon felt the weight on the line getting heavier and heavier, and the bending of the fishing rod became more and more exaggerated. He realized that if he continued to drag it like this, he might be completely entangled. He stopped restraining himself, locked the damper, and began to pull the line back in forcefully.

Thick branches covered in mud and entangled in the fishing line brought garbage to the surface, making the water in the river turbid. This overly clever fish was actually using the things that sank to the bottom of the water to increase the difficulty and weight of being dragged ashore. Leon even saw an old tire on the garbage.

God knows how the fish in the water got this thing entangled in the fishing line. Anyway, when it was dragged up, Leon really felt it was outrageous.

Because of the garbage entangled in the fishing line, Lyon had to reel in the line while picking the garbage off the line. There was no skill involved, it all depended on brute force. For the things that were difficult to pick up, Lyon simply took out the Galaxy Watermelon Knife, shrunk it into the shape of a dagger, and cut it around the line.

It's all garbage anyway, of no value. Even if it gets a little more broken, it's still the same as before.

Soon, a pile of messy things piled up around Leon, including branches, broken tires split in half, newspapers that had rotted into a paste, and some flattened cans.

If Leon had not personally witnessed that these things were simply entangled in the fishing line, and the struggling fish underwater was constantly wrestling with him, he would have suspected that someone underwater was deliberately hanging garbage on his fishing line.

"Get up for me!"

Finally, the last small part of the fishing line was received. Lyon could already see the splash of water caused by the fish that had swallowed the hook struggling in the water. Unfortunately, the water in the river was too turbid, and Lyon could not clearly see what the struggling fish looked like.

But it was only a short moment, accompanied by Leon's roar, and the fishing line connected to the fishing rod was suddenly pulled up, dragging a round fish out of the water and drawing a graceful arc in the air.

"Anglerfish?"

(End of this chapter)