Chapter 674 Cooperating To Catch a Big Fish (1/2)

Chapter 674: Cooperating To Catch a Big Fish

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Catching red salmon was no easy task. Since they no longer ate after migrating to freshwaters from the ocean, they rarely took the bait. At this point, catching red salmon was mainly dependent on luck and was harder than fishing in the ocean.

Of course, there were red salmon in the river. As the Colorado River was the route red salmon took for their migration, there were a lot of them in it.

The water in some parts of the river was clear. When the red salmon swam to the water surface, they could be seen from the boat.

As the red salmon were brightly colored, they were very easy to identify.

Brother Wolf did not participate in the fishing and was looking after the two little girls at the side. Noticing that Hans and the others had not caught any fish after a long time, he said softly, ”Use a harpoon.”

Fishing with harpoons was a common method of catching red salmon. However, it was mostly used in shallow waters such as small rivers and streams and was not apt for use in deep waters like the one they were in.

When fishing with harpoons in small rivers and streams, even if the harpoon missed, the red salmon would at most escape to their front, back, left, or right, which allowed for further attempts at catching them.

However, there was only one attempt to catch a fish when using harpoons in such a large river. Once the harpoon missed, red salmon would normally dive deep into the water, hence rendering the harpoon useless.

Hans shook his head. ”This place is not suited for using a harpoon, man. There are still chances to catch a fish when using a fishing hook. Using a harpoon will only scare them away.”

”But we have yet to catch a fish with the fishing hooks,” Big Quinn said dejectedly.

Hans responded, ”We haven't encountered a shoal of fish. As long as we encounter a shoal of fish, we can definitely catch some. I am confident.”

Red salmon always migrated in shoals to lay their eggs and also formed shoals when they entered a meander to rest. Hans was right: as long as they found a shoal of fish, they would definitely be able to catch some.

This was a job for Li Du. He called out the little bug and sent it into the water. The little bug began searching.

The water of the Colorado River was relatively clear. In order to rectify the water pollution problem, the American government had already closed down all the companies that polluted heavily on the coast and used an agricultural airplane to sow the seeds of water grass and grass into the river annually.

The vision of the little bug was unobstructed in the water. The depth of the water they were in was around 35 feet. After diving into the water, the little bug was able to see all the way to the riverbed.

There was lush water grass, which had small black and white fish swimming among it, growing at the bottom of the meander. There were also mussels releasing bubbles while hiding in the mud.

Among them, the most beautiful living thing at the bottom of the river was the red salmon. With just one glance, the little bug spotted five large, brightly colored fish.

Most adult red salmon weighed more than four pounds. At this point in time, as they had just migrated from the Gulf of California, they had not expended much of the fat content in their bodies and looked rather plump.

Although there were red salmon here, this was not a shoal. As the population density was too small with only five fish, the fish hooks might not be able to catch one.

As such, Li Du commanded the little bug to continue searching.

Even though the little bug had not found a shoal of red salmon, it found a few interesting items while searching the meander.

After looking over them roughly, Li Du took out his phone and searched the Internet.

Seeing him on his phone, Hans warned, ”In waters that Asian carps inhabit, you shouldn't take valuable items out. They could slap them into the water.”

As Li Du had already searched for the information that he needed, he put his phone with a smile. ”Alright, let's continue fishing.”

After the little bug searched the river for a while, it finally found a group of bright red swimming fish.