Chapter 371: Chapter 242: Finally Getting the Bluefin

With one bite of the seal meat, he instantly felt like he’d been duped by the internet.

What "tastes like venison"? How could meat from the ocean possibly have a gamey flavor? The meat itself was good, but it definitely had a briny, oceanic taste.

Then again, their assessment wasn’t exactly accurate, since none of them had ever actually eaten venison.

After eating and drinking his fill, Gu Nan went to the cabin and lowered the fish-attracting light, hoping the underwater glow would lure the tuna over.

Who knew if the tuna would stick to their underwater migratory path? There were countless routes down there—what if they decided to take the next one over?

The fish-attracting light was needed to draw the fish in. Only then would their bait be effective.

"Ah Nan, are we streaming tonight?" Yi Chen asked.

Gu Nan nodded. "Let’s wait until we spot the tuna, then we’ll go live. This time, we can show the audience the proper way to fish for them."

Since they were going to stream, Yi Chen went to get ready.

An Jun and the others also started prepping, changing their tackle to line setups suitable for tuna.

Fishing for tuna required strong braided line, and the hooks and sinkers all had to be swapped out. They were going for a big catch tonight, and everyone was filled with anticipation.

However, while Gu Nan dismantled three electric reels and replaced them with large conventional reels, An Jun and Ye Jing wisely chose to stick with their electric reels, which were capable of handling tuna up to 220 pounds.

A one-on-one battle with a tuna? An Jun and Ye Jing could only scoff at the idea.

They weren’t particularly surprised by Gu Nan’s physical condition, though.

He had always been the fittest of the three of them; it just seemed that he’d been working out more often lately and had become even more of a beast.

It was a good thing Gu Nan’s "cheat" didn’t seem to specifically target physical stats. Otherwise, the two of them might have suspected that their good buddy had activated a "system."

After setting all the rods in their holders, Gu Nan returned to the cabin to watch the fish finder for any signs of large fish.

As expected, a large fish finally appeared. Judging by its movement, it was almost certainly a tuna, with only a small chance of it being a shark.

Seeing the icons on the fish finder circling the attractor light, Gu Nan was confident they wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon.

He rushed out onto the deck to announce, "We’ve got fish! Seven of them! The icons show they’re over 220 pounds. Everyone, get ready to chum!"

"You got it!" An Jun and Ye Jing replied, starting to toss bait into the water from their fishing stations with their girlfriends.

At the same time, they hooked bait fish onto their lines, cast them into the water, and spooled out line to get their hooks to the right depth.

Yi Chen took the opportunity to start the livestream. She wouldn’t be fishing tonight—since Gu Nan hadn’t set up any electric reels for his station, she just needed to film and provide support.

Gu Nan had already strapped on his fighting belt and harness. He baited all three of his rods and cast them out to increase his chances of a hookup.

As soon as one of the rods got a fish, Yi Chen would come over and reel in the other two to prevent the lines from tangling.

The viewers in the stream were all ready, eagerly anticipating the sight of Gu Nan fishing for tuna tonight.

Seeing him toss bait into the water as if it were free, some of the less-knowledgeable viewers were stunned.

[HOLY SHIT, *this* is chumming?]

[He’s got three huge crates of bait next to him, that’s insane. Is it really this expensive to fish for tuna?]

[You need a massive amount of bait to attract tuna. Tossing in a few hundred pounds of fish at once is normal.]

[No wonder tuna is so expensive. The initial cost alone is ridiculous!]

[To be fair, other types of tuna are one thing, but if the host catches a bluefin, he’ll hit the jackpot.]

[Hey, person above, bluefin aren’t as expensive as you think. Millions for a single fish is totally unrealistic. Under normal circumstances, a 220-pound bluefin with low fat content might go for around 40,000, while a high-fat one could be worth over 100,000.]

[Anyone who knows anything about bluefin knows how rare they are. It’s incredibly hard to make a living trying to catch them!]

[Damn, "not that expensive"? Over 100,000 for one fish? That’s what I make in an entire year!]

The stream had few viewers, but the chat was lively. Yi Chen glanced at the bullet comments and, seeing no issues, aimed the camera at the surface of the sea.

The stream had five moderators keeping things in order, all of them fans who were also customers from his fish-selling group. Aside from the occasional bleeding-heart who needed to be kicked, there wasn’t much drama to be stirred up, so she didn’t need to watch it constantly.

By now, Gu Nan had already tossed out a significant amount of bait. The bait floating on the surface was visibly spreading out, and it was clear that an even larger quantity had already sunk beneath the waves.

"Is that enough bait?" Yi Chen couldn’t help but ask after seeing how much he’d already thrown.

"Just about this much more should do it," Gu Nan said, continuing to toss out bait without stopping.

’He’s already thrown in thirty or forty pounds and it’s still not enough?’ Though she’d heard about it before, Yi Chen was still amazed. "The cost of tuna fishing is just too high. If we get skunked, the price of the chum alone is like two days’ pay for a regular office worker."

Her words made all the office workers in the chat want to cry. ’How can you say something so heartless?’

Hearing this, Gu Nan laughed. "It’s always a ’gamble’. A bet of four or five hundred, if successful, can net you a few thousand at minimum. If you get really lucky, it could be two or three hundred thousand. The odds of success are high, it’s just exhausting."

’You only create a chum slick like this when you know for sure there are fish around. What kind of idiot would do this otherwise? It’s a high-probability, can’t-lose bet, so of course it’s worth a shot.’

"That’s true!"

Yi Chen nodded in agreement, watching her man continue to toss bait.

As he continued chumming, Gu Nan quickly established a wide feeding area. A small pile of bait even began to accumulate on the seabed.

The very sight of bait drifting down through the water was enough to attract fish, drawing them in to see if it was food.

And he hadn’t created just one of these feeding spots, but three.

The icons on the fish finder were already happily feasting on the free meal raining down from above.

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