After a few more minutes, the referee's starting gun fired, and the competition officially began.
The anglers around the pond lowered their rods in perfect unison, and for a long time, none of them lifted their rods.
Zhang Yang followed the same approach, not even bringing any wet dispersant. He kneaded two peanut-sized jelly baits onto the double hooks and cast them into the spot, his eyes fixed intently on the bobber's movements.
The bobber turned over, but there was no movement,
its first movement completed with a slight pause, the timing was normal.
The second movement began without any reaction until the double hooks reached the preset fishing depth at the bottom.
From the moment the bobber was in place, Zhang Yang silently counted numbers in his mind, counting from one to ten, and then gently flicked his wrist to lift the rod.
With bait already prepared at his fingertips, the next cast was aimed at fishing a nearby point using "frog stabbing" technique.
