The Marlin's tugging momentum slowed down, and Lin Yang began his counterattack!
"The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy retreats, we advance," the principle of guerrilla warfare just as effective when fishing for big game.
With the fishing rod's tremendous braking force in Lin Yang's hands, combined with the fishing boat's proactive maneuvering, about half of the fishing line remained in the reel after some forty minutes.
Seizing the lull when the big fish in the sea paused and slowed down, he cranked the fishing reel, incidentally increasing the speed of the fishing boat a notch.
Thus, under the captain's somewhat panicked gaze, the fishing boat sped up on its own!
Could his beloved boat be out of control?
But now, there were still people fishing for big fish on the boat; if he told them there was a problem, they definitely wouldn't take it to heart.
