No matter how thick a fishing line was, it was still only a line, not a rope. If the fish and the machine started a tug-of-war, the line simply could not withstand the force of a fish weighing several hundred kilograms.
Everyone understood that clearly.
Zhong Honghai understood it too. It was just that they had exhausted all their strength and truly had nothing left to keep fighting the fish.
Risky as this method was, trying still gave them a chance. If they did not try, they would have no chance at all.
Zhong Honghai decided to take a gamble.
The crewmen were afraid the line would snap and did not dare operate the crane, so Zhong Honghai stepped in himself.
Under the immense power of the machinery, the enormous tuna was finally pulled slowly out of the water and toward the side of their boat.
Zhong Honghai roared, "Get the ropes ready! And the gaffs!"
"Yes!"
His team hurried into action, searching for ropes and gaffs. Before long, they had gathered at the side of the boat with all the tools.
The fish was being dragged closer and closer to the boat.
It was almost out of the water!
It was a huge fish!
Zhong Honghai's team held their breath, scarcely daring to breathe, afraid that even breathing too hard might blow the fishing line apart.
Five meters, four meters, three meters... The fish drew ever closer, while Zhong Honghai's team stood ready at the rail with gaffs and ropes.
When the fish was finally pulled near the surface, its enormous body slowly emerged before everyone's eyes.
This Bluefin Tuna was truly massive, probably weighing over a thousand jin, as big as a boat.
Its body gradually approached the fishing vessel, bringing no small amount of psychological pressure to