The gill net was made of very strong nylon cord, so Li Long confidently pulled on the net line to haul it back.
The force of the struggling felt tremendous, and Li Long had a vague sense that this fish might be a big one.
The net pulled taut. The rocket-shaped head of the Drag-Net Device was caught in the ice and snow and might already have frozen in place, making it difficult to pull back.
Li Long dared not use brute force. He could only alternate between pulling and easing off. His eyesight was excellent, and he could see ice and snow around the spot where the rocket-shaped head was stuck. Snow fell into the water whenever he pulled, so he should be able to get it back.
He probably could have hauled it over by force, but the net might break, or he might damage the Drag-Net Device.
There was no need.
After five or six minutes of easing off and pulling, he finally freed the Drag-Net Device from the ice and snow. The tension in Li Long's hands eased, and even the fish on the net seemed to be moving less.
But he still dared not relax. This single-layer net was different from the three-layer gill nets of later years. Although it could snag fish, a fish might break free if it had only just become caught or was large enough.
In both his previous life and this one, big fish had broken free and escaped more than once while Li Long was fishing. To him, that was normal.
The net finally came up, and Li Long saw the large fish caught in it-a bighead carp weighing a full four or five kilograms was struggling in the mesh. Out of the water, the cold outside made it