This fish, unlike the big fish Zhang Yang caught earlier, didn't anchor down after being hooked. Instead, it immediately charged toward the deep-water area in the middle of the pit.
Zhang Yang barely had time to react; as soon as the big fish exerted its strength, he instinctively gripped the rod tightly with both hands and swung it left and right to forcefully turn the fish around.
This is the famous rod-swinging fish control technique, equally renowned as the reverse insertion. Before the rod is pulled flat in a tug-of-war, the angler continuously swings the rod to agitate the fish underwater, causing it pain and reflexively altering its charge direction, thus avoiding the dangerous situation of a tug-of-war with a flat rod.
Fortunately, Zhang Yang replaced it with a 3.0 line, and the timing and technique of using the rod-swinging fish control were impeccable, breaking through the most dangerous stage after a few seconds of deadlock.
