In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter
Chapter 206: Big Fish! It's a Big Fish!

The first contact made with Dumbledore did not last long, at noon time, Dumbledore said he had more things to do, ending the floo network call.

But although the time was short, it was clear that the students on the entire ship became much more energetic.

Fawkes took away the diary that Jon had found from Azkaban as well as both Scabior and Macnair, the floo powders they got right now also gave them access to a two-way communication link with the professors.

However, before ending the call, Dumbledore also reminded Jon not to use this floo network at will if it wasn't for something urgent.

Voldemort started to monitor and control the floo network throughout France, and if it is used too often, it will be easy for him to discover that something is wrong.

Hogwarts is not sailing slowly on the sea, in December, they have completely left the scope of the North Sea, and reached the area of the Norwegian Sea.

The further the north the further the weather is much colder.

The good thing is that although the students have become a little tired of such a day-to-day sailing life, the initial feeling of the novelty of the sea and scenery also became boring, but in general, everyone's spirit is still positive.

Especially with this year's Christmas just around the corner.

They had already spent Halloween at sea and looking forward to the coming Christmas, and also just in the second week of December, less than three weeks apart, the second Hogwarts fishing tournament had begun.

Jon has no intention of not approving it, after all, on the ship everyone's entertainment is really sparse, and only fishing has never been used as a pastime on land before, but he still felt speechless about holding the second fishing tournament at such a time, especially upon hearing what George said when he applied for approval of this event.

"It is too superficial for us to organize the fishing tournament according to the period of time, we have to organize our fishing tournament according to the sea, there must be a difference in the fish species between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, which certainly provides significance in holding the second tournament now!"

What a wonderful speech, Jon spat a few words in his heart, but of course, he did not disagree.

The fishing tournament, a new entertainment activity that appeared only after they sailed the sea, brought great enthusiasm to the students on board.

This time, more students participated in the tournament, the rules of the tournament are to prepare their own fishing rods using magic, the tournament time is on Saturday when there is no class a whole day, and at the end, the ranking will be based on one's weight of the catch.

There were no fishing rods on board, so, of course, the participants made their own fishing rods using transfiguration magic, which raised the bar for some underclassmen who were not up to par in their transfiguration studies, but they could also go to the upperclassmen for help.

The winner of the first fishing tournament was Justin, it is said that when he was still at home, he used to go fishing with his father on the river, so that, along with a wealth of theoretical experience, by coincidence he caught a small shark (the shark was able to break free of the hook and rip off the line, but at the moment it showed its head off the sea surface, Justin precisely shot it with a full body-bind curse).

Of course, the number of students who participated in that first fishing tournament was small, and everyone had never fished before, showing some timidity, but now there are many people were tickled with interest, during this period when they left off from Azkaban Island, they accumulated a lot of real-world experience and mentality change.

When the tournament began, the deck was filled with students, the participating students found their own positions all around the deck and finally began to hang bait on the hook upon the signal of judge Nick.

Jon was among the spectators, he had never even touched a fishing rod before, so he did not participate in this tournament, but it is still quite interesting to see the grimace and crestfallen expressions of these little fishermen when the hook is empty.

Justin, the previous champion, is very enthusiastic to win this title once again, but his luck doesn't seem that good, and this time he didn't catch a single fish all morning, only a few worms were caught.

"A seventh Lobalug! Good job, Justin! You've had the most bites this morning, but unfortunately, we're in a fishing tournament, not a bug fishing tournament, and bugs don't count for weight within the catch."

Nick floated in mid-air, looking at the fat worm that was twisting its body on Justin's hook, and praised loudly.

It's just that his praise caused a group of people around him to roar with laughter.

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Ron, who is beside Justin, said smugly, he had a good catch in his bucket and could rank at least in the top three among a group of competitors.

Jon looked at the bugs that Justin threw into his bucket in exasperation and said to Gabrielle and Hermione beside him with some confusion.

"It may not be Justin's bad luck, a creature like Lobalug should not have been caught."

"Why?" Gabrielle was full of curiosity, "They don't have mouths? Can't eat bait?"

Hermione, who often soaks in the library, explained to her.

"Not because they have no mouth, this bug is a magical creature classified as xxx level by the Ministry of Magic, they generally live only at the bottom of the sea, Justin's fishing rod plus the length of the line obviously simply can not reach the bottom of the sea."

The transparent little face of Gabrielle, who understood, was suddenly covered with amazement.

"Then how did he catch it?"

Just when Gabrielle had just raised a question and Justin had just thrown the fish hook into the sea, a huge force suddenly pulled the hook!

His hand-made fishing rod instantly bent into an arc, almost missing the catch and letting the rod out of his hand!

"There's a big one on the hook! There's a big one!" He shouted excitedly.

Everyone's eyes around him were attracted by him again, and many people leapt forward to see, but no one went up to help, the rules stipulate that to be counted in the score you must catch it with your own hands, but of course, there are no restrictions on the use of magic in between.

While holding on to the fishing rod, he reacted incomparably quickly and pulled out his wand, and aimed it at the location where the line touched the surface with a great experience.

Ron, who was still mouthing off, now can only look on the sidelines with envy, looking at the force of the struggle of this fish alone, he can be sure that its weight will certainly be worth the bucket he caught all morning.

Justin did not compete with the fish in the sea, after the big fish was hooked, it is the start of the fisherman's skills, he was trying to drain the strength of the fish, and the force from the fishing rod suddenly became much lighter.

He almost effortlessly lifted the hook.

But what emerged from the water with his hook was not a big fish at all, but an arm that is identical to a human!

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