In this pond, catching this fish can earn 300000 yuan, "said a short video released by a fishing farm in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, which attracted many people to come fishing. But many people lose everything after paying a hefty admission fee. In recent years, there has been a frequent phenomenon of skyrocketing "fishing targets" in some fishing grounds - fishermen who catch marked "target fish" within the specified time can receive huge rewards, some of which can reach up to 600000 yuan. Is this "fishing" or "gambling"? Xinhua Perspective reporters conducted an investigation into the relevant phenomenon. In the first half of this year, the Dongguan Public Security Bureau's Public Security Patrol Detachment received clues of suspected gambling and conducted an investigation into the Shuidu Fishing Ground in Yisha Village, Shatian Town, as there were frequent occurrences of "fishing targets" chaos in multiple places. After investigation, it was found that the fishing ground lured fishermen to go fishing in the form of a profit from winning the bid, and the behavior was suspected of disguised gambling. The "fishing mark" is a newly emerging fishing game in recent years, where anglers need to pay a high admission fee. After catching the "mark fish", they can exchange the gold according to their level, and some "mark fish" have gold as high as hundreds of thousands of yuan. Chen Qimei, the captain of the Second Brigade of the Security Patrol Detachment of the Dongguan Public Security Bureau, said that the fishing ground first ties small rubber labels on the fish's back, marking them with words such as "King of Legends", "First Class Label", and "Second Class Label", corresponding to different heights of labels. Among them, the label for "King of Legends" is as high as 300000 yuan. The total water flow of this fishing ground exceeds one million yuan, and the admission fee for areas with "gambling fishing" nature sometimes exceeds 1000 yuan. This mode is significantly different from normal leisure fishing. The operators and relevant staff of the fishing ground pretend to operate leisure fishing grounds, but in reality, they are gathering personnel to engage in disguised gambling. Chen Qimei said that 16 people, including the shareholder Chen, legal representative Yin, and relevant staff of the fishing ground, have been arrested. Currently, the police have taken compulsory measures against 13 of them. Legal professionals have stated that the criteria for distinguishing between "gambling fishing" and normal fishing activities include whether there are high priced "target fish", whether there are corresponding "gambling" rules, whether there is a form of gambling with small gambling, and whether high admission fees are charged. The operators of this fishing ground use the form of fishing to charge high admission fees, set high prices for 'standard fish' and corresponding 'gambling' rules, and return high amounts of cash when catching 'standard fish', which is in line with the qualitative nature of gambling, "said Chen Qimei. The reporter noticed that some other places have also carried out corresponding law enforcement activities in response to the chaos of "gambling and fishing" recently. A case released by the Shaanxi police shows that in June this year, the Lintong Branch of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau successfully cracked down on an illegal gambling gang bidding for fishing. The police found out that operator Liu dropped "standard fish" with special markings in the fish pond, and then claimed to the angler that after paying a fee of 1000 to 1500 yuan, if he caught the "standard fish", he could exchange 30000 to 50000 yuan in cash rewards according to different markings. There are many tricks behind "gambling and fishing", and the "fishing target" activity has a large amount of traffic on short video platforms. In a short video posted by netizens on the "fishing spot", the fishing ground charges 1180 yuan for 4 hours, and the minimum reward for catching the "fishing spot" is 1000 yuan, while the maximum reward is 168000 yuan. The fishing spot needs to be drawn first. This short video received over 200000 likes and nearly 10000 comments.