Thus, we decided to go fishing WITHOUT FAIL - since he is craving so long for this free day to fish! n_n
The weather was great for fishing! Thou too hot for me. But got used to it, and I’ve been becoming darker and darker since I was attracted to the new sport activity. ;p
More experienced in fishing trips, I went almost empty handed (he brought everything) and we went to the ‘pond for professional and rich people’ - Pasir Ris Pro Pond (PRPP).
This pond was the first commercial pond I have ever been to - due to the discovery of this pond accidentally on one of his tuition trip to Pasir Ris. To my surprise, the catch rates at PRPP were very good. I have never seen such big and alive fishes in my entire 25 years of life!
Therefore, due to not having enough time to spend at fishing ponds, we have decided to give this pond a try for 3 hours at a quite expensive cost. (Anyway, it is the joy of fishing that matters!)
After buying the "going-to-die" live prawns, we proceeded to the PRPP. The time was 15:45. There was quite a bit of crowd. Especially at the "good hiddening locations for fishes." As usual, our Mr. Cool guy chose an isolated shethered place. Isolated is for him to fish - no need to worry about crossing people’s line and sheltered place is for me… keke…
It was quiet at the pond. So he took his own sweet time to tie the hooks and floats. While observing the "quietness" of the pond, we saw 2 caucasians uncles joining in the fishing, sitting beside us. Din know that this place attracts non-Singaporeans as well. It was until we saw 2 person getting the fishes at almost to same time - we knew that this was the perfect time to throw our rods in too!
Our fishing game started at 16:35. We waited and waited… and waited and waited. There were some movements around us… on our left, on our right but not us! A bit worrying and the time passed faster than we hoped, but consoled ourselves that the 2 caucasians who joined in earlier than us did not get anything too. Keke.
Suddenly, he discovered a big fish swimming at 3cm/min by the side of the pond. He playfully put the live prawn right in front of the fish. But the "clever" fish ignored the bait and continued his leisure swimming. I decided to play my own fishing without having to pay - I quicky took one of the dead prawn’s tail and played handline. But I started to become scared when the fish was eyeing my bait! Cos if it really eats my bait, I’ll will throw away my line! Cos I dun dare to catch it! Keke… Thus in such an ironic situation - I was hoping the fish not to eat my bait, I’ve decided to give up on playing handline :p
We waited and waited till we heard the whistle - signal for the fish release time! It was at 18:00! We only had one and a half hour left! He quickily changed into a fresh, live prawn as we knew that is this the only hope for us! I told him that from now on, we must observe who is the lucky one - to get the first fish that was just released.
At 15 mins later, our float disappeared! Although excited, but we remained calm to make sure that the fish did not "feel" us and will enjoy swallowing the bait peacefully. So seeing our float disappearing for around 5 seconds and our line straightened, he gave the rod a STRIKE! Yes! He got it!
So the lucky one were us! Hehe… We got the first fish from the 18:00 release time! Being relatively experienced, he easily settled the fish and changed a new hook with prawn and quickily threw it into the same area where we got our first fish! This was the pic of the first fish, using my camera ;D
Seeing that there were only 2 prawns left and that we have more that one hour to go, I went to get another batch of new live prawns. I returned to the pond quickily as I knew that this was the prime time. He changed his bait to this new batch of very lively and jumping prawns and threw it into the pond. Around 18:35, our float disappered again! Waiting for the fish to swallow, he slowly tighten the line and STRIKE! He got it again! He tactfully reeled in the fish and this time round, I got ready my video recording mode and captured this moment! This fish was the same species as the first! But slightly bigger in size. 8p
After these 2 catches, he promised to let me play the 3rd one. Our agreement was that he will strike for me and I can reel in the fish. So I waited for my turn to play. But sadly, this opportunity did not come… We had 4 misses in a row. One was that the fish only ate the prawn’s head, one was due to him moving the rod and the fish noticed it. Another was cos he striked too fast and the fish felt it, and lastly which was the most heartpain miss…
This was what happened: I was holding on to the rod, waiting and talking to him. Suddenly, my float disappeared! I told him and he took over the rod but the fish swam towards the direction of other fishermen… our lines were entangled! The funny thing was that these fishermen were in their teens and they tot they had fishes. So they striked and our lines got entangled even more! While trying to get the tangles off 3 rods, the fish managed to get away after some strong struggles… so sad. I did not have the last opportunity to play…
Anyway, 19:35. Times up. 3 hours is really short but to be honest, we were quite satisfied with our catch result. This was because there were even some fishermen with zero catches. One of them was the calm caucasian uncle. Keke… So he promised to let me play more on the next trip and I’m looking forward to it. ~_~
The fish is served today at my lunch table. The chef was my mum. Method of cooking was steaming, which is the best method to enjoy a fish freshness. One word to describe it - Oishii.
Reported By: TCX
