It was a crowded day, as the management was changed and the catch rate was good. As usual,I arrived later (around 9.15am) and delivered breakfast to him. While eating, we could see lots of catches… and they were big… However, we were the only few using "big, fat, red, float". All the others were using tossing with fake baits.
Not long after that, we noticed that one of our float diappeared… So he quicky reel in the loose line, and seeing that the line is now tight, he striked and yes, he got it! He passed the rod to me immediately (cos he wanted to fulfill his promise of letting me experience fish on hook).
Panickly, I held on the rod and started to reel the fish in. Fishing indeed is not easily. I was told not to reel in the fish all the way but ‘play’ with the fish. Let it swim back, then reel in a bit, let it struggle a while, then reel in a bit again… Hehe.. I tot only waiting for fish to bite requires patience. Actually reeling it back also needs patience. If I force it to come ashore all the way, the line might snap off and my fish will be gone…
It was fun, to reel the fish back. But as that was my first time, I keep thinking that the fish have already released the hook by itself and the pressure tt I felt in my rod is just because of the current, or because my hook is stucked in the rocks… So he asked me whether the fish is still there and I said I donno. I think no more… ;’(
He took back the rod and gave a final reel in and yes…. it was still there and it was big…. We brought the fish ashore and it is a very pretty long fish with nice shiny scales… Haha.. this was how my first fish came about!
While waiting for another catch, I saw some kids using handline and in seconds, they caught one fish after another. I went over to the little boy and asked him his "technique". He gladly showed me his secret weapon-a very tiny hook. After that, I used this tiny hook to fish and shortly after I put my handline in the water, a small fish got hooked! Haha.. to be exact, this is my real first fish. I handled everything alone. And this fish is less than 10cm. ;p I’m glad I’ve finally caught my own fish, thou it cant be eaten and only kids are entertained by it. Nvm I’m satisfied liao… keke…
Until noon, it remained silent. We decided to move to another location. Five minutes after we threw our float in, one float disappeared! He quickly striked and hes got it! He immediately passed to me and I helped to reel the fish in… its a Kim Bak Lor. (It was a wise decision that we changed our spot!!)
Around 3pm, I’ve decided to go for a stroll at the shopping centre, and buy lunch. When I came back, it was raining soooo heavily. We seeked shelter next to the tackle shop, and ate Japanese da bao food there. Thou we have to stop our fishing, it was quite a good experience… to sit on the newspaper, watching people fishing in the raining.
The rain continued for more than 1 hour. We decided to go back. He brought the fishes back to scale and passed to me the very next day. Until then I realised that the fishes were soooo heavy!!! Had a hard time bringing them back. (He had a even hard time scaling and doing operation on the fish) Keke…
The fishes lasted for 2 weeks and 3 dishes were created from them. Namely steamed seabass, curry fish and salty bean fish.. keke….
P/S: Oh yah… I must give credit to the fisherman. To be exact, the 2 fishes caught belonged to him… I just assisted reeling in a bit… keke… My first fish is the small fish… Cute ne…
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