Time: 11pm - 3.25am
Bait: 100 grams Live Prawns & 10 Milkfishes
Rig: Single hook rig with split shot & Floater
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 20th - 21th Nov 2009 (Fri -Sat)
Received a sms on Wed. "Interested to go Kyoto Pond?" by Qw. Immediately on him!
Been reading alot of positive reviews and rumours were spreading that this pond is going to be closed down by AVA by end of Nov.
We reached there at ard 10.30pm and was suprised that it was quite packed. Since we were there, we decided to proceed with fishing!
Views of the Kyoto's Pond
We were expecting quite alot of actions due to the price and the positive reviews. However, we were very wrong.
No fishes were landed from 11pm - 12.30am. Throughout this 1.5 hour, I got a couple of bites but there was no hookup. What was more frustrating was that I kept getting sangkot. Fedup, I decided to change to floater.
At ard 12.40am, I moved to one corner of the pond as adviced by one regular. As usual, my float was floating aimlessly without any action at all.
Was dreaming and waiting for my fishy when suddenly I saw my float sank! Quickly took my rod and prepared to strike. Line tightened! Gave a strike and Bissssshhhh! Saw a big splash followed by a big puddle of water.....
What came next was definitely soothing to the ears of every angler... ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........... my 15lbs monoline being peeled out to the right.
Started pumping the fish as it dashed towards the left...to the NET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quickly pumped it back to the right as my line kept being pulled out at a fast rate. After 5 mins of tug of war, the fishy finally surrendered and yes break my egg!
Estimate min 3-4kg Kbl. Took a quick shot and it was released back.
For those of you wondering why it was released back. Fishes weighing 3kg and above are to be CNR according to the rules of this pond.
Was quite glad that I finally managed to land something as 3 hours were going to be up soon. Quickly rebait and hopefully catch one more before 2am.
Soon it was 2am and our floats were still floating ard happily. Seeing that we were catching nothing, the staff was kind enough to let us continue. Kudos to him!
Thou we were allowed to continue but we were still catching nothing! Was waiting for mircale to happen when we noticed a float with lightstick floating near our floats at ard 3am.
It was a burst off from someone line and you know what? A fish was definitely connected to the float as we could see the float sinking every now and then.
The float was floating toward my float and BANG! It crossed my line and Fish On!!!! Sibei Taiko Sia........
The fight was strong and it took me 2-3 mins to pump the fish to the bank. It was a big Kim estimated ard 2-3kg. Pumped it toward the staff who was helping me to land the Kim. He grabbed hold of the leader and Bissshhhhhhhh.... Saw a loud splash as the Kim made it way for safety. What a waste!
We decided to pack up at ard 3.15am. Took my rod and went to my right. Gave a last cast near the rocks at the centre and went to 'release' the leftover prawns and milkfish.
Walked back to my rod and noticed that the line was moving abit. Did not suspected anything as the line was slacked. Took my rod and reeled in when I felt something heavy. Gave a strike and YES!!! Fish On!!!
Another nice fight. Definitely cannot compared with the 2 earlier fights but still it was fun! Played with it slowly and finally saw the fishy after 1 min. Ang Zhor!!!
A last min catch and not the usual kims definitely made my day!
Est ard 1.5kg Ang Zhor
The staff gave us another Ang Zhor when we were packing up. Nice gesture from him!
Something to bring home.... 2 Ang Zhors
Total Catch: 1 Kim est ard 3-4 kg
1 Ang Zhor est ard 1.5kg
