Monday, October 18, 2010

A Trap Not Meant for Mr Soon......

Venue: Yishun Dam
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Bait: Kembong
Rig: Crab Trap
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 16th Oct 2010(Sat)

Must be surprised to see my post again after close to 3 months right?
You must be thinking that I am going thru a long dry spell and have nothing to post at all right?

Nah......I actually did not even wet my line.
Stopped fishing due to a few reasons......

Anyway back to this post. It was never meant to be a fishing post. But well.........

One fine day, me and cx wanted to try out crabbing at a spot which I used to swear by my life to be infested with crabs. But I was wrong......

We setup our trap at a 'spot' and went home. When we went back to collect our trap at 9.30pm. We got a pleasant surprise. No crabs at all but.....................

The trap with my baits and my catches...


Got 2 small fishes which I released straight away and one SoonHock!


Mr Soon lying on his back....


Mr Koh and Mr Soon...


After some hesitation, I decided to release it as it was too small for consumption.

Made a mistake while trying to release it back by throwing it back into the sea using the trap. It got stuck and landed on a rock with a 'piak'!

Got worried and started searching for it thru the rocks. Without a torchlight, it was definitely hard to find Mr Soon in the darkness.

It took me abt 5 mins before I finally spotted Mr Soon lying on the grass! Quickly scooped it up with my hands and it was still breathing! Thank God...

Quickly released it back into the water and it went off with a splash.. Hopefully it was not badly hurt.