The Year Of The Rabbit

Venue: Fishing Paradise
Time: 12.30am - 2.30am
Bait: Taiwan Sausage
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 3rd Feb 2011(Thurs)

10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3!!!!!!!!!!! 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY CNY!!!

Just when everyone was busy celebrating CNY, I armed myself with my banana rod and went to the battlefield -Fishing Paradise-

Got a couple of bites but only 1 hookup...

Miss Kitty

The Egg Breaker

Venue: Fishing Paradise
Time: 6.30pm - 9pm
Bait: Taiwan Sausage
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Heavy Rain
Date: 29th Jan 2011(Sat)

Finally back to fishing after dunno for how many months!
Did went for fishing for 2-3 times thru out this few months but egg remains intact...

Got this pussy within 30 mins!


The Egg Breaker!

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.

First Grassie..

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 5pm-10pm?
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo using 'Marker'
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 18th July 2010 (Sun)

It been almost a month for this CR. Busy combined with laziness will be the main reason why it was long overdue. Haha..

To be honest, I cant remember much about the details. Only remembered we caught our first grassie!

After setting the hook, I passed the rod to Cx. Took her less than 3 mins and it was landed!

Missy fighting..


And me with our first Grassie!


This grassie was our only catch that day. However it was not the highlight of the day.

Highlight of the day was the rented house rod (banana rod) flew into the pond when I was on my way to the tackle shop!!!

It took the staffs about an hour before they finally retrieved the rod. Thank God, they managed to get back the rod as the whole setup cost over $200!!!

Back To Bread.............

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 4.30pm - 7.30pm
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Sunny
Date: 12th June 2010 (Sat)

Judging from the last post, it is very obvious I am on a long dry spell.

Determined to break the dry spell and also the virgin of my new banana rod, I switched back to hunting for the Rohus and Patins!

Reached, setup and my first bread hit the water at 4.30pm. My hopes of landing a fish diminished as the clock ticks by.....

1 hour passed and I did not even registered a bite. Was getting less and less hopeful when my banana rod suddenly gave the usual strong and fierce bend at 5.40 pm! The bend sent me rushing toward the rod........

Almost slipped down but managed to quickly regain back my position. Grabbed the rod and Yes!

Fish On!!!


Took 2-3 mins and the fish finally gave up...



Landed!


Rohu!


Finally broke my dry spell and the virgin of my banana rod.

Another fishy came to visit us at 6.10pm.

This time round passed the rod over to Chunxia.


Landed within 1-2 mins


Another Rohu!


Packed up at 7.30pm to catch South Korea Vs Greece!

I Lost Something................

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 2.30pm - 7pm
Bait: Tilapia
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Thunderstorm
Date: 16th May 2010 (Sun)

Got a take at ard 3.10pm. It was a Pacu est ard 7-8kg.
Managed to pump it to the side already when the leader burst.....

It was a pity to lose the fish.
Fish lost nevermind.

But I lost something else beside the fish.

Dun wish to blog further........

Finally A 2nd Place.....

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 9.30pm - 3am
Bait: Tilapia
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Strong Wind & Rain After 12am
Date: 14th May 2010 (Fri) - 15th May 2010 (Sat)

Started fishing at 9.30pm while waiting for Dewei, Jieying & Serene to join me.

The night started pretty slow. No bites for me at all. Neighbour managed to land one pretty small fish and that abt all.

In my mind, I was telling myself..."It gotta be another fishless day" But well fishing is not totally abt landing fishes only. Just relax and chill, I reminded myself...

I moved over to one of the shelter on my right at ard 11.30pm after the bunch of teenagers have left. 15 mins later the 3 of them finally reached.

Was reeling in my line to check on my bait when I found out that it was entangled with another angler's line...Was trying to clear the beehoon when suddenly the braided line that tangled with my leader got pulled and left 2 cuts on my fingers!

What the......!!! Lesson learnt... Always reel in all the line before you try to clear any beehoon!!!

Was chatting with Dewei when finally my rod gave a strong bend at ard 12.30am!!! When I grabbed my rod, I knew the bugger on the other end of the line is going to be give me a tough time.

I din even have the chance to strike and set the hook. My rod just kept bending and my reel kept screaming in pain! Tried several times to reel in but totally cant!

Few anglers on my left saw what was happening and immediately kept their lines out of the water. Thanks! Great sportsmanship displayed!

The bugger dashed towards my left and went further out to the middle of the pond. I tried to pump it whenever it stopped and gathered as much line back as possible. After 5 mins of fighting, it finally 'gave up' as I started to pump it back towards me.

Thought that the fight was over but I was wrong. My reel went singing again as this bugger went for another run away from me!!

My right arm was aching and in my mind I was worried that I might lose this bugger anytime too......

Finally......after another 5 mins of tug of war, I managed to pump it to the side of the wall. Gave a couple more pumps before it finally surfaced!!!

A Redtail Catfish!


Time to weigh this monster..


And it weigh 14.5kg which landed me in the 2nd place for the night competition


The head is big!


Finally, a picture of me and the beauty who helped me to win $50 FP voucher!