Deepavali Fishing - 8th Nov 2007
Today went to Jeram pay pond again. This time, it was Uncle Nelson, Uncle Tony, Reuben P, Ben Yee n myself.
When we reached the pond about 3pm, not many ppl there at all. Only 2 persons fishing. We had expected the place to be packed. We went in at 3.30pm. It was pretty quiet. Takde bites…
After approximately an hour, i got a gentle tug on the line… I put the bait just at the edge of the pond, only about 2-3ft away from me… It was definitely siakap! I let it pull a few more times, to let it swallow the bait properly, then… Whack! I had the siakap hooked on… The siakap fought well n leaped a few times…
After bout 20-30seconds of nice tug-o-war with the fish, Uncle Nelson helped me scoop it out! 1kg again… Exactly same size as yesterday’s siakap. Not bad! Belanak bait, 30lb line, 40lb leader.
That was the only fish we brought back. Reuben almost got fish twice. He fought with fish twice, n both times string putus… I told him! I told him can’t use his normal line at this pond! Dun wanna listen la! Waste his money only! He went in with a line that looked to be about 10-12lb only! I told him it would be sayang if he lost fish coz of his line putus but he said won’t… Now he knows dy la… At least 30lb line for saltwater pay ponds like this one… Haih… He lost 2 fish! First one seemed to fight like a jenahak, second one could’ve been anything… Possibly siakap or bawal, or even kerapu! We didn’t manage to see either one before the line putus…
Oh well… Hopefully lesson learnt there… I’m happy i came home with another siakap to put into the freezer. I think this weekend i’ll eat the first one with family… And the other, i’ll makan with the guys la. Kesian they all… Takde ikan langsung…
So… Not bad la… At least i caught a fish… My Deepavali fishing trip turned out to be not too bad after all.
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After fishing, came home…
Since the rest of family makan dinner dy, Mummy decided to deep fry the senangin i caught yesterday, for me to makan with maggi mee. So i had maggi soup with a side dish of a fried senangin. The fish was excellent! Aaah… Have to go back n get more fish!
Still waiting to get my first kerapu n bawal… n well… every other type of fish i haven’t caught… Haha.
Unfortunately, come Monday, i’ll begin my month of missions trips, might not be able to fish for the next one month. Hopefuly can go at least once after i return from SEALINK Conference in Pattaya, n before i leave for Chiang Mai/Rai…
Giler pancing dy! Giler pancing!
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