Monday, January 27, 2014

A trip to be remembered forever

Finally broke my dry-spell of 3 trips by this awesome trip. I didnt have much hope of getting fishes in quality or quantity, however, it proved that it was one of my most satisfying trip because I finally had a sense of relief after getting a nice 2-lber on my trusty D-Lure Explorer. Soon after, everything went quiet till the last hour. Desperate not to let the firt fish be my last for the trip, I started throwing out all sorts of lures to tempt the fishes. Fortunately, I had a strong instinct that topwater is the way to go, so I clipped on a rapala skitter pop and started popping it with pauses in between. This retrieve proved futile and I changed to an aggressive popping to imitate a feeding frenzy. This time, my effort was rewarded with yet another 2-lber to strike from close range. However, it failed to connect and it was not till the dying minutes that a smaller specimen decided to have a go on my popper. Thus, my 1st topwater fish was caught, ending my trip on a high note.

 First fish on topwater, set on rapala skitter pop. Difinitely unforgettable.
 Yet another one that fell victim to my trusty D-Lure Explorer.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Awesome start to the new year!!!

Firstly, a very happy new year to everyone....
I, myself had enjoyed a great start to this year with 2 4-lber cichla temensis on my first luring trip of the year.
This trip had also changed my views on the new "spy-baiting" technique through landing both fish by this fishing technique.

My set-up : 
Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
DUO Tetraworks Perakko




Felt great to achieve my 2013's target of landing a bass >50cm, despite being a few days late.
As for 2014's target, I would wanna challenge myself to land >10lb cichla temensis, >50cm butterfly peacock bass and >6lb giant snakehead. Hopefully I can achieve all this targets within 2014.


catches compilation 2013 (II)

It's a new year....but there;s still many pics of my catches from last year unposted. So here's all of the new catches from 2013 not in any particular order.

 Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
D-Lure Explorer

Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
D-Lure Explorer

 Santec ProPower
Shimano Alivio 2500
Berkley Nanofil 10lb
DUO Tetraworks Toto 48

Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Shimano Caenan 100
Powerpro 10lb
Rapala X-Rap 08

 Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
D-Lure Explorer

Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
Spin fly

Rapala Shadow 8-17lb
Abu Garcia REVO Premier (Gen. 3)
Powerpro 10lb
Spin fly