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


Saturday, October 5, 2013

LURE FISHING COMPILATION

It's been ages since i last updated the blog..
Soooo, I had more time for fishing and hence, able to get more catches..
Anyway, here's some of my catches compiled in 1 single post.

 Conned by the DUO Tetraworks Toto 48
 Victim of the same lure (DUO Tetraworks Toto 48)
 Caught on the ever-reliable DUO Realis Jerkbait 100sp
 My bro's first temensis on a Maria Fakebait F
A nice 2lb-er on Zerek Barra-X
 A nice 2lb specimen on my new rod, Rapala Shadow, first fish successfully landed on my D-lure Explorer as well...

 

UPDATE ON 5TH SPAWN (GRIZZLE)

soooo...here's the pics of the offspring of my 5th spawn..






Pics were taken when they were 2 months old

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

5th spawn, first of 2013

Update on new spawn...
it's been ages since my last spawn...until yesterday, my new grizzle spawn has hatched..
More updates coming soon, butt for now i only had photos of the pair.

Father


Mother


COMPILATION OF FISHING CATCH

It's been a looong time since i updated this blog.
Since my last post, I have caught a number of new species on lure - peacock bass and soon hock, while oso breaking my personal record numerous times.
Without further ado, let the pictures do the talking :)

Rod - Rodford ATOM 6-12lb
reel - DAIWA Sweepfire 2000
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Lure - Valleyhill Airmark 67s


Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Bait - Bread


 My personal record peacock bass, weighing 2lbs...still  some distance away from my target 4lbs.

Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Bait - Live goldfish
 Fish 2
Rod - Rodford ATOM 6-12lb
Reel - DAIWA Sweepfire 2000
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Lure - Zman minnowz


 Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Bait - Live goldfish


 Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Lure - STORM Gomoku microjig


Rod - Rodford ATOM 6-12lb
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Bait - Live goldfish


 Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Lure - Sealand Microjig


Now.....my time for my most expensive catch, a 1lb soon hock (marbled goby) on my 2nd cast..REAAALLLYYY LUCKY INDEED

 Rod - Santec ProPower
Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500
Line - Berkley Nanofil 10lb
Lure - STORM Gomoku microjig



This small guy may be a delicacy, but i could not bear to bag him....so there he goes, back to where he belong.