Broke virginity of new finesse rod

It's been a month since I got my last fish ...so I finaly can afford some time to do some luring, and jumped on this chance to break virgin of my new finesse rod - Rapala Kevyt 3-8lb. Firstly, I gotta say it's an awesome rod available at a very competitive price. More importantly is it's comfortable on the hands, lightweight and despite being an UL rod, it still has a good backbone to help you pull fishes out from those snags.
On this trip, I managed to land 4 peacocks with the biggest at 1.5lb. What I can say is the rod has yet to be pushed to it's limit, but still provide great fun to catch those smallies.

Rod - Rapala Kevyt 3-8lb

Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500

Line - Spiderwire Camo-braid 10lb

Lure - Valleyhill A

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Rod- Rapala Kevyt 3-8lb

Reel - Shimano Alivio 2500

Line - Spiderwire Camo-braid 10lb

Lure - Rapala UL Minnow 04

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.

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

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

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