Recce-ing new ground

Went to a new spot today and got a good start by hooking up a decent sized cichla temensis o my first few cast but only to lost it due to a bad hook-set. After that, it was dead quiet till I snagged a lure and decided to change to topwater for good. My decision was right which I hooked up a small one on my second cast, saving me from "zero". In conclusion, it's definitely a spot worth spending time to find out the feeding pattern of the fishes and hopefully can achieve this in the upcoming trips there.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - DUO Realis Popper 64

Something "new" besides fishing

Back to bettas and shrimp-keeping and made several "new signings" hoping to kick-start the collection.

The shrimps are already doing well, with a female recently giving birth to a batch of shrimplets, definitely looking forward to forming a massive "red-army" of fire red shrimps.

As for the bettas, the older ones are dying off slowly, so I got myself 2 new ones, hopefully I can find then a partner to get myself back to breeding.

PLAYGROUND DESTROYED

Exams coming to an end, so I finally could afford some time for fishing after 2 weeks of exam preparation. The recent trips I had were either zero or getting some pesky small fishes even though I'm fishing at a spot where I'm very confident of getting some decent-sized fishes. Seems like this place had changed alot since my first trip here, now, I could barely get a decent one, where they were so abundant here about 1 year ago. While fishing, it's really saddening to see several fish carcasses strewn on the ground, giving rise to think that the population had shrunk due to the baiters. Oh well, I guess it's time to find a new playground again.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - Luckycraft Pointer 78sp
Fish Arrow Flash J 3"

SLOW DAY STRIKES AGAIN!!

Normal service at Pandan legal ground resumes...with the only fish of the day in this teeny tiny peacock bass. oh well, nothing last forever, I already had expected this to come sooner or later. Guess it's time to give Pandan a rest, moreover it's not worthwhile to travel the distance just to be a "zero-fighter".

Set-up:
Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - Jackall Chubby Vibration

PANDAN FRENZY

Received news that Pandan Reservior Legal Fishing Deck was packed with fishes, so I decide to head down to have a look. True enough, when I reached the place,it was already many anglers and all of them were landing fishes consistently. As for me, I had to fish the "leftover" areas which were not as productive since the "good spots" were already too crowded for me to squeeze in. Fortunately, I still managed to land a total of 5 fish through the day and even landed my first walking catfish on lure. Not a bad day I suppose, since it's not a common thing for anglers to land >2 fishes there on normal ocassions.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb

Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG

Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb

Lure - Zman Minnowz

Another conned by the ever-reliable Zman Minnowz. You simply cant go wrong with it.

Valleyhill Airspeed 67S claimed another victim that had fell for the irresistable left-right twitches.

Go finesse and you are bound to hit fishes, sure enough proven by this small guy caught on the Rapala X-Rap Countdown 05.

One of the bigger ones landed that day.

Bet he's annoyed by the rattling of the DUO Realis Vibration 52.

Great to have a catfish to join the fun, creating a larger variety of catches being landed that day.

SHORT "ITCH-CURING" SESSION

Went for a quick session in the noon which turns out pretty disappointing, with only 3 small guys out to "welcome" me. All of them were set on my trusty Jackall Chubby Vibration, which on a more optimistic point of view, helps me build up more confidence on this lure.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - Jackall Chubby Vibration

TOPWATER DAY!!!

As usual, friday is dedicated to fishing, however, the day started out badly which I had to wait out a thunderstorm before heading to the usual spot. The trip started out very slowly, and it was not until I switched to my trusty popper that I managed to get several missed strikes. Throughout the day, I continued to get short strikes from whatever lures I used, but at least I managed to land 2 of them on topwater, making the day a tad better.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - Jackall SK-Pop

First fish of the day was a small one.

Ending the day with a decent 4lb-er which gives a good fight on BFS set-up.

Jackall SK-Pop, the lure of the day.