BACK INTO THE GAME

It's been a long time since I last went fishing due to my busy school schedule, leaving my set-up to collect dust at home until I finally found some free time to do some first light fishing few days ago. A thunderstorm went past hours before the trip and I thought it will be a good day, due to my experience on that particular waterhole, where bite-rate will significantly increase after a rain.
As expected, I can conclude that the trip was pretty decent, with numerous juveniles landed, along with a couple of 2lb-ers and a decent 4lb-er, not a bad result for a come-back trip.
Definitely expecting the my catch to improve, and with half a year gone, I have yet to achieve any of the target I have set for myself. So with my fingers crossed, hopefully my luck will turn in the second half of the year.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - YGK Nitlon FC 8lb
Lure - DUO Tetraworks Yurameki

Hit the lure right after it came unstuck from a rock. Reaction strike!

Size doesn't matter when it's a topwater strike.

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

Did some pond fishing for a change, rewarded with a small patin which pulled my set-up into the pond, was lucky to react quick enough to catch the flying rod.

Bad Luck strikes..

It's been some time since I last updated rhe blog, as I haven't been fishing much lately and dry-spells came one after another, making my "fishing year" a bad one so far.

Hopefully bad times will be gone soon (fingers crossed), while I share an old catch I just came across in my phone.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb

Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG

Line - YGL Nitlon FC 8lb

Lure DUO Realis Spinbait 80

Back in the Game!

Finally back to fishing after a month-long hiatus due to busy schedule. Here, I'm rewarded with this haruan caught on the usual suspect - Jackall Super Eruption Jr. However, fishing time for me will be reduced due to the upcoming internship programme which will "eat up" majority of my holidays.

Firm hook-set on this bugger.

Bye-bye 2014!

Just a late post on my last fish before I summed up 2014...
So I have not hit the waters for a month and finally managed to free up some time on the last day of 2014, so I thought why not try to land a >50cm butterfly peacock bass(a target I aim to achieve within 2014)? My decision proved right where I managed 4 bites, 2 of which are good-sized specimen >40cm. I lost the slightly bigger one, but managed to land the other to help me end off the year on a high. Oh well, I had to bring this target over to 2015 then...Talking about targets, my targets for 2015 would be - 1) Break my personal best record, 2) >50cm butterfly peacock bass 3) First adult toman.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - OSP High Pitcher

45cm specimen...currently my personal best in terms of length.

A smaller one to end off 2014.

Maximum effort, minimum reward

Exams are nearing and my kakis and I decided to head down for a final trip before the studying starts. So we headed to a secluded waterhole in an attempt to land a good-size bugger. However, it seems like it's turning out to be yet another "zero-day" until our hardwork of a good 30 minutes trek was rewarded with a small guy on my trusty spinnerbait. At least we had good company and a scenic location to fish at, which helps us to loosen or minds.

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza BFS 3-10lb

Reel- Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG

Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb

Lure - OSP High Pitcher (3/8oz.)

Quantity over quality

My fourth consecutive day fishing and I can safely say that my luck has finally returned, scoring me a good quantity of fish. The day started off well with a trio swiftly caught on the spy-baiting technique before things quieten down. However, a change of location brings the action back, where I chance upon a large school of juvenile cichla temensis that "welcome" me without any hesitation until the action died down within an hour and I moved on to the final location before ending the trip. Once again, a school of juvenile happens to be in the vicinity..where I took a couple of casts to track down their location and the fun begins. Like before, the bites slowed down after several specimen were landed and I decided that I had enough, ending off the day with a result of 10 fishes ranging from 1-2lb+...

Rod - Majorcraft Corzza 3-10lb
Reel - Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG
Line - Sufix Castable FC 8lb
Lure - DUO Realis Spinbait 80, DUO Tetraworks Perakko, DUO Tetraworks Toto Shad, Jackall Super Eruption Jr., OSP High Pitcher

Some of those being photo-ed.

One step closer

Lady Luck have not been smiling at me lately, until a few days ago where my luck finally took a turn, where I hit a nice-sized peacock bass close to the 50cm mark which I have been targeting all year. However, the fish came in at 42cm, still quite some distance away from my target, making me wonder what it could have been if I were to achieve second of 3 targets I set for myself this year. Oh well, at least on a bright side, I am one step closer to the target and hopefully I can make it before 2014 draws to and end in less than 2 months time.

Taken on the Jackall Super Eruption Jr. spinnerbait