Lure Fishing For The Win...!!!

Saturday 16.10.10

Went lure fishing at 8am with dzaki at jurong lake. Northern Promenade fishing ground. Not much fish around. Didn't get a bite, other anglers didn't get a bite too. Dzaki with his first time fishing got my yozuri popper stuck up a tree.. lol.. couldn't get it down. ouh well. let him use the extra skitter pop that i had. He also agreed on the difference in action and feel that the Rapala Skitter Pop has over the Yozuri Arms Popper.

Rapala 1 : other brands 0

Went for archery to help geraldine, her last training before the Pol-ite games. Super hot today, got my tan back.

Went to Pasir Ris for mini alumni BBQ.. went to the location early to try saltwater luring. Stood like ankle deep in the water luring and luring, playing with my X-rap. All around me the other anglers were using their mega long surf rods with prawn bait and their fancy looking mini light sticks attached to their rod tips and leader rigs. I just tried my luck. With me and my new luring rod, working the X-rap.

Alternated going back to the BBQ and going down to the beach. Great company that came down. Shi min, De rong, Ashley, Timothy, Rayson, Shwa Juan were the not-so-often-met.. Ryan, Kailin, Christine and Wai jack, i see them often during archery..

Ryan wanted to learn how to fish so I lent him my rod and off we were to the beach to fish.. So i thought him how to cast and play with the lure, to vary the reeling speed to attract the fish.. He was like skeptical on our fishing success coz of the other anglers around with their surf fishing gear. We were like Out gunned in fishing tackle terms..

There was a time where the lure got snagged close to shore on some rubbish.. ryan thought it was a bite, since the rod bent like crazy.. lol.. but it was no bite.. it was rubbish..

As the tide went out, i thought i saw small baitfishies.. so i asked ryan to cast along that certain area. and true enough.. after several casts.. very very close to the shoreline.. Ryan got a bite and a quick hookset.. We both were caught unawares coz it was so close to shore.. True to wat the people in the forum said. Wild sea bass or Barramundi put up a good fight. it was spectacular as the fish jumped out the water and fought but as it was too close to shore Ryan got it out quite fast..

Rapala 2 : other brands 0

A BARRAMUNDI..!! KIM BAK LOR..!! On a lure..!! while the others around me with their live bait didn't get anything..!! lol..!!

I can categorize it as beginner's luck but wat a luck..!! It's a barramundi..!! One of the most highly sought after saltwater fish on our shores..!! But the greatest achievement was that it was caught on a lure..!! This is the first time i got a fish on one of my lures..!! Very very impressed..!!

Lure Fishing FTW..!!

gonna fish with my Rapala X-rap more.. prolly buy other colours of it..

till then..

Tight Lines..!!