First fish on lure 061105

The past fishing trips have been really rotten so I didn't really bother to post pics and write about it.

started making my way to Lower Seletar Reservoir at the crack of dawn. Left the house at about 6.15am so as to reach the reservoir by around 7.15am. As soon as I stepped out of the house, the wind was blowing hard and pretty soon, as I expected, it started to rain like hell. I thought to myself, "awwwww, I wanna fish, I wanna fish!!! Please god, don't let it rain." boarded the MRT and off I went. While I was on the MRT, the weather wasn't so bad. But when I was a few stops away from my destination, it started to drizzle. NOOOO!!!

Finally reached the jetty. Samuel was already there under the shelter. We waited until it was just drizzling and the fishing begun.

Within about 40 casts, a small Peacock Bass atttacked my lure but just took a nibble. SIGH. We lured at the jetty for about 1.5hours before I finally persuaded Samuel to move on to the other side.

We reached the other side and started casting. I had a really good feeling that I was gonna catch something. And I was right. Within about 30 casts, I hooked on to a fish. It was a TOMAN!! Sadly, because I didn't set the hook properly, it got away. Again talking to myself, "Damn, my only chance to catch my first fish on lure and I blew it...Big time." With my hopes not lost yet, I resumed fishing with a positive attitude. And within 20 more casts, I was rewarded with a handsome Peacock Bass which really made my day. My first fish on lure! I fought it for close to about a minute before I subdued it. Lip gripped the bass, took a few photos and released to fight another day.......With me! haha. After a few more casts, I hooked on another Peacock. But probably because I didn't set the hook properly, once it jumped, the hook came loose.
Maybe I should learn from those Japanese lurers. When a fish bites, the strike like it's nobody's business. Haha.

We were about to end the fishing trip when Sam wanted to try out my Dead Float lure. So we exchanged. He lent me his River2Sea Humbug. In about 4 casts, I heard Sam saying, "Tio, tio!!"
I looked over to his side, rod bending hard, and could see him really in fast. According to him, the toman managed to strip a bit of his line. I thought to myself, "Wah basket, use my lure to catch fish." Haha.

Overall, I was quite happy that an overfished reservoir can still produce quite fantastic results.