Decided to pay a visit to the pond since we had a productive time previously.. They've changed the water for the pond because about 1 week already and it was drizzling when i was on my way there at about 8pm from sifu's place.
Reached and proceeded to get ready with our gears and check in at 8.20pm.. lots of people checking out empty handed.. i counted about 4 anglers coming out empty handed.. looks like fish is not biting.. i told my sifu.. "how.. fish not biting" he said "Since we're here.. check in only la"
Okie lor.. checked in and used my newly bought lemax President Royal 6 feet 8-17lbs test rod for the opening ceremony..
Rod : Lemax President Royal 6 feet
Reel : Ryobi Excia 4000
Line : Power Pro 30lbs
Leader : 50lbs Berkley Varnish flurocarbon leader
Hook : Kantuki Chinu size 1
Weight : size 2 1/2 sliding sinker.
After a few cast.. still no bites.. look around the pond and observed not much action around the pond. Then a guy beside me landed a Mangrove Jack on the float setup.. i looked at his catch and wonder to myself.. why no fish bite my line one? Just as i finish having the thought i reeled in my line little but little and it got stuck to something, lift up my rod and my rod bend into a "U" shape and line stripping out from my reel and reel screaming.. a hook up.. the fight fought very hard and after that the next trouble is we didn't bring a landing net.. so its kinda hard to land without a landing net.. then my sifu bend down and pull up the fish for me.. ahhh.. sigh of relief.. hehe..
A nice Mangrove Jack size 1.3kg .. didn't took the pic of the fish at that time cause hands is dirty from the baits and saltwater..
Then coming into the 2nd hour.. a few fishes landed here and there and i saw people using dead baits (kembong, selar, dead prawns) and scoring. Then i changed to a dead prawn and cast as far as i can possibly reach to the sangkar (fish net) and it landed below the fish net hehehe.. smiling as the cast is very good and waited.. as i waited and waited.. no bites and its already 1 1/2 hours through the fishing time d.. then as i was talking to my sifu i said "how come no fish bite my bait one.. "hhehe.. true enough as i pull in the line to check, the fish also pulled hehehe.. after some fight.. landed a 1.5kg Golden Snapper..
Overall i would say this is a very Good opening ceremony trip for my new 6ft Lemax President Rod.
The ever so strong Ang Cho (Golden Snapper)
Total Catches for 3 hours
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sealion Part 2
Friday, June 27, 2008
Jamaican Interview
A Jamaican man wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test. Here is your first question, the foreman said, "Without using numbers, represent the number 9." "Without numbers?" The Jamaican says, "Dat is easy." And proceeds to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Jamaican.
"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
The Jamaican stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?"
"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99.
" The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Jamaican, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100."
The Jamaican stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred."
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!" The Jamaican leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog come along and crap by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which makes one hundred." "So, when I start?"
Monday, June 23, 2008
Fishing in Sealion on 21/06/2008
On my way to sealion at about 2.50 pm from my sifu's place in klang.. it rained super heavily.. so heavy that i hardly can see the road.. but lights were on and container lorries paving the way through the puddles of water on the road. Arrived at sealion at about 3pm. Bought baits, checked in and it was drizzling still.. went to the booth that don't have people and "park" there. Lines cast everywhere but no bites registered.
About 1 hour later.. also no bites as i've shifted places about 3 - 4 times.. tried all kinds of method.. casting, bottom and mid water.. but still no bites.. but there is a particular corner which is registering bites non stop.. but there are about 10 anglers there.. typical pasar malam situation when bites and fish landed.
Didn't produce any results as well until my sifu saw his friend.. he took my sifu's rod and he tested and tried a few places.. finally the pasar malam crowd subsided and there is a lil room to fish there.. learned a few methods by observing but i still didn't get any bites.. he got a 1st fish after about 15 minutes locating the fishes.. the next fish up in 10 minutes.. i was thinking.. damn this guy is damn good.. (heard from the people there that the boss actually pay him RM 50 so he would not fish) he's damn good.. total he fished for us for about 2 hours.. 8 hook ups.. 5 landed and 3 escaped (due to jealous ppl.. line sangkut... let go line la.. still wanna fight and though it was him that kena fish.. typical kiasu ma chan's there) 1 hook straightened and the other leader snapped..
For me still no bited yet after he registered his 3rd fish.. then his friend took my rod and tested for me.. took some dead prawns and in 15 minutes.. he registered a nibble.. after that.. he striked hard and it put my lemax black panther 6 feet rod and reel to the ultimate test.. the rod bend like a "U" shape and reel drag locked as he reel the fish in.. landed a Mangrove Jack about 1.5 kg..
This ordeal repeated for 2 more times and it was time for them to go off.. passed the rod back to me and my sifu.. time shows that fishing is already at about 3 1/2 hours and left us with 30 minutes to try and learn his method.. During this time.. i didn't realised that my drag was locked.. i registered a bite and i waited for about 3 seconds and i gave a hard jerk.. hook up but not landed.. fish lost due to hook up too early and fish lost while struggling to get free.. tried again after 10 minutes and a bite is detected and allow the fish some time to enjoy the fresh prawn on the end of the hook and saw my line moving.. a sign of fish swollowed and strike.. hook up and landed a 2kg ang cho.. all in all its a fun learning time.. the best part is .. fishes landed is with our rod, reel, line, leader, hooks, sinker and prawns.. all ours.. just the skill from them.. so proven that rod and reel is fine only our skill is not up to par..
so back to the drawing board.. have to learn to cast to the designated spot with light baits on the end of the line.. learn timing to retrieve the line.. when bites registered.. dun "kan cheong" and wait.. the longer you wait.. the higher the chances of hook up cause the fill will swollow the hook by then..
strong leader and a good rod about 7 feet with long but for fighting power and fish handling is required.. the power comes from the forearm when handling the fish.. not the wrist.. i've learn alot during this outing and it was wet (raining) fun (scooping the fish with net) and experience.. never before i brought fish as we were walking out to the counter everybody that was fishing there jaw dropped as i was holding 9 fish at the end of the lines...
What a fun experience..
Golden Snapper Top view
Fishes
A pompano
Total catch for 4 hours
A Mangrove Jack getting ready to bee cooked.
