Too Much Sunburns!

Catch Report 11/10/2006

The day before I asked Chen if he wanted to lure today's morning and obviously his itch is there and a yes was in order. It's been quite sometime since we get out for a quicky just before work and somehow from fishraider forum, someone had posted a good session being held there and so a drive was made to Hen & Chicken Bay's drain.

We got there quite late as the highest tide still had about 3 hours before reaching it but nonetheless I started with my only SX48. On my 2nd cast at the infamous snaggy drain, it got snag even though I was cranking slow and steady! Damn, there was no way to free my modified lure and so as you'll expect, my inflatable boat was used again. Put it out at one of the steps and I was so careful to get on board as not to rub the exterior against the oyster crusted banks. Anyway, I paddled out and it was damn tiring. Held onto my line while Chen grabbed my rod, I twitch it 90 degree upwards and it got freed. To my amazement, the treble held onto a leader of another snagged soft plastic which was rusting big time. Who cares, and I paddled back to the steps becoming more tiring! Disembarking had more drama than embarking but still managed to get out dry which was good. Stupid inflatable, it got soft again and definitely it was a defective product. I'm so gonna try and get an exchange or something.

Moved away from the drain and kept on with the SX. Had a bream followed it to the bank and took a mouth of it but alas, no hookup! Continued with it with 2 more touches but nothing. Found out that small little breams seems to be very cautious when trying to attack a lure, pretty frustrating stuffs! Well, feel like jumping to the highlight of the day and that is a super good run from a 35cm bream which Chen was right beside me hearing the drag sound of my Caldia Kix sang for a solid 5 seconds.

It took a camo sandworm rigged on a 1/0 Gamakatsu jighead that Chen helped me buy from ebay. I also used the new fluorocarbon line (Yamatoyo Famell) today and seems quite alright. The whole session resulted in 3 flatheads of 39, 41 and 43cm as well as a 25cm bream before we call it off.

We didn't realised that the sun was pretty strong and I felt burnt after we came back, which makes us kinda tired and sleepy very typical of being under the sun for quite sometime.

Ronald