Desperate Measures

It is really shitty weather for more than 2 weeks here in Sydney. Just looked at the forecast for next week and pretty much the same torture I had to endure. There are times when I thought it might be sign to head back to Singapore. Hard to find jobs makes it even tempting to think about it. One bloody night, as I couldn't stand it anymore, the wind was really mild and virtually non-existence, I went out to luring. Knowing that the sky was bloody red and the smell of fresh rain coming didn't really deter me from curing that itch. But it was damn cold, so I made sure I wore this really puffy Giordano jacket that I have which was really meant for snow areas. It kept me warm, but too bloody warm! Spot a beanie and off I went to capture a 2 meter tide.

The water was really damn high, almost reaching over the bank. Maybe it was the extra rainwater that had been dumped? Put on my gulp grub and on the 1st cast, got a small flattie. Alright, no more drought liao! But I was still not satisfied, cos' I wanted the reel to scream. Then the drizzles started but luckily the jacket was waterproof. Most of the time I would cast while standing under the trees. That jacket was really good, I don't really feel cold at all, and my fingerless glove helped to prevent frost-bite on my hands.

On one particular far cast, there was something that took the lure right on the drop. I didn't strike it but it was already peeling line at a steady pace. I kept the rod tension and could feel some headshakes. It would have easily taken 20m of line before the inevitable happened, the 4lb braid went limp! ARGHHHHHHH!!!!! KNNBCCB!!!! Gone! Wind back the line and the lure still there! Hook fell off or it was not hooked properly I supposed! Might be a jewfish after all these rains or maybe a big flathead, who knows?! Wah biang, spewing man!

Thought that was it, a crappy session for sure. The tide was starting to move and so I went to a favourite spot. Few casts later, kix began to go haywire. Fwah, orgase in a bloody cold night. Finally something to make this session worthwhile considering how wet I was already. Did 4 good solid runs and managed to lip grip this 36cm bream.

Then, to make this night not so spectacular, my stupid Sony digicam played up again! Sianz.. cannot take photo with a big bream sure make me pissed beyond pissed. No choice, used my Ericsson phone camera and took lousy still shots. No point mucking around with the digicam and let this poor bream lie on the concrete floor too long. As soon as I craddle it on the water surface, she took off immediately! Don't even have to revive it! Haha.. Continued for awhile more before the rain started pelting heavily that I decided enough is enough.

But lures not enough leh.. So recently, went on to bid for another LuckyCraft lure. It's a 2004 network members model which is called a "Small Versatile Minnow" at 48mm and 3.5g.

Kinda regret spending money on this lure but I guessed no more lure purchases liao, I'm gonna get broke if I continue doing this when I'm not working now. Period.

Ronald