Seemed To Found A Sure-Fire Spot

But seriously, I don't wanna 100% confidently say this kind of things as sometimes later on, it may get disappointing. After that successful trip on Wednesday, I thought of giving it another try the next day. Thing was, I did see a lot of bait activities at that spot on Wednesday, and when I went back to check a theory I got told on a forum, the bloody baro pressure was increasing and quite high, around the 1020+ hPa range (don't asked me what is that pressure for!). Seemed quite true leh.. Plus, that day was quite overcast, and the water level was quite high, good covering of the snag structures I was fishing at. So on Thursday, the desired water level was gonna come one hour later. Wind though was a little blowy but I thought what the heck, maybe the trees behind me will shield me a little. Cannot think so much, time was precious for the tide and off I went.

Reached there a little later than Wednesday but the water level was not as high. Oh well, tried with a used 1/32 watermelon bm at the drain. 1st cast on halfway retrieve, got bites! Thought it might be toad so didn't bother to slow down. Upon near my feet, I saw a good size bream following the bm! Immediately stop the bm and give small twitch, the bream tried to eat it but hook not in mouth! Fwah, damn visual man! Let it sink and stop for some time and another twitch, the fish took it and I waited till my slack line moved before I gently strike. Argh!!!! Hook never set! Fish swam off liao... Spewing man!!! KNNBCCB!!! Me no skills man! Sianz...

Cast down towards the snag and then the inevitable happened, SANGKUT! (snagged) KNNBCCB!!!! I knew it's gonna be a shitty session for sure liao. Ok, time to try some HBs that hasn't gotten me bream yet. Put on the MegaBass Live-X Smolt and the casting of this lure is crap! To achieve far cast, have to get angle right and swing like hercules! On the first furthest cast, only a few cranks I got a take. Lousy fight ensued and this undersize bream was the first fish.

Well, at least this lure meant for bream has achieved objective. Few casts later, have yet another harrowing experience when it was lightly snagged but soon came out after few flicks.. phew.. (not so lucky for another lure, later on will say). Sick of the lure's casting and swimming action, I changed back to my newly-acquired-confidence lure, faded-bloodworm Squidgy wriggler! Yes, the water level by now is quite ideal and time to use the 'almost-destroyed' one from Wednesday! So bloody cheapskate! That's me lah! Applied more pizza smell on the 'chwee' plastic and cast lightly to the nearby structure. Registered some hits but no solid take leh. Put on more megastrike and then finally it works (think so). 1st bream at 28cm caught almost at 5pm which was quite dark already..

Put up quite a good fight, now I don't know why I seemed to like skull-dragging them with tight drag on 5lb leader, quite fun actually! Haha.. Chop chop curry pok take picture and continued hammering the same spot. Approximately 6 minutes later, bang! ON AGAIN.. This one fought slightly better, coming in at 29cm, what the?!

Not everyday sunday I guess.. Fwah, by the time I released that fish, it was quite dark, and the bites seemed to go off. Sianz... Stayed for another 30 minutes for missed strikes and only this hookup from an infant bream, which I'm surprised to catch it on the same wriggler!

I thought since it's so dark, they probably can't see this 'almost transparent' plastic. Well, maybe is the 'vibration' those 'pros' talked about when lures moved in the water for the fish to sense it? Hahahaha...

Everything must come in threes right? Yeah right, excuse! Yes, went for round 3 on Friday! But this unlucky day proved to be the work of Friday the 13th!!! Did the same ol' and arrived a bit more later than the previous day. Seemed to be left with less than an hour of daylight. Water was considerably low, but this time I tried the wriggler (new one this round, last one too destroyed, cannot stay on jighead anymore) at the drain 1st. Nothing. Then, the decision I regrettably made out of stupidity. I put on a Bassday Sugar Deep which I thought haven't caught a bream yet. But being a deep diver, it "shouldn't" be suitable for such low water. Never had this came across my mind, cast and cast and cast till SANGKUT!!! Thought it'll come out easy but NO! Whacked it too hard and 5lb leader broke at lure! Fwah... heart damn pain, totally no mood... I roughly remember where it got snagged and thought of coming back at low tide to retrieve. Anyway, since there already, fish lah, cannot let that unhappiness affect me. Proved correct, as I managed to land 5 breams and drop one.. Haha! But then, 4 were undersized except one which was 29cm. Wanted to take photo but camera played me up on this Friday the 13th! Sianz... really an unlucky day... But, but.. my lure-retrieving partner-in-crime (Chen) came with me at 2.15am low tide (0.26m) to try my luck at getting back the lure. Thank god, lure could be seen stuck on a protruding tree branch!!! Wore my waders and went out to get it. Shit, by the time I reached the tree branch, the mud was too soft and I sank till knee deep! I thought I was in trouble but slowly and surely I kick one leg at a time to get out. Scary shit! And the mud stinks like hell!!! Hope we don't get this kind of stupid thing happen again man!

Ronald