Finally A PB At Playground

Can't believe it, I'm actually blogging now when I'm about to leave for work at Myer?! Anyway, sort of got up early this morning for no apparent reason whatsoever but I know I'm gonna be really smashed at work since it's 8 hours straight! Finally I got my dear ol' civic back! Yeyyyyy!!!! Got it back from my usual Ipoh (malaysian) mechanic on Saturday morning and sort of scam him a little.. hehe.. Well, the story goes as in he charged me for the stupid body work before he could passed my car inspection for rego. Then he thought he had given me the pink slip but I told him not yet. So he went on to write me one and whilst he was busy talking to a customer, he passed me the papers and went on to bid me farewell! Ha, saved me 30 bucks! With the car back, I asked Chen if he wants to fish the outgoing tide during evening as I had to work at Myer that day and he agreed. Not entirely a good session but at least the both of us caught some fishes to cure our itch after not being able to fish frequently ever since civic was out of action. I compiled the pics in the flash file.

Had to work on Sunday for like 5 hours and had a fuctup day with politics in play. Saw my name in the break sheet for lunch and I thought, shweet! Went for like a 45mins break and came back to get screwed by an old chick who just happens to be a senior casual, WTF?! She says I wasn't supposed to go for lunch with only a 5 hours shift. But the real thing that pissed me off was because I told an old Malaysian man (casual as well) that I'm going for lunch and he asked if my name was in the sheet and I told him yes. He then got jealous when he found out my shift was only 5 hours, so he went to 'report' me to that old cunt and that's how I got screwed. KNNBCCB that old fuck has officially pissed me off. I thought out of respect I've always helped him in favours at work but now he has crossed my path that old fucker. Didn't really give a shit and anyways used that excuse to go for a fish down at playground again.. hehe.. Caught a smallie on the bloodworm wriggler and on the next cast, had a bust off! Plastic and jighead gone and the leader was chaffed, must have been a tailor. Scored smallies on the Tango after dark and that was about it.

It was my day off on Monday and there were heaps of stuffs I need to settle for that temporary visa I'm applying after my current one ends. Seeing that the wind was quite mild and the direction suited quite a few spots, I went on a last minute decision to Le Montage. Weird thing about that spot now is that even on a 1.5m high tide, the banks are getting flooded! Was only fishing there for like 30mins and later on the bank was covered in water. Was trying out my new Tango for few half-hearted hits and jigging Gulp grub for dismal results. Scored a flattie on a gulp worm though. Felt that I didn't really get my fix and so went to Glebe to have a look-see. Wind was ok and quickly casted a worm. First cast and I've already got ferocious hits but no hookup. The second cast changed my perception of this nearby playground. With sideway winds and a 1.09g modded head, it wasn't what I thought would be able to get fish on the drop. Well, it did just that. My usual pause before any retrieve was met with a funny tug and there it was, already hooked up. It made the 1st panic dash and I thought that's the usual deal with smaller ones. Then things got interesting when I could feel the resistance and that menacing slow but steady run of approx 3secs. 3 seconds might sound like a short time but for an angler chasing a particular specie that had a size which matters, it was considered a good fish. And there it goes, behaving exactly the same as the best flathead fight I've ever encounter recently at the same place. So I thought it might be another same flattie but as I managed to coax the bugger nearer, it was a bream, and a big one! Landing fish at this spot is a pain-in-the-ass, as there aren't any steps available and thus stunts had to be performed. No dramas whatsoever in lip-gripping and it was that "What a feeling" (Toyota commercial) that I haven't felt for a nong-nong time!

38cm of quite a chunk of bream. Things got interesting while trying to release this bugger. As a responsible (yeah right) catch-n-release angler, I wouldn't usually take too long to put it back but when you're self-timing the camera, it might sometimes take awhile. Still, all those previous breams never posed any dramas before. However, this bugger proved otherwise. Whilst finishing with the photo taking, it seemed pretty lifeless to me at first, but then I just went down the banks and put it gently into the water. No sign of tail action or fins slapping and it got me worried. But the gills were flapping and I thought just hang on there for awhile more before letting the fish go. It didn't and after about 5 minutes, I craddle the fish up and went to seek advice from another angler who was rigging up. He just told me to push the fish forward and backwards to try and revive and that's about it, and lamented that he wouldn't eat fish from here! Ha! Well, I told him I wouldn't either. Oh well, I did the thing he told me previously before and so just gave it a go again. Stucked there with the fish for another 5mins before it showed some signs of tail action and I gently let it go. It swam a little before floating up again and by now, it was quite far and I can't reach for it. Got me a little disheartened at first but I had confidence it will move off eventually and with another 2mins or so, it finally disappeared slowly into the depths. Phew! What a relieve! Anyways, continued for awhile more with a few more smallies caught and it didn't seemed to make the nearby angler too pleased. He did managed one before calling quits when out of the sudden, I didn't see him, probably pissed? Then, my expensive nitro head got snagged and whilst trying to free it and to no avail, I decided to break the leader. Stupid Yamatoyo line broke instead and I lost quite a lot of line! KNNBCCB!!! 3 words... DON'T BUY IT!

Compilations of various captures over the three days at playground:

Ronald