So the weekend is over and I did catch me some fish but it was not how I had intended it to be...
I had planned to ride on Saturday afternoon (after work) in search of fishing spots but my tummy had other plan...so I had to make a de-tour home for a supposedly quick pit stop....
It was a very hot day...very hot that once you're indoor, it is hard to imagine going back out...especially on a bike...
So I decided to wait for the temperature is bearable before riding, I was planning to ride towards Ijok near Kuala Selangor. I remember someone told me that the many lakes (formerly mines) there harbour lots of Giant Snakehead.
As the temperature started to cool down a bit, I suit up and was ready to go when my wife told me that she had a craving for steamed siakap...my son followed this up with the most dramatic plea to come along...let me tell you this...no matter how tough you are....requests from wife and plea from your kids will render all that toughness useless....
Reluctantly I accepted defeat and to avoid listening to more pleading...move all my gears into the car and off we go to Jugra RM3 Siakap Pond...
It was already 6pm when I reached the pond, there was about 8 other people fishing and a quick conversation with the pond owner reveal that there was a party like atmosphere in the morning. The pond had remained closed for roughly a month during Ramadan and was only re-open earlier in the day. They had released a little over 2 tonnes of fish 5 days earlier and the catch rate was very high.
I started with my trusted green colored Storm Flutterstick Madflash 7g and my first cast was immediately taken as the lure hits the water. With my first catch safely landed, it's time to change lure...
This time I wanted to test if a very cheap lure can get a strike. It was a tiny Bakau lure in white and red colour with both the treble hooks discarded in favour of Owner single hooks. The first 2 cast yields no strike but the 3rd cast towards a wooden structure near the corner or the pond results in a violent eruption on the water surface. A good size siakap has taken the lure and made a quick burst of speed toards the far end of the pond. With 2 catch safely landed, I handed the rod to my son and change the lure to a white SP Grubs...the most reliable of artificial lures...
He went on to catch another 4 siakap before we call it a day...in just approximately an hour of fishing. In total, we landed 6 siakap and 2 of them went into the steamer for our dinner that day...
My son was happy and now his sisters are demanding to be taken on a trip also....but the most important thing is we had a great time and a wonderful dinner together...
My son with the 6 siakap we landed in Jugra
Ride On...Fish On...(errr...but sometime you need to drive rather then ride...hahaha...)
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