tuesday, 2 january 2007 accepted an invite from a regular angling fren, john, to go fishing. the destination was ah kiong's pond, a semi-wild pond. armed with our fishing tackles, we arrived at the pond and started fishing by 3.30pm. weather was cloudy with intermitten showers. true anglers are not bothered by mild weathers. the order of the day was casting. my preferred lure was the mini berkley blade dancer, which has brought me great results in 2006. no takers on lures after more than an hour casting. frustrating is the feeling, to be able to see the channa straita (aka haruan, leihu) but cannot entice it to bite. took the next course of action, which is to do float fishing. as for bait, it was the small shrimp and rasboras that i managed to scoop up with a net that i brought along for the trip. few minutes after i placed my baited float, a havana cigar sized channa straita was cleanly hooked-up at the lips. a quick photo session and the fish was released back to the pond. john not wanting to miss out on the action rigged up and in a few minutes time, he also caught a small channa straita. later, it was my turn again to get the last channa straita for the day. it was a good feeling as i got my 2007 fishing to a reasonable start. "why?" you may ask. do stay tuned for the next update.
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