CM's Office Pond (14 Dec 2007)

1st haruan of the day. i estimated it to be around 800g. my reel, shimano slade 2500 which cost around rm100. line is 12lb no brand name mono.

bakau soft plastic lure which cost about rm1.33 a piece. it comes with a jig head and treble hook, but i have removed the treble to avoid sangkut.

2nd haruan, also using the BAKAU sp that looks like a baitfish

close-up of the haruan with the sp in its mouth

an even close up view of the haruan. with a single hook jighead, there was no problem in dislodging the hook from the haruan's mouth

took a few days off work to clear some outstanding stuffs and since i have managed to get the things out of the way, i went fishing today. i revisited the CM's Office Pond. the rain the night before caused the water to be murky but that did not deter me from fishing there from 8-11.30am. the first haruan was caught less than 15 minutes after i started casting. i saw the fish rise and hover a few inches below the surface. a few cast to the area using the newly bought BAKAU soft plastic minnow lure managed to entice the fella. the fish was landed safely and after a couple of snap shots, it was released back to it's habitat. then there was a long wait before the next fish. i moved around the pond, blind casting at "potential" places with both the BAKAU sp and also the yozuri banana boat lure but there were no takers. about an hour later, i saw another haruan rise near where i was casting. casting the yozuri lure, i tried to walk the dog over where the haruan was but, it did not attack the lure. after a few more cast with no result using the top water lure, i switched back to the BAKAU sp. immediately, there was a take on the lure and i had a solid hookup. after that, i decided to stick to the BAKAU sp only... and i also tried sight casting. meaning, when i see a haruan rise, i would cast over that location and bring my lure swimming right in front of the fella. i managed to get 2 more taps on the BAKAU sp using that technique however, the hookup was not solid and the fish managed to get away. BAKAU sp is cheap. RM5 for 3 nos. of 3inch sp... complete with jighear and a treble. i took out the treble cos the location i was fishing at, is full of weeds. the action of the lure when retrieved it really mimics that of a baitfish (eg. seluang, bilis etc).

an advise to newbies at fishing... the haruans at the cm pond is getting smarter so you must continue to change the presentation of your fishing style. my last trip there... i caught all the haruans on top water lures like popper and banana boat lure, however, today those did not work at all. another thing is, some of the haruan rises far out in the middle of the pond. so u need a proper setup of fishing tackle to win them over. so... invest some $ for some good fishing tackle.