Showing posts with label soft plastic swimbaits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soft plastic swimbaits. Show all posts

Thursday, December 20, 2007

beginner's luck @ CM's pond

one of the 2 tilapias that were caught on lure that day. this one was caught by me using mini berkley blade dancer. the other (no pix) was caught by chen using eupro upside-down top water lure.

my first and only haruan for the day. caught using BAKAU 2" softplastic swimbait. the haruan was about 500g. after posing for the camera, it was tagged and released.

the same haruan from another angle

another haruan (800g), caught using the same type of BAKAU lure, by the newbie

chiam (the newbie) proudly posing with his catch. the haruan was his first ever fish on lure.

chiam dislodging the hook from his second haruan. a 400g feisty fella. chiam put me and chen to shame as he was the only person to catch 2 haruans that day. i only managed to catch one while chen caught none.

with that kind of luck, i'm sure chiam will continue to fish for a long time to come

i have long believed in "beginner's luck" when it comes to fishing. many a times, i personally witness newbies at fishing either catching the most fish or catching the biggest fish of the day. today was no different. chen and me had made plans for a short fishing session at CM's pond today. i met chiam last night, during our regular badminton session and invited him to join, since i happened to know that chiam has started lure fishing quite recently and he has yet to catch any fish on lures. well, i'm sure he's glad he accepted the invitation for he put myself to shame by catching 2 haruans on lures and one of his haruan was the biggest caught during that session.

chiam, care to join me and chen to fish at kpg stoh sometime soon? we plan to go there to stock up on siakap aka barramundi aka kimbakloh, for the coming chinese new year.


Monday, December 17, 2007

an afternoon at stoh

casting at rambungan ferry ramp while waiting for the ferry to arrive

the first barramundi caught that day... in less than 3 minutes of casting, using soft plastic swimbaits. sp swimbaits out performed hardbody lures that afternoon. i attribute that to the realistic swimming action of the sp swimbait and its life like appearance

Location: Kpg Stoh, Rambungan, Lundu
Time: 2.30pm - 5.00pm
Fish: Siakap aka Barramundi
Style: Lure fishing. Soft Plastic Swimbait vs Hardbody lures
Tackle: Light Tackle
Results: Soft plastic won the day. Lost count on the number of fish. Hardbody lures 2 fish only.
Findings: Soft plastic swimbait lures did not last for long. Lost 1 and damged to 2. 1 was lost because the fish swam to some snags and my 12lb mono was cut. 2 SP the hook snapped!!!