3 of us took a short trip down south to check out a small lake. We reached around 5.30pm. This beautiful place was found along a roadside, so it was very convenient for us to park. We walked down a small slope and found ourselves on a rocky bank. In front of us lies a beautiful lake with brackish water, water lilies and water grass the the left and right.
We couldn't find earthworms for live bait, so we just headed out with artificial lures. I didn't bring one bit of gear, so I borrowed one from my BIL.
We tried on the left side using spinners but couldn't get any bite. It looks all too quiet. The skies were overcast and the temperature was not too warm. I was afraid either it was too cold or there just no fish here.
We decided to move to the right to try our luck. I changed to a small popper. My BIL got most of his lures from a discount bin. So this small popper costs about RM3.00! My first cast, I had to adjust to the weight of the lure and the rod to get the correct action (which I saw from youtube). The 2nd cast was way off the mark (I wanted to aim nearer the water lilies). My 3rd cast, was also off, but after a few pops...WHAM!!! A bright flash of yellow and suddenly my medium soft rod was bent over double!!!
When the quarry was finally landed, it was a beautiful yellow green and black Toman! I just couldn't believe my eyes. It was just beautiful. My first fish on a lure. I don't have a pic of its teeth, but I didn't regret putting on wire leaders.
1. Holding on to the popper. Popper lure: RM3.00, Experience: Priceless.
2. Putting it into a bucket. We released all of them back into the lake after that.
3. Another shot of it before back into the lake. Notice the horizontal stripes of yellow, green and black?
4. This one was caught by my BIL on a shallow shad profile lure. Lure price: RM8.00, Experience: Priceless.
It just took us 30 min of fishing to land these 2 fishes. Bear in mind we did it from the shore.
Ah...a dream come true for all of us that day.
We couldn't find earthworms for live bait, so we just headed out with artificial lures. I didn't bring one bit of gear, so I borrowed one from my BIL.
We tried on the left side using spinners but couldn't get any bite. It looks all too quiet. The skies were overcast and the temperature was not too warm. I was afraid either it was too cold or there just no fish here.
We decided to move to the right to try our luck. I changed to a small popper. My BIL got most of his lures from a discount bin. So this small popper costs about RM3.00! My first cast, I had to adjust to the weight of the lure and the rod to get the correct action (which I saw from youtube). The 2nd cast was way off the mark (I wanted to aim nearer the water lilies). My 3rd cast, was also off, but after a few pops...WHAM!!! A bright flash of yellow and suddenly my medium soft rod was bent over double!!!
When the quarry was finally landed, it was a beautiful yellow green and black Toman! I just couldn't believe my eyes. It was just beautiful. My first fish on a lure. I don't have a pic of its teeth, but I didn't regret putting on wire leaders.
1. Holding on to the popper. Popper lure: RM3.00, Experience: Priceless.
2. Putting it into a bucket. We released all of them back into the lake after that.
3. Another shot of it before back into the lake. Notice the horizontal stripes of yellow, green and black?
4. This one was caught by my BIL on a shallow shad profile lure. Lure price: RM8.00, Experience: Priceless.It just took us 30 min of fishing to land these 2 fishes. Bear in mind we did it from the shore.
Ah...a dream come true for all of us that day.
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