My first catch!

I finally got my first catch yesterday!

Was feeling the itch just to fish so I headed out to the nearby lake, Jurong lake to be precise, at about 6pm.

There's two jettys where one can fish from. Since I stayed quite near the lake, I just packed my gear and walked. It was a short 10 minute walk.

On reaching the jettys, there was a family doing some fishing as well. Since the first jetty was occupied, I headed out for the next one which was further away.

For this trip, I didn't have any bait as it was just a spur of the moment. What I ended up using was "roti prata", an indian fried bread. Got my rod out and setup quickly. I was casting soon but no luck for the first 20 minutes.

Then I noticed movement in the water, bubbles and ripples near the jetty itself. So instead of casting far, I just dropped my line near the jetty and proceeded to drag around the outer perimeter of the jetty.

5 minutes later I got a strong bite! It felt like my line was being sucked in. I let the fish pull on the line a little bit and then I was pulling back on my rod and reeling it in. It was a short fight but exciting nevertheless.

Laid the struggling fish on the jetty and unhooked it. And I took a photo of it with my handphone cam:




I think its a tilapia, about 6 inches in length.

I tried another 15 minutes but no bites at all. It was already 7+ in the evening and almost dark, so I packed and called it a day.

Ah I'm happy....