Meowfish

HongXiang from Lurefisher came to Singapore for his company's retreat at Pasir Ris Chalet.
He stays in Perak but is working at Johor Bahru.

We decided to go to Farmway 3's Paypond for some catching up.

Jason joined us although he never fished.
Chatted and joked around like kids.  lol

After setting up, I suddenly realised that I had carelessly left Joe unlocked which was parked just at the entrance of the pond.

Walked back out to lock it.

When returning back to my rod, they were shouting for me and I could see that Jason was fighting a fish with my rod.



Managed to take this rare photo of him with a baitcasting setup:

Rod was passed back to me and I proceeded to make hell for the fish:

Little did I know that I had hooked onto a massive one at the end of my line.

Turned out that it gave me hell instead.   haha

For every metre I retrieved, the fish easily took back 2/3 folds.

Many times, I could only held onto my rod helplessly as it peeled off line easily from my LIN's tight drag setting.

It was lucky that I had brought along a heavier setup.

Monster was eventually landed after what seemed like an eternity of tussling.

The pond's staff had problems bringing up the big cat and I had to help him with it.

One of the rules of the pond is that the fish must not be subjected to further stress and hence, no weighing of the catches are allowed.

It was almost as heavy as Ling!

Released the monster after some quick photos.

Next up, Rong's turn:

Another cat successfully landed by Rong.

Not to be outshined, Shawn caught the 3rd cat for the night:

I can see genuine bliss and happiness... lol

That's our guest for the night in the background: HongXiang.

Cat was eventually landed.

The cat just kept hissing loudly and opening/closing it's huge mouth repeatedly in protest.

It must be hating Shawn to the core... lolol

Although HongXiang didn't manage to catch anything and Jason was there for the company, I could tell that all of us truly enjoyed this gathering and had a wonderful time...