Sunday First Light @ Spot Mozzy

Just got home from a good morning of snakehead hunting.

Went to Mozzy again with ZH.
Seems like this is turning out to be a weekly thing.
Or maybe until the heat dies down then we can consider venturing other common spots again.
PUB and Npark are still actively hunting down anglers who are fishing illegally even on weekends.

Those bastards......
When will they ever take time to really look into the cause?
When will they ever eliminate their double standards?
When will they ever learn their manners and communicate with other fellow human being with respect?

Answer is obvious: NEVER!

Anyway, enough of my endless ranting.
Shall write about the good stuff instead...

 

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Arrived outside Spot Mozzy before daybreak and took this pic while waiting for ZH.

 

 

 

Weather's looking good unlike the previous couple of times we were here.

Gentle breeze, clear sky, sudden icy cold wind, shadows darting in the woods, strange feeling of being watched, hairs standing on the back of my neck, etc.

 

It's a fine morning indeed!

ZH arrived and after gearing up, we started our long trek...

While on the long walk in, we chatted:
Superman movie,
Spiderman & Superman's similarities,
Why isn't he using a multiplier?
etc.

Blah Blah Blah until we reach the spot.

Clipped on my favorite lure and started casting to wherever there's signs of disturbance on the water.

Sometime later, I saw a trail of bubbles further in the tributary beside where I was standing.
I knew that it is a large fish swimming close to the riverbed which explains the bubble trail.

Cast way behind and cranked back my lure through where the bubbles were spotted.

Suddenly, a violent pull.
I striked and it's fish-on!

Heavy weight, forceful pull, wild dashes.
Hook was firmly set and it had no chance of escape.

ZH helped lip-grip the fish and it's indeed a large specimen.

Enjoy the pics:

 

Look at it's fearsome teeth!

 

 

Giant Snakehead 12lbs @ 90cm 

 

Boga reads 12lbs

 

Looking like a water serpent

Look at how long it is!

Released it after a series of photo rape.

Realised that this bugger bent 2 of the trebles on my lure and spent the next 5 minutes changing them.
Upsized the original hooks and the lure still swims enchantingly...

Continued casting and caught another one weighing at 7lbs:

 

Giant Snakehead @ 7lb

Released.

 

Next event is a rather unfortunate one...

Happened on me alot of times but this time, it's ZH's turn.

 

He got a hookup from the tributary:

ZH fighting the snakehead

Final pic of the runaway toman

 

ZH managed to reel the fish back and just when I was about to lip-grip it, the bugger struggled and pulled.
ZH tugged the fish back once more and when I proceeded to attempt gripping it again, it gave another wild headshake.

This time, it got lucky and freed itself from the hook!
Wtf $%#%%*(*;%

Sian....
If I knew, should have taken over ZH's rod, kick his ass into the water, and ask him to catch the snakehead with his barehands himself.

At least getting wet is better than losing a good size snakehead.
Shall do that next week if he catches one again...

Resumed casting with a strange guilty feeling...
Last week, I caught 2 snakeheads: 7lb & 10lb.
Today, I caught 2 again: 12lb & 7lb.

Although I have been here before, it was on the other end of the waterbody where it is not as productive.
ZH was the one who brought me to this particular spot.

Told myself will let him fight the next fish I catch and help him land it successfully.

Someone up there (or most likely down below) heard my promise and I felt a tug at the end of my line.
I set the hook hard, walked over to ZH, took his rod, shoved him mine and took out my phone capturing these pics below:

ZH fighting the fish with my setup

Reeling it in like a pro

Yet another fine specimen

A wide smile

My photography skill is improving!  lol

ZH offered to help me take a photo of me and the fish.
Somehow, it feels not right as I'm not the one who fought and reeled the fish in.
I only helped triggered the bite, the rest is his show.

So instead, I suggested we take a pic together:

 

 

Fair and square.

But again, something about this pic doesn't seem right...

It looks kinda gayish...  lol

 

I'M NOT GAY!

Maybe he is, but certainly not me.

 

I love you, Ling.

I love you, Boyboy.

 

 

I foul hooked a baby Soon Hock as well:

Poor thing...
When I threw it back into the water, it was still alive.
Hope it'll survive...

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Reached home, showered and washed my gears, turned on computer, blogged.

Then this monster came along:

 

Sitting there beside me smiling like a weird psychopath for the next 20 minutes...

 

 

 

 

A Beri Nuah Saturday

 

 

The Last of Us

Bought this game yesterday evening.
It's been such a long time since I've played any video games.

Not a bad one this is...
Creepy world with eerie music and sound effects are nicely done.
Story gets increasingly engaging despite the rather slow pace introduction chapter.

Highly recommended for gamers who digs games from the survival genre.

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Went to watch 'Superman: Man of Steel' with Ling.

Lunched at Sakae sushi at Tiong Bahru Plaza.

It lasts almost 2 1/2 hour, with a boring first hour.
Luckily, we got our money back with the remainder of the show.

After that, went Safra Mt Faber Kbox to finish up a remaining bottle given by Ling's Uncle B with Bro BT, his wife Pearl and their son Rainer. 

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Young girls these days are getting really wild...

Dressing, behavior, speech etc...

 

Was smoking outside Tiong Bahru Plaza earlier on and saw 3 of them chatting with ciggies between their fingers.

They couldn't be more than 18.

Dressed like Geylang prostitutes and I'm NOT exaggerating!

 

A gaming friend sent me this link: FHM Jamie Ang's nude pics

Stated at the time these pics were taken, she's only a 19 years old kid!

 

If I ever will have a daughter in future who turns out like this, I'll literally throw her out of my 39th floor window and castrate the photographer.

 

 

 

 

 

Or maybe I'm just a conservative and old-fashioned uncle...

Haizzzzz...............

 

 

Daiwa Ryoga 1016H Servicing Guide

I did this pictorial walkthrough on my facebook sometime back.

Here's the link: Daiwa Ryoga 1016H Servicing Guide.

Don't think anyone is following this blog but hope that it'll benefit someone out there...

Old Spot Revisited

2 Sundays ago, ZH suggested we go to Spot Mozzy.

Actually, I went Spot Mozzy a couple of times before...
A very dangerous and remote spot primarily occupied by Giant Snakeheads, aedes mosquitoes and snakes...

Left home at 5.45am and noticed lightning/thunders flashing every now and then while driving there.

Reached, ZH arrived soon after, hesitated going in because of the unfavorable weather.

In the end, we proceeded despite everything.

Rainbow

After the long trek through mud, bushes and forest, we reached the spot.

Super dark clouds but no rain came.

Sometime later, snapped this rainbow in the far distance.

Once, a good size snakehead leap out of the water striking my lure but missing it's target.

It had actually been hiding in the depth when it spotted my lure on the surface.

The sheer attacking speed and the angle of the climb from depth to surface caused it to jump clean above the surface.

First time I witnessed a Giant Snakehead leaping at such height!

Although no hookup, a spectacular acrobatic performance nonetheless...

Estimated to be a 7lbs specimen.

Switched to a pink surface cruiser, slow walked-the-dog on surface for awhile...

A huge splash and my rod starts bending.

Fought the fish for a short while with ZH looking excitedly.

Alas, it's violent headshake threw off my hook which was not set properly into it's jaws...

While on the other end, ZH had spotted some toman fries.

He cunningly cast his lure towards the fries repeatedly without me knowing.  lol

Soon after, he had a solid hookup from a mama guarding her fries.

Managed to land the fish after abit of drama as the terrain there is quite treacherous.

Results for that day:

Me: Zero

ZH: 6lb

ZH was all smiles after that... lol

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Last Sunday, we went to Spot Mozzy again.

While on my way there, lightning flashed repeatedly across the sky.
Deja vu...

Reached, ZH came soon after.
Started trekking in with disposable raincoats in our bags.

After we reached the spot, it started to rain heavily for a short while.
Put on our raincoats and continue casting in the thunderstorm.

No takes...

Rain stopped, no rainbow this time, took off our raincoats and resumed casting.

Spotted some bubbles near the opposite bank on the tributary beside me.
Often, when fishes swim too close to the riverbed, they will disturb the vegetation/structures beneath, releasing trapped tiny air pockets which will in turn, expose their position.

Casted towards the bubbles with sniper accuracy, gave a single hard twitch darting my 170mm minnow deeper into the water.

Fish attacked and pulled, I set the hook hard.
Solid hookup.

Landed the fish soon after.

Giant Snakehead @ 7lbs

Look at it's swollen tummy!

I noticed a 'lump' on it's tummy and realised that it's a pregnant mother!

Released it after some photos...

Almost straightaway, ZH shouted a toman sighting right in front of him.
He was standing about 10 meters on my left.

I looked at the water and was unable to see anything due to the strong wind.

ZH: THERE!!!
Me: Where???? Fries or what??
ZH: Saw it's head surfacing!
Me: But where??? Can't see!! Wind too strong!!

Anyway, I made a blind side-cast towards the direction that he was pointing.

Just as my lure hits the water, a violent take pulled my line.
I striked a few times immediately to ensure proper hookup.

From the strength of it's pull, I knew that it's a pretty big one.

Tug-of-war lasted awhile before I managed to guide it to a sloped hard ground where ZH assisted me to lip grip the fish and took some photos as well.

Giant Snakehead 80cm @ 10lbs

Released the fish and silently wonder when will my 16lbs ever come again?


The fight (thanks to ZH!):

Last pic was of me trying to 'steer' the fish away from some vegetation in the water.
Snakeheads tend to dive into weeds/branches in a last desperate attempt to free themselves.

Summary Pic

Score:
ZH: Zero
Me: 7lb, 10lb, thousands of unborn fries

While leaving, ZH brought me to another nearby spot where he caught his first belinda and introduced me to a new innovative fishing method.

Promised not to mock him and so, will not disclose his cock but effective method. lol

We ended our day after that.

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And this is my girlfriend's futile attempt to stop me when it started to rain heavily back at home.

My phone tapped into Malaysia's telco and I had it switched off.

Censored to protect spot and privacy  :p

She doesn't care even if I went womanising!!

Speechless................

New Fishing Buddy - ZH

3 weeks ago, through a popular local fishing forum, I managed to infiltrate a luring group using Whatsapp as their primary communications channel.

Anyway, I joined and often lurks around silently in the group waiting for them to reveal some secret freshwater spots.

On early morning when I just woke up prepping to go first light fishing, I saw their conversation from the previous night.
Someone is bringing a few others to his regular fishing spot.

I quickly called that chap and asked if I could join them.
He welcomed me and gave the meetup address.

Made my way there quickly and introduced ourselves.
A total of 5 anglers including myself.
There's also an irritating, dua kang (big hole) kid in his teens. Really cannot stand that kid...

Went to the spot and spotted a group of juvenile snakeheads (aka toman).
Juvenile tomans will have horizontal stripes on it's body.
When they reach this size, their parent/s would have left them but they will still remain with their 'siblings' and hunt. Very rarely the parent/s will remain protecting them at this late stage.

Giant Snakehead (aka Toman) at juvenile stage

I hookup one and quickly released it.

Changed to a much bigger lure and started casting towards the group of juveniles.

Big lure = Big hooks

Big hooks to ensure that the juveniles will not hook themselves even if they attacked my lure.

Wanted to try and see if the there's any adult toman guarding them or not, although chances are not high.

True enough, their parents have long left them.

After some time, we left that place.

I rarely spoke to the others.

My true agenda is not to socialise or make new friends.

I just wanted to know the location of that spot..... hehe.....

Still prefers fishing alone or with a close friend.

Before leaving, this big guy name ZH came up to me and we chatted.

He seemed like a decent mature girlfriend-fearing chap. lol

Suggested that we fish together the following Sunday at first light.

Since our weekly fishing time and duration matches, I agreed.

Went back home tired after the super long trek and long drive...

Blah Blah Blah

Let's start by updating bits and pieces I can still remember...

Bought these at 7seas Pro Shop, an online tackleshop based in Thailand.
They're cheaper although needs to pay extra for shipping charges.
Those IMA Sasuke on the left cost about $50 locally if I'm not wrong.
I paid for slightly over $30 each after Thai currency conversion.

Another weird species caught (although not on hook).
This poor thing hit my lure mid-air and got itself tangled in my braided line.
As it was still dark, I can only feel the hit but didn't know it was a bat until I reeled back my line.
Freed it after some photos and it took off as though nothing happened.
Glad to know that it's not harmed. Maybe just a little traumatised...



Found a new spot weeks before it suddenly turned legal.
Went there a few times a week to catch snakeheads.

Giant Snakehead 80cm @ 11lbs

Caught this good size specimen on my first recce trip there.

A few days after, Ling came along.

She's afraid of the struggling fish.

Here's another one on a different day.

Look at the price on these things.

Mind you, these are just mid-range line and lures.

Luring is an expensive hobby...

Bite marks just after one session (left).
Many lost snakeheads that day. It's difficult to hookup with surface cruisers...

Treble hook totally mangled and broken by huge Giant Snakehead (right).

I like this color!

Shimano Trinidad 14A

Sold this offshore reel after sitting it in my storeroom for ages.

Offshore just doesn't appeal to me anymore...

Daiwa Ryoga 1016H fitted with Rocket ABEC 7 bearings, RCS Carbon Crank & RCS EVA Power  knobs

Grabbed those RCS knobs at a great price!
Still waiting for Daiwa's SV spool to be launched sometime this June and my Ryoga tuning project will be completed.

Both 9lbs

Lucky morning with two 9lbs specimens landed consecutively!

A few days after...

Foul hooked some other species as well.

After a few weeks, the spot suddenly turned legal and attracted many baiters using live catfish as bait.

They managed to bag alot of Giant Snakeheads and Zebra Tilapias. Sad...

Another spot ruined by those fuckers...

Wrote in to Npark's Director:

Days later, this is the fucking stupid reply I received from them:

Giant Snakeheads are first discovered in Singapore in 1991 at Botanic garden's Swan Lake after a few swans mysteriously went missing.

Snakeheads have been in our local freshwater for at least 22 years already! 

Alien species my ass...

They certainly earned their citizenship after 2 decades living amongst us while keeping the dreaded tilapia population under control.

Today, I dare say that at least 70% of the fishes in our freshwater are 'alien'.

Then what? Kill and eradicate all of them?

Their reply is telling me indirectly that it's perfectly OKAY to have a lifeless pond since ALL the species in Kent Ridge Pond are non-native!

I seriously wonder how these people can be put in charge of our nature parks and it's wildlife...

And dragonflies... FYI, my grandmother's house in Malaysia has this dirty foul smelling drain behind which is teeming with dragonflies. Your facts are based on textbooks while mine is based on what I SEE with my own eyes and experience. Who are you trying to fool?

Really lost hope on our authorities... 

They are more concerned with getting jobs done to their superiors' expectation rather than their own conscience...

Anyway, the pond does not belong to me.

It belongs to Npark and they can do whatever they like to it.

Turn it into a fucking swamp if they want.

I'm not going back there anymore.

Seeing those baiters bagging the fishes disgust me to the max.

Maybe 1 or 2 fishes is okay but a bag full??

How the hell can they and their family finish everything?

This is only a small pond.

Fishes are getting bagged at a rate much faster than they can reproduce.

Enough with my ranting here.

Meant to post some recent updates but my blood boils up instantly while recalling this.

Fuckers........

Long Time No See

Whenever I wanted to write a new post, my previous entry about the sad demise of my dear grandpa will just take the mood away...

This explains my absence these few months.

Maybe I'll just turn this into a fishing blog.
Nothing else except fishing.

I don't know... Let's see how this blog will turn out.