A New Spot With An Old Friend

Fished with Shawn this morning.

Knew him years ago during Mandai days.
Chatted frequently but rarely wet lines together.

Went to Spot Banana during first light but caught nothing.
Had a few topwater misses though...

Next, we went to scout a new spot.
Somewhere both of us have never went before.
Shall christen this new spot as: Roxy

After a long time of trekking, we bashed in.
Many fallen trees, thick vegetation and our one piece rods made it extremely challenging to navigate through the forest.
Especially when there are no tracks since this is a virgin spot.

After for what seems like an eternity, we finally reached the water.

Shawn played with his soft bodied plastics on 1/2oz jighead (as usual) while I tried a variety of hard bodied lures.

Chatted about many topics.
Our relatively new flats, latest gossip in our local fishing scene, fishing hardware and lures, etc.

After some time, he got a hit.
It was a good size temensis which managed to throw off his hook mere meters from land.
Pity...

After a few casts, he got another one again.
This time, it's landed:

Shawn's Cichla Temensis with his Megabass Ito Monoblock 100XR-L

Took this nice photo for him showing his catch with his nice gear.
Impressive tummy as well.    lol

Continued chatting and I felt a bite.
Set hook immediately and started a tug-of-war.

Fish jumped out of the water thrice shaking it's head violently.

Landed it and was happy to see it's a 3lb Peacock Bass.
The hump on it's head shows that it's a breeding male specimen.

3lb Peacock Bass

Duel Lipless Minnow 120F

Took a release video as well: