finally decided this morning to give it a go and clear some cobwebs from my head
took #1 along
had planned to go early but slept in and later went for breakfast
reached after noon
not a good move, since the fish are having their afternoon siesta
saw two guys pulling up fish after fish after fish
they were using their own bait mix
pacus, carps, just kept hauling them up ... dwindled down towards the evening
expected a large crowd or a crowd at the very least
lo and behold, we could count everyone there on two hands
not that i'm complaining ... much prefer it that way
had a bite that saw the rod move to the left .. line surged out
but retrieved it too slow .. was thinking the neighbours had snagged my line again
mainline snapped .. either a pacu or jelawat
we were finally rewarded around sixish
#1 needed a rebait and we were away from our spot .. tools were not with me
so i let him hang on to the starion 100+spiral wrapped daiwa strikeforce combo
as i was just about done with retying the leader and hook, he called out to me
couldn't see it from where i was standing but he was on to a fish all right
and he had the set up upside down !
set him right and we hung on as the fish ran repeatedly ... he wouldn't let go of the rod
despite not really knowing how to handle a BC set
finally netted the 3kg jelawat but dropped my phone into the sluice gate ... so no pix
broad, fat, thick .... thankfully the net fit
he didn't want to leave yet and we gave it a last go
again he was holding onto the rod ... an antares v2 + spiral wrapped vicious anglers combo
when a 1.5kg pacu took the line ... stronger runs and kept diving
#1 found it more difficult to handle a longer rod and different retrieve angle/distance
well, good way to end a fruitless afternoon
could've had some good pix of him and his 1st 3kg fish and pacu ... but for the phone
oh well, another day another time another session
