2 biggies in a night, WELL DONE!!!

Mr Tan (SWO Tan) is a regular at the prawn pond at Pasir Ris Town Park.

Yesterday evening, Mr Tan showed his 'power'!!!

He landed two pretty decent ones and straightaway I heard, " Looks like we need the wasabi soon..." (stomach groaling...)

*stomach growling...*

TATOO shrimp?

Check this out!!!

A shrimp with tatoo... what the...?

Pretty nice though...

Big shrimps in a tank...

Yesterday afternoon, the shrimp supplier arrived at about 3pm.

After unloading the small-medium shrimps... the next ones were the biggies.

Biggies... not really that giant lah but good enough to stir some 'shit' and 'noise' types... (LOL)

Seeing is believeing.

I am officially known as 'UNCLE' already...

About 2hrs ago, my dear sister just gave birth to her very first child. A baby boy!!!

With this... I have a new title too... which is....

"UNCLE"

Oh my goodness... I am getting old already...

I'll try to catch some photos of this new little baby boy to show here. Stay tuned...

I am going to examine closely... as this new infant is going to call me uncle in the future...

"Uncle........"

NIGHTMARE!!!

LOL

Angel :BUAHAHAHAHA!!! Uncle Edward Pian Xiao Mei Mei Wo...

"Ronald, hurry up! Lala(s) waiting for us! Are you done yet?"

Yesterday, we have a new staff. FOC somemore...

His name is Ronald (MacDonald???)

Oh well, this kid did well in his first day and really well...

We actually spent more time taking care of him than carrying out our daily task... but we had fun!!!

"Ronald, get me the trash bag quick....."

"Ok, coming... can i have a glove too?"

"What for?"

"To handle the dead prawns lor."

"....."

Nice trout from Finland

My dear friend Arto (from Finland) sent me some nice pictures in regards to his fishing adventures back in his country.

This trout is really beautiful...

*drool*

Lala Adventure

Eversince I have resigned from JAAS Recreations Pte Ltd, I seemed to have alot of free time.

Everyday I am cracking my head with Ee thinking about how to spend time in the afternoon.

After the whitings' adventure, we had decided to hop onto 'lala adventure'.

Upon reaching the river, we were pretty skeptical. We went around the place and discovered 4 guys were wading in the middle of the river... (drain I suppose). We asked one of them politely and to our surprise 'lala' does exist in this river!!! BINGO!!!

We dug half a pail of 'gems' back to the pond. First thing first, we got ourself a bag of salt and a pail of water. We unloaded all our 'gems' into the prawn nets and then into the pail. The de-sand process began.....

We had a plate for dinner... (fried with chilli sauce, not very good leh..)

We had another 2 more plates for supper... 2 more plates!!!

(BBQ style, served with lemons. Heavenly!!!)

While we were enjoying ourselves with our catch, anglers were also enjoying their catch too.

Lala and prawns... irresistible...

Hmmm... I wonder what's up next???
*scratching head*

Angel: ..... ... . .... So much for comforting me hor... -__-
You and Ah Ee running around like small boys... hiaz... *shake head...*

Whitings for dinner?

Hmmm.... it has been a long while since I fished for whitings. My friend and I suddenly decided to give it a shot and got our other two friends involved too.

For less than an hour of fishing, we decided to leave after catching enough for dinner.

Back at the pond, I cleaned the whitings with Ee's help.

Then we sent the 'remains' to the restaurant... and walau... the whitings tasted so good!!!

I believe we will be on our next trip soon. Whitings!!! Red alert!!!

PSP, finally...

After much hestitation, consideration, and whatever '*ation', I have decided to grab a PSP.

Yes, I am a Sony fan... or you could call me a Sony freak... I admit I am.

PSP, welcome to the family.

Stay tuned. I have another new toy in my pocket now too but I just didnt have time to blog about it after almost a month.

It is time to test my other new toy in the water soon... Tiemco Infante (blue). Somehow or rather, I could feel that my other Tiemco Infante (pearl) is getting jealous... (Angel, "The pearl one is mine! Mine mine mine!!!")

Now I am having a headache too... should I get a Ross Evolution Zero to go with this blue thing? I wonder..........

I will be flying* soon.

*flyfishing actually

*winked*

Angel: Hey! I thought the blue one is mine???? The PSP will be mine too~!!! Muahaha! Then I'll bring it back to Perth! YAY~!

I caught a grouper!!!

I caught a grouper at the main pond today.

Too bad it was after the weigh-in time and this big fellow has no chance to win me a prize at all.

This is the second ever grouper caught by me. Actually, it was Ah Ee who lured the fish with a big head shrimp. He is left handed and he cant handle my right hand set. He past the rod to me immediately upon seeing the floater went missing in the water.

I didnt hestitate and striked hard. Due to the space constraint, I locked my drag really tight. It took me less than 5mins and the grouper was landed. The 20lbs Spiderwire held throughout the 5mins of tug of war. My Daiwa SS700 didnt even sound at all.

Apparently, the second prize winner lost his 5.5kg grouper... some thieves actually stole his fish!!! Luckily, he only lost his fish after the prize presentation. Phew...

Today, all top 10 winners' fish are all groupers... I wondered where did all the barramundi go to...???

The biggest grouper stands at 5.8kg and no other fish...

Big shrimps... even more tonight!

I just got home from work. The prawn ponds were all very crowded till we actually ran out of rods for about 15mins.

With team effort, we managed to secure some rods from Changi Village to overcome the shortage like within 30mins. No more waiting customers.

Tonight, I believe many customers went home happily as there are plenty of really big shrimps swimming around in the murky depths of the ponds and they happened to be the lucky ones to land some of those.

Many were shy from the camera but these two were kind to post for a shot. Thank you guys!

Well done!!!

Surprise at Devil's.

I just got back from Orchard Parade Hotel's Devil's Bar. It has been so long since I last 'chiong'.

When I was there, I actually met an old friend... (5months old... hahaha)

This friend actually reads my blog... surprise sia...

My dear bro was kinda tired after some drinks and thus we ended the night early.

"Bro, do you need me to get a trolley to send you back?"

hahahaha...

Lucky for me. I dont have to 'chicken wing' my dear bro back to his unit.

Hahahahaha...

Big shrimps nite!!!

For those who had fished at Pasir Ris Prawning on 18th May 06 evening, many would notice quite a number of big claws lying around on the floor.

Pasir Ris Prawning has been stocking big shrimps, big fellows.

Even my friends came down to show me the support which they had always shown.

Sebastian, the handsome guy in the photo, caught himself two big shrimps and lost a few big ones. He managed to win a big claw from a big shrimp but just as mentioned, only one claw...

More shrimps are on the way tomorrow, I better go get some sleep...

Gd nitez!

16hrs...

Yesterday, after dinner, my forehead was feverish. I went straigth to bed to rest.

I woke up... after 16 hrs of sleep.

I looked for my phone... it was outside in the livin room...

Lots of missed calls and lots of sms(s)...

My head is still heavy...

Time to wash up and get freshen up...

"Freeman!!! Wake up!!!"

"...................."

Resignation.....

I have resigned...

I no longer work for JAAS Recreations Pte Ltd.

I need a break and a good rest...

*snoring away*

One of the several successful stories at the pro pond...

I guess I dont have to say much here. Just let the photos do the talking.

Steven is one of the pro pond supporters and seriously, not only luck but you really need some skills to catch that many golden snappers at one go.

Well done mate!

My dear readers asked why didnt I blog...???

Many have asked me, "Edward, why didnt you blog for the past week?"

I returned with a polite smile.

"Edward, you look tired. You should get some rest."

Am I tired?

I guess so...

My lures on my desk are collecting dust...

My panda eyes are getting darker...

Today......

"Edward, you look tired..."

Yesterday.....

"Edward, you ok? You looked really tired..."

The day before...

Same thing.....

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Update by Angel: "YAR LOR!!!"

$300... CATCH THAT GROUPER!!!

Since this noon, 1200hrs, the tagged grouper has been released into the main pond for anglers to catch. Till now, no one has come to the counter yet with that fish. There's no time expiry to this promotion and thus, good luck to all anglers.

*I WANT TO CATCH THAT GROUPER!!!*

Just too bad... even if I actually catch that fish, I will be disqualified.

Lively lure, Mad Mullet at its best!!!

For the past few days, I have been going to the pond early in the morning.

With my Cal50 and Scorpion XT armed with a 'Mad Mullet', I fought many barramundis these few days.

A fish a day, keeps the shark away... kekekeke

I always wanted to shoot the fish with the lure caught with this lure but the digi camera was always in the office...

Today, I realised that I actually do have a 1.3MPixels camera in my phone (Sony Ericsson W800i)... stupid me... apparently, these little camera phone did pretty well for me.

Men Vs Grouper

The story of lost ones...

The good brothers..... (rod and reel)

"Bro, how long have we been under the water?" asked reel.

"I am not really sure but I have enough algae on me already....." replied rod.

"Hey, got pple fishing again!!! Maybe today will be our day to see the sun again!!!" exclaimed reel.

"Ya right..."

Suddenly, both of them felt a tug...

"Sun! The sun!!!"

"What is this place???"

"Trash bin lah... we are doomed..."

Double hookup... at the main pond! Cool!!!

It was a rainy afternoon today. I was hoping that the rain would not pour when the fish truck arrive but it just did... I went for a walk over at 'kampong' side and I saw 5 fish landed within 15mins. All on artificials. The bite didnt just stop there, I could hear reels screaming even after I walked away. *hands itchy* Someone landed a biggie barramundi just before the fish truck arrive.

My camera just couldnt zoom that far but I still manage to catch it on camera.

I only managed to take a few shots of what was delivered today while the rest was spoiled by the rain. What's on the menu? White spot snappers and red drummer.

The snappers average about 800g-1000g while the drummers are between 1.5kg-2kg.

Suddenly, we saw an old man fighting his catch in our boat. At his age, we fear that he might slip and fall. Apparently, the fish tried to get under the outboard. When I got over there, the old man was already out of the craft.

Guess what? DOUBLE HOOKUP!!!

A nice grouper and a golden snapper.



WELL DONE!!!

New breathe of life in Pasir Ris Town Park

Since a new management took over the main pond, my life has changed too...

Everyday I reach the pond before 8am (the extra dollar charge before 8am is not pleasing to me but I cant do anything...) and work starts round the clock till near midnight.

Although there are alot more work to do but seeing more and more anglers coming back to fish at the main pond is kinda satisfying. The satistic is indeed encouraging but I am not going to stop down there. The management wishes to bring Pasir Ris Town back to life again like the good old days and even better.

Not just bringing back the anglers, we aim to make this park into nice and pleasant place where family would love to spend their weekend here.

Oops... my milo is getting cold... gtg...

God is good.

Tasmanian Devil Pt II

I had some time a few days back to test out another color of the pack of 'devils'.

Apparently, it works just as good as the pinky one. (I lost the pinky... because of a damanged line...)

The scars left on the lure are the best proof for the mentioned results.

I caught many snappers and barramundis using the devil. I didnt bring along a camera again but seriously lor... they do work and work very well...

So far, I have tested them only at night. I hope I could test them out in the day soon.

Closure of Pro Pond on 20060422 (Sat)

Hi readers and readers and kakis,

Please be informed that the pro pond will be closed on this coming Saturday, 22nd April 06 from 8am - 5pm.

Pro pond will be opened to public after 5pm.

FYI, the pro pond is closed due to company's function.

15th of April 06, while I was...

I was walking around the main pond and noticed an angler caught a nice grouper.

There was alot of friends around him and everyone was cheering for him.

Well done mate. Nice one!!!

The biggies have arrived, AGAIN!!!

Eversince I helped to manage the main pond in Pasir Ris Town Park, many pro pond supporters asked me this question, "Hey Edward, I know you are very busy now but will you still order big fish for the pro pond?"

My answer is always, "Yes."

People, dont worry. I will not let the 'legend' sleeps... big fish still lurk in the pro pond waiting to fight a worry angler one day.

"Big barramundis..."

I did not keep any of them... more than a hundred kilo of big barramundis are swimming in the pro pond now.

Even today's golden snappers are huge compared to normal ones - all around 1.5kg and above.

My Mad Mullet revived!!!

2 days ago, while I was busy with my work around the pond, I noticed a box of lures on the desk.

As an lure fisherman, I am always curious about what other people have.

I took a quick glance and my eyes got locked onto a lure... 'Mad Mullet'.

Holding it in my hands, I noticed the hooks are debarbed just like mine. The body is made of wood too... (just like mine)

EVEN THE SCRATCHES ON THE BODY OF THE LURE...!!!

I asked Brian (encik) where did he find this lure but he told me that he couldnt remember. I claimed that it is mine and he generously returned it to me...

God is good!!!

My mad mullet is back and guess what... my sifu in luring also gave a one like a week ago...

NOW I HAVE THREE!!!

*evil laughter*

Opps....

Tasmanian Devil (pinky)

Just before I had decided to leave for home after work this morning around 3am, I went fishing.

I took out this lure out and gave it a try...

Guess what?

I catch 5 barramundis with it. I almost lost the lure to the last fish when the 30lbs leader gave way right infront of me... the fish took the hook with it and left the lure lying lifelessly in the bank not more than a feet away... phew... Thank God!

If later I could have some time again, I will give the rest of the pack a try.

This is not the little devils but the real big brother of the devil's gang.

Nice lure! Tough, cast well, fish well... Fish love them!!!

Around 1kg pomfrets... if only I could catch them on flies...

Today at work...

What to do when you are stressed up by work...???

I went fishing with 'Little Tasmanian Devil'.

Apparently, I caught barramundis with them... very nice little lures and they could be cast far out.

I didnt take any photos with my camera as both my hands are wet and slimy while trying to retrieve my lure out from the fish's throat...

I actually fished the big pond today. My third cast caught me a barramundi but something astonished me... I saw a big school of barramundis going after the little devil... I was shocked and I forgot to set. Too late... when I striked, the lure didnt hold in its mouth for too long and soon, it came off...

A school of barramundis... Just then... more work came upon me...

Stay tuned for the devils... (if I have the time.)

Have you ever thought of this?

Fried eggs with sea louse?????

*faintz*

April Fool...

Today, I woke up at about 11am... my body was aching and my eyes were sleepy...

My phone rang several times and sms(s) kept coming in... My body just couldnt move...

Finally, I got out of bed and got online. My darling, as usual, we greet each other in the morning via our webcam. She is always full of sunshine and beautiful in the morning but this morning was different...

She fooled me... !!! SHE FOOLED ME!!!

HERE

"What happened???!!!" That was all I could think off...

I asked her what was wrong..... she kept the act going.....

When I scroll down further... I had it...

Then later in the day... my partners fooled me too...

Luckily I have a strong heart...

Thanks and well done...

You all made my day...

LOL