We left for Semenyih at 6.45 am, had breakfast before going in to the ponds. We took the catch and release pond and were ready to fish at 8 am. Unfortunately the first 2 hours were getting into rhythm with baiting and placement, with a drizzle of rain. Finally at 10 am, we "hoi thong" or opened shop with a tilapia. Then it was a lampan (sizable one), another big tilapia, a small lampan, a baung (catfish), yet another tilapia and finally a grass carp (a really fat one). The grass carp came at 1.45 pm.
Oh yes, at 12.30, in the flurry of getting 2 rods ready with Joey, my rod got pulled into the pond. Derrick was so upset as the reel was a Shimano. He tried to catch the rod with another rod for a while. Finally one of the pond owners managed to retrieve the rod. Phew, Derrick was so relieved. Well, that is just another of my episodes of losing a rod. Did the same thing at Bob's Homestay in Teluk Sengat, Johor. The only thing at Teluk Sengat, I had to go into the muddy river at low tide to retrieve the rod.
We did not have lunch but snacked through the day. It was uneventful from 2 pm to 4 pm. Then we had some bites but all of the fish managed to get away.
We intend to go back tomorrow to catch the famous Thai plabuk. Hehe...
