It was a quiet morning and I had already eagerly set up my gear while walking from the bus stop to the Bay. I was going to try lure fishing for the first time because I'd read quite a lot about it in Aussie magazines and was convinced of its effectiveness.
9 AM. So, after a little fiddling with my new baitcaster, I made the first cast. Bird's Nest. My very first backlash caught me by surprise... so that's what the shopkeeper at Beach road was telling me about... so I took some time to clear the tangle (a backlash on 6 lb line is not that easy to clear you know?) and, standing at the water's edge, made my second cast. This time, although there was still a little Char Bee Hoon, the black and white Nilsie managed to land about 20 ft away (very near actually). So I quickly cleared the minor backlash and started a sink-and-draw retrieve like the one I'd been reading about (though I was using a floating lure). Anyway, only after a few cranks of the handle, I felt a distinct tug and I struck.
The fight was brief, but it still managed to attract the attention of a passing Caucasian tourist who saw me lifting a nice little Garoupa weighing around 300 grams out of the water. I was really pleased and amazed at the catch plus the way I caught it, so was the tourist, who promptly snapped my picture (the one you see above), asked for my address, and mailed me the photo... which is now posted on the Net.
By the way, I released that fish, and four more which I landed within an hour from the same spot. By 10 AM, I packed up and went home, afraid that I was pushing my luck a little too far, yet fully satisfied with my first lure-fishing cum catch & release expedition.
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