Pussy spot!

Launched from Pasir Ris Park today. As usual, the waters were mirror calm and no wind. I had purchased some Berkley Gulp Minnow plastic baits after reading about them in a fishing magazine. I decided to try them out today. I also now carry 2 fishing rods, the Shimano Eclipse Telescopic and the Shimano TCurve Tropical Travel rod. The reason is on my last undocumented kayak fishing trip, I broke my telescopic rod after pulling too hard trying to un-snag the rig. I had to cut short the fishing session because of it.

Used a small jig head and threaded the Minnow lure onto the hook. Tossed it out to the fishing spot and started to reel it back slowly. I could feel the plastic moving on the bottom, so being afraid that it might get snagged, I quickly flicked the rod tip up and started reeling. Straight away, I felt something pulling hard. Fish made a short burst but I managed to reel it in. Heart was thumping in anticipation with what was on the end of the line. Then it surfaced..... nabei! A rather large catfish! After my last encounter with a catfish, I made doubly sure that this pussy didn't come near my kayak at all. Used my boga grip to hold it and took a couple of pics before releasing it.

Not bad, 1 cast 1 fish. So continued fishing at the spot and managed to land another 2 fish later in the morning. Catfish again! Must be a pussy spot. They are fun on light tackle but I don't eat them. So they were all were released unharmed.

The wind really picked up at 1030am so I decided to call it a day. Too tired to paddle against the wind.

Gear used:
Rod - Shimano TCurve Tropical PE1-2
Reel - Shimano Saros 1000F
Line - generic 20lb braid
Bait - Berkley Gulp Minnow 3inch
Rig - Carolina style

Fish ID - Ah Seng fish aka Mozambique Sea Catfish  (Plicofollis polystaphylodon)