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He said last time use cockroach very gd bite rate :shock:
Truly my most memorable was catching the 17.3 lbs song (those days fishes were not weighed on kilos)I caught at YCK's Ocean pond..let me 'dig out the pix and see if I can find it..this was in Dec 1974!
Another pond was called yuyi (the pond did not last long..I think it was in YCK too and stocked with lots of tomans) I hit a 11 lbs toman on a yellow spinner..sigh ...those were the days my friend, we thought they'll never end..
just to add in a few more FP
Ah Ma Keng FP (off Lim Chu Kang Rd)
Cathay FP (off Thomson Rd)
Asia FP (off Thomson Rd)
Springdale FP (off Yio Chu Kang Rd)
cheers
PONDS:
Oriental FP
Singapore FP
Neo Yew Choon FP
Neo Seng Choon
Tampines FP
Wu Pein FP
Modern FP
Pasir Ris FP
Yio Chu Kang Fishing Pond
Chiap Seng FP
Red Mire FP
Ocean FP
Ng Tiong Choon FP
Neo Tiew FP
ACN FP
Cost: $2 per rod, $3 for two rods for overnight fishingfor those ponds which are have overnight fishing. Others charged btn $5-$20 per rod for those Special ponds which are opened only on certain nights or weekends and do not have pesky tilapias to disturb.
Extra 30cents for Lighting of the fishing hut. Some ponds 50 cents for Hurricane lamp.
Baits: Cooked tapioca cost 30-50cts per ball. Raw tapioca "printed"(using copper pipe) into 10-20cts coin and planed. Crockcroaches are favourites in particular, Singapore FP on Tuesday nights. Markers were made using raw tapioca.
Equipment used then:
Rods:
ABU 282, 281, 271,272
ABU Zoom 331.332. 351.352. Adjusto
ABU Diplomat 751, 752
Reels:
ABU Cardinal 33,44,66
Mitchell 408,410,411, 440
Daiwa 4100,4300
Dam
Fishes:
Song He(Big Headed Carp - up to 60+lbs
Lian He - looks like Song He
Grass Carp(Red and Black Grassie)- average 3-25+ lbs
Soon Hock - up to 2 1/2 lbs.
Lee Kor - up to 30+lbs
Sultan Fish
Toman
and off course who can forget the abundance of pesky japanese carp(tilapia).
Greatly missed is the nasi lemak and curry puff sold by the malay guy on his bicycle past midnight.
Anyone knw where is "Spider"???
he strike the rod very accurate and fast one.
Always at Tampines fishing pond.
A guy by the name of "cartoon"???
I think friend of our bro "uncle"
come in uncle.... :badgrin:
Richard......the preacher....
remember him always say "wah...last week got so may
grass and song..."
hehehe always say only....but sit with him whole day,
he catch nothing...hehehe
Nice guys who always teach young people to fish
God bless him.
Bro.....some photo here will be nice....
especially those photo that shows the pond in
the back ground. :shock:
Oh yes..spider..ya..what happened to that guy??
Remembered I try to steam the tapioca the previous night for songs ; then wake up at 5.30 am, take bus 124, drop off at Cecil Street, 'change' to bus 167 all the way to YCK. Dropped off at track 24 along YCK..took the 20 - 25 min walk into the ponds...
There was once when I hit a grassie and a huge song and had to carry my tackle box, plus the 2 huge fishes in a gunny sack with the tails sticking out!
Boarded the bus at around 6.30 pm to go home, and you can see the passengers all 'siam me' because they were afraid of the fishes staining their working clothes...sigh..those were the days indeed..
when we fished the whole day, called home using the coinaphone some of the ponds and made sure we came back at the stipulated time, met our friends at the designated bus stops and neer fly their aeroplane..all these without handphones, e-mails etc etc....
Nice list of FP in S'pore back then. Used to chiong Red Mire, Chiap Seng, Ng Tiong Choon alot.
Had always used handlines with a wire leader baited with chicken liver secretly, hoping to hook the Toman or Haruan overnight..Other equipment used:
1.) make rod stands out of barbeque skewer
2.) make float out of bottle corks to target song he
Last time no special or chapalam receipe like we see now at the catfish pond...lol. Just plain old cooked tapioca, raw tapioca, kang kong/tapioca leaves, cockroaches, earthworms, chicken liver....etc.
Oh yeah, used to see a lot those "chang kuey" - a kind of water bird near chiap seng...sometimes when the bite rates are slow, we will try to chase and catch them...had to fast tho. These birds run like road runner... :badgrin:
How about we gather a marker shooting session at Bottle Tree? lol...to relive the old times...
Happy New Year to all and abundant joy and happiness! Cheers.
Nice thread going down memory lane for me...nice, nice. So nice until i buah tahan go to FP shoot marker.
Seems the only place now to relive those shoot marker days. Yesterday got 1 Sultan and 1 Grassy...lost one big bugger to a sangkot line with another angler half way through the battle and lost it...that's fishing..bo bian..win some lose some.
Day before got 3 Patins, 1 Gurami, 2 keli, 1 each(Rohu,Grassy,telapia,Sultan). Went down memory lane again and it felt good.
Like Sith suggested..we buggers should gather there to shoot marker as we can relate to what the hell is going on. Like one young angler next to me was asking me....what are you doing and how to see marker.
Tried explaining to him...he catch no ball la...
Guys gathering for marker shooting session, please count me in.
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2010 to all kakis.
Rob
Yes, let's gather for a marker shooting session. Went to Kulai last week with Jambul but somehow wasn't very successful as the fishes did not open their mouths..
Nonetheless, let's have one session together at the Bottle Tree Park. Perhaps we can 'pau' tee for an AL session on one of the Saturdays..
What sayest the rest of the Ah Laus??
http://www.fishingparadise.com.sg/Promos.html
FP is the modern version of our old shoot marker pond...cleaner, no need to pay for lights at night...lol..etc..
Can use only one hook(debarb)to shoot marker...and..errr...end of session cannot "tark fish hor" C n R pond.
Baits must buy from there...kng n bread only...no BBQ cockroach etc..lol
Never tried the morning session though...only the evening from 4pm onwards. Ard 5pm...Happy hour..they feed the fish with bread and anglers use float or shoot marker also can.
FP guys there friendly and they help you land n release fish.
In any case, just set a date and all meet there lor...I prefer evening session as not hot....scare of the sun..
Rob
Nonetheless, it was Neo Tiew Land that leave the deepest impression in me. As it was "The Place" where I learnt the "Arts" of shooting marker and closing the bail arms to whack the tomans. There are couples of thing which left deep impression from Neo Tiew Land FP are:
- Camping overnight outside the Sunday pond to "Chop Spot", so that we are able to secured the best spot when Lak Sai's son opened the gate in the morning
- Annual Mayday competition, booking and reservation of spot comes in weeks before the competition, as the pond will be close for a month before the competiton
- Popiah is such a hotcake during the late noon hours
- One of the pond was closed because Lak Sai's daughter committed suicide in it
- Abu 282 (Original Sweeden made attract anglers attentions), Mitchell and Cardinal reel are such a hit. Follow by commonly used Silstar, Ryobi, Shimano and Daiwa graphite body reel
- EVA handles are masked by insulation tape (black, yellow and green are commonly used) to prevent stain, smelt and water.
Well as for Modern, it is also one of the playground that left a deep impression behind. Purely Song, Grassy and Sultan, till they convert the weekend pond to a saltwater pond. And of course, the drain behind the main pond (between the pond and the fish farms). The drain itself is also another wonderful playground, whenever uprising tide the drain will be flood with "Hai Leng aka Tarpon" and they are not small.
Would certainly pleased to see a day, where I could fish with all the ALs to resurface this ART again.
They found the slipper near the pond....someone went down and serch for her body..after long time than found....very sad. And a lady took out the deceased ear ring...saying dead people cannot wear jewellery.
I think this is the first Abu in Singapore....
correct me if i m wrong...
Song fish (big head carp)
with Ah Chuan....
the gangster fr Houngang
:badgrin:
ah chuan regular partner is ah kwee. still met them once in a while at amk area.
i m keen to join in the shooting marker if there is going to be a gathering.
cheers
tys