Monday, October 11, 2010

7: Can you catch 19 fish with 1 throw of the line?

I did. And here's proof: There I was, fishing at ECP beach at Carpark F2.

I threw in my line, placed it on my rod stand and waited. Then my rod began to shake."A fish, a fish..." I thought excitedly, and began to draw in the line. That's how I got 19 fish with 1 throw of the line. Don't believe it. Here they are, 19 fish lined up on a sheet of newspaper!
Wanna know the secret as to how I did it? I was surprised myself. Well, the answer lies in the following picture:

Yes, in the distance you can see Bedok Jetty. There, the day/night before, some fishing enthusiasts must have got lucky, after all the day was 10-10-10, you know: 10 Oct 2010. And they put the 19 fish in their catch-net and tied the net to the jetty.
The knot must have got loose, and the net with their catch, sank and floated away, to be lost for all their fishing effort.
And the net was drifting with the tide, when high tide finally brought it to the coast of ECP F2 carpark.
Yes, that's how with 1 throw of the line, I managed to catch 19 fish! See the net below:

Wow, the fish sure tasted shiok when my wife cooked them in asam pedas for lunch, and in tau chioh for dinner!