As this is our 1st visit to Bishan Park Prawn Fishing Pond we walked around to see see look look. I noted that most of the people prawning there manage to hook up their prawns easily, I decided to try it out for an hour. This will be my 2nd prawning attempt, 1st attempt was at Farmart where I only 'catch' a giant prawn after an hour of prawning.
SGMale happily went to pay up and collect the fishing rod and bait while I 'chop' for a good nice spot to 'prawn'. After we settled down, we began our prawning ceremony. 15 mins passed, still no sight of prawn dangling at our line, whereas the people beside us managed to catch 2 to 3 prawns already. Why? I got a little disappointed, decide to take a break. I passed the rod to SGMale's friend and went toilet break with SGMale. Upon coming out from the toilet, we saw another 2 ponds behind, we went over to take a look, and return to our prawning seat after 10mins.
SGMale's friend told us that not long after we left, he caught a small prawn. I was very happy & impressed upon hearing that cos it is our 1st catch of the day. Feeling encouraged, I took over and try again, I checked the bait frequently and waited patiently. 30mins passed, still no luck! 5mins left before we need to return the rod, I begin to feel very disappointed with only a small prawn after 1 hr. As SGMale is packing up, I decided to refilled the bait and instead of putting a small piece of bait, I hooked up 4 pieces and covered the whole fishing hook this time, telling SGMale's friend that this time I should be able to get a big prawn. Haha..... I lower the hook into the water, and waited..... 2 mins passed, I saw the float moving abit, I told SGMale's friend happily that I finally got something. Yeah!
I pulled the rod up and saw a prawn. Yeah! I was very excited and I ran towards SGMale showing off my last catch. Although it was only a medium prawn, not a big one, but I am contented & happy. I tried to remove the hook but was bitten by the struggling prawn. Wow! It was damn painful! Luckily SGMale's friend helped to remove the hook for me after I cried out loud.
As we are not staying in Bishan, we gave the 2 prawns to SGMale's friend who stays at AMK.
What a wonderful experience!
Prawning track records:
1st time prawning @ Farmart - 1 giant prawn
2nd time prawning @ Bishan Park - 2 prawn (1 small and 1 medium size)
3rd time prawning - ????? - hope to have many many prawns! (at least 20 prawns per hr)
Anyone out there can tip me on how to prawn better?
SGFemale