Yay! I finally had my first prawning session! $29 for 2 and a half hours, supposedly. Starting off as a beginner, i just did not know what to expect. How does it feel like when the prawn is biting? How does it feel like when you successfully hooked a prawn? I was aimlessly trying out all sorts of stupid things for 2 and a half hour before i get my FIRST prawn!!! Yup! My first prawn was a HUGE bang! After such a long time, i was finally able to feel when the prawn was really biting. With a HUGE jerk, or should i say a tug, i hooked the prawn out of the pond and up onto the roof! LOL! No joke man! The prawn did end up on the roof along with my hook! It wasn't too difficult to get the prawn down from the roof. All i did was to swing my rod in a casting motion and the prawn was finally back within my sight. The prawn must had the biggest scare of its life! HAHA!
The second one came shortly after my dear welfare partner, Geok Leng, called me.
"Harlowwww~"
"Ahhh, wait wait"
*PIAK!*
"Omg! Wait a while, you wait a while!"
I can't recall the whole thing very clearly, but above was roughly what i said over the phone. The moment i greeted her, i felt a tug in the rod which is held in my right hand. Another prawn! Due to over-excitement, i gave the rod a jerk! To my horror, the rod SNAPPED!!! I was sent into a state of panic and quickly handed my rod over to my friends, Yuen Loong and Choon Boon, to take over from there. In the midst of it, i guessed the rod somehow managed to hit one of the prawners there. He yelled, but i couldn't be bothered with him as i'm having a conversation on the phone. loL~! And so, the conversation revolving around the food for freshmen orientation camp contributed to my 2nd prawn. It was another prawn that caused a big hoo-ha! Before we left the place, i got my 3rd prawn. =)
Hm... did i not mentioned that i got my first prawn on the 2.5 hours mark? So where did the other 2 prawns came from? =D The uncle did not stop us, therefore we continued prawning. With my lucky "short" rod (it was broken due to the 2nd prawn), i managed to get my 3rd one. The whole prawning sensation lasted for 5 hours! 2.5 hours bonus! As it was too late to BBQ, Yuen Loong decided to give all the prawns to me out of genorosity, while Choon Boon left earlier to catch the last bus. In total, 8 prawns were caught in total.
I have learnt alot from the prawning experience and i believe that the next prawning session will net a double digit score for me. =D
1) When you feel that the prawn is biting, pull your string taut and jerk in an upward manner! This will hook the prawn that is biting =)
2) Use worms. Period.
Anyone wants to join me for a prawning session? =D