The Break Of Dawn

Its been a while since I went fishing in 2007. My first fishing trip this year was at Changi Carpark 6. We reached Changi Village at 12midnight, had chix rice penyet for supper, and 'tapow' some coffee packets b4 we proceed to that spot. Water was warm (gd sign), the moon was full (high tide), and the bait was excellent ('kelong' squid). I had this feeling we were gonna catch something that morning.

Nearing 4am, my arms were heavy from net casting, and had to call it quit. Suddenly there was a commotion next to me. Hasni caught something at the end of his line Arghh! Why now? So the fight was on. I totally forgot abt the packing up. The tip of his rod had a nice curve bent downwards. Hasni was still struggling at 5. He was losing his confidence in his line. Looking at the fight pattern, Im pretty sure it was a stingray and not a small one too.

To cut the sad story short :p the line BROKE~ So that explains the title above :( My fren almost cried..Hahah! Better luck next time. The look in his eyes spelled huge despair. There was no cruel way to lose a fish than to break ur line after fighting it for an hour. That fight would 'haunt' him for a while. *laughs. Its ok, he just have to prepare himself THICKER LINE and STRONGER HOOK for our next return trip. Hahaha... Stingray 1 Hasni 0 :P - By Rizal