Wabbit Fishing Log: Fishing Paradise @ ORTO Fishing trip

When: 24 June 2015

Where: Fishing Paradise @ ORTO

Weather: Bright and Sunny

Water Condition: Water murky as usual. The water level is OK considering that there is rain the past few days.

Rod: Lemax Euromax EM66MH2 12-25lb

Reel: Shimano Aernos 2500FA

Line: Power Pro 20lb Braided Line

Leader: 15lb Dupont Monofilament Line

Method: Floating Bread

Strike Zone: Near to Centre of the Pond

Victim aka The Fish: Pacu and Patin

Comment/Observation:

School’s out and it is time for big game fishing. Don’t get the wrong idea and let me clarify. Big game fishing to my kids and I is fishing trips to the local commercial pay pond where big fishes are stocked. Only when the school holidays are here, then my kids will have the time to go to the pay pond. As you know, Singapore has one of the most stressful education environments in the world and the kids need some de-stressing. Come to think of it, this is another thing where we are world class.

One of our favorite pay ponds is Fishing Paradise @ ORTO. This is one of the few freshwater catch and release commercial ponds in Singapore. The pond is famous for their giant Chao Praya Catfish and Redtail Catfish. Other freshwater monster fishes are also stocked here. I like catch and release ponds. This means the fishes that are stocked in the pond have the chance to grow bigger and the fish stock normally does not get depleted. Not only the bite rate will be better, the chance of getting a big fish will also greatly increase. And the pond rule of Catch and Release follows what I strongly believe in.

A good introductory video on Fishing Paradise is available here .

Fishing Paradise @ ORTO is at:
81 Lorong Chencharu
Singapore 769198
Contact Number: 9632 7626
Opening hours: 24 hours Daily

Other than the good bite rate, the other thing I like about Fishing Paradise is the free parking and easy access from Khatib MRT Station. I am not affiliated to Fishing Paradise in any way. I am just an angler who visits them often.

Currently the species of fish that we are targeting in the pond are those that eat bread. And this includes the Chao Praya, the Patin, the Rohu, the African Catfish and the Pacu. Sometime in the future, we will target the meat eater, the hard fighting Redtail Catfish. And not forgetting the Barramundi which is also food for the bigger Chao Praya and the Redtail Catfish.

Today was a very hot day. According to the Met Forecast, temperature was from 26 to 34 °C and it was fair and cloudy. And there was no rain for the whole day. We will be fishing from 4 to 6pm. On such a hot day, I am sceptical that the fish will bite.

Am I very wrong. Today is the day that we broke our record. Normally we caught about three fishes but today we managed to catch five fishes. The method used was the floater rig with bread skin bought from Fishing Paradise. The bait will be floating on the surface. The rig used the15lb Dupont monofilament line for the hook length. The hook was the Size 14 Octopus Hook from Eupro. This is equivalent to a Size 1 Beak hook.

Fishing with floating bread is very exciting. The floating bread acts as a bite indicator. Fishes could be seen surfacing occasionally to eat and a take will be anticipated whenever some surface action is near the floating bait. Sometime the fish misses and this will caused our heart to pump faster hoping it will turn around for another take. And sometime we are disappointed when the bait is stolen.

When a fish strikes close to the floating bread, we will automatically train our eyes to our line hoping a fish will drag the line out. When this happens, hang on for dear life as when the fish feels some resistance, it will speed out very fast and the drag on the reel will screamed. After a quick strike and the battle begins.

I will let the following pictures to complete the catch report.