Been a long time since gone fishing. The itch had to be treated, so visited Jurong Lake which is near to my house armed with my Surecatch telescopic rod in my bag and boxful of lures.
First I decided to try something new and different. Why not try Berkley Gulp 3" Minnows (Silver color). I had the Saltwater version

which I had tried at Pasir Ris Pond to no results. Attached the minnow to a small hook along with a split shot and cast the rig in the lake. On the first cast. while reeling back slowly with small jerks I felt a bite

and set the hook. It felt like a small fish, but when I reeled in the little monster I witnessed a fantastic dance performance all around the water surface. It was a small Peacock Bass, but jumped and jumped so fiercely that at one point I thought I lost the fish...
At the end I vanquished the little demon:
This specimen was around 20-25 cm, I think. It was perfectly hooked in it's lips similar to my previous Mangrove Jack from PRP. Pity I was not consistent after this catch.
This little experimentation (of using Saltwater Gulp in Freshwater

) worked and I got 2 more bites later but I failed to hookup them... After that I tried other lures like spoon, crankbait, minnow, frog etc just for practice, but didn't catch anything.
This was my best day of fishing since this is my first catch ever

on artificial lure / soft plastics, I've been trying so hard or so long
