New Hobby

Fishing as a sport is fun. The moment when a fish swallows the hook, a moment of happiness is attained. It then takes all the stress and worries away. I have never tried fishing not until this year when out of sheer randomness, I decided to learn the art of catching fish. At first, I thought that it was easy, but it turned out that it was not. Fishing is all about patience, hard work, and luck.

My first fishing set was worth Php1,200 which I bought from a fishing store in Cebu City. This store sells a lot of items for subsistence and sport fishing. Bait fishing bores me to death so I bought fishing lures. To me, casting using artificial lures is a mix of exercise and fun. I bought my lures from my friend Cary who just opened a tackle store below his apartment unit.

On May 1 this year, I caught my first fish. A barracuda. I caught it under Marcelo Fernan Bridge at around 7PM. See the photo below.

Unlike subsistence fishing, sport fishing or angling does not require the angler to bring home the catch. It is really up to you. But when one catches a juvenile fish, it is a common practice that anglers release the it back to the wild.