pond fishing @ tampines



my pond fishing days were spent mostly at the tampines pond. we usually fish from early afternoon till late in the evening. there were the few times when we fished overnight.

there were all kinds of unorthodox practices to ensure a good catch. normally we would ground bait using cooked tapioca as well as shaved tapioca. we also resorted to using cockcroaches as bait for grass carps and song fish.

we had our own abu fishing rods. we only had to pay for the right to fish in the pond. some days, we went home empty handed but on bountiful days, we could land as many as 7 or 8 fish. would take the biggest fish to a restaurant and get the chef to cook it the way we wanted.

the technical teachers would make their own metal stands for the fishing rods. come to think of it, those who fished were mostly from the technical department: wong hc, mc wong and nah cw. i was the odd one out.

today, the commercial ponds are at pasir ris and ponggol. there is a sizeable pond at bishan which is open to the public. at some of these ponds, there is also prawn fishing for which the operator charges about $13.