Aling Nene's Pond [3-13-2010]

Forumers from FilipinoAnglers.org had a get-together at Aling Nene's pond last Saturday. WE called it a "Field EB". We were not expecting that many people will arrive like the previous meet-ups that we had. Surprisingly, sixteen (16) attended. I guess, meet ups without too much planning really works.

Noel, Irvine, Carlo, RC, Miko, and Obet during lunch. Our lunch was our catch in the morning --- 2.7kg of Tilapia and Bangus. Grilled and served with Pinakurat on Banana Leaves. Excellent field lunch.

Irvine, Erwin, Cary, Carlo, Jun, Bien, Obet, me, and Noel. Not in the picture is Joseph, Jojo, Dowie, and Rechelle.

Special thanks to Aling Nene's hospitality. Obet, your breakfast was excellent!

The Catch? Bangus and tilapia. Total of 2.7 kg (by lunch time). That was our lunch --- Grilled and served with Pinakurat. At around 5pm, we hauled almost 10kg of fish if my estimate is correct.

Oh yeah, I caught my first Jaguar Cichlid using the same swimbait that I used to catch the dalag last weekend. I released it after a few photos.

We tried our luck on the famed Barras of Aling Nene's pond but we got none. I guess that most of them escaped into the rivers and the rest died during the Ondoy flood. The polluted waters from Manila made its way into the Coloong ponds during the height of the floods.


We will need to wait for the 3,000 fingerlings to grow before we can target them again. Maybe next year.