Prawn Fishing

Do you know that you can actually fish a prawn in Singapore? There are a few places you can do so. I heard one place would be in Bishan. The other place thatwas at Yishun, called Bottle Tree Park.

A group of my friends went to Bottle Tree Park to fish prawns. We were each given a fishing rod and a small plate of bait which looked like bits of chicken liver. The bait was attached to the sharp hook and off we threw the hook into the pond. For half an hour, none of us caught anything. We began to feel impatient, partly due to the hot weather though we were under a shelter. We asked the owner if there were any prawns in the pond (yes, we were really naughty and hard to be pleased). The owner assured us there were prawns and even poured a big pail of live prawns into the pond.

We continued waiting patiently. Finally one of us caught a prawn and all of us cheered. Then more and more caught prawns of different sizes. The prawns were quite smart. We need to wait even if we knew that the prawns were already on our hooks because mostly they merely nibbled around the bait.

After a few hours, the prawns we caught were insufficient for a decent meal for all of us. We decided to have a good dinner together before parting. One of the dishes; of course - prawns!