Officially, this is fish number one, unofficially number two, on a 1/4 oz double willow spinnerbait.


In case if you're wondering what happened in Day-2 to Day-3 in Tuoye, well... I am actually waiting for a load of other pictures from a friend to come via email. In that, let's take a look at what happened over the course of Day-4 at Huiye Outdoor's latest venture just at the outskirts of Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Privince in the People's Republic of China. Man... this is sounding formal.



John Jiang (founder of Huiye Outdoor Ltd.) with a good one on a Nories spinnerbait.


I don't think I'd ever get this lucky, caught a fish on the first cast while chatting to John (founder of Huiye Outdoor Ltd.). Although the fish shook the hooks off before I could lip it, I'd still count it as fish number one. And, it's the first of many to come at Huiye.



Pitching under the docks, near the pipes... and...



A nice one on a football head jig again.


We were fishing spinnerbaits and jigs for most of the day. Caught a few beauties on a 3/8 oz football head jig hear the wooden docks where we docked and fished on foot.





The fishing at Huiye was awesome. Although I lost a big one, the numbers had well made up for everything.

Stay tuned for Part-2 or Day-1 cause we're not done yet...

Day-1 at Tuoye went by in a flash. After setting foot at the boat launch after a 36-hour journey, I was left with about 2 hours fishing time. To make matters worse, don't think I had a bite out over the water and decided to fish the marina for the rest of the evening instead. Unfortunately, I lost a big one which came quite as a surprise on a 3/8 oz football head jig which bent the hook. As a consolation, I caught a small one a few casts later.


This one's not getting away.



Unfortunately, this is the best that I could do at Tuoye in Day-1.


The fishing at Tuoye was a lot tougher than I’d anticipated. The reservoir is highly pressurised and I guess most of the bass have probably been caught at least once or have probably seem most types of lures. Well, I’ve still got a couple of more days to learn the lake.

I just hope for better things to come in China.

Another one day one fish trip...


Nice spot with superb conditions. But where have all the fish gone?


This has got to be one of the worst outings of the season, one which I’d rather forget. Despite the marvellous conditions (no cold front, etc.), the fish weren’t biting for some bizarre reason.



It wasn't much of a fish at all...


The afternoon’s fishing was equally as bad. If it was not for the small chub caught from a small stream, I would have came back empty. What I’ve notice was the unusually low water level, both in the river and the small stream. It must have been about 2’ under what’s normally considered normal.



See you next time...


With the close season just around the corner, I can’t wait to get back to fishing the still water canals. I hope the fish would start stocking up for the spawning season ahead.