Unlike the old days, there aren’t many places where you can go recreational fishing, such as catching longkang (drain) fish. Back then, drains were natural streams teeming with catfish, eels and other aquatic animals. Today, most drains have been replaced with concrete and the bigger fish no longer live there. However, it is still possible to find the small guppies in the longkangs, and yg blogs about where you can go to find and catch them.

yg recollects:

this was the type of fish we used to catch in the stream that ran beside our kampong house. when we first moved into the kampong, it was a natural stream, with a sandy bed and plants growing on both sides of the stream. sustenance for the guppies came in the form of tubifex worms which were plentiful in the stream.

in later years, they converted it into a concrete drain. the worm population was reduced to small lumps of them found between the gaps of the drain. the catfish, fresh-water eels and bigger fish gradually disappeared but the guppies were still around, though in smaller numbers.

Going outside to play? Imagine that, xbox generation! Find out more about catching longkang fish in yg’s post here. But remember! Before you head out to your nearest longkang with your nets and bottles, just remember that it is illegal to catch fish in our reservoirs, as well as in the streams that lead to and from them.