Too pricey? Well, catch them yourself
KOTA KINABALU: The higher cost of living has prompted a Kota Kinabalu City Hall worker to literally take things into his hands.
For the past few months, Ismail Yusof, 51, has been regularly hanging around monsoon drains near the downtown area.
“Fish is getting so expensive now, so I might as well catch my own,” said Ismail, who was spotted casting his rambat or circular net into a monsoon drain near Centre Point shopping centre here yesterday.
He said he could usually catch about 10kg of fish, mainly tilapia for about four hours’ work.
“The best part is that it’s all free and I can get some exercise as well,” said the father of four, who is a supervisor at City Hall’s engineering section.
Ismail said he usually went fishing on weekends “or when I have nothing to do at home”.
The best time, he said, was when the tide was coming in as the fish would be swept into the monsoon drains.
His other favourite fishing spots included another monsoon drain near Sadong Jaya and the seaside near Sutera Harbour.
