{"id":26762,"date":"2020-05-04T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=26762"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:17:10","slug":"dubai-balcony-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/dubai-balcony-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dubai Man Goes Fishing From His Balcony During Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making the most of isolation, a Dubai resident managed to successfully fish from his balcony.<\/p>\n<p>A keen fisherman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100000015755282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Du Plessis<\/a> tried fishing from his balcony and was astonished to catch a bream in just five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>After eleven days of self-isolation, boredom lead Philip to bust out his fishing rod and cast a line from his balcony at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>After dinner one evening he said he knew there was a reason he chose to live there and that after just two attempts, he was reeling in a bream.<\/p>\n<h2>Mission accomplished: Philip shared the video to YouTube<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Balcony Fishing During Covid 19 Quarantine\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGKzVVa8-dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Philip said he was losing his mind not being able to fish on the 11th day of lockdown<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Day 11 of lockdown &amp; I was loosing my mind not being able to fish. Then I suddenly realized after a bottle of (vino) over a lovely dinner that I knew there was an inherent reason for choosing to live here&#8230;<br \/>\nMission accomplished with this balcony bream on the 2nd cast<br \/>\nThank you\u00a0Veriza Du Plessis\u00a0for keeping me sane &amp; for the pics, vids &amp; above all the good times and laughs during these tough times&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>The YouTube community was full of praise<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26763\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10-300x177.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10-768x453.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10-1024x605.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10-230x136.png 230w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-11.20.10.png 1748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Inspired? Try fishing indoors<\/h2>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Happy Toys fishing game! You may not have a rod, or access to a waterway, but this fishing game, for kids three years and up is super soFISHticated. Buy it on Amazon for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SyyrzS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AED25.55<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26765\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-12.17.46-300x277.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-12.17.46-300x277.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-12.17.46-230x213.png 230w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-04-12.17.46.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>LISTEN: An Australian Family Has Been Reunited In Dubai After Two Months Of Separation<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-lovin-daily-live%2Fid1484254079%3Fign-mpt%3Duo%253D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"slack-kit-tooltip\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.google.com%2F%3Ffeed%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOTVjNmQwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"slack-kit-tooltip\">Google Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.anghami.com%2Fartist%2F3461877%2F1008921519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"slack-kit-tooltip\">Anghami<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making the most of isolation, a Dubai resident managed to successfully fish from his balcony. 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