Date: 28-07-2023
Although the southern wind was blowing endlessly, last night fishing was full of excitement. Bernard and I was the only angler there before Simon Yeo join in around 10pm.
It all started around 7pm plus when i hook up a small barracuda with a fresh tamban as bait. This little fish might had come to pay the debt for his mother who had grab my bait and cut my line the night before. Haha..
Bernard got his first hookup when his fixed spool set rod tip bend and line run. He strike hard and the fish is on. It begin to run in. We thought it was a small stingray…then before it surface, it make a dash turn and run against the current flow. Wow…not stingray…its a shovelnose. I told Bernard to play slowly while i fixed up the gaff. But unfortunately, the fish managed to straighten the hook and escape before my gaff is ready. We continue to hookup few small fishes before Bernard saw his multiplier set line loosen. He strike but was snag at the bottom. I use my hand to slowly put his main line…i can feel old broken line at the bottom of the sea bed broken under my pulling. Finally its free and the fish is still at the end of the line. Bernard wind back and i scoop it up. A 2.8kg Sweetlip. His bait is defrost squid.
A while later..I saw my rod tip rattle..I strike the rod and i can feel the fish struggling. I slowly wind in and a grouper surface up. Simon Yeo grab my net and scoop it up. Weigh 1.5kg on the scale. Bait is defrost tamban.
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