Shoreangler

Date: 20-11-2025. Time: 1830 – 1945hrs

I had reach jetty and setup my tackle. Tide is on the way up. Leong come about 20 minutes later and just put down his backpack. Then he heard reel screaming sound. ” Leong tolong” he heard also. He look at the mid way of the jetty. Apis is fighting hard on his rod. The fish has took his bait and start to run toward deeper water. This mean Apis had to bring his rod and cross pass through 3 lamp post before can continue to fight the fish. Leong went to help him.

Now the fish is already at the end of jetty. After awhile of struggling there, due to the tide coming up, the fish goes along the current flow and come to the right end side of the jetty. By now both of them already tired out but the fish is still in mid water and refuse to surface up. “Alo” Leong call me. I went over, took over the rod. Slowly i pump the rod. I can feel the fish is also tired. After awhile it begin to surface up. “Wow” big. Brown stingray. I put more pressure on the rod and gave no chance for the fish to go down. As the rod is not strong enough to handle this weight, I take awhile to bring the fish to come closer. Leong gaff it once when it come close enough. Apis hook the second gaff in. Two of them try to pull it up but half way only. I had to put down the rod and get my gaff. Three gaff in, we pull it over the railing. Yes….landed. I weigh it and it hit the scale of 45.3kg but the long tail still on the floor. So it should be around 46kg if totally lifted up.