I started shore fishing since 1968. Mainly targeting big fishes from beach or jetty by surfcasting.
Date: 13-05-2019 Time: 2000hrs Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Another short trip tonight and landed this palm size red snapper. The fish took the bait when the tide is full. I only notice it when I wanted to change bait. Knowing some weight at the end of the line, I slowly wind it back. It did struggle a little before surface. Got my friend Simon to scoop it up using my squid net.
Date: 03-05-2019
Fish one: 1.5kg Threadfin. Time: 1835hrs Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft white Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Tide just turn up. After jigging my bait fish, setup two sets of tackles on bottom feeder rig and casted out.
1835hrs, rod tip movement follow by a screech on my reel. Strike and fish on. It surface up quickly and I easy wind in. Threadfin on the line. Saw the hookup just on the mouth. Decided not to lift it up by the rod. Quickly I get my wife to take over the rod and I grab my squid net to scoop it up.
Fish Two: Palm size Fingermark Snapper Time: 1936hrs Rod: Penn Power Stick 10ft. Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Wanted to change bait. Find my line loosen. Pump up the rod and feel some weight at the end. Slowly wind back and found this palm size fingermark snapper tag along. Get my friend Yousof to get my squid net to scoop it up.
Double hit to celebrate my 62 birthday.
Date: 01-05-2019 Time: 12.00pm Rod: Penn Power stick 10ft. Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh dead Tamban
Reach there around 9 plus am. Tide already full and current start turning. As it is a public holiday, jetty is full of peoples and rods. Manage to get a place and set up two rods.
I decided to fish only the surface live bait cable car method and skip the bottom rig as to avoid changing bait and line tangle.
For three hours, no action at all…not even others anglers rod. Only a man got a big baramundi around 4kg on a handline.
Then come 12pm, I decide to change one rod to bottom feeder as by now more space around and many anglers had gone back.
First cast down and only eight minute later…my rod tip start to rattle. I keep my eye on it and only when the fish pull hard cause the reel alarm to screech that i strike the rod.
Easily wind in and can see a threadfin on the end of the line. I saw it was deeply hook so decide to use my rod to lift it up. Estimate near to two kg in weight.
A short video on my rod tip rattle before i pick it up to strike.
Date: 27-04-2019 Time: 1850hrs
Simon caught this big wolf herring on a bottom feeder rig with a dead tamban as bait. Fish estimate about a kg in weight. His tackle is a small spinning sets.
Date: 17-04-2019 Time: 2030hrs Rod: Penn Slammer white 10.6ft Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Went there around 6 plus….Tide was on the way up….Current is strong with a powerful eastern wind blowing endlessly.
Setup two sets of tackle on bottom feeder rig. Bait was quite lasting. Just waiting for my alarm to sound.
Then come 2030hrs…The alarm sounded….I strike hard….Fish ON….it taking out line for the first run…..about 100 meter line out with the assist of the strong current flow. I manage to stop it and able to gain inch and inch of line back. My mind was thinking shouldn’t be too big. But with the strong current, it take me about 30 minutes to bring it back close to the jetty.
But after so much hard workout, it just refused to surface up…By now then I realise it is much bigger than i thought. The very moment when it almost surface, it dive back down.
After much struggle, I finally able to surface it….Wow…It is a leopard ray…with a size of about three feet in diameter. Estimate should be around 30-40kg in weight as a leopard ray body is much thicker than a brown ray. No wonder so hard to surface it.
My friend ah wee try two time to gaff it while it surface but fail. Then the fish try going under the jetty…I had no choice but to stop it at all cost. My main line snap on the part near the rig swivel. The fish won on his last fight for freedom.
Overall, I am very happy to see the fish although I didn’t land it. It gave me such a wonderful workout and I think this is what the sea dragon king present me for my coming 62 birthday.
Date: 06-04-2019 Time:0920am Rod: Penn Power Stick 10ft. Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Rig: Cable Car Bait: Live Herring
Went there early around 9am. Tide is coming up and the current flow is smooth. Live bait is easily available so I set up two sets of tackle. Both on bottom and surface bait.
The bottom bait is not lasting. But i didn’t intend to change it as i wanted to concentrate on the surface live bait under this type of water condition.
True enough….the reward come around 0920hrs. I was fixing up my sun shade tent when my reel alarm go screaming….ZZZeee..zzeee..zzzeee…I drop everything just grab the rod and strike…Yes….fish on….One acrobatic jump…another one….as the fish try to unhook on the water surface…then…it dive deep down…swimming toward my direction…I had to wind in fast to catch up with it.
After some struggle….I surface it…once i saw it had weaken, I use my rod to lift it up.
Date: 24-03-2019
Last night went for a short trip with friend. When the tide just started to move up, my rod tip got a small rattle. After a while, I wind back the rod and found this Lizard fish on it.
Today around 10am, I went for another short trip. Did saw a few small queen fish jumping out of the water surface when they chasing bait fish. But just no bite come along. Only when the tide is full and about to turn when my rod reel screech. Wind back and lift up this small queen fish.
Date: 05-03-2019 Time: 2030hrs Rod: Old Penn Power stick 10ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Line: 30lbs Braided with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh herring
Reach there around 6pm. Tide just turn up and current flow is very slow. Start jigging for fresh bait fish but due to the slow current, it didn’t bite. After some hard work until the last light, only manage to get two kat kat fish and a pcs of tamban.
Luckily the past few night the bait cast out was so lasting. So with just three baits should be enough for my short night session.
First bait cast out was a kat kat fish as i reserved the only tamban for the time when the current move a little faster which is the best chances fishes will bite.
As predicted, the kat kat bait was so lasting. Only part of it head was bitten by crab when i change bait around 8pm as the current start to move faster.
Down goes the tamban and it is waiting time. Then…around 2030hrs, my reel alarm scream…I was just around and pick up the rod and strike….Yes…fish on….It move inward toward the jetty. I had to wind in the line fast to catch up with it. Just before the jetty, i manage to surface it. A long tail brown stingray around 3kg plus.
As i was alone, I keep the fish above water surface so as to weaken it down. After awhile, I ask a boy who was fishing next to me to help hold up my rod so that I able to take my rope gaff to gaff it up.
I recently make a camper trip to Perth Western Australia. I took the Indian ocean drive route and visit few fishing jetty facing the Indian Ocean. The scenic is beautiful. Water is clear and even novice angler caught fishes. I didn’t do any fishing there as I did not bring any tackle there.
Most of their petrol station that are near to the beach did sell frozen fishing bait and tackles. So for those who happen to be there, you can just grab some bait from them and go fishing.
My self drive two persons High Top camper van.
Geraldton Bay Break water north of Perth.
A angler caught a whiting fish.
Jurien Bay Jetty north of Perth.
A Taylor fish caught by a novice angler.
Sun Setting at Jurien Bay Jetty
Woodman Point Jetty south of Perth.
Live Bait.
And never missed their fresh Fish n Chip
Date: 15-02-2019
Last night go for a short trip and caught this spotted eel. Bait was a small kunning fish. This fish is release back to the sea.
Date: 16-02-2019
This afternoon go for another short trip. End up caught this small Gar fish on a cable car rig with live herring as bait.
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