Date: 08-07-2017     Time:2230hrs     Rod: Century Vectra 13.6ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 30      Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh Squid

Evening go for another round of fishing. Tide just turn up and current was smooth. But the current half way change direction due to the tide different as going up is slow from 1.2m to high of 2.7m at 2245hrs. The down tide will from here down to 0.3m at 0528hrs tomorrow morning. So it mean down tide is super fast that why the current turn early.

Upon seeing the current change, I ask ah An to set up his squid jig as now the current was on his favor. A while later, he manage to catch one and I borrow it to use as my squid lamp pickup to attract other squid.

After one over hours of waiting, not a single squid come along and upon seeing the tide is about to full, I decide to stop catching and return the squid back to ah An as it is the only squid he caught tonight. I told him to use it as bait now as the tide had come to the golden hour which has highly chances of fish bite. He listen to me and quickly change his bait and cast out.

Ten minute later…his reel scream…He strike and the fish is on. I told him to go slow and easy as I fixed up my gaff. It take him about ten minute to gain control of the fish as the current is picking up fast. He manage to bring it close and surface later and i gaff it up. It was a long tail brown stingray weigh at 7.6kg

Date: 08-07-2017     Time: 10.45am     Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft white      Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40      Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs leader      Rig: Cable car      Bait: Live herring

Go for a morning trip as the weather and tide is nice. Caught this wolf herring when the tide is mid way up.

Date: 01-07-2017      Time: 1815hrs      Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft white       Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40       Line: 30lbs Braided with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Cable car      Bait: Live herring

Reach there around 5pm plus. Set up my tackle and start jigging for live bait. Manage to get some and quickly cast out with a bottom n a surface bait. Tide has already full and started to turn down but current was smooth although the water was choppy due to the strong southern wind.

Around 6.15pm while i was chatting with my friend An…suddenly I heard my reel screaming….I pick up my rod and strike…Yes…Fish on….Follow by a fish jumping out or the water but I didn’t manage to see what fish is it. Until the second time when it leap up again that I know it was a queen fish. It then move toward the right side and take off more line. I had to tighten more drag to stop it go further…It then make another acrobatic jump up before slow down. I slowly wind it back and surface it.

Ah An fixed up his gaff and gaff it up for me. Another angler come along with his weigh and it clock at 3.9kg.

Date: 26-06-2017

Went to jetty for a short trip. End up help a angler to gaff up this 2kg plus parrot fish.

Date: 19-06-2017      Time: 9pm +      Rod: Zzipplex M427       Reel: Shimano Torium 20      Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder        Bait: Tamban

Young Lucas caught this Cobia last night.

Date: 12-06-2017

This evening go for a short trip and caught this fingermark snapper when the tide is on the way up. Bait is a small fresh squid.

Last nite a young guy caught this Stingray estimate around 30kg at the mid part of the jetty.

Date: 06-05-2017     Time: 2230hrs      Rod: Century Vectra 13.6ft     Reel: Shimano Torium 30      Line: 30lbs braided with 40lbs mono leader     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder       Bait: Fresh Squid

My Friend Ah An caught this Fingermark snapper when the tide is full. It weigh at 2.2kg

Date: 30-04-2017      Time: 2300 hrs     Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft White      Reel: Shimano Torium 20       Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder      Bait: Fresh Squid

Its a Sunday night….I started late around 8.30pm. Tonight I only cast out one set of tackle as I will be starting to look for squid using my lamp and net.

Manage to caught one and use as a live lure to attract others. But as the season just about to start, the second one come much later.

I use it as bait and cast out. Twenty minute later i check…its totally gone. I change another one. Around 11pm, my reel alarm screech….The line gone loose…I pickup my rod to strike, yes….fish on. The fish swim inward…I had to wind back more line before I feel tension. When it was about to surface, my bright squid lamp cause it to panic and dive down again. I quickly ask angler Lucas to pull up my lamp. After this the fish swim toward the right. I had to get pass few rods before I able to surface it. By now Lucas has already getting ready my gaff. He manage to gaff it by one try and pull it up.

It was a long tail brown stingray. It tail is super long…more than six feet. It weigh at 7kg

Date: 29-04-2017      Time: 12.45pm     Rod: Shoreangler Jetty Surf 9ft.      Reel: Silstar AT80 fix spool.      Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Cable car      Bait: Live Tamban

I built a new 9ft spinning rod for myself by using parts of two scarp rod. The butt part is 4ft 6 from a Surecatch rod and the tip part is 4ft 9 also from another Surecatch rod. I totally rebuilt the tip part and painted it white on the tip for easy bite detection.

I tested it yesterday and it cast very well. The butt part was flexible and this is the most important of a fixed spool rod. If a fixed spool rod the butt part is too stiff, you can’t cast far. It is totally opposite of a multiplyier rod.

I use it yesterday and it start with a catch of a gar fish on a cable car rig when the tide is about to full. The real test will come when it had a bigger hookup. Lets wait and see.

I had found a fishing tackle shop in Malacca during my recent driving trip there. It is located at 140 Jalan Kubu. Just at the junction of Jalan portugis. A walking distance from Jonker walk. It store quite a number of spinning reel from big to small. No multiplier reel found. Check the price and its quite reasonable. Many difference size of sinker also. It close on Sunday.

Photo taken from google earth.