Date: 15-07-2012      Time: 00.30am     Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft      Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40     Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader.      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh cuttle fish

It had been drizzling the whole saturday….Only clear around the evening…I headed down at around 5pm. Tide was running up.

First news coming in is LAI has just lost a fish due to line break. while I was setting up my tackle,,,,one of Ah HOR rod got a hookup…but he just went out to the toilet….haha….Ah HONG was the one who strike it….Yes fish on….when surface….YUP CHERMIN…Ah ANN gaff it up….

While I went out to get something and back….Ah HONG had landed a parrot fish about 500g with live prawn…WOW!!!…Lucky and rare catches…

Night fall….No squid at all….Ah POW join in….wind was quite strong….Now…tide turning down…..Around…10pm plus….manage to saw a small group of squid appear below my light….SCOOP it….yup five small one in total….

Ah POW hook one and casted out….Five minute later he saw his rod tip bend….Strike….yup on….fish swimming in….Surface….haha… a small leopard ray about 1kg….Release it back….

Downtide current was strong….00.30 hours…I wanted to change bait…wind back…heavy…must be rubbish….but it turn out to be a fish…surface….DOG SHARK….PC help to pull it up by hand…haha…near to 2kg.

Date: 08-07-2012     Time:0100am     Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 20      Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Tamban tip with squid(combine bait)

Toward that saturday evening had a heavy downpour….Only around 7pm that it stop. Headed down to the jetty. Tide has already turn up slowly.

Casted out my tackle with little hope as the water look cold. Follow by setting up my squid lamp to catch squid. Bait was quite lasting…so hardly need to change.

Very fast time past….Tide is midway up and the current pickup faster….Then great news coming in….LK had landed a barracuda around 1.8kg. Someone there offer to buy it at ten dollar. Deal done. An hour later Ah An also caught a smaller barracuda around 600g. Then old kassim caught a marine catfish few houdred gram. So another angler landed a 500g kaci…follow by Ah An again landed a small GT. Wow!!!!! tonight water fantastic….

12.30am….Ah POW my buddy packup. There is a leftover squid bait and he passed it to me. I tip it on my hook  with tamban bait during my next bait changing..

Around 1am…the current is turning direction….I wind back my bait and found it nicely intact…..I re-casted it down. Few minutes later….suddenly my reel alarm sounded….hohoho….I pickup and strike….YES….fish on….Well not big….I can just wind it back….When surface…haha…a nice fingermark snapper….To play safe on landing it…I call out to another angler there AH Wee to get my squid net to scoop it up. Yup….almost 500g…nice size…and a rare catch at jetty nowadays.

Date: 22-06-2012     Time: 9.15pm     Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 20     Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Frozen cuttlefish(frozen for a year)

Went down late…so can’t jig for fresh bait fish. Just grab hold of three frozen cuttle fish which I had kept long ago. Two of which had been in the freezer for more than a year.

Reach there the wind was very strong coming from the south. Sea look choppy. Low tide was about to end. Set up my tackle and my squid catching item. Casted out a almost dry up cuttle fish as bait.

Tide turn up and the current was strong. Squid was rare and after two hour only caught three pieces. Around 8.30pm, as the current was at full swing, I wind back my line….bait gone…decide to wait awhile for the current to slow down….so hang up the rod.

9.05pm…On seeing the current slowing down a little, I re-bait with the year long cuttle fish and casted out. Ten minute later….my reel alarm go screaming…hoho…rod tip bend…I strike….YES….fish on….Ha….not so big le….Afraid that due to the the big bait….the hook might not set properly…haha….I strike another time…

It didn’t struggle much….Easily I wind in….it surface and I saw it was a dog shark…I lay down my rod and grab hold of my leader….I hand lift it up the jetty. It size should weigh around 2kg.

Date: 23-04-2012     Time: 8.45pm      Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 20      Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Small Frozen cuttle fish

It already 6pm. From my house, I look at the sky on the northen side…It was full of black rain cloud….On the southern side at the jetty, the sky is clear…I was thinking…To go or not to go ? It also already too late to jig for fresh tamban.

Finnally I decided to go….I grab two small frozen cuttle fish from my freezer which I had caught few weeks ago and headed down. Reach there the tide was coming up. Current was smooth but water just alittle choppy as there is a surface wind blowing from the east. Looking from the jetty…I can see Changi, Pasir ris and Tampinese all the sky was very dark n had lightning striking. But lucky is the wind is coming from the east so it quite safe for now. I set up one set of tackle and cast out a cuttle fish as bait.

Few minute later, suddenly the wind change direction….A cold strong wind coming from the north….Ho..ho…I quickly wind back my rod, grab hold of everything and cycle out to the shade outside the jetty. Sited there a few minute and looking at the sky….Haha…the wind stop and those rain cloud starting to flying off…hehe….good…I cycle back and casted out the last cuttle fish. I then setup my squid net and lamp.

Around 8.45pm…I just manage to caught two pieces of squid and a small mantis prawn as I prepare to use it for my next bait change. Suddenly….I heard my reel alarm went off. It was just a short scream and stop. I rush over to my rod n the line already abit loose. I strike by running backward….YES…it is ON….The fish make a run…It pull out quite a distance of line and the rod is bend…Then it suddenly turn around….At one point I thought I had lost the fish…I quickly wind back the line then I notice it was swimming inward. By now…I know the fish is not so big but it is definitely not a stingray as by the way it behave. I ask another angler there Desmond to pull up my squid lamp. I told him it is either a kemajan or a cobia.

Few minute later after some struggle….I manage to bring the fish to the surface….Hoho….it is a kemajan….I ask another angler WEI MIN to prepare the gaff. By now…the fish is already along side the jetty. I steady the fish and ask WEI MIN to gaff. His first gaff just hook slightly on the side of the fish…It drop down while bringing it up….Hoho…once the fish hit the water…It make a deep dash…Luckily I was holding the rod well….I resurface it again and reposition it for him to try the second gaff…..Again it didn’t gaff well and it drop down again….this time it was near a jetty pillar….The fish almost got away by cutting my line on the pillar. No choice….I had to resurface it again one more time…This time I ask WEI MIN to see properly before he gaff it. He manage to do it well and pull up the fish. I weigh it and it was 5kg. YES….I had added a Shovelnose on my this year list of catches. I had expected it to come on the second half of the year but seem it had arrived early.