Date: 10-02-2025. Time: 2035 hrs. Rod: Penn Slammer 9ft. Reel: Shimano Biomaster Special 9000. Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder. Bait: Fresh herring (Tamban)

Tide is on the way up. Very strong wind with fast current flow. Manage to jig few fresh herring as bait before sunset. Bait was lasting at this time. 2035 hrs, saw my rod bend and line going out. Strike hard and can feel strong jerking at the line end. Slowly wind back and this golden cat fish surface up. Ask friend to grab my rig line and haul it up as water is high. Weight 3kg plus.

Date: 07-02-2025. Time: 1800 hrs. Bait: Live Herring. Rig : Slide down live bait.

Went for a short day trip as full tide finish at 2030 hrs tonight. As still day bright, i use the slide down live bait rig and bottom feeder rig on a single rod. The wolf herring took the live bait rig while i was jigging for herring. I use my rod to haul it up.

Date: 20-01-2025. Bait: Live herring

Go on a day trip as night time the high tide is very late. First caught a Gar fish when the tide is on the way up. The queen fish was caught when the tide n current flow turn down. Both fishes took live herring on a slide down rig.

Date,: 16-01-2025. Time: 1400 hrs. Bait: Live kambong.

Always rain in the evening for quite a number of days. So today decide to go on a day trip as the tide is full around 12 plus. Setup to sets of tackles. Tide already turn down but still no tamban around. After some hard jiging, i caught a small kambong. Quickly use as live bait n lower it down. No action until around 2pm. I do a check on the bait n the live kambong is still active but the bottom bait gone. Change it, cast out n lower the live bait down. Just i was about to move away, my reel scream..haha..gar fish strike when i lower the live bait. I waited for awhile until it did another pull then i strike.( Always wait for the second pull if you guess its a gar fish took your bait. Allow it to swallow first before you strike. This is to avoid it throw out the bait if you strike too early). I use my rod to haul it up.

Date: 06-01-2025. Time: 2055 hrs. Rod: Ugly Stick 9ft. Reel: LC 7000. Bait: Fresh Tamban.

My first fishing trip for this year. Tide was on the way down. I start at the evening and manage to jig for some fresh bait fish. Setup two set of tackles both with long snood bottom feeder rig. Bait was lasting.

Around 2055 hrs, I saw my ugly stick rod tip bend and shaking. Strike had and fish on. Slowly wind back n a threadfin surface up. Follow the motion, I use the rod to haul it up.

Date: 16-11-2024. Time:0000hrs. Rod: Penn Longrange 13ft. Reel: Abu 10000. Rig: Long snood bottom feeder. Bait: fresh squid

Friends Wong Poh caught this 2.2kg Sweetlip just minute passed midnight. The fish took his fresh squid bait and cause his reel alarm to screech. After some struggle it surface up and i use my squid net to scoop it up.

Date: 14-11-2024. Time : 1900 hrs. Rod: Daiwa 7ft. Reel: LC 7000. Rig: Short snood bottom feeder. Bait: Fresh Tamban.

Tide is on the way up. It is my first cast on this rod. The fish took the bait and cause my reel to screech. It then swim toward the deeper water. I set the hook hard and had a little tug of war between us. I manage to wind it nearer after that. When it surface up, a big barracuda appear. I get a young angler there to hold on the rod and i grab my gaff. Upon bring it up, it weigh 4.5kg.

Date: 10-11/11/2024

A long night out fishing with two friends. Bait is defrost and fresh squid mixed used. Lobster 600g, Sickle fish 710g and Fingermark snapper 500g. Smaller fish Emperor fish, Sweetlip and Teeboon(Yellow stripe).

Date: 23-10-2024

This early morning caught this fingermark snapper by using a half tamban i scoop from a ribbon fish mouth. The ribbon fish caught a tamban and was just below my squid lamp. I try to scoop it but it escape and leave behind half part of the tamban bait. I had been using fresh squid tonight as i had no other bait but it just no bite. Surprisingly a half tamban work.

Date: 27/09/2024

Went with friends on a long night fishing. Tide was going down. Current flow are strong. I caught a Golden cat fish about 1.8kg with a live cuttle fish as bait. Friend caught three palm size Fingermark snapper with squid as bait. I steam two snapper for lunch this afternoon without frozen it.