Dog Shark

April 17, 2014

Date: 17-04-2014     Time: 8.40pm     Rod: Custom made surf rod 12ft      Reel; Shimano Torium 20     Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder     Bait: Frozen squid

Ah Boi caught this Dog shark when the tide is on the way up.

Desaru Blacktip Shark

April 12, 2014

Date: 12-04-2014      Time: 8.05pm      Rod: Shoreangler big game 10ft      Reel: Daiwa Saltist 20H      Line: 20lbs braided join with 40lbs mono leader      Rig: Short snood bottom feeder      Bait: Smelly squid

Drive up to desaru for a short weekend break. I bring along my beach tackles set also. Due to the early morning high tide…by the time I reach there the tide already going down. So I decided to fish on the night high tide. As the night high tide is at 10.18pm…I only start at 7pm after my early dinner…

There is another angler fishing there also….I join him and after some chat…it turn out he is working as the life guard on the resort that I stay. I learn from him that the place got many type of fishes….he ever caught stingray, shark, chermin, snapper plus others type all on high tide. He use spinning set with prawn meat as bait.

But half way through, he got a call from his wife asking him to go home for some celebration. So ended up I myself fishing on that dark lonely beach. As it is very dark, its very hard to spot any bite as I didnt bring any luminous light. I only depend on my bright torch light to shine on my rod tip once in awhile.

Around 8pm, I see my line a bit loose…so i decide to check…I took my rod and strike…. and I feel some pull back….that I realise I had a hookup…It struggle while I wind back my line….It turn out is a small blacktip shark around 500g…I quickly take the photos and release it back to the sea.

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Good Size Grouper

April 10, 2014

Date: 10-04-2014     Time: 8.10pm      Rod: Penn Powerstick 10ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 20     Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh tamban

Tide was almost coming to the high…This fish took my bait and cause a screech on my reel alarm. I was nearby and I strike immediately…Yes fish on but not big….I gain control and slowly wind back…It struggle along the way and feel like a marine catfish…But….luckily it surface up is a grouper….I quickly ask my friend Ah Fei…who was helping me to catch squid use the net to scoop it up. It weigh 1.3kg on the scale.

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Big Stingray Escape 2014

April 5, 2014

Date: 05-04-2014    Rod: Century CMC     Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40    Line: 50lbs braided    Rig: Long snood bottom feeder     Bait: Fresh lizard fish.

Ah Zai lost this monster after 20 plus minute of hard fight battle. The hook line get cut while tug of war with the fish.

Wolf Herring

March 25, 2014

Date: 25-03-2014      Time: 6.30pm       Rod: Penn Slammer 10ft       Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40       Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader       Rig: Cable car       Bait: Live tamban

Caught this 900g Wolf Herring last evening.

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His 23th Barramundi

March 1, 2014

Date: 01-03-2014    Time: 1915hrs     Rod; Silstar Traverse X 12.6ft     Reel: Penn 555GS     Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Apollo with two hooks on a snood.    Bait: Live Prawn

Ah Hong landed his 23th Baramundi on the jetty last nite. The fish took his live prawn on the late evening. Tide was just turning up and current was smooth. It then move away from the jetty and make a round back trying to go under. Hong use his rod to steer the fish out…Upon doing that…he broke his 20yrs rod….but eventually he manage to surface the fish with the line intact while I gaff it up. It weigh 5.9kg on the scale.

Biggest Grouper by SURF ROD at Jetty

December 31, 2013

Date: 31-12-2013     Time: 5.15pm     Rod: Century      Reel: Shimano Torium 20      LIne: 40lbs mono     Rig: Bottom pully     Bait: dead Tamban

Tide was on the way up. Current just started to move, He went to see his line after sliding down a cable car rig. Suddenly he saw his line went slack. He pickup the rod and strike,,,,Heavy at the end….arrrr rubbish,,,But before his rig surface…he feel a tight jerk….Ya….a fish….when surface…wow !….grouper….

Yes…ah boi caught his last fish for year 2013 with a record….It could be the biggest grouper caught on surfcast out from the jetty. It weight 3.1kg…This mama size broke the last known biggest caught 2.5kg grouper many years back. Here we are talking about surfcast by rod out and away from the jetty and not grouper caught near or below the jetty.