Date: 14-04-2013 Time: 6.20pm Rod: Centuary Kompressor SS 13.6ft Reel: Daiwa Satiga 40 Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Dead Kambong
Ah Lai caught this threadfin yesterday evening. Weight shoud be around 1kg plus.
Date: 13-04-2013 Time: 4pm plus Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Dead Tamban
Sound funny right ? Yeah…Its all begin yesterday afternoon…I was fishing there from the morning until about 1pm when the tide full…Was about to packup when Ah An and Xio Fan arrived…I decided to leave one set of tackle there as I will be back in the evening….I ask Ah An to change bait for me if he is not lazy…Good for him also as he got two rod to play…
Then…around 4pm plus while I fast a sleep….my phone ring….Ah Hon was on the line….”Your rod kena Boonnang(Golden travelly)..around 4kg…Wow..reel screaming….Will keep it alive in the water “
I was back there around 6pm…the fish still alive…weigh it…Ya…almost 4kg..
Date: 02-04-2013 Time: 9.45pm Rod: Penn Power stick 10ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Cut greeneye squid strip (Frozen)
Went for a short trip….Main target is to catch squid…but did bring along a set of tackle to cast out. Current was slow today and initially bait was not lasting…Only when the tide turn that the bait was lasting. I use the left over bait from last saturday night trip.
Around 9.45pm…tide has turn up…I suddenly saw my line gone loose….Quickly I strike the rod…Heavy at the end…Easily wind in….Only when near the jetty that the fish fight back…by diving downward…
I surface it and it was a marine cat fish…..I use my hand to grab hold of my line n leader and pull it up…Estimate around 3kg..The fish ended up given to a angler there.
Date: 16-03-2013 Time: 5.15pm Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft Reel: Shimano Speedmaster 4 Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: fresh dead tamban
XF caught this 2.5kg golden travelly on the early evening when the tide is on the way down.
Date: 16-03-2013 Time: 5.20pm Rod; Centuary Kompressor SS 14ft Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 40 Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Ah Lai caught this 2.5kg Fingermark Snapper just five minute after XF G.T.(above) It is counted a rare catch at the jetty with it size. Even if you take a boat out at changi sea….you hardly able to catch one snapper above 2kg. See picture below….
Note: I also caught a 400g flat head around 11pm the same night.
Date: 08-03-2013 Time: 8.50pm Rod; Penn Powergraph surf 12ft. Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Frozen Tamban
Tide was about to full…..Current is still running strong….We were talking about earlier my hard fought battle to a one way train. A huge stingray just manage to strip off my shimano torium 20 reel two hundreds meter of mono and braided line and break free. It just keep going with the help of the strong current without any turning back. I lost it after nearly half n hour of tight drag fighting. Below is the video showing ah boi trying to help and the fish keep running. I only able to pump when the fish stop briefly..Sound are affected by the strong wind that night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFMLCTAh6A
Ah Boi went to change his bait….He feel the weight at the end of the line…but he thought tangle my line….so both of us wind back together..Then…..he feel some struggle…..end up a big red snapper below….I use my hand to grab hold of his leader and pull it up….2.5kg is the weight…..Very rare at jetty.
Date: 02-03-2013 Time: 0001hrs Rod: Penn Powergraph Surf 12ft Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh cuttle fish
Caught this big mouth catfish last night. I happen to looking at my line when it dancing up n down…Quickly I went to strike the rod….The fish didn’t fight back but was heavy at the end of the line….Easily wind back and I lift it up with my hand by grabbing to my leader. About 1.5kg in weight.
Date : 15-02-2013 Time: 1505hrs Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft. Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs leader Rig: Cable car Bait: Live tamban
Every year at this time is my long lunar new year holiday…But the past few day the weather is bad so no fishing…Today weather is much better…I headed down to the jetty around 12pm.
Reach there the tide is half way up. Current was smooth…Casted out two sets of tackle with bottom and cable car live bait at the top. Today alots of tamban…You just need to jig and live bait is not a problem. In between if lucky even can get Selar fish. I got a few today.
Around 3pm…after just changing bait, I was standing just beside the rod when i saw a wolf herring surface up and grab my live bait. It grab and drag side way…causing my reel alarm to screech. I pickup my rod and strike… The fish swim downward…I wind in and the fish was at the end of my rig. I use the rod to lift it up…A nice wolf herring around a kg.
Date: 29-01-2013 Time: 1815hrs Rod: Penn Power Stick 10ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Cable Car Bait: Live tamban
Arm with 5 pcs of frozen tamban, I headed there around 6pm. Downtide was about to end but still got some current flow. Casted out two sets of tackle with bottom feeder rig.
When to jig for live bait but no bite at all. It only after I went around trying at different spots that I manage to caught one. Quickly hookup on a cable car rig and slight down as still got day light.
After this I went around to jig again…Not long after I move off, one guy shouted for me…Saying my reel did screech and he saw a wolf herring jumping on the water surface. I went back but my rod got no action..Knowing the fish might sink downward…I waited…Only when I saw my rod tip move that I strike…YES…something at the end of the line..Winding back the line slowly…It surface up…Yup..a wolf herring …I use my rod to lift it up…estimate around a kg. Haha…my only live tamban has change into a wolf herring…
Date: 26-01-2013 Time: 0905hrs Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder Bait: Frozen Tamban
Chinese new year is just about two weeks away…I always prepare my sea food early as I don’t like the last minute rush. Last week I went to a wet market trying to pick a nice size fresh grouper…I saw one…but when I ask the price, it was $34.00 per kilo…Haha…a bit too high for me…end up only buy the prawn.
This morning I went to the wet market again…The fishmonger saw me…The first thing he said is” eh…U want fish go jetty and fish la…why come here?” Haha..I laugh..”Boss…Jetty no gurantee got fish le…I better buy to play safe”. I saw his store got tenggiri n some grouper…I ask the price…both same at $20.00 a kg. I order 2kg of tenggiri meat and pick the biggest grouper there although it don’t look quiet fresh..Its about 800g and with the tenggiri meat total was $60.00.
After keeping it in my freezer, I pick a pack of five frozen tamban which I caught few days ago and headed down to the jetty. Reach there the water was rising but the current flow already stop. See some people jigging but end up no tamban. Setup my tackles and cast it out on bottom feeder rig with the frozen tamban as bait. After this I go look for live bait..As the current hasn’t turn…no tamban can be found..
Suddenly I heard one of my friend calling me..He say my reel did screech twice…I look at my rod tip but no movement le…I walk back to my rod….then I saw a very slight tug…I pickup and strike….YES..it heavy at the end…Just feel alittle struggle at the end of the line…The feeling is either a grouper or a puffer…Haha…So while winding back slowly…I keep on guessing and praying…No puffer No my heart was talking…Very lucky when it surface..it turn out to be a grouper…I used the rod to lift it up….just nice…about a kg in weight…Thank you Sea Dragon King…It just come at the right time.
Date: 01-January 2013 Time: 1300hrs Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Line: 30lbs braided join with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Cable car Bait: Live Tamban
Last night was the eve of the new year…but it rained heavily and non stop until early this morning. No choice. I had to abort my annual new year eve fishing trip. Missed those red color flare fire from the ships parked at sea when the new year arrived plus the crowd that gathered at the end of the jetty to watch the fireworks from marina bay.
This morning I look at the tide table. The tide comes in at 0718hrs at 1.5m and full at 3.1m 1258hrs noon follow by the downtide finishing at 1935hrs this evening. I decided to fish at 11am to 2pm which is two hours before and two hours after the high tide.
After packing my lunch, I headed down…Reached around 11am. The current was already in a stand still as the downtide got a better current flow so it stop early. Setup my tackle and started jigging for bait. But as the current had stop, I can’t even get one. No choice but had to wait…Around 12.30pm, the current started to turn. One of my friends Mr. Poh manage to jig a live tamban. He passed it to me. I quickly cast out my tackle and lowered down the tamban on a cable car rig.
Within few minutes, my rod tip shook. I know it could be a Garfish taking the live bait. I didn’t strike immediately. Instead I waited until the second time the rod tip bent down then I struck. The fish did a acrobatic jump on the water surface. It was a small todak(garfish). Within minutes I wound it in and lifted it up by the rod. The fish was given to an angler there.
I checked my cable car rig. The 30lbs dupont line is a bit rough due to the abrasion by the garfish teeth but has no visible cut. I re- used the rig. Mr. Poh passed me another live tamban. I lowered it down again.
Now the current is moving faster…My cable car rig was pulled lower down. About 15 minutes later while I was jigging for bait, suddenly there was a long and loud screaming from my reel alarm which can even be heard by people at the middle of the jetty. I picked up the rod and struck! The fish just kept going. At this moment I don’t know what fish I caught. It cannot be a garfish as it didn’t have this type of power. Queen fish, maybe, but it didn’t do any water surface jumping. After struggling, it turn to my right side and swam slightly inward. I kept winding back the line and manage to surface it near the jetty. It was a Queen fish. I asked a angler (Weimin) to get my gaff. He then held my rod and I gaffed it myself. I landed a Queen fish weighing weigh 2.6kg. I am happy for a new year day catch.
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