Papa Skate (Stingray)

October 18, 2012

Date: 18-10-2012    Time: 10pm     Rod: Penn Slammer 11.6ft      Reel: Penn TRQ 200     Line: 30lbs braided join with 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder     Bait: Squid.

Tide was coming up…current was fast but smooth. I was catching squid on the right side while Weemin were fishing on the left side.

Around 10pm…Weemin reel alarm sounded…I see Rudi(another angler there) rush to the rod pickup n strike…The penn slammer rod make a fully bend…WOW…that is big….

The fish never fight much…but instead stay threading in the water along with the current….Rudi make a few hard pump on the rod to lift it higher..

The fish move along with the current…by now it already on the mid part of the T junction…Wee min come along with his fixed gaff..but the fish still refuse to surface….He took over the rod…With fresh energy…he manage to pump it higher but on a very slow pace…

After awhile…the fish manage to surface up about 20 meter away…Wow…my first sight it was a big thick back ray…It then dive down again…pulling line out on a faster pace….Weemin tired out and Rudi had to takeover again….After sometime of tug of war…it surface second time now at the right corner….but very fast it sink down again….Then it was on a slow pace of winding back…with Rudi n Weemin changing hand on the rod another one or two time…

Finally it was Weemin who manage to surface it up….I take the opportunity to gaff it….Yes…first gaff in….It struggle a little…but my gaff was fully in control…I pull it nearer and Convert take Weemin gaff to gaff it…Two gaff in…but I want another gaff so that to spread out the weight when pulling up. Rudi come with a rope gaff but it was not sharp enough so it fail…I try to get another gaff while Convert n Rudi try to pull it up….haha..but both fail as it was too heavy for two of them…They call for help so I and Weemin went to help…

We manage to pull it up….Wow…a whopping papa ray…estimate around 50kg…It had swallow the hook deep inside…two barb was remove from it tail…

They try on two 40kg digital scale fail to weigh it…haha…I had to go to my mobile home to take a 50kg scale.

It hit 43kg on the scale….a new record for this year (2012) bedok jetty biggest…

Here is how heavy the fish is..he can’t even able to lift it up

Brown Stingray

September 22, 2012

Date: 22-09-2012    Time: 5.30am     Rod: Any fish any where rock     Reel: Daiwa Grandwave 20     Line: 20lbs mono with 40lbs leader.    Rig: Long snood bottom feeder     Bait: Fresh squid

He come late….Jetty was crowded tonight….I was packing up and he about to cast out his rod….I told him to take my place….He oblige….

5.30am his reel alarm sound…ON….landed this 4kg brown stingray…

Stingray and Barracuda

September 15, 2012

 

Date: 15/16-09-2012     Time:11.30pm n 2.30am

LK landed this 9.5kg brown stingray(above photo) around 11.30pm with his Kunnan boatmaster 11ft rod pair with a Daiwa LD50 reel. Bait was fresh squid on a long snood bottom feeder rig. He fought it himself on a strong current flow tide for around 7-8 minute before i gaff it up.

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Ah An caught this 2.8kg barracuda at 2.30am with his Penn PPT sidewinder pair with a Shimano Torium 30 reel. Bait use fresh squid on a long snood bottom rig. It didn’t take much time for him to land. I gaff it up also.

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Dog Shark Again

July 15, 2012

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.

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Fingermark Snapper

July 8, 2012

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.

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Leong first Queenfish

July 6, 2012

Date: 06-07-2012     Time: 8.45pm     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder

Leong got his first queen fish in the night at the jetty. This 2kg plus fish took his tamban bait and causing his Daiwa Sealine lever drag reel to screech. I alert him and he strike. The fish swim inward and he easily surface it. I gaff it up.

Two in a night

June 30, 2012

Ah An caught his 1.6kg Barracuda around 10pm 30-06-2012 when the tide was midway down. The fish took his fresh squid bait on his Penn PPT sidewinder rod 13.6ft pair with a Shimano Torium 30 reel. I used my hand to grab hold of his line leader and haul it up the jetty.

Ah Hong caught his 3.1kg queenfish at around 1.30am 01-07-2012 when the downtide was about to end. The fish took his tamban bait on his Century vectra rod pair with a Shimano Trinidad DC 30 reel almost immediately after he casted down. For this fish, I use my gaff to bring it up.

Dog Shark

June 22, 2012

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.

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Hungry Night Queenie

May 26, 2012

Date: 26-05-2012    Time: 10.50pm      Rod: Zzipplex M427 Hi-Flex 13ft.      Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 50      Line: 50lbs mono      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh night herring(Tuabak)

Queenfish very seldom feed at night….Ah ONG is the lucky one…..Tide was on the way up and the current was flowing very smooth…Bait was not very lasting but ONG keep on changing to make sure it has bait in the water all the time.

Hard work paid off….Around 10.50pm….POW….another angler there saw Ah ONG rod tip rattle…..Immediately he strike…..Yes…it ON. He then pass the rod back to ONG…..By looking at the rod bend….we know this fish has size….We were guessing it could be another Threadfin…..I standby my squid net. But when the fish surface….It turn out to be a Queenfish…..I quickly ask ONG to hold on the fish and I grab my gaff.

The fish was brought up easily….It hit the scale at 4kg.