My friend BC caught this KBL at a east coast breakwater stone last night around 11pm. Rod is a Loomis Franklin Big game 12ft pair with a Abu 6500 Elite reel. Bait is live prawn on a two hooks pasternoster rig.
Date: 27-01-2012 Time: 1pm Rod: Shoreangler Big Game 10.2ft Reel: Shimano Torium 20 Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Cable car Bait: Live herring
Still on my lunar new year holiday….Went down around 10am when the tide was on the way up. Casted out two rods on bottom feeder and cable car rig. Manage to get some live tamban although quite rare today.
Around 1pm as the tide was about to full…after changing my bottom bait, I slid down my cable car rig….this garfish was nearby and it go for the grab n run….I strike immediately and it was ON. It make several acrobatic jump on the water surface before I able to wind it in. I use my rod to lift it up as the water was high.
After unhook and photo taking, the fish was given to a fellow who wanted it.
Date: 26-12-2011 Time: 7.30pm Rod: Shoreangler big game 10.2ft. Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh dead tamban
Went to the jetty around 6pm. It was quite crowded with anglers and cyclist. Manage to jig a few tamban as bait. Only setup one rod and casted out. The downtide was coming to the end after a good current flow. Around 7.30pm…I saw my rod tip shake alittle….went closer to look…it was just moving slowly up and down….I decided to do a full strike,,,,Yes…ON….heavy at the end…..was thinking could it be a small marine cat fish ???? But after winding awhile….I know I had a different fish at the end of the line…It just fight differently…..When surface…it was a small conger eel around one kilo plus….Wow….yesterday night I was just telling my buddy that the conger eel should be coming soon around this time….and tonight I already got it…haha….
Date: 10-12-2011 Time: 8.10pm Rod: Penn Inxs Ultramatch 12.9ft Reel: Shimano Torium 30 Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Dead Tamban
Tide was on the way up. Bait was quite lasting at this stage..Suddenly…there was a water splash in the sea….and AH ONG rod the line gone slack…LK was the first to spot it….He pickup the rod, wind back the loose line and strike…Yes…a full tension on the line and the rod bend….The fish was swimming inward….He passes the rod back to AH ONG the owner….Very fast the fish surface….From far I can see a wide body fish coming in….It is definitely a good fish and not a marine catfish which is very commonly landed at the jetty on this few weeks. Without hesitation…I use AH ONG squid net to scoop it up. Wow… a fat silver barramundi was on the floor….It hit the scale at 5.5kg. It also set a new mark on barramundi landed there this year.
Date: 19-11-2011 Time: 11pm Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft. Reel: Penn 225GLS Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh squid
The Down tide is about to end. The current already stop flowing…We had been fishing since the early night and there is no action…..Earlier ago….POH….one of my buddy was grumbling water was so nice and why not even a barracuda come to take our bait….I answer him that the barracuda here had been badly pamper and if no fresh squid as bait there dont eat….
As now is already near to the year end….squid is quite rare now…..I only manage to caught a few and all had been use as bait….I still need to caught one more for Ah AN to use. Luckily not long after I manage to get one. I pass it to AN and he change it and casted out.
Just a few minute later….POH heard a fish jumping out of water and as he was standing near AN rod. He instantly pickup the rod and do a hard strike…..YES ON….AN come on and take over the rod….The fish swim inward…..he easily wind back….It surface….. BARRACUDA….yes….it take fresh squid….HONG grab hold of the leader and haul it up….I place my squid net below the fish as safty net…A near to 2kg fish landed..
Date: 12-11-2011 Time: 0930am Rod: Shoreangler BigGame 10.2ft. Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40 Line: 30lbs braided with 50lbs mono leader Rig: Cable Car Bait: Live Herring.
Last night attend a dinner so never go fishing. Me long time never do day fishing as I mostly catching squid at night. So this morning headed down to the jetty.
Casted two rods out on bottom feeder and added a cable car rig with live bait on one of the rod. I switch the cable car rig to the other rod when changing the bottom bait. Like that all the while I will had a cable car rig in the water. It maximise my chance of hitting a fish.
Yes…it come at around 9.30am….My saltist reel alarm went screaming…..I was standing nearby as I already got enough tamban. I strike and hook on. The fish make a acrobatic jump on the water surface. It dive down deep and up again one more jump. It move to my right….I follow and cross over my other rod….It then swim inward. I wind fast and bring it to surface….Yusof who was there bring his rope gaff and bring it up.
A nice queenie laying on the jetty floor….It weigh 3kg….Twenty minute later…after photo taking…..I fillet it as the sky is turning dark…Will be back looking for the King as last week someone had hookup one but lost it when the king when under the jetty.
My buddy POW caught this lobster last night. It took his squid bait and was hook on one of the leg. He wind in slowly and when surface, I use my squid net to scoop it up.
Date; 14-08-2011 Time: 0100am Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft Reel: Penn 225LD Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder Bait: Dead Tamban
Ah An landed this wild barramundi early this morning after changing his fishing place. He move inner toward the shoreline to avoid the strong current downtide. The fish weigh 4.6kg on the scale.
Date: 08-08-2011 Time: 10pm Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft Reel: Penn 225LD Line: 30lbs mono Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Frozen squid
Ah An landed this 2kg Threadfin during the fast flowing downtide. It took the bait and just cause a light screech on the reel. The fish was wash down by the strong current flow. It only when the rod tip shake that he decided to strike. He wind it in and when I saw it was a threadfin…I took my squid net and scoop it up.
Earlier in the night….I caught a 2kg Big mouth catfish….I was away scooping squid when the fish strike….It was Ah An who wind in for me. This time I was using a Penn Powergraph surf fixed spool rod pair with a Silstar AX 80 spinning reel.
Date: 03-07-2011 Time: 10am to 2pm
Fishing at the jetty….the bait was not lasting….so today with a good running tide….decided to join friends for a go at the beach…
As the full tide was around 1.30pm…..we decide to start around 10am….LK and An both of them early in the morning went to the jetty to get fresh tamban for bait.
We setup and casted out…total there is 9 rods….Tide is already mid way up…..JW was the first to hit….He saw his rod rattle and he strike…..without much effort….a nice 1kg threadfin was wind in….
With this…it boosted our moral….everbody changing bait….more often….An hour later…..suddenly LK rod bent and his reel screech…..He rush to strike and the fish jump up from the water surface….WOW….threadfin again….with the aid of the wave….he slight in the fish…..It hit the scale at 1.8kg….
Fantastic….we never dream of getting this at the beach….But….it happen…….We pack off around 2pm when the tide turn down.
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