Shovelnose Shark

February 26, 2024

Date: 25-02-2024. Time: 2100 hrs. Rod: Penn Powergraph Surf 10 ft. Reel: Reelsking 10000. Rig: Long snood bottom feeder. Bait: Fresh Herring(Tamban)

Go in the late afternoon to jig some fresh bait. Cast out two rods on bottom feeder rig. Tide turn up around 7pm plus. Bait was lasting tonight.

Around 9pm plus, current start to flow faster. I saw my rod tip rattlle. I pickup the rod and at the same time i saw a angler winding back his line. Both our line had cross over. We entangle it and when i pump the rod, my reel start to scream. Oh..fish on..the fish start to take out line. I tighten my reel drag to put pressure on it. Manage to stop it run and i start wind back some line. It make several run before i able to take control. By now i know it is a shovelnose shark. Friends start to prepare the gaff. About 20 minutes after hookup, i able to surface it. Friend Simon Yeo gaff it and pull it up. We make some quick photos and the fish was released back to the water. It swim off immediately.

Above are those who help to bring the fish up. From left Deliang Yee, me, Ah Ho and Simon Yeo.

Queen fish and Wolf Herring

February 1, 2024

Date :31-01-2024.  Time: 19.00 hrs

Tide was on the way down and current flow is strong. As it still have day light left, I put on the slide down rig with live bait. It result with a 2kg queen fish and a 450g Wolf herring on two different rods within half n hour. The queenie i had to get my friend help to use the landing net to haul it up. The wolf herring i only use my rod to swing it up.

First fish this year

January 28, 2024

Date: 27-01-2024.  Time:1830hrs.  Rig: Slide down rig with live herring.

Got this meat fish(locally called) in the late evening when the downtide is almost ended. This fish will take surface or bottom feeder bait on day or night. The body is full of meat that why local name it. Can be fried, steam or add others flavors.

Wet wet night bite

December 29, 2023

Date 28/12/23.  Time: 1700 – 0100hrs

Friends Bernard wanted to fish so I accompany him along on a wet night. Early of the night was dry after the afternoon down pour. That is where i caught this baby cobia when the tide start turn up

Bernard got the second fish a 500g marine cat fish. After that the sky start to drizzle follow by a cluster rain coming from the South China sea. My reel alarm went off in the middle of the rain and it was Bernard who notice it while i was hiding under the canvas. He strike it hard before passing the rod to me. Wind back and it was a 2kg Golden cat fish.

I got my third fish when i reel back my line when the rain had a brief stop. A 500g Marine cat fish. All fishes had been released back.

Friends Catches

December 17, 2023

Date: 15-12-2023 Friday night.

Bernard Tan caught this 3kg Brown stingray on a two hooks apollo rig with defrost squid as bait.

16-12-2023 Saturday night.

Ah Beeze landed this 4kg golden catfish on a long snood bottom feeder rig with defrost sotong as bait.

Gar Fish

December 11, 2023

Date: 11-12-2023. Time:12pm

Caught this Gar fish on A slide down live bait rig when the tide is mid way down with a smooth current flow. Bait is a baby herring.

Small Queen Fish

November 28, 2023

Date: 28-11-2023 Time: 12.10pm. Rig: Cable car live herring

It had been raining in the evening for the pass few days and affect my fishing. So today decide to go before the rain come. Caught this small queenie on a live bait rig when the tide turn down.

Marine Cat Fish

September 26, 2023

Date: 25-09-2023. Time:2045 hrs. Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft. Reel: Shimano Torium 20. Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder. Bait: Fresh Herring.

Tida was on the way down. Current flow is strong. Bait is lasting at this moment.

I just change a new herring bait and cast out and about to walk away. Suddenly my reel scream. Pickup the rod and gave a hard strike. Yes…hard pulling there. Its struggle hard with the help of the strong current. Slowly I gain control and wind it back. But before surface up, it take a last dive downward. I had to thumb the spool to avoid it go too deep. I pump it up and a big Marine Cat fish appear on the water. It was too heavy to lift it up by the rod so I got my friend to grab hold of my leader and pull it up. It hit the scale at 4.2kg.