Saw a angler hook up this coral plant grow on a discard battery from the bottom of the jetty last week. It was release back to where it was after this photo taken.

Date: 14-09-2009    Time: 10pm

My Friend Ah Seng caught this 4kg barramundi or Seabass with a handline on float drifted along the current flow. Bait was a piece of cut half dead tamban. This fish took the bait and swim against the current flow. It make a acrobatic jump and headed toward under the jetty. The jump make us notice of the hookup. I quickly use my squid net to prevent the float from going under the jetty. The fish surface and I use my net to scoop it up.

Date: 15-08-2009     Rod: Penn Inxs 2 Groundcast 13ft.     Reel: Daiwa Saltist STT50     Line: Berkerly 40lbs mono.     Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder      Bait: Fresh Squid

Tonight jetty is a bit quiet on a saturday night. Not very crowded as compare to other saterday night. Only about a dozen of long rods at the end part targeting big game fish. Many are concentrating catching squid. Tide was down going but was about coming to the end.

Suddenly, Ah B Daiwa surf rod reel alarm sounded. Simon was the first to reach. He pickup and strike but missed the fish. Everyone was laughing at this false alarm.

Five minute later, Simon rod alarm sounded. This time it was louder and longer. Leng Kia was the first to pickup and strike. Wow !….U can see the rod bend and the line strip. Haha…big one coming. Everyone started to wind back their line to make space for the big fight. I prepare my gaff so did Simon who is the rod owner. Our  common mind we thought it was a stingray about 10 over kg. The fish after striping some line it stop running and Lend Kia manage to wind back some line. He then pass the rod to Tee Kia who continue to gain line back. After awhile he pass the rod to me. When I took over, the fish is about 50 meter away from the jetty. I gave a few pump and it was closer now. But the fish started to turn to the right side and speed up. It seem it was spook by the squid lamp just right below. Wow !….I know by now it is not a stingray. The way the fish dash with that type of speed, it definitely not. The fish dash all the way from the left end of the jetty to the right end. Along the way there was three squid lamps hanging below. I was force to run along with it and I take the opportunity to gain back what ever line available. When it reach the right end of the jetty, the fish surface up and those who was present there can see it was a big shovel nose shark. At this time as the fish is near the water surface and firmly secured, I decided to pass the rod to it owner Simon who by now still no chance to touch his own rod. Haha…The fish then make a turn and heading back to the left. Simon fought hard with it. I ask all the squid lamp to be pull up in order to calm down this monster. Its work and now the rod is back in Tee Kia hand. He manage to surface it again near the centre part of the jetty. THe fish also look wear out and was bring nearer to the jetty. I grab hold of Simon rope gaff and sink it in on the right side body near the fin. The fish make a last dash trying to break free but my gaff was fully secure. I lifted it head up the surface and Ah An sink in his gaff on the belly part. It was totally secure now but to pull and lift this monster up the jetty U need more than two man power. I ask for a third one and Commando come along. But his gaff was a bit too short as the water was low. After several trying and still can’t sink in, I ask Simon who’s hand is free to come and take over the rope gaff I was holding. I rush to get my gaff and sink it in on the back of the fish. With three gaff in, we together pull it up the jetty. Yeah !….fish landed and mission completed. Everyone was smiling and happy. It has been a long time that we manage to land a monster with many people involved. Another memory catches from this famous bedok jetty.

Many photo was taken and the fish was cut up by Lor Kor who was inform of the catch by Ah Lai and went down to look and do the cut up.

Date: 07-08-2009     Time; 7pm      Rod: Any Fish Any Where 14ft.      Reel: Daiwa Sealine 40 SHA      Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder       Bait: Fresh Tamban

Nafi caught this ray when the tide is on the way up. The fish took the bait and cause the reel alarm to have a short screech. Nafi strike it and play slowly to bring it close to the jetty. White with a gaff has already on standby. It was easily gaff up.

Date: 05 July 2009     Time: 0200 hrs      Rod; Daiwa Elimator 12ft.     Reel: Abu 10000C      Line; 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Night herring(Tua bak)

Ah An is a very hard working angler. He every saturday morning will cycle all the way from Toa Payoh to bedok jetty and will stay over night until sunday noon then cycle back home. Two week back he caught a barracuda around 2kg and early this morning he got this 2kg giant herring. The fish took his bait and given his reel alarm a good workout. He quickly went to strike it and has some good fight as the current was very strong last night. When the fish surface, I saw it was deeply hook so I use my hand to pull it up.

Date: 30 June 2009    Time: 9pm     Rod: Zzipplex Primo Tournament 13ft.    Reel: Avext MXL     Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh Tamban.

Samad landed this ray when his friend saw the rod tip shake. He pickup and strike immediately. The fish didn’t gave much fight and he wind in easily.

Date: 19-06-2009      Time: 9.30pm      Rod; Daiwa Saltiga Surf 12ft       Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40     Line; 40lbs mono.     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh Tamban

Ah B caught this almost 2kg threadfin last night during a downtide fast current flow. The fish took the bait with a light screech on the reel alarm and the line gone loose. He pickup and strike. The fish swim inward and I use my squid net to bring it up.

Date: 25-05-2009  Time: 7pm

Caught this 6ft Murray eel yesterday night. It took my frozen tamban bait. Only found out when changing bait. It hell of heavy weight when winding in the line. It was released after photo taking. Gone were my LSBF rig also as it has mess n coil up the whole thing. It survive when release into water.

Bedok jetty under renovation until march 2009 so have to look for another spot to fish. Decided to go labrador park to try as there is a newly built breakwater which I haven’t fish before. The place was a former navy camp site and now it is a beautiful beach with toilet and shelter. It is not very snaggy here if you cast from the breakwater. But further out  to the right side where “Long Ya mern” stone is, the whole stretch is snaggy. If you not careful and fast enough, most likely you will encounter snag when you wind back your line. I fish here yesterday night and got snag two time result in sinker lost. Try until 2am without any bite. Take rest in my mobile home and this morning move over to the jetty. Early morning not crowded so lots of space to fish. Decide to do surface fishing with cable car. Quickly jig for tamban and manage to get a few. The first tamban down landed a gaff fish almost immediately. This hungry fellow whack it and swallow the hook causing my Daiwa 47H reel alarm to sound. Without much problem I wind it back and used my Daiwa longcast rod to lift it up. It was given to a angler whom I known after the hook was removed.

Went to labrador again last evening to meet some friend there. Water was too low to fish from breakwater so we move over to the jetty. Fish until 8pm and the park ranger came to inform of closing gate. Friends all decide to go home but not me. I go to the breakwater again but water still very low. Relax abit before decided to go east coast beach. Start around 10pm with two rods. Caught a marine cat fish around 12am when the tide was about to full. This fellow took my three small sotong hook  on to a single hook bait. It was given to a friend who was at the jetty after I packup. Tackles used was a Surecatch Thunder rod 12ft pair with a Abu Red 7000C reel on a short snood bottom feeder rig.