My Friend's Catches 9

Triple Catch within a day

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.

Threadfin

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.

Shovel nose shark

Date: 14-04-2013      Time: 0400am.     Rod: Penn Slammer white 10.6ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 16     Line: Unknown     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh squid

Ah Leong friend caught this 8kg Shovelnose Shark early sunday morning.

This one all by himself

Date: 27-04-2013    Time: 7pm     Rod: Centuary Kompressor SS     Reel: Daiwa Satiga 40     Line; 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh Kembong

It already 7pm....the sky started to turn dark....the tide is turning up...but this queenfish take his last bite....Zzzzzzz....Ah Lai satiga reel go screaching....He was there just beside it....he strike....he fought...he pump the rod....the fish make a jump on the water surface.....I saw it and walk over as I fish on the other coner...The fish come near to the jetty....but the gaff was not ready.....Ah Lai play the fish....he let it run around....

Ah An has fixed up the gaff....but he say its not long enough as the water was low....I took over it....I stand on the jetty railing....I lower it down...haha...just manage to touch the water....Ok la....I told Ah Lai to bring the fish nearer...I gaff it up.....3.2kg is the weight.

He broke that long waiting Zero catch

Date: 30-04-2013      Time: 8.20pm      Rod: Replica Century Vectra 13.6ft      Reel: Shimano Trinidad A 30      Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Dead Tamban

Ah Hong fish almost every saturday night....but for the past one over year....he caught nothing...Fish that take his bait always ended up line snap or missed hook. It happened so many times that we had to label him with white foot base(bad luck). Some even ban him for striking their rod when a fish take the bait.

We know he is very desprate to hookup one to prove us wrong..haha...but it happen again n again until he himself lost confident....It show sign last night....

I went there early before they came. I manage to jig some tamban as bait before the sky turn dark.  Ah An come first before Hong. Tide was on the way down but current already slow down. We setup squid lamp to catch squid but was very rare.

It was around 8.20pm when the down tide was about end...We were chating when his reel alarm screech....He was just next to it and strike it....Yes...fish on...Me n An start to wind back our line to avoid entangle....Then Hong say the fish swim inward....I was fixing up the gaff when I can see he is worried....worried that the samething will happen again n loose the fish...So he ask me to take over....

I took over the rod and play the fish...leaving the fixing of gaff to ah An...I also order both of them to bring up our two squid lamps...reason is fishes are afraid of bright light....they will fight all out when U want to bring them to surface....

Without the squid lamp....I easily bring it to surface....As the water was low....It is not easy to gaff it as below the jetty is very dark....Ah An try few time but fail....Hong saw it and come over to hold the rod from me and I take over the gaffing job....I also missed a few gaff before I got it. It weigh 4.2kg after landed....

Ah Hong was so relief after this as he had finally break that fat zero and no more a white foot base...

7.5kg Brown Stingray

Date: 11-05-2013     Time: 2100hrs      Rod: ATC Premium Surf 13.6ft.     Reel: Daiwa Saltist 40      Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: dead Tamban

K caught this stingray after some hard pump n puff.. His reel alarm went off when the tide was on the way up. Although there was a strong southern wind blowing....the current was smooth. The fish took the bait just after he had casted out. I gaff it up and it was a male ray.

Mangrove Jack

Date: 24-05-2013    Bait: Tamban

Ah Chuan caught this mangrove jack about a kilo in weight with a handline lower below the jetty. He also caught a small wolf herring by cable car rig.

Big Black spotted grouper

Date: 25-05-2013     Time: 10.30pm     Bait: Smelly market sotong

Ah Poh caught this 4.5kg black spotted grouper by a handline lower down below the jetty. The fish took the bait and run further in below the jetty. He had to pull and fought with it before manage to surface it. I was called to scoop it up with my net. I took the photo on his behalf.

Threadfin

Date: 01-06-2013     Time: 1825hrs     Rod: Century Vectra 13.6ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 30     Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Dead Tamban

Ah An caught this 1kg plus threadfin when the tide started turning down. This fish took his bait and was struggling when hookup...causing his rod tip to rattle...He saw it and wind it back...A nice threadfin after a quite heavy down pour earlier.