Unfortunately....

This trip was on the 14th of September. The crew this time consisting of Andre,Shairul,Faisal and Dinie met up at punggol plaza at around 9am before heading to the usual spot. The day started with scorching hot weather as we casted our rod and awaiting the bites. We casted a floater to catch fishes near the rocks and were rewarded. It began to be a good day as Shairul's rod gave a good bend within a few minutes of casting. Soon after, the 1kg gemang was subdued. A few minutes later, Andre's rod was giving in weak vibrations as it sway back and forth. Trying out his luck, he pumped his abu garcia,commodore to find a bigger gemang at the end of his line. The fishes were kept in a net and was put in the water. Unfortunately after 3 hours or so, Dinie went to check the net to discover a huge gash in the net probably due to rubbing of sharp rocks in the water's edge. One of the gemang escaped with a few other fishes. The bigger gemang luckily got its giant head stuck in between the hole and its attempt of escaping failed. Although such an unexpected occurrence happened, we were still content with the catch. Btw, its great fishing with Shairul again. Cheers bro.

Dinie and Shairul
Shairul and Andre
Brother Faisal
Shairul posing with gemang
Dre posing with his commodore and gemang

Fish bigger than both a 1.5litre bottle and a thumbs up!

More pics form Pasir Ris Beach

Scat

From left,clockwise: Grouper, Duri Belalang, Leng chiam, Toadfish and Usat in the centre The catch of the that day

Yishun...

First day of Ramadan and we were already itching to try a new spot at Yishun. Haziq, Elfie and Dinie arrived at 10 plus. We started to cast our kelong sotong in hopes of biggies..The first cast didn't let Dinie down as his rod was starting to bend again since the encounter with the siakap. As the fish was brought near to the breaker, a 1kg plus Blukang surfaced. Fortunately the leader line snapped as Dinie didn't intend to keep the fish. Next, Haziq reeled in another Blukang which was quickly released. The weather was not in our favour as it started to rain now and then. At the end of the trip Elfie's rod which missed quite a few started to bend as well. Within a few minutes a 1kg plus duri was subdued. After surveying the new spot for the first time, the comment is that it was potentially good taking into consideration the weather and the tide. Thanks to Menglong for sharing with us tips on the spot. We appreciate the help! Hope we can go fishing together some day...

Pasir Ris Beach Again...

This fishing trip before the month of Ramadan consisted of Fariz,Dinie,Elfie,Faisal,Taufiq Kong,Haziq and our new kaki Faisal. We decided to stay in the east this time at pasir ris beach and tried a spot that used to be good a few years back. That particular saturday was scorching hot as the those who reached the spot first already start to hallucinate after a few hours due to the unbearable heat ( ask Faisal because he was the worst.Haha.). During that time the fish weren't even nibbling. Faisal, our newest kaki was satisfied with his first catch of an usat. Congrats for a slow but good start. A few minutes later Fariz arrived with the liquid of life! Bottles of cold mineral water! Bless u Faris. As the rest arrived everything continued to be slow. Bite rates didn't change until we changed spot as the tide was receeding. Faris was first to get some action as he reeled in a good size pinang2. Next, Dinie and Elfie reeled in a duri belalang each. As Elfie left for home, an uncle who fixed a net in the water gave us a total of 9 Scats,1 orange spotted grouper,1 toadfish and a few catfishes.The pics for that will be uploaded soon!

Ubin

Prelim is finally over! Time for holidays/studybreak...This time the crew planned on a trip to Pulau Ubin, a bbq/angling fiesta! We tried a new spot which was known by the locals as Aik Hwa since we've been hearing stories of ppl landing good fishes there. The morning started out rough with heavy downpour. After the rain the fishes seem so quiet that not even one of our 10 rods gave any obvious signals. Pest like usats that are always plentiful only got hooked up twice. A few hours before the van picked us up Haziq,Dinie and Elfie decided to leave the rest and try out Sungei Puaka. As soon as we made the first cast, the rods start to bend like mad. As we were anticipating the arrival of the fish, the identity of the fish was still a mystery until Elfie brought up a 1kg plus Blukang. Decent size but not decent species of catfish though. This followed by Haziq who reeled in another Blukang at 2kg. Next another of our buddy, Yee Chien arrived to bring pliers. He didn't miss out the action as he reeled in another blukang which was smaller then the first two. Lousy day at Ubin but the experience with friends is still a memorable one. Enjoy the pics and funny video..