100 is the number of the day..

Location: Punggol End
Bait: ???
Date: Sometime in Jan 2011

This is not catches from netcasting. 100 asam simply on two 6 foot rods. Let your imagination run wild.

All smiles..

Thumbs up for the number of the day

4kg ray on virgin 15ft silstar coaster

Location: Punggol End

Bait: Dead Prawns

Date: 05122010

Was missing out on fishing for quite awhile and I was on my pre ORD vacation at Bandung when I received a rather surprising post on my facebook wall. Gave the bugger who posted it a call (overseas) and screwed him upside down for landing a sizeable ray on surf before I did. Elfie a.k.a Elfred Jeggings was very much as surprise (as I was reacting to the picture) when he reeled in the fish. First thoughts running through his mind was a tonner tyre and he almost gave up to snip his line. Luckily Faisal was there to encourage him to pump the tonner-like culprit out from the depths. When a 4kg brown stingray finally emerged both of them were screaming with joy and enjoying the moment. Took a couple of shots and posted it on my wall. The part where I was pissed was that I was stuck in Bandung and couldn't be there to share the moment. But still it was trip labelled as Perfecto!!

Exchange of jersey (Pari) moment

The Master Tamed The Beast!

Nice Size!

Barra Paradise Part 5

Location: Barra Island

Bait: Live Prawns

Date: Sometime in July I think..

Trip was led by Elfie and his cousin. Elfie's persistance finally paid off as he landed his first ever 1kg plus barramundi on his second trip. Kudos to you bro!

Rewards come to those who wait

Barra Paradise Part 4

Location: Barra Island
Bait: Live Prawns
Date: Sometime in June

I was missing out on this trip due to work commitments.Received a call from them at around noon as they gave me the good news of landing two barramundi at the usual spot. My regular kakis Faisal and Elfie were involved this time round. Faisal managed to land the first barramundi on some other anglers rod. Apparently, the angler gave Faisal the luxury of battling the bugger for him and both parties were glad that a healthy 1kg barramundi was safely brought up. A few hours later, Faisal rod made a dive and this time he made sure it wasn't a miss giving his trademark pump to set the hook. Finally a barramundi to call his own as the last one on the previous trip was idioticly but accidently released by yours truly, me. Everyone was happy, Elfie who was although emptyhanded still patiently waiting for his first barramundi. The first barramundi pic not taken.

Looks Like REDEMPTION

Barra Paradise Part 3

Location: Barra Island
Bait: Live Prawns
Date: Sometime in June 2010

Fine day for fishing. As usual me and my regular kaki Faisal proceed to Changi to stock up on bait. Arrived at our spot at around 10 plus am. Set up our gears and made our first cast. Weather was really hot though as we gulp down our ice cold drinks every now and then. Perserverance and patience in the blistering heat paid off when my rod gave a bend. Quickly grabbed it and set the hook. The second I pumped my rod the majestic Barramundi emerge from the water and made one of its acrobatic leaps in attempts to throw off my hook. It's attempts failed however as I got the situation under control. Landed the beauty and weigh it and it was registered at 2kgs flat. Next action came from Faisal rod, as a fiesty Barra also gave a strong run, however was later subdued coming in at 1kg. Tired and sweaty, we left the spot at 5pm feeling very satisfied.

The two barras together

Victory Kiss!!

Barra Paradise Part 2

Location:Barra Island
Bait:Live Prawns
Date: 03062010

Met my fellow regulars at changi in the morning to stock up on supplies before our trip. Took the usual bumboat ride to Barra Island and off we set to the usual spot. Weather was scorching hot that day. Nevertheless we carried on our pursuit for the prized barramundi. It was around noon and the sun was high up. Terry and Kimberly left the spot for awhile to get some drinks and left me in-charge of all the rods. As I was busy minding my own business trying to get the heat off my mind, I took a peek at my rod. The line was awkwardly tight with a slight bend at the tip as if I had a snag at the end of the line. I made the decision to give a pump and reel in the line. There was a bit of weight to it but no fight. Expecting a branch or a plastic bag to emerge, instead a decent sized mudcrab was actually the culprit. Unhooked the rather agitated fellow and tied it up. Abt half and hour later and my two other kakis were still not back yet. Once again while minding my own business I could hear a screaming reel coming from one of the rods. "ZzZZZzzzzz!!!!" goes Terry rod as it was bending into a U shape. This was my chance and I dashed to the rod and gave a slight pump. Fish ON!! It was also a fighter. The fish kept swimming left and right before breaking the surface of the water. With no one to assist I had to bend down to the edge of the water and pull the fish on land. Mission accomplished. A healthy 1kg plus Barramundi landed. Called the kakis and they hurriedly made their way to my location to see what all the fuss was about. Took a shot with the prize. My first battle with a wild Barra for 2010. Truly epic!

Barra Paradise Part 1

Due to busy schedules in NS finally managed to meet up the pioneer kaki of this blog, Fariz on 29th May 2010. Met at changi at 8am to get live "ammunition" before heading to location via bumboat. Upon landing we each rented a bicycle and headed to a spot we never tried before. The day started very slow with occasional bites from catfishes.Towards the end of the day at abt 5.30pm, the tide was receeding and Fariz decided to cast near some mangrove trees. This time he held on to his rod to sense any form of bite. Instead of getting just a nibble, a predator had taken his bait in a split sec and made a dash for the mangrove. At this point, Fariz was already on hand to guide the fish out of the snag zone. Seconds later the predator emerge from the depths and leaping out of the water flaunting its acrobatic attempts to get loose. Excitement filled our minds as its been awhile since I and Fariz seen a wild Barramundi landed. Pictures snapped and off Fariz go making his 2nd attempt at the same spot. The next thing that happened surprised both of us because as soon as the sinker touched the bottom, Fariz rod made a bend. Fariz who this time was totally caught by surprised rushed to his rod and pulled in a smaller barra than before. It was getting late and we didn't want to miss the boat so we cycled off and leaving a potentially good spot. 2/2 hits for Fariz and zero fighter for me. Congrats to bro Fariz on an epic fishing trip.

CR at Pasir Ris Park near WB 13

This trip was planned days ago as Pasir Ris Park was hit by the marine catfish frenzy/season. It was 31th of March, a day after my birthday. Me, Andre and Faisal met at my v/deck at 2plus am after checking the perfect tide to hunt for these voracious catfishes. Armed with our rods, reel and dead prawns as ammunition we drove off to the battle zone near to WB 13, Pasir Ris Park. On arrival, tide was at 0.1m and going up slowly. We set up and made our first cast. Within 5 mins of wait, I got first blood when my rod made a bend.I reeled in with ease the first marine catfish of the night. Next up was Faisal, receiving the same action on his rod. The activity was non stop for 3hrs straight with fish after fish being hauled up. A total of 13 duri was subdued by two anglers in 3hrs. The only setback was that Andre was the unlucky one as he turned out zero fighter that night.

U will get your chance again Dre..

Its been a hell of a long time since any catch reports was posted on this blog. Well if this was a photo album at home it probably already collected a thick layer of dust. Anyway, let's begin where I left off somewhere in 2010. It was the year i broke my personal record for catching barramundis. Along the way i met new kakis sharing the same addiction as I do. So let's kick off with a CR at Pasir Ris Park.

Lorong Halus

Went fishing with the old kakis Dre and Shai at lor halus yesterday night. Only one fish was landed that night, a 700g orange spotted grouper on dead prawns. Let the pics do the talking.

First shot with grouper
A clearer shot

Boat Fishing: East Coast

Went on a boat trip with my dad and uncles on saturday night, eve of national day. The water wasn't that good but we managed to haul up a couple of decent fish. My dad struck first with a 2kg kaci followed by one of uncle who battled a really big conger eel (malong emas). He got the fish on board but unfortunately it escaped by jumping out right after dehooking. Dad caught a 500g red snapper and a different uncle caught another kaci weighing 500g also. After that we caught a 2kg threadfin and a 2.5kg ladyfish. An average boat trip but still a successful one.

The 2 beauties!

Another picture

Not our luck

Went to east coast last night with my old bud Shang. We planned to catch up and get on for some fishing action. So we proceeded to a random water breaker and started setting up . We were completely oblivious to what to happen next...The tide was rising pretty fast...Hmm..A good sign for fishing. However, as soon as we turned our backs, we realised the water breaker was already surrounded with water. We felt !@#$^&* stranded. Eventually we went down the back of the WB to get to shore. And guess what...The water was at chest level! Upon reaching shore totally drenched, I realised my damn phone got wet and of course gone case. Shang apparently slipped on the rocks and got a deep cut on his foot. Looks really painful. With 300g of live prawns, I left the spot while Shang went back with his buddy to tend to his injuries.

I took taxi home and called my cousin Dre if he wanted to go pond. Better news, my dad was home which meant I get to drive to farmway for more fishing. So i took a quick shower, got the keys, pick up my cousin and drove off to farmway. It was fun first time driving as a license holder. So I parked the car outside, paid the cash and started fishing. It took us 2 long hours of waiting before Dre hauled up 1kg plus MJ. The fight looked pretty good with the fish stripping the line off the spool now and then. After that no more action. We saw a freaking huge grouper right in front of us but it didn't want our bait. Shortly after that, a guy came with a floater hooked with a small japanese fish. 10 secs and barm! The fat grouper was hooked he fought the fish for a solid 5 mins before Dre help scoop it up. The guy was worried it was 5kg but to his relieve it was just 4.2kg which means CnK (Catch and Keep). Here's the pic of the MJ caught. Till next time.

Mangrove Jack!!

Ticket to a better fishing experience

Not been updating the blog lately. Have been going fishing but too busy with ns stuff including my driving lessons. Had my TP test a few weeks ago. What a disappointment it was..40pts and 1 immediate failure. Had my retest this wk and luckily it went well. 18 pts is still a pass. Now that I have my license, fishing would be much easier and perhaps unexplored locations might already be within reach. Just need to fork out money for petrol...bummer. (Btw I got my license under police NPCO course thats why i got my retest within a week)

BBFC's catch

BOAT TRIP 17/06/09

Dre with Duri

Orange Spotted Grouper

Grunters.

Mangrove Jack and John Snapper

Who's a good boy?

The total catch for the day.

SHORE FISHING

Total catch.

6kg Queenie

John Snapper

Posing with the ultimate rods.

Remora.

4kg Stingray and Grunter

Night Octupus at Changi.

BJT CATCH

4kg Leopard Ray

8kg Brown Sting Ray

Todak.

Spider of the sea = Lobster

MR 12kg SHARK!

Longkang Enam

A great night for fariz and his ns collegues as they landed their very first pari lalat. The fish by its looks weigh well over a kilo. Enjoy the pics.

The pari lalat

Fariz with the prized catch

Pasir Ris once again...

Back to basics once again with me and Fred as we had some light fishing action in the late afternoon of saturday. We hunkered down and prepared our gears in between wb 13 and 14. Equipped with g loomis and figo rods plus paternoster rigs, we cast away. The evening started out with a few hookups of the local resident catfishes. I moved on to using floater later on and almost landed a big one when my whole dead prawn was pulled in. The fish unfortunately didn't swallow the bait whole and escaped. At abt 11pm, we decided to move to wb 13 as the tide receeded. Fred who was awaiting his catch after a long time wasn't disappointed on his 2nd cast. The fish took the bait seconds after the sinker touch the seabed. After a short struggle, the fish surrendered and reveal its identity to be a decent size sweetlips. This is Fred's 2nd sweetlip and what a way to get it. Kudos to you bro. We packed up and left at 1plus am. Congrats once again Fred!

The Painted Sweetlips

Posing with the fish.Haha

Pasir ris beach : between breaker 14 & 13

Got a last minute call last night to go fishing with my best bud Faisal. We rendezvous under Faisal block with a bike each at around 11pm. As we arrived we didn't see many anglers around and that night was pretty quiet and great for fishing. We set up our gears without hesitation and began casting out. We got a few bites at the beginning but there were no hookups. The first and only decent fish brought up for the night was from my Gloomis Gladiator rod and it was a sembilang. Its been quite awhile since i've witness myself or even anyone reeling in a sembilang. Probably the species is becoming endangered. Who knows...haha. Shortly after that, Faisal brought up a few decent sized usat which was cnred. The trip ended with breakfast at kopitiam and we were off back home.

Just nice for eating..

Dinie with the pregnant sembilang

New Lures

Just got a few lures for freshwater fishing with my Ns Buds tmr. Hope to land big Tomans or Peacock Bass.

From bottom: mini popper, small minnow, surface cruiser and surface walker

Punggol 17th Ave

This trip to punggol was an overnight one consisting of our usual kaki Andre, Ikmal and not forgetting the more experienced surfcasters which is Ikmal's dad and his uncle. The night started out with Andre reeling in a Pari Nyiru before Pak Su hauled up a good sized Duri. Quite a number of fishes was also caught through net casting included tambans,keke,kapas2 and an unexpected unga tanda. The trip was a fruitful one especially with professional surfcasters around to help when u need them.

Pak Su with his Duri

Good size!

Tambans

Unga Tanda from Netcasting

Total haul up for the trip...