My first offshore trip - 4/11/07 (Sun)

Time: 9.30am - 6pm
Venue: Changi Offshore
Baits: Live Prawns
Weather: Sunny
Rig: Apollo

This is my first offshore trip.
Met up at the Tanah Merah Yatch Club at ard 9am..Board the boat at ard 9.30am.
Total including me 11kakis.


Went there with high hopes, excitement as it is my first time.
When the boat reach our first destination.Everyone start to wet their lines. Me and my friends went to the front as it too squeezy behind.


It amazing to fish in the middle of the sea.No casting required.And your mind get you excited as you nv know what u will get at the other end of the line.

But as the clock ticks by..everyone start to feel demoralise.
No one got any fish except i heard at the other end of the boat someone got a small kuning her. Not quite sure what isit..but shld be a bait fish.Nothing to be too happy abt.
Jus as everyone is singing song talking cock..we heard a shout from the back of the boat. The other grp got one BIG FAT catfish. Estimate weight at least 1.8kg

I looked at my watch it is ard 12pm already. 3 hrs passed with only one catch. But well better than nothing. At least it bring our morale up alittle bit.LOL.
Back to the staring game again.Boat quite of rocky.Got a few kaki not feeling well.Some even puke.Hai.Keep changing locations but no catch.

Finally we reach another location at ard 2pm.Was feeling abit hungry and tired already as i nv slept the whole night plus havent take my lunch.Decided to stop my fishing awhile and take my lunch first when i suddenly feel a strong TUG on my rod.My first instinct tells me it a FISH! but i scare High expectations= High dissappointment.Therefore i start to reel in slowly.Confirm first.When i feel some struggling at the other end i confirm it a FISH!

Everyone is coming over to see now.The boatman come over and told me it a big fish.It make me more motivated to land the fish.

It a good fight that last abt 5 mins.It first dash under the boat but i manage to guide it back to the front but it still keep dashing under the boat. My rod is forming a very ugly bend. Told myself to keep calm and finally the fish surface. It a Diamond Trevally aka Chermin.
One kaki scoop it up with a net and den it photo session haha.
Estimate at least 2kg.


With this Diamond beaming in the icebox, everyone morale is up now especially me haha.
But well it another 2 hrs of fishless catch.sigh.~

I guess i am lucky because at abt 4pm we hit a ACK Frenzy!
And i was the first to hit one first.Feel a tug again .Not much fight this time .3-4 mins later fish surface and it a 1kg plus Ack.
Photo Session again.
estimate ard 1kg


Everyone must be thinking why i so lucky especially it my first time.haha.
But then they also start getting fish.All the same species ACk.
The boatman got one too with a handline.
As i know there are a shoal of ACk,i quickly retied my rig and cast it out.I feel a take within one min but i lost it due to my anyhow tied rig sigh~~

One kaki of mine at this point also shouted he got a fish too. As he is first time i help him fight the fish.
It a Ack too.


The whole frenzy last abt 15-20 mins den everything die down
After abt one hour later ard 6pm.Due to strong winds. The boat man suggested to go back.
Well this is the CR for the Whole Trip.


Not very gd.But to me it a very gd experience.
Will definitely be back!