Solo Mission: My First WILD Kim

Venue: East Coast, Area 'C'
Date: 29th May 09 - 30th May 09
Time: 9pm - 12.30am
Rig: Apollo
Bait: Kelong Sotong
Weather: Fair

It had been only less than a week ago I wetted my lines. But guess what? I could not control my itchness at all.

In the past, I would never go fishing alone at night. But this time round, hack care liao! Packed up my stuffs and off I chiong ALONE....

Reached Area 'C' at ard 8.30pm and proceed to my usual spot.

Area 'C'


Reached my usual spot, setup my tackle and casted in my first squidy at 9pm


Bites are coming in quite constantly. But sadly all are smallies....

Tackle of the night..


As usual, it was infested by 'Xiaoqiangs.'

This bugger was whacking a cig.......


Couldn't stand those roaches and decided to move to the beach next to the breakwater..

My rod tip was vibrating every few mins but no hook up. I guessed those should be small fishes.

It was ard 10pm when finally my rod bend! Grabbed my rod and gave a strike...

Fish ON!

Could felt some pulls from the other end of the line. However as it came nearer to the beach...there was no more fight.

It turned out to be a Eel...sigh....and it caused me a rig. Could not get the hook out of it mouth at all...Zzz

Eel and Plier

Few more pics of the Eel

As I was unhooking the Eel, one chinese uncle came over and chatted with me..

Proceed to release the eel and went to have a small chat with the uncle....

I'm waiting..I'm waiting...I'm WAITING................

There was this couple doing some hanky panky on the breakwater. Lol...

(Too bad it was too dark)

Was chatting with Cx on the phone when I decided to rebait. Felt something heavy while reeling in. No fight.. No pull... No tugs...and up came 2 plastic bags.....

#@$@%$#@#%^$#%#%$$

Do a rebait again and was chatting with Cx on the phone when my rod gave a SHARP bend!!!!

Ran over to my rod and quickly gave a STRIKE!

Felt some tugs and I knew Fish ON!!! It felt v heavy and then it got stuck..............

Tried all ways but couldn't pump it in at all.

First thing that came to my mind was........................ STINGRAY!!!

Was super excited..but no matter how I pumped... it just won't budge...

The uncle and one malay guy came over to take a look. The malay guy turned out to be the same person I met last fri..

Anyway, he came over to try to help me. But no matter how he and I pumped, the 'stingray' still did not move.

Decided to put the rod back to the sandpike and wait for the 'stingray' to 'release' itself from the seabed.

Tried all kinds of ways from 11.30pm all the way to 12.30am but still no movement. Decided to proceed up to the breakwater to try to see whether I could pump the 'stingray' up....

Was trying to reel in the 'stingray' when suddenly my line went slack. That it...!! I told myself.

Game Over...

Reeled in my line and saw this baby.

My consolation prize. A baby wild Kim.

Check my other hook and found out that the leader had burst.....

So was it really a 'Stingray' or this baby kim had hide inside some rocks that caused the burst leader.. It up to your imagination..

I decided to tapao this baby kim as it was my FIRST WILD KIM. So pls dun flame me :D

Baby Wild Kim!

Unexpected Visitor

Date: 22nd May 09(Fri) - 23rd May 09(Sat)
Time: 10.30pm - 5.30am
Bait: Kelong Sotong
Rig: Apollo
Venue: East Coast, Spot'C'
Weather: Warm and Fair

It been almost 2 weeks I have wet my lines...

Couldn't find any kakis and therefore decided to proceed on my own to Marina South Pier for some quickie.

Was preparing my stuffs when LauLau told me she got nth to do and wanted to try egging (Ended up no egging). Therefore cab down to meet her at ard 9.30pm. Bought water and some snacks and off we chiong to East Coast.

Strolled to the nearest breakwater, and was abt to settled down when I spotted that it was infested with XiaoQiangs....

Alamak CMI...and off we proceed to the next spot. The Grouperland!!!

The spot where I kept landing Groupers on my previous trips but not this time...Haha

Spotted 2 rods on the breakwater. One short rod on the far left and one long rod in the middle.
Made my way to the far right and proceed to setup my tackle...

While setting up my tackle, we heard a "OOI" from afar. Ignoring it, I casted out my first squidy.
It didn't took too long when my rod do a spectacular 90 degrees bend. Wow...first cast only leh!
Somemore not even 5 mins after I casted.

Grabbed my rod, gave a STRIKE! Felt some jerks from the other end of the line and then gone......

Sigh~! Missed it. Suspect to be a decent size fellow.

Anyway while I was reeling back my line, I saw the rod in the middle dipped. My line had crossed its line. Thinking that it not possible as my cast was straight, I looked further and found out the middle rod was casted to the extreme right. In other words, the line was casted across the whole breakwater on the right!

Within secs, a malay angler came and started cursing and shouting at me. Wtf sia..cast like shit and then still come and curse and swear.

Stood up and went over and started to reason out with him. Told him I did not know he casted to the right and therefore our lines crossed. It was only then he calmed down and apologised to me. Ok la, forgiven.

Chatted abit with him and he turn out to be quite friendly. Anyway I moved my rod to the left side of his rod. Not interested in any conflicts. Just wanted to relax and enjoy my fishing.

My rod on the extreme left


Cont chatting with the malay angler and found out he purposely casted to the extreme right as he mentioned he caught stingrays this way on his previous trips.

Want to cast to the right is perfectly fine. But why put your freaking rod in the middle of the breakwater?

Anyway there was not much action thru out the night.

Night View


The tide went down at ard 2.30am. Since there was not much action, we proceed to explore the front of the breakwater. Hoping to spot any snagged sinkers too.

Bubu by the malay angler's friend. There was a crab inside the bubu.



Spotted quite alot of hermit crabs, crabs and worms along the front part of the breakwater..

Hermit Crabs


3 baby orange crabs in the small gap


Managed to pick up one small sinker but can't find it when packing up..Oops...


We walked back to the shore at ard 3am when the tide was moving up. Looked at my rod....
Not even a tug. Sigh...gotta to be a fishless night..

Reel back my line to check on my bait when I spotted this freaking white "maggot" feeding on my sotong. Yucks!


Another night view


Was super demoralised when my rod suddenly gave a sharp and fierce bend at 4.30am!!!!!!!!!!!
Looked at LauLau, stunned, couldn't believe my eyes when the rod gave another violent bend!

No time to lose! Picked up my rod, reeled in the slack line and gave a STRIKE! Fishy Fishy ON!

This bugger gave a few burst of short run after I striked. Kept the tension on and started to pump it in.

Before it was landed, it gave me the best fight of the day. It managed to take abit of my line out(My drag is 90% Max) and kept dashing back to the sea...

However, it was still no match to my tackle and was landed within 3-4 mins.

900 grams Guhood



When it was landed, I thought it was a Kim. Turned out to be a Guhood! Another fishy into my record.

Tied it to my sandpike


We packed up at ard 5.30am since there was no more action...


Guhood in the sink

And finally.......

Me and my prize of the night

Scaling and Gutting (Offshore Trip 5th May Catches)

Alright..since I took some pics while gutting the catches caught on 5th May 2009 (Offshore Trip)
I shall share some of the pics in this post.

Total Catches


Some final pics before I proceed to gut them

Baby Shark



Grouper


Ang Kuey


ACK


And here comes the highlight of this gutting session..

Look at this fatty gao. Its stomach was big and fat.

Told my sis to come over to take a look. We were discussing what could be inside. She suggested that it could be pregnant.

I proceed to cut open its stomach and.........
Guess what I found inside it stomach?

A Snake or Eel was found inside....

Fatty Gao and its undigested food

The snake or eel

Grouper Again!

Date: 9th May 2009 (Sat)
Time: 3pm - 7pm
Bait: Kelong Sotong
Weather: Windy
Rig: Apollo
Venue: East Coast (Carpark C)

Look like I have really hit onto a Grouper Spot.

11th Apr 2009, 1st time there. Landed one grouper
18th Apr 2009, 2nd time there. Landed one grouper

Today 9th May 2009, 3rd time there and guess what.......
I landed one grouper again!!!!!!!

Met up with Chunxia at Tiong Bahru Plaza at ard 2.30pm. Bought mineral water and off we were to our Grouperland.

In half an hour time, we reached and were shocked by the crowd.
There were at least 8-9 rods and more than 10 pple on the breakwater.


We managed to found a spot on the left side of the breakwater. Settled down and started the Waiting Game.

Spotted a guy trying to surf using a big 'Kite' or whatever they call it.


My tackle

Things wasn't looking quite good as there was not much bite. Casting was also greatly affected by the super strong wind.

Was thinking that it gotta be another fishless day when this baby came knocking on my door.

I guess luck was on my side. It was near to six pm. Reeled my rig in to do some rebait. Casted it out and was reeling in the slack line when Bang!!!

Fish ON! Gave a strike and managed to land this baby within seconds...

Baby Grouper

Cx with the grouper....

After the photo session, a crowd had already gathered around us.
Unhooked the grouper and released it back into the sea....

Apparently, this action of mine invited some unwanted 'attention'

Chinaman: Hey why you caught the fish and released it back???

Me: Cause it was too small to be eaten...

After this baby grouper, there was no more action.

The Sky, The Sea and The Rod..

Look at the number of rods on this breakwater alone

Dusk

Me and my rod

Me and Cx

By 6.30pm, most of the anglers have left...


Since there was not much action, we packed up and left at 7.15pm