First Trip To Ah Tiong's Pond

Venue: Ah Tiong's Pond
Time: 9.45pm - 1.30am
Bait: Live Prawns & Small Fishes
Rig: Single hook rig with split shot
Weather: Slight drizzling
Date: 19 Mar 2010 (Fri) - 20 Mar 2010 (Sat)

Planned to try out PRPP but last min decided to head down to Ah Tiong's Pond.

We had a hard time locating this pond as it was pretty inaccessible. Took us abt 1/2 an hour before we finally found Ah Tiong's Pond.

Ah Tiong's Pond


This pond is pretty big. Water quality seems good and staffs are very helpful. Only bad thing is that the insects and mozzies there are pretty fierce.

Proceed to setup at a quiet corner. Got a take within 1/2 an hour! But it was lost within secs as I never set the hook properly. Sigh.

Proceed to our 2nd spot which was recommended by one of the staff there. It took me one hour before I finally broke my egg at ard 11pm plus.

Saw my line moving and the next moment my rod gave a sharp bend. Set the hook twice this time round to be sure I dun lose another fish. It gave a few powerful runs for the net but I managed to pump it out.

Took me ard 1 min before it was landed.

Est 800 grams Ang Kuey


Pond was pretty quiet until 1am when it was time for fish release.

Qw managed to land a Mangrove Jack during this period breaking his egg too. It was est ard 900 grams.

As both of us need to wake up early the next day, we left before our time was up.

Total Catch

A Gift From The Sea Dragon

Venue: East Coast (Pussy Spot)
Time: 9.30pm - 1.30am
Bait: Peeled Dead Prawns
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Fair
Date: 12 Mar 2010 (Fri) - 13 Mar 2010 (Sat)

It been a long time I went fishing. It even a longer time I went back to the wild.

Was quite busy due to Cny and also due to the recent bad catches, I started to lose the urge of wetting my line.

Did not harbor any hopes this time round. Met up with Qw and reached this spot where we caught a few catfishes previously at ard 9.15pm

Slowly setup my tackle and started the waiting game. The night was pretty quiet with 1 or 2 occasional bites.

Did not expect to catch anything already when Qw saw my rod gave a small nod at ard 11.40pm.
Looked at my lightstick and it gave another small nod. In my heart, I was telling myself it gotta be another small fish nibbling at the other end. Did not really care and told Qw, will wait for the rod to bend then I go and strike.

Indeed, the next moment the rod started to bend! Sprint towards my rod, reeled in the slack and WHACK!!!!

'Fish' ON! Could feel something on the end of the line. Pumped a couple of times and there was no fight.... Just felt heavy......

Grouper!?!? Eel!?!? I was thinking what it could be when I finally landed it.

First thought was a crab before I heard Qw shouted "LOBSTER!!!"

My First Lobster!


Lobster In Icebox


Lobster In Sink

A Boat Trip Using Dead Prawns

Venue: Southern Islands
Time: 9am - 5.30pm
Bait: 1kg "Live" Prawns (Sheng Siong)
Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder
Weather: Cloudy
Boat: Ah Eng's Boat
Date: 17 Feb 2010 (Lunar 4th) Wed
Kakis: Ryan, Rick, Yifa and Me

To be frank even before boarding the boat, I already felt like going home.

Everything is perfect but.............

1)Ah Eng's Boat - One of the popular boat with proven catch results
2)Weather -Slight drizzling in the noon but cloudy most of time
3)Kakis - Friendly and nice
4)Date - Lunar 4th, one of the better days for offshore fishing

When everything is so perfect who would expect the pump to turn faulty. With a pail of 1 kg of live prawns without a pump, 95% of the live prawns decided to hand in their IC even before we boarded the boat.

Needless to say, catches was real bad except for one 2-3 kg grouper.

On the way to our first spot


Went to top up diesel before we proceed......


Ah Eng's boat was one of the best boat I ever went with. Spacious and clean. It came with a kitchen and a toilet.

Clean toilet


The back of the boat was really spacious. With just four of us, it was really comfortable.


Ah Eng was very hardworking. We kept changing spots but there was not much bites. Most likely due to the bait we were using. Dead Prawns.........

Only decent catches worth mentioning was 2 groupers and 1 snapper.

Ryan managed to get quite a no of small fishes using small hook.

Some of the small fishes.

Snapper and Squirrel by Ryan

The 2-3kg grouper inside the live well. Look at its FAT stomach!!!

Total Catches Of The Day (A couple of small fishes was released thus not in the picture)

Yifa - 1 est 2-3 kg grouper

Ryan - Most of the small fishes and 1 est 800 grams snapper

Ah Eng - 1 table size grouper

Me - 1 'fake' grouper and 1 unknown fish

Nice Kakis

Rick and Yifa with the groupers

Me with the grouper (Apologies for the ugly pose. Haha!)

Finally, my catches...

Short Session At Fishing Paradise

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 5.15pm-8.45pm
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Fair
Date: 24th Jan 2010 (Sun)

KTV - Dun feel like singing.
Movie - Dun have any "Must Watch" shows.
Shopping - Hmmmm....No Comment. :X
Prawning - Boring. Rather go fishing.

Since we cant decide what to do. We decided to pay Fishing Paradise another visit!

Reached the pond ard 5pm and proceed to setup quickly. It was pretty quiet for the first hour.
Got a couple of bites but sadly no hookup.

It was ard 6.05pm when I finally got to have some workout. I was on the phone when my rod gave a ugly bent!

Rushed to my rod and set the hook. The fish dashed towards the left and nearly crossed the line of another angler beside me! Upon seeing that, the angler immediately reeled in his line and told me to enjoy the fight.

Nice gesture from a nice uncle.

Took 3-4 mins before the fish decided to raise its little white flag.

Est 2kg plus Rohu


Thou the Rohu was pretty small, it definitely fight better than a Walking Catfish twice or even triple it size.

The next hookup came pretty late at ard 8.05pm. Same scenario, rod bending and line peeling like nobody biz! Grabbed the rod and set the hook a couple of time before I passed it to Cx.

Could be due to the past few weeks of "training", she required little help this time round and fight the fish in a slow and steady manner.

Took her 5-6 mins and the fishy was landed!

It was a Baby Patin est ard 4-5 kg.


Even thou it was small in size, it gave a pretty fierce fight! After it was landed, it was still flipping violently on the grass.

No more bites after this Baby Patin. Therefore we packed up and left at ard 9pm...

A Date With The Walking Catfishes

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 5pm-8pm
Bait: Bread & Hotdogs
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Hot!
Date: 23th Jan 2010 (Sat)

Paying a visit to this pond had become a weekly routine for me. It was definitely a good decision to get the fishing package as it was more flexible.

Save time and money! (Seem like I am helping them to promote their fishing package.. Haha!)

Back to the battle between the beasts and humans~

Got a hookup after 45 mins of waiting....


It gave a short powerful run once I set the hook which sent my reel screaming in pain. However, it was the only run and the rest of the fight was like fighting with a big stone.

Took me 5 mins before it finally surfaced...


A Whopping 5kg Walking Catfish!


Superwoman wants a pic with the catfish that 'walks' too!

Fight was not that fantastic but landing a fish still feel great!

Hooked another hotdog and casted to the same spot. Within 10 mins, another hookup!

This time round - Battle between the beast and the superwoman!

Judging from the fight, I knew immediately that it must be another Walking Catfish...

And.. Tadah!! I was right..Walking Catfish...

To be honest, I was pretty sian when I saw that it was another Walking Catfish... But hey!..it better than getting nothing at all right..

Our hut..

Pretty quiet after the 2nd fish.

Took another 20 mins before I finally got connected with another fishy!

After 3-4 mins of Tug-Of-War...

Another Walking Catfish...

3 Walking Catfishes landed between 5.45pm - 6.45pm using hotdogs. Registered a couple of bites after that but sadly no hookup.

Overall still a fun session landing 3 fishes in 3 hours.

A Mistake

I made a mistake today and lost a big one...sigh..

99% should be a Walking Catfish.

Lost it due to complacent and impatience. Unforgivable mistake!

Sweet Surprise

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 4pm - 9pm
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Cloudy & Windy
Date: 16th Jan 2010 (Sat)

Another satisfied day at Fishing Paradise!
My usual spot was taken up therefore we proceed to try another spot near to the MRT track.

Within 15 mins, I got a take which sent my rod bending and my reel screaming away. However before I could set the hook, the fish managed to get away.

Everything went pretty quiet for me after that. Anglers ard me managed to land a couple of fishes but still the bite rates wasn't that fantastic.

Newspaper is more interesting than fishing for her...


2 hours flew by and still I was a zerofighter. I got another take during this 2 hours but again lost it before I even had the chance to reach my rod.

By 6.30pm, we decided to have our dinner. Since the fishes do not want to eat, we eat!


After our dinner, we were still registering a zero.

Already sort of gave up when my rod gave a ugly bend at ard 7.20pm! Line was peeling out like nobody biz. Grabbed my rod and gave a firm strike! Fish ON!!!

The first run was short but strong. There was nothing I could do but hold onto my rod as my reel was screaming away. Then suddenly my line went slack....

Oh no... dun tell me I lost it.....!?!? Quickly reel back my line when it decided to went for a 2nd run. Only 2 words to describe the 2nd run. Fast and Furious!!!

My reel just kept screaming at the top of it voice while all I could do was to hold tightly onto my rod. I tried pumping my rod for a couple of times but it was way too strong....

It went dashing towards the left to the.............................SWANS!!! And then it was stuck. Tried to pump but it was stuck to something.

Proceed quickly towards the swans while trying to retrieve my line. The bugger had dashed under 2 mini boats and hide under some swans...

Took sometime to get my line free from the obstacles before I reached the swans. Slowly and steadily, I started pumping it out...

Yeah! Fishy still there....Took me another 2-3 mins before I managed to pump it out from the swans.

And guess what? A sweet surprise for me as the fishy surfaced....

It was a 10kg Chao Praya!


It was foul hooked onto it tail. No wonder, the runs was soooooo Fierce! It took me ard 15 mins to land this fish.

Some pictures of my trophy for the day!