My Many 'First'

Venue: Changi Offshore
Time: 8.30m - 5.30pm
Bait: Live Prawns
Rig: Long Snood Bottom Feeder
Weather: Cloudy, Heavy Rain in the Noon
Boat: Raju's Boat
Date: 28 March 2011(Lunar 24th) Mon
Kakis:CK, Oliver, Ryan, Sam, Taleb & Me

This was a last min trip.
Received a sms from Ryan on Fri.
Ryan:"Wanna go offshore on next Mon?"
Me:"ON!"

Woke up at 6.15am, took my breakfast and off I go~~
It was a 30 mins drive and there I am!

Punggol Marina Country Club


We met up over at the pier at abt 8.15am. A brief intro before we went onboard ready for our date with the fishy!

Some photos while on the way to our first playground

Sam


Ryan & Me


Taleb & CK


-Weapons-







-Ammo-


The starting was very slow. There was hardly any bites in the first few spots.
Raju was very hardworking thou, changing spot again and again trying to get the right spot.

The silence was finally broke at 11am! Was holding onto my trusty banana rod bouncing the sinker along the seabed concentrating for any bites when I felt some nibbles on the other end.

Paused for a sec, nibbles get stronger and Strike!!! Fish ON!


Slowly pumped and reeled it in... This fishy made a few dashes several times making my reel screaming in pain. Took me 4-5 mins before it came up to the surface!

My First Chao Xi est ard 1kg


It my First wild Fish for 2011 and my First Chao Xi. Was very happy and relieved that I managed to land it. My hand was actually shivering after the fight.....

We moved on to another spot after this catch but still there wasn't any fishy ard...


Raju decided to bring us to a spot that need at least a size 10 sinker to touch bottom.


The current was very strong and I was combining a size 4 and a size 8 sinker in order to touch bottom.

Oliver made his first cast and immediately got a strong bite!
A 2kg + Ang Kuay!


CK also got a bite!


A 1kg + Ang Zho


As the sea is pretty rough, we have 2 merlions onboard too..



Could not remember exactly which fish was landed first and at which spot.
But we move on to a few other spots and landed a few other fishes.

Oliver managed to land a 1kg + Deformed Grouper that ermm...look pretty disgusting..



Boatman say the deformed part could have been bitten off or injured and it growing back.


Ryan with his catches, 800 grams Parrot and 1kg + Kaci


I landed my First Mouse Grouper too! It was said to be a very very rare catch. A delicacy especially in Hong Kong. Worth at least SGD 80 for a dead one & SGD 150 for a live one!!!


Raju even took out his personal camera to take a picture. Guess my face going to be in his album. Haha!

Everyone wanted a shot with this rare prized catch - Mouse Grouper!



Managed to land a Ang Zho at the last 2nd spot


Ah Seng landed at the last spot by CK


Total Catch of the Day. (Excluding many Johnsons which we released)

CK: 2 Ang Zho & 1 Ah Seng
Oliver: 1 Ang Kuay & 1 Grouper
Ryan: 1 Kaci & 1 Parrot
Taleb: 1 Blue Hind Grouper
Raju: 1 Ang Zho
Me: 1 Chao Xi, 1 Grouper, 1 Mouse Grouper & 1 Ang Zho


Fun Fishing Kakis!


My Catches!


Overall a great trip! And of cos my many First!

First Wild Fish for 2011
First Chao Xi
First Mouse Grouper

Disappointment

Venue: Fishing Paradise
Time: 8pm - 12am
Bait: Taiwan Sausage & Bread
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 5rd March 2011(Sat)

2 rods. One baited with bread and one baited with TWS.
Bites was pathetic. Only landed one small rohu with TWS.


Catches at FP is getting worse and worse. Will not be back until the catch rates improve.

The Year Of The Rabbit

Venue: Fishing Paradise
Time: 12.30am - 2.30am
Bait: Taiwan Sausage
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 3rd Feb 2011(Thurs)

10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3!!!!!!!!!!! 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY CNY!!!

Just when everyone was busy celebrating CNY, I armed myself with my banana rod and went to the battlefield -Fishing Paradise-

Got a couple of bites but only 1 hookup...

Miss Kitty

The Egg Breaker

Venue: Fishing Paradise
Time: 6.30pm - 9pm
Bait: Taiwan Sausage
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Heavy Rain
Date: 29th Jan 2011(Sat)

Finally back to fishing after dunno for how many months!
Did went for fishing for 2-3 times thru out this few months but egg remains intact...

Got this pussy within 30 mins!


The Egg Breaker!

A Trap Not Meant for Mr Soon......

Venue: Yishun Dam
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Bait: Kembong
Rig: Crab Trap
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 16th Oct 2010(Sat)

Must be surprised to see my post again after close to 3 months right?
You must be thinking that I am going thru a long dry spell and have nothing to post at all right?

Nah......I actually did not even wet my line.
Stopped fishing due to a few reasons......

Anyway back to this post. It was never meant to be a fishing post. But well.........

One fine day, me and cx wanted to try out crabbing at a spot which I used to swear by my life to be infested with crabs. But I was wrong......

We setup our trap at a 'spot' and went home. When we went back to collect our trap at 9.30pm. We got a pleasant surprise. No crabs at all but.....................

The trap with my baits and my catches...


Got 2 small fishes which I released straight away and one SoonHock!


Mr Soon lying on his back....


Mr Koh and Mr Soon...


After some hesitation, I decided to release it as it was too small for consumption.

Made a mistake while trying to release it back by throwing it back into the sea using the trap. It got stuck and landed on a rock with a 'piak'!

Got worried and started searching for it thru the rocks. Without a torchlight, it was definitely hard to find Mr Soon in the darkness.

It took me abt 5 mins before I finally spotted Mr Soon lying on the grass! Quickly scooped it up with my hands and it was still breathing! Thank God...

Quickly released it back into the water and it went off with a splash.. Hopefully it was not badly hurt.

First Grassie..

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 5pm-10pm?
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo using 'Marker'
Weather: Cloudy
Date: 18th July 2010 (Sun)

It been almost a month for this CR. Busy combined with laziness will be the main reason why it was long overdue. Haha..

To be honest, I cant remember much about the details. Only remembered we caught our first grassie!

After setting the hook, I passed the rod to Cx. Took her less than 3 mins and it was landed!

Missy fighting..


And me with our first Grassie!


This grassie was our only catch that day. However it was not the highlight of the day.

Highlight of the day was the rented house rod (banana rod) flew into the pond when I was on my way to the tackle shop!!!

It took the staffs about an hour before they finally retrieved the rod. Thank God, they managed to get back the rod as the whole setup cost over $200!!!

Back To Bread.............

Venue: Fishing Paradise (BTP)
Time: 4.30pm - 7.30pm
Bait: Bread
Rig: Apollo
Weather: Sunny
Date: 12th June 2010 (Sat)

Judging from the last post, it is very obvious I am on a long dry spell.

Determined to break the dry spell and also the virgin of my new banana rod, I switched back to hunting for the Rohus and Patins!

Reached, setup and my first bread hit the water at 4.30pm. My hopes of landing a fish diminished as the clock ticks by.....

1 hour passed and I did not even registered a bite. Was getting less and less hopeful when my banana rod suddenly gave the usual strong and fierce bend at 5.40 pm! The bend sent me rushing toward the rod........

Almost slipped down but managed to quickly regain back my position. Grabbed the rod and Yes!

Fish On!!!


Took 2-3 mins and the fish finally gave up...



Landed!


Rohu!


Finally broke my dry spell and the virgin of my banana rod.

Another fishy came to visit us at 6.10pm.

This time round passed the rod over to Chunxia.


Landed within 1-2 mins


Another Rohu!


Packed up at 7.30pm to catch South Korea Vs Greece!