The Past Five Weeks

Been busy lately.

Rushing out a poster for a friend who plays in the band at one of the Boat Quay's pub.

Editing Motor Jamboree Bikers Aid footage at the Malay Heritage. Clips were shot so badly. It took up almost half of the Mac 120GB space. Just waiting for approval on the DVD that I've done, then I can trash all the rubbish out.

Returning VCDs, DVDs and fishing magazine back to Energy's bassist. I've been keeping it too long. Promise him to duplicate more of his fishing scene with Anthony Bourdain. Shit! I trashed the pix that I got from the net for his DVD cover. Need to search it again.

Yesterday, a friend of mine pass me this recording gadget to play around with it. Once I mastered it, then there will be a lot of material to be recorded.

Dem was asking whether this weekend I got time to go fishing. I still can't give him an OK. They are still some stuff that are hanging around for me to finish it up. But anyway, if time permits.. why not!

Have not open up my fishing bag and check all my gears. Running out of rigs too!.

No Fish!

Due to work commitments and a bit of laziness, I have not been fishing lately. Will be updating if this week I'm free.

Lucky Me

As usual met Dem at Changi Village to get baits and some breakfast before both of us went to our favorite spot. An again met the usual anglers there.

The good spot was not taken, set up my gear and cast. Few minutes later, there was some action but looking by the rod's nodding, I could guess it was the work of the smallies. Got few croakers and a palm size grunter.

An hour later, taking cover from the morning sun at one of the pavilion to watch the rods action along the boardwalk, my rod nod hard.

Ran to my rod, before taking it from Dem who grab it first and make the execution and surprisingly, lady luck is on my side with this catch...





and the smallies...

First, Fastest, Biggest

Met Dem around 9am at Changi Village to get some baits, drinks and food. Both of us still wondering where do we want to fish. Seems like both of us are running out of spots to fish. Because the last 2 weeks were unproductive.

At last we agreed to fish at Changi Board Walk as it is the nearest. Surprising to see only a few rods at the board walk, and we got a good space to cast our lines. Met the regular anglers there and chat with them for a while asking how's the bite rate. Checking out their nets, they have been hooking up a few catfish (duri) since Friday night.

Set my gear, tied up my ready made apollo rig with ponpon sarung as baits and cast with a size 4 sinker. Tide was already high and lucky enough the current were not as strong as when tide were coming up or down.

As I was trying to untie my packet drink, my rod nods twice. While reeling in slowly, I was looking both sides to check on the other anglers whether they are reeling in as line might tangle up due to crossed lines but there were all away from their rods.

I can feel there's something at the end of the line as I was reeling in and it's quite heavy. There's no fight at all and I guess it's the catfish that was hook and I was wrong when I saw a shining white reflection coming up to the surface. Yessss!!! it's a Longhead Grunt (Gerut Gerut/Tembam Pipi).

Shouting at Dem to help me bring up the fish, and I really don't want to repeat the same mistake when I lost that huge Sickle Fish there a month ago. No wonder there was no fight, the fish swallowed the bait deep in.

This was the first, fastest and biggest catch since I start fishing again.

"Batman" Stingray

Last Sunday, out of boredom from my sickening headache, I force myself out from bed, fetched my gear, bought some prawns from the nearby supermarket and straight down to the longkang!

BIL came late in the evening with his family, ending up with two puffer fish (buntal). It seems lately, I don't get anymore interesting bites.

Found this interesting pictures on the net.





I wonder if there are any Robin stingray around?

Argghhhhhhh!!! What a day!!

Since BIL and another fishing kaki could not make to the Ubin trip, so I and Dem decide to try the island.

Caught the ferry or rather a bumboat to Ubin and since I have not fishing there for more than 15 years at the island, Dem lead the way to the spot that he recalled it from another kaki.

Changi Ferry Terminal

Set up my gear, cast and... nope! not a big fish. Bloody shit!, got snag to don't know what. Fix up another rig and cast again. Not a single twitch for two hours at the beach facing the offshore fish farms.

Where are the fishes?

Twice reeling in with a huge caterpillar sea-creature like stuck on the bait and it look scary.

I did some luring at the beach but again.. ZERO!!!! With some stupid school campers are throwing rocks where we were fishing. It's a bit frustrating when they are no bites and you've got these silly school children throwing things in the sea.

Dem decide to change spot, when he called another fishing kaki which try to guide him to a new spot by phone. So we walked to the said spot. And it make the whole trip more frustrating when he himself doesn't know the place.

The "Long & Winding Walk"

With the gears and heavy bags, we have to walk like half of the island ending up at some chalet. Decide not to go any further. Tried luring at resort beach with negative results. Called the island taxi and straight to the jetty.

Next time if I want go there again, might as well have someone that has more knowledge of the island. Hate to have blisters on my foot.

Reach Changi jetty and decide to fish at Board Walk and it make me sick again, when I saw a lot of rods already filling up all the space. Decide to join a regular angler there to another area near the Board Walk.

And of course.... not bites at all.

To kill that boring feeling, I snap some pictures of the area.

Singaporean Twister

Received this pictures from a friend in Malaysia stating that this pictures were shot in Malacca. When I look closely, these were shot at East Coast Park, yup! our own shore.

Or maybe I'm wrong. You guys figure out!

Maybe My Last!

Last Friday night, Dem want to get that pond feel, so three of us decide to meet at Pasir Ris Pond around 8pm. BIL suggest to 'chop' the spot near the stairs leading to the car park but surprisingly all the good spot was taken, ending up squeezing a place in front of the bait shop.

Actually that night, I was not in the mood to try the pond coz I know it will end up the same as the first try, that is with only two fish and as I predict, with two rods, I caught one and Dem got two.

Spend almost 90 bucks for two rods, live prawns and kembong meat, we managed to caught only three. Might as well save the money for Sibu Kelong trip.

What I noticed night fishing at the pond is that, the bites will only get active an hour later after the fish are released and around dawn. Other than that, a big fat zero!

Maybe no more pond fishing for me!

This is only what we got.

This is due of no bites, when my line, sinker and a live prawn got tangle up on a tree.

Water Too Cold?

Last Saturday outing was so boring. Met Dem (new fishing kaki) at Changi Village to buy worm baits and some breakfast. Ride to East Coast and survey a new spot that a friend of mine suggest. After viewing the place, it doesn't convince me there will any bite, so we end up at the Six Pipes.

Tide was reported at 3.2 at midday. Water condition was quite clear and it was going inwards and of course there will be a lot of rubbish following in.

This is not a bite, it's that irritating rubbish that tangle up with the line.

Both of us cast our rods and notice that our sinker was carried away by the current and with no bite at all. Where are those whiskers?

We spend till 5pm with only 4 smallies.

A park sweeper guy came and chat with us and suggest to come back next week. He said that the water is cold. This is the second time, I've been reminded by someone. First reminder was at Labrador Park, when an old man came to me and said the same thing.

These were the one that I got.

Snag, Snag And More Snag

After that brief sleep from the night pond fishing, my stubborn eyes just could not sleep well. Every single hour I was awake.

Argghhh... what the hell! I call my old friend which is staying around Jurong, asking him whether are there any good spots over his side. Ending we both agree to try Labrador Park. Called up another kaki and met him at Changi Village to buy some worm bait.




Around 5pm met my friend at the coffee shop along the entrance to the park. Bought drinks and some light snacks and off to the park.

Nice view with boat, ferry, cruise ship pass us every single minute. But.. not a single bite for almost 4 hours.

11pm pack and straight home.

Zzrrttttttt........

Itchiness of pond fishing was cured when BIL call asking whether I want to join him fishing at Pasir Ris Pond on Friday Night.

We came around 9pm and fill in an empty spot near to the carpark. We only use one rod because BIL will not stay till 7 next morning. Paid the pond attendant S$35 and BIL went to get 200 grams of live prawns, a packet of kembong meat and a floater. I set the gear by using my 7ft Scimitar and my 20lb mono line Rapala reel.

No action at all when using floater and it's a bit frustrated using the floater because it tends to drift away and might tangle other angler's line.

When the pond operator guy start to release the fish, I changed to 2 hook apollo rig using kembong meat as bait.

Zzzzrrtttttttttttttt..... first strike! BIL took the rod and slowly reel in the fish. John Snapper (Unggah Tanda) being lift safely to the ground. Can't guess the weight but it's around 10 inches in length.

Few minutes later saw the rod noddling hard, BIL ask another friend who drop by the pond to reel in the fish but it's a not a bite at all, line being crossed by the other angler.

An hour later as we are chatting I saw the rod nod and the line that it's in the water slowly loosened. Slowly get hold of the rod and slowly reel in then... zzzzzrrrtttttttttt!! Wow! that's the best feeling of an angler. And that's the best fight I got from a fish in my entire life of fishing. A bigger and much more aggressive than the earlier one caught. About 17 inches in length.

From then on till 7 the next morning, there's not a bite at all and worst of all that huge snapper that I reel in managed to escape from the clip. Lesson to learn, don't ever hook a huge fish on that flimpsy clip, get a net to keep the fishes that we caught.

A nice guy besides me gave a huge Taiwan Ngor. 8.30 reached home. Clean up and
zzzzzzzzzzz.....

One Night At The Pond

Old fishing kaki call me, asking how's the bite at Pasir Ris Pond. My last fishing there was donkey years. Just a month ago, I start coming down every Sunday morning after sending my daughter to her religious class. So far I saw all kind of fishes being hooked up, from Mangrove Jack, Barramundi, Grouper, Fingermark Snapper and a lot more that I can't name it.

I came down around 9pm and he came an hour later. As he was preparing his gear, went to get some coffee and he asked me to buy live prawns beside the tackle shop.

Simple cheapo set up, a SureCatch reel with 20lb mono line, a 20 ringgit 5 footer rod that he bought at Kota Tinggi. Floater with that green bright light thingy with two hooks. Hooked up the prawns and cast it just a few feet away.

As we chatting about our fishing heydays, I saw his floater dissapeared from water surface. First strike, a small Barramundi (Siakap). 15 minutes later another strike, a small Mangrove Jack. Just before I decide to go home, he struck another MJ. Forgot to snap fishes that he caught, anyway my camera phone produce lousy night shots.

Still haven't call him, total fishes that he caught after I left. Arhhh!!! After seeing him reeling in the fishes, it made my whole body itch to try the pond.

Pasir Ris Pond daytime.

Bites n Bites!

Saturday morning was as at BIL's house figuring out how to get rid spyware from his PC but still can't manage to do it. Ending up both of us going to East Coast to fish. Knowing that another fishing kaki is at Changi Broad Walk hooking up tambans, I asked him to join us at our favourite spot. The Longkang! Yup.. the Six Pipes. Reminded my friend to buy some worm baits at Changi V. Brought along some prawns for bait too.

Notice only few anglers there. Tide is going down carrying along lot of rubbish to the sea. About an hour later.. my first strike. My Shimano Shmictar suddenly bend hard towards the railing. Few seconds of good fight with the fish and I know it's the fight from the eel tail catfish (sembilang).

What I like most fishing at this area is that there are bites once the bait is in the water but we must bear a lot of snags especially when it's getting dark.

Hook another eel tail around 8pm and it's about 15cm long. For now that's the biggest eel tail that I ever caught and it also damage and silenced my Alivio clicker.

Pack up around 9 cause we are running out of baits with 4 eel tails catfish in the bag.

Lost A Biggie!

Met BIL and another fishing kaki who suddenly want to join my weekend fishing and straight to Changi Board Walk. Yes, the same spot again. It's more convenient and near to home.

Reach there around 7.45 am and notice that there are about seven rods at the walk railing and we had the worst space to cast. Tide is slowly coming up and without delay I set up my gear and cast using worm baits that my friend bought the night before.

As usual fishing at the place is that we have to bear the strong tide currents. And of course there will be rubbish following the tide. Wood planks, branches, empty plastic containers and worst of all... plastic bags. This thing when it got stuck to your hook or sinker, it's like reeling in a huge stingray. That is what caught my hook when I'm doing my third reeling in.

Next reel in I felt the same thing, feeling the weight on the other end of the line. "Argghh.. not bags again!". When reeling in, and my cheapo 10 foot rod was bending like a letter U, I saw a shining reflection coming up to the water surface. Shit! it's not a plastic bag and I didn't notice of my rod nodding at all. It's one huge sickelfish on the other line of the line.

How in the hell should I lift this fish up the broadwalk and worst of all, the nibongs. First hurdle, I managed to lift up the fish over the nibong and asking BIL later to take the line and lift it up by hand. Just he take the line, the fish below snap from the hook and I can see that huge fish swam away from the cooking pot.

That's fishing, we hook some, we lost some.

Pack up around 3 with some smallies.

Reach home and clean up and just about to doze off, got a call from another old fishing kaki asking whether want to join him night fishing at East Coast. Called BIL asking whether, but he said he's too tired but will come down just to watch us fishing. Later, another old fishing kaki joined. And pity for him, he can't reach the water breaker coz the tide is already high. Not to dissapoint him, me and my friend have to wade the water just above knee high to shore.

Thought of changing spot, but ending up chatting at the coffee shop. 2 am reach home and crash coz my eyes are killing me of not enough sleep.

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Croakers & Rain

I just could not resist my itchiness of going fishing. So, what the heck!, pack up my gears, bought some worm baits, drinks and a poncho and straight to Changi Board Walk.

Called BIL, but he said the weather makes him lazy to fish. Yup, it has been drizzling on and off all day long but at least it's cooler and with no sunburn to worry about. Anyway my skin is getting darker due to weekend fishing.

Met with familiar anglers there and chatted with them a while before I set my gear.

Trying out the new Mustad Bloodworm hooks on the apollo rig. Cast and as usual... wait for bite. Tide was low and surprisingly current was slow. Reel in and saw a small croaker (gelama) hooked on the bait.


Set up a shorter rod and try to hook for small fish and ending up with more croakers.

Packed around 8pm with only four croakers.

Happy Birthday

Been deciding whether should I bring along my fishing gear to the chalet or not, as we all will be having a bbq cum birthday celebrations of a nephew and a niece there.

After helping out grilling satays all night long, I decide to go home to refresh and might as well fetch my rod and reel to Pasir Ris PA chalet.

Since I was too tired and BIL was not around, I gave up the idea of night fishing. Anyway, there's no bait at all to fish.

After breakfast the next day, I rode down to Changi Village and bought a few packets of pon pon sarung. BIL came later with lunch, so before we gave the fishes to bite, why don't we have a quick bite at our lunch first.

As I was not familiar of the spot and this is the first time I will throwing my lines there, BIL decide to choose a spot which is near to the chalet.




Saw two guys fishing there with live prawns and seems there's no action at all. Not even a single twitch of their rods.

Both of us set our gears and BIL is the first one to cast and he's the first one to hook a fish. A palm size mempinang. The I got my first bite and land a second mempinang.


Realizing that the two Chinese guys packing their stuff, we decide to shift to their spot. I land my second smallie that is a bechok.


As we chatting away, I saw BIL's rod being pulled. He rushed to his rod and by looking at the tip of the rod, it is not those smallies coral fish bite. And true enough it's not, as BIL reel the fish near to the rocks, I could see the shining body of a sicklefish - tudung periok.


As tide is going down, we are hoping for some more bites, but it ended up our baits are still intact and decide to pack.