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.