Singapore On the right day, time & place

[NightAngler]

Invited along onboard a private boat to one of the southern islands for a project study. Since the island is quite near to a regular fishing ground, naturally took the opportunity to wet some lines.

Just about 3 hrs of effective fishing duration with total of 2 anglers & 3 sets of tackle. Absolutely one of those angling days fishing at the right day, time & place.

Upon reaching fishing ground, current was dead(transition period of changeover). Boat was swaying about due to variable wind. Not too long after all 3 lines were down, one of the rod was arching over. Rod action look similar to being snagged(line going below centre keel direction) due to boat movements & also a possible take. Friend managed to fight "suspected" fish for only a very short while before leader got busted. While friend was busy re-tying the busted rig, another rod register a good take. I set the strike & fought the fish for a while before passing back to friend. A grouper tipping the boga @ 29 lbs was landed. To our surprise, the first busted rig(hook together with bait) was found inside the grouper mouth !!

20-30 mins later, very slack current start flowing & another strong take was registered on one of the tackle. Fish was landed successfully & was another grouper maxing the #30 boga slightly(est 31-32 lbs). The remaining 1.5 hrs or so produce 2 more smaller grouper (est 9 & 2 lbs).

A trip ending with mixed sentiments since fishing for me has to take a back seat soon. Such ad hoc trip will be difficult to come by in the future as I'll be starting with a full-time job on 12 Mar 2007. More so when it's working half-day on Sat (as & when necessary ).

Also like to take this opportunity to thank fishing friends & those private boat owners who had one way or another provided or created opportunities for me to earn some income while without a full-time job. In addition, appreciation to those who had spent time & efforts responding to some of my polls.

Till my next CR, here's the pic to keep the faith in local fishing

[DaFrogman]

YS dude,

What a great result for a "side" trip.... Heck, its a great result for any kind of trip in your local waters. Keep it up, I reckon between you and Mak, you guys can certainly keep the faith in Singapore waters.

Saimee

[stickbom!]

Nice catch guys (as always)

Layman, Strikes think I'm gonna faint...

[Makaira]

.............. I reckon between you and Mak, you guys can certainly keep the faith in Singapore waters.

Guys ....... Full credit has to go to Yew Seng.





The majority of my fantastically successful local trips of late has been with him on board. His fishing knowledge for local waters and boat handling skills is second to none imho. Yew Seng is a great friend & fishing companion and I hope our friendship and fishing adventures will continue for many years to come!!!!!

[Nelson]

Hi YS,

Good catch there, i really want to see those big gaos. Like that also can...........got the mms real time. Sad