From sea to table

Into the steam wok

After steaming

Deshelling was a breaze

Great as salad!

Best present :)

Didn't come to the beach with a hopeful heart because it is one day after full-moon and usually not a good day for fishing. But the day started with my catching my largest grouper so far (above). But still not big enough for the table. So released it to the sea.

But the surprise come much later after I caught my only whiting and used it as bait. This foot-long mantis schrimp was foul hooked near the tail - most likely savouring the whiting and getting itself hooked as it swam around the hook.
The line shaked, though not violently. So i decided to retrieve it. When retrieving the line, it felt like dead weight of a branch. So I was a little disappointed. But when the prized catch appears, I was overjoyed.

Didn't know we have such huge creatures on our shores :)

Biddy Biddy Biddy...

No picture of my catch to show.
But just to testify that I caught a good-sized silver biddy again today using the short 1 hour beach break I had with my 3 kids.
They are starting to enjoy fishing with me. I'm glad. :)
Also, tried out my new 7' telescopic rod which cost me $26. Stiff and give good distance to my throw. But feel that it is a little too "skinny". Well, still my best rod so far...

Pesky catfish!

The kids tried fishing again. And this time, all catfishes! Gave them all to the 2 Malay boys fishing there, who happily accepted our gifts. Nonetheless, Jie Xin caught 3 more whitings which grandma fried for dinner. They loved it.

This time, it is proven possible to bring them to the beach and fish at the same time. Just need to set up tent for them at the beach and give them a walkie talkie. They'll play on the beach and periodically visit me at the jetty or call me on the walkie talkie to talk.

Stormy morning

Day started quiet. Caught 2 small fishes and put in the keeper's basket. Later a great storm attacked. So went to hide at Old Town.
After the storm, I returned to discover that a big lobang has developed at the bottom of the keeper's basket and both fishes were gone. No problem, small fishes anyway.
These 3 fishes were caught after the storm. The flounder was caught with live prawn. :)

My kids caught fish - first time!

Suddenly got an idea to let them try fishing again - since I now know this place which consistently yield small (edible) fishes and I've figured out the way to catch them :)

Indeed, the 2 older kids had a great time! Each caught a whiting and a juvenile grunter. Grunter returned to sea but whiting to home!

I guess they'll be asking me to bring them for more trips after this experience.

Prediction quite true

Got 2 bites on my live-prawns today!
But each time I retrieve my lines, I only retrieve sunken weights... Ok, so now I got 3 free weights.
But that means got fish!
But God is nice to me. He gave me the biggest silver biddy I've ever caught. This one is caught just near to the jetty structure. Consistently, medium sized fish feeds there - regardless of tide situation.