12 feet and 10 feet each score 1 !

Interesting fishing experience.

Caught the biddy first with the trusty 10 ft rod. The rod did not shake at all. But as I retrieve the line, a good sized biddy came at the end of the line!

Then caught the bream with the new 12 ft rod. This time, the entire rod fell sideways like something has given it a huge tug! Turned out to be the biggest threadfin bream I've ever caught. :)

Big enough

Caught 2 silver biddy on Monday morning with sarong.

The bigger one is my biggest record for silver biddy.

This guy though smaller than other fishes, gave a better fight.

Anyway, steamed them on the same day. Definitely delicious.

Marvelous Catch

Couldn't believe I caught 3 good sized fishes in 2 hours!

Left home early at 6am. Had a leisurely ride to Carl's Junior jetty. The ride was especially pleasant as the roads were quiet and cool.

When I reached the jetty, I saw a big group of Malay boys there. They must have fished overnight. As I set up my 2 rods, they were singing to the accompaniment of guitar. Their singing was melancholic and beautiful!

I used the frozen worms I prepared and also prawn meat.

After sunrise, Winston joined in.

Then the fishes started coming.

First was a good sized biddy. It took the worm.

Then a grunter bit too! It took the worm too. The rod, though secured with the reel to the fencing, must have rocked so violently that it tipped over, falling into the water! The Malay boy who was next to the rod quickly grabbed it for me. Thank God for him! Otherwise I would have to say sayonara to one more rod!!!!

Then my kids came and I started packing up. But as I retrieve my line, I found a scat attached to it! It made no noise though the bell was attached.

All in all, scored 3 in 2 hours. My best result in my fishing career.

Thank you God for an exciting morning.

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...

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. :)

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.

Strange day

Yesterday could be one of my strangest day fishing experience. Caught 4 catfishes, 1 sea snake and 1 moray eel (see video) all in the day time. I thought these guys are more active at night.
Fortunately, I also caught 2 silver biddy. Otherwise, would have been a very miserable trip.

Awesome. 7 whitings 1 silver biddy 1 grunter with 7 prawns!

Started at 9am at Carl's Junior jetty. At the lowest tide for today - 0.4m.

Using 2 telescopic - 1 of which is operating on a faulty tip.

1 self-tied "taman"-rig with 4 size-4 hooks; 1 appollo rig with 2 hooks.

All the above were caught with the taman rig!

Also caught 2 of the above tripod fish (both together), 3 small snappers and 1 small grunter. Some returned to sea and some used as bait. Btw snapper meat is bad bait. No fish wants to bite. Finally, even hooked up a crab! (see video) This one was returned to sea too.

PS: Consistently, javelin grunters are caught at low tide at Carl's Junior jetty during day time (morning segment) with either dead or live prawns.

One more Silver Biddy!

Fished at jetty opposite road-safety park on Monday morning.
The guy there said that since this is the first sunny morning after 2 days of rain, the fishes must be feeding.
He was right. There were quite some actions. First, caught the silver biddy above. Then a flounder which I released since it was too small. Then tried cable-car fishing using tamban. The tamban was being dragged away, but the predator did not hook on.
Left hurriedly at 12nn because wife needs car.
It was a good trip.

At last!

This is a Silver Biddy - a kind of bream - I think. Happy to catch it at the jetty close to Carl's Jr. It doesn't fight much. But at least the trip yielded something... And the meat tastes good! :)