6-Pipe

Went for a short trip with Josh to 6-pipe. What's special here is that the plane will fly right over your head!

Caught 2 small fishes which we subsequently threw back to the sea. We did catch lots of sea weeds though. And Josh did manage to hook up a wallet (empty).

Octopus in a bottle!

Caught an octopus with a kek-kek as bait. After wrapping around the bait, the octopus went into a glass bottle. So I caught it together with the bottle! When I held it in my hand, the tentacles just wrapped my hands and the suction cups just sucked onto my hands! Irky!

Caught 2 Lost 1

Took a short break at the jetty with just one rod. My trusty telescopic.
After some long distant throws, I decided to fish near the jetty side.
Started catching fishes!
First was a John Snapper. Juvinile. So returned to sea.
Then was a flounder, in picture.
Then was a (must be) grouper, which got lodged in the rocks again! I did not increase my tension, so it easily pulled away. After that, when I tried to pull hard, the string snapped. (sigh)
After that, decided to tighten my tension. But no more grouper...
Instead a fat rabbit fish emerged!
With 2 fishes, I'm home!

Fishing with the kids

Fishing at East Coast at the canal next to Road Safety Park. Training my kids so that one day when I'm old, they'll bring me fishing. Impressed my kids by catching a puny rabbit fish. (What else can you catch from a drain?) Video as proof.

Marina South

Tried a new spot this morning with Joshua. Marina South - next to the Marina South Pier.
I arrived earlier and started my usual way of fishing - fishing with weights.
Action began pretty early! What seems like a garoupa bit my bait, but remain lodged in between the stone crevices. There is no way to coax the fish out. Tried pulling, relaxing, and everything! And these happened not just once, but 4 times! There must be lot's of garoupas here... Anyway, lost all my rigs.
Josh, seeing my state, decided to fish from the water surface. He used floating baits, and he caught 1 todak and 3 halfbeaks within 30 minutes! Happy man!
I've learned my lesson about fishing garoupas... There is no way to beat them by force... At least not this way... I shall go back to my "shifu" (Henry from my usual fishing equipment shop) to upgrade my skills... Will be more prepared the next time... You garoupas, watch out!

1+1+1=?

Caught 1 malabar grouper, 1 brownstripe red snapper, 1 diamond wrasse. But all mini versions! Well, at least there is action! Hope to catch bigger ones next time... Anyway, an old friend (Wee Kwong) came to the beach to meet me for lunch (and I also ran out of ammunition - i.e. prawns) and we had Ipoh Hor Fun at Old Town Cafe. Was a good catch up session.

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! :)