My Friend's Catches 7

Threadfin from the beach

Date: 03-07-2011     Time: 10am to 2pm    

Fishing at the jetty....the bait was not lasting....so today with a good running tide....decided to join friends for a go at the beach...

As the full tide was around 1.30pm.....we decide to start around 10am....LK and An both of them early in the morning went to the jetty to get fresh tamban for bait.

We setup and casted out...total there is 9 rods....Tide is already mid way up.....JW was the first to hit....He saw his rod rattle and he strike.....without much effort....a nice 1kg threadfin was wind in....

With this...it boosted our moral....everbody changing bait....more often....An hour later.....suddenly LK rod bent and his reel screech.....He rush to strike and the fish jump up from the water surface....WOW....threadfin again....with the aid of the wave....he slight in the fish.....It hit the scale at 1.8kg....

Fantastic....we never dream of getting this at the beach....But....it happen.......We pack off around 2pm when the tide turn down.

Threadfin and Big Mouth catfish from Jetty

Date: 08-08-2011     Time: 10pm     Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft      Reel: Penn 225LD     Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Frozen squid

Ah An landed this 2kg Threadfin during the fast flowing downtide. It took the bait and just cause a light screech on the reel. The fish was wash down by the strong current flow. It only when the rod tip shake that he decided to strike. He wind it in and when I saw it was a threadfin...I took my squid net and scoop it up.

Earlier in the night....I caught a 2kg Big mouth catfish....I was away scooping squid when the fish strike....It was Ah An who wind in for me. This time I was using a Penn Powergraph surf fixed spool rod pair with a Silstar AX 80 spinning reel.

Wild Barramundi

Date; 14-08-2011     Time: 0100am      Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft      Reel: Penn 225LD      Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long Snood bottom feeder      Bait: Dead Tamban

Ah An landed this wild barramundi early this morning after changing his fishing place. He move inner toward the shoreline to avoid the strong current downtide. The fish weigh 4.6kg on the scale.

Barracuda

Date: 19-11-2011     Time: 11pm       Rod: Penn PPT Sidewinder 13.6ft.      Reel: Penn 225GLS       Line: 30lbs mono       Rig: Long snood bottom feeder       Bait: Fresh squid

The Down tide is about to end. The current already stop flowing...We had been fishing since the early night and there is no action.....Earlier ago....POH....one of my buddy was grumbling water was so nice and why not even a barracuda come to take our bait....I answer him that the barracuda here had been badly pamper and if no fresh squid as bait there dont eat....

As now is already near to the year end....squid is quite rare now.....I only manage to caught a few and all had been use as bait....I still need to caught one more for Ah AN to use. Luckily not long after I manage to get one. I pass it to AN and he change it and casted out.

Just a few minute later....POH heard a fish jumping out of water and as he was standing near AN rod. He instantly pickup the rod and do a hard strike.....YES ON....AN come on and take over the rod....The fish swim inward.....he easily wind back....It surface..... BARRACUDA....yes....it take fresh squid....HONG grab hold of the leader and haul it up....I place my squid net below the fish as safty net...A near to 2kg fish landed..

Wild Barramundi

Date: 10-12-2011     Time: 8.10pm      Rod: Penn Inxs Ultramatch 12.9ft      Reel: Shimano Torium 30      Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Dead Tamban

Tide was on the way up. Bait was quite lasting at this stage..Suddenly...there was a water splash in the sea....and AH ONG rod the line gone slack...LK was the first to spot it....He pickup the rod, wind back the loose line and strike...Yes...a full tension on the line and the rod bend....The fish was swimming inward....He passes the rod back to AH ONG the owner....Very fast the fish surface....From far I can see a wide body fish coming in....It is definitely a good fish and not a marine catfish which is very commonly landed at the jetty on this few weeks. Without hesitation...I use AH ONG squid net to scoop it up. Wow... a fat silver barramundi was on the floor....It hit the scale at 5.5kg. It also set a new mark on barramundi landed there this year.

Cobia

Date:19-02-2012     Time: 8am      Rod; Centuary Kompressor Super sport 13ft      Reel: Daiwa Saitiga 40     Line: 30lbs mono      Rig: Long snood bottom feeder       Bait: Dead Tamban

We had spent the night there fishing....but only few small fishes caught...I left at 3am this early morning to take a rest in my mobile home and rejoin them again at 7.30am.

Tide was about to full...I had just change my bait as this morning it didn't last....while washing my hand...I heard reel alarm went off....It was Ah Lai rod.....Ah Hong was beside it and he pickup and strike....YES..IT IS ON....Ah Lai didn't put cable car rig....so it is a fish that take the bottom bait...Wow...I was thinking could it be a cobia again...

Truly...I saw the fish was swimming inward after the initial run....I straight away fixed up my gaff....Before my gaff was ready...the fish already reach infront of the jetty railing....It then make deep dive downward....luckily...Ah Hong was able to hold it up....By now Ah An is ready with his gaff....He try one but missed....I went over and Ah Hong had reposition the fish...I gaff it and bring it up....WOW...another Cobia landed within a week....It hit the scale at 7kg.

Brown Stingray

Date: 10-03-2012     Time: 8.30pm     Rod: Zziplex M4 13ft.    Reel: Shimano Torium 30.     Line: 30lbs mono     Rig: Long snood bottom feeder      Bait: Fresh squid

Ah Ong caught this 9.5kg stingray after a help from Ah Hong. Ong strike first and play up the fish before handed the rod to Hong to fight and surface it up. I was called upon to gaff it after Ong alert me as we fish at different corner tonight.

Grouper

Date: 21-04-2012    Time: 7pm.    

Ah An caught this 1.1kg grouper by a handline lower down below the jetty. Bait was live prawn.