CR 9-10 July 2006

Jimmy and I have been talking for a long time to arrange an overnight fishing trip together. Together with barbecue and stuff. Just 2 guys relaxing at our fishing spot. Errr, a bit "brokeback" is it? Aiyah, who gives a F*#k!

Anyway, we reached our secret spot in Tanah Merah and started setting up. Shelter, BBQ pit, etc. As it is high tide, so we took it easy and decided to just do some float fishing. Current is very strong and the float keeps coming back to shore so we just left it there.

Started BBQing, wah damn shiok! My wings are marinated perfectly and also sausages are something one cannot leave without during BBQ. Easy to cook and nice to eat.

Low tide is expected at 4am so we just ate, chit chat until 3am and we proceeded to move further down since the water level is low enough. Started fishing. Wah damn quiet the sea, maybe because it has been raining the whole of Sunday so water not very good and fishes are not biting. Worse still, fish not biting but damn a lot of insects biting us! Suddenly, I saw Jimmy starting reeling back very fast. I tot Ho Sei! Then up came a....

An ABL - Ang Bak Lo (Red Eyed Sea bass). Jimmy was disappointed cos he mentioned that if you catch ABL means other fishes are not biting as the water is cold and only such fishes bite. As I was very sleepy I decided to give up and go back to the car to chill. As we continue BBQing and chitchatting, suddenly felt raindrops, shit! Rain, so we rushed back to the car boot. As the shelter is hanging over the car boot, we decided to take cover there. The rain was torrentous! Luckily our shelter held. Soon we are really shack out so I moved forward to the driver seat to sleep while Jimmy crashed at the boot.

Woke up at 8+am. The rain has stopped, weather was chilly so decided to make coffee. Jimmy wanted to set up his net to put along the shore, hopefully to catch passing school of fishes. While he is doing so, I decided to continue with some bottom fishing. Happening!

Got my first catch! A grouper. Much bigger than I expected from my previous catches at this place. Should be about 400-500gms. Now the adenaline is pumping!

A good sized parrot fish! Eng kor! Should be about 800gms! What a surprise!

Then Jimmy cannot take it and immediately set up his rod to join me. For the next an hour and half, nothing, Jimmy got a few bites but keeps either getting snaged on rocks or line snapped. This is encouraging cos it means the fishes here of pretty good sizes! Then Jimmy hooked on one, as he is reeling in, ke keeps saying damn heavy damn big!

A golden trevally!!! What a surprise! Though size is smaller than he expected but this fish is a good fighter thus the feel like it is a heavy bugger! I never expected to land such a fish like this! If you have seen my previous reports, I got one from Singapore waters and it is about 3kg so I know how good this buggers are!

So it seems like the trip is not wasted after all. Then later we went to check out the net and saw fishes being caught in it. That's great! We pulled up expecting a school but only 3. Dunno what fish le but good enough size.

Overall quite satisfying trip. Will definitely be planning one more soon. Anway, just a pic to show you how we set up my car and the shelter.

So far, shoreline fishing, this is still one of the best spots. Of course, I won't reveal where it is. hehehehe....

Anyway, quite shack today. Never sleep much during the fishing trip and last nite went for Coldplay concert. Damn good! Definitely better than Oasis one. Then my wife has to go KL so got to fetch her to airport this morning at 6am!

Steam man! Need to get some rest! Ciao!