I have not been boat fishing for a couple of years mainly due to my lack of "sea legs". In the past, my trips on boats saw me "chumming" the water. Not the best sight which is why I avoided fishing on boats as much as possible.
I was really bored with pond fishing and wanted to do something different. I asked my fishingkaki, Ah Lau (Old Man) Andrew, on whether he was keen to go on Thurs. He agreed and a couple of calls, the boat was booked for a day's fishing off Ubin.
When I got up in the early morning to move off, it was raining heavily....Uh Oh....but since we're committed, let's just go for it. Met up Andrew and Guan Seng at Punggol Marina and by 8.30 am, we're off on the boat captained by Ahmad.
Wasnt a really great day...the fishes must be on vacation! We moved from spot to spot and no bites whatsoever except for some tiny nibbles. Andrew did catch a small grouper but Guan Seng and I caught absolutely nothing, except for some insignificant nibbles. Could it have been the rainy weather, tide change or our fishing rigs?
Ahmad tried his best to bring us to different spots and by 3 pm, he decided to try one last spot for some small "gelamas" which are just 15 cms in length but taste good when steamed. We had to change rigs to small hooks but the gelamas werent home! This was getting stranger that even the spot for small fishes yielded nothing? Global warming perhaps?? We were staring at the abyss of not catching anything!
At about 4 pm, Andrew and I finally managed to hook up something of substance. 2 grunters weighing in at 1.5 and 2 kg respectively. We werent zero fighters. YAY! Guan Seng did not hit anything big but did catch some smaller fishes.
As the dictum goes - "A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work". Not sure that I agree with this completely but yesterday was not great in terms of catches but the fun and fellowship was good. It was a good time of just going out and not thinking of work.
Didnt bring the boys as the boat was just large enough for 4 adults and I felt that the boys were just too young to handle a whole day fishing on a boat without bathrooms. So they will stick to fishing at ponds and lakes. Will be bringing them tomorrow to recce the opening of the Bottle Tree Park Catch and Release pond. Should be interesting to see huge Mekong Catfishes and Arapaimas been hooked up. Stay tune.
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