14/07/08 Punggol Way - Catch Report

This is the first post that i am making in this new blog that i've set up :) much feedback/ advise would be greatly appreciated...

14/07/08 Punggol Way

This was the first trip both lam and i arranged to go fishing after weeks of deciding on a date :) well both of us haven't been really fishing for a long long time. I started out in this hobby when i was in sec3, introduced by my then good buddy...weiwen.... i learnt some basic knots to fishing and even got fishing books! (dunno where have they went :p ) but i did still had my tackle box and also 2 rods...one a 4ft rod and another about 6ft rod.

We met at changi village initially because we intended to fish at changi shore. Weather was good and it was really sunny despite it is monsoon season now in Singapore... We set up and then casted our first toss into the sea! guess what....lam keep getting seaweeds lar!!! made a light comment about the brand "Sure Catch", confirm surely catch something one....yaaa in this case SEAWEEDS!

I was worse off than lam...keep getting rubbbish things like dirt and mud stuck on the lure....it was a really turn-off experience....i lost 2 lures that i just bought from the tackleshop and lam had his line snapped off as well, not fish, but getting stuck at the bottom of the seabed! Geeess....wasted 1hr plus....time to change location.....so off we went in a cab and to PUNGGOL WAY

We dropped from the cab and found a spot which was at the jetty. There is a police coast guard post nearby....wonder was it setup post Mas-Selamat? LOL aniway...there were already 2 fellow anglers there fishing.....

a few hours passed and we caught nothing, the anglers beside us caught 2 catfishes....but it was CNR (Catch and Release). A few more minutes later, i felt a tuck from my rod....a fish has taken the bait! reeled it in and whoa! it was mine 1st catch of the day....

1st catch! :)

closer pic

its a catfish as well! its a small one, roughly about 300g in weight.. :) we also hanged down a line (8 sized-2 hooks with sinker) into the water with prawn pieces as bait....in the end caught some small fish... around 6 of them! used the milk fish as bait too.....

Nearby us got an uncle caught a squid which was about 30cm in length...it squirted ink on the floor...haha guess it was kan chong....

We fished until 11pm...wanted to torn overnight....but then due to circumstances and lack of movement in the waters and also legs and hands suddenly itchy.....packed up and took bus back home.....it was a good day, we left with great expectancy about this place and will be back again :)