Sungei Kong Kong, 23 nov 2008

23 nov 2008

Boatman: Rosman
Location: Sungei Kong Kong, Johor, Malaysia
On Board: Sungei Kong Kong, Johor, Malaysia
TeamMembers: Benjamin
Friends on Board: My Dad, Bro in laws: Mike and Christopher
Bait: Live Prawn
Fishing method: spinning

Arsenal: lemax black rose, 5.6ft
Reel: shimano ultegra 2000
Line: 15lbs power pro
Hook: 1/0
Leader: #8 seaguar flourocarbon

trip was organised by my bro in law, christopher. been to the river for a few times. my record was a 4.2kg kim ba lor. anway day started out to be nice. water condition was good (green and not brown) as it was not raining the past few days. most of the kims was caught in the morning. weather in the late morning was very hot and we were all casting under the scotching sun. we did not erect the canopy as it will definately hinder our casting.

after lunch, the weather started to turn bad, sound of thunder and skies turing dark did not have any bites. motor of the boat gave trouble too, cooling pump not working well, so we have to travel slowly to prevent over heating of the motor. well travelling slow is still better than a spoilt motor, dun wanna get stranded out at sea... then we were caught under light showers, so everyone put on wet weather attire, erect the canopy. then fishing method change to parking cause cannot cast due to canopy. rain spoilt the water condition, water turn murky so we decided to head back early.

on the way back, we passed by a kelong, and saw people up-ping ang kueys, thus rosman (boatman) fast hand, fast leg, went to the location and join in the feeding frenzy. seriously it was lok chiat lok chiat. ang keuys fed on dead, and tiger gaos on live prawn. put down and strike. we hang around there till the storm was full blown, after that we had no more bites. total catch 6 ang kueys, 5 tiger groupers, 1 small stingray (CNR-ed) at the spot.

weather was quite bad, and with our faulty boat, we cannot make it across the channel fast enough, and it can be dangerous also. therefore we had to hide behind a floating house and wait for the storm to simmer down before we continue our journey. we head back after the storm... armies of mosquitos waited for us at the jetty, due to behind schedule, instead of bathing, we just changed into dry clothes and got the hell out of there. we head to get some DVDs and dinner. about 10+ we head back home.


Malay kampong, road to jetty


buying lunch from a kampong shop


jetty where boat is berthed


Rosman (boatman) preparing boat


moving off to first fishing spot
Rosman (red cap), christopher (green), my dad (brown cap), mike (yellow) and me behind camera.


kim no. 1, 5kg


some kim fishing action. volume on louder can hear "chut sua"


kim no. 2


kim no. 3


fishing terrain


grouper upped


packed lunch... lontong kering


bad weather brewing


anglers' night mare... storm ahead.


nice sunset after storm...


lining up for photo taking


ang kueys


groupers


sumptuous dinner: steam kbl in hongkong style ang kuey in sweet sour butter prawns (left over bait) bean sprouts hot plate tofu tomyam soup satay

Johor Shore Boat Trip 15.11.2008

Boatman:Uncle Soh(#$@#%$^$@)
Location:Johore Shore & Changi Area(suppose to be southern island %$%#$@#$%#$#%)
On Board: SAFYC
TeamMembers: Desmond,Benjamin & Ah Wei
Friends on Board:Landon & Jordan
Bait:Live Kuning,Kelong Sotong & Dead Grey Prawn
Benjamin,Ah Wei,Landon,Desmond & Jordan Preparing & B4 heading to boat

Our Weapon For this trip..But there's a missing item on 1 of the rod..

Everyone busy catching kuning happily.

Desmond Dozed off while we going to the last spot of the trip

Ben catch the kuning while Landon help to unhook

Ah Wei is so relaxing talking on the phone enjoying the sea breeze

U can see tat Jordan is so happy

Desmond happily catching kuning

Desmond & His 20kg+ Leopard Ray

What is Landon trying to do???

4 BANANAS Eater~HaHaHa

Desmond totally tired after a great fight with the ray

Ai Ya~Si Bei Sian Ah..No Fish ah...Sleep Better...

Morning 6.30am(Desmond)

Morning 6.30am(Jordan)

Our Bait Fish...80 pieces of Kuning inside

OverallCatch:Leopard Ray,AhSeng,Gelama,KimBaLor,Mugen,TeeBoo & countless of Kuning


Suppose we r heading for southern island on this trip but end up the boatman k siao act blur & bring us to johore shore.Somemore he can say he dun know we wanna go southern island.B4 2 weeks,b4 the day of this trip & b4 1/2 hrs heading to his boat,jordan already remind him tat we r going to southern island but jus dun understand why he bringing us to johore shore without telling us.Somemore si bei k siao & act blur.Anyway we r already in his boat so bo pian lan lan & bear with it.He brought us to this 1st spot where we catch lots of kuning for bait,est about 20 pieces.Everyone was enjoying fishing cos its a Surecatch fishing.Jus put ur tamban hook down & u will sure kana at least 1 kuning.After a moment of enjoyment we headed to 2nd spot.All the while we have nothing & i mean zero catch from about 5pm till 7pm.All of us waited patiently & at this moment Desmond reel back his line.Suddenly he found out that his reel keep screeming away plus line keep dashing out...He shouted WAH!!!CHU SHUAN...He immediately pump & fight with this fish.After about 5 to 10mins the fish get reel back.Everyone was so excited when they saw the big leopard ray on the surface of the sea.Boatman came & gaff up the ray & desmond is like sitting on 1 corner relaxing after a big fight on this ray.After Desmond catch all the way till 11pm its like no bite at all.Boatman shift to another spot which is nearby & some of the members kana few AhSeng & was released back.Wei kana 1 small ray & was quickly release into the live well as Jordan wanna bring it back & rear it on his marine tank.We wait & wait till morning as boatman promise to bring us to his so call grouper spot but end up nothing being caught.Benjamin caught a sea KBL & Mugen(double hook up)b4 we end this trip.Overall comment on this trip is bad cos 1st-boatman conned us tis trip which is going southern but end up in J shore.2nd-His spot is where u will catch lots lots of BIG AHSENG.3rd-He told us no need buy live prawn,only bring some glass dead prawn will do but end up when on board he told us y nv buy live prawn.Heng we have 1kg of kelong sotong & few grams of dead grey prawn for standby if not the whole night we all can sleep on the boat le.4th-He never try his best to find spot 4 us but jus park his boat there & do nothing.Somemore he can sleep soundly in the middle of the night.

Haiiiii....think tat the 1st & last trip wif tis boatman.

Fishing @ Johor Shoal 09.11.08

Was a raining sunday.As per normal didnt expect much in singpaore water and some more due to the rain. So reach loyang @ 0800hrs and departed from there. Six anglers altogether including mi. Bait of the day is live prawn. So went to our first spot nothing much but one of our angler hook up a ang cho kee after tat went to the second spot and every action and moment all happen here. For mi i didnt felt excited at first but when reach the spot we saw the boat man garmin meter show a huge like christmas tree under. The boat man told us he never seen tis before at tis area and the christmas tree like shape is moving so we all suspected is a group of fish. So drop our line but nothing for mi i sunKo twice. So we adjust our position again at the same spot and try. Tis time is where the action begin. My staff drop the line for less then a second and the line went screeming. Fight a little and there is the 2kg tiger grouper. After the fish is up my line also went and one of the angler too. Its like a feeding frenzy sia. Before noon we already had more then five grouper caught. After the noon time the feeding frenzy is back again. I can only say wow at the time. Its like eva never finish grouper fishing. We lose quite alot of biggie cos they are too fast before we can set the hook rite. And also lose some weight, rangong and line. But can say worth it. Overall catch is 19 tiger grouper, 02 singapore spotted grouper, 02 ang cho kee and 01 guhood. Altogether 24. Man of the match is my staff the most catch of the day(8 tiger grouper) and also the heaviest weight (2kg tiger grouper) lining up second is mi (4 tiger grouper & 1 singapore spotted grouper) also the second in the heaviest weight catogory (1kg plus tiger grouper).

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