Glen with his Barracuda

We were again shooting for queenfish but were not lucky.

I somehow find that the queenfish are most productive when the monsoon season and winds are up. Today and the past few days however saw the winds coming in the westerly direction and in relation the queenfish were not in. I might be wrong but this is my observation.

However Glen managed to land this nice barracuda just a few feet from the shore.

More Queenie Multiple Hook up action

More Multiple Hook Up Action......

Queenie season is back

Looks like the last week has been a productive one for Queenies. They however seen smaller than usual. Maybe because it too early in the season. Hopefully they get bigger as we go further into the season.

Enjoy the vid....

Shooting for Queens Ending up With Baracudas

Since the queen fish season was drawing near, we decided to give our favorite Queenie spot a try to see if they were in. As usually Changi village was the meeting place where we would get our batteries started with a fresh cup of coffee and prata before heading out to catch the first light.

When we got there, we had missed the first light as we had misjudged the sunrise timing. We quicky got the gear st up and started jigging for queenies.

Once again we were dissapointed as there w

ere none around but alot of Todaks hitting my jigs. 

However Jeevan got lucky, not with a queenie but with a nice baracuda.

We will definitely be back for more at this wonderfull spot.

Fishing on Philip's new Grady White

Philip gave me a call when i was in London to ask if i was keen to go out fishing on his boat. 

Unfortunately this trip was not very productive at at all.

The current was too strong and only Mark manage to land a diamond trevally. 

Guess it was to be his since it was his first time fishing. Not too bad for a first fish.

Fishing @ Changi

A friend of mine Andrew called me one Monday morning asking me if i was keen to go out fishing on a new Chaparal 29 foot boat. I agreed without hesitation and immediately took leave for Wednesday.

We met at 1 Degree 15 at 8am and set off with the intention to head to Tanah Merah. They had actually wanted to test the range of the boat to see how far it would take them on a full tank of petrol which was about 800 liters.

The ride to changi was smooth with flat water all the way.  I had the pleasure of skippering the craft and cruising at about 27 knots with some trials of full speed at about 35 knots was a pleasure. It took us probably about 30 min at that speed to reach which was actually alot faster than i thought. 

The first spot was my favourite Queenie spot which left us empty handed so we decided to move. the second spot

 

along the breakwaters saw alot of Aramugem's being landed. Very disappointng if you as me. I did not fish very much as i was not much of a baiter and only tried jigging for queenies which i did not find any. 

Finally we decided to move and head toward Ubin just off the coast of Changi beach which was recommended  by a malay fisherman that brought me there.  Fortunately during my last trip i marked the spot with my handheld GPS. There we sat for a good 2 hours waiting for a bite. Finally at the turn of the tide we managed to get some nice Finger Mark Snappers.

Guy in the pix is Chinaman Owen who is supposed to be the charter manager for the boat. 

First time fisherman with beginners luck i guess.

Tampines Sand Quarry 29 June 08

We actually planed for a trip to Bedok Res at 1600 hrs initially but there was a big dragon boat festival going on and there was too much human activity around.

Seletar Res was the next destination, but a change of plan came about when i suggested checking out the sand quarry.

We stopped by the side of the road to do a quick recce first at about 1645 hrs and found some Thai Workers fishing there. I asked if they had caught anything and they showed me plastic bag with 1 PB and a catfish in it.

I asked if that was all they got the whole day and they showed me about 5-6 P.B and some catfish pierced with a stick over the campfire and it looked like they were in some jungle survival course. Don't understand how they could eat PB's......!!

Anyway it pretty much answered my question....... we had to give this place a go....!

Lady luck was however not on our side.....! Except for one PB chasing my rubber worm. I saw a couple of others in the water as well and sight casted at them hoping they would snap at it. They did take an initial interest at first and chased it a little but then dashed off in the opposite direction.

Notice the weedy banks and submerged trees.... looks like a promising toman fishing ground...! But did not see and typical toman surface ripples nor any hits on the poppers presented.

Oh well guess it was just not our day...!!

Will definitely give this place another go maybe on the quieter side with less human disturbance.

Quick Fix at Bedok Res 25 June 08 1938 hrs

Just one of those days that i needed a quick fix so headed to Bedok reservoir after work, and this is the result after 1/2 hr of casting them rubber worms.

Landed 16 June 2008 at 1903 hrs

Peacock Bass at Bedok Res with fishing buddy Seet. I was actually trying out a highly recommended rubber worm by Keitech. It was proven in the sea with a hit at almost every cast. Mostly groupas though. Had to try its effectiveness in freshwater and here is the results. Peacock Bass hit on the second cast. 

  

Little vid clip shot by Seet.... and yes rod is bit big cos my smaller one was out of action due to broken rod tip so had to settle with this rod i usually use for queenies.

Queenie Action



Ron getting stuck

We decided to have a little off road fun after the queenie action and look what it got Ron into.

Fortunately the Nissan was saved by the trusty Landrover Defender.

Small Groupa at SAFYC
Queenie at SAFYC

Queenie at Tanah Merah
Nasty Todak

Lucky i was using Jigs if not i would have ended up with seriously punctured lures

Toby in action at Tanah Merah

Beautiful Sunrise from Tanah Merah

Landed 14 June 08

These little fellows landed from a friends boat off the airshow grounds breaker. These were taken with the Keitech Rubbers i was recommended and there was almost a hit on every cast.

Beautiful sunrise from our favourite Queenie spot.

Nice Tingiri Papan / Spotted Mackrel

Unexpected catch from the Queenie Spot.

Excelent Sunrise Again...!!

Glen in Action below.