Seletar Country Club Fishing Competition 6 June 09

Got a call from Gerard at about 1730 hrs asking me to join him at Seletar Country Club's Fishing Competition.

I agreed straight away and met him there at about 1830 hrs.

Lots of people fishing in this small Golf Course fishing pond so i decided to move to the corner where there were some rocks as there was nobody there.

It was a good choice. Within the first 5 casts, a Toman hit my Popper Frog and within the next 5 casts, landed this nice Toman

Fishing The Top End - Darwin

This was a very last minute trip when i stumbled upon super deals from Jetstar.

Believe it or not it cost is less than the fishing for one day. $194 for a return trip with baggage allowance of 20 KG.

The Plan......

21 May
- Depart Sgp on Jet Star at 2200 hrs

22 May
- Arrive Darwin 0440 hrs.
- Pick up at Holiday Inn Esplanade at 0530 hrs for Baramundi fishing at Corroboree Billabong with DNA fishing Charters (Rocky)

23 May
- Fishing in darwin Harbour with Chris ( Lure Maker introduced and arranged by a great guy George that runs Fishing & Outdoors.

24 May
- Self Drive Fishing Charter in Darwin Harbour. Skipper....Myself...!!

The Action.......

Day 1 - 22 May - Corroboree Billabong.

The first welcome sign at Corroboree Billabong.
No good luck or welcome to Corroboree....!!
Just a beware of Crocs sign.

We dint think much of till we saw this fella relaxing on the bank.

Look at Jeevan's Shack face from not sleeping on board the plane..... too excited....Maybe

DNA Fishing Charters boat that we would spend the rest of the day chasing Barramundi.

The boat that we would spend the rest of the day in chasing Barramundi.



Only thing about this part of the trip is that Jeevan was the only lucky one to land a Baramundi. The rest of un had no Barramundi luck. We had alot of fun with Tarpon's which we dont have any photos of cos they were almost imoissible to land. Closest we got was to bring them by theside of the boat.




The following 2 days were spent fishing Darwin Harbour.

The first day, we were brought around by Chris who was introduced by George of Fishing and Outdoor World. George was recommended by Shoy from Hong Guan Fishing tackle.

On the last day, we chartered a self drive boat from Hooked Up Boat Hire. Peter the guy who runs this business was most helpfull and accommodating to all my queries and requests. He even pointed out the good fishing spots that were firing for that week.

I have promised him a recommendation to friends or Kakis heading up there so feel free to call him on his mobile which is found on his website. He would bemore than happy to answer your questions.

We were lucky that day as Phil one of the staff at Fishing and Outdoor World was going out fishing that day as well and offered to take us around.

Notice the Electric motors on the boat... A very esential part of fishing that we in Singapore lack.


Main Purpose of the Electric motor was sneaking up on the Baramundi hinding amongst the mangroves.

Alot of the fishing for Baramundi was sneaking up on them and spotting them in the shallow flats as the tides receeded.

A good pair of Spotters Sunglassess was also necessary as Stephan found out...who was not able to spot alot of the fishes on his polarized Oakley's. Somehow the Spotters did a better job which Phil and his friend had on.

Stefan and myself got a pair each on the last day. I tested them out recently at Tanah Merah and i mus say they did give a greater vision in depth compared to the other sunglassess iv had.

Here are some of the places we were fishing in and some of our catches.





Notice how shallow we had to go. Literally into the Mangroves with merely 30 - 50 com of water. Hence why the electric motor came in handy.

The Milk fish below was landed on a 8lb Paladine line on very light tackle. 6'6" Daiwa Crossbeat and a 2500 Daiwa Freams.....bait....Bread...!!!

Took more than 10 min to land. They dont look like they would last that long but believe me they fight really hard including going around my anchor line countless times with dashes that sent my reel screeching. Good Fun....!!

Triple Bara Hook Up ...... if only we get that in Singapore...!!!!














One of the most unexpected catches and the first iv seen..... Glens Stingray on Lure....! Burkley Gulp.















We thought it was a GT. The way it sent his reel screeming..... have a look at the video.

Overall the trip was good fun.

Was the trip worth it.....?

Yes even though we did not get as many fish this time round.

We knew that Darwin has its better days.

It was also an eye opener to a very different type of fishing .