Fishing Trip - 15/02/2015
Went for my 1st ever fishing trip on Sunday and although I didn't catch any fish..., it was still quite fun, relaxing in the sun, enjoying the breeze. Good way to spend the day. Din really take a lot of photos as the captain was worried about us posting photos online and giving away his favourite fishing spots...
Dan picked me up at 6.30am and off we went to Marina Country Club in Punggol from where we would set off for our trip. Wearing my newly-bought-from-Qoo10 compression top and pants which were actually quite effective in preventing any sun burns, even though I looked a bit weird in it. Even more so with the t-shirt and berms tat I wore over them...
Reached the destination at around 7.30am after picking up another of our fishing kaki, Vincent. Then they started preparing the stuff as I just stood around, totally clueless of wat to do... Then the other of our kaki, Jimmy, started to teach me a bit of the basics, like how to tie the hook and sinker, wat to do when I get a bite - rod up, reel in... ehhhh something like tat ba. still not really sure wats the correct procedure. After the preparations were done, we loaded the boat and off we went out to sea.
The familiar smell of the sea reminded me of the kayaking expeditions which I went for, mostly during my poly days. Not many but mostly fun and really enjoyable. Very relaxing to feel the wind in my hair as I enjoyed the nasi lemak and teh that Vincent bought for us. Also enjoying a bit of a sun tan - only on my face, neck and feet though, cos the rest of my body were all covered up already.
After a short ride, we reached our 1st spot. Dropped our lines and we started to wait for the 1st bite. Not really a long wait as very soon, the captain pulled up our 1st catch of the day. This was followed shortly by Vincent as he too got his 1st catch. Good start and we thought that this was going to be a good day, but turns out to be a false dawn...
We caught a couple more fishes and then waited for quite a while and still no bite so the captain decided to switch location. Caught another at this new location and then waited for a long while again. Still no bite so we changed location again. Went on like this for a few more times and still nothing so we decided to break for lunch.
The captain brought us to this floating restaurant for lunch and I would say that perhaps this was actually the highlight of the day. Haha not exactly a good thing as this was partly cos the fishing part of the trip wasn't really good. But it was also cos the food here was really quite good, and quite reasonably priced as well.
We ordered salted egg sotong, oyster omelette and vege with scallops (ehhhh dun really noe wat type of vege tat is). My favourite was the oyster omelette. The egg was really nicely done, a bit watery, a bit "half-cooked", but in a good way. The oysters were all quite big and fresh. Seeing all the pictures really makes me feel hungry now...
After lunch, the captain brought us to another of his "secret spot" and here I finally got my 1st bite. Saw the fishing rod bending and observed it a little while longer. Then I saw it bend again and heard a shout from behind me to pick up the fishing rod and so I did. A bit kalang kabut already as I pulled the rod up and reeled in. Turns out that it wasn't a fish but instead it was a squid. Ehhhh then I tink I reeled in too fast and maybe the hook wasn't hooked on tight enuf and the squid escaped... But this sotong really a bit blur and actually bit our bait again. This time it was Jimmy's fishing rod which was beside mine... He reeled the sotong in and we got it inside our net but somehow it got itself unhooked and still managed to slip thru the net back into the water... Lucky escape for this blur sotong. We waited for it to bite again but haizzz, it wasn't tat blur after all.
We managed to catch just 1 more and so we switched location again after another long wait. At this new location, my fishing rod got another bite and it was again not the usual ones that they get... This time round, it was a stingray. But the captain said that it was really too small already, not much meat also so we threw it back into the water. And that was the last bite that I got as we kept changing locations but still no catch for anyone. Finally we decided to call it a day and headed back.
Total catch for the entire boat was only 6 and none for them was mine... According to the captain, the conditions that day were really bad for catching any fish. Haha dunno izzit I make them suay or wat. Next time need to pray to 海龙王 before going already. But still I enjoyed myself quite a lot and hopefully I can catch at least 1 for the next trip.
Dan picked me up at 6.30am and off we went to Marina Country Club in Punggol from where we would set off for our trip. Wearing my newly-bought-from-Qoo10 compression top and pants which were actually quite effective in preventing any sun burns, even though I looked a bit weird in it. Even more so with the t-shirt and berms tat I wore over them...
Reached the destination at around 7.30am after picking up another of our fishing kaki, Vincent. Then they started preparing the stuff as I just stood around, totally clueless of wat to do... Then the other of our kaki, Jimmy, started to teach me a bit of the basics, like how to tie the hook and sinker, wat to do when I get a bite - rod up, reel in... ehhhh something like tat ba. still not really sure wats the correct procedure. After the preparations were done, we loaded the boat and off we went out to sea.
The familiar smell of the sea reminded me of the kayaking expeditions which I went for, mostly during my poly days. Not many but mostly fun and really enjoyable. Very relaxing to feel the wind in my hair as I enjoyed the nasi lemak and teh that Vincent bought for us. Also enjoying a bit of a sun tan - only on my face, neck and feet though, cos the rest of my body were all covered up already.
After a short ride, we reached our 1st spot. Dropped our lines and we started to wait for the 1st bite. Not really a long wait as very soon, the captain pulled up our 1st catch of the day. This was followed shortly by Vincent as he too got his 1st catch. Good start and we thought that this was going to be a good day, but turns out to be a false dawn...
We caught a couple more fishes and then waited for quite a while and still no bite so the captain decided to switch location. Caught another at this new location and then waited for a long while again. Still no bite so we changed location again. Went on like this for a few more times and still nothing so we decided to break for lunch.
The captain brought us to this floating restaurant for lunch and I would say that perhaps this was actually the highlight of the day. Haha not exactly a good thing as this was partly cos the fishing part of the trip wasn't really good. But it was also cos the food here was really quite good, and quite reasonably priced as well.
We ordered salted egg sotong, oyster omelette and vege with scallops (ehhhh dun really noe wat type of vege tat is). My favourite was the oyster omelette. The egg was really nicely done, a bit watery, a bit "half-cooked", but in a good way. The oysters were all quite big and fresh. Seeing all the pictures really makes me feel hungry now...
After lunch, the captain brought us to another of his "secret spot" and here I finally got my 1st bite. Saw the fishing rod bending and observed it a little while longer. Then I saw it bend again and heard a shout from behind me to pick up the fishing rod and so I did. A bit kalang kabut already as I pulled the rod up and reeled in. Turns out that it wasn't a fish but instead it was a squid. Ehhhh then I tink I reeled in too fast and maybe the hook wasn't hooked on tight enuf and the squid escaped... But this sotong really a bit blur and actually bit our bait again. This time it was Jimmy's fishing rod which was beside mine... He reeled the sotong in and we got it inside our net but somehow it got itself unhooked and still managed to slip thru the net back into the water... Lucky escape for this blur sotong. We waited for it to bite again but haizzz, it wasn't tat blur after all.
We managed to catch just 1 more and so we switched location again after another long wait. At this new location, my fishing rod got another bite and it was again not the usual ones that they get... This time round, it was a stingray. But the captain said that it was really too small already, not much meat also so we threw it back into the water. And that was the last bite that I got as we kept changing locations but still no catch for anyone. Finally we decided to call it a day and headed back.
Total catch for the entire boat was only 6 and none for them was mine... According to the captain, the conditions that day were really bad for catching any fish. Haha dunno izzit I make them suay or wat. Next time need to pray to 海龙王 before going already. But still I enjoyed myself quite a lot and hopefully I can catch at least 1 for the next trip.
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