Date: 02 August 2008
Location: Sedilli Malaysia
Time: 5am till 5pm
This Offshore trip was organized by Joon and it's a trip which i had been waiting desperately for many weeks. Due to the early timing to board the boat at a shocking 5am, i have no choice but to stay at Joon's place for the night at Johore. Unfortunately, i did not have much rest as Joon and i had too many fishing talks throughout the night and without any sleep for me, its 0230am...and its time to go for some serious stuff.
Our meetup point at the Petrol Station
3am Breakfast at a 24hr coffeeshop
5am Carpark full at Sedilli Port
At 5am when we reach the fishing Jetty, We can see that there are already many cars parking near the Jetty and many people were waiting to board their fishing boat. The main reason for the crowd was mainly due to the news of a recent big havest of Mackeral at Sedili waters and many anglers were eager to land it. However, at our arrival, no one are able to set off for the fishing due to the extremely low tidal condition and all the boats could hardly park near the Jetty. Our malay boatman informed us to wait till 6am when the water are good enough for the boat to move near the Jetty.
At 5am when we reach the fishing Jetty, We can see that there are already many cars parking near the Jetty and many people were waiting to board their fishing boat. The main reason for the crowd was mainly due to the news of a recent big havest of Mackeral at Sedili waters and many anglers were eager to land it. However, at our arrival, no one are able to set off for the fishing due to the extremely low tidal condition and all the boats could hardly park near the Jetty. Our malay boatman informed us to wait till 6am when the water are good enough for the boat to move near the Jetty.
Arthur and Winson looking fresh at 6am
Got to use this for the trolling
At 6am, we finally board our boat and off we head to our first fishing spot which would need around 1.5hours to reach. Since there was plenty of time, Arthur tried out trolling with my Boomer lure but somehow, he decided to stop it as his gear was not suitable for Trolling.
Our 1st spot at 0730am
Our first destination was not very promising for me and due to the oily food which i have comsumed earlier and no sleep throughout the night, it become a disaster for me as I got a seasick throughout this trip. What a Merlion day for me.
A nice Parrot landed by Winson
Emperor Snapper landed by the boatman
Me... the Merlion man trying hard to fish
Edmund with his John Snapper
Serious Sabiki Jigging by Arthur
Its lunch time but not for me
Joon with his Cencaru
My precious Cencaru
Winson caught his 2nd grouper
A 2kg Todak caught by Arthur
Bottom fishing was not pretty good but Winson managed to land some good size grouper and parrots. Results on Light Jigging was poor as no one caught any fish on jigs. However, Sabiki Jigging was pretty promising as there were plenty of Selar, Tanbam and Cencaru. Everyone was happy fishing with the Sabiki setup.
I'm exhausted after being a Merlion
Part of our catch in the morning
Catches by the boatman
Finally back to shore
Its hot fishing period at Sedilli
It's my favorite Durian shopping
No fish...buy some will do
Our main objective at Sedilli was to buy these
Overall, this fishing trip was a total failure for me and lesson learnt is to have ample rest before any offshore trip and no oily stuff was to be consumed before the trip. Just Hope that my next offshore trip on 6th September will be a better one for me...('O_o')
