Whiting Fishing at Changi Beach

Date:24th Apr 09 (Friday)
Location: Changi Beach

Tide:
24thApr09 0428 0.6
24thApr09 1048 2.7
24thApr09 1652 0.8
24thApr09 2241 2.8


Whiting (Shiro-gisu) is a popular delicacy in Japan whereby, it is usually seen on Tempura dishes. The fish are usually deep fried with flour batter and it has is a important commercial species in Japan, greatly esteemed for its delicate flavour.

Since, it my offday and after finish washing my clothings in the morning, i decided to go for some fishing. The weather was extremely hot this few days and the heat was unbearable and it was a sweat out day for me.


Nice Beach at Changi


My stuff for this trip


High tide at the beach


Not crowded on weekdays

As i bought some dead prawn for this trip, catching small fish is not a mission impossible. Shortly after my first cast, a nice whiting was caught. Seriously, Prawn meat was the favorite food for the Whiting and every cast, there will be some fish coming for the bait at the other end. The fun part for Whiting fishing is that getting the fish to be hook up need some skill and technique as the fish's mouth is quite small.


My first Whiting for the day

Another Whiting caught


2 hungry whiting caught at same time


The plane is travelling very low


A close view of the plane at the beach

18pcs of Whiting in less than 1.5hours

Overall, it was a hot and fun trip for me and the result was pretty good for the day since i have ever tried empty-handed on targetting this fish before on this beach. Luckily for me, The fish is biting and fighting against Whiting using light tackle is really fun. Will definately tried out Whiting fishing again when i have my free time.

My Luring session at Changi

Date: 09 April 09
Location: Changi

Since today is my offday and nothing much to do at home after my morning jogging, i decided to go for some Luring at Changi. Its been a while for me not visiting this favorite luring spot of mine and its a good chance since the weather is pretty cloudy.


Reclaimed land at Changi


My ammo for my Luring trip


Looks like its going to rain soon


Got a small grouper on my favorite sinking lure


Its low tide in the afternoon


Try casting with this R2S 120F minnow


The sea is quite rough and windy


Looks like a promising lure to use

After several attempts without any result and the weather become very windy with black clouds hanging over my head. I decided to change to another spot which is half an hour from where i fish.


Another potential Luring spot at Changi


The sea looks pretty calm


What is this floating stuff doing here..save life?


Another grouper caught on my lure


Fishing spot is only accessible by bike

A scar on my minnow

Too bad, unable to set the hook


Its time to go home


The Snails going home as well

The result looks pretty good to me on my first luring session in year 2009. Luck is indeed with me and too bad, got a few miss which i unable to set the hook well. Will be looking forward for some more action during my free days.

My Daiwa Saltiga Z-40 Sold Off

Due to my upcoming New Fishing Project which will be leading me to the next level of Fishing, i have no choice but to sell my precious Saltiga away in order to fund for my hobby. Hope the new owner will take very good care of her and get to catch big fish with her.

Luring Preparation for 2009

Its been sometime i have not been trying out luring and have not been getting any fish on my previous Luring trip in year 2008. Since today is my offday and i have not that busy, i took out my luring set for some inspection. During my recent Japan trip, i have also bought some Japanese lures for my luring collection. Really hope to have some chance to wet my line and also included some luring catch report in the future.

Luring preparation



Feim hump 115S



Ima Rene


Ima Komomo



Shimano Axis 100 with 10lb braided


Lure waiting for action

My Sedilli Offshore trip for 2009

Date: 21st Mar 09
Location: Sedilli Malaysia

This was my first offshore trip in 2009 whereby Joon had specially organise this trip for his girlfriend or so called "Future wife". Besides my fishing kaki, my wife and my friend, Kee from Cymer also join in for this trip. All of us meet up at 5am near Jusco Tebrau in Johore and reach Sedilli at almost 0645am. The weather was pretty good and the sea was calm. Fishing was not really that amazing throughout the trip for most of us and i don't have much luck in getting any big fish. However, my wife, Shierly was in luck on that day as she caught many table size fish such as grouper, grunter, John snapper and parrot.

Arriving our live bait shop ay Kota Tinggi


Buying our live bait


Early morning at the Sedilli Jetty


Waiting for our boatman


View at the Jetty


So many people going fishing


Heading off to our first fishing spot


Kee's first Offshore trip with us


Its time for my bait to start working


My Abu 6000C reel

My Torium 30 on trolling

Shimano Torium is my Favourite power reel


Daiwa Caldia Kix 4000 for my wife's setup


Joon's Daiwa Millionaire bay area


Shimano Aerlex 4000 for bait fish fishing


Banax GT3000W for standby

Ryobi Applause for Joon's GF setup


Shierly caught a Parrot


A Blue strip Hinder caught by Shierly


Guan Choon caught one as well

Hinder caught by me


A Grunter caught by my wife


Fishing is a waiting game

Storm is coming soon and its bye-bye time

Our total catch for the day

At the Sedilli Fish port with fresh seafood

Wanna buy some for dinner?


Big prawn for dinner


Our fishing end at around 0630pm and then we headed to the nearby Fishing Port to get more fresh seafood. Overall, its a good trip to start with in my 2009 fishing and hope that i can have more fishing when i have the time.