From left to right: 4 kg night Grunter; 5 kg Barra at sunset, what more can a guy ask for?; Coral Trout 1 kg, a surprise catch. Thanks Kenny for snapping this photo for me; A typical schooling Red Emperor; Happy Henry with a handsome Grunter.
I've always wondered...
...what fish do when the current's dead. Maybe they just hang around watching television or something. Once, on a flight to Melbourne, I saw a documentary when they dived during a "currentless" period. The fish were there but they were simply, how do I say it, hanging around?
One thing's for sure, fishing around Ubin and Tekong is definitely current-dependent. I prefer a falling tide, but as long as the line does not go straight down, there's a chance of a good bite. All these fish were caught while the current was strong.
Even while fishing in deep water, although light-gear fishermen wait for a change in current or a slack current in order to get their baits down to the bottom, the basic rule still remains: NO CURRENT=NO ACTION . In deep water, the preferred scenario would be a slack current but certainly not a dead current.
But like all crazy fishos, don't we try our luck whether or not there's a current? It's all about hope and... wishful thinking. (Maybe next time, instead of wasting live prawns and feeding the sea-lice, we should just play cards or something.)
