Fishing Log -
Ok, here's what's been happening. I got married in November 2000, went to
Mauritius for a major fishing trip cum honeymoon, moved into my new house in
Sengkang, gave my boat another overhaul (which prevented me from fishing for 3
months)... and made my wife pregnant.
But the fishing's been great lately, perhaps it's due to the long break that
I took from fishing. Nah, I'm just bragging. Seriously, although I've only
managed trips no longer than 3 hours, the fish have been more than co-operative.
Here's a brief summary.
Let's see, I bought 3 crabnets and brought my pregnant wife crabbing from the
boat. You can see the results above. Does she look pregnant? You'd better not
tell her that. Then there were the brief evening trips with Brendon and Desmond.
Brendon's been having some luck with the yellow grunters and snappers. He even
caught a Giant Trevally off Ubin. It was only a baby, of course.
Then there was an evening when Wayne caught a big Garoupa. And another
evening when the fish just wouldn't stop biting and I got a big 2.5 kg Garoupa
and a 3 kg Silver Javelin (Chio Lor) and a Snapper while Desmond got 3 Snappers.
We were happy to go back to shore in under 2 hours cos we know when enough is
enough.
Then I had a happy reunion with my old fishing buddy from the Grant era in
the mid 1980's, Eng Joo. I almost couldn't recognize him, and neither could he
me, I think. Life has been good to us, I guess. Anyway, even while waiting for
him to come, I caught a 3 kg Queenfish just 50 m from shore and I knew it was
going to be a good day. That day, I managed to land a 65cm Barramundi and some
other fish, but Eng Joo was the champ with a 1 kg Coral Trout which almost got
away, but he grabbed it in time.
Then there was this short trip with Kelly (a guy, by the way). See the
Barramundi he's holding up? We went to my place straight away and steamed it for
dinner. Mmmmmmmm mmmm.
I would say it's been rather eventful lately. But wait till you see what the
next roll of film has in store. It's still in the camera, by the way. I brought
my wife out for a 45 minute trip just off Changi and she hooked onto a ... (see
what she caught, in the next update).
Oh ya, I just bought a scanner too. Still not sure how it works... as you can
see from Picture Gallery 18, the fuzzy one. Ok, till next time, fish well!!! The
Phenol thing has happened before, don't worry about it, things should be ok
soon.
A most interesting thing just happened to me in August. I became a father. Can you spot my baby girl's picture among the pictures of fish? That's her first ever photograph.
I've still been fishing regularly but have been unable to bring friends out fishing for full day trips because it's simply too tiring. All my trips are now no longer than 3 hours as I'm usually contented with my catch. Samuel has been joining me quite frequently after school for short evening trips.
Furthermore, it's not nice going fishing when there's pressure from fellas who desperately want a good catch.
But to maintain my boat, I might have to bring some friends out on full night trips at least once a month from now onwards. I only go on one full cost-sharing trip a month. That's just to help me defray the cost of the trip and not even half a month's maintenance costs.
Of course, there's no guarantee of fish. I'll still be sarcastic and I'll still be trying my best to be the one who catches the most fish on the trip. So I guess my offer only applies to diehards. Are you sure you're still keen? If so, you can still try to email me.
As for usual fishing pals, don't worry, nothing's changed. Some trips are free, some cost you lunch, and some cost you a million dollars!!! Muahahahaha...
Brendon has been joining me for night fishing at the yacht club, and we got some grunters. Can you see the big Garoupa he is holding? That
was caught by me just hours before my baby was born. Brendon had called me up after my wife had some contractions. We went to KK but the doctor said it was a false alarm and told us to go home. That was when Brendon called and told me he had a GOOD FEELING, and had bought some milkfish to try for biggies.
My wife told me to go ahead and fish cos the baby wasn't due. So I met Brendon at the boat and we went to a spot near Ubin. That's when I landed this nice big Garoupa.
When we reached back to shore, my wife called me and told me that she was having contractions again, and this time it was for real. So I rushed home, took a shower, and went to KK again. Shortly after, my baby girl was born. Looks like Brendon's Good Feeling was right. Now I call that spot GOOD FEELING and I have been landing Barras, Snappers and Garoupas from that spot consistently.
Nikki and Eudon
show off their Snappers while Clarence proudly poses with a baby car seat he
managed to land after a long struggle. He offered to give it to me but it wasn't
the right colour. At the bottom is me at home with Baby.
