Light Game- Singapore GT, Queens, Sagai, Goldspot and Coral Trout

Hooray! I caught a Coral Trout on Metal Jig

Went out for a short jigging trip with Kings and Bryan. Reached the spot around 2pm and fished till around 5pm. We had plenty of action, with multiple hookups of Giant Trevallys from 3 - 6kg. The Queenfish were also everywhere and became quite a nuisance when we were trying to catch GTs and Longfin Trevally.

The highlight of the day was when I caught a Coral Trout, brought it home immediately, and steamed it for dinner.

Here's the Coral Trout steamed Hong Kong Style.

Basically, we caught and released many light game fish. All GTs (around 10 pieces) were released, so were all Queenfish (too many to count). Only kept the coral trout, two Goldspot Trevally and three Longfin Trevally. In terms of fighting ability, the GTs were clearly the strongest of the lot, with the Queens being the most acrobatic, and the others being pleasant surprises in between.

Here's a Longfin trevally we kept.

First Jig Caught GT

When we first hit the spot, I opened accounts with a Queen. Then Kings started the GT frenzy, with a nice big GT which was released after a few pics. Then I caught a small GT, but it was significant in that it was my first Metal Jigged GT. After that, everybody kept getting hooked onto either GTs or Queens - continuously.

Bryan with one of the larger specimens, promptly released.

The Queens were hitting anything we threw into the water, from stickbaits, to Sabiki, to metal jigs and Poppers.

It reached the point where we didn't even bother with the landing net and started using a pair of pliers to shake the fish off at boatside. Everything was rather chaotic, and Bryan didn't even get an opportunity to finish his lunch.

Here's one of two Goldspot Trevallys which showed up just before we left.

On the whole, this was a perfect trip. Wish there were more days like this. Here's a short video of me releasing a 5 kilo GT I landed after a good fight.