Did not manage to get many trips in during the Nov to Dec period because I went overseas for a while and focused a little more on golf. However, I did manage a few good trips with friends.
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| December, with strong North winds, is a good time for Spanish Flag Snappers and Coral Trout. This is only half our catch, the rest couldn't fit on top of the orange box. |
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| The boys show some of the Sagais. |
On the 27th of December, Uncle Frank and my nephews came along for some Sagai, because the fish were around. Unfortunately the weather was not very good and we fished in the wind and rain. We still caught a number of decent Sagais (Trevally) though.
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| Here we see the boys fishing despite the dark clouds forming overhead |
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| A Goldspot Trevally and Coral Trout came to say hello. |
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| Nowadays, our trips to the Northern Waters frequently see us making our way to the floating restaurant to enjoy our wild caught fish. This time, Bert, Danny and Meng brought more friends and relatives. |
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| That's Bert with LUNCH. Yay! |
On the 6th of December, a big group came along and the aim was to relax, while hopefully catching lunch and dinner. Not many fish showed up, but at least we fulfilled our mission, with some decent fish for lunch and dinner. Phew! Yum Yum.For lunch, the moment Bert landed a nice Garoupa, he stopped fishing and looked ready to head to the floating farm for lunch. That's what we did. The food is still rather good but a little pricey. For dinner, it was kinda sad that Great Atlantic Restaurant overcooked the fish a little - looks like there's been a change of chef and owner.
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| That's us enjoying another garoupa and a snapper for dinner at Great Atlantic (hmmm, didn't it use to be Great Atlantis?) |
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| I landed this fat Garoupa on Madai early in the trip. It was a great start. |
On the 5th of December, David, Kings and I headed to the south to try for some reef fish. We got more than we bargained for. This time, the fish were just rushing to join their friends in our ice box. With a slow current, we drifted at Mystery Spot and almost immediately I had a heavy strike. After a nice fight, a fat garoupa surfaced and I had met my target for the day. Little did I know that more was to come.
About 15 minutes later, we drifted to shallower waters, and I struck into a fish that fought in a very familiar way. I asked Kings to stand by with the landing net because something red was about to surface. True enough, a beautiful Coral Trout made its way into the landing net. What a great start!
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| Wild Coral Trout on my favourite Madai. Yeah! |
Soon, the current picked up and we headed into shallow water to hunt for Trevally, but not a single one showed up, so I started to target Spanish Flag Snapper. That's when the queues started forming as the fish were landed at a steady pace until we ran out of bait. Basically we filled the box with Snappers, Bream and a few more Coral Trout. What a day! The pic of half our catch can be seen at the top of this post.
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| Lucky Meng with a beauty of a Golden Snapper |
On the 22nd of November, Meng and Xiao V came on board for some fun with Madais. I had heard that the Golden Snappers were in, so I headed to the Snapper Zone and we landed some. A few Garoupas and a Red Snapper were mixed in with the catch. Conditions were excellent that day!
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| These girls were truly lucky, landing some quality local fish |
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| I miss the days when we could hit schools of this fish. I'm not complaining about landing one of these though. |
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| Floating restaurant time. Yummy. Axl, Bert, Danny and Winnie came on board and Winnie caught lunch and dinner for us. |
On the 1st of November, Bert and gang came along, and Bert was saying that Good Feeling had never let us down before, always producing some nice Barramundi. Luckily, that day was no different. We hung around Good Feeling, landed some Barramundi, headed to the floating restaurant, and continued fishing at Lao Di Fang for some Garoupas. Overall, not many fish were landed but the company was great. So was the Guinness, haha.
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| Axl landed something that rarely turns up around Ubin... a Spanish Flag Snapper. These fish are common in the south though. |
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| Winnie was the lucky one, landing most of the nicer fish like this gleaming Barramundi. |
