Location: Changi Point, Tekong Kechil & Ubin.
Equipment: Rod - Pioneer light spinning 4-14 lbs.
Reel - Zebco.
My first off-shore fishing trip organised by Nigel. We meet at Tanamera MRT @0645hrs and proceed to Changi Point by Taxi. We arrived Changi Point for breakfast - the famous Nasi Lemak store. In my opinion, I find the Nasi Lemak is just so,so. Nothing great and expalsive as compared to the Nasi Lemak sold at Tanjong Pagar hawker centre, which cost just $2.
For $2 - i can get chicken thight, otak, ikan bilis and egg. Good value for money!
After breakfast, we proceed to buy some water and walked towards the jetty. I was surprised to find the jetty to be so modern. I remembered back during my Army days (1975-1981), we used to walked along the planks to reach the boat. When we reached the boat, we have to hop from one boat to another in-order to get to the correct boat. We used the boat to get to Tekong Besar island for our jungle training and live fireing practices.
We waited for the rest of the group to arrived and set-off at 0820hrs. The boatman steered the boat towards Ubin for us to buy live prawns. After 15mins we arrived at a floating fish farm. I was surprised to find many large fishes, lobsters, chickens and a duck. We bought about 1 1/2 Kg. of prawns.
The boat then proceed towards the middle of Ubin & Tekong Kechil for our first dip. We fished for about 1 hr before moving towards the breakwaters of Tekong Kechil. Nothing -- No fish!
Upon reaching the break-waters of Tekong Kechil one of our group members made his cast. Immediately, there was a take-up. His rod bent and he was reeling franticly.....screaming ' Big onnnnne'! But just as sudden as the rod bent...it went slack and LOST! Fish gone! ..What a waste.
But this gives us a chance...ke,ke,ke.... We moved around this location a few times but still no catch. My line snapped 3 times due to being 'sankok' and lost 3 sinkers. Very bad.
My first action was after mid-day. We anchored between Tekong Kechil and Tekong Besar to fish. I felt a sudden tug and I made a strike. My rod suddenly bent downwards and my reel's drag was singing. I tried to reel-in the fish but the fish put up a good fight. It was strong. I was reeling in like 5 times before the fish pulled away for a few meters. It took me about 5 mins before I can see the fish near the surface. It took another few mins to land the fish as it kept going down towards under the boat. The fish was a Chermin - large one!
My Chermin - 1 Kg.
We moved towards Takong Besar and made anchor. It was towards 4 pm and I landed a flat fish (sole). Later I got a AC and a foul hook on a small fish.
The total catch from us : -
Many varieties of fishes.
Grouper, AC, Chermins, Sole fish & Grunters.
Overall, it was a good experience and I was very sastisfied with my catch. This will not be my last off-shore trip! Looking for more......
