On the Bridge Beside NSRCC

Trip Time - 15-02-2025, 10.30pm to 16-02-2025, 3.00am

Tide Details

Low Tide: Minimum height of 0.2m at 15-02-2025, 7.20pm

High Tide: Maximum height of 2.8m at 16-02-2025, 1.33am

Low Tide: Minimum height of 1.2m at 16-02-2025, 7.16am

Catch Log

11.00pm - 2 Moon Crabs using Mortician's Rig, released

11.30pm - 1 Flower Crab using crab trap release due to small size

11.35pm - 1 Flower Crab using crab trap release due to small size

12.30am - 1 White Tamban using Sabiki rig, use as bait

12.35am - 1 Oriental Sand Whiting using Sabiki rig,

12.40am - 1 Oriental Sand Whiting using Sabiki rig

01.14am - 1 Pink Ear Emperor using Sabiki rig, release due to small size

01.35am - 1 Striped Eel Catfish using Sabiki rig, release due to small size

01.58am - 1 Blackspot Snapper using Mortician's Rig, release due to small size

02.10am - 1 Flower crab using Crab Trap release due to small size

02.26am - 1 Spangled Emperor and 1 Pink Ear Emperor using Sabiki rig, release due to small size

02.40am - 1 Glassfish using Mortician's Rig, release due to small size

First time doing full night fishing. Visibility wasn't much of an issue as there are street lamps and I also brought a hand held lamp and headlamp. Maybe the headlamp battery is whacked due to age as it went flat after about 2 hours into the fishing session.

Was talking to a passer-by as I was setting up the traps. He came all the way from Hougang to see the waves. Chatted a while with him about fishing and current affairs before we parted ways to do our respective activities. 

Catch wise, not much luck in getting any big fish, the baits constantly getting eaten by mooncrabs. Managed to get some strikes using Sabiki rig, but they are all small fishes. Took one of the Spangled Emperor I caught home as the hook is deep in its throat. Doubt it will survive even if I managed to get the hook out, so it is going to the dinner table. 

Made some improvement to the crab nets for this trip. The baits are now places in nylon bag or steel cage. This prevent the prawn baits from being eaten by the hermit crabs, but sadly not sizeable flower crabs or fishes were caught in the trap.

Labrador Park Jetty

 Lure Used - Salted prawn, dried sandworm and belachan (prawn paste)

Trip Time - 10.30am to 5.00pm

Tide Details

High Tide: Maximum height of 2.7m at 6.11am

Low Tide: Minimum height of 0.8m at 2.00pm

High Tide: Maximum height of 2.4m at 10.15pm

Catch Log

02.00pm - 1 Cardinal Fish using Mortician's Rig, used as bait

02.45pm - 1 Largetooth Flounder using Mortician's Rig, release due to small size

 

03.00pm - 1 Immaculate Puffer using Mortician's Rig, release due to small size

03.15pm - 1 Spotted Sicklefish using Mortician's Rig

03.30pm - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Net

First time going to Labrador jetty to fish. I made a big mistake of parking the car at Carpark A although it seems the closest to the jetty. In reality, it was the farthest away as I needed to go down the hill and looped around at the bottom of the hill beside Carpark C before I could reach the jetty. Took about 30mins before I reached the jetty.

The jetty was crowded by the time I reached it. With the right side of the jetty fully occupied, I decided to set up on the left side. Have to use overhead cast as there is not enough space to do off the ground cast.

The catch rate for bottom rig and traps is very low, over the span of 7 hours, using 3 rods and 3 crab nets coupled with about 15 salted prawns and 2 bags of dried sandworms, I only got 4 fishes and 1 crab. The area is infested with todak (needlefish), so maybe I will come back to try surface fishing next time 

Got some comfort as I was leaving. One of the regulars I chatted with told me my catch rate is expected. He explained the catch in this area is unpredictable as some times there are strikes and some times anglers go home empty handed.

Beach in front of NSRCC Entrance

Lure Used - Fresh prawn and belachan (prawn paste)

Trip Time - 6.30am to 12pm

Tide Details

High Tide: Maximum height of 3.0m at 2.00am

Low Tide: Minimum height of 1.2m at 7.46am

High Tide: Maximum height of 3.3m at 1.31pm

Catch Log

07.00am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap, release juvenile 

07.20am - 1 Russell's Snapper using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

07.35am - 1 Flower Crab using Mortician's Rig

08.30am - 1 Diamond Wrasse using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

09.45am - 1 Immaculate Pufferfish using Crab Trap, release poisonous fish

10.30am - A school of Striped Eeltail Catfishes using Crab Trap, release juvenile

11.05am - 1 Immaculate Pufferfish using Crab Trap, release as it is poisonous fish

11.30am - 2 Immaculate Pufferfishes using Crab Trap, release as it is poisonous fish

11.45am - 1 Flower crab using Mortician's Rig

Caught 4 Immaculate Pufferfishes on this trip. The canal on the left side of NSRCC is seriously infested with them. Just throw the traps away from the bridge and you will probably get them. Do not touch them with your bare hands as they are poisonous. For those I caught using traps, I opened the traps up and let the fishes swim back into the water. Hopefully the one I caught using fishing line survive as I just cut the line and let it swim back into the water.

I got lucky today as these two crabs got hooked on their limbs as I reeled my lines in.