Beach in front of NSRCC Entrance

Lure Used - Salted prawn and sand worm

Trip Time - 10.30am to 6.15pm

Tide Details

Low Tide: Minimum height of 1.0m at 5.50am

High Tide: Maximum height of 3.0m at 11.56am

Low Tide: Minimum height of 0.6m at 6.26pm

Catch Log

11.00am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap, release juvenile

11.37am - 1 Immaculate Pufferfish using Crab Trap, release poisonous fish

12.00pm - 1 Mud Crab using Crab Trap, release juvenile

12.15pm - 1 Immaculate Pufferfish using Crab Trap, release poisonous fish

01.45pm - 1 Flower Crab using Bait Cast Crab Net, release juvenile

03.45pm - 1 Spotted Catfish using Mortician's Rig, release

04.40pm - 1 Diamond Wrasse using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile 

05.55pm - 1 Saddle Grunt using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

06.07pm - 1 Short-nosed Tripodfish using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

Returned empty handed once more. The fish here seem to have no interest in prawns, as other anglers using them also went home empty-handed. The bites began to come only after I purchased a box of sandworms from another fisherman who had been collecting them at the beach. I managed to catch a decent-sized marine catfish after switching to the worms, but by that time, the tide had dropped to nearly its lowest point, leaving a flat expanse of 100 meters.

I might reach out to him again to purchase another box of worms to test it out next week. Fingers crossed that I'll catch some good fish to bring home.

East Coast Park Beach Between Berth 28 and 29

Lure Used - Salted prawn

Trip Time - 6.30am to 11.30am

Tide Details

High Tide: Maximum height of 2.5m at 5.31am

Low Tide: Minimum height of 0.8m at 2.01pm

Catch Log

08.53am - 1 Flower Crab using Bait Cast Crab Net, release female crab

09.05am - 1 Babylonia Spirata using Mortician's Rig, release sea snail

09.22am - 1 Spangled Emperor using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile 

09.28am - 1 Hermit Crab using Bait Cast Crab Net, release inedible critter

10.36am - 1 Saddle Grunt using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile 

11.03am - 1 Large-tooth Flounder using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile 

11.15am - 1 Saddle Grunt using Bait Cast Crab Net, release juvenile 

11.15am - 1 Stone Crab using Bait Cast Crab Net, release inedible critter

The day has come when a female flower crab with full of eggs in its abdomen got snagged by the bait cast crab net. Got to release it, so there are crabs to catch in the future.

Today I learnt sea snails are one of the critters are eating my baits. Hopefully this one live to a ripe of age as I had can only cut the line and throw it back into the water as the hook is stuck deep in the snail.

Got to pack up as the thunderstorm started over my head. However in the end I still got caught in the heavy rain as I struggled to untangle one of my fishing line.

Tenah Merah Flyover

Lure Used - Salted prawn

Trip Time - 6.45am to 11.30am

Tide Details

Low Tide: Minimum height of 0.9m at 6.43am

High Tide: Maximum height of 3.3m at 12.37pm

Catch Log

07.15am - 1 Sand Whiting using Mortician's Rig

07.20am - 1 Crescent Perch using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

08.20am - 1 Snake Eel using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile 

08.30am - 1 Mud Crab using Crab Trap, escape into the drain

08.40am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap 

09.00am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap, release juvenile

09.26am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap, release juvenile

09.36am - 1 Flower Crab using Crab Trap 

09.55am - 1 Sand Whiting using Mortician's Rig, release juvenile

10.41am - 1 Mud Crab using Crab Trap

First time trying this grey site. I guess it is alright to fish here as there is no sign prohibiting it. I am not the first one to realized this god forsaken place is a fishing spot as there were fishing hooks and lines littered around to area. There are even a few rental bikes parked here too, which I promptly leaned my rods against as I assemble them.

Lost four rigs during this trip. 3 due to the lines getting stuck in the trees or on the fences. Guess I really have to work on my casting accuracy and have the line fly in the direction I wanted it to. The 4th rig had the worst fate. The moray eel which I hooked up just coiled around and dispense slime on the line and rod tip. Had to cut the line to get it untangled before releasing it back into the water. Washed the rod with fresh water to remove the slime before continue fishing and also gave it a good scrub after the fishing trip.

Muddy bottom, means mud crabs. Got one around the same size from the market. Another  smaller one managed to escape and dropped into the drain. These buggers are sure aggressive. The moment I got close the menacing claws are immediately pointed at me. Good thing I used fish pliers to grab the second one. Can't imagine how painful it will be if the claw managed to snap one of my limbs.