After an unexpectedly long jam at the Singapore side of the Woodlands custom, we finished our breakfast quickly at our regular spot at Sentosa in JB and set off at around 7am for Taman Leman Jetty, which was where we took our ferry ride to the Sibu Kelong.
There were 16 of us and together with another similar sized group we were to be the first groups to arrive at the HB Kelong.
We took the initiative to "chope" our area after a quick recce of the kelong and set out our rods in the holders.
First up...wah!, Sheila caught a nice table-size spotted Groupa. (Very sorry lah, no picture taken as she was the camerawoman).
There was no Tamban in sight, so we had to make do with our live prawns, which the boss, Sydney, made good use of to hook one Garfish after another. See, kana professional like that...
After that it was smallish fishes all the way till nightfall. I took out the Yozuri Sotong Jig to try my luck and after a few tries, lo and behold, we had a nice Reef Squid!
I spent the night jigging for my beloveed squids and we were able to land 7 of them in total. The following morning, Robin caught a good size Flathead without much of a struggle. It sure added to our miserable catch as the Tambans and their "relatives" were still not sighted.
In the following late morning, the boss used a small yellow kelong fish as bait in the absence of the usual Tamban. Before long his new 13ft Loomis rod exploded and arched. Suddenly, there was great excitement not seen during the 2 days at the kelong. The gong for a great battle sounded... the boss pumped his long rod hard in a whipping motion, anticipating a long duel. He whipped his rod fast and furious in a test of his skill against the unknown enemy. He held his rod firm and high, a sweat trickled down his tanned cheek. Without warning, the enemy propelled itself above the water surface and flipped, sending sparks of reflecting sunlight into our staring eyes. Before anyone of us could accurately identify the silvery disguise, it disappeared. Immediately after, we realised its split-second appearance was a tactical manoeuvre meant as much as an attempt to dislodge itself as well as to momentarily inflict blindness upon us so as to facilitate its escape. It picked the wrong guy though. The battle-hardened man knew their trickeries all too well and would not be fooled... Alas, as suddenly as the fight began, the much anticipated long battle fizzled out. The rod went limp and the 3kg Talang Queenfish was easily defeated and reeled in...Give That Man A Tiger!
We had these catch to show for our one day effort. Not bad, if you considered that others went home with only durians to show for their trip.
There were 16 of us and together with another similar sized group we were to be the first groups to arrive at the HB Kelong.
We took the initiative to "chope" our area after a quick recce of the kelong and set out our rods in the holders.
First up...wah!, Sheila caught a nice table-size spotted Groupa. (Very sorry lah, no picture taken as she was the camerawoman).
There was no Tamban in sight, so we had to make do with our live prawns, which the boss, Sydney, made good use of to hook one Garfish after another. See, kana professional like that...
After that it was smallish fishes all the way till nightfall. I took out the Yozuri Sotong Jig to try my luck and after a few tries, lo and behold, we had a nice Reef Squid!
I spent the night jigging for my beloveed squids and we were able to land 7 of them in total. The following morning, Robin caught a good size Flathead without much of a struggle. It sure added to our miserable catch as the Tambans and their "relatives" were still not sighted.
In the following late morning, the boss used a small yellow kelong fish as bait in the absence of the usual Tamban. Before long his new 13ft Loomis rod exploded and arched. Suddenly, there was great excitement not seen during the 2 days at the kelong. The gong for a great battle sounded... the boss pumped his long rod hard in a whipping motion, anticipating a long duel. He whipped his rod fast and furious in a test of his skill against the unknown enemy. He held his rod firm and high, a sweat trickled down his tanned cheek. Without warning, the enemy propelled itself above the water surface and flipped, sending sparks of reflecting sunlight into our staring eyes. Before anyone of us could accurately identify the silvery disguise, it disappeared. Immediately after, we realised its split-second appearance was a tactical manoeuvre meant as much as an attempt to dislodge itself as well as to momentarily inflict blindness upon us so as to facilitate its escape. It picked the wrong guy though. The battle-hardened man knew their trickeries all too well and would not be fooled... Alas, as suddenly as the fight began, the much anticipated long battle fizzled out. The rod went limp and the 3kg Talang Queenfish was easily defeated and reeled in...Give That Man A Tiger!
We had these catch to show for our one day effort. Not bad, if you considered that others went home with only durians to show for their trip.
No comments:
Post a Comment