The Missing Boatman

Last saturday (4/03/07), Daryl, Frank, Adrain, Seng Chee and I were supposed to board Zainol's boat to fish the Tekong and Naval Base areas but guess what? The boatman Zainol did not turn up, I called him close to 50 times and he did not pick up his phone and later on the phone was switched off.

Nevertheless, we found a small boat that was willing to bring us fishing behind Tekong (Seng Chee dropped out) and we caught about 25 small fishes, the biggest being a flat-head of about a kg.

The next day the boatman, Zainol sent me a message giving a dubious and quite unbelievable excuse. I guess this is one boatman that I will not patronize again.

Changi By Night

Last Friday (19/1/07), Daryl, 2 other guys and I went on a night boat trip to the changi and tekong area hoping to catch the remnants of the red snappers that escaped from the fish farm. Ours was the only fishing boat in sight and the reason became obvious over time – the fishes were not there or were not biting.

The result of one sleepless night:

8 red snappers (500 gram or smaller)
2 sub kg golden snapper
1 x 500 gram grouper
A few small eels and catfishes

Catch Report - 14 Jan 2006

This is Frank with his grunter.

This is Francis with his queen fish.

The catch

Boatman: Zainal
Area: Tekong and Ubin

I bought a Shimano Cardiff 300A and matched it with a Berkley rod this morning and used it for the trip. I caught the most fishes today. I'm very happy with the set.

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A Reluctant Catch Report

I went fishing yesterday (12 November) with Frank and Vincent. We were fishing around the ubin and tekong area. The boat was very comfortable for the 3 of us but the catch was just plainly, simply, purely PATHETIC. To begin with, it was the boatman who called and told me that the current was pretty good and I enthusiastically invited my friends promising them good catch. The rain in the early morning could have been a factor but still it was embarrassing, I almost did not want to post this catch report. The only saving grace was understanding friends and great social bonding. Anyway the catch:

• 1 grouper, slightly more than palm size
• 4 palm size ACK (dotted snapper)
• 1 chocolate hind
• 1 puffer fish

Tide Pattern:
12/11 0833 2.6 H
12/11 1439 1.3 L

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