Fishing in December

Yah... how could we miss out one of our favourite activities during school hols...

Saturday at Bedok Jetty

It was a beautiful day so we wanted to head out for some fun... yah, u r right, which Saturday do we not head out for fun despite the weather. Oh well, we made it more challenging this time by making the activities low in cost.

First we went to Marine Parade Hawker Centre to have lunch... I couldn't find the yummy fish soup with bitter gourd that i like so settled for Meatball soup with bitter gourd. Not bad at all.... Mark went for the usual char kway teow but got disappointed. Somehow, the standard seems to drop or the cook's not in the mood that day. The kids had beehoon and slurped it down with Selegie Soya Bean Milk.. YUM!

(Didn't turn out that cheap a meal though cos our Little Pica got summon...)

What can be more economical then going Bedok Jetty with our rods to jiggle for some tamban (baitfish)? jerome got his share of space to run.. Jayden watched aeroplanes zooming by... and us, happily trying our luck under the sun.




We ended up with 1 tamban only and 5 other weird fishes... hahahaha

Look what we reduced our dive knife to... a tool for cutting up the baitfishes...haiz~



Then we went off for some economical Thai food at Alexandra Village.

Fishing at Marina South

The pond at Marina South is going to close soon to make way for the big project. Been seeing a lot of good catches from other anglers so we decided to have a go before it is gone forever. First time that we actually go for two rods at a paypond.. a bit painful to the pocket but joyful in the heart.

We had Dim Sum Buffet at Ocean Orient with Winney's family in the morning then proceed to the pond with them joining us for a while... Then later in the evening, Ivan came along with his brother.




Total catches : 3 barramudi, 1 Mangrove Jack, 1 Golden Pomfret

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Fishing at FW1

Was back at Bedok Jetty but an heavy downpour came along....

So we went off for dinner and came to check on this pond which had been closed for quite some while now. We saw huge monsters swimming in the pond baiting us to throw in some hooks...

Only had 2 hours as the place closes at 10pm. Managed to get a pomfret up and Mark had a short fight w a 'Lightning McQueen' before losing the hook....

An uncle there didn't want to bring his catch home passed us his harvest (that's the bonus for having cute kids)... Oh yah, thanks to him too for guiding me on where to get the fish.

These are the harvest and i had to use my biggest roasting tray from ikea to cook my pomfret. I wonder how should I settle the other unknown monster fish....

Night Fishing

The last time we fished overnight was when Jem's still in my tummy. Now that both are out.. we went for another go at the Taman Jurong Pond. Quite surprised we managed to tong till 5am the next morning. Here's our catch.

Hooked ?

Yah... we are definitely hooked on fishing. But it's sure good to be back with our ol' friend, THE DEEP BLUE SEA with another activity...

I bought my first set of rod and reel !!! A PENN.. whoa yeah !!! Well, i always feel that making a point to put in some investment will make the passion burns brighter and longer..hehehe.

We went to Pasir Ris Farmway 3 for pond fishing and prawning.. not must result from the fish but i managed to get 7 prawns in an hour!!!



End result... prawn and sausage omelette



Went Labrador jetty on Sunday.. managed to get some kunning, a lizard fish, a baby grouper which we mostly use as baits or release..

Gone Fishing

We went over to Labrador for fishing for the first time as a family... before we throw in the baits, we had some family time, having a simple picnic. That's jem's and jay's ham sandwiches nicely cut up with toothpick for easy feeding. Jay can manage self feed in this way quite well now.




That's Jem reeling in... no joke! we did cast it out with a weight attached. Maybe when he is more proficient in handling his rod, we'll start adding the hook in.





Jay has his share of fun too....





Our catch of the day... we released it back into the water

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