Sumptuous Dinner Add on 15 Apr 2012

Finally went down to punggol prawning with mike.Caught 31 prawns in 2 hours using 2 rods. Brought the prawns over to his sister's house to add on for dinner. It so happened they were having porridge for dinner and the prawns really add sparkle to the dinner hahaha..Mike stir fry the prawns and did a ketchup version of it. The result?? Sumptuoulicious!!!

So much joy cooking..

Punggol Prawning again 08 Apr 2012

Erh.. I went to the same prawning pond punggol by myself again. Haven't been to the same prawning spot twice in a week for a long time in fact. The temptation to go back there was too strong that I know I won't sleep in peace tonight if I don't go..I left my poor niece by herself with my mum after lunch. My sis out shopping wth bro in law and I got my mum to get up from her afternoon nap to look after her. Assigned my niece some mindless coloring job and quickly sneaked away to take a cab down to the pond. Still feeling guilty even now..poor niece.
It was fruitful and i caught more than double I got from previous trip heehee..got 27 in 3 hours:)

What a sight..

Btw.. patin pond was packed today. Numerous fish were hauled up continuously like crazy. I would have give a go if mike was here with me..sigh..nevermind next round..

Hai Bin Punggol Prawning 06 Apr 2012

One man operation today....Mike is still in Shenzhen, coming back at midnight. Can't wait anymore so I went prawning by myself. Took bus no.3 which took me abt 45mins and alighted at punggol field then walk a mere 5mins to the venue. I followed the direction from google app in my galaxy s2 and was surprised how reliable it is..hee hee.
It was abt 3.15pm when I reached the place and it was already packed with people by then, probably due to public holiday today. I found an empty slot and quickly dump my bag at the chair to `reserve' the spot and went to the counter to buy the hours. Paid $33 for 3 hours + $2 on worm bait. Caught 13 prawns in total which I find is considered bad catch rate. It was ok in the begining but I don't know why the prawns stop biting half way through.:( Anyway it was fun and I caught 2 very big prawns (refer pics later).

Already this packed when I arrived

New tiger prawn pond

Can u find where the prawn is?

Visible patin..surprised not many people playing at the patin pond..

Quite impressed with this beer dispenser

Just next to the pond

Also got pool

Long queue..must come and try next time

Display tank

Big vs small

Total catch 13 only!

All trimmed & ready for cooking!

Ta daa~~~(Caught those little crab myself too heehee..)

Prawning at D'Kranji 10 Mar 2012

Seems like today is a gd day to prawn. Got 45 prawns in 3hrs wth 2 rods. It was raining when we arrived and the rain got heavier but we cud'nt care much and got started right away. Funny the prawns seem to enjoy the rain and we striked almost immediately. We started around 5pm ended till 8pm. A couple friend Jinlong & KayE came to join us (lucky..if not how the 2 of us gonna eat so many prawn) and we tried our hands at the $4 patin pond but wth no luck:) An indian guy who fish there gave us one of his patin and we thought of cooking the fish at the nearby restaurant. Walked there but to realise the kitchen is closed:( We had no choice but to return the fish to that kind indian guy..he is still there trying to get more patin..

We ended the day having our late dinner back at east side. So tired already..the day ended well:)

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Rude prawn..

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Prawning at East Coast 03 Mar 2012

Had the worse prawning experiance ever! Caught only 5 miserable prawns in 3hrs wth 2 rods! Not going to elaborate further..my advise to all..GO AT YOUR OWN RISK! Did a quick online check and found out most of it has negative feedbacks.. I won't be going back there in future..

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Prawning at D'Kranji Farm 14th Jan 2012

Well you can tell I really like prawn fishing as I had 2 posts continuously.  Prawning is really fuss free. You don't worry about things like using own equipments or transporting your catch back because you can decide to cook and eat it there. Sometimes I just gave up my catch to somebody if I got plans later.
Went again last sat. Used left over 3hrs balance from previous time. Me & mike had a rod each for 2hrs..bit rate was ok and we caught 30 prawns. The boss was friendly enough to offer us some baby guppies to use as bait when Mike asked him for some. Haha lucky!I like the way how mike set up the fire for the prawn. He must have pickup the skill during his scouting days.
It was fun seeing all the prawns got cooked so quickly..i ended up having too much prawn that i got sick on my last few..but the meat was good and I thought this would be the best way to cook it.

Doesn't look many right? But it was really 30 there.

Mike is already an expert with the fire. I just meddle around..

Prawning at D Kranji farm 26 Nov 2011

Gave up patin fishing today..better luck at prawning. I caught 24 wth 3hrs which is cosidered not bad for my standard lol..

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The wait is over

It is over. This whopper marks the end of our long years of wait, faith, hopes & dreams.

My 1st Patin finally!

I caught my very 1st patin yesterday at Kranji Farm Resort fishing pond using a pole fishing method. I The concept very interesting as you only pay $4 for a 5-6 feet rod (without reel) with a 6 pound line and small hook tied to it using bread dough. There is no time restriction so you can stop any time you want and and hook up as many fish you can as long the line don't snap. I paid only $8 in total which I think is a good deal. I wasn't very familiar in the start and exerted too much pressure at the 1st hook up and snapped my line. I gradually understand the tactic by observing the rest that that you should play or move along with the fish and slowly tire it out and bring it up steadily.The rule is you have to do it all by yourself without 2nd party's aid. It is ok if you pass the rod to someone and let him/her bring up the fish. No netting allowed of course.

I was very hopeful when I tied my 2nd line for a 2nd try. My heart freezed when I felt a taut again..I gave a sturdy pull and VOILAH  I got it!! The hook was set and I can see a nice size patin attached. Determined to get it this time, I calm myself and steadily played with it for a while before I had it landed. As I have never handle a patin before, I passed the rod to Mike so he can help me hold the fish by the tail to land it safely.

The one I caught weighs 1.4kg and Mike caught a 1.9kg not long after me. He too snapped twice so both of us spent a good $16 in total. What a gd price:)

There is a restaurant next to the pond and we were told to have our fish prepared there. We waited nearly an hour for the food to serve as the restaurant was crowded during the weekend. The fish was steamed with fried 'cai por' (pickled radish) as recommended by the pond owner and it taste wonderful. I am not a fish lover so I didn't eat much as I can detect a slight muddy taste. Mike whipped it out in the end.

Mike's patin

My catch cooked at he restaurant

Mike's curry patin for sunday lunch!

I highly recommend this place if you want a cheap and fast thrill. The only draw back is it is considered far for those staying east area and only 1 type of fish which is patin. But I think it is still worth coming in the end.

Kranji Farm Resort
10 Neo Tiew Lane 2
Singapore 718813

I lost the contact number the pond owner gave me. I will get it later as I am going there to try my luck again in an hour's time. My dad was fascinated as I told him about this place and wish to tag along this time. Wish me luck!!

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Phuket Fishing Trip 19th-23th Dec

While I've been silent on blogger, I was looking for free video editing software to edit my videos so to save you guys from wasting time viewing boring intervals scenes of me fighting the fish pathetically (my inexperience & weak stamina to blame). Previously I was too dependent on my trusty LG phone video editor but it died on me one day. I have no software to work now :( I tried downloading free from the internet but none of them works for me as it is too complicated or they got this irritating words on top of the video I've edited asking u you to buy their full version..sigh..I gave up and decide to buy a proper software now. Hope to upload the videos real soon.

Ok this post is going to mark a memorable milestone of my entire fishing achievement..I was feeling really excited before the trip as I have not gone to a foreign water to fish before (not mentioning JB). We thought having a dec holiday oversea and having able to fish would be a perfect plan. We set our mind on Phuket as we have never been there before and wanted to explore this beautiful island.

Right after flight & accommodation has been settled, I began to hear many negative comments about friends complaining poor results they got at Phuket. The Sam Hui look alike guy from changi pro tackle shop said the same too..Now this really freak me out. Is it that bad??!!? What about those good comments and nice pics of tourists holding their prized catch I surfed on net? Fake? I was skeptical was thinking will I get BIG FAT ZERO instead of BIG FAT FISH! So daunting!!? Follow on, I began to worry on issues like getting sun-burn, mis-packing our tackle tools, missing out odd bits & bobs..etc.  Fortunately this trip proved to be fruitful and it was really enjoyable as we caught buckets and trays of tunas and other assortment species lol!

We didn't do much on the 1st day, just browsing whats nearby our hotel and finding nice restaurant to settle our dinner. We stayed in Club Adaman Beach Resort at patong beach and as expected bustling with tourists and countless tour agencies. Also booked a small game fishing package for next day through a very friendly tour agent named Pla who we later became good friends. After dinner, we went straight back to our hotel to turn in early and fully recharge for our 'big day' tomorrow lol! I heard there are many species available in andaman sea such as Tuna, Dorado, Rainbow, Sailfish, King Mackerel, Whahoo, GT & various Marline. Oh boy I can't wait!!!

FINALLY!!!
Day 2  - Fishing at Andaman Sea/ Racha Yai Island- --
Our itinerary -
- 8.30am : Pick us from hotel
- 9am : Depart from ao chalong bay
- 9.30am : Get on boat and start trolling
- 10.30am : Arrive Rachai Yai island's fishing point
- 12pm : Lunch, snorkeling and exploring coral reef. (I did not snorkel but Mike did. I continue fishing on my light tackle. Hey I caught a regular size sweet lip and coral trout!)
- 2.30pm : Left coral reef and continue trolling back to ao chalong pier
- 4.30pm : Arrive at ao chalong bay
- 5pm : Transfer back to hotel

We shared the boat with a swedish man named Mats and it was really fun having him :) Hi Mats viewing my blog now?

I think it is a senator, correct me if I am wrong

Murderer!!!

Mr Viking with his huge Barracuda

Found a baby remora stuck to the barracuda

Lunching off knees in case of screaming reels

He looks like the irritating ding ding frog

Pic of our baot

Although it was suppose to be a small game fishing, it was totally exhilarating and a break through for me. My untrained arms ached like hell but the satisfaction of getting fish will make you coming back for more! Also glad my tennis elbow didn't come back to haunt me again.

We went on a different boat the 3rd day that was pre-arranged by a close friend.This time the boat is bigger, luxurious and better equipped. Yes fish finder..Tee hee!
The itinerary was the same as yesterday, still going on small game trolling but hopefully will get better and bigger species.  At lunch time we were back at racha yai island again, by the coral reef, the son of the boat man showed me an interesting method of catchng big rabbit fish (my mum calls it 'tee ghwee' in hokkien) on hand-line. He threw bread crumbs to attract greedy coral fish to come near and I saw really huge rabbit fish coming too! It was interesting to know they are herbivorous and you don't need expensive bait to catch them.Just small bits of cucumber and even pineapple skin works! How cost saving! It was so fun and addictive that Mike gave up snorkeling to have a go!

Handsome boat man son named sooki

Love the authentic thai food prepared on board

Pineapple bait still visible at mouth

Part of the catch, 1st batch already in fridge

Caught like 20 over tuna that day yes we ought to be contented, but you can't say that anymore if I were to tell u we actually almost got a big Dorado! I got all in video and you will see what happened exactly..the fish was already close to a metre near our boat but it got away due to the rusty steel leader we were provided..so I warn u guys never trust and rely entirely on the boat equipments, bring some of your trusties along even if boat charters claim they provide 'everything'. We were all looking forward to our last trip tomorrow and hope to get our Dorado back. So there will be no more drop off to coral reef but just to focus on getting big fish. Finger crossed xxx

4th day - still getting tuna - no sigh of other fish.
The only consolation was we get bigger tuna compared to previous days. Got a little sea-sick probably due to tiredness & lack of  sleep.

Who's turn next in this heavenly chair?

I like this phuket trip and very much and hope to go there again. Despite giving most fish away, I still got like 3-4 big tuna nicely tucked in the deepest part of my freezer . I've tried cooking in various method so as not to get sick of eating it. Made tom yum soup, deep fried, mayo tuna sandwich..even  tuna maki I've done it. In case you didn't now, I am not a fish lover (not to dislike fishing but dislike eating fish at this instance). I also broke my personal record of having to eat fish conservatively for 5 days while at phuket. However it wasn't really that bad as I got satisfaction eating self-caught fish and  they were cooked in a very sumptuous manner. :d

Video up next..hopefully +_____+