Previous catch at Pasir Ris Beach

As a newbie, I haven got enough strength to cast so Mike does it all the time for me. I do other chores like setting up my own rod, shelling prawns, baiting and reeling back my own rod. The followings are our recent catch at pasi ris beach.

Beautiful sunset pic taken at 7.05pm..deserted beach??

Can you see what specie is this?? Pomfret? Snapper?

The answer is GT (Giant Travelly)!

So surprised to catch this fella on the beach esp they are considered big game fish. GT is the largest of the Caringidae/Jack family, reaching sizes over 200lb. It is still a juvenile as you can see it from our small coleman icebox. We put it in an abandoned pail we found and filled it with seawater to keep alive. See video below.

Mike caught this GT while I caught nothing decent that day..catfish doesn't count right? I threw them all back to the sea anyway. Sad to say, we had zero catch after the GT so headed back at 2++am. So tired already..

Another night, I finally I have better luck with my new 9ft penn rod that Mike bought for me (tks dear). I caught 1 Ang Zho Kee and 1 female flowercrab while the smaller AZK was caught by our friend Gab who let me have it heheh..

I am not a fish fan so I chose to eat the crab first. It was full of small barnacles and I got hard time trying to scrap it off with a knife. The effort was worthwhile and you can see the roe! Came to realised it is very salty compared to those we bought from markets. Are those in markets reared? Thought they were caught from sea also..weird.

Btw, sharp eyed Gab spotted a school of suspected baby eeltail catfish swimming very near to the shore line. Mike used a discarded plastic tray we found nearby to scoop it out for a further investigation. Managed to catch 1 and were right about it. The amazing thing is despite being such small sized, they already have venomous spine on the fin just like the adults! We even snipped 1 spine off just to confirm. Mike even suggest we should destroy the whole school to prevent more bait stealer in future. Couldn't agree much but since nobody know how to do it, we aborted the idea to carry on with our fishing. Nevertheless, it was quite an interesting discovery.

At another starry night..

Mike caught 1 small goatee croaker and me 1 big swa jiam..that was all for the night. when can we have another GT again??

Another night..

Mike landed a good size kuku/toad fish while me 2 grunters(notice the eyes resemble poppy plastic eyes you get from spotlight store)! I would like to catch an adult grunter one day(adult will has no spots on body). Fighting adult size would be more fun. Hope I can land one pretty soooon..

Also see kuku video below..dun tink he look very pleased..

Mike cooked his kuku with asam flavoured instant noodles and according to him, the kuku taste like frog meat! I love eating frog meat and I will not hesitate to try it on our next catch!