Dogfish at HW

Cyrus with a juvenile Dogfish caught off Sudong at 2100 (HW) last night, 23 Oct 2007. It was released unharmed back into the water. We were looking forward to landing some squid, unfortunately the windy conditions & bright moonlight did little to help. I'm looking forward to the NE monsoon this year, as I intend to search for new & productive spots in our local waters. Many experineced fisherman tell me, the rougher the seas out there, the more motivated the fish will come into our waters to seek shelter & find food. Well lets see what the monsoon brings this year.

Golden Snappers off Sudong

My 12 year old son Cyrus with a 4kg golden snapper

I brought my 2 boys to Sudong last night & came home with 2 lovely Golden Snappers, about 2 & 4kg each. We caught them on fresh dead squid and live prawns, about 3 hours after the lowest tide. These two came in fast & furious and were caught about 5 miins apart. We also caught lots of small squid for bait.

I finally got back from a long work trip in the US.

Time to fish, I told myself when I got back. We took the Grady TigerCat to the inlet at Sultan Shoal Lighthouse and spent the whole afternoon at a popular spot. Score: 2 juvenile snappers & 1 Queenie. Not a thrilling result. But then a though struck me. I should be catching fish that are there and not hoping for the ones that are long gone. Let me explain. There are plently of small selars at buoys moored at the 10-20 meter sounding line and at the Rigs off Tuas. I have no problem catching those. Its fun too. There are also pleantly of small reef fish off the Southern Islands, I should also start specializing in that field. Too often I wait for that big one to be hooked only to be disapointed. So on the next trip in S'pore, I'll check out who's eating the bait fish and look for new reef spots off the beaten track. As for the big ones, I'll leave that till the Tioman trip. Till then....