First time i took a bus to Yishun Dam.

Always cycled there.

Luckily NEVER take the wrong bus and alight at wrong stop.

Arrived at Yishun Dam safely .

But the walk from the busstop to there is so long and forested!

And i’m sort of allergic to forested places(not when i’m in no4, i dunno why.)

whenever i’m wearing singlet and i jog past forested area, my skin will start to get itchy and rashy.

in the meantime of hurrying to the place, we still took some pics!

Oh ya, forgot to say how come suddenly i’m fishing/crabbing again!

my mum havent even cook the last batch of crab lor.(updates**, today she just clean and cut them into parts)

wanted to actually go swimming de, but wake up, see the sky cloudy, then it started to drizzle?

lol, was half sleeping when i was checking out the weather.

then swimming was cancelled and got nothing to do at home.

then asked kl out for fishing/crabbing then she ON!

so off we go!

i told kl dun need cover liao, your face appear on my blog dunno how many times le.

the beautiful and sunny yishun dam!

dots, it was still cloudy when i left home.

destined to fish la.

i got a red umbrella.

kl got a purple umbrella.

so together, we are,

大红大紫!

a uncle drove his boat to the dam area and loaded and unloaded some pails.

on the boat got a cute n dumb-looking dog!

the dog keep giving the blur look.

maybe he got sea-sicked.

kl say his tail very cute.

trying to untangle the mess we created.

fried beehoon, a.k.a char beehoon!( the term anglers use to describe a bunch of tangled fishing lines.)

yishun dam is a tricky place to fish.

sangkot is a very very frequent thing even at highest tide.

so i got no choice to change to floating method.

even my crab net got trapped!

i guess below must have a lot of fishing lines le.

today i had to cut away 3/4 of my rigs!?

later on, i gave up on the float thingy cause i wasn’t very learnt in that method.

i made a self-innovated handline, using my reel, tie with the normal rigs and use my hand to control the lines.

so that i can control the rig and not let it lie entirely on the seabed and get stucked.

and it proofed to be useful!



i got an unlimited supply of this fish!

whenever i drop the handline and i feel a pecking on my line, i jerk abit, then this fish is on le.

first few times was quite fun.

after that got really irritated, have to dehook the fish and rebait.

ROAR.

but not all the times is that tiny fish.

some other times, also got other fishes that managed to eat my prawn bait.

got a Scat!

http://www.handlinefishing.com/whatsthisfish/scats/spottedscat.htm

Omg, i forgot that they got venomous spikes, luckily i didnt use my hand to handle it.

This type of fish is common in brackish water, which means a mixture of fresh and seawater, that explains why it was caught at yishun DAM.


kl photography skill + my editing skill.

:X

the few bigger catches.

with my self-innovated handline method!

it proofed that even super small hooks can get big fish.

there’s a theory, small hook can catch small and big fish, but big hook cannot catch small fish.

oops.

got ALOT of this Eel-tailed catfish.

http://www.handlinefishing.com/whatsthisfish/eeltailcatfishes/stripedeeltailcatfish.htm

they are irritating lots.

only some of the malays like to eat this.

normally they are considered a pest as they eat away your bait and they have venomous spikes on fins and are irritating to handle.

got a bigger catfish, but released it as the hook got stucked all the way inside the mouth, had a hard time removing it.

Catching the Scat(the spotted fish) was fun, i was feeling for the pecking and i jerk and got him.

then i was pulling up and it was like swimming away and i could feel the slightly heavier weight.

pull halfway wah can feel the weight and i told kaili, WAH, this one big one big one.

You never know what u will catch until u pull them out of the water, so that’s the excitement of fishing!!



Oh ya and i saw a uncle catch a SUPER BIG fish today.

its’s the first time i saw a LIVE show of people fighting big fish.

Nice, i saw the fish jump out of the water and did a somersault.



the fish was about the size of this la!
maybe even BIGGER.

and the fish was caught from shore, so its even more zai.

(not this fish, this is a pic of a salmon found from the internet)

nighttime le, keep getting the unlimited supply of small fish and occasional catfish.

got sian le.

checked the crab trap, not many crabs.

1 small thunder(released)
1 flower/normal crab(brought home as pincers seem meaty)

2 catfish, AGAIN!
yes in the crab trap.

Cya till my next fishing/crabbing trip!

Guess gonna bring kl and yb to sembawang park to crab!

Labels: crabbing, fishing, kaili, yishun dam

Today went to Punggol Jetty to fish & crab!

Today’s catch wasn’t that good.

Only got small fishes and a few flower crabs.

And the funny thing is the flower crabs here don’t fall for my bento crab(bamboo crab)

They instead come to my rectangular trap and to my secret weapon(bait net casted by fish rod)

Haha and my secret weapon got 1 large flower crab.

And i got asked 2 times where i got that thingy.

haha.

Its not reall that secret la, it’s like selling at Changi and Yishun but people just dunno it’s for catching crabs O_O

And i forgot to take pictures of my catches!




This guy on the right got 2 stingrays using Sotong as baits.

1 small and 1 mini.

He released both :D

Let them grow~

A Super big ship passed by.

Beautiful reddish Sunset.

We were feeding the mosquitos while waiting for the bus lor.

Then took 82 to Punggol Int then 85 to Yishun and then 859 back to Sembawang.

What a long journey.

Labels: crabbing, fishing, punggol jetty

Pulau Bukom Trip!

As scheduled, woke up at 8am+ and met up with kl at sembawang mrt and took the train all the way down to tiong bahru to buy some fresh baits from NTUC.

Lazy to talk too much in this post, will let the photos do the job.


At Tiong Bahru Plaza.

Our maid.

Haha

It started to rain.

Then it started pouring.

Finally reached Pasir Panjang Ferry Station.

We brought lots of stuffs with us!

Its time for sports!

So bigggg the place, all to ourselves!

PING PING PONG PONG.

Badminton!

That’s outside the club area, so pretty right?

Unlike at Singapore, it wasn’t raining here in Bukom!

That’s the island’s restaurant area.

The whole island is surrounded by this type of fences.

Tying the crab trap.

o.O?

A super big ship passed by.

On board are trucks loaded with rubbish-like stuffs, think they are rubbish exported from Bukom.

The dark clouds gathering at Singapore main island, could see lightning striking singapore occasionally.

** Pray hard the dark clouds don’t get blown over here.**

Nice chicken chop with lots of fries!!

Then a uncle saw that we were going fishing and wanted to join us!

Hes a pro, was telling us about his past experiences.

He even helped me to tie some lines on the spot!

PRO! Tie so fast…

Haha.

Walked for around 400metres and we reached the fishing jetty!

It’s damn spacious can!

And best thing, we got the key to unlock the gate and there’s nobody on the jetty except us!

And there’s a shelter too!

Socks stuffed with SUPER SMELLY belacan.

yb was damn lucky !!

Beginner’s luck, the uncle gave them some handlines to play with and very very soon, they got their first catch!

Like in just 5mins!?

And it’s quite a good size one!

Think it’s called Diamond fish.

The uncle say its another type of pomfret.

I got a mini grouper quite long after!

Really lor, groupers like to dash into stones i think.

I got the bite and i thought sangkot, then i let the lines run a while and then quickly retreievd it back and the fish got reeled in!

My wish for a grouper is fufiled, but i want a adult size one!

Soon after, i was in a spree, got a stupid fugly looking eel!

The uncle say the eel will make your lines and hooks smell of it and fishes are afraid of them, so he quickly unhooked them and threw it back into the sea.

Irritating creature!

My really mini grouper, so cute lor!

Kaili was looking at it for a loong time like she’s gonna keep it as a pet.

yb tooked this photo of the Bukom sky.

Very soon, the sky turned dark le, no new catches in between

:(

Photo with the catch!

Busy packing up, sky turning so dark!

Finally left bukom at around 8pm+, managed to catch the ferry that was about to leave!

Phew, i suggested going IKEA for dinner, long time never eat their meatballs liao!


kaili, u cover also no use, so many pics of you liao.

haha.

My meatballs!!!

kl’s kids meal fish burger.

yb’s kids meal meatball.

we shared some chicken wings!

Love IKEA’s chicken wings!

Wanted to buy IKEA ice-cream, but they never sell liao cause it was already nearly 10pm!

OKAYYY, what a long post, a torture, hope the picture are beautiful enough!

Cya sooN~

Labels: fishing, pulau bukom