Mabye a 16Lbs rod with a 2500 or 3000 reel for the pelagics.
Or 4000 reel plus pe 1-2 or 1-3 for medium
Lastly,4500-5000 for fishing the larger ones(pe 2-5 rod)
For begginer gear, i guess the first option would do.

You can also have fun on light-medium tackle with the catfish(torsat,usat,sagor and ah seng all have)

I want to catch one!

Still, there chichlids and are fun to catch though.
Good bait for barramundi or fishes that thrive in canals.

Or you could create more disturbance in the water to attract them, cast to obstacles with lures and even if there are no PB, mabye there are haruans?
Somethings better than nothing!

BC(low profile) are easier to cast, almost not line twist but prone to backlash
Spinning is easier to use , no backlash but line twist is a problem.
For luring, go for Braided, it can turn even the small BC into a lethal fishing device(to the fish, not the user)

Did you chop the todaks head of?

The larger ones are in mangrove swamps or brackish canals.
Why?To spawn and feed!
Also,they just sem to arrive at night due to less fishing pressure.

Actually,fishing at the jetty depends on the tides :D At low tide, expect catfish,puffers and other non-pelagic species(pelagics will still be there,but not in great numbers) to roam due to the slower currents. At high tide,expect pelgaics like queeinies,chermins,Basset hull travallies,batang,barrac...

Nice peacock basses!
Say, its been sometime ive seen any saltwater CRs from you.
I guess Peacocks are to distracting?

Well,the monsoon will give the fishes breathing space from all the fish hooks and baits.....
Next time you fish,the fishes will have forgotten how a fish hook looks like!

labarador and punggol park jetty.

24 seven i think.

mabye..ill see.

Yep..all have one similarity:protective parents.
Haruan or Toman can also be used for soups for people who have just finished a surgery.