West coast fishing again... but what do we get this time?

[gohyuheng]

West coast, reach there in the morning around 7 am, fish until 12.30. What will our cut prawns bring us this time???
I cast my rod, than took tied the tamban hooks to start fishing. Hooked every single hook with prawn meat. Suddenly, my float pulled down and stayed there ._. i wondered what it was and pulled. WAH SANGKOT ARH But noooooo can pull leehhhhh.. pull up, than realised it was this guy =D




Than, I passed the rod to my dad to try~~ he brought up this guy.What fish is this ? CNRed


Than, just when we were about to leave, this guy came to bid us good bye

notice it has a yellow spot on its back?

[ilurbtambans]

nice female mud crab u got there

[Peace]

That's a sweet mud crab you've caught. I remember I caught a mud crab at west coast too many years ago while I was fishing for swa jiam. The crab got entangled on my tiny apollo hooks, it got me so excited. The rabbitfish should be the same species as the ones you caught previously. If you look closely, the previous ones have a patch near the tail too but the colour is not as bright.

This is the description for the Orange-spotted Rabbitfish from fishbase:

Dusky blue dorsally, silvery below; a bright yellow spot adjacent to last few rays of dorsal fin; head with lines and spots. Preopercular angle 91°-102°; strong scales fully cover the cheeks; midline of thorax scaled, not the pelvic ridges. Anterior nostril with extremely low rim, slightly expanded posteriorly. Spines stout, pungent, venomous.

Good catch from West Coast Park.

[gohyuheng]

Today, went to west caost again and this is what we got ._.
one swimming crab


A bigger mud crab, missing once pincer ._.

[gohyuheng]

Btw, Thunder crab how to eat, how to cook, can eat, which part , nice to eat?

[ilurbtambans]

the only edible part of a thunder crab are the claws, rest is poisonous from what i heard

[gohyuheng]

But how to remove the claws, and how to cook, isit good?

[Peace]

the only edible part of a thunder crab are the claws, rest is poisonous from what i heard

That's the common understanding amongst anglers and I've eaten the claw before. It can be cooked by simply steaming it. But more importantly is not to misidentify a crab as some of them are poisonous to eat, claw or not. Like egg crabs (green or red ones).

[gohyuheng]

How to identify? So when u bring up this crab, you just pluck out one pincer and dump it back into the ocean? i not so bad to take both pincers or it will dieee, if i remember correctly the pincers grow back.

[alibabaCrabber]

Lol dun worry bro the crab wun die if it lost both gong
they will grow back wan btw looks like u have found yrself a crabbin heaven

[gohyuheng]

eh yeahhh =D

[Peace]

There are pictures of different crabs you are likely to encounter at this page you can refer to. The crab is can survive without its claw but it will have a harder time finding food, depending solely on scavenging dead fishes and such. No claw means it can't protect itself from its predators and get bullied by other territorial crabs.

[gohyuheng]

I seeee

[holychef]

west coast park now can fish now? I thought there were no fishing signs? Haven't been there in quite a while

[dBs™]

Hi Holy ... long time no see !

How's your holiday ? It's coming to an end so too late to jio you fishing le ...
Study hard and enjoy the last few days of this holiday ... enjoy ~