Boat trip 25th July '11
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:51 pm
Went on my 2nd boat trip on local waters. Was told that it's gonna be a good trip with big catches. excited and thrilled for the big fights!
Reached the dock at about 8am. 5 of us. First time trying out this start off point, first time trying out this boatman, Ah Cheng.
We were abit turned off when we saw the boat. Small boat, No proper fish storing box, no toilet, no icebox, boat was in terok condition.
But nevertheless, we booked already, so we just try out. Like one of my fishing kaki said, "bad boat, good catches!"
So we sailed off, after setting up, and preparing.
1st half hour, I got the first blood. no struggle at all, i just reeled up to check my bait. surprised to see a little squid. and so that was the first blood. followed by my buddy, got a bigger squid. then follow by me, a small garoupa. then my buddy again, another garoupa. medium sized, about 1.8kg.
then.....it was all....crap. all our bait were eaten by all the small garoupas. that spot, and the spots after that, were all crap.
no big fishes at all! the "biggest" was my friend's 1.8kg garoupa.
The boatman, was really bad, lousy, and unfriendly. he kept complaining about our setup, he kept going "tsk tsk" (the lizard sound) when we tie our own knots, kept saying "no need to tie like that lah, tie (his method) can liao, so easy also don't know..tsk"
he didn't help us bring in the fish, he kept circling around the same few spots, he slept while we're stoning under the hot sun, he practically just went to a few different spots. (btw, he keep going to the spots near sentosa cove there)
overall, really a bad experience. bad spots, bad boatman, bad catches. if not for the booze we bought and the good company, it's really a waste of money.
total damage for 5 of us was $440.
boat rental was $350. bait was live prawns only @ $30/kg. (we felt that it was expensive considering that we paid $20+/kg last time)
I wouldn't recommend bros there to go tryout that area, or at least, the boatman.
only took 1 photo of the catches, but i don't know how to post here. lol...
i've posted the exact same post in fishingkaki forum.
Reached the dock at about 8am. 5 of us. First time trying out this start off point, first time trying out this boatman, Ah Cheng.
We were abit turned off when we saw the boat. Small boat, No proper fish storing box, no toilet, no icebox, boat was in terok condition.
But nevertheless, we booked already, so we just try out. Like one of my fishing kaki said, "bad boat, good catches!"
So we sailed off, after setting up, and preparing.
1st half hour, I got the first blood. no struggle at all, i just reeled up to check my bait. surprised to see a little squid. and so that was the first blood. followed by my buddy, got a bigger squid. then follow by me, a small garoupa. then my buddy again, another garoupa. medium sized, about 1.8kg.
then.....it was all....crap. all our bait were eaten by all the small garoupas. that spot, and the spots after that, were all crap.
no big fishes at all! the "biggest" was my friend's 1.8kg garoupa.
The boatman, was really bad, lousy, and unfriendly. he kept complaining about our setup, he kept going "tsk tsk" (the lizard sound) when we tie our own knots, kept saying "no need to tie like that lah, tie (his method) can liao, so easy also don't know..tsk"
he didn't help us bring in the fish, he kept circling around the same few spots, he slept while we're stoning under the hot sun, he practically just went to a few different spots. (btw, he keep going to the spots near sentosa cove there)
overall, really a bad experience. bad spots, bad boatman, bad catches. if not for the booze we bought and the good company, it's really a waste of money.
total damage for 5 of us was $440.
boat rental was $350. bait was live prawns only @ $30/kg. (we felt that it was expensive considering that we paid $20+/kg last time)
I wouldn't recommend bros there to go tryout that area, or at least, the boatman.
only took 1 photo of the catches, but i don't know how to post here. lol...
i've posted the exact same post in fishingkaki forum.