I had tried in all directions and my two anchor man were having sore arm muscles from all the pulling and releasing. In the end, we had to make the ultimate decision of cutting off the rope so that we could be freed. This had given me a phobia of anchoring a boat but also a valuable lesson learned. One of the most difficult task in driving a boat, especially for fishing, is to be able to anchor it so that the final position of where your bait would land is where the fishes gather.
This is a skill that comes with experience as it takes into consideration of the wind and current speed and direction. This is made more difficult as there are no reference point in the middle of the sea to see which direction you are going. Everything is based on GPS.
Luckily the weather was excellent, with clouds sheltering us off from the sun all day. But the fishing was bad. The current was stagnant for most of the day and only picked up speed in the late afternoon. We were glad that we were still able to put something onto our dinner table at the end of the day.
For the whole morning, we only managed to catch one gu hood at one of the wrecks.
After that, we moved inland as wind started to pick up and it was drizzling. Seeing that the sky was very grey a distance away made my decision more obvious.
When we were near Tekong we caught a golden snapper.
Bites were slow and we moved further in, and we caught another juvenile golden snapper at Changi area.
I managed to land a queen fish when I saw some surface action at one of the spots. I took away the sinker and cast my live prawn over.Within less than a minute, it was taken by a small queen fish. Subsequently another grouper was landed.
Though the catch was not that good, there were a lot of lessons learned and new fishing friends found. Hope that for those anglers who did not catch any, had also enjoyed their day out at sea breathing in the scent of sea salt. Something that I always enjoy.
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