Log VII - Tuas

This is my first self drive trip after 1 year. Since the yacht that I have ordered has not arrived yet, I decided to rent a boat to brush up my skills first and at the same time cure my fishing itch. The trip started well. The first spot we went to produce a good size grouper on our first drop.

We were having consistent takes on our baits but it was not long before one of us lost a huge golden trevally at boat side and spooked all the other fish away. So we moved on. I realised that Singapore really makes full use of the sea. They basically reclaimed land all the way till it almost reached the port limit. There are really not much sea space for you to explore without exceeding the limit at Tuas area.

So we just had to make do with whatever spots left within the boundary. And once again, beginner's luck proved itself.

She caught quite a few groupers and not to mention that she lost two. Both were powerful runs and ended getting up stucked as those areas are full of rocks and dropoffs everywhere.

Once a while when I did not need to manuveur the boat, I would also fish. My friend passed a tiny prawn to me and I was thinking, what can this small prawn attract. Usually I will go for bigger prawns, the bigger the better. But since I was given this, I used it. In less than a minute after I dropped my line into the sea, it got stucked. But when I tried to pull it free, the line started to screech out of my reel. Fish on!

After about 5-10 minutes of tug-o-war, this was brought up.

It weighted 9.5kg. What a fantastic start to this year! And I should thank my friend for giving me that tiny prawn.

When the day was going to end, we could see dark clouds and felt cold winds. A storm was brewing in the distance so we decided to start travelling back to Raffles Marina.

We kept looking out to the distant clouds that were coming nearer to us and wondered whether we still had some time to fish just a bit more. And so we really did fish a while more and caught this.

It was not that spectacular but it was his first trevally. It was something for us to celebrate about.

Anyway we did not beat the storm. We were caught in the middle of it and some of us were drenched. Luckily the rain died down slightly when we reached the Marina so we could unload our stuff easier and still able to take a shot of our total catch.

It is always fun and a blessing to be able to have a day out fishing with friends. Whatever catches that come along the way is a bonus. Lastly, I cooked half the face of that giant grouper at night for supper. It could feed a family of six!

Back with a Vengence!

Wow! Time really flies! It has been a year since I last posted. It's not because I have stopped fishing, but I was simply too busy setting up a fishing school called My Fishing Frenzy Academy.

The above is the logo of the academy. Let me do some explanation of how this logo comes about. The abbreviation for My Fishing Frenzy Academy is MFFA. If you have not noticed these 4 characters in the logo yet, let me guide you through. The character 'M' is the fish head. Both 'F' characters formed the fish body. They are handed. And lastly, the character 'A' formed the fish tail though I may agree it looks like a tick. Yup in fact it's a tick. I used a tick to improvise that as a tail.

So what do you think of my logo? Please leave your comments below.

By the way, I have been travelling around to look for places that are suitable for students to learn fishing. The locations must be suitable according to the students' level, so it is not easy especially budget is one of the major considerations as well. For the next few posts, I will recap all the places that I've gone to for the past 1 year and finally come out with the final destinations to conduct fishing classes. It was tiring but definitely enjoyable!

In case you are wondering what this academy is about ---> www.mffa.com.sg or you can click on that red fish eye.