阿宝's boat trip on the 17th December 2012

Many were away or busy with work.

Only 4 came to kill the fishing itch.....

FJ, GAB, KL and son KYL

I started the ball rolling with this beauty....

Sweetlips also known as Ikan Kaci in Malay

KYL in action...

KYL posing with his biggest catch of the day.



GAB in action....



GAB's catch getting a tan.....

KL was almost the 'Zero Fighter' until he caught a couple of

Whitecheek Monocle Bream.....

Overall it's a relaxing trip other then the

heavy downpour near to the end of the trip.

Our catches were not laid out for a group shot due

to the weather.........but everyone did catch a few.



Batu Ferringhi 9th to 12th December 2012

A family getaway at Golden Sands, Penang....

tucked in the corner of the luggage is a micro tackle box...

 ....a Shimano retractable rod and a Silstar graphite reel

these were packed for a quickie.....
while the kids are loose at the Adventure Zone

AN waiting for some action...

Gelama.....

....also known as Croaker

caught these within half an hour......on day one

prepared by Sigi's Bar & Grill

more Croakers on the second day....

AN with her bonus catch....

....Brown Stingray

so much for about 2 hours of fishing in total....

Chongster's Boat 25th October 2012

KL booked this trip months ago....but due to work commitments,

only AN, BRY, ALX and FJ manage to take time off.....

 ASH marked on her calendar weeks before this trip

without knowing she has Mathematics paper today.

Birthday boy, DS suffered the same fate when HN couldn't make it.

ALX helping to setup while we're leaving Changi Jetty.

....a row of boats without bookings today

....common pin-ups on Chongster's boat

'relax one corner' while we're heading to the back of Tekong

AN posing with her Peacock Hind

AN.....again......with her Gao Heurr

ALX taking over ADY as the 'Prawn Whisperer'

....some port action

ALX with her Gao Heurr

....some starboard action

BRY fiddling with his Gao Heurr



....dental check

BRY's Peacock Hind

....some stern action

....three and a half pounds Ikan Sembilang courtesy of AN

man versus cat

Chongster claimed beauty this size is tasty....

I said this is one ugly 'River Monster'

AN's John's Snapper

....take two

....more port action

BRY with his Longhead Grunt

....4:30pm.....last try

....the harvest

阿宝's boat trip on the 8th October 2012

This trip is mainly colleagues and ex-colleague....

DUN, MIC, KL, FJ, TOD + TOD Sr

KL has forewarned TOD not to bring bananas....

阿宝 in control as we're leaving ONE°15

Father and son team....

One of the big vessels we passed by...

...and our giant 'Surf Board'

VICTORY PETROLEUM

The floating oil service station.....the cause of my motion sickness

on a previous trip.....but this time I'm armed with Sea-Band

This knitted elasticated wrist band operates by
applying pressure on the Nei Kuan acupressure point
on each wrist by means of a plastic stud....

DUN taking a quick nap betweeen spots....

The first fish of the day.....by TOD

.....a Whitecheek Monocle Bream

This Tuskfish was caught on TOD's light setup....

and the fight it has put up was quite thrilling.....

Almost everyone caught a decent size Grouper

...and I'm not sure who caught this one

KL removing the hook from his catch....

MIC (with the coolie hat) and his Grouper.....

The deckhand assisting MIC with his catch.....

....and into the 'DEATH' box

TOD Sr and his catch......finally

阿宝 assembling the fishes for a group shot.....

most of the catch are bigger then a 1500ml mineral water bottle

today's catch....



KL in action...

the haul...

....steamed Garoupa....fresh from the Southern waters