Chongster's Boat 21st March 2014

  21st March 2014 - Uncle Chong's boat

...with the following kakis

KL, KYL, AN, ALX, ASH, HN, DS, SN & FJ

 Sunrise along the expressway...

 ASH started the ball rolling with this 

Golden Flathead Goby....

ALX with her first catch....

 SN's Snapper...

 Bamboo Shark caught by ALX

DS with his first catch....

(he usually gets impatient after the first catch)

No 琵琶 for HN this time.....only a Ukulele

Some excitement in the stern...

Uncle Chong assisting SN unhook this

2.2kg Mozambique Sea Catfish

I have to reassure HN that Ah Sengs

don't make it into the 'heaviest catch' book 

The malays love this for Asam Pedas Ikan Duri

Captain Ah-Seng

(This fish was released to surprise another angler)

ASH posing with her 3rd or 4th catch...

2 is the new lucky number

AN with the "I also must have" spirit...

DS......we'd like to see you bait your own hook the next trip

AN fiddling with a Bamboo Shark...

 The haul

Fishing in December 2013

6th December 2013 - Siloso Beach (Rasa Sentosa)

A Pink Ear Emperor (also known as Leng Jiam)

....caught in 10 minutes during low tide

 Two fish in half an hour....

Pan fried the next morning....

9th December 2013 - Uncle Chong's boat

...with the following kakis

KL, KYL, AN, ALX, ASH & FJ

(that same number on a different background)

AN thought she'd hit the jackpot with this

Bartail Flathead (also Known as Ikan Baji Baji)

ALX posing with her catch...
....a Painted Sweetlips otherwise known as Ikan Kaci

Some action in the front....

Golden Snapper by Uncle Chong....

 ....in his trademark tennis shorts

 This fella weighs slightly above 1½kg

 Another Golden Snapper...

 Pharaoh Cuttlefish......a.k.a. Bak Tao

 Group shot 1

 Group shot 2

 A1 Fish head curry

 Pan-fried Sweetlip

Chongster's Boat 1st November 2013

This trip on Chong's Boat sees the following kakis:

KL, KYL, HN, DS, AN, ALX, ASH & FJ

A quick nap on a makeshift pillow while Mr Chong

bring us to his 'sure catch' spot......

Chong helping KYL with his catch....

 Snapper looking at the death box....

 ASH with her Grouper....

 Some rod bending action at the stern....

AN with the morale booster catch....

 Uncle Chong in the background.....

he knows how many fish everyone caught

 Swee.....

 ......that never say die spirit

 DS happy........AN jealous.....

"Wait a minute......I also have"

 A shot of the fishes in Uncle Chong's smelly icebox

 Total catch - 35

KL = 8, KYL = 6, HN = 2, DS = 1,
AN = 4, ALX = 2, ASH = 3, FJ = 2.
The rest of the catch is contributed by Uncle Chong.

Chongster's Boat 22nd June 2013

This trip was arranged for the kids but the illegal burning

of forests in Sumatra have sent the Pollutant Standards Index

to an unhealthy level......with PSI reading of 246 at 8am

The following have braved the haze with N95 masks...

...HN, DS, ADY, CHN, IQA, AN, ALX, ASH & FJ

DS started the ball rolling with this Grouper

Uncle Chong in the background with his N95 nose

AN with her 'never say die' attitude

ALX taking a power nap while waiting for her Puffer Fish

ASH fiddling with her nails with waiting for her Golden Snapper

IQA's prize catch....

....a Gao Heurr

FJ's catch.......a Peacock Hind

Rest in piece...s...of ice

HN in action....

This fella had a Sotong 2/3 it's size in the mouth...

By late afternoon......
.....the haze is gone and the skies are clear....
But that No. 3 t-shirt didn't work magic this time...

ADY blamed the boatman for leaving the engine on,
scaring the fishes away.....

....Should we get this for ADY?

AN: "The madai jig not good one"

ASH & IQA......waiting

Wondered if these gadgets on Chongster's boat work?

This trip's catch...