SGROC Fishing thread

[pet]

pet, come to fishing hor, u r just like me. i also like 'stiff' rod....hehe. that is why my g-loomis rod poundage is 12-20. it is overkill for pond fishing.
so when r u going to pro pond again?

I jst went yesterday night, lousy lah... went there close to 12midnight. fish until morning... now my eyes hum hum again... hahhaa

Well, i wont say overkill lah, depending on yr target is. it's impossible to know wht fish u gonna to get, and use the right fun rod for it... hahaha... my frd is those tht hamtham gpa only, on monday night, gpa at least 5 to 7 kg hook up, fight til less thn 1m frm edge 40lbs leader broke... damn sayang.
usually our targets near those 'kelong' ... so light tackle & light poundage got problem, rod not 'stiff' enough, jst cant whack it out of those obstacle ..

If you like stiff and fast actions rods, then can look at Gloomis IMX or GLX. Both offer you such characteristics, light somemore. If you lazy to custom build, then can check out their off-the-shelf SpinJig(SJR) series, nice. St croix me not very familar, only got one old baitcaster.
I usually spend more on rods and baitcasters. Oh yes, quite a fair bit on plastics too. Don't really like to use spinning reels so mine mostly less than $100 small reels.
BUY BUY BUY!!!

I actually already order a St. croix Legend Tournament Bass 5'10" leow

my frd also use gloomis... after u guys poison, LL i just place order for a G-Loomis SJR723S IMX. 6', 6 - 15lbs line.

well, i kiasu lah. i used to have 3 g-loomis rod, 10-17lb IMX which was broke last yr while fishing at the main pond, been with me for more than 10 yrs.

my 12-20lb g-loomis GL3 is now my main rod for pond fishing. i have another 14-25lb GL3 for lure fishing when i am out hunting grouper. cannot give those dirty player grouper chance to swim into rocks.

so bro, when u want to go fishing? after that, can jio pet to LSB lah.

i break alot leow..
shakespare, cos i sangkot, i whack it, pi jia.
loomis & franklin, guide gv way after kanna 3kg chor.
Abu, basket kanna hook on chair while cast ( my uncle broke it ).
Lemax, whack a chor, broke into 2.

by the way, i do have baitcasters. but i am not good at casting using it. so only use them for boat fishing when i dun have to cast, just lower the line...hehe. so far, i did not bring my conquest to the pond, later fried bee hoon ah.

i also quite bad at baitcast.... sama sama, now i use it for boat fishing to catch sotong with a 4' rod... hahaha

[vandyk]

well, i kiasu lah. i used to have 3 g-loomis rod, 10-17lb IMX which was broke last yr while fishing at the main pond, been with me for more than 10 yrs.

my 12-20lb g-loomis GL3 is now my main rod for pond fishing. i have another 14-25lb GL3 for lure fishing when i am out hunting grouper. cannot give those dirty player grouper chance to swim into rocks.

so bro, when u want to go fishing? after that, can jio pet to LSB lah.

Oic, can do a claim for your 10-17lb IMX mah. Pay for the freight and get a brand new piece, best if you can consolidate a few more rods to share the freight cost.

14-25lb i oso got, GL3 C665. Are we having the same rod? I used it for lure fishing for grouper too, good old day in Sentosa cove. Hehe.

Nowadays, me still scanning for good 2nd hand deal for such rods too, juz buy and keep first. The new Slate/Mahogany range doesnt feel right anymore.

This Sat maybe can, else the next possible time is 3rd week for Jun liao. WORK WORK WORK!!

by the way, i do have baitcasters. but i am not good at casting using it. so only use them for boat fishing when i dun have to cast, just lower the line...hehe. so far, i did not bring my conquest to the pond, later fried bee hoon ah.

I love baitcasters thou i haven't use mine for a long time. Used to cast live prawns with baitcasters too until all the barras all gone liao. I'm using conquest too, slowly retiring my workhorse Abu 2500CI, been serving me well for more than 10yrs already. Collecting Abu 1500/2500, so if you got any for sale and good price, gimme a buzz.

Don't worry too much about bee hoon, the more you use it, the better you become. Juz need to educate your finger on the FINGERING part can liao...

[vandyk]

I jst went yesterday night, lousy lah... went there close to 12midnight. fish until morning... now my eyes hum hum again... hahhaa

Well, i wont say overkill lah, depending on yr target is. it's impossible to know wht fish u gonna to get, and use the right fun rod for it... hahaha... my frd is those tht hamtham gpa only, on monday night, gpa at least 5 to 7 kg hook up, fight til less thn 1m frm edge 40lbs leader broke... damn sayang.
usually our targets near those 'kelong' ... so light tackle & light poundage got problem, rod not 'stiff' enough, jst cant whack it out of those obstacle ..

Yupz, you are right. Gotto match the gears to the target fish. Then got more excuse to buy more gears.

I actually already order a St. croix Legend Tournament Bass 5'10" leow

my frd also use gloomis... after u guys poison, LL i just place order for a G-Loomis SJR723S IMX. 6', 6 - 15lbs line.

The newer St. Croix look nice but i have never tried. Seem like more expensive than Gloomis too, esp if you are customising it.

Wow!! Thats very fast of you!! Afternoon mentioned, so fast order liao ah...

i break alot leow..
shakespare, cos i sangkot, i whack it, pi jia.
loomis & franklin, guide gv way after kanna 3kg chor.
Abu, basket kanna hook on chair while cast ( my uncle broke it ).
Lemax, whack a chor, broke into 2.

I guess you will slowly phase out all these gears. That happen to me after my first Gloomis.

i also quite bad at baitcast.... sama sama, now i use it for boat fishing to catch sotong with a 4' rod... hahaha

Catch sotongs on your TP trips? To catch bigger ang chors?

[pet]

Yupz, you are right. Gotto match the gears to the target fish. Then got more excuse to buy more gears.

The newer St. Croix look nice but i have never tried. Seem like more expensive than Gloomis too, esp if you are customising it.

Wow!! Thats very fast of you!! Afternoon mentioned, so fast order liao ah...

I guess you will slowly phase out all these gears. That happen to me after my first Gloomis.

Catch sotongs on your TP trips? To catch bigger ang chors?

My frd jst called me, NNB, just got himself a xzoga 4'6" rod 8-16lbs ( special pc tht a tackle shop indent ), good for 'kelong', bun ka to bull fight the fish outta obstacle. ask me 1 to getZ or not, also ask to go fish tonight; would love to, i really buay tong leow, rather relax abit and sg-roc.. hee...

my frd tell me the st croix good brand loh, so try try, was looking for a in between 5.5 & 6'
i email over to order the gloomis... hahaha

usually i use shimano bassterra, light/stiff/long butt..hee..some rods the butt not long enough i dont like cos, of my grip... see below pic:
Other thn bassterra, those 4'+ to 6' include, loomis & franklin, omfer,abu, shakespeare etc.. all quite inexpensive, fish up happy, break nevermind.. hahhaa



i cast with right hand, reel with right hand to, hold rod fight fishy with left hand. Use to it, cant change leow... hahhaa
thn hor my grip on left hand & right hand different... see pic. If i grip like the one in the pic, normal butt lenght ok, but i grip left hand with reel arm between index & middle finger, so need a longer butt so butt end can rest nicely on side of my forearm.

i never actually notice my difference in left & right hand grip til recently.....whn tokin with frd abt rod building and buying new rod....hahaa

[vandyk]

My frd jst called me, NNB, just got himself a xzoga 4'6" rod 8-16lbs ( special pc tht a tackle shop indent ), good for 'kelong', bun ka to bull fight the fish outta obstacle. ask me 1 to getZ or not, also ask to go fish tonight; would love to, i really buay tong leow, rather relax abit and sg-roc.. hee...

my frd tell me the st croix good brand loh, so try try, was looking for a in between 5.5 & 6'
i email over to order the gloomis... hahaha

usually i use shimano bassterra, light/stiff/long butt..hee..some rods the butt not long enough i dont like cos, of my grip... see below pic:
Other thn bassterra, those 4'+ to 6' include, loomis & franklin, omfer,abu, shakespeare etc.. all quite inexpensive, fish up happy, break nevermind.. hahhaa

i cast with right hand, reel with right hand to, hold rod fight fishy with left hand. Use to it, cant change leow... hahhaa
thn hor my grip on left hand & right hand different... see pic. If i grip like the one in the pic, normal butt lenght ok, but i grip left hand with reel arm between index & middle finger, so need a longer butt so butt end can rest nicely on side of my forearm.

i never actually notice my difference in left & right hand grip til recently.....whn tokin with frd abt rod building and buying new rod....hahaa

Wah, another "gu tek" to "zhang" the "gu" out of the home ah... Relax lah bro, must wait for the fish to come to you mah... Sound familar?

Both are good rods. I'm sure you will enjoy using them.

Bassterra is another versatile rod. Break? I will heartache one when my rods break, worse got once my rod flew into the water all thanks to the stupid barra. Left my rod to help my friend take picture of his fish.

Same here, my grip also varies with both hands. Can cast with both hands but not as accurate and far with left. But generally, i prefer rods with short butt.

Baitcasting: Cast right hand, hold rod on left, crank on right.
Spinning: Cast right hand, hold rod on right, crank on left.

[vandyk]

maybe we have the same 14-25 rod. i bought the blank from sabre and my friend built all my g-loomis rod for me free of charge. i just need to buy the cock and the guide. and yes, we really need super-stiff rod to hunt for grouper. i used to have a small boat and my fishing kaki will take the boat out to the water breaker along tekong and lure for groupers and the catch rate was really very very good. i missed all those days. but now i sold off my boat....so no more grouper hunting.

my finger very stiff....so still prefer using spinning rod for pond fishing....hehe.

I got my blanks from Hock Heng, bought the materials and my friend build for me too (FOC). Regret selling away some of my spare blanks then, nowadays hard to find liao. Haiz...

From my last updates, tekong water breakers still producing good results. However, sure cannot compare to the old days. Shiok lah when you have own boat, exclusive fishing ground where most cannot access. My friends and I used to rent boat from SAF yault club to troll and cast for groupers at Punggol and Seletar islands too. FUN!!

[pet]

Wah, another "gu tek" to "zhang" the "gu" out of the home ah... Relax lah bro, must wait for the fish to come to you mah... Sound familar?

Both are good rods. I'm sure you will enjoy using them.

Bassterra is another versatile rod. Break? I will heartache one when my rods break, worse got once my rod flew into the water all thanks to the stupid barra. Left my rod to help my friend take picture of his fish.

Same here, my grip also varies with both hands. Can cast with both hands but not as accurate and far with left. But generally, i prefer rods with short butt.

Baitcasting: Cast right hand, hold rod on left, crank on right.
Spinning: Cast right hand, hold rod on right, crank on left.

cannot wait for fish to come lah... hahhaa... tht's why ppl lure or change spot or use fish finder etc... hahaha .. if pond worst, 3 hrs must up leh..

short butt i cannot, if fish too big, butt not resting properly on the side of my forearm, boh lark...

changi area, never fish there for long long long time leow... lost.

[vandyk]

tekong waterbreaker was good....and i mean it. sometimes when 3 of us got out for 4 hrs of lure fishing along the 2 water breaker, can get easily 20 plus grouper, some big some small. and some is one way ticket....line just go out and out and then 'piak'. i really missed those day of lure fishing. u got lobang to rent small boat out again? so far, all my lobang r bum-boat. too big to go beside the rocks.

Yeah, i know of a group of pple who is still luring at tekong water breaker, mostly at night. I'm not surprised bcoz that what happen over at punggol/seletar side too, still got barras and MJ too. I can check with my friend for the lobang. The boat we rent usually are 15-20ft only, max 4-5pax, can go real close to the breakers.

[vandyk]

cannot wait for fish to come lah... hahhaa... tht's why ppl lure or change spot or use fish finder etc... hahaha .. if pond worst, 3 hrs must up leh..

short butt i cannot, if fish too big, butt not resting properly on the side of my forearm, boh lark...

changi area, never fish there for long long long time leow... lost.

Sound more like kaisu singaoporean mentally. Hahaha... Me go pond more relax, go outside then more hardworking abit. Not like pre-army day, cheong like nobody business, until drop into sea also not scare.

Usually, i juz "cha" on my beer belly to fight the fish. Hahaha...

[pet]

too bad i also no boat boat, if not can go try, very long time no go tht prt leow.

own and maintain say a 20 to 25' boat cheap cheap ( cheaper thn a 2litre car - considering erp, season parking, coupon, rd tax, insurance, maint etc ) .. but now petrol ( for boat ) will kill....

[pet]

pet, trust me. owning a boat is not cheap at all.

petrol will kill u if the outboard engine is a petrol guzzler. my first boat is a 140hp and one trip to changi water cost 100 plus easily. my second boat not too bad, bought a 40hp yamaha outboard, so much cheaper, less than 50 bucks.

other things that factor into owning a boat is the repair to the boat and engine, regular servicing, berthing charges easily cost 200 plus. and many more.

let mr van find the charter boat, we go lure fishing....hunting for grouper along the waterbreaker is fun......van know what i am talking abt.

still cheaper thn a 2 litre car ... hahhaa... except the petrol loh... hahaha

i used to hv a 23footer cuddy cabin, but use it more for skiing thn fishing.. 280hp I/O .. hee... can top to almost 100kmh... ha

[vandyk]

yup....i am one of them who lure at tekong waterbreaker at night. but that was like 2 yrs ago. now no boat cannot go. can u check if u can find the charter boat again? we can cheong one of the nite.

Okie, i will check with my friend again. Will update you guys again.

[vandyk]

woh....did u invite those china MMs to go out with u back then? hehe. the boat will rock for u....u dun have to move, esp during thuderstorm.....

wah pet, you si bei happening lah... toll "skirts" behind your boat ah... toll them out high seas then can do your thing liao lor... can chut all your pattern liao.

"shout until throat sore also got nobody to save you" kinda thing...



"skirts" = bikini clad char bor thats being toll behind the boat. machim like the real skirts that is being use for big game trolling.

[pet]

wah pet, you si bei happening lah... toll "skirts" behind your boat ah... toll them out high seas then can do your thing liao lor... can chut all your pattern liao.

"shout until throat sore also got nobody to save you" kinda thing... .....

woh....did u invite those china MMs to go out with u back then? hehe. the boat will rock for u....u dun have to move, esp during thuderstorm.....

tht was sometime ago, thn.. not so many CMM ... hehee

basically do some skiing nia...back thn top up fuel, the most 150.. now i think 350 dunno enough or not. sometimes we wll drive to the northern part of ubin, they used to hv a restuarant there ( hut )... we berth at 'kelong' jetty and go in for lunch/ break.

actually thinking of getting another boat, this time more for fishing thn those cruiser or ski boat ( anyway, too fat to ski also, i think i go half round, leg soft leow )... hahaa .. still thinking hard leh, maybe wait another yr or 2, maybe next wk strike toto, can consider leow ... hahaaa

owning it not too bad, berth ( 20' - 24' ) ard $300, insurance & maint ave out abt 250- 300/ month... still managable... for abt 600/ mth... but the fuel going to cost a bomb...

owning a 2L car also quite close, season park ( if u work in cbd, 1 mth park fees 300-400 leow ), rd tax/ insurance another ave of abt 300 per month; Plus erp, coupon and maint etc.

[pet]

great. if u buy boat....we can organise more cruise with china mm. we can do all sorts of things out in the open water....

hahaa... thn i need a small cruiser or at least a sport fishing boat with cabin/ shower... hehee

if can get 1 of these sportfshing ... shiok lah... too bad, too ex...rather buy apartment...