Our inshore catches from our recce cum short angling trip to the the Marina channel were (top) a juvenile Malabar Grouper and (bottom) a pesky Estaurine Moray.
Raymond managed to hook up a large Todak but unfortunately, it got away when it bit at the leader line with it's razor sharp teeth during the fight.
We have fun getting several Freckled Hawkfishes on small tamban hooks attached with prawn meat. There were also several bites (the rod bells were ringing every other second) but no hook-ups, resulting in empty hooks when our lines were retrieved. And these are sharp Owner hooks, no less. We're talking about skilled bait stealers here, probably a couple of Ah Sengs (Catfish) or larger sized Groupers.
I also joined Wifey, Dave and Anna for a whale of a time over at Taman Jurong Paypond and we were rewarded for braving the torrential winds and cold rain with 3 Barramundis (The Missus managed to fight 2 of them by herself, impressive!) and an ever elusive Mangrove Jack caught by our lucky lady angler Anna, who landed her first fish on her new Taurus rod and Daiwa reel. I know it's often said that paypond fishes don't bite when it rains due to the pond's salt water becoming a little brackish but these fishes sure aren't letting the live prawns go!
It's official. The myth has been broken. There are Mangrove Jacks in Taman Jurong. There probably aren't many of them in the pond as the owner only releases Kims on a daily basis, and that would be the reason why people are only catching Kims almost all the time.
Thanks for reading and, tight lines!
P.S Never attempt to handle Mangrove Jacks or any other kinds of snappers with your bare hands. I picked this one up at it's lower lip with a pair of pliers and it kept nipping hard at my pliers with it's sharp teeth. Scary stuff.
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