Shawn and me did our usual fishing at our "backyard" spot on Christmas Eve. We are into the spot at first light and surface action was but a little boof here and there... Then, we saw a few schools of Toman fry emerging from the cover so i casted my pencil lure right at them... twitch, twitch... BOOM! The mother Toman has come out from beneath the school to protect the baby fries! My Pencil lure went under the water and line peeled out on high drag. I gave the fishes a few setting of the hook as Toman have hardy and tough jaws. This fish was QUICK and FAST! It took me on a joyride and it kept going for the snags. I had to slowly move back and thumb the spool a few times to keep it from going into the snags... Each time it tried, i prayed hard that the leader and hooks will yield. Shawn was remarking in the background... "Big sia! Big sia!"... I was thinking to myself that this fish could be huge... breath taking fight... Finally we had colour and OH MY GOD IN ...

Whenever a fishing kaki or fishing friend tells you Popping, it stands for a type of fishing with a surface lure. A popper is a top water lure that floats and resembles bait that usually stays at the top of the water. In freshwater fishing, these could be frogs or little chicks. Poppers usually have many rattles so as to cause vibration. They can make a popping and splashing effect by a concave cut head.Surface lures are also known as top water lures, poppers and stickbaits. They float and resemble prey that is on top of the water. They can make a popping sound from a concave-cut head. A fisherman has to twitch his rod in order for the popper to chug forward and the concave head of the popper means it will splash water from the head. Popping is a widely used fishing technique used for fishing for GTs, Tomans and many more other aggressive fishes that love top water lures... Below is a short video i have made to let our viewers know what is popping... Don't mind the lousy popp...

Hi Fishing Kakis, i would like to introduce this hook to you by Owner... It's a great hook and i have been using it for years. It's the Owner Aki Twist Bait hook... It's thick, strong and very sharp. Excellent if you need excellent hooks for the monsters. It's thick but not too thick and hook setting is great... It was first introduced to me by Roger a.k.a Sticko... I have been using the size 2/0 for light offshore baiting and even as jigging hooks. The bigger sizes can be used for heavy bottom fishing or even hooks for poppers etc. Compared to the Owner General purpose hooks which are so much thinner, the Owner Aki Twist has not failed me yet... My 35kg Shovelnose ray was landed with an Owner Aki Twist size 2/0 hook lol....

Hey fishing kakis, i recently borrowed a Bobbin from Jamie. It's from Shout Fishermen's tools. It's to help me master the PR knot but somehow i forgotten how to tie the knot again... Looks like i have to go visit Alan Chan again... Hahaha... Shout Bobbin Knoter... If im not wrong this is the cheaper one at $180... There's a $300 one by Shout too lol Reason for learning the knot is that it's a widely used knot in big game fishing... I will definitely need to use this knot often in the future... Here's how to tie the PR knot with a bobbin lol..

Shawn and me couldn't wake up that day but we still made it although first light was way behind us... It was going to be one of those wet wet days though and luckily for me, i brought my disposable poncho... Phew! After around 40 minutes of trekking to our location, we set up a distance away from the spot as we knew that the fish here are very sensitive. When you stop fishing and just sit down to watch, they start surfacing and swimming around... So this time we casted behind some trees far away from the bank.... And you know what? First cast, first twitch on the pencil and BAM!! Fish on! A cute smallie to start the day... Shawn also had one take on his first cast but didn't land it... Guess what... after that it was quiet... We could see fishes swim away from the spot as it's very shallow... The rain started pouring on us after that... out came the poncho and it was "fish in the rain" mode. Rain mode... That was when Shawn broke his rod tip when his rod go...

Uncle Fong from Changi is one of my favourite boatman in the area... Simply because he produces the results. His knowledge of the coral reefs is not bad and he knows where to start drifting from. He has good knowledge and estimation of the drop offs and reef areas. When I need a trip in where there is a good catch, I will definitely call Ah Fong... But sadly this trip was marred by bad weather... RAIN.... It has been raining for the past few weeks now and today was no exception... On this trip was Ricky from Pekan... surprise surprise he was over in Singapore for holiday as he is here to try out micro jigging on ah ho's boat.... So we invited him over for a chance at Singapore Changi waters... well not that bad he landed a small snapper or two... Beginning was bad but we still landed the fishes.... after 2pm was bad... there are ZERO fishes landed from 2pm/. The water quality is real bad and the fishes are simply not feeding. I guess it's time for freshwater fishing kekekeke...

This trip was a total disaster. I haven't been with this boatman for a long long time now but i must say this will probably be my last time. People can change during a short time. The moment we boarded the boat, i somehow knew that he was trying to be funny. I checked with him whether we are confirm going Mano Wreck but guess what he tell me? He told me the sinker size will be very big so not going there. I'm not a newbie when it comes to telling the sinker size at that spot during that lunar date. The current will only pick up after 11pm for that day. Never mind i just kept quiet ... next we are going to jig for small baitfish to use as bait... Guess what he tell me... he said very little so just try awhile then move off already. I manage to get some baitfish at the buoy but there's indeed quite little of them but the impression i get from him is that he is half hearted just park his boat roughly and just wait... By this time i knew that's it liao this trip is go...