Starting Of My Fishing Adventures...

That's me, with the background picture of the one and only old straight road in Tuas Reclaimed land..We had to walk for at least one hour from the bus-stop to the reclaimed land spot..Iam constantly goin to my dad's fishing spots or recce and surveying new fishing spots. It's also like an adventure to me....

My Amy Man..my uncle Mr Osman...He's one of the few fisherman who can hold his Daiwa fishing rods for a bite for the whole day..He can also tie his fishing rig in the dark. He's also an expert worm catcher and always a happy go lucky kind of person..

My fishing buddy Ali..He's the most luckiest person iv'e ever known. An estimate 8kg onwards Emperor fish was caught by him while we were fishing at Reclaimed Land Coralium in Sentosa...Before that, i was using my trusted Silstar 12ft and always mananged like 2-3kg size fishes like the Stingray, Red snapper, Grunter and the common Ungah or Golden Snapper....Picture taken while fishing in Tuas reclaimed land...

Our picture of sleppy overnite faces but with satisfaction feeling...We were fishing at the just newly reclaimed left hand side entrance to the Naval base of the Changi Coast road. And, at that time, there were no land being reclaimed yet thus no stright road, the big drain, Obayashi, Saf Yatch club and no Naval Base yet. On the foremost left hand side, we saw reclaimation works and it will be the starting reclaimation of the Pulau Tambak Korea...   

We were so excited with our catches till we forgot to take the fish picture on the spot. The 1.5kg Catfish or Ikan Jiahan pulled my fishing rod to the ground.

My 80'S Early Fishing Beginnings...

It was in the year 1988 and i was 13 years old. I've saved my school's pocket money to buy myself a $69 dollars of a 03piece Silstar power tip 12'ft rod from old Nordin Deep Sea shop. Seeing my enthusiasm, my dad handover 02 of his precious Daiwa 4000c spinning reels to me. After school, iam often at Bedok Jetty. It's was such great moments for me to witnessed and learned the basic shorefishing and technics by the veteran fisherman there. I was always witnessing them fighting and landed Monster fishes there like the Giant Shovelnose or the Giant Stingrays. In one of  my fishing spots in Punggol area track 22, I mananged to land a 4kg Stingray. I was fishing, facing Coney Island and the surrounding was all original/natural of mangrove swamps.The fish whacked my dead prawn rendering my rod into a "U" shaped bend. The line kept coming out in a slow strong motion for about 2 minutes, non-stop in a lightly tight drag. It was an unforgettable experience. 

This is an era where i've gently stroked some of the others legendary famous surf rods brands such as the Silstar Traverse Tournament X 12'5ft, the Daiwa TDPK 13ft, the Daiwa Sealine Surf 12ft, the Shakesphere Ugly Stick 12ft with the three stars logo and usa made, the Silstar Power Surf rods, Penn Slammer surf rods with the earlier white colour n many others. My sister posing wt my Silstar power tip rod and a Daiwa 4000c spinning reel japanese made.