My Offshore Fishing Trip off Horsburgh[28-29/6/03]
Set off at Punggol Marina at 8+ with 6 of us onboard, including Capt Yew Seng & his deckhand assistant. Sea was calm thru' out the 3 hr journey. Reached there about noon, tried the 70m drop but no taker. Using mainly live prawns & tambams in the daylight hrs, we tried a few locations from 20+m to 70m over depth. Night time mainly squids caught on location, both big & small & abundant of them. Underwater current was very strong, moved back to the sheltered water for better comfort, even then, a 22w sinker cld not reach the 29m bottom!! Mainly sharks were caught. Current only slackens at around 5+ am, moved out to the open again. Strikes start comin in only after 8+. Landed quite a number of them but no real biggies. Best catch: the 1.8 kg 'Spotted Coralgrouper[ang gau]' by Yew Seng. Called it a day at 11am as storm was approching from a distance. White caps were forming everywhere, 2-3 m waves splashing on bow every now & then. Travelling only at 4-5 knots, still took us 2 hrs travelling from 'Middle Rock to Penggarang. It's a long & free viking ride tht knocked all of us down, literally to the floor!!! End up taking about 5 hrs trip back. Overall: An enjoyable trip with nice, warm dinner provided, friendly & helpful Capt & his joker assistant. Looking forward to another trip, maybe head out to Sth China Sea the next time round...:)
