anglers getting excited before reaching the 1st spot. roger (standing up) was the champ as he was up all thru the nite fishing. even when the sharks and rays were landed, he didn't give up like the rest of us. i was the one who slept the most from abt 10pm till 7am the next morning.. ha ha... cos really give up on the catches. not only me, the rest of the anglers were all disappointed. we tink that Batam fishing spots all kena over fished liao.. the catches are getting from bad to worse and from worse to worst.... i don't think i will be going to Batam for offshore fishing anymore.... haiz.....
to the right of the boatman, the door leads to the sleeping room. to the left of the boatman, the door leads to the engine room. the organizer (daniel) having a chat with the boatman, ah hee. daniel was constantly taunting ah hee that no fishes caught and to change spots frequently.. ha ha ha.....!!!
this boat has a sleeping room. 2 double decks bed. quite comfy cos you can open the windows to enjoy the seabreeze and view the sea.
this old deckie was the same one we had at our last fishing trip. still remember him pissing near to our catches during our last fishing trip.
roger showing the "not so happy face".. ha ha.. cos catch wasn't up to expectation. jit cheng taking a quick nap before reaching jetty.
this is the ladder leading to the upper deck of the boat.
this is the view from the dining area.
this is the young malay deckie. quite hardworking guy. will help to unhook fishes caught and also help when line sangkot.
this is the ladder leading to the upper deck of the boat.
this is the upper deck of the boat where i had a rest before reaching our 1st fishing spot.
3 of the 4 rays caught. the 2 brown rays and 1 of the blue spotted ray.
some of the catches. ACK, parrot, kaci, tee boon, deep sea kbl...
the ah lao deckie chopping the stingray into pieces,
deckie scaling the fishes.
the 1.5 litres bottle of mineral water was used to compare the size of the fishes. our biggest catch was a parrot fish, a kaci and ACK. each weighed abt 2kg. there were abt 4 stingrays caught. 2 brown rays and 2 blue spotted rays. their weight from 1.5kg to abt 700 grams. the rest were all below the 1 kg mark. they consisted of teeboon, ack, kee fish, susan, deepsea kbl and arumugam. some of the fishes were deepfried for dinner on 23Jun. in total, there were about 24 fishes of different sizes. those irritating dog sharks and leopard sharks were thrown back to the sea. oh! and there were 2 eels caught. really pathetic.... so little catches for 9 anglers! malu ah....!!!
this was the overall catch. very pathetic catches.
this is the jetty where ah hee anchored his boats.
this is the boat we took. there is the upper deck that we can relax. but seems like nobody was interested to go up there to have a rest except me.
boatman ah hee posing proudly with his boat at the background. that was the boat we took for our offshore fishing.
we had a quick lunch at this seafood restaurant located at Batu Besar (Big Stone) before our ferry back to singapore. we ordered 2 groupers, steam prawns (all damn small!), scallops, soup, kangkong. not really fantastic, but becos we were hungry, that's y we ate everything clean! the bill was about S$150. all of us agreed that it was kinda expensive.. hmm.. mayb due to the fact that we are foreigners, so we went under the blade of the knife!
the coconuts we had really sucks big time! big & old coconut. not sweet at all. unlike thai coconuts, small and sweet!
everyone tucking in to the dishes. can you see all the dishes were swept clean?! everyone was damn hungry.
this is the overview of the place we had our lunch before taking the ferry back to singapore. this place is known as Batu Besar (Big Stone)
anglers getting excited before reaching the 1st spot. roger (standing up) was the champ as he was up all thru the nite fishing. even when the sharks and rays were landed, he didn't give up like the rest of us. i was the one who slept the most from abt 10pm till 7am the next morning.. ha ha... cos really give up on the catches. not only me, the rest of the anglers were all disappointed. we tink that Batam fishing spots all kena over fished liao.. the catches are getting from bad to worse and from worse to worst.... i don't think i will be going to Batam for offshore fishing anymore.... haiz.....
to the right of the boatman, the door leads to the sleeping room. to the left of the boatman, the door leads to the engine room. the organizer (daniel) having a chat with the boatman, ah hee. daniel was constantly taunting ah hee that no fishes caught and to change spots frequently.. ha ha ha.....!!!
this boat has a sleeping room. 2 double decks bed. quite comfy cos you can open the windows to enjoy the seabreeze and view the sea.
this old deckie was the same one we had at our last fishing trip. still remember him pissing near to our catches during our last fishing trip.
roger showing the "not so happy face".. ha ha.. cos catch wasn't up to expectation. jit cheng taking a quick nap before reaching jetty.
this is the ladder leading to the upper deck of the boat.
this is the view from the dining area.
this is the young malay deckie. quite hardworking guy. will help to unhook fishes caught and also help when line sangkot.
this is the ladder leading to the upper deck of the boat.
this is the upper deck of the boat where i had a rest before reaching our 1st fishing spot.
3 of the 4 rays caught. the 2 brown rays and 1 of the blue spotted ray.
some of the catches. ACK, parrot, kaci, tee boon, deep sea kbl...
the ah lao deckie chopping the stingray into pieces,
deckie scaling the fishes.
the 1.5 litres bottle of mineral water was used to compare the size of the fishes. our biggest catch was a parrot fish, a kaci and ACK. each weighed abt 2kg. there were abt 4 stingrays caught. 2 brown rays and 2 blue spotted rays. their weight from 1.5kg to abt 700 grams. the rest were all below the 1 kg mark. they consisted of teeboon, ack, kee fish, susan, deepsea kbl and arumugam. some of the fishes were deepfried for dinner on 23Jun. in total, there were about 24 fishes of different sizes. those irritating dog sharks and leopard sharks were thrown back to the sea. oh! and there were 2 eels caught. really pathetic.... so little catches for 9 anglers! malu ah....!!!
this was the overall catch. very pathetic catches.
this is the jetty where ah hee anchored his boats.
this is the boat we took. there is the upper deck that we can relax. but seems like nobody was interested to go up there to have a rest except me.
boatman ah hee posing proudly with his boat at the background. that was the boat we took for our offshore fishing.
we had a quick lunch at this seafood restaurant located at Batu Besar (Big Stone) before our ferry back to singapore. we ordered 2 groupers, steam prawns (all damn small!), scallops, soup, kangkong. not really fantastic, but becos we were hungry, that's y we ate everything clean! the bill was about S$150. all of us agreed that it was kinda expensive.. hmm.. mayb due to the fact that we are foreigners, so we went under the blade of the knife!
the coconuts we had really sucks big time! big & old coconut. not sweet at all. unlike thai coconuts, small and sweet!
everyone tucking in to the dishes. can you see all the dishes were swept clean?! everyone was damn hungry.
this is the overview of the place we had our lunch before taking the ferry back to singapore. this place is known as Batu Besar (Big Stone)
