Hobie Fishing by Hoooked - Queenfish

It was a hazy start to the day. 

The southerly wind was blowing the haze over Singapore from Indonesia. The PSI reading must have hit the unhealthy level, as I could hardly see the usual islands around me. 

With the wind blowing towards us, the sea was a little rough for a comfortable day out kayak fishing. 

Nevertheless, we headed out with a positive note. Consoled ourselves that it was a cloudy and windy day, it is simply perfect. Well, It is definitely better than a day out under the hot sun especially on a windless day!

Against the wind and current, our little kayaks performed well as we chatting away but with our eyes glued to the fish finder. It took us about an hour of paddling or rather pedaling to reach a nice drop-off. The bait fishes were below us.

2 kayaks, 2 different style of fishing. 

My buddy focused on using madai and jigs, while I focused on catching some small fishes for bait. 

I just rewarded myself with a Hobie livewell and wanted to maximize on my purchase. 

The bait fishes were biting but they were too big for my likings. Dinner size "kuning" gave my light tackle a good work out, especially when I had a string full of it. It didn't took long before my buddy had a fish on but he screamed in frustration as he lost a fish on a strong take and I haven't even started really fishing yet! 

I continue my hunt for bait fishes. Half an hour later, I pedaled towards him with my head shaking ... I was still technically bait less. He gave me that cheeky smile and pulled out a grouper weighing more than a kilogram from his yak. Dinner is here!

We celebrated and parted ways. I was drifting along the edge when suddenly my sounder screen was filled with "fish clouds", from a depth of 5ft to 25ft.  Full house! I drop my tamban jig and up came 2 nice size bait. 

Quickly, I rigged one up and drop it into the middle of the baitfish frenzy. Tok ... Tok ... Tok ..... my line started going against the current .... there must be a fish on it. I lifted the rod tip up a little and ... Wham! ... the reel immediately started screaming with line peeling away, as soon as I set in the hook. 

A big splash followed through as the fish made some dramatic flights out of the water .. I had a big Queenfish!!! Woooooooo ....... hoooooooo" .... . The commotion attracted a coast guard boat parked nearby and they came and watch the action. They must be anglers too! It is only instinctive.  

As the fish swam towards the deeper end of the drop-off, I quickly turned on the camera and ........ you simply have just to watch the rest of it!

Kayak fishing rocks!