Ken's Fishing Haven

The Archives #4

Fishing Singapore's inexplicable Bedok Jetty.

Common baitfishes that frequent the East Coast. From left, Spotted Half Beaks (Hemirhamphus far), Chencharu (Megalaspis cordyla), and Sand Whiting (Sillago sihama).

Other common baitfishes. From left, Terubok (Hilsa toli), Tambans (Sardinella fimbriata), and Selar Gelek (Atule mate).

From left: Moustached Anchovy (Thryssa mystax),  a Hardtail Scad species (Megalaspis sp) and Trenched Sardine (Sardinella sirm).
From left: The Five-Spot Herring (Hilsa kelee syn. Clupea kanagurta), Selar (Carangoides sp.), and Big-Eye Herring (Pellona ditchela syn. Ilisha hoevenii)

 

Short-bodied Mackeral (Rastrelliger brachysoma)

  Other marine species that are found around the Jetty.

Above, from left: Lizard Fish (Saurida tumbil), Flounder (Pseudorhombus arsius) and Toadfish (Batrachomoes trispinosus)

Interesting by-catches. From left, some kinda Bream, Blowfish (Gasterophysis lunaris), and a Whiskered Croaker (Johnius dussumieri).

 

From left, Eel-tail Catfish (Plotosus canius), Glass Perchlet (Ambassis kopsii), and Hollow-cheeked Stonefish (Synanceja horrida).

Left, Estuary Grouper (Ephinephelus tauvina) with Joey Browns and right, some kinda Trevally which could possibly be a young Diamond Trevally (Alectis indica).

From left, small Flathead, small Wolf Herring and a small Queenfish.

Left, small Mackeral and right, another small Queenfish.

All very small leh...

And more tiddlers...a Fingermark (Lutjanus johnii) and an Estuary Grouper.

Right: Small Kurau (Eleutheronema tetradactylon)

Left: Another Threadfin aka Kurau 

Right: Pesky Queenfish 

And once in a long, long time...you get lucky:-)

For the latest catch at the Jetty, Goto the Catch of the Month page.

This archive has been resurrected on 1st September 2002, thanks to Pacnet's additional 3Mb of server space.

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