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09/09/2026

Fiery action in Changi waters 🔥

Catches in Tanah Merah and Changi waters over the weekend when the waters are crystal clear, which is superb for bottom fishing.

Hope the winds will die down soon over the next of weeks.

Thank you Captains Ah Fong and Sam for the awesome catches.

Check out the sizes of the ~2kg Fingermark breams (Ang Chos) 🙂

Rigs – Running sinkers (120-150g), Single or Double Apollos.

Asher
Daniel
Pwei
Dr Chua
Benglin Neo

27/08/2026

SabiJig Surprise in Sedili waters

This was a pretty tough trip for the 4 of us, with the SW monsoon winds continuing at full force alongside waves and white caps of more than 1.5m 🌊

Recalling back, the bottom fishing was quite challenging despite the boat being on anchor as we had to keep balancing ourselves throughout. Moving from Unjam to Unjam was also slow and difficult with waters constantly splashing from the side of the boat, drenching most of us 😂

Nonetheless, we managed to haul up some decent sized groupers and crimson snappers, along with plenty of smaller sized reef fishes.

In between these action, Asher scored a good sized Crimson and subsequently a 7kg+ monster Striped Travelly which fully puts his PE4 setup to the test. Well done buddy!

On jigging at the usual tenggiri unjams, I landed my most memorable catch on my self-tied SabiJig - a whopping 5kg Tenggiri! I had thought it must have taken the 60g jig and just couldn’t believe my eyes when it surfaced with the SabiJig firmly lodged onto its lower jaw. Wow! How amazing was that! 🤩

We continued jigging and hauled up another 4 pcs of smaller sized mackies amidst a couple of cut-offs, one on SabiJig.

The winds further picked up on Day 2 and we decided to end the trip earlier, enduring a 2hour plus ride all the way back. It was a rock n roll journey and we almost couldn’t feel our legs n lower back by the time we reached the jetty.

Overall, guessed we did fairly ok considering the wind and waves conditions. This tenggiri catch on SabiJig had further reinforced my belief that it is a must-have for all my future jigging trips✌️

Finally, thank you Captain Ah Shen for another fun filled trip 🙏😊

Till next trip folks! Cheers 🍻

Asher Loy
John Koh
Sam
Benglin Neo

16/08/2026

Southern island fishing

Amidst the relentless SW monsoon winds, we had to postpone our overseas trips for safety reasons. I hence switched into our local waters over the weekend for another day trip just to “cure the itch”…

There were supposed to be 4 of us for this trip but both Jeevan and Jonathan had to pull out at the last minute due to work exigencies. So it’s left with Cliff and I to “包船” for the day 😂

The day started off as a disaster for me. Upon opening my tackle-box, I realised I brought the wrong (Saltiga) handle for my Stradic 5000 reel. Thankfully, Cliff brought along a size 1000 baby-sized spinning reel (from “Taobao” China) that I can still borrow to fish for the day 😂🤞

We spent the day generally combing the spots around Sinki and Jurong island waters. The waters were clear and perfect for bottom fishing. Soon enough, we loaded up the tanks with live baits and I quickly deployed my TG setup on live fish. Unfortunately, I had no big takes for the day except having encountered a couple of barracudas that mangled the live fishes.

I continued to deploy my double Apollos on the baby-sized 1000 “Taobao” reel and at one of the markers, I was surprised that it managed to persist and haul up a double hit of Grouper and Fingermark. I checked the brand of the reel again and it read “Suimano” 🤣 - Impressive brand indeed 😝👍

Not long after, Cliff hit his jackpot of the day on his Kohaku rubber squid (200g Chikuika), an 11kg Tong Gas! Absolutely amazing! Congratulations and well done bro 👏

We continued combing a few more markers and landed more groupers, Spanish flag snappers and even a good sized Sweetlip. By 5pm, the winds had reached more than 12knots and we hence decided to end the trip.

Overall, a pretty decent day out considering only the 2 of us. Seems like these biggies are starting to come into our waters already… Thanks Cliff for sharing the TG with Jon, Jeevan and I 🫰💕

Till next trip folks! Cheers 🍻

Cliff Lau
Benglin Neo

09/08/2026

Happy 61st Birthday, Singapore! 🎂

As our nation marks another incredible milestone of growth, resilience, and unity, we want to take a moment to celebrate with all the wonderful followers and supporters of Fishing Tips with Beng & Son. 🇸🇬

Singapore's journey is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved with vision, perseverance, and a forward-looking mindset.

The very values we share out on the waters and in our everyday pursuits. Thank you for casting your lines alongside us, sharing the journey, and being such an essential part of our fishing community story. 🙏🏽

Wishing everyone a joyful and meaningful National Day weekend filled with great catches, pride, and wonderful company. 😃

Majulah Singapura, Go Beyond! 💞

07/08/2026

Local makeup trip for Rompin, cancelled due to crazy monsoon winds…

Very thankful to have a pretty decent catch from our Changi waters despite the wind conditions. A day of Apollos vs Running Sinker vs Tenya.

Check out the size of the whitings. Great job boys! 💪

Happy National Day folks 🇸🇬

Kalvin Toh
Asher Loy
Patrick Cheo
Daniel
Benglin Neo

23/07/2026

A switch from fishes 🐟 to squids 🦑

My last squid fishing trip was more than 10 years ago in Sedili waters. So when I was invited by Daniel and Matthew for this one night squid trip, I happily accepted.

We set off around 5pm from Mersing and took an hour plus journey to anchor at the squid spot for the night.

Prior to the trip, I stocked up on some squid jigs from Shopee and was eagerly looking forward to trying them out. Unfortunately, I realised on board that the squids here only prefer the “Atas” brands of jigs and so, I had to borrow Daniel’s Duel brand squid jigs to catch up on the bite rates. 🤣

After a whole night of laborious jigging, very thankful that we managed to haul up a total of 54kg of squids, including a good-sized Greeneye to my surprise.

Thanks Daniel, Matthew and the Captain and crew of Syuk Barramundi. Our arms are sore but we’ll definitely be back again 👍😂

Matthew Wong
Daniel @ Hapuka Bass
Kana
Sugan
HL
Benglin Neo

11/07/2026

Sedili fishing and my PB Coral Trout to date 😬✌️

With the relentless Southwest monsoon winds in full swing, we almost had to cancel this trip for safety reasons. Thankfully the conditions improved the night before and we decided to take a gamble and proceed ahead.

Nonetheless, we encountered a pretty bumpy ride once we’re out from the Sedili river mouth, with the monsoon swells aka. “Aloons” pushing us from the side of the boat. Fishing for the rest of day came with lots of balancing for us as the waves continued to pummel onto the boat.

To our pleasant surprise considering such fishing conditions, the first few markers produced multiple decent sized Russell and Crimson Snappers, with some weighing more than a kg in sizes. We also caught some smaller sized ones and Ryan told us to keep them in the live tank as he wanted to try some Tong Gas markers later in the afternoon.

We continued fishing our way outwards, hauling in more Tanda and groupers as we headed into deeper waters. Past lunch time, Ryan brought us to a remote coral reef and gave us the green light to deploy the live fishes. We quickly set up our Ranggong rigs and almost immediately, Irene had a solid take on a live fish but the grouper had somehow swam into the reefs and got snagged 😢

Still at the same spot, I moved my setup to the bow of the boat to cover more ground and rigged down my live bait next. I reckoned it was less than 20 seconds when the take came. Holding the PE6 setup in my hands, I yanked the rod as hard as I could and spent the next minute or so tussling with the fish. When it finally surfaced, I was shocked to see an orange colored shape instead of the usual brown/ whitish colours of a Tong Gas. Wow! It was a 5+kg Bar-cheek Coral Trout and definitely a personal best for me. Simply unbelievable to find such sizes in these 30 odd meters of waters!

We tried a few more spots and continued fishing for another couple of hours, landing a couple of Sweetlips and Tanda (until we finished all 2kg of prawns) before we ended the trip at 4pm and headed back to the jetty for our photos and dinner.

Overall, it was an incredible 1 day trip for the 3 of us considering the harsh wind and wave conditions! Thanks again Ryan and Bae for working hard to find the fishes today, plus the delicious Black-thorn durian treat on board 🫰😘

See you guys next in Oct! Till next trip folks! Cheers 🍻

Colin Ong
Irene Phua
Benglin Neo

03/07/2026

2nd of 2 Jigging Trips - Pulau Sibu

A return trip to Sibu waters with Captain Raymond Tan after the last visit back in November.

With windguru.com showing wind speeds of more than 14knots and waves of more than 0.7m, the 3 of us were honestly quite worried how this trip will pan out. Still, we decided to take a gamble and pushed on.

Thankfully, our perseverance paid off as we hit a nice school of mackerels and despite losing more than 15 jigs altogether 😅, we managed to land a total of 8 mackies in the end.

Surprisingly within the same tenggiri spot, both CS and I further landed a squid each on our tenggiri jigs, which prompted all of us to quickly change to squid jigging rigs, eventually hauling almost 30 pcs of these delicious eating “rockets”within the next hour 😂

At a subsequent high coral spot, I was stoked to land my 3rd Coral Trout (within 2 trips) on an 85g jig while targeting the Sagais on SabiJig. Wow! What an unbelievable stroke of luck!

We spend the later part of the afternoon combing a few more markers, landing another 20 odd pcs of Sagais and multiple giant sized Selars, all on SabiJigs. I even scored a doubles of which both fishes held on well due to the double-lined TKnot hook arms for these rigs.

Overall, felt we did relatively ok considering only the 3 of us. Being Eddie’s first full jigging trip, we’re also very proud that he managed to “tahan” all the way. He was rewarded with a fair number of Sagais and a lovely Diamond Travelly on jig in the end. Well done buddy 👏😂

Thanks Capt Raymond for another memorable trip together! See you again the next time 🫡

PS:

A) For those who wish to try tenggiri jigging, I’ve included the jig setup again in the 2nd last picture:
- Typically 60g/ 80g chrome colored jigs are recommended for Msia waters
- Do remember to affix a Treble hook behind
- Technique is simply to cast out and sink the jig all the way down then crank back as fast as you can in one single breath
- Most importantly, DO NOT affix any wire leader unless you are jigging in Kuching 😂

B)Setup of our Double-lined TKnot SabiJig rig in last picture for those who wish to try it out.
- Pretty effective for pelagics and even bottom species.
- Just pm us on FB msgr if you wish to try them out 😉

Ching Siow
Eddie
Benglin

26/06/2026

1st of 2 jigging trips - Southern islands

After all the bottom fishing and TG hunts, it’s been a really long while since I tried jigging in our local water. I was hence super thankful that the fishes seem to still remember us 😂✌️

Hampered by strong winds and underlying currents, the waters were very murky and naturally lousy for bottom fishing. Of the multiple markers we visited, only 1 of them provided us with a brief session of Kaci action. We hence decided to switch to light jigging instead and I’m glad to have brought along my self-tied SabiJigs that dominated the haul, from Sagais to Queenies and even some Yellowtail Fusiliers.

Being Eddie’s maiden jigging trip, he was totally stoked from the thrill of jigging as compared to bottom fishing, landing a couple of Sagais, Fusiliers and even a double Honeycomb groupers, all on SabiJigs.

Seems like Lady Luck was also smiling at me as I struck the jackpot twice with 2 lovely Bar-Cheek Coral Trouts, both on 40g jigs amidst trying for the Sagais.

Overall a very happening day for the 3 of us and many thanks to HL for the invite! Hope the streak continues as we head up to Sibu next 🤞

Wishing all a great weekend ahead! Cheers 🍻

Eddie Lim
Asher Loy
Benglin Neo

12/06/2026

June Holidays fishing with junior & a surprise off-season catch

A “revenge” trip with Captain Fong after bursting off on 60lb DuPont leader the last time. Coincidentally, it’s also the school hols and Javier can’t wait to hop along for this trip. This time round, I brought along my usual PE6 setup instead of the previous PE4 that I was “bullied with”.

With the unpredictable SW monsoon winds, the 8 of us took a gamble with Fong to shoot out straight to Johor Shoals first thing in the morning after we bought the prawns from the Ubin fish farm. The journey took almost an hour and it was nearing 10am by the time we arrived at the spots.

With clear greenish waters, we started hauling in some nice sized Fingermark snappers. Javier got lucky and landed the first biggie, a 2+kg Tuskie! I was desperately trying to catch a Cresent Grunter (Kelong Chi) for live baiting and eventually decided to deploy a freshly landed 400g Fingermark instead, after not being able to catch any of the grunters 🤦‍♂️😂 . (I’ve also upsized my Ranggong leader to 120lb FC to avoid being cut off again)

To my surprise, the take was almost immediate and with the PE6 setup, I pulled up the 4+kg specimen within minutes. Everyone was just surprised that a grouper this size can actually makan the 400g Fingermark 😂

Amidst the continued bottom action of more Fingermarks and smaller sized groupers thereafter, Javier finally caught a small Cresent Grunter and I quickly rigged it down. A couple of drifts later and while I was trying to reposition the depth of the rig, I felt the full hookup process with the PE6 setup in my arms! It was just unbelievably strong and at almost full drag, I had to literally lean backwards (while seated) all the way to pump up the monster to avoid being tipped overboard 😂

Moments later, up came this 16kg biggie which Fong duly helped to gaff aboard. What an amazing feel experience to welcome my 22nd Tong Gas!

Nearing 1pm, we were hit by a sudden southwest storm and quickly hurried back into the sheltered waters around Changi. Perhaps the fishes really liked newbies cos Javier continued to out-fish everyone on his favourite running sinker rig, with more groupers and a lovely Fingermark.

We ended the trip around 3pm as most of us were chilly and drenched from the earlier rain. We shared the catch and headed over for coffee at CV hawker centre to warm ourselves up.

Overall, an amazing day out and very glad to see junior still remembering his ropes and knots. Thanks Captain Fong! See you again the next time 🫡🫰

Till next trip folks! Cheers 🍻

PS: Pictorial depiction of the Ranggong rig in last image for everyone’s reference again.

Terence
Patrick Goh
Eddie Lim
Uncle Daniel
Darison n his dad
Javier Neo
Benglin Neo

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