A man caught a giant stingray yesterday evening (30 Jul 2020) at Bedok Jetty. The stingray was hauled in after 3 hours of fighting with the angler.
The stingray weighed about 80kg. The man who caught it was known to be a professional angler. He has been fishing since the 1980s.
The man then shared his experience on the catch on an Angler Blog Shore Angler.
His Story:
“Date: 30-07-2020 Time: 6pm to 9+pm Rod: Penn Slammer 10.6ft Reel: Surf Master 30 Line: 30 lbs braided joint with 60 lbs mono leader Rig: Long snood bottom feeder Bait: Fresh Tamban
Reach there around 5.30 pm. Tide was on the way up while the current was smooth. Jig for some fresh bait and cast out two rods. One on the bottom rig and the other on cable car rig for the surface predator.
It was the second change of bait for the bottom feeder rig. While I was chatting with a friend, I saw my rod tip bend a bit. I thought it was seaweed that flows and tangles on my mainline. It follows by another tip bend. I went to pick up the rod and strike. Wow…it just go off and strip my line out. The first run strip of half my spool line straight toward the deeper water. It stops for a while. I try to pump and gain line but it doesn’t allow. It was too heavy…then followed by another run-out…stripping another half of the half spool. I balance only a quarter of line left on the spool. I thought I am going to have an empty spool. Luckily, it stops and I manage to gain cm by cm of the line back.
With the help of a few friends who help to take turns to fight, we manage to gain back half spool of line. It then moves again the current flow. We fought hard and gain back cm by cm of line. After 3 hours plus of hard work, we are in control of the fish. By now the current start to pick up and strong.
Finally we able to surface it. Four gaffs were used to bring it up with few friends putting all their effort to help.
We had to cut up the fish and weigh it part by part to get the actual weight of the fish. Final weight adds up to 80kg. The fish was shared among many friends.“
