When:  June 2014                 Weather :  Hot 30C

Pictures:  Leica M9P 35 summilux,  21 super elmar

 

This long planned fishing trip involved us flying to Kuching from Singapore and transferring immediately on to our fishing boat at the Santubong jetty. There were seven of us and three crew which was a bit of a squeeze for our boat but just about ok.  The omens were not good as it started raining just after we loaded up…  we had intended heading out to sea to start fishing that night but the string winds meant it was safer to stay in the river estuary and wait till the morning…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were so many red snappers of all sizes; from 8 inches to 3 feet!  Groupers were fewer and harder to land but we did get one whopper…

 

But there were other interesting diversions as well when the fishing was quiet….sea snakes (usually venomous!) were frequently seen on the surface….

 

 

 

 

Sea sick tablets and patches are recommended as a couple of us fell foul of sea sickness…

 

 

 

 

 

Having spent 3 nights at sea…we headed back in the wee hours of the morning arriving at the jetty by 6am…

 

Unloading the fish in ice boxes, we delivered the 200kg catch to the professional deep freezer and packer for transportation back to singapore the next day…

 

 

 

The fish were deep frozen overnight in these boxes  and neatly packed and sealed before delivery to the airport for our flights back to singapore by Silkair and MAS.  No problems with check in.

Having a day to kill in Kuching, we explored Kuching’s waterfront area…

 

 

 

Kuching has a wonderful variety of food…the Bako Seafood Restaurant just behind the ferry terminal for Bako (30min from kuching by car) is an absolutely wonderful restaurant where everything was cooked beautifully.  We brought one of our large groupers and they cooked an awesome fishhead noodle soup dish and steamed the body.  A truly memorable meal to end our trip.

 

A great fishing expedition as it turned out, seasickness not withstanding….