Kelong Trip~

We went to the Ah Ngan Kelong near Pulau Sibu. The kelong is not as good as the reviews on the forums.

We left singapore at about 4.30am, drove thru the custom and had a coffee break at our usual spot. After that, we drove to the Heng Fishing Tackle Shop where we bought hooks, weights and all the other neccessary stuffs. Nik bought his own rod there too! From there, we drove all the way to the jetty and reached there at bout 8.30am. Bought the tickets and drinks and boarded the ferry.

After the whole trip, we sorted out the fishes and bathed at the jetty. Went back to the Fishing shop to restock and drove to this restaurant in JB for dinner before going back to Singapore. The food is quite nice, considering that we only paid 15rm per person for buffet dinner.

I didn't take much photos, becoz we didn't really catch any fishes worth the trouble. Haha! But the photos shld be up soon!

Driving Up:
The drive was quite good at the highway. After that, there were plenty of uneven roads that was full of holes! So it was quite a bumpy ride when we were reaching. Luckily we had the GPS system, if not i tink we may lose our way! Haha!

Service:
When we reached the kelong, the beds wasn't allocated to us yet. According to them, the previous visitors have not left yet and we could only get our beds at about 2pm. So we didn't know where to put our stuffs till den. What to do? Leave our bags near where we were fishing and let them heat up because of the sun. Haha!

We didn't know where to find the ice, baits and all the other stuffs. There wasn't ice to begin with! It only reached the kelong in the afternoon.

They didn't inform us the different timing for food and had to wait for the bell to ring. They also didn't inform us when will the ferry leave the next day! We had to pack like mad in order to catch the last boat back to the jetty. Hiaz...

Food:
To me, the food was quite good. The meals consisted of a soup, fish, 2 vegs and 1 other meat or seafood. Rice and Soup can be refilled. According to the uncles at the same table, the food is quite alright only. The fish were not fresh at all.

The timing of the meals were quite late, we had our dinner at almost 8pm! and supper was at 10pm... How to digest and eat again? Hahaa!!

Fishing:
Being a Noob, we really do not know where are the good spots. And we were there on our own, so we didn't know what type of baits to use, where to fish, etc etc... Andy and Beka pretty much gave up and couldn't be bothered after an afternoon of fishing only small fishes.

They slept alot during this trip. Even thou i tried to ask them to wake up during the time where the fishes came in, they didn't want to. Haha!

We didn't even catch any sotongs! This is the worse season to go fishing. Apparently, the big fishes were catch with live prawns! I think we have to buy some the next time we go in. Arrgh.

Entertainment:
Karaoke, mahjong, and cable tv is the source of our entertainment there. listening to all the uncle sing hokkien songs, playing mahjong while watching dvd and soccer at the same time... Man U drew with Chelsea... Haha!!

Sun:
Kelong is a good place if you wanna get a good sun tan. Sun block is a MUST! If not, your sun tan will become sun burn like mine! Now very pain lor! Haha~

Back to Reality~