Fishing or Prawning in Singapore????

Sorry that I have not been updating in a while. I went on a 2 weeks holiday to Hanoi and Laos in Dec 11 and Jan 12, and it was Chinese New Year! In my opinion, it is the most celebrated festival in Singapore where 70% of Singapore Citizen is Singaporeans (and about 1 million of PRCs are working in Singapore although I reckon most of them will return home to celebration this joyous occasion.)

Anyway, for those of you who are thinking of coming to Singapore, one thing you can consider is fishing or prawning!

Fishing
If you want to go fishing and there are not many of you, you may want to go Pulau Ubin! Of course, that is if you have your own fishing rods. I have not seen anywhere with fishing rod rental. You can fish in the morning and cycle in the afternoon or vice-versa. If there are more of you, you may want to consider chartering a fishing boat. It costs approximately S$300 including the boatman for the whole day (8am-5pm), and can carry a maximum of 10 people! That is S$30 per person for a whole day in the sea where you can play cards, drink beer, and of course to fish! The price does not include bait, fishing rods or lunch though. The boat will leave from Changi Village (which is quite close to Pulau Ubin).

Leaving the Pier and Uncle Tong helping me with the knot!

Did not even notice the fish because I was taking a picture

First Catch of the Day!

Halfway through our fishing trip

At the End of our Trip

Biggest Catch of the day! (caught by the boatman)

Prawning
Well, prawning is not nearly as fun as fishing, however, you probably catch a prawn more quickly than a fish, and the thrill of pulling it out of the water is still exciting. Been to 2 prawning ponds - Bishan Park and East Coast Park, and Bishan Park is much better in my opinion. The management of the prawn farm in East Coast Park is a bit more stingy in their prawns, and did not want to put in more prawns although no one has been catching. We paid for 3 hours, and only used 2 hours which we only caught 3 prawns with 2 rods. Although we are not that good, but it seems like no one there was catching many prawns unlike the one in Bishan Park. The management usually releases more prawns every 1-2 hours! You can also get beer there and drink while waiting for the prawns!

Waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

Well, these 2 options are activities that you guys can consider doing when you are in Singapore rather than the normal tourist spots! 

I will find some time to time to post about Hanoi and Laos soon!!!! Ciao~