Nice marking Grouper

Took the kayak out today for a fishing session at Pasir Ris Park. Decided to fish around the kelongs just outside the blue barrels. With the fish finder, now I can see where the anchor lines are for the kelongs and also some other structure around the area. Although I had got my new fishing rod, I decided to continue to use my telescopic rod for kayak fishing for now. Luckily I had a spare one after the other one broke on Ah Fong's boat.

I rigged a dead prawn and casted towards the edge of the structure and waited. Did a slow retrieve back with some twitches in between. An hour passed without any action so I moved to another spot. After 15mins or so, while retrieving the bait slowly, something took the bait and sped off! Fish ON! I tried to put some pressure on it to slow it down and it worked. Shortly thereafter, I managed to bring the fish up. It was a Brown-Marbled Grouper with very nice markings! This fella was about 600g I think. After some pics, it was released.

That was the only action for the day.

Gear used:
Rod - Shimano Eclipse Telescopic 3-4kg
Reel - Shimano Saros 1000F
Line - generic 20lb braid
Bait - dead prawn
Rig - Carolina style

Fish ID - Brown-Marbled Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)