Fishing with kids on Uncle Dave's boat

Since the school holidays were coming up in Dec, I decided to book a boat charter to take my kids out fishing. Having seen Uncle Dave's CR on FishingKaki numerous times, I thought that his boat would be just nice for the 3 of us and his rates were rather reasonable. As I wasn't sure how my kids would handle being in the water, I arranged with Uncle Dave for a half day session.

Turned up at Punggol Marina and proceeded to his boat. Some quick introductions and we were off. We stopped at a channel marker and began fishing for Selar using sabiki. Managed to hook up a few fish and the kids were ecstatic! Put them in the live well and continued fishing. The kids were actually having fun picking up the Selar and 'playing' with them!

After a while, Uncle Dave decided we should go try for some real fishing. Brought us to a spot and anchored up. As I only brought 2 sets of fishing gear, I borrowed one from Uncle Dave. We sent down our live prawn to the bottom. Uncle Dave warned me that this spot is very snaggy and I must be quick on the rod as to prevent the fish from getting into the snags. Short while later, the rod that I borrowed from Uncle Dave started to bend. I quickly pulled it out of the rod holder and yanked it up. Tried to reel it up but the reel wasn't smooth and in the end, the fish snagged me. Tried to yank it but eventually snapped. Dang!

Changed spot and as soon as Uncle Dave anchored up, the live prawns were in the water. Within 5 mins, Uncle Dave was on! Fought the fish briefly, and up came a nice Barramundi. As he was unhooking the fish, my eldest daughter shouted, "Daddy!". I saw the fishing rod was bent and I instructed her to reel it slowly. Soon enough, up came another Barramundi! Wow, this spot is hot! Put both fish into the live well and continued fishing. After another 15mins, my daughter said that her fishing line is stuck. As I held the rod, I pulled it harder. I then felt that there was actually a fish on the line. I passed the rod back to her and told her to reel it in again. YES! Another Barramundi. The kids were so happy!

Just as our session was ending, the heavens opened up. Luckily I had brought raincoats for them. So we headed back to the marina. And to top it off, Uncle Dave gave my daughters each a turn at steering the boat back to the marina!

Thank you Uncle Dave! You really know how to make your customers happy.