Booked a trip with Capt. Aaron for a kayak trip to the Ubin mangroves for mangrove barras. Arrived at the launch area at 6.30am and Aaron was there all set up with two kayaks ready to go; i reckon he probably slept in the kayaks.

After a quick tutorial on using the fish finder and safety points, we were off. With the fish finder, locating bottom-feeder fishes was easy. The rod pulsed with bite; just got to know when to set the hook. However, I wasn’t prepared for aggressive fishes that took the bait and surged back to their hole. The underwater structures on-route to the mangrove were impenetrable fortresses for these aggressive fishes. Once they took the bait and settled back in their hole, the fight was over. After many failures and retying of knots and rigs, success came in one Goldband snapper that I managed to keep out of their fortress with a high rod tip and a higher drag setting. This little market size fish punched above his weight class as he kept making dives back to his hole and torturing the drag. The fight also loosened the reel from the rod, poor equipment management on my part, and it dropped into the sea with the bail open when handling the fiesty fish on the kayak. After this episode, we continued to the mangroves, the scenery was an absolute knock-out.

The green foliage and symphony of cicadas is an excellent break from the concrete jungle. Fishing for barras was uneventful as it seems they were shut down that day. Maybe they were well-fed from the recent rain bringing down insects from the trees. Nevertheless, its rejuvenating for the soul to experience nature from this perspective.

The day belonged to the fishes that day as we lost more fishes, rigs and bait to them than bringing them to the kayak. Aaron was a superb guide that day. From the photos, you can tell he wasn’t fishing much himself but out there to ensure his guest is having a great time. This guy is passionate about kayak fishing and he wants to share his experiences with his guest.

Thank you Aaron.

Stumbled upon this kayak fishing tour when I was staying in Sentosa. Decided to just give it a go!

Best decision I’ve mage in Singapore! I love fishing but I’ve never done kayak fishing before, it’s such an amazing way to fish and a great way to explore the waters and islands near Sentosa.

The tour was well planned with many fishing spots, the view of the city and was pretty spectacular.

Aaron is a fun and professional guide, I highly recommend spending the morning kayak fishing with him!

i have never kayaked or fished in my life and i gave my first to Aaron. BEST DECISION EVER! For someone like me who have zero experience, Aaron was very patient to guide and share his knowledge and showed me parts of Singapore from a different perspective. The tour was very well planned from the equipment, routes, introduction to attractions, safety precautions, communications etc. i felt very comfortable and i enjoyed every second of it. Thanks Aaron! Already looking forward to the next session!

We took the island hopper tour
Our trip started from the beautiful harbour of ONE ̊15 Marina Sentosa Cove and on to the southern islands.
We got a beautiful view of the Singapore skyline and started fishing at southern islands.
We caught a couple of good size snappers, we had our fish cooked at a restaurant that Aaron recommended, it was the freshest and best fish we’ve ever had!
Aaron is a cheerful and fun guide, we highly recommend a booking a trip with him!