13 Sweet Spots for Your Saltwater Fishing in Singapore & Types of Fish to Catch!

by SGFishing Rigz June 15, 2021

Saltwater Fishing in Singapore & Types of Fishes

Here are the 13 Sweet Spots in Singapore for Your Saltwater Fishing and Types of Fishes you can expect to get. If you have new spots, feel free to drop us a message and we will be happy to give them a try before adding them to the lists.

1. Woodlands Jetty (Map)

Barracudas and Barramundis but Rare

2. Sembawang Park Jetty (Map)

Squid, Catfish & Diamond Trevally, Red Snapper

3. Punggol Point Jetty (Map)

Barramundi, Sand whiting, Rabbitfish, Grouper, Diamond trevally

4. Pasir Ris Park

Marine Catfish, Stingray

5. Pulau Ubin

Within Pulau Ubin, Barramundi, Mangrove jack, Mud Crab
Pulau Ubin Sea, Mangrove jack, Stingray, Leatherjacks, Mackeral
Fishing is prohibited at all quarries in Ubin

6. Changi Beach Park

Fishing Zone; Area A Map | Area B Map | Area C Map
Sickle Fish, Stingray, Shark, Coral Fish, Shovelnose Shark

Changi Boardwalk
Good for eging. Stingray & Squid

7. Bedok Jetty (Map)

The famous Jetty in Singapore. Do you know that on 30 July 2020, an angler known as Alo caught a gigantic 80kg leopard whipray at Bedok Jetty. It took him nearly three hours to pull it in. It is said that he caught the fish around 7pm and only manage to reeled it in around 10pm.

Bedok Jetty is the Home of Tamban Fish. Due to it being infested by Tamban fish, the jetty attracts many other fishes like Queenfish, Squid, Octopus, Stingray, Cobia, Selar, Trevali, Snapper and Barramundi. However dont get too excited about landing a big fish here. The fish at Bedok Jetty are smart and knows how to avoid your baits. It takes patience, skill and the right lure/rig/bait to catch them.

If you drive, you can get free parking at carpark F1 & F2.

8. East Coast Park (Map)

There are many fishing spots within East Coast park. There are 31 water breakers along East Coast and many are infested with groupers. Unfortunately, these groupers are smart and not easy to catch. You can also try jigging from the breakers to catch pelagic fishes. If you have a surfcasting rod, you can cast from shore and try to land a Big Stingray.

9. Labrador Nature Reserve

Queen Fish, Selar Heaven (Scad Fish), Cobia, Stingray, Sharks, Squid

10. Labrador Jetty (Map)

Stingray, Selar, Squid, parrot fish, tamban

11. Marina South Pier

Mackerel, Grouper, Selar, Needle Fish

12. West Coast Park

Information not ready yet

13. St John Island

Black Tip Shark, Grouper, Snapper, Trevally, Parrot fish, Cobia, Golden snapper and Spanish flag snapper, Needle Fish, Oysters, Mussels.

Note:
Please bring your own food & drinks to St John Island. You cannot buy food or drinks and there are no vending machines on the island. There is a small food stall that sells economic rice and several stalls selling snacks and drinks at Marina South Pier before boarding the ferry.

Ajing Fishing
Ajing Fishing aka Finesse Fishing is a specialised style of fishing that has gained a lot of popularity in Singapore. It uses ultra light tackle targeting yellowtail, Tamban and selar. We use lures such as soft plastics, minnows and jigs etc and only sensitive ultralight spinning rods and very light lines. Due to the extremely light setup, you will be able to feel the strikes during every catch. In fact, the feel of the rod is intoxicating.

Place » Bedok Jetty, Sembawang Jetty, Labrador Jetty, Marina South Pier
Rods » SGFR Ajing Rod, Abu Garcia XXXX
Equipment » AJVM Salty Bites, Mustad Ajing Jighead, Mustad Aji Worm, Decoy Jighead
Line To Use » Pinky Line or Mustad Thor

How to Catch Groupers

Location » Groupers are available everywhere in SG. Giant Groupers are found at South part of Singapore e.g St John Island or Southern islands (via Boat)

Use Crank baits (aka Shad Dancer ) if near breakwater (at St John island or Bedok Jetty)
Use SGFR Bottom Offshore Rig or Catch & Release Rig for bottom fishing (On Boat or Jetty)

Fishing Rods
» SGFR Aqua Storm Rod works for 1-5kg Groupers Using Rigs
» Shimano Cruzar (Boat Rod) is good for Bigger Groupers (Pair with Bottom Offshore Rig Using Hook Size 3/0 or 4/0)
» Storm Discovery (Luring Rod) can also land you a grouper by using crank baits or jigging from breakwaters.

Jetty Fishing
New Angler » Use AquaX Rod, you get a free kit to try.
Experience Angler

» Use Surfcasting Rods to throw your bait out to deeper waters.

Use Tamban rigs to get the abundance of Tamban Fish at Bedok and Labrador Jetty