We Caught a Critically Endangered Fish.. | Surfcasting at Bedok Jetty | Shovelnose Ray

Welcome back to yet another episode of Jives Fishing! Today we headed back to our favourite fishing spot in Singapore - Bedok Jetty at East Coast Park. The night was relatively quiet and the Marine Catfishes (Jahan) from a few days back were not around to "disturb us". However, just as we approached midnight, one of our surf rod's drag went screeching. We picked up the rod quickly and set the hook - it was a good fish! Turned out to be a Shovelnose Ray/Guitarfish/Wedgefish that weighed an estimated 20 + kg. This fish is critically endangered due to overharvesting and is on the brink of extinction (https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...) - as such, we delivered minimal harm to the fish and released it as soon as we got it up. Through this video, we hope to encourage others to do the same so that our future generations will be able to enjoy the presence of such a fish as well. Big stingrays like these also play important roles in the ecosystem by acting as apex predators. We truly hope that we can all play a role in preserving this species - let us prevent it from becoming a "legend of the past".

A big shout out and thank you to Nic and Shab and friends from Team GPS who helped us land the fish safely! Also shout out to Shawn Koh (you may contact him on facebook) for the freshest sotong possible!