Fishing Log

Around noon, went with ZF, Dan S, Dan P, and ZK to "Citizen’s Park" for curi-curi fishing. Haha.

Brought bread to feed the fish and bring them up. Then used a hand line tied to a bottle, and dropped in a bread bait. I held the line and felt the fish pull. Passed it to ZF and when he pulled out… It was a huge Lampan Jawa. I think it was about a kilo! So fat! We took to the tree-shaded area and took some photos, then released.

Did one more time, this time ZF got a huge Patin! At least 2 ft! So fat! I think at least 3 kilos! pull to the side, then line broke.

By then, Ran out of bread and had to go back to car to get another hook. The guys were about to go buy while Dan P and i waited, when an MPK guy walk towards us. He knew what we were doing but had no evidence. We had to split, leaving my red pail for the MPK guy to confiscate. Babi!

But it was hilarious la! Unbelievably hilarious! Haha. Almost kena tangkap! The fish were huge! So fun! Haha. The guys are thinking about going back there this friday during Friday Prayers time… Haha.

Citizen’s Park… Cool huh…

Today went to Jeram pay pond again. This time, it was Uncle Nelson, Uncle Tony, Reuben P, Ben Yee n myself.

When we reached the pond about 3pm, not many ppl there at all. Only 2 persons fishing. We had expected the place to be packed. We went in at 3.30pm. It was pretty quiet. Takde bites…

After approximately an hour, i got a gentle tug on the line… I put the bait just at the edge of the pond, only about 2-3ft away from me… It was definitely siakap! I let it pull a few more times, to let it swallow the bait properly, then… Whack! I had the siakap hooked on… The siakap fought well n leaped a few times…

After bout 20-30seconds of nice tug-o-war with the fish, Uncle Nelson helped me scoop it out! 1kg again… Exactly same size as yesterday’s siakap. Not bad! Belanak bait, 30lb line, 40lb leader.

That was the only fish we brought back. Reuben almost got fish twice. He fought with fish twice, n both times string putus… I told him! I told him can’t use his normal line at this pond! Dun wanna listen la! Waste his money only! He went in with a line that looked to be about 10-12lb only! I told him it would be sayang if he lost fish coz of his line putus but he said won’t… Now he knows dy la… At least 30lb line for saltwater pay ponds like this one… Haih… He lost 2 fish! First one seemed to fight like a jenahak, second one could’ve been anything… Possibly siakap or bawal, or even kerapu! We didn’t manage to see either one before the line putus…

Oh well… Hopefully lesson learnt there… I’m happy i came home with another siakap to put into the freezer. I think this weekend i’ll eat the first one with family… And the other, i’ll makan with the guys la. Kesian they all… Takde ikan langsung…

So… Not bad la… At least i caught a fish… My Deepavali fishing trip turned out to be not too bad after all.

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After fishing, came home…

Since the rest of family makan dinner dy, Mummy decided to deep fry the senangin i caught yesterday, for me to makan with maggi mee. So i had maggi soup with a side dish of a fried senangin. The fish was excellent! Aaah… Have to go back n get more fish!

Still waiting to get my first kerapu n bawal… n well… every other type of fish i haven’t caught… Haha.

Unfortunately, come Monday, i’ll begin my month of missions trips, might not be able to fish for the next one month. Hopefuly can go at least once after i return from SEALINK Conference in Pattaya, n before i leave for Chiang Mai/Rai…

Giler pancing dy! Giler pancing!

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I consider this the beginning coz i only caught my first saltwater fish on Nov 5th(Monday), even though i went to the pay pond twice before (once in Oct, and once on Nov 1st).

On Nov 5th, Uncle Nelson picked me up from my home… The plan was to go to Sea Lion Pond, Port Klang. When we reached there, saw so many ppl fishing, so we decided to go back to Jeram.

I caught my first jenahak (aka "ang cho")! I just put the line at the edge of the pond, just 2-3 feet in front of me, in the shallow water… Suddenly got a strong pull! The fish pulled so hard, it pulled my line out so quickly… My drag was quite loose, of course. I fought the fish for about 30seconds, i think. It shot to the left and to the right, and out into the deeper parts, and back to the sides so quickly with such power! It even leaped out once! So cool to see the fish leap out like a marlin… Haha… Finally landed my first saltwater fish… A 1.2kg jenahak. Excellent fight! Could never get any fight like that in usual freshwater spots!

Not long later, i got another pull at the same spot. My bait was belanak again. It was another jenahak. This one fought harder. It leaped a few times too! It was slightly smaller though… Unfortunately, i lost it when Uncle Nelson tried to pull it out of the water once i brought it to the side. After about 30seconds of fighting with the fish, it came off the hook! So sayang! I think i didn’t whack the line enough! Wasted!

Oh well… win some, lose some. At least i went home satisfied with 2 of the best fish-fights i’ve had thus far…

Ate the fish for dinner with family yesterday (6th Nov). Sedap! It was huge! So much meat, even though just 1.2kg! Pakai steam… Steamed jenahak… Yum!

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Nov 7th (Wednesday)… Today la!

Went there with Uncle Nelson again. Again just 2 of us. Because it was quite hot, i went to the other side, where there was a shady area… I knew the fish would be there coz it was cooler there. I threw my bait in just about 10ft away from the side, and then i felt pulls, a siakap was taking the bait… I let it swallow the belanak, then… I whack!! I got it hooked! My first siakap! Unfortunately, my line was giving me problems at the spool, so i ended up using my hand to pull the line in n fight with the siakap, like fly-fishing… Hehe. The siakap leaped out of the water a few times… Chun Giler! I called Uncle Nelson to get a net n help me get it out of the water after i played with it for almost a minute… Landed! my first siakap! Only 1kg, but more than enough to be table-size! Wooohooo! Sweet n sour siakap!

I almost landed another siakap at that spot. A bigger one. I fought with it a few seconds, then it came off… I think coz i didn’t let it swallow the belanak properly… Sayangnye… This one was bigger! At least 1.5kg! Aiseh!

Later on, i caught my 3rd saltwater fish of my career/life/existence… A tiny 10inch senangin. Pretty looking fish… It tried to take my belanak, n kena hooked on! Haha! Can cook at home la this one! Wooohooo!

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So… So far those are the 3 saltwater fish i’ve caught… Tmrw is Deepavali. Might go there again.

Just now the truck came with lots of kerapu… Some maybe 5-6kg!

Let’s hope i manage to catch big ones tmrw! 3 fish and all 3 different types already… If the pattern continues, tmrw i might get a 2-3kg bawal, or a 4-5kg kerapu!

"Not Just Another Fish Story" (Dec2006 - Oct2007) tak jadi work for me anymore. It has been removed.

This will be my new fishing log. This will be a place where i can talk about all my fishing experiences.

I know that lots of stuff bout this crazy hobby of mine was in the old blog, but i think i wanna start afresh.

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I started fishing in February of this year, and since then been going freshwater fishing all over Klang Valley. Caught some good stuff every now and then…

In October (just a few weeks ago), i started going to a saltwater pay pond in jeram. Now, that i’ve caught my first few saltwater fish, i feel this is the best time to start this fishing log, or fishing blog.

I didn’t catch anything in my first 2 trips to the saltwater pay pond, so i’m only starting this blog now… In November… On 7th November 2007… The day i record my 3rd saltwater catch in 3 days!

We’ll let the first real entry talk bout the real action…

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