The Beginning (Jenahak, Siakap, Senangin)… 5thNov - 7thNov
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!
