1st Kelong trip
Well, haven’t gone fishing for some time… Haven’t been around Malaysia for the past couple of weeks… The moment i came back, decided to gather people for our first Kelong trip!
So, a few days ago, on Wednesday (26th Dec, ‘Boxing Day’), we made a trip to the Kelong in Bagan Lalang. The group: Uncle Nelson, Uncle Tony (not me!), Uncle Aaron (Uncle Tony’s bro-in-law), Khang Yinn, Ben Yee, and myself…
Early in the morning, i got Ben and KY and left for Jeram to get our live bait. 30 belanak and 25 prawns for RM50. Then, back in Klang, got ice from Meru Corner, gathered at Uncle Nelson’s place, and left Klang around 6.45am.
Took us about 2 hours to reach the place. After breakfast, we left for the Kelong. The Kelong wasn’t really huge, so after a couple of hours and about 20 people coming onto the Kelong, it was kinda packed.
Overall, the fishing didn’t meet our expectations. We were expecting big fish… Like maybe lots of 1-2kg fish at least. The whole day there, only one guy pulled up a fish aroud that weight range. The rest of us just got 5-7 inch "Tamban"s, and small Target Fish.
My first catch of the day was a Mono Angel. Really nice looking fish, gave a good fight on apollo. All my fish were caught on Apollo, except for my only Senangin (about 7-8 inches). I caught 32 fish. 1 Mono Angel, 1 Senangin, 1 Halfbeak (Todak), 5 Target Fish, 23 Tamban, and 1 unidentified little fish.
The others’ combined catch was slightly less than mine, i think… But they caught a few types of fish that i didn’t manage to. They caught some Gelama, i think… And some colourful fish, and even some crabs by setting traps below the Kelong. Most of the guys seemed disappointed that we didn’t get any big fish, but personally, i left the place quite happy.
Even though i didn’t get any big fish, it was a good learning experience. It was our first time to this place. We didn’t really know how to set realistic expectations, so i guess i’m alright with the outcome.
It just wasn’t the right season. There just weren’t any big fish. Not sure if we’ll ever go back there. It’s likely that we would, but we’ll have to check with the owner about the seasons next time around.
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So, that was my first Kelong trip… Right now, just looking forward for next Jeram Pay Pond trip 
Need to get big fish soon!
