sunday fishing

Friday, July 6, 2007

The hi hi hi and ha ha ha

hope you enjoy my collection....

this is my favourite... it is my screen saver and my wife hate it

it must be a 7 bearings spinner.

a very lucky fella

......errrr and your wife too...

a desperate fisherman....

hell will be full of anglers.... hi hi hi
p/s: do they sell abu garcia reels in there?

i dare not to comment anything on this... or my fishing days will be history

that is why i never trust the fish finder

emmmmmm.... we did that every year... he he he

Sunday, June 24, 2007

It's Raining.. But I wanted to fish

Date: 21st June 07

Location: sg pandan

Line ups : My big bro Joji, and Me

It was happened to be Joji's day off. So we went to fish at sg pandan again. It was raining and we had to stay inside the car. No sebarau today, but plenty of lampam and baung. We took home the lampam and Keli. I gave the tilan (eel) to mr sahak.

A view from inside of my car...

Tilan...

joji and Mr Sahak... Mr Sahak is an expert on fishing giant prawn. To us, He is the GURU

Just a two of us.....

Our Separate Ways

Few things happened over last weekend, so The Sunday Fishing Team’s trip was cancelled. But that didn’t mean we stayed at home watching television. We still went out to fish but not as a team.

SATURDAY 23rd June

Sepul and I went to Sg Pandan to hunt for sebarau. But no luck. The water was murky. 4 hours without a catch was enough. At 4pm that day, Babyface called. He was a few kilometers ahead of us at Kuantan Silver Barra Fish pond. The owner of that pond decided to fill it up with Silver Barra. The previous owner died in a road accident a couple of months before. Back then, the pond was full of Patin.

The real Sg Pandan

Sebarau, tengas and Kelah used to live here

arrogant babyFace

2.1 kg of silverBarra ... Junior never sees anyfish that big...

Sepul and I packed our gears and headed to the Pond. Our objective was to share the glory moment if he manages to land any silver barra. We were tired and wanted to call the day off. Up until 6pm, babyface caught nothing. So, Sepul and I went back.

At 8pm that nite, BabyFace texted me. He had landed the freaking fish. I walked to the pond ( the pond is less than 100m from my house), and snapped few low quality pictures.. and that arrogant Babyface was smilling like a millionaire.

SUNDAY 24th JUNE

My big bro, Joji, Madie from MFN and I made our way to Cherok Paloh beach near Pekan district. We wanted to take home a bucket of Mangrove Jack. We made a quick pitstop at Tanah Putih settlement to buy live prawns for baits. 10 bucks of prawns, an hour later, we reached Cherok Paloh. It was 10a.m. and we stop at 4pm…
The catch? Ha ha… 4 small size stingrays (ketuka/ tetuka) , Bolos and tetanda… no sign of MJ anywhere.

Cherok Paloh

Me and Bolos....

Snags

slim Shaddy....

Prof Madie from MFN...

StingRays are plenty here

Sepul’s trip

Along with his father, he went to fish at Kuantan river. Looking for giant prawns. It was a trip in his father 12 footer with Mercury 5hp. A kilo of giant prawns and baungs could be considered lucky because of the bad weather and water condition. Most of my friends who went out fishing that day, reported the same.

sepul and The Giant Prawns

End Of Story.....

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Its not Sunday, but I want to fish

Date:20th June 2007
Place: Kg Pandan 2 Kuantan
Angler: amriez a k a sundayFisherman

I needed to go to fish as my fingers getting itchy. The nearest river is next to my father’s house in pandan2. I brought 3 rods and a handful of earth worms.
It is actually not really a river, but a man made river for agriculture purposes. The river flows to Sg Pandan, and that Sg Pandan flows to Sg Kuantan. Well what the heck. Fish or not to fish.
I fished there a couple of time before. Managed to land baung and lampam…and also Labi labi or fresh water turtle. Certainly, there is no Tapah in here. So, my trip today was nothing but to fish any fish happen to live in that “longkang”.

The Longkang...

You dont have to fight over a fishing spot. Just you and the river.

This "longkang" flows into the fish farm.

It was 4.30 pm. Baung after baung… and lampam… then lampam again… and selat. Without knowing. I’m out of bait. So I used my long pole net to get some live bait. Prawns are plenty and easy to get. Well same things happen… baung lampam baung lampam. As it getting dark, I noticed, there were so many seluangs jumped frantically as they were chased by a monster. I used my net again to catch some of it for baits.

Baung..

SELAT...

A couple of minutes went by and suddenly my cheapo first stick shook like hell. I made my move, and… Oh My God… something ferocious has taken the bait… and for sure it was not a lampam… the fish jumped , trying to free itself from the hook… I recognize the fish… even though I never caught one, but I know… this is the famous sebarau. I have to land this fish. It took me about 3- 4 minutes to land the taiko… I stopped some kids, and asked one of them to take my picture with the famous taiko… he he, my first sebarau in my whole life. Even though it was a baby sebarau, but sebarau is sebarau…and I fished it out from a “longkang” ha ha ha…

The "taiko", Enche Sebarau bin Pak Sebarau and me...

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

RIVER CONSERVATION PROJECT IN PAHANG

Project Chairman : Oakinn, BOD PAW
Timbalan Chairman: Mat Jon
Secretary : Jagung
Treasurer : Yard
Auditor : akan dilantik
AJK : Hj.McD, Mie Talang & CSI

BOD tgh uruskan pendaftaran lebih kurang 16 org dari Kuantan ni utk masuk PeMM. Selepas itu, PAW akan bernaung bawah PeMM Pahang Chapter. Barulah boleh kami terima sumbangan dari sahabat2 yang telahpun menawarkan ongkos untuk projek2 ini.

Deraf Program
RIVER CONSERVATION PROJECT IN PAHANG

Collaboration between Pebadanan Kemajuan Negeri Pahang (PKNP), PeMM, KAGUM & PAW (Pahang Anglers World, Brothers of MFN)

We are co-ordinating two projects:

1. Kampung Pagi, up-river from Kuala Tahan, within the management of Tahan constituent

2. Hulu Sungai Kuantan, tributaries of Sg.Jin/Sg.Lembing, near Kuantan

Kampung Pagi

Date started April 26, 2007
Background
Location: Kg.Pagi, kawasan Tahan, 1 ½ hour up river from Taman Negara Kuala Tahan
Tagal River – 2 small stream within Kg.Pagi of approximately 1km long, connected to the main river system.
Kampung Community - 300 people
Economy – jungle harvesting, agriculture, river aquaculture & tourism
Village head & Chairman of Jawatankuasa Kemajuan Kampung (JKK), En. Mi Hamidi bin Nipah (known as Tok Empat Kg.Pagi)
YB Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Tahan, Ustaz Ahmad bin Jaafar

The Program – Tagal, the same with Sabah’s Tagal programs.
Tagal’s Enforcer – Kampung Folks, under the jurisdiction of JKKK, Chairman of JKK lead the Tagal
Kampung folks has agreed to close the river for at least 2 years – no harvesting
Released 3000 frys, courtesy of Jabatan Perikanan – lampam, baung, sebarau & kerai

Next Step
Erecting two signboards with conservation/TAGAL message
Provision of fish food (pellet) for fish feeding program – regular feeding to congregate the fish & conditioning the fish with human
Re-stocking of the river with freshwater fish fries (tengas, kelah, lampam, kerai, baung, sebarau, etc) – min 4 times per year
Visiting the village, 3 times per year to strengthen the program & at the same time giving the kampung folks socio-education & economic exposure
Lobbying Fishery Department & Jabatan Parit & Saliran to declare or endorse the Tagal zone.

Cost:
Signboard x 2 nos
Fish Pellet
Fries – to purchase from Perikanan Perlok, Jerantut
Travelling Logistics

Hulu Sungai Kuantan

Not started – target July 2007
Background
Location: 6 kilometers from Sg.Lembing town.
Tagal River – Hulu Sungai Kuantan, Tributaries of Sg. Jin which leads to the main Sg.Lembing stream
Tagal Zone – 8km strecth of river from PKNP’s Chalet area to Lubuk Beruk
Kampung Community - No Kampung there, but the zone is bordering an Orang Asli village at Sg.Mas, of approximately 30 families
Economy – jungle harvesting, agriculture, river aquaculture & tourism
Tagal Enforcer – Chalet operator, under the jurisdiction of PKNP, lead by PKNP’s CEO, Dato’ Hj.Lias Mohd Nor
The Program – TAGAL, the same with Sabah’s TAGAL programs.
PKNP agreed to close the river for at least 2 years – no harvesting

Next Step
To release 6000 frys, lampam, baung, sebarau & kerai (if possible, Kelah & Tengas). To purchase from Perikanan Hatchery in Perluk Jerantut
Erecting three signboards with conservation/TAGAL message
Provision of fish food (pellet) for fish feeding program – regular feeding to congregate the fish & conditioning the
Re-stocking of the river with freshwater fish fries (tengas, kelah, lampam, kerai, baung, sebarau, etc) – min 4 times per year
Visiting the Tagal zone & Asli village, minimum 4 times per year to strengthen the program & at the same time giving the kampung folks socio-education & economic exposure
Lobbying Fishery Department & Jabatan Parit & Saliran to declare or endorse the Tagal zone.

Cost:
Signboard x 3 nos
Fish Pellet
Fish Fries
Travelling Logistics

more details and pictures:

http://www.fishing.net.my/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11501

Monday, June 18, 2007

Where to shop in Kuantan

If you are happen to be in kuantan to fish, you might want to buy some supplies for your tackle box. Below are the list of the tackle shops. Some of it, I forgot the name because I don’t really care about it.

1. Tmn Tas, batu 5 Jalan Gambang
behind Tunas Manja. It is a combo of petshop, aquarium and tackle shop. You can get hooks, sinkers, line as well as rods and reels (branded and unbranded). Live bait like worms, small prawns and keli are sold, but on weekend , the chances are slim. It is a very busy shop , sometimes you had to wait for assistance. You could ask for discount on selected rods and reels.

2. Tmn Guru, batu 6 Jalan Gambang
It is a combo shop too. To me, this is the last place I go to buy sinkers and hooks. It is a bit expensive. But open on Sunday. Limited live baits. Rarely this place have any stock of worms.

3. Medan Warisan, tanah putih feri (opposite giant hypermarket)
I go to this place to look only for live small prawn as they were cheap. No worms, and small size kelis are sold at rm0.60 per fish. Sinkers and hooks are sold at a cut throat price. For eg, size 6 sinker is sold at rm0.50 pc. Where in tmn guru for rm0.45 and in taman tas for rm0.40. No rods or reels on sale.

4. Kg Padang – jln sungai lembing
This shop is belong to disable. This is my favourite spot to shop for sinkers and hooks and baits. This place got plenty of baits to choose from. Worms, perumpun, keli etc. A packet of worms cost you rm2.50. Sinkers and hooks are cheap. Size 6 sinkers are sold at rm0.30pc. This is a combo shop as well. Rods and reels are sold at an average price. Mostly Lemax . If you are looking a combo set for udang, they sell it at less than rm20.

5. TCE tackles sdn bhd. Jalan beserah.
Totally tackle shop… everything an angler need is there. But don’t expect to get any Abu Garcia from this outlet. For further information log on to
http://www.tcetackles.com.my/

6. Anglers World Jln telok sisek , (near BCB and Bank islam)

This is a heaven for anglers. I bought my Berkley and Abu here. So many branded items can be chose at a reasonable price. Please look out for Products on clearance to get a knock out price. A variety of artificial lures can be chose as well as sinkers and hooks.
Feel free to ask for help if u need any. Sometimes, if you are lucky, there will be some second hand item on sale, and most of them are in good condition as they also do rods and reels servicing/ repair. U can order a spare part for your damage reel. Lots of accessories are on sale such as rare angler’s shirt, wading boots, sunglasses etc.

7. ROCKSON- jln besar. Opposite of General post Office/ maybank/ Hongkong bank

Another heaven for anglers. You can shop for engines, Fish finder, satellite phone, branded rods and reels etc. I’m not sure about live baits, but artificial lures are plenty.

Well, Reviews above is just based on my experiences . if you ever planning to fish in kuantan, you might want to check the place out. There are few more tackle shop here. But I dare not to write any comment on it as I never go there

Sunday, June 17, 2007

SUNGAI RIAU KUANTAN

Date: 17th June 2007
Time : 9.00a.m – 3.00pm
Location : Sungai Riau Kuantan
Sunday’s Fisherman: Epul
babyFace
Sarul
Ostat
Amriez

Objectives:
1. Giant prawn
2. Tapah
3. Belida

We gathered next to riau’s bridge. The 15 minutes hike seemed forever because of the wet and slippery path. The water level was high and the chances to land giant prawn plummeted to zero. But we fished anyway.

slippery when wet

a perfect place to hunt for tapah

Tangled line can be sorted out by ostat

the place is ours, 1st come 1st serve

Main objectives were changed to land any Tapah. We concentrated more on bottom as well as floating. As for bottom, typical earth worms were used. And for Tapah fishing, we used live bait (Keli).

6 hours of fishing was fun but we were frustrated because could not land any giant prawn or tapah. Baung and lampam are common here. They are too common that we almost gone crazy. Every minute, somebody will shout “ it’s a freaking baung again!!!” .
Most baung here are babies. But if you are lucky that day, you could land the “father” baung. We released the babies back to wild… but Sarul kept the lampam for his aquarium.

Around noon, the water level started to subside. And so were the fish. We spent time cooking our lunch… Curry Flava Maggi. Suddenly, my Berkley cherrywood bend ferociously, the reel scream because I set the drag at a very minimum level. I jumped and reeled in the line. A few short moments, I managed to land the fish with my Abulon 6 pound monofilament leader. It was a TILAN… a snake like fish with beautiful “batik” on his body.

It was 2pm. We did nothing more than chatting around. Suddenly, Babyface’s rod twitched. And it was Selat. A small scale of Belida. No belida today but we managed to land several Selats . Selat is not really a big fighter comparing to sebarau. But, the fish can do acrobatic action whenever they panic.