hi there, noticed that you guys are into fishing as well...

same here...would like to share the recent fishing trip that i participated.

I was not from Lowyat.net honestly....but i found lowyat.net via search engine.

Usually i check on Zerotohundred.com and fishing.net.my

We are actively fishing, you can say that we fish almost 45 weekends in a year. Do bump in and say hi too since all of us are anglers

We do have the fishing rigs, tips, full report of the trips and alot of other organised activities. Not forgetting jokes and trash talking...hahahaha

Nahh~...the pictures of SAILFISH on 17 Sept 2006

Hi Bbtat,

Sorry that i forgot to put in my face...hahaha

I'm on the first picture on the right(chinese guy wearing rapala spec)

on the 3rd picture

On the 4th and 6th picture is my GF

here comes the full report

FR for Sailfish trip @ Merchong(17th Sept 2006)

Participants: Myself, DD, TomX, Pin and Zamri

Departed from Kl at 6pm on 16th, due to the jam and the heavy down pour, we reached Senawang exit at about 7pm. From Senawang, we travelled to Kuala Pilah using the trunk roads, which took us about 30 minutes. From Kuala Pilah, we travelled about 1.5 hours to Muazam Shah and from Muazam Shah to Merchong is about 30minutes.

Reached Merchong at 1am in the morning, the road is in great condition, straight and just cruising about 100kmh.

Woke up at 6.30am, grab a quick bite at the malay stall and off we go for the battle.

From the chalet to reach to the first destination was about 1/2 hour to do apollo jig for selar. The selar there was kinda huge, easily the size of 8~10 inches!!

After getting enuff selar, we shoot to the sailfish area which is about 40minutes.

The rig of the sail fish is kinda unique. It's mainline(50lb)--> shockleader(100lb)-->bearing swivel(130lb)-->wire trace(50lb)-->hooks(6/0 circle hook)

the selar is being hooked on the shoulder and after dorsal fin, stripped about 20feet of line then place the balloon. Then strip more line about 20feet after the balloon. Gotta cast the selar out using your hands....once it's casted out, the selar will start swimming to 1 particular direction(it could be different direction on different selar). Once you have firm out the direction of the selar, you continue strip your line till it's about 50m away from your boat. The idea here is not to tangle with other drift balloon out there Then fully released your drag..you need not strike but to allow the hook to slide to the beak of the fish and automatically hooked on. This is the tricky part...see how i did it below.

started waiting....

and waited for about 15 mins....

the balloon starts to move sideways slowly...then more sideways with higher speed with some splashes, slowly i lift up my rod from rod holder...slowly tightening my drag as the fish is pulling away, cruising~....more drags is locked on, the line gets it tension....

POP~! the balloon blew...the sailfish felt the tension and starts to get havoc. At this time my drag is set at 50%, need not strikes, the sail fish jumps and keep jumping, shaking its head as it jumps peeling lines like theres no tomorrow...your reel screams at it's loudest pitch asking for mercy...drag screams for 15 seconds.....and it's still keep going....it slows down a little bit...hehehe...this is the time i show my arsenals...the pumps and reeling in line is extremely tough...

the line strips slowly, i tightened my drags to the max 100% FULLY DRAG ON....the sailfish realised that it's tension again...off it goes...more jumping and head shaking...now the drag's pitch is even higher~!! screaming and never ends for 20~30 seconds with a full drag, i felt helpless but to hold on to the rod and my reel(was using the one that is customised rod and the okuma Zonar multiplier)....from green lines....now i'm seeing my line backing....damn...it's more than 200 meters now...

Slowly, the sailfish gets exhausted, now it's the time for me to recover my line....pumping and reeling in line....managed to recover about 100m of lines before it got crazy again~!!!

DANG~! The sailfish wanna shows that he's not easily conquered, gives more jumps and head shakes..but this time, i guess the sailfish is realyl exhausted, the jumps are low and short....then it slows down and tries to dive....as for me, i'm still reeling in the lines and still pumping...

FINALLY, it reaches the side of the boat...can see the beautiful color of it...the size of the gigantic beauty, the ferocious beak and it's arrow shaped tail...BUT WAIT~! There it goes again!!!..it kicks in again giving great beautiful jumps for few rounds.... Reeled in slowly and the Sailfish is landed successfully.

Removed the hook, too the picture and revive the sailfish before releasing it...all less than 3 minutes job

Those that we caught was in the range of 30~35kgs according to the tekong.

The tricks: As you pumped up the rod, the fish tends to jumps if it's at surface and be expected to reel in as fast as you can, otherwise the hooks will be spitted out.

One hell of an experience.


-END-

Ohh yeah....ini addition to the Sailfish report/story....just to share how strong the sailfish is....

As i reached the chalet after the sailfish trip, i was cleaning up the reel before i took a short nap.

Took the Okuma Zonar, which i tightened it to the max, and by using a long nose plier, i tried to test the strength of the drag....pulled with a harder strength(not jerking it), then only the spool moves a little. I was surprised! The drag was very strong indeed. I hooked up a portable weight spring, trying to estimate the strength of the drag, it is rated at 8kg which is 16lb of drag!!!

I took the rod, and matched it with the Okuma reel. Asked Vinny to lift up the rod and i tried to strip the line with my strength...i tried and i really have to put in more strength before the line start to slip......With rod, the strength of the reel+rod is not measureable as the rod will become weaker as times goes by.

Now remember that i mentioned that the sailfish was jumping and stripping the line extremely???

That shows the strength of the sailfish~.....

I'm bedazzled........

anyone using baitcasters or BC sets?

anyone fish with lures?

besides myself

nice catch there Nicotine I suppose it's Sungai Besar?

Btw, I thought Barracuda is Alu-Alu right? Tengiri is called KingFish

BBtat, Shhhh.......

heheheh

you know i know lor

yeah i'm aware of the sui yee mee...but too bad, the time when i pass K.Pilah is around 8++pm and on sunday it's already 12am++

well gotta give it a pass this round

I've been fishing since 8 and now i'm nearing 30

so the fishy smell is already in my blood....hahahahahaha...also i fish every weekend, usually will be hunting. Meaning that we look for natural spots, wild and deep in the woods...usually targetting Toman and Haruans with ultralight tackles(10~15lb line)...that give you more achievements and feel.

Not just that me and my gang does CnR(Catch n Release) even tho it's wild areas

Usually weekend is the travel time for me...up north till Kilang Gula(perlis) till down south Johore and Pahang and Terenganu on the east.

If can afford, would like to go oversea too..

Btat...i'm a fulltime angler..part time worker...hahahahah

Ice Cube..do we know each other from other site? Enlighten me yah..

Long3016, great got a lure angler here liao....usually the lure catches the fisherman before it catches fish...hahaha that's why i got 9 Plano boxes of lure...sigh...some are new unused...some are really teruk condition but i still used them

The abu garcia BIG GAME 7000NLD is a great reel, generating about 5~7kg(10~14lb) of drag Your NLD is running on thin and shallow spool, meaning that it can contain loads of lines too.. The major setback is the gear ratio which is 4. something...it's good for trolling and drifting. But a BIG NO-NO for jigging and fast games like popping

nicotine,
I went there for 1 day only...didnt take leave also..but hard to strive for the next day...Monday blues....hahah

Tg Agas, the old coastal road from MLK to PD?...noticed that mostly bottom fishing rite? Any shipwreck around your spot? if yes, we can do some jigging

maybe we can organised a offshore fishing trip?
or at least a serious angler fishing trip?

Nicotine bro, dont mean it has to be at Tg Agas... it can be at any place..

do you guys do wild fishing as well?? my term = hunting!

esp using lures....gives 100% satisfaction

thanks Wiz,
where do you guys fish..

no wonder la...bro IceCube....the nick look familiar..
glad to see you here too.

rig= tying method, schematic ler...

i assume you are asking on the seafishing set?

Get abu conolon pe1~3, which is about rm150
This rod is super light, strong and good casting distance.
You can also use for jigging too

Reel, you can get any reel in the size of 2000~3000 will do good. Dont have to spend more than rm300 for the setup

If you dont mind, i can spare one of my collection for you. Having 40~50rods at home.

trolling with rapalas and halcos?

goodie...do invite me if you are going there again..

see if possible we can go to P9 to do some ultralight jigging

below 10lb, 40~60grams lure, pe1~3 rod

Jigging is by using the jig plate lor...

purely besi and it's just like a weight.

But! it's not as what we thought of
A jig has pattern and different curves thus when it's being dropped to the sea it reflects a very sick dying fish.

IceCube, Not sponsored ler...all bought le...tho few are given la

I'm ok with that...Krarzie Fishie if going to OFB on the 30th...you wanna join him?

if yes, please call me 019-2499509

BBtat, seafishing is not that expensive if you can find some good reasonable pricing.

I'll post up if i have up coming trip and see if you can join.

Wizfish, Dont worry about the 3~4kg angcho ler..
Our line rating is more than enuff for quite a number of fishes

Example:
Line: 20lb (equivalent of 10kg line)
Rod: Pe1~3

With the strength of the rod + the strength of the line...it's almost unbreakable. But it depends on how you fight the fish. It's more to control, rather than reeling the whole fish in That's why i dont fancy bottom fishing much.

PLKVoon,
Did you bring back the "tai tao pok"? Otherwise, the fish might not survive.

Sorry, i'm a fish-preserved guy. Most of my fishing is CnR.

Last weekends picture coming up!

The hookup!


Tense between line and fish - rod fully bended beautifully


Landed!


Another angle


CPR (Catch Photographed & Released)


Location: Classified *hints Johore area
Rod: Rapala Classic
Reel: Daiwa TD-Z
Line: Stren Braided 14lb
Lure: Yozuri Mag Popper
Color: pearl white

Estimated weight: 5~6kg...tho the body is kinda short, but it's heavy and also the belly area is extremely fat and very tubular shaped.

This post has been edited by rorytate: Sep 25 2006, 09:50 AM

bro plkvoon,

As stated above, i was using Yozuri Mag Popper, it's a lure for saltwater. I dont really fancy using baits, most of my fishing is by using lures.