going Lumut today to see how they bite over there

Have you tried Exotic? Easy catch with a simple bait never fails me. Successes so far Red tail, Sultan, Alligator Gar and the famous Pak Su Kong. I really recommend this place to beginners. PM if you wanna know what bait I use there.

Ya but to me well worth the money. Was there last night, me and my friend, 3hrs total 9 (my friend) + 5 (myself) = 14 fishes landed in 3hrs and the smallest fish was the sultan fish at 1.7kg. The rest was mostly red tail catfish and pak su kong and all above 2.5kg.

I have tried that Shah Alam place before, my only comment is its crowded (so you can only cast straight and when the guy next to you hook up you most prob have to retrieve your line), fish also quite smart already so told myself that it would be my last time there also.

I would say you get what you pay for, I use to fish in Fish Valley and only on very lucky days you get a bite rate like that. I have been enjoying on an average of 5 fishes per 3hr per trip at Exotic.

I would say you get what you pay in terms of bite rate and service. Which other pond will have assistant come to help net the fish out and unhook it for you. They also will take and deliver any beverage or food order for you.

But I would advise to not pay for jackpot unless you really go prepared because all the jackpot fishes are above 15kg. I play with light line, light rod and 2500 reel only (the heaviest I manage to land with this setup is 7kg patin). Also don't pay for the package where you can take the fish cause you will be limited to fish species and weight (nothing above 1.5kg).

I forgot to mention this and I find it very amusing actually. Do you guys know that the jackpot for Arapaima at Exotic is at 70kg. A fish that size even if I bring my jigging rig there I still would not have the confidence to land the fish. lol

Well I would seriously ask you to try Exotic. They have so many types of fish there that what you want to catch is what bait you use. For me I used to experiment with lots of types of bedak, bread and pellets in my Fish Valley days, now just one type of bait and sure get fish. By the way seems my catch rate is better than yours in Exotic vs Shah Alam. Ya, I know its way more expansive than Shah Alam but then you get what you pay for right? By the way at Exotic forget about bedak and all unless you are after telapia and normal catfish.

My normal catch. Good size and good fight.


The Gar is bleeding cause he took the whole hook in. Musty have been hungry.


I like the trill of getting a hook up, not really interested in what type of fish I get that is why I go with light equipment so even if small fish the trill is there seeing the rod bent and the reels squelching but then Exotic you rarely get anything small unless you're after telapia.

About sea fishing, have you tried going to indo and mal border? About 2-3 hrs speedboat ride from klang. Jigging and bottom will get you lots of fish there (sorry I do not where it is located cause I forgot to ask the boat man). Only thing is you have to be careful cause the last trip we went we were stop by marine police to check out ID's and then was warn not to drift into Indonesian water cause they will not be able to help us then if we get into any trouble. Lol, fishing with scissors ready to cut out lines if any unknown boats approach (pirates?). Its fun fishing, highly recommended but with real dangers faced like pirates and crossing into another countries borders.

This post has been edited by slimfox: Aug 28 2013, 03:32 PM

The sultan looks normal la. The one caught was 1.7 but surprisingly gave a good fight for the size. Water there is clean la, no cleaner nor dirtier than Fish Valley pro pond. Please tell me which pay pond with non murky water?

Video of fly fishing in Exotic.

this is a 2011 video

Anyway nice catch. We all will have our own place where we are happy with I guess.

If you are a beginner to casting better buy a cheap china one will do. Reason is you might get bored from the constant tangles it will make when learning. Once you master your skills then buy a branded reel.

Don't waste money.

Btw Abu is quite good. Take a look at Daiwa Tatula too.

Edited : typo

This post has been edited by slimfox: Sep 28 2013, 12:19 AM