After planning the trip for almost 6 months and here we are at Bakun Dam, Bintulu, Sarawak. For those that not familiar with the name of "Bakun", its a place that near to Bintulu town approximately 3 hours journey by car. For those that coming from Kuching it will takes 1 hour flight or more than 10 hours drive to get to Bintulu town. To be brief, its a remote area under hydroelectric project in the Island of Borneo.
All the channels and the upriver streams are famous with Sebarau which is locally known as Adong or Juak and widely known as Hampala Macropiledota (correct me if i'm wrong).
Other specimens that been caught there were Semah/Empurau(Masheer or Tor), Tengalan, Tapah(Wallago), Baung, Lampam sungai dan keli.
Below are the pictures from the last trip:
Sebarau aka Kampala caught using Siam Spoon. Set up Extreme Anglers Custom Rod and Daiwa Zillion TWS bait cast reel with a 20lb Powerpro main line/30lb fluoro leader.
Thanks to Kenny Chee from Extreme Anglers for giving me chance to test their new custom prototype rod that will be soon in the market. Easily lift up the 2kg freshwater beast the Sebarau aka Hampala.
I did caught a smaller size Hampala with a micro jig from Eupro 7g.
Kenneth really enjoying the trip and even spend sometimes to fish some Baung (type of catfish).
Nice Hampala caught by Kenneth.
Dom with his catch..still Hampala even small in size. hahahaha
This is the Tengalan fish given by the local fisherman for our dinner. Hardly caught by lures.
Big smile for a big Hampala with a big lure from Storm Thunder Barra.
Please check some of the action in the video below:
