Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau Dua Belang @ Dungan, Murum Dam, Sarawak, Island of Borneo

It was supposed to be a starts of dry season in Sarawak in June but the weather was unpredictable for 2016. Thats mean bad for freshwater fishing for us here. Our main target river was badly affected by rain and murky.

We have to change our plan and indeed fishing at lower part of the Murum Dam thats mean other nearby rivers channel. Overall catches was beyond bad .... Yes!!! it was awesome!!!

1st Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau of the trip

2nd Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Again Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau 

Double hook up me & Vincent

Dom with his Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Smiling face of Donny with his Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Vincent with his Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Donny with his Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Again Donny with his Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau

Yet another Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau by Dom

Vincent getting boring with Hampala 

Luv the thrill

CNR for better fishing 

More and more Hampala Bimaculata @ Sebarau for myself

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma & Toman @ Giant Snakehead @ Channa Micropeltes , Danau Sentarum, West Kalimantan

Its been a while i've not posted any pictures or blogging. After almost 6 months i'm back to Dusun  Meliau, West Kalimantan, Island of Borneo, Indonesia.

This time i brought couple of anglers from Singapore to try the spot there. It was a slow at 1st but its getting interesting at the end of the trip with numbers of target fish such as Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma, Toman @ Giant Snakehead @ Channa micropeltes, Cobra snakehead @ Channa Marulius, Begahak @ Belodontichthys Dinema and some other species were in our catches list.

Kenneth with Cobra snakehead @ Channa Marulius

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Toman @ Giant Snakehead @ Channa micropeltes

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Good size and colourful Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Aggressive Lais from Siluridae family

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Toman @ Giant Snakehead @ Channa micropeltes

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Kerandang @ Channa Pleurophthalma

Jigging and popping Lombok Barat, Lombok Island, Indonesia

Fishing trip to Lombok was planned by us for Nov last year but i've cancelled it out due to job commitment. I've decided to shift the plan to March this year.

It was some kind of experiment trip with just 2 days fishing. Amazingly it turns out to be among the most successful trip for me. Again, this time Kenny Chee from Extreme Anglers Custom Rod provides some rods from PE1.5 to PE4 jigging rods and PE7 popping rod.

Jig weight ranging from 60gm-250gm depends on current. Biggest dogtooth was 32kg and biggest GT was 34kg all caught using jigging technique.


Below are some photos:

KMBP boat that we used for the 2 days fishing trip.

Fahmi with Red Snapper by Slow pitch jigging.

Alif with unexpected Golden Trevally on 60gm jig.

Suits his nickname "Doggieboy" @ Alif with 16kg dogtooth on 80gm jig.

Double hook up from Majidi and JJ. Each Amberjacks weight over 8kg.

Rare Blubberlip Snapper weight over 7kg caught using jig by Rozy.

GT that gave us a good fight while using light set up such as Extreme Anglers PE1.5 rod.

Again on Extreme Anglers PE1.5 jigging rod.

Sahil a local fishing friend with the biggest Dogtooth Tuna of the trip weighting at 32kg.

Biggest GT of the trip weighting at 34kg.

The only fish caught using popper/swimbait. Bluefin Trevally over 5kg.

Casting for Peacock Bass and Toman@channa micropeltes at Air Kuning Lake, Perak, Malaysia

This time i'm heading to Air Kuning Lake in Perak, Malaysia. Main target species would be Peacock bass and Toman@Channa Micropeltes. During this trip i'm equipped with 6-15lb & 8-20lb rod by Extreme Anglers. 

Peacock bass caught using IMA sasuke lure.

48cm Peacock bass.

Baby peacock bass

7gm eupro jig brought me a baby peacock bass,

Even Toman@Channa MIcropeltes took jig.

Open Season for Micro/Light Jigging in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

Open Season for 2016 started early this year but not a good start for me. There is still none big fish caught using jig. Pekan, Pahang is one of my favourite jigging spot due to the size of the diamond trevally and long fin trevally ever caught there. Again its not a successful trip.

1st ever Unicorn Leatherjacket caught by IMA ganpeki jig 20gm. Rod by Extreme Angler Custom PE1.5 jigging rod.

Rod by Extreme Angler Custom PE1.5 jigging rod with nice size of Longfin Trevally  & IMA Ichimatsu jig 30gm.

Even yellowtail scad have interest in IMA Ichimatsu jig. 

Yellowstripe emperor on senses candy jig.

Casting for Hampala @ Sebarau @ Adong @ Dungan in Murum, Sarawak

This time i'm bringing you guys to a new place called Murum which recently built hydroelectric dam was completed. Day 1 & day 2 were bad due to heavy rain causing all the rivers became muddy.

3rd day or our last day before heading home with only 4 hours max for casting was awesome. Caught a lot of Hampala @ Sebarau myself using lures and spoon. A night before was clear and starry, furthermore early sunshine in the morning which might resulted in a good catches in the day.

Murum Jetty 

Sebarau @ Hampala Bimaculata or locally known in Murum as Dungan

100% Hampala @ Sebarau caught was from the Bimaculata species

Hampala @ Sebarau caught using Storm Thunder Barra 12cm lures. Rod - Extreme Anglers Custom Rod  & Reel - Daiwa Ryoga 1016

Abu Island spoon works very well in slightly muddy rivers. Another decent size  Hampala @ Sebarau 2 belong

Hampala Bimaculata or Sebarau 2 belang from Murum, Sarawak