Cross striped Hampala @ Sebarau belang melintang from the north borneo, Sabah

Cross striped Hampala & documented as Hampala Sabana (correct me if im wrong) is a native species of Sabah, Malaysia. During my trip to Sabah for the hunt of this native species i’m surprised with its characteristic and tactics on how its stalk each of its preys. Hampala sabana more attracted to a topwater lures such as pencils or poppers but i managed to catch a couple of its using minnows. I got none on spoon or inline spinners.

Hampala sabana normally takes topwater lures that near to the rocky banks. Those hampalas that size that over a kg really giving me a fight to remember.