bro ajay_cyber... trying out fly fishing
bro zigger using a baitcasting tackle setup
chiam setting up his telescopic rod
the only haruan landed that day. 5 anglers, 1 fish
the fish was the biggest i've caught, to date, at CM's pond
size comparison. my shoe is almost 1ft long
close-up shot of the haruan and the killer bakau sp
the 3" bakau sp was securely lodge onto the lips of the haruan
the haruan stretched out on my arm. i measured my arm, from tip of finger to the elbow. it was 15". i estimated the haruan to be slightly over 1kg in weight
next target... the carps in the pond!!!
the trip was planned a day before, at the MFN forum. the trip was also the day where i finally got to meet fellow MFN forummer... bro ajay_cyber, bro ziggerx and bro alex. have been sharing fishing ideas with them at MFN for a while now and today i finally got to fish with them. we shared informations and ideas on fishing... and got to the business of fishing for the haruans.
the haruans are getting very educated... due to the c&r practice. they would surface just outside our casting range, and they don't hover around the area for long. they would come up for air and swim back to the weeds. bro ajay tried fly fishing and sp. bro zigger tried using popper and other surface lures. chiam used bakau SP and me, i used berkley blade dancer which didn't work. then i switched to bakau SP... which landed me a 1kg+, 15" haruan, the biggest that i have landed from this location. i also used another berkley sp, but to no avail. bro alex joined us a bit later.
how i landed my haruan was spotfishing. i saw a rise about 30ft away and cast the bakau SP to the location. i was on target and when the lure touched the water, the haruan hit it with such a force that my rod bent doubled. it then dove into the weeds. judging from the fight that it put up, i have a feeling it was a big fish. a short tussle ensued. but i managed to drag the tired haruan out of the weed area. took some pix and released it.
while fishing today, something caught my eyes. i was using polaroid glasses and i could see into the water very clearly. what i saw was, to say the least, damn interesting!!! it was a sebarau... a big sebarau... of about 1ft in length. it was just cruising around. i tried casting my lure at it but it was not interested and swam away. now i know there is sebarau in the pond and i will certainly find ways to lure it in the future. in the future, i also plan to try and catch one of those carps in the pond!!!
bro ajay_cyber... trying out fly fishing
bro zigger using a baitcasting tackle setup
chiam setting up his telescopic rod
the only haruan landed that day. 5 anglers, 1 fish
the fish was the biggest i've caught, to date, at CM's pond
size comparison. my shoe is almost 1ft long
close-up shot of the haruan and the killer bakau sp
the 3" bakau sp was securely lodge onto the lips of the haruan
the haruan stretched out on my arm. i measured my arm, from tip of finger to the elbow. it was 15". i estimated the haruan to be slightly over 1kg in weight
next target... the carps in the pond!!!
this haruan was landed just before it started to rain heavily. managed to lure it with my trusty berkley blade dancer. had 2 takes on the bbd prior to this haruan being landed, but because i didn't set the hook properly, i lost those fish.
the same haruan. a fiesty little fellow of about 400g. it was a healthy specimen as the body was meaty. it was release after a short photoshoot.
the location. area is used to be peat swamp. that explains the coloration of the dark but clear water. it also explains the dark coloration of the haruan that was caught.
the spot where the 3 haruans took the lure. 2 managed to escape. water was probably just 1 ft deep, in the middle of the trench.
the marker to identify the place!!!
over an hour of fruitless casting, i finally landed this 800g fella when i work my bbd over a patch of floating weeds, that i just heard some splashes. this haruan is a quasimodo... meaning it had hump on its back.
the same haruan, after the BBD was dislodged.
the second haruan i caught was slightly bigger. my estimate, 900g. it was deceived using the same lure... the deadly bbd. i cast over to a patch of clearing. it was a blind cast, that i had done countless of times earlier to the same spot. the dark cloud was moving towards the area where i was fishing. i was to be my last few cast. then i felt a thug as i was retrieving the lure. i did not strike immediately. instead i counted 1, 2, 3... and only then did i struck. the hook set. the fish put up a valiant fight. when i got it near the bank where i was standing, i realised i didn't want to risk breaking my fishing line by lifting the fish + weeds that were entangled. used a scoop net to lift the fish up. my tackle setup... shimano slade 2500 and ryobi 2-piece rod.
just how dark it was when i caught that fish.