South China Sea Fishing ?

all photo belongs to my friend Elysius.

"member dapat keratang 15kg n dkt 20kg. Terpaksa pinjam kapal punya tong. Yg besar Apek tu yg dpt" --> forwarded by my friend Elysius through MMS.

my first to kretam? ( bakungan kecil & besar ?)

Went to (area bakungan kecil & besar) for the first time on 05th july 2009. 7 of us all. Old & new friends. It is one of the popular fishing area in Sandakan. Journey started at around 8.20am from Sandakan yacht club. There about 6 or 7 boats going out for fishing.

All of us done bottom fishing either using apollo or "tanduk". I caught few "Hung Kai" & other species. Other friends are quite lucky caught a good good size mangrove jack. One of the best fight is a 30minutes never surrender stingray. I'm glad this is a good trip by knowing new friends & testing out a new spot [new for me :)]. Happy angling..

future spot

didnt fishing for 2 months now. busy with personal & work. Well, here are some photo's taken somewhere in Paitan area.

Grouper, Gelama, Sembilang, Lepeh, Otik...

well, fishing from area sandakan wet market to pulau bai for sure will not going home empty handed. Went there on 8th march 2009 with new and old friends. Do not have higher expectations as it is not deep, deep sea fishing. But still not bad !

Me with the fighter Gelama

Elysius with his double hooked up grouper "kerapu"

Elysius 500gm Lepeh and a Pari

First Trip for 2009-bottom fishing in Pulau Bai

After rejecting the first 2 trips to Pulau Bai, finally i was there on the 01st of March 2009, from around 7.30am to 4.30pm. Went there with Rodney, Elysius and of course few others new friends whom i hardly can remember their name.
<<---our first stop. Only about mayb o.8km from the "famous" Sandakan wet market. One of our friend lose a battle here to a Red Snapper.




<<--well, not bad for a RM12.00 per trip............going further out to the sea.

here are some photo's taken during my working outstations to Paitan, Sandakan. Photo taken just along main road side. Easy accessible even by a Proton Wira but the journey will takes about 2.5 hrs. Jungle are quite thick here and even some people spotted a Tiger around and along the road during night time. And this is the main road to Mamahat also to fish for big "tambaring"

, "alu-alu".

At Last...! He did it.

" Don..! Don..! nah..nah..! ada sudah !" Rodney shouted. First time ever in fishing history he caught fish using lure.

He was using spinner bait specially for Snakehead & needed on lest then 10 cast he landed this snakehead.