Longkang Gang

Sailfish Rompin 2009 - LKG are Back In Action

2009-10-29T23:27:00.006+08:00

LKG Billfish Challenge 2008 - Part 1

2008-11-01T00:28:00.004+08:00

Finally had the time to upload the long awaited pictures...Before I start...special thanks to Cip Pirato for taking the effort to orkuinise this trip for bunch of newbies(including me) for sailfishing,Choo as the loan shark,Jackpot,Tiger and Rod Warrior for great company during our drive to Rompin and back safely with ample laughters,my boatmates-Lordman,Choo,Lannun and GM for making the landings of the sailfish possible,and others who made this trip a memorable one...

Well altogether we managed to land about 25 sailpis in this 2 day event. Everyone had a taste of sailpis tug-o-war with BigBite88 emerge as the champion among others. Averagely everyone of us landed 2 sailpis each.

Bigbite88 - 5 ekor
Lannun - 2 ekor
Tiger - 2 ekor
Jiggyman - 2 ekor
Jackpot - 2 ekor
Choo - 2 ekor
Rod Warrior - 2 ekor
Lordman - 1 ekor
Ben GM - 3
Eddie - 1 ekor
Margaret - 1 ekor
Yean - 1 ekor
Pak Amin - 1 ekor

As usual, everyone had to gather at Cip Pirato house for departure.

Our so call, tempted to stay in 5 Star Hotel at Lanjut Resort.

Jiggyman hooking on to the first sail fish in our vessel
First sailfish of the day

LKG Billfish Challenge 2008 - Part 2

2008-11-01T00:16:00.003+08:00

LKG Billfish Challenge 2008 - Part 3

2008-11-01T00:09:00.003+08:00

It's the eating that's fun!

2008-07-13T22:34:00.002+08:00

For u guys who asked how the fishing was yesterday, it was good. but it's not the catching...

it's the eating that's fun!

MangKor VP (aka Mbax) Days Out @ Pulau Labu

2008-06-25T22:27:00.000+08:00

Report by: Koay Kao

The days begin as usual, went to ciak roti bakar then makan TELOR 1/2 masak, plus a bungkus of Nasi Lemak lo...with some drinks la...

After that jalan straight to the boat lo...soon after loading, the boat zoooommmm pigi that Pulau eh....

But the angker say, 'Chui Boh Sui, Bottom 1st'

Then this happened....

Thank goodness, there was no berley....Thanks to Vonomin / Novomin...

However on the normal day, the mangkor guys would be just like this,

While practising mangkoring, .. then the following happened!!

From then, we sao tong (tutup kedai)....

end of story, by catching a barra ...

Boboi..Next Week You Free ahhh??

2008-06-25T22:18:00.000+08:00

Report by: Bigbite88

Lannun : Sabtu depan lu senang ka?
Boboi : Senang...apasai?
Lannun : Jom tuas?
Boboi : ON!

It took us only four sentences in our conversation to determine my participation for this trip.Following reports of boats still being able to haul up Tenggiris in double digits numbers,it made me want to pay this place another visit despite the fact that the Tenggiri season was way over.

So off we went to Yan the very next week.We first met up at Lannun's place at 3 in the morning(yes!that very early!) because we had to leave the jetty early as the water in Yan was fast receding for that particular day.After meeting up,we then headed down to Sungai Petani Selatan's Pelita Nasi Kandar for a quick heavy breakfast to prepare ourselves for a long day ahead.

We reached the Yan jetty pretty early and we loaded our weaponries quickly onto the boat.We left the jetty at 6.30 a.m. to be exact.

Seen here.Kerbau and Keown(a.k.a Ayaak.He got two nicknames which really confuse us) doing the apollo jigging for Kembungs. The Cencarus were plenty and Talang Pandans were caught one after another.Sadly,the Kembungs were not around and that was bad news.Tenggiri's main diets were Kembungs and the failure to land any of this bait fish will greatly reduce our chances of landing a Tenggiri as the drifting technique was no longer applicable. All the Talangs were released as they were too small to be made into what ever form of dish.The catch rate of these two species were so good that we even joked that we should just remain at the unjam as our fishing spot for the entire day.We had 30 Cencarus or so before we finally decided to leave for our Tenggiri hunt.Another half an hour boat ride and we were already there at the fishing spot(the furthest unjam in Yan waters). It wasnt long before the action heats up.The boatman who quietly crept to the back of the boat had a vicious strike by Kembung casting and not long after that,he successfully landed a Tenggiri on his first cast.We at first wanted to appolo jig for Kembungs but we put our apollo setup aside to get a fair share of the Tenggiri actions. 5 minutes later,Latok and co's boat arrived.What the heck?Where they went?I thought they were behind us all these while and they should be reaching the unjam first as we had wasted quite sometime at the previous unjam for bait fishing. The fact was,although they were travelling at full speed,they left the jetty an hour later because the boatman has a pretty bad eyesight which he can't see well in the dark.The delay coupled with lack of knowledge of the Yan waters made them reach the designated spot a lot longer than us.I guess it's just another case of the blind leading the blind. So back to fishing.On my first cast as I was letting out lines,I could see that there was a sudden pull by the fish that made my line peeling out in a very fast speed.I shut my bail arm tight and gave it a good strike.Hook on!Moments later,I could see a slim profiled fish jumping off the water from far.It was a Singapore Marlin.Not the species we were targeting but at least it provided me some entertainment for the time being.The fish persistently jumped a couple of times before it broke free.There goes my fish!Oh well,it was just a Singapore Marlin so I couldn't give a crap about the loss. Not long after that,Lannun followed suit but he had a bust off from a Tenggiri.How the Tenggiri managed to cut the wire trace remains a mystery.

A few more casts and again,I could see my line peeling out fast again.Not wanting to lose another fish,I struck hard after I closed to bail arm.Line were peeling out as though it was not going to stop and the sound of my Tica Taurus 4000 screaming were so melodious.After a couple of minutes of tug-of-war,I finally single handedly landed this beauty. My previous encounters with Tenggiris on my previous trip was more like someone had a hook up,then the person would just pass the rod to me to have a taste of the fight.Therefore,this was another first for me. I held the fish in my hand and shouted,"LATOK!DONT ASK ME WHATS MY NAME!"(that was the favorite quote by Latok whenever he catches a fish). I remembered the look on his face so clearly.He could only smile to me as though he knew he was going to be owned by a kid by the end of the day.What a perfect way to start out the day with a Tenggiri of over the 5 kilos mark!

The Tenggiri by Lannun.By this time,Latok could only count his luck on why was he still not landing Tenggiris.He often calls himself the Mr-Always-Catch-Fish so obviously he needs a few fishes landed to live up to his name.He resorted to fishing for Kerisis and mind u,it was not a bad catch for him!5kg of Kerisis!Not one Kerisi weighing 5kg but probably around 20 of them added up to make the figure!

Soon it was lunch time.The boatman washed the Sotongs with seawater(Everything were washed using seawater including kitchen utensils that were previously used by past customers of their services.Hygiene wise,it was at its worst) that were to be added into the instant noodles that he was going to cook.To make things more interesting,he'll be adding my Tenggiri's egg roes. We were slurping here and there and even offered Latok our nice and salivating meal.Of course,he again had lived up to his name which was the Lansi Latok.He was at his usual self which he didn't even look at us or accept/decline our kind and lucrative offer.He had his back facing us all the time while we were fishing and as though the whole world were against him(Actually it was.Me,Choo and Lannun were giving him a torrid hard time.Hehe.).Oh well,it was good that he didn't take up the offer nevertheless.The less men,more share isn't it?

The boatman slowly cut up the Sotongs into bite sizes before chucking it in into the cooking pot.As you can see from above,the boatman was removing the Sotongs' skin.

After removing the skin,he proceeded to removing the inks.You wouldn't want these inks in your mouth as they taste really horrible!

Though these Sotongs were not the biggest,it still packs loads of "ammunition".Check out the inks that were removed from only one of the Sotongs.Imagine all these inks explodes in your mouth and I think that will be the very last time you will dine these tentacled creatures.

To wrap up our trip,Choo's persistent finally paid off.He had six hookups which he only managed to land his first ever Tenggiri on his very last hook up.To make up a rather interesting day for him,he had been despooled by a Sailfish in under 5 seconds!He was using a Shimano Technium 2500 when the Sailfish gave him no chance of reeling in even a centimeter of line.Had the Sailfish hit on my setup,I should be able to land it as I was using a heavier setup for the day.Again,Latok was left wondering,"What went wrong today?".What went wrong today was not really a big problem.The fact that he will be facing the rest of the Longkangers the very next day for the Air Itam Dam fishing will be a great test for him to face all the criticisms and discriminations.Guess what,I had finally seen this old man getting an egg from a trip! All in all,it was a very fun trip.The catch was not the best but the company was.We really enjoyed ourselves especially the humiliation that we gave Latok.That was the perfect revenge as we had suffered his criticisms whenever we go for a fishing trip with him.I guess God did the right thing to punish him for his naughty behaviors over the years. How did we actually fared?We had 4 Tenggiris altogether and Barracuda coupled with tens of Cencarus to be divided among us four on the boat.A good Tenggiri meal awaits us and we had already started planning for a second round to Yan again

Boboi and Gang

2008-06-18T22:04:00.000+08:00

Report: Bigbite88

Last week's I decided to bring my best buddies for fishing as they came back for holidays fr overseas...brought along few friends to fish at Kakilai. Enjoy some of the shots we managed to capture.

Soon...it was time for the feeding process...i thought the feeding process in bedong was brutal...this was MIND BLOWING!l arge kembungs being walloped in matter of seconds before these fish came back for more helpings...

Told Melven to give fly fishing a try...he was able to cast out the line just enough to put the fly right into the frenzy...after numerous failed hook ups...was rewarded with his first fish on fly...I think I managed to poison him into fly fishing..

Soon doctor racun came and joined us...cast a few times only...had a gt at the end of his line....I cast the whole day GT pun tarak...released the GT in the water...therefore no pic.

He went casting again after the release and again...dont know what racun he put on the fly that made him register a second gt hook up in less than half an hour...wa tak bleh tahan dah...asked him to let me fight. Fight fight then...."PAKKK!"...NO! thats nt the sound of broken rod!not so skillful like the antique bt it was the leader that gave way...doktor racun admitted he sabotaged me by not changing the tippet after the previous GT fight.

All the guys that went had no lures...so let them use my lures lo...used 3 ratlling lures that day...silver green,chrome black,red crawdad...only 1 survived...2 others became GTs' lip piercing accessories...slow hopping off the bottom...

Orang Minyak Party Crashing

2008-06-14T21:58:00.001+08:00

This union is love, true love.....Congratulations Orang Minyak and Mrs. Minyak on your wedding day.

Lai Lai Lai to Kakilai - Part 1

2008-06-09T20:37:00.006+08:00

ISome rules to abide by when fishing for the GTs:

1. Single, barbless hooks only
2. Do not hold the fish by it's tail, bring a lipper, and support the belly
3. Limit photography time, as Pond GTs are NOT as hardy as their wild counterparts
and now back to work...i'm late by 7 minutes already
4. Have lotsa fun! and fun can only be shared when there's plenty to go round. so let's take care of the GTs and have a whale of a time!

And the next day...few others from LKG invaded the pond together with PMPP members.

Lai Lai Lai to Kakilai - Part 2

2008-06-06T20:30:00.000+08:00

Report by Dolah (In Bahasa Malaysia)Kami sampai awal 7.30 pagi dah ada kat pintu Kakilai, gate pun tak bukak lagi. Terpaksa talipon Ah Thong. Lima minit dia pun sampai. Ayat pertama dari Ah Thong..." Tak tau cikgu, nyok-nyok nak makan ka tidak..." Semasa berjalan keliling kolam ternampak beberapa ekor GT sedang berenang lemah, kulit badan macam berpenyakit. Ah Thong memang sedang susah hati...kalau ikan tak dapat menyesuaikan diri dengan keadaan air...mau mati semua. Rugi berbelas ribu katanya.

Saya yang memang dari awal mengharapkan spoon...balingan beberapa kali tiada sambutan. Tiba-tiba Takin dikejutkan dengan satu letupan betul-betul dihujung kaki...lain macam cara tarikan...HEAD SHAKE! Sah GT...Lure X-Rap SB 8cm. Lama juga perlawanan. Ingatkan GT kolam lemah, kuat semacam saja. Macam GT kat laut pulak. Ikan diangkat naik dan sepantas itu juga dilepaskan setelah diambil gambar.

Selang beberapa minit sekali lagi Takin dikejutkan, kes sama...ikan menyambar di gigi air. Pelik la pulak, apapasal makan kat gigi air. Saya yang berada agak jauh cepat-cepat mengarau lure supaya dapat mengambil gambar Takin, lure saya pulak yang kena betul-betul digigi air juga...hahaha, double hook-up. Lure Fat Rap Silver Blue. Seronoknya, kami berdua saja kat situ. Disebabkan kedua-dua kami digasak ikan maka kedua-dua ikan dilepaskan kembali tanpa mengambil gambar.

Aksi-aksi berikutnya menyaksikan banyak kejutan-kejutan dan letupan-letupan digigi air menyebabkan tali putus, klip terkangkang dan mata kail terbuka...

....pergilah, sebelum ikan di gasak oleh orang lain! Setakat pukul sebelas saya dan Takin hanya dapat menaikkan seorang tiga ekor sahaja. Jumlah strike memang tinggi. Terpaksa balik awal...Jumaat la abang!

Yan Kedah Tenggiri Hunting

2008-05-26T17:07:00.003+08:00

Report by Takin

On the 15th of May, some intrepid LKGers decided to test the waters of Yan for tenggiri. This motley group was made up of the infamous Two-Lans (Lannun, Lansi), Dolah, Jackpot and yours truly. This time of the year is the back end of the tenggiri season, but of late there was news of certain trips out of Dulang registering catches of 10 specimens or more. This is a strong indication that the fish are still around in big numbers; maybe their extended stay is a result of the of the quirky weather conditions. If I remember correctly, the beginning of the tenggiri season this year started late, so an extended tail end of the season is good news for anglers born and bred on the tuas action.

We went in two cars, Lan’s and mine. An early start which is the norm brought us to the Dulang jetty by 6.30pm. After having a leisurely breakfast, we boarded the boat with our supplies (I really like the nasi lemak bungkus and the bihun goreng at the jetty stall). On weekends, it is quite often for the food at the nearby stall to be finished. Latecomers would have to travel out of Dulang for their food, but today was a weekday, so there were not that many boats headed out to sea. As before, we were on Kri’s boat and this time Pak Ayub was joined by another boathand called Razak. These two are a regular crew on the boat.

The seas were rather rough as we headed out, this certainly caused concern especially for Dolah. On a previous trip, he had been beset by mal-de-mer and that was enough to make him vow not to make another Tuas trip (until now – let’s see – that vow lasted about a few months !) But as the morning wore on, the waters calmed. There was some ominous looking storm clouds on the horizon, but the boatman determined that they were going to miss our boat by moving north. And so it did. The clouds dumped their prodigious cargo on the seas around Pulau Bunting and left us with wonderful weather and calm seas. This is more like it, now to see if the fish would play ball !

Unlike the previous trip when I left my sabiki jigs at home, there was enough to use for a few trips! But then we found that boreks (Rastrelliger Kanagurta) were hard to come by. Only selars were coming up on the jigs, and this was not good. We did keep some bait sized selar as livebaits while the bigger ones ended up on ice. They would make good tauchu dishes and Lansi was already salivating. We had some dead baits, termenung (Rastrelliger Brachysoma) bought from the Pulau Betong jetty but unfortunately, on that day I bought them, there were so many termenung that the boatmen simply did not bother with proper icing of their catches. The fish were most probably going to end up processed or as feed rather than sold for food, and they dispensed with the ice. That made them soft and unsuitable for tenggiri casting.

We headed out to Kri’s tuas and everyone began doing their thing. The water was deep blue and crystal clear, and I had some concerns that the fish would be spooky and difficult to deceive. Dolah wanted to try casting lures and we all joined him; when the water is crystal clear, the low light conditions would normally be the only time the fish could be fooled into taking artificials. We saw many willing takers but no solid hookups. Many were banangs (longtoms – Tylosorus Crocodilus) and were considered pests in moe ways than one. Consider yourself lucky if they do not take home your precious lure! A few specimens even contrived to hit our live baits meant for tenggiri, and made short work of our limited live bait supply. Dolah did stay attached to a big fish that we suspected to be a sizable GT on a Rattlin Rap in Chrome Blue (this seems to be a favourite colour for sea fishing wherever it may be), but the fish got entangled in a handline and was soon lost. Unfortunately for me, a banang took home my battle scarred Abu Hammer spoon which had been so productive in Pulau Sembilan, while Dolah lost the abovementioned Rattlin Rap. Both lures are discontinued, and are hard to find!

The boatman did manage to land a few talang (Queenfish – Scomberoides Commersonianus) around the kilo mark which was fooled by “bulu” – white colured duck’s feather or hackles rigged with a hook and retrieved erratically. They told us that the day before had yielded them many talangs on this method. Today, there seemed to be fewer around, but they certainly made up for their lack in number with much bigger sizes.

We also had some talang take our live baits, and these acrobatic pelagics were a welcome adversary on our light tackle. Using a 30lb set meant for light trolling and bottom bouncing, I let out a live selar on a dropper rig tied to 1 metre leader and was hit almost immediately. But the brute force of the take was such that the 50lb leader broke instantly! The boatman saw this and advised me to set an even lighter drag and let the fish take the line. I rigged another leader, hooked another selar and set the bait at depth I was hit earlier. As I was asking him to see if my drag was set lightly enough, a fish hit the selar and I was on ! The fish was definitely a talang and after a few anxious moments, was safely landed via a landing net. The handsome specimen was approximately 2.5kg and would have been a great adversary on lighter gear. Another live bait set then attracted the attention of a 2 foot long barracuda; the take was soft and the fish simply remained stationary. When I set the hook, the fish ran to the surface within visual distance. I could see the line and not the hook and sure enough the line was sliced right in front of my eyes give the fish its freedom. A short while later, there was a double hook up, my live bait setup was hit at the same time a talang hit the “bulu” that the tekong was retrieving. Both were sizable specimens, and my 50lb leader was broken again. The tekong lost his fish as the hooks pulled mid water. There seemed to be a lot of large talangs in this tuas ! Hmmmmm…. I wonder what flies could do; after all talangs are suckers for bilis patterns! Maybe some of the keen fly-fishers might want to take up the challenge next time.

At this tuas, the boatman began deploying some handlines rigged with fresh squid for kerapu (Epinephelus Coioides) – greasy grouper or estuary cod. They used large handlines and ratan rods of about a feet in length. One end was stuck into rudimentary rod holders on the gunwale and the baited line was tied to the other end. A small fishing bell rounded out the gear. For this trip, we had 3 strikes, and only 1 fish of about 1 kg was landed. The kerapu simply took the bait and went straight into its lair, snagging us up. This fish was forcefully manhandled by the boatmen and dragged out of its hiding place unceremoniously to later grace our get together dinner. We suspected the other specimens that got away to be bigger, as the take was more violent than the one landed. They snagged us up pretty good, and that was that. A bell going off was certainly the perfect adrenaline rush, and it was interesting to see the boatmen drop everything they are doing and scramble for the set lines. They have to be quick in order to try to keep the fish from snagging up the line too badly. This kerapu season, the biggest they had landed so far was an 18kg specimen; their all time record was a respectable 27kg! Oh well, maybe next time we will get to land the bigger ones…..

At this time there were several of us already at the back casting lures or termenung for tenggiri. Suddenly there was a commotion at the back; it was Jackpot hooked up to a tenggiri on his Cherrywood ! We were cheering him on, but with some concern, the last time we saw him in this situation, he lost his fish boatside. The fish was safely landed after a short fight, and Jackpot had finally managed to get the tenggiri monkey off his back ! Well done ! The size was nothing to shout about but we have a tenggiri on the scoreboard.

The tenggiri and GTs were feeding just outside the tuas, and schools of nervous baitfish were exploding on the surface every now and then. Lannun then had a take on his dead termenung and after a spirited fight, this biiger tenggiri was landed as well. After a lull of a few minutes, it was the turn of Razak to register a hit on his termenung. This was a better sized specimen and the fight lasted a bit longer. In a span of about 30 minutes, we had had 3 tenggiri landed. Things were looking up !

A short while later, a handline baited with a live selar was hit mid water. After a short but savage fight, a handsome, thick set GT (Caranx Ignobilis) was landed. During our lure casting session, we could see GTs milling around and chasing our lures but they were spooky and refused to take our offerings. The water was clear enough for us to make out schools of talang cruising in midwater and a host of other tuas species. We also spotted a huge school of termenung (R. Brachysoma) feeding; in this mood they simply ignored sabiki rigs.

By late afternoon there was little action; we decided to drop some baited sabiki jigs over the side and see what came up. We were pleasantly surprised when we pulled up some kedarang – fusiliers (Caesio spp) and berangan (Pinjalo pinjalo). The whole group got in on the act and before long we had a sizable number of these delectable fishes on ice. We also landed some pelata bali (Pseudocaranx dentex) , and I was once again surprised by a frisky talang that just did not know when to give up….. A few exhilirating runs later, Jackpot slid a net under a well-conditioned carangid!

The bite lasted a few hours and after landing a mixed bag we decided to call it a day. Although the tenggiri action was limited, this tuas provided us with alternative quarry that we always had something to target. All in all we had a relatively productive outing. A surprise was in store for us at the Dulang jetty though when we discovered that a boat had landed 30 plus tenggiri from another tuas! Another trip is in the offing then…… wait for the story !

Pulau 9 1st Mei 2008

2008-05-19T17:52:00.002+08:00

Teks by: Takin

The 1 st May was not simply a day off, it has and always been an opportunity to fish.! Akashah, his wife Rina and Defender had made arrangements to go to Pulau Sembilan and required two more participants to make up the quorum. So Dolah and I made up the numbers and arrangements were quickly made.

We left Dolah’s place the night before the day of the trip to Lumut, meeting Akashah and his better half at the air-conditioned steel cabins the operators have prepared for their clients. After giving our tackle a serious going thorough we turned in at around 2am after supper. Changing of split rings, trebles, retying of FGs took us almost 2 hours as we brought quite a number of sets just in case. Tidal conditions and the location of their jetty which is quite far inland conspired to create a situation where we had to leave the jetty at 4-5am as the tide receded or wait for the incoming tide at 9am to make our way out to sea. This was further compounded by the fact that the boatman told us that we would have to be back by 4pm or risk being stranded by the outgoing tide. This shortened our fishing window considerably, and we consoled ourselves by sympathising with those who actually had to work that day, while we went fishing ! As we needed the rest, we reluctantly decided on a 9am start despite the shrotfalls of such an arrangement.

At the jetty the next morning, we encountered some commercial fishermen bringing back some of their catches. Some had used the normal gill nets and brought back a whole host of typical fare. But the ones who caught our attention were a bunch who fished for quality fish on rods and hand lines! We were stunned by the size of jenahak they caught. We saw at least 10 specimens weighing from 1.5kg to 6kg+ that was weighed and sold near our cabins. It seemed that when the tide is right and the weather good, fishermen would go out at night using live squid specifically to target these fish. There were also some big sting-rays, a medium one weighed for sale was about 8kg. And there were several specimens much bigger than that! I t certainly made us think about the type of fishing available in these waters apart from lurecasting for pelagics.

After buying the requisite supplies from nearby breakfast stalls, we pushed off for the islands. Defender had arrived in the morning, and had quickly stowed his gear on the boat. I was quite surprised to find out that he had never been on a casting trip to Pulau Sembilan. After all, he was a hardcore caster who hails from the area. To attest to his prowess, just the week before he had landed a 2.9kg siakap putih in Trong while fishing alone ! This type of dedication is something that is hard to find let alone fathom. How many of us would fish alone on trips like that?

We were blessed with fine weather and calm seas, although we expected the day to be hot. The water was blue enough to do justice to the term “the deep blue sea”. We reached the islands at about 10am, and started the day casting for cencaru at Pulau Batu Putih. There were several boats already there, with the attendant birds broadcasting the presence of baitfish on the surface. We saw longtoms and cencarus attacking them on the surface, but unlike the previous trip we could not entice them to strike. Our failure to hookup any were mirrored by the other boats. According to the boatman, the erratic movement of the fish made it difficult us to approach them. In our previous trip, the schools were gathering further away from Batu Putih, and were more predictable in their movement. This made it a real option for us to use light spoons and feathers. All we had to do was move up current and slowly drifted towards their position.

After about an hour, we decided to go in search of more amenable species. The water current was medium, which made it very pleasant for any type of fishing. The first few stops only produced the dreaded longtoms. They were willing takers of lures and were entertaining at first, but only if they did not take back any of our precious lures. Rina landed a decent sized longtom on Rapala Vibrax and marked that specimen as her first Pulau Sembilan fish. Similar results followed for everyone; while I managed to up the ante a bit by hooking and a losing a smallish queenfish (talang). The fish hit the silver 14g Altima and raced back towards the boat. I frantically reeled in the line but as soon as the line was taut, it jumped and performed a perfect aerial cartwheel to throw the hooks. A well done was a deserved reaction to the antics of that fish !

Between the absence of sizable quarry and the abundance of longtoms, I was not sure which sapped our strength more. At around 10.30am, we neared another one of those fishy looking bays that characterises so many of these islands’ shores. I think the fishy appearance of these locations is the reason we found the strength to carry on casting! This bay was calmer as compared to some of the others we had fished. Immediately Dolah was hooked up on a Rattlin Fat Rap RFR-5 CHB (Chrome Blue) … and in a blink of an eye, I felt a take on my trusty Altima. Double hook up! But there was no blistering run that we have come to expect from a GT! And judging from the bend of the rods, these were not small ones either.

Initially I was horrified to see my line being pulled downwards and towards the boat. I reeled as quickly as I could and as soon as the line came taut, the unmistakable power of a heads-down GT and the rythmic tail beats began chorusing through the line. Incidentally I was equipped with a Daiwa Exist 3012 spooled with 20lb Stren braid in green tipped with 40lb Vanish fluoro. My rod was a 6-15 lb Techna AV 1 pc and the power of the GT was beautifully translated into a full fighting curve which brought out the best in the rod. I think I am beginning to like the 1 pc rod characteristics despite the obvious inconvenience associated with it. Dolah was using a Daiwa Caldia Kix 2500 similarly loaded with 20lb Stren braid in green and 40lb Vanish fluoro. The matching Eagle GT rod was similarly tested as both fish fought on doggedly underneath the boat. As both fish had adopted the same posture in the fight, for a while it looked like we were fighting the same fish. But I knew there were 2 fish as during the initial take my line was pulled in a different direction than Dolah’s.

The fish had actually managed to cross our lines as we were not able to keep them apart; fortunately for us this happened well into the fight and both specimens had nothing left in to take advantage of the situation. Both fish were duly netted (both at once!) the compulsory photos followed. Both were healthy specimens of tackle busting, heart stopping package of piscatorial terror! My fish weighed 5.5lbs while Dolah’s had another half a pound on it. A quick release followed and we were on the scoreboard.

Later decided to take a rest as the rest of the day unfolded. Instead I simply tied FGs, ate, drank and made merry as the pressure was off. I had also wanted the foredeck to be clear for others to break their duck. Dolah continued casting, as he was very enamoured of his setup and the RFR-5. There were many instances where we could see fish racing after the lures but turned at the last moment to derive the bunch of us hopping mad. Once, a barracuda about a metre long followed a lure right up to the boat before disappearing underneath it. Not before favouring us with a view of its’ huge chevron marked flanks !

A few half hearted follows by GTs and many full blooded strikes from longtoms later, Dolah had another follow by a smallish GT which did the now familiar about turn in full view of the boat. No one took it seriously as it had happened too many times before. The only difference this time was that on his next cast to that spot, the RFR-5 was monstered big time by a good specimen. A few good runs later, and with his tackle holding together, I slid the landing net under the GT (a tight fit!) and brought aboard the largest GT that I had personally ever seen landed on a typical Pulau Sembilan trip. At 8lbs on the boga, it translated to a shade under 3.7kgs. The fish had swallowed the lure whole, but somehow the hooks had missed the vital parts and was removed after some effort. The fish was very weak due to handling pressure and time out of the water, but after some determined effort to revive it, this fish swam off to fight another day.

I continued on the light and easy mode, while the rest kept up their effort – Rina then landed a good sized talang pandan which was well over 600g, her second specie in the waters of Pulau Sembilan. She was proving able to withstand the heat and showed no sign of seasickness and was showing someone how to fish !

Dolah then changed to a Surecatch popper which I must say did not pop very well. It must have been the heavier hooks that we had used; but it turned into a very attractive pencil bait when constantly retrieved. Te heavier hooks also improved the casting distance. On one such cast, the popper was taken right after landing by another GT. By this time, Akashah and Defender were gnashing their teeth as their non-stop efforts had still come up to naught while Dolah was hooking them up one after another. Actually, from a spectator’s point of view, I could not see anything that they could have done to improve their chances. This GT was also safely landed, a handsome specimen of about 5.5lbs. This fish also lived to fight another day. By this time the tide was already full and was about to turn. This usually brought a decline in fishing activity and so it proved.

My rest period was beginning to bore me so I decided to do some sabiki jigging. My position enabled me to keep an eye on the sonar, and I was excited by the amount of corals and fishes showing up on the sounder. My jigs were constantly taken by small fishes, from coral ooglies to small groupers. I made it a point to try this method next time and to come better prepared. I didn’t have a heavy enough sinker and a correspondingly heavy gear. It seemed there was a myriad of fish stacked under the boat at any given time. At this time Rina had hooked and landed another talang pandan.

The only species I had hooked of any size was a talang pandan, a cencaru which managed to throw the jig near the boat and a grouper of about 200g which took an Altima spoon which I had dropped mid-water. A school of medium sized fish had showed up on the sonar at 20+ feet and out of curiosity, I dropped it to that depth. The take was immediate; I was wondering what the grouper was doing there as the seabed was at 40 feet !

At this time we were fishing at the small rocky islands which happened to be on our way back to the jetty. The place looked fishy but the only action we encountered was when Defender had a hookup to a GT which hit, swam non-stop and was rewarded with his 15g Halco twister. Still it was quite an experience for the first timer. In fact, he has pencilled himself in for our next trip !

A while later it was time to go back, and we reached the jetty at about 4.20pm. it was an early end to our trip as we typically return at 6-7pm.

Observation

1) Plan your trip carefully to maximise fishing time. Tides may dictate departure and return times so be aware to avoid disappointment!

2) We observed that most of our takes occurred during the incoming tide. The outgoing tide was more quiet although not quite devoid of any action

3) Arriving early and sleeping over is recommended, it would give anglers much needed rest and an early fishing start. If necessary, anglers can also sleep after the trip and drive home the NEXT morning. Safer that way.

LKG latest playground

2008-05-05T01:11:00.003+08:00

If you are interested in sport fishing, a pond stocked with lots of Barramundi, Mangrove Jack and few other saltwater fishes then head over to Kakilai Fishing Centre in Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Kakilai Fishing Centre is the newest playground for every sport fishing anglers to wet their lines and make the most out of your fishing lures. This pond is strictly a catch and release pond where anglers are only allowed to fish with artificial lures and no bait fishing is allowed. The actions here is lure and fly fishing and you are guaranteed lots of spectacular action throughout your day.

This pond offers plenty of good-sized fish to catch plus a good clean environment for you to fish. The surrounding area is well kept and cleanliness is always at its best.

Besides using the normal spinning or casting fishing method, anglers can also fly fish at this pond. Ample space is available if you are into fly fishing. Fly fishing is a very effective technique at Kakilai and certainly the most fun that can be had at the end of a fishing rod.

Good fishing well worth a day's pay!

Open only on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 9.00am till 6.00pm
Venue: Semeling Town, Sungai Petani North, Kedah Darul Aman.
Cost: RM30 per person

Location Map
- From SP north toll, go straight pass the 1st and 2nd traffic lights (Bandar Laguna Merbok).
- Look out for a driving school on your right.
- At the 3rd traffic light(Semeling), make a u-turn and head back. It's the red soil (tanah merah) trail right before the driving school.

Tiger2my in Chonburi, Thailand

2008-05-04T01:39:00.001+08:00

Knowing that while he is away in Thailand and most of us LKG's were fishing happily at the new found playground, our Siamese Tiger also counter combat us with his fishing catches in one of the pond in the King's land. His catches alone makes most of us drool back home here in Penang.

The one that fishes alone

2008-04-25T01:01:00.002+08:00

This is what he do and how he took his own picture and video while no one follow him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XQujoxGrRY

Uncle Bob and Innerzen stopping by Penang

2008-04-10T00:48:00.002+08:00

Recently Uncle Bob from Tightlines , Kong Ming and Doctor Innerzen visited us Longkang Gang in Penang. As to show our warm Penang hospitality, we took them out for dinner and on the next day we invited them to test our Bedong playground fishing for countless Barramundi and Ladyfish.

Latest updates from UK LKG

2008-03-30T00:12:00.003+08:00

From FishingBoy in UK

Just some pics to share. these are some of the catches from last month. very cold weather in UK now. caught the 2kg chub on the first cast!

First cast 2kg "longkang" chub
3kg pike from the canal
The 'longkang' in UK

Mangrove jack/mangrove roots and mangrove branches

2008-03-19T22:50:00.003+08:00

Report by: Culky

Boi2 pick me up at precisely 4am and we reach Lan's place at 4.10 ..Strange? there was no light and Lan was nowhere to be seen.Normally he would be there packing, unpacking,talking to his cat and sorting out his Tesco bag..So ,i gave Boi2 a big smile and said"Lets go and get sumtin to bite"But inside i curse and swear at Boi2(U see he my ride for all my fishing trips and thats y i pretended thats its OK...The time of meeting is suppose to be 5.30!!!)

3 cups of drink and a plate of a very forgetable nasi kandar later we were again at Lan's place and this time he was there doing his endless sortings.Watson arrive on his bike on time.As usual Boi2 got a lecture from Lan on the benefit of travelling light..Finally we started our anticipated journey. We met up with Round face at juru RnR and manage to squeeze in a very 'much bloated, since marriage round face'It must be a very tight squeeze at the back but nobody dare to complain.I was seated at the front with the A.con directed at my balls, quite comfy. We met up with Nasir at the gerai.Lan stuff himself as usual and sapu all the kuil.

We finally reach the jetty and those seated at the back stumble out of the 'Sardine can'Boi2 was complaining of 'Flatten Balls syndrome'The jetty was a hive of activities with anglers loading their gears. We were the only 2 boats doing casting, GOOD...All gears on board and as usual Jey with extraordinary effort managed to heave his great mass on board a seemly very small boat...let the pix do the rest of the story telling....................

A familiar situation..Lan dishing out instructionssss

A very worried Nasir sizing out the boat whether Jey can fit in or not.

This is what we came for!!!.Nasir holding the first MANGROVE JACK of the day.

This is what Boi2 came for!!!roots ,trees and branches

Boi2 with his first MANGROVE branch sheesh....

The Never Ending Quest in Terung

2008-03-19T22:47:00.002+08:00

Photography Report by: Defisho

LOOK! What We Did Last Saturday.....

2008-03-19T22:41:00.002+08:00

Photography report by: Tiger2my
Venue: Kuala Terong, Perak

Begahak Sungai Pahang

2008-03-19T22:34:00.002+08:00

Laporan oleh: Arin (In Bahasa Malaysia)

Sudah hampir dua minggu saya mendengar tentang perkembangan musim Begahak di Sg Pahang. Cerita bermula bila Abg Zul menyatakan yang Begahak telah berjaya di pancing di kawasan Jambatan Bangau dan sekitar kawasan Lubuk Paku di daerah Temerloh dan Maran , Pahang. Hati makin bergelora bila kebanyakannya dinaikkan selalui method casting, cuma dari tebing sungai sahaja. Ada juga yang menyatakan setakat ini record yang berjaya dinaikkan adalah seberat 4kg hanya dari hasil acara casting tebingan ini.

Sebaik sahaja saya mendengar cerita tentang musim begahak ini, mulalah tangan terasa gatal teringin untuk mencubanya. Kejadian biasa yang sentiasa dilalui oleh kaki-kaki casting “hardcore” apabila mencapai tahap “jiwa kacau” mendengar cerita ikan yang sedang mengganas merembat gewang-gewang telah sekali lagi terjadi pada diri saya. Lantas persiapan diatur untuk menjejaki spesies ini.

Selebihnya ikutilah laporan bergambar dari kami.

A day in Tuas

2008-03-13T22:27:00.000+08:00

Today. we sneak off to YAN . This trip, headed by our MANGKOR KING,goldmarlin and roundface(Jey).As usual the boats around us was landing tenggiri and we were getting Mayong,duri,saiseng and everything with spikes....We were so cheese off but except for LAN.. he seem to be smirking away.. He was very much AT HOME...

Casting for Mangrove Jack

2008-01-30T14:31:00.000+08:00

Report by: Thakin

Yesterday, there was a trip to Trong. This date was set by Nasir himself, the famous guide in this part of the country. He chose this date as he liked to fish the incoming tide at 3-4pm. From his experience, this kind of tidal movement provides the best kind of fishing conditions for lure users.There were 5 anglers plus Nasir; Dolah, Takin and Jackpot on one boat, while Nasir, Defender and Keown crewed the second. As usual, there was the early wakeup calls and the sleepy drive before arriving in Trong at about 7.30am. Without much ado, the boats left the jetty and headed for the designated hotspots.

On the way out, there seemed to be a lot of freshwater in the mangrove channels. The night before had seen heavy rain; and there was that stillness usually associated with a recent downpour in the air. Tarpon rises that used to be everywhere were nowhere to be seen. This created a sense of uneasiness; what was the fishing going to be like today?

The regular casting spots failed to produce, and not for want of trying. The lack of action mirrored the still atmosphere described earlier. The tide by now was receding; this tidal movement usually produced some action during our previous trips, but this time it left only sore casting arms and a growing sense of trepidation!

Further down the channel towards the mangroves were a bit more kind. Both boats managed to land some barracudas, and the odd catfish. But these were few and far in between. There was also turbid runoffs from the small streams feeding the main mangrove channels; more evidence of the heavy rains the night before. A detour off the main channel and to go after a group of tarpon feeding off an inlet provided some respite from the boredom. They were very finicky, and proved difficult to target with heavy MJ gear. After about 30 minutes and a few tarpon later, it was back to the main channel.

The heat didn't help with our mood at all, and the lean run continued till well into midday. Nasir's advice was to go out to the main channel nearest to the sea and wait to fish the incoming tide at about 3pm. In the meantime, there was nothing else to do but wait. A few moments of shut-eye helped somewhat. Later, as we prepared to get underway, Jackpot had a surface strike that narrowly missed his lure. I had fed the gathering baitfish around the boat with leftovers from lunch, and I think the increased activity had attracted something bigger to the boat !

The fishing started again in earnest at around 3 pm; this was when the tide began it's push upstream. This time, there was action within 30 minutes; Jackpot struck his first MJ on an natural coloured Abu Tormentor. The fish was extracted from a fallen mangrove tree which had drifted well away from the banks in the middle of the channel. It was just becoming submerged by the incoming tide, and the MJ obviously decided it made an ideal stop on its way upstream. We congratulated ourselves for the effort to investigate this lone structure in the middle of the channel. It was a school-sized fish, we suspected there could have been more with this specimen. Unfortunately, we had drifted too close when Jackpot was fighting his fish; it certainly spooked any other MJs which might have been hanging aound that particular snag.

The other boat also had strikes, more catfish and a solitary estuary cod that was landed and released by Keown.

Both boats then went further upstream; Nasir then landed a good sized specimen on his garfish casting bait. Dolah then missed a barramundi which missed his lure by inches while casting near the same snags.

How the fish would suddenly feed aggressively during the incoming tide was becoming evident. Dolah then landed another school sized MJ in another hotspot. The lure taken was a Rapala X-Rap SB 10cm in blue colour. I made a follow on cast; the lure was struck but failed to hook up. Jackpot then had a huge strike that lasted a few seconds before the fish threw the hooks. It had opened up his 2x Owner trebles on his Abu Tormentor! Unfortunately, our anchor had pulled and we had drifted OVER the fish holding snag. This is NO-NO as this would mean we would have to leave the spot for sometime before it would produce again.

Nasir told this to us in no uncertain terms; we had waited for hours and the chance was somewhat wasted. By this time, time was not on our side as it was already 5pm. We only had 2 more hours to dark and there were still some hotspots we wanted to try.

Defender then landed another school sized MJ, bringing the total MJs for the day to 4.

Our last stop saw us at the "Surecatch Corner" so coined by Nasir as it rarely fails to produce. And so it proved. My first cast was struck but again no hook up, the next cast by Dolah resulted in a 1.4kg specimen which was the biggest of the trip. Unfortunately, for the second time, our boat had drifted over the snags, and this resulted in the fish again being spooked. Nasir's boat had by then had struck and lost a few barracudas, including one which we had estimated to be around 3 kgs!

Dolah then lost his favoured X-Rap to another barracuda, calling time on yet another natural coloured lure in the waters of Trong !

LKG Gang Outing @ Chenderoh Lake

2008-01-29T23:11:00.000+08:00

Met at Lannun's Place 7amBreakfast at PELITAS in Auto city

LKG's PILLAR OF STRENGTH!

Arrived at our destination..
Calvin Klien/Donna Karan/Karl Lagerfield/Zang Toi.... Eat your heart out!! MEET LKG's MR FASHIONABLE.A sight that will launch a thousand hearts...

Secret identity revealed... Its Mr LKG HIMSELF..Mr ONG..(Siam ONG)
Dolah as usual very eager to to start fishing
Finally.. everyone rushing to their favourites spots.. Anticipation is high..

A very predictable incident.. Culky and his fish. Psstt!! that fella behind jealous.

Fish released...
A VERY RARE PICTURE..MBAX HOLDING FISH.. In fact its his first Toman.. he got the fish from his MISCAST...

Yet another 2 fishes added to Culky record
We can even fish for Lampam's from the cafeteria area at the chalet as shown by Yeapwl