CNY 2011 WITH TJS IN BEDONG

TJS in Bedong!!!

5th February 2011

First few casts... a good start!!

Xrap & TJS, deadly combination...

Ok, one goby is one too many... More barras please...?

Change lure to a Storm. Reason for change? Worried people might think TJS posing with the same fish :D

Fwwwaaaahhh.....

Getting fatter and fatter... both fish and the lure...

Change lure again. Same reason for changing, again...

One of the many double hookups!

Luckily able to land that fish. Notice the snap gave in?

Siakap frenzy, even Mazzy Frog wasn't spared! TJS was left puzzled... hahaha....

A wild thing...

Complete Abu - a Morrum, an Island & the new Verdict!

Storm killer soft plastics!

Fwaaaaah...

A lure that couldn't catch fish, or so TJS thought...

Check out the colour babeh... flashy pink!!

Just when you thought you had enough of soft pink... Hard pink!

Bring in the noise! Rattlers ahoy!

Say aahhh....

I fly!

Berkley SPs taken without hesitation as well!

Missing SP!!! Oh no!!! What does TJS decides to do? Launch a bare jighead!!!

Bare jighead bears result:

Check out that grin!!!

All lures in his tacklebox tried and tested. No more ideas... Mental torture...

Fingers swollen, skin abrasion, physical abuse...

Ah-ha! TJS' lucky Plabuk lure, off you go!!!

Spinners mari mari!!

No, it is not an artificial lure.

Should've seen the moves made by TJS to capture that froggy.

Froggy sent to battle.

A fierce take, followed by a brief fight, but only the hook came back, no fish landed.
Froggy declared killed in action...

Look at how the Crystal Minnow was taken!

Injured SP, intentionally cast. Still yielded some catch!!!

Last fish of the day. TJS had a tough time landing a closing ceremony catch...

War injury...

MFN: http://fishing.net.my/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20835

GIANT SNAKEHEAD MAYHEM

Our friend Loban, against a monstrous Giant Snakehead!

HEAVY METAL!!!

Another specimen, weighed in about 7.6kg

Jackpot with a jackpot quality snakehead!

(Not related to the above series pictures)

Now, Loban against SALTWATER GIANT SNAKEHEADS!

(again, not related to the above series of pictures)

1st & smallest catch of the day!

Malaysia de Amazonia!

Giant Snakehead! Saltwater edition!

SWIMMING WITH TAR ZAN OF BANDING

Prelude:

Legend tells of a legendary angler, whose angling skills were the stuff of legend...

It is a great honour and great shame to have this self proclaimed Legend with the LKG.

Be warned, that the contents of this post, is NOT FOR THE "SANE". It was handed down by the Legend himself. Therefore, proceed only if you think you are capable of digesting legendary stuff...

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Read and heard from somewhere that there is a local legend (Chinese Tar Zan) hiding out in Banding...

As usual, I need to find out whether it is true or not... will be good if it is true... so it wont be so lonely for me (as you all know I AM LEGEND myself...)

Managed to con KC aka SENGET and another non angler, Roland Foo to drive us there. Reached the Banding jetty at around 7am. Tar Zan is nowhere to be seen. Told everyone to be on the look out, watching for crashing from the tree top (Tar Zan swinging from vines) and also straining our ears for his signature cries... ORE_EEE--ORE!!!!

Right on the cue, the tree top started shaking violently and a familiar scream ORE_EEEE_OREEEE and follow by a sickly sounding crash!! False alarm... that was GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE. Sheeeshh...

A low rumbling sound of an outboard motor fills the early morning air. As it gets nearer, I glimpse a very tanned, long haired guy manning the boat... Lo and behold, it is Tar Zan in the flesh, complete with a 300 dollars sun glass.

It was a tense moment as we sized each other up (Legend to Legend). Without a word being said, I hopped into the 18 footer fiberglass boat.

For those common folks, we Legends do not talk much. We knew at once that BANDING is much smaller than our EGOs... Better give each other space, or else there will be an epic battle of EGOs and this will totally destroy Banding...

An hour and a half latter we reach his tree top dwelling (because of the high water level, it appears to be floating on water).

We docked, and I was taken aback by the cosy interior. Fridge, Astro, chest freezer, 24 hrs generator running, hot water, fully equipped kitchen, purified drinking water, ceiling fans and comfortable matresses with clean pillow case and blanket...

Tar Zan showed me the place where he met JANE:

BTW this is not JANE... It is KC aka Senget:

Tar Zan hunting for crocs... but instead met hippo... (sorry Roland... hehehehe)

Me with a couple of smallish sebaraus...

Suddenly we heard the trumpeting of elephants, immediately we forgot about the crocs... Armed with only 2 pen knives and a butter knife, we charged at the source of the commotion... After 15 minutes of stare down with 20 elephants, they (elephants) backed down, and with tails between their legs they quietly slipped back into the dense jungle.

Tar Zan and I slowly turned and faced each other, without a word being said we understood each other. INDEED BANDING IS A WEE BIT TOO SMALL FOR US!!.

A victory swim and we call it a day...

After spending 4 glorious nights under the stars... it was time to head back to civilization. ADIOS TAR ZAN.... ORE--EEE--ORE--Tar Zan boh cheng khorrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

LE GALLERIA LE MBAX

Our friend Mbax has been sneaking around fishing from off the radar...

Alas, he was caught red handed!

Presenting some highlights from Le Galleria Le Mbax!