Yan Round Three 12th January

The Tenggiri season was about to come to an end so we decided to give it a one last hurrah.As usual,we met up at Lannun's place before proceeding to our destination : Tuas,Yan.Anglers - Lannun,Culky,Lordman,OrangMinyak,BigBite88.

Beautiful sunrise.

Casts after casts resulted in zero Tenggiri so we decided to do some bottom fishing.Culky with a kerisi.

Spotted a trawler boat fishing for bait fish.Look at the huge amount of it!

Splash it all out!

The boatman asked me to try for the Cencarus which is a midwater fish.I let out line and stopped halfway.Not before long,I registered my ever Cencaru on 6lbs Fireline,Ryobi Zauber 1000 and Lemax 6-12 rod.Freaking good fight and I'm really amazed with the "torpedo's" speed and line stripping abilities.

Felt lost out to a young angler,Culky tried his hands on the Cencaru as well.Not before long he had a taker.His fish was smaller than mine.Hehe.

Trying to make others think that it was a really huge fish.

Deng...deng...deng...deng....My tenggiri caught on drift.Estimated around 7kg.Really good fight on my Basstera and Excia 3000.

Mean looking fish but it's actually very fragile.The easiest fish to gut and clean due to its soft flesh and bones.

Lordman fighting his first ever Tenggiri but lost it in the end.

OrangMinyak fighting his fish.He looked very exhausted.Not because of the fight,but the poor catch rate!

OrangMinyak's Tengirri nearing the surface.

Successfully landed.

Better picture of it.

All and all,we had 3 Tenggiris and few other fish.As usual,we will split up catch among ourselves.Not the type of catch rate that I was hoping for but nonetheless,we had plenty of fun and laughter.With Culky and Lannun on board,there will never be once when the boat's quiet.Hehehe.

Longkang Gang/Sombong Gang in Hatyai 10th January

To start out my "brilliant" Hatyai trip,I had to lie to my parents that I was going to Sungai Petani for a fishing trip the night before.Then to make things worse,I was stopped by the authorities at the border for having a passport which is 3 months before the due date.For those that don't know the rules(I was one of them),six months before the expiry date of your passport,you are NOT SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.I was held up for an hour or so before I finally managed to access Thailand after giving "coffee money" to one of the authorities.

This trip was joined by a total of roughly 20 anglers from Penang comprising of Longkang Gang and the up and coming Sombong Gang.

View of the restaurant.Note that you can even fish from the balcony!

The rig.

Rigging process.

Longkang Gang's Achievement.

Loban in action.

Walah!~

Double hook ups are very common.As you can see,Are-Bear in the foreground had one in his hand.

Are-Bear having a jolly good time with his Basstera setup.

Line stripping fish tests both angler's skills and endurance.

Jeymatt with a hook on.

The mekong catfishs' here just don't learn eh?Check out the swollen mouth!

Wildboar with fish.

Wildboar's Tica reel was totally WRECKED by his fish.Line could not be retrieved and had to use the handline method for retrieval.Cip Pirato did the honour of retrieving.

Tiger2My in action.Fish after fish was landed by him.

Sunshine2Sally.The sole female Longkanger that came along.Gave the Plabuks no chance at all.

Cip Pirato,the pioneer of Longkang Gang with a Baitrunner setup.

Jackpot the Crackpot.Really fun guy to fish with.

When Crackpot has nothing better to do,he will disturb other anglers as demonstrated above.

Again Crackpot with disturbance.This time disturbing the Pedukang.

Sombong Gang

Nique with his prized plabuk.He was the first person to land an over 20kg fish of the day.

Alan being the second person to land an over 20kg Plabuk.

OrangMinyak a.k.a Ben with his Xzoga rod paired with Hyper Certate Custom.Whoa!~

"Come here Fishy,Fishy,Fishy..."

Alan with his PE3 jigging rod and Freams J 4500 loaded with 30lbs line.

Tiring fight which lasted well over 30 minutes.Tight drag yet the fish was able to fight so long.

Alan's biggest catch of his life and the biggest of the day from all participants.For his effort,the Boss of pond gave him a complimentary shirt.

Me sleeping after a very tiring day.Huh?Tired from?Taking pictures?No fish also?

Answer : WRONG!I had the first fish of the day but because it was small,I didn't bother taking pictures of it.As of other fish that I landed,it was no bigger than the one I landed in Tambun paypond.So in the end,no pictures were taken except this.

Advice :
- Make sure your passport is more than 6 months from expiry.
- Use mono line.I learned the hard way.I used braided lines and it kept on snagging to others when fighting fish because of its buoyancy.
- 20lbs mono is sufficient.
- 10-20 rod to give maximum fun.

Machaas & Friends Eating Their Hearts Out at Tao!!!

Pang were about to leave Penang for KL soon to further his studies so we thought of sending him off in style with a good feast together.

Place chosen : Tao Japanese Cuisine & Lounge(Auto City)

The Jokers.From left : Gino,Nadal,Me,Pang,Keng.

The Clowns.From left : Keong,Chun,Jian and Wai Kin.

The Lovely Couples.

Sim & Lino.

Suzanna & Gino.

The eating was intense.We paid roughly RM50 each but we walloped so many plates of scallops and sashimis.I think the Tao Management must have blacklisted us because of our monstrous eating habits.

The Jokers strutting their stuffs after their hearty meals.

We are one very big happy family.

Water sprinkler outside of Soho.

From Bed Lounge.

More serious looking faces.

What better way to end the day than a few glasses of cold beer.Slurp slurp!~