Rules Were Meant to Be Broken 5th April

Ben : You going Teluk Bahang Dam on Sunday?
Me : Nope.Got coaching lesson.
Ben : What about going tomorrow?

That was the conversation I had with Ben on Friday.The PMPP members were scheduled to fish LEGALLY on Sunday and Ben wanted to have a go at this place first following reports from Ben(Gold Marlin) that the Tomans were plenty and can be seen cruising along the banks in the early mornings.

Badly poisoned by Ben's words,I decided to give it a try since it was also FREE.We reached the dam at 6.45 in the morning.The surroundings were still dark and flash lights were needed to get us in.We didn't take the main entrance in as fishing in the dam was prohibited at all times.Instead,we took the back lane and it was rather creepy with all the hissings from the insects.Adrenalines were rushing too as we did not want to get caught for fishing.All sorts of emotions and fears were running in our head but the fishing must go on.

It took us quite some time to get to our first spot as there were two different paths to choose from.We first took the right path which brought us down all the way to the banks.There were no structures around which means there will be no predatory fish in it.Hence,we decided to walk back up and try the very next spot.

Upon reaching,the sceneries were beautiful and structures were plenty and my heart was pumping fast.It was as though that I could already sense the potential that the dam has to offer and its potentials awaiting to be unearthed by anglers.

Ben who invited me for this trip.Note the structures behind him.That was where he had a jumping Haruan/Toman(could not verify but it was either one of it) hook up.He was using a top water lure when the fish came from underneath and sky rocketed out of the water.As soon as the fish reaches the water surface,the fish was gone.We tried casting to the similar area again but did not result in anymore hook ups.

The beautiful morning sunrise and the fresh air that we had were something to look forward to if we were to visit here again.

Potential spots but cannot we reached by foot.If only the PBA allows fishing on boats,it would be a very productive spot as I could hear Toman splashes and frenzies every now and then.

If you do register a hook up,be prepared to lose your lures.We could only salivate at the possibility of hooking up a Toman but Mother Nature disallow us to do so.

We were casting for the past 2 hours at the same spot as space and spots were limited.Probably the spot Gold Marlin mentioned was true,just that we did not know how to get there as we could see the landmark from where we were.

Since there were no more hook ups after the loss of the fish,we decided to head down to Tarpon Gate instead.Haha.What desperate move to land a fish.

Upon reaching Balik Pulau,Ben suggested that we should try out Ah Soon's pond as the previous week Latok and co landed couple of Threadfins.However,we were unable to register any hook ups by this species or any other predatory fish with our beautiful flies.My guess will be these fish were so well fed with the Mullets in the pond as the supplies of this bait fish seems to be in the hundreds!

Half an hour or so,we decided that it's not worth casting in Ah Soon's place anymore as the fish were not receptive.We tried our hands on wild Tarpons instead.

Yeeehaaa...Tarpon and I'm no longer Mangkor!

Tarpon caught on my ET Fly.

There was once when I accidentally over cast my fly.I dragged it slowly back into the water and was instantly whacked by a fish.Really vicious for its size and I was so afraid to lose it.When brought to land,it was a Haruan.Officially,it was my second Haruan on fly.Hehe.I released it back to its habitat and the man behind me in the picture was bemused.I explained to him the importance of CnR and hopefully he would practice if he do fishes.

Both me and Ben went back home during noon.Though we had nothing to boast about from our catch in Teluk Bahang,at least we didn't get eggs for the day.Ben also landed a few Tarpons and that sums up our day.So will we be breaking rules again for fishing?OH HELL YEAH!That's the way of life for Longkang Gang and Sombong Gang.