Taganak-Baguan

Date : 17 April 2011
Time : 7.00am - 5.10pm
Boatman : Botak Jack
Cost : RM230/pax
Went to Taganak-Baguan today with Jepp, Amiludin, Ismail, Bob and two other members of another fishing team. It was a very good trip as the weather and the sea were calm.

The anglers - Ismail, Amiludin, Jepp and Bob.

The boat used in this trip.The weather early in the morning.

The bait used in this trip.

The chinaman team.
A 2kg 7-star@coral grouperA 1.5kg golden snapper

JeppBob
Amiludin with his best catch of the day- a 2kg red snapperIsmail with his 2kg grouperMyself with a 800g red snapper

2kg golden snapper
Here are some of the jangkarman's catch.
A 4kg grouper and 2kg MJ.

My catch - 10kg

Amiludin's catch - 10kg

Bob's catch

Jepp's catch - 3kgIsmail's catch - 11kgOur combined catch

Here are my catch.
7 groupers

13 pink ear emperor

1 long nose emperor

1 baby GT

3 pisang pisang

1 golden snapper

It was a very successful trip for us. Will surely go for another fishing trip again next month. Anyone who is interested to join me for a fishing trip in Lankayan next month, do inform me earlier with a RM200 deposit. Plan to follow Botak Jack again and the trip will cost about RM230.

Lankayan was unreachable

Date : 27 March 2011
Time : 7.00am - 5.00pm
Location : Lankayan
Boatman : Botak Jack
My first trip to Lankayan two weeks ago was cancelled due to Tsunami in Japan. Few days ago, Botak Jack phoned me and asked whether I still want to go to Lankayan. The answer was surely a YES. This time only myself and Amiludin went together following the Forestry Anglers. The weather was bad - heavy rain and rough sea. We managed to fish only for less than 1 hour before we took shelter in Selingan Island and few minutes after the rain stopped, we went back. We didn't manage to go to Lankayan but we fished in Bakungan instead.

The dark cloud before the trip.

Bakungan Island.

Amiludin

My catch - a pair of 600g and 500g red snapper.

Golden snapper weighing 450g and 500g

Groupers weighing 450g and 500g

My bonus catch - a Pulau Bai's baby grouperIf not because of the bad weather, we would surely get more fish there. I managed to get all those fish on double hook up. Will surely follow Botak Jack again to Lankayan.

Facing the Tsunami trip.....

Date : 17 March 2011
Time : 7.00am - 4.30pm
Boatman : Kim Sui
Location : Berhala Island
Cost : RM40/pax
Went to Berhala Island today with Jepp. Live prawn was hard to get this morning. We had to wait until 8.00am to get enough live prawn. We started fishing only at about 9.30am due to heavy rain.

Jepp

Myself

My total catch for today - 2.5kg

Jepp with his catch -2kg.The heaviest catch I've got- a croaker weighing about 400g

Jepp playing with his giant bait - a tiger prawn

My catch

Jepp with his bonus catch - a golden snapper

My bonus catch - a stingray.

The current was quite strong today. Jepp and I experienced the worst seasick we've got in Berhala Island. Will surely go to Berhala Island again once the weather and current are calm.

Abu Record 50

Trip to Lankayan was canceled due to bad weather. While waiting for another fishing trip, I managed to grab this beauty.With 6.3 : 1 gear ratio and 15lbs maximum drag, hopefully I will get a challenge from the fish here in Sandakan.