Peacock Bass of Air Kuning

Air Kuning again.... This time I have my friend Ben with me for a 2D1N trip...

Reached there in the early morning....

Launching my little boat...

A slow start in the morning.... Baby Toman...

After a while without any sign of the Peacock Bass, we moved to the next pond..... and this pond is full of water liliy plants....

A local fisherman harvesting the water lily pods for the lotus seed that he can sell in the markets....

Hahaha! Ben's first catch....

Suddenly I hooked up a big Toman while aiming for a Peacock bass.....

Phewww!... So lucky, I never thought I could get this guy up with a 10lb line since there were a lot of water lilies in the surrounding..... Cheers!!

Thanks for it's presence,... it made my day...

There after it was back to square one,... we only managed to catch some small fellas again only....

..... sighhhhh!

Dark clouds suddenly engulfed us....

We seek cover under the foliage....

But the rain didn't seem to stop anytime soon that afternoon....

Well, this is fishing.....

Fishing @ West Kalimantan

Back to Pontianak, West Kalimantan for another expedition with my local anglers Abas and Tedy.... Venturing to where they had found a new spot to explore this time....

First, we lugged around our 18 feet fibre boat on to the truck and transferred to where they had discovered the river.....

After a few hours drive from town we reached a small black water stream where we were going to launch our boats.....

Only a small Toman came for a fight today.....

Simple breakfast in the next morning....

And off we go in the early morning.....

My friend Kenny was so lucky to catch his trophy Tapah with a spoon that morning..... Congrats to him!!

Nice one!!!....

Lunch break at a small village along the river.....

A local dish serve with white rice, egg and fried chicken covered with spicy paste....

Yes!!! A good looking Ocellated Snakehead (Channa pleurophthalmus)...

And a Forest Snakehead (Channa lucius) too....

What a nice river covered with luscious bushes and woods.....

Nice!...

A nice and firm bite on my Inazuma spinner bait....

Caught a few decent Ocellated Snakehead (Channa pleurophthalmus) before we got back to town...

Although there was no big fish caught during this trip,... it was still a satisfactory trip for me anyway.... "Terima Kasih Pontianak!"....