Chinese New Year

Family gathering during the Chinese New Year Eve......

And of cause not forgetting the Malaysian special new year dish " Loh Sang ".

Wow! What an offer of a KONG FU TEA ....The 3rd day of the New Year, 4 person of us Takeshi, Masa, Goto & I went up to Air Kuning to search for Peacock Bass.....We separate into 2 boat Takeshi & Masa, Goto & me.....We tried at the weed area from the beginning......Only found small Toman....

Another baby Toman.... Yeah! Peacock Bass.... I should have had a bigger size, but I lost it during the fight.......sigh!This is nicer.....Goto with his 41cm catch....

This is a catch of someone who fished with a live bait...... Weight about 4.5kgs....

Nearly got stuck there when we intended to head for home....

KL near-by fishing ground

Two of my friends from Singapore came up to KL for a weekend fishing trip......So, I decided to bring them to Batang Berjuntai for a try...... They reached KL in the early morning, after the breakfast we headed for the pond.... It has been a year plus since my last trip to this fishing ground.......The condition looks nice, Toman fish is every where but nothing turn up that morning.....After lunch we tried our luck at a different pond........We found not less then 4 baby Toman schooling in that evening, but still no result for the fishing game......Well, Tomans near-by KL really good at playing hard to get.......Hah hah!Sunday, we tried our luck again going to a better fishing pond according to my friend Jeff, where he often caught Tomans...... Today we have Jeff, Hoe, Paul, Frank, Amos and me in the game....
Hoe and Frank caught themselves some small Tomans........Today's champion, 4 kgs mama Toman. This fishing ground seem to favour Jeff only.....SHIT!We tried & tried. Still no fish............ Aaaaaaaaargh....We even tried at this Selangor River...... Trying........ Still no catch .....KL near-by = NO DECENT FISH? ( This does not apply to Jeff though )

Air Kuning

Inconjunction of my Japanese guest come for Peacock Bass fishing, I've just bought an aluminium 12 footer boat....... Water level at the fishing site still on the high side eventhough the rain has stop for a week.....Water is not so clear......A very good start for the day......Ha Ha Ha!My Japanese guest Mr. Murasugi caught himself the first Peacock Bass.....
But, the bite does not continue after that........Sigh.......... In the afternoon we moved to a different pond, and here is our result by landbase casting....

Our fishing site......After an hour of trying finally landed with a reward.....This was the biggest catch in that afternoon......Next morning, we went into the inner area to search for a better fishing site.......A lot of low-lying part of the road were flooded....The first fish from this morning was this baby Toman......Ha! Wow!.....This is a good size of Tilapia fish.40 cm, weight 1kg+......We had it steam with Hot Broad Bean Paste..... Not bad!At the final day, Mr. Murasugi try his luck with top water lure and manage to catch himself some small Peacock Bass.....The early morning before dawn breaks is always the best timing for this Peacock Bass fishing,........... and it will never let you down.After some trying, a big one came on his lure and it gave him much pleasure to the exciting fight.... Today, just this Toman was intrested at my lure.......

My New Year Vacation

My friends are having a count-down party to celebrate in New Year Eve, but not for me. I had to sleep early to get myself ready in the next morning to go to Kenyir Lake with my family..... Just for a little get away. Winding road & Zigzag course make more stopping...... In the end, we took 5 hours to reach the jetty where we will transit by boat.
Reach Kenyir Lake..........Still raining........ It is raining the whole morning, even heavier rain at the time we reach there..... and the 20 min boat ride is freezing cold. There is our destination, Remis Rakit a floating chalet at Bertuang River......
The rain start to fall heavier after we reach there,.....
So, since no where to go. we could just enjoy the atmosphere here and made our-self ..........RelaxxxxWhy papa eat by himself ??I wanna eat fried bee hun too!!!............ Well, eat and sleep is the best you can do here........Zzzzzzz! Little scorpion too, sleeping at my feet ( Scary!! )The rain never stop......Chalet operator caught a lot of small fish by the upper side of the river.....Local fish's name "Ikan Memperas" "Ikan Terbol" (Osteochilus hasseltii)
"Ikan Rong"
"Ikan Kawan"
"Ikan Lampam" (Javanese barp)
"Ikan Fidau" or "Ikan Seliman" Some special looking mouth.......
"Tapah"??......
"ikan Patong"
Busy cleaning the catches......
" Ikan Baung"!....Yummy, yummy....Become our dinner......
Fish maw and Fish eggs..... for cooking.....High Cholesterol, but really good taste indeed.......Delicious!We decided to go to Cameron Highland on the next morning...... But still raining.........Stop by at Elephant Conservation Centre......Spectacular view, on the way from Gua Musang to Cameron Highland....Don't miss the Steamboat at Cameron, especially during cold weather in the raining season....