What's New from Grand Canyon

We spent 5 days on the water, from April 12th to the 17th. Thursday and Friday had some off weather and wind, but with good times in between. We fished at the mouth of Moki, and did fairly well during the day, and even better at night. Luckily the wind died down at sunset, which made for relaxed, non-stop fishing. The stripers at the mouth are a 65/35 split of young ideal fish and starved non-filletable fish. And an occasional walleye, but not many. Saturday we went up to Knowles, and spent the night. Mid day seemed least windy and most fishable. Didn't catch much in Knowles, but graphed a lot of fish.

Sunday we went down to Forgotten, and spend the afternoon in the first, short arm. Took time to catch up on filleting, which took a few hours. Afterwards caught a dozen skinny stripers, and a few small smallies in the rock piles. Went to the central arm (towards defiance house) and caught some crappie in the back (in the trees). We hiked to defiance house and saw the only shad I've seen on the lake... they were up the dry creek bed about a mile from the end of the water, in a small clear pool. Guess the stripers chased them too far into the back of the canyon... !! There were about a dozen young shad, one adult, and unfortunately one tiny LMB about the same size as the small shad. Hopefully the mom shad will teach it to be a vegetarian, so his brothers and sisters don't become lunch one day. I'd rather see a dozen shad take to repopulating than one LMB have a lunch. Was pretty wild to find them so far away from the lake.

Sunday night we night fished in Forgotten, as I had graphed a school as we came in, right across from the first (short) arm. There is a place near shore where the water comes up to 30-40 feet, and with calm wind we were able to anchor on the fairly smooth bottom. All fish were the same size... small. They were a little smaller then the moki fish, but still a good size to fillet. We caught probably 40 before calling it a night, due to wind eventually blowing us off our anchorage (26' tritoon with double bimini=a lot of wind drag).Monday we went back to Moki and tried to fish in the afternoon and evening, but the wind persisted so we didn't night fish. We only caught maybe a dozen stripers in the afternoon. This was the first time I caught fish by speed reeling, using a chartreuse grub cast out, worked along the bottom, and then quickly reeled back. Caught 4 nice small stripers in succession this way.

The hydro glow night light brought in tons of plankton, but no shad. Most of the fish we caught were on my special rig, consisting of two #2 hooks (#2 proved to be the best sized hook to catch both large and small fish) about a foot apart, and then another foot down to a chartreuse grub on a 1/4 oz jig head. We fished predominantly with anchovies the whole trip. Sherm has conveyed to me how much he prefers fishing with x-raps and other shallow cranks, which seems to be a much more exciting way to fish, but I have yet to get into fish that way. I guess I get too comfortable fishing with bait. And he has done pretty good on chartreuse grubs in the past... Also, of the stripers we caught, it was a pretty even mix between picking up fish on the chovies or the green grub.

Some other guys fishing at the mouth were only using the green grub, but were chumming profusely. Monday seemed to need more chum to bring the fish in than usual. I cut the chum into as small a pieces as I could, to increase surface area of the chum (more scent) and also so that the only large and satisfying pieces they would find would have a hook attached.
Tuesday was much nicer, calm and warm weather. We fished again at the mouth of Moki, in our usual spot, the first cove on the right as you are going in. We tried fishing in the deep water in the middle of the canyon but couldn't find any fish. At the mouth we probably caught another 30 fish before heading back to bullfrog, most of them really nice sized small stripers. They are by far the best to eat.Lili caught the biggest striper of the trip, probably weighing in at around 10-12 lbs. The bigger fish seem to go for the grubs on the bottom more than the chovies a little higher up.

Camping in Moki I tossed in a line for catfish and came up with a few channel cats, and this odd one. I caught this fish twice on two occasions. Not sure what species it is...?

The three coolers-full were from the course of the trip (same 240 qt. mega cooler). Anyone looking for a good fish cooler should get this one... it's an igloo max cold 7 day cooler. Found it at costco for around $80. It holds PILES of fish, has a raised top to hold more fish, and has a convenient smaller hatch for dropping fish in without opening the main lid, keeping cold and flopping fish from escaping.All in all, further up the lake wasn't producing as much (for us), and Moki seems to be a consistent place to catch ideally-sized stripers. We probably ended up with 150-200 stripers in all. Viva la Shad!

JOEL & LILLI BELMONT

Trip Tg Pinang

Tanjung Pinang Indonesia, salah satu destinasi percutian yang menarik dan ia juga menawarkan spot pancing yang mencabar. Ramai kaki pancing telah ke sana. Terdapat pelbagai ikan dan juga karang bulu yang termasyhur itu.

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Grup Ah Keong membuat trip ini Jun tahun lalu. Dengan menaiki bot sewaan yg selesa, dilengkapi GPS/sonar, katil dan bilik berhawa dingin serta layanan 5 bintang dari krew bot. Makanan disediakan 5 kali sehari, awak2 yang sentiasa membantu mengangkat ikan dan memasang umpan di mana tugas pemancing hanya memancing dan berehat bila keletihan. Trip 2 hari 2 malam dirasakan berbaloi biarpun setiap kepala dikenakan yuran RM1,200 (tidak termasuk tambang feri).

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Pemancing memulakan perjalanan dari Melaka dengan menaiki feri, feri singgah sebentar di Singapura untuk mengambil penumpang sebelum memulakan perjalanan selama 45 minit ke Tg Pinang.

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Di sana tekong telah bersedia di jeti di mana urusan telah dibuat lebih awal. Perjalanan ke lubuk pertama tidak mengambil masa yang lama, hanya 30 minit perjalanan bot. Agak mengejutkan haruan tasik bersaiz bagak berjaya dijinakkan di lubuk tersebut walaupun mereka memancing di persisiran pantai sahaja.

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Untuk gambar menarik mereka, sila klik link di bawah:

www.imagestation.com/album/slideshow.html?id=2125350874

What's Biting This Summer

I throw together a page to give folks an idea of what sorts of fish they can catch offshore in most parts of Japan during the summer months. I’m sticking to game fish folks commonly take on lures as that’s my main area of knowledge.

Right now the weather’s warming up bringing with it a rise in the salinity level in Tokyo and Sagami Bay, as well as other near shore areas in and around Kanto. This makes for some good action with blue runner species especially in the mackeral and tuna families. The best fishing is off shore, but folks are able to get good catches from the shore along the costlines of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Shizuoka. This is a good time for newbie anglers to get started as the fish are generally biting like crazy leaving no one empty handed when the boat get back to shore. The species I’ll mention here can usually be caught on both jigs and surface minnows or poppers, but one or two can only be taken on jigs.

Taking a partyboat is in the best way to get a good days fishing in. For us Tokyo-ites it’s a relatively convenient way to go given that many of the ports are only a few minutes walk from a train station. I’ll get into some specific places to check out in my next post. The only draw back if any is that these boats can get a little crowded when the action is really good. My advice is to try and go on a week day if possible as the number of anglers won’t be so high.

Most folks are suprised to hear that Dorado (aka Dolphin Fish aka Mahi Mahi) can be easily caught just offshore in Japan. They’re called ‘Shira’ in Japanese. Anglers can take meter plus mahis between June and mid to late October in the Kanto area. The most popular method is to use a 6-8′ casting or twitching rod and 16 to 20lb mono. Recently alot of folks (myself included) are doing casting with PE using rods outfitted with Fuji Lowriders. Lure wise, folks cast poppers, pencils, and light jigs. Probably the most action for your buck during the summer months.

Many captains, especially in Sagami bay will do Dorado and Skipjack relays, where they bounce from one point to another depending on the conditions. A wide variety of tunas and bonitos are easily caught during the summer months aswell. Anytype of bonito or skip jack is called a ‘katsuo’. They can most easily be taken on jigs, but can be caught using poppers and pencils when feeding near the surface.

A common and very exciting site from the boat is what’s called a ‘tori-yama’, literally, a ‘bird mountain’. This is basically the phenomenon of dozens of guls flocking to an area where a large school of baitfish is swimming around. The occurance of game fish striking at the surface itself is called ‘nabura’. When one can see a cloud of birds diving at the ocean in a feeding frenzy from a good distance, it’s a sure bet that there are gamefish underneath getting there fill as well. It’s a pretty cool site.

During the later summer months expereinced anglers can go out for a variety of tuna. These are mostly albacore and yellowfin, but there are other varieties as well. To boat one you need a powerful reel like a Daiwa Saltiga or Shimano Stella SW spooled with a at least 300 meters of 30-50 puind braid. Your rod has to be 6′6″ minimum and should have a relatively parabolic action. -Not stiff like a GT rod. Folks cast pencils and poppers but the best way to get em is by casting a long 60-80 gram sliding jig into a school of sardines and giving it a few sharp jerks then letting it drift down a few meters as if it were a wounded baitfish. If the jig makes it past the dolphin fish, you get a chance at getting a tuna. Del.

Joran, Potak & Bob

Baru-baru ini, ayah ajak Bob pergi ke kolam terbiar bekas lombong pasir di Bandar Seri Ehsan dekat Banting. Ayah selalu bawa Bob memancing sama ada ke laut, pantai, sungai, kelong, kolam bayar atau lombong.

Ayah telah hadiahkan Bob set pancing ringan Tomman kerana Bob rajin ikut ayah. Ayah benarkan Bob buat lontaran setelah Bob diajar beberapa kali. Sekarang Bob sudah pandai menggunakan joran, kekili dan tidak takut lagi memegang umpan cacing serta lain-lain.

Semasa memancing di kolam terbiar ini, Bob gunakan umpan cacing. Bob akan bubuh banyak-banyak sebab ayah kata ikan semua tamak, hendak makan umpan banyak. Di kolam petang itu, kawan-kawan ayah seperti Abang Azuan, Abang Irsad dan Abang Sham sudah lama memancing iaitu sejak pagi lagi. Dalam baldi mereka Bob tengok ada macam-macam ikan. Antaranya ikan haruan, keli Afrika, anak belida dan tilapia. Tetapi yang banyak sekali ialah anak belida sebesar tapak tangan Bob.

Lepas bubuh umpan, Bob pun baling ke tengah kolam. Lama juga Bob tunggu tapi tidak ada ikan makan. Bob selalu juga karau untuk periksa umpan tapi ayah kerap marah. Dia kata Bob tidak sabar, kalau tidak sabar tidak boleh jadi pemancing.

Kali ini Bob bubuh umpan cacing lagi banyak. Bob baling umpan dekat dengan reba timbul. Tidak lama lepas itu hujung joran Bob bergetar. Bob tidak perasaan tapi Abang Azuan beritahu. Bob pun putar mesin kekili laju- laju. Rupa-rupanya Bob dapat anak ikan Belida. Kawan-kawan ayah semua tepuk tangan kepada Bob. Lepas bubuh umpan Bob lontar lagi tetapi tidak ada ikan yang sentuh lagi. Bila hari dah nak gelap ayah ajak Bob balik. Bob hendak bawa balik ikan yang Bob dapat tadi tetapi ayah kata bagi Abang Azuan. Bob tanya mengapa, ayah kata ikan itu banyak tulang nanti sakit tekak tercekik. Begitulah cerita Bob memancing di kolam terbiar.

Be Careful!

Susah betul pokcik nak update blog ni. Asyik kuar message IE cannot display la, Cannot connect la dsb bila nak log in. Access guna Internet Explorer problem, pokcik guna Mozilla Firefox, pun problem gak. Apepon ni pokcik letak gambo yg dipinjam dari website jiran, www.pancing.net. Ni bukan lagak ngeri mata tiga, tapi kira tragedi. Next time bila membaling pancing tu, tengok2 kawan2 kat belakang...eee bayangkan kesakitannya!

Greetings From Tokyo Japan

This is what I’m hoping will be the first of many reports and articles I put together to give sport fishermen around the world info about tackle, techniques, and species we get here in Japan. I’ve been here for almost five years and have had a good amount of angling experience mostly in Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay. I also get down towards the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Bosou Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture for big game jigging from time to time.

This time of year most lure fishermen in Tokyo Bay are going after Japanese sea bass, called ‘Suzuki’ in Japanese. Similar in appearance to a snook, these guys are a lot of fun to catch because they hit hard and fight hard. They can be taken at varying depths, typically upwards of 30 meters, as well as in the shallows against jetties, and at outflows from man made canals and natural river mouths.

There are two types of anglers who pursue these fish. Guys who like working the shoreline and guys who prefer to go out on a Japanese style party boat. I am of the later sort due to not having wheels of my own to get out to the good shoreline points. I can get to several boat docks by getting on a commuter train with my rods and tackle which is great being a resident of central Tokyo. An all day trip costs between 8500 and 12000 yen (that’s about 70-100 US) depending on which guide you go with. I patronize one that charges 8500 and has a really good reputation.

Del

Sotobou Jigging Season

Hi everybody. For 5 consecutive days we can't access/log in into our postmaster area to update or amend any article. However, as promised here we published just for u all an articles from a friend; one from a series of his experience in saltwater of Japan. Ina.

About two weeks ago I headed off to the Pacific side of Chiba for some light tackle jigging. We had a good run on seabream and yellowtail. Mixed in were a bunch of other bottom dwelling fish called matodai and kintoki in Japanese. I can’t recall ever hearing what they’re called in English. They were pretty good eating though.

The weather is warming up so from this month until about the end of June there’ll be good yellowtail fishing over that way. This season lots of anglers are going to be switching from using standard metal jigs to using a new type of bullet jig called ‘Inchiku’ in Japanese. More on those later. To make a long story short, THEY WORK! - Del

Hi From Ina

Hi semua and pokcik

Thanks for giving me this opportunity to monitor and administrate the shout box as well 'limited' freedom/accesibility to the postmaster area.

Untuk permulaan Ina akan masukkan Video Clip yang ada kaitan dengan konsep blog ni. Harap pokcik tak kisah. Nanti Ina akan masukkan klip2 video seperti memancing menggunakan bungge (bungee fishing), menangkap ikan jerung menggunakan tangan (bare-hand shark catching) dan lain2 yang bersesuaian. Tapi Ina pun baru dalam bidang IT dan pancing ni. Jadi secara bereksperimen, Ina akan sesuaikan mengikut kehendak semasa. Kalau ada yang tak menjadi tolong ajarkan.

Good to meet all the bloggers. Good day, nice fishing!

Ina Duyung Dara

Ina Duyung Dara

Kepada semua pembaca blogsite Jom Pancing ni, pokcik nak announce bahawa pokcik dah francaiskan Gebang-gebang Tekong kepada Ina Duyung Dara (IDD). Pokcik ni kadang2 jenguk sekali sekala je kat blog ni, tak tau lah sejak kebelakangan ni rasa malas je nak masuk Mungkin kena Santau M kot...Santau Malas. Keje opis pun banyak juga sekarang ni. Kadang2 tu lalu jer kat blog ni, tengok sunyi jer pokcik sambung keje balik.

Ina Duyung Dara pun pokcik bagi laluan untuk mengomel atau komen apa yg patut kat blog ni. Jadi kalau korang nak chat atau bertukar pendapat, boleh lah. Tapi dia ni masih belajar kolej lagi, jadi chat yg patut2 la. Umur 21 tahun, masih single- belum ada pakwe. Kacukan Boer..hehehe Belanda campur Melayu. Fasih bertutur Bahasa Belanda, Inggeris, Melayu dan Mandarin. Dia akan jadi administrator untuk chat box tu bila takde kelas ye. Tapi kalau nak chat ngan pokcik, tinggal aje mesej kat chatbox tu, bila pokcik lalu, pokcik jawab ler.

Anyway Ina Duyung Dara (IDD), selamat menjadi keluarga pancing!

Basah Tali Kelong Lukut

Semalam Kamarul dan Iwan memancing di Kelong Mamod Lukut. Kat kelong ni biasalah melepaskan gian memancing dan untuk membasahkan tali pancing yang dah lama tersadai. Beliau juga sertakan gambar hasil tangkapan. Antara yang berjaya dipancing ialah ikan tambak, kerapu tikus, gerut, kunyit, gelama, sembilang dan anak talang. Bagi aksi appolo ikan selar kuning dan beliak mata berjaya dinaikkan.

Tapi kat kelong ni yang paling best ialah acara tidur, malam angin menderu2 dengan bunyi ombak lagi. Tu yang saya percaya beliau lebih banyak tidur dari memancing...

Untuk gambar-gambar ikan beliau, sila lihat album di sebelah kiri.

Enter the Tiger Fish in Zambezi

by Carolyn

Largest of the characins, the African Tigerfish is big, powerful, and well armed, thus making it among the worlds most sought after gamefish. It lives in the open rivers and streams of central and northern Africa. The impression one gets from viewing these fish, is one of awe, terror, and mystery, not unlike the feeling of watching a Great White Shark. This fish is basically an enlarged version of a tetra. All of the fins are pointed, there is an adipose fin, the scales are large for a characin, and the mouth and dentention are extremely well developed.

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The teeth are designed and look like knives. Each tooth fits in a socket between each tooth, allowing the teeth to mesh like cutting sheers. All teeth are seen all the time even when the mouth is completely shut. The entire body is sleek and designed for speed.Horizontal unbroken black bands run along the entire body, hence the name tigerfish. The rest of the body is usually a silver-white-grey, however there is usually a metallic orange or yellow sheen. Many specimens have various blue to green pigmented scales.One of the most fearsome predators freshwater has ever known, the tigerfish has a viscious reputation. These fish hunt in large packs, just as their South American counterparts, the piranhas do. Prey consist primarily of other fish, but just about anything alive can fall prey to the tigerfish. Like the piranha, prey is eaten away bite by bite. Because they have razor sharp knife-like teeth, and extremely strong jaw muscles, they are among the few fish that can turn the tables on prey the same size or larger than themselves. There are unverified reports of attacks on humans.

My husband, Mark, eats no beef, chicken or pork and has spent years saving (rather than squishing) spiders, flies and sundry insects by carefully escorting them from inside the house to outside the house. This past weekend, he lost all this positive karma in a two-hour span of fishing on the Zambezi River near Mana Pools National Park in northern Zimbabwe. It was worth it.

Fishing is not a pastime that usually appeals to me, but that afternoon the river was particularly inviting and fishing seemed like a good way to experience it. Once afloat, we saw crocodiles and hippopotamuses plying the shoreline – the crocs impressing us with their stealth, their terror-inducing incisors, and their armor-like scales, and the hippos punctuating the stillness with a ruckus of guffaw-like honks. Saddle-bill storks waded in the tall grasses, white-fronted bee-eaters flitted in and out of their riverbank nests, and a fish eagle manned his treetop look-out. On the Zambian side of the river, this scene was framed by the Zambezi Escarpment, a picturesque row of small mountains.

Although neither of us had cast a line for many years, Mark hauled in two fish, including a tiger fish – one of the most sought-after catches in the Zambezi, largely because of the challenge of reeling it in. Tiger fish are fighters – once hooked, only one in ten are brought onto the boat. Mark and I had several “ones that got away” before he perfected the balance of pulling and reeling, and, in thirty seconds of action-packed drama, caught a four-pounder. The fish was silver, with dotted black lines down its body and a peach-colored tint to its fins and tail. Its sharp, fierce-looking teeth presented a very intimidating appearance. (The literal translation of the fish’s scientific name, Hydrocyon vittatus, is “striped water dog.”) For breeding purposes, female tiger fish are typically thrown back into the river, but Mark’s catch was male and sizeable enough to save for a pre-dinner snack.

Tiger fish is a white fish that tastes similar to bream (a.k.a. tilapia). It is much bonier than bream, however, which means it isn’t very conducive for serving whole or as a filet. The camp chef skillfully prepared Mark’s fish by cutting it into small boneless pieces and frying these pieces in a thick batter. He served the tiger fish nuggets on lettuce, with slices of lemon and tomato. They were gobbled up before I had the chance to take a photo. Apparently, tiger fish is also excellent when pickled.

Resepi - Tenggiri Asam Pedas

Bagi yang menggemari masakan asam pedas tapi tak tahu nak membuatnya, Chef Selebriti Jun menurunkan resepinya. Asam pedas ni kalau tak betul bahannya akan jadi singgang (singgam klu ikut Niazor). Mari mencuba..

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apa kabo pokcik. lama x anta resipi....bukan ape. teringat pokcik bz aje lately, malas nak kacau. ni pun dah lama terperap kat umah jun. dah brape kali basi dah..hahaha....sbb pokcik dah tanya, ni jun anta lah gak.

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kali ni jun anta resipi masak asam pedas sbb pokcik dok sebut2 tu kat umah pokcik. tp ni malacca style ek...kiranya resipi mak jun la. jun ni asal aje kat sana tp bab2 yg berkaitan ngan melaka, fail gak.. asam pedas ni pun ada mcm2 jenis. yg ni jun guna ikan tenggiri. ikan tenggiri atau pun dikenali sebagai Spanish Mackerel (apsal lak sepanyol dpt nama nih!..) atau pun dalam bahasa cina nya dikenali sebagai Kau Yee (x tau la dialect mana pokcik..). ikan ni mmg boleh masak mcm2 jenis resipi...kiranya antara ikan yg 'versatile' la... selain dari tu wat keropok pon boleh. mmg serba boleh lah..hehe. ia juga antara ikan yg paling boleh bertahan lama dalam 'fridge'. ye lah...nak plak yg skali seminggu g pasar cam jun ni..wahaha...

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ok la..kita straight tu d recipe ye..3 keping ikan tenggiri. bahan kisar:-bawang merah, bawang putih,cili kering, halia, jintan manis, juntan putih,kunyit n lada hitam.bahan tumis:-bawang besar, halba, biji sawi n daun karibahan tambahan:-serai, bunga kantan, daun kesum,air asam jawa,garam, gula, air,tomato dan kacang bendi.cara2:-panas minyak, tumis bahan tumis, masuk bahan kisar dan kemudian masuk bahan2 lain serta ikan...ala, masak macam masak asam yg biasa tu gak la...wokeh pokcik....nanti try la yek...senang aje ni. nanti belanja jun makan ikan bakar ye....bye dulu...jumpa lagi....salam

Petua Tekong - Menyediakan Gelama

Ikan gelama bukanlah merupakan ikan yang dikategorikan sedap untuk dimasak. Seperti ikan talang dan duri, gelama mempunyai isi yang tawar. Ia hanya sedap bila dibuat ikan masin. Bagi yang tidak meminati ikan masin, En. Omar menurunkan petua berkenaan gelama ini. Beliau menyarankan ikan disiang dan dibelah dari belakangnya. Setelah dibasuh, tabur garam dan biarkan semalaman di dalam peti ais. Selepas itu bolehlah dimasak samada digoreng, buat asam pedas dan sebagainya kerana rasa isi ikan sudah berubah. Selamat mencuba.

Pemancing Sembilang Pulau Berbatu

Mereka datang dari jauh dan dekat. Dari Pantai Remis setiap orang membayar RM5 untuk ke pulau tersebut menaiki bot laju. Sehari semalam mereka berada di pulau berbatu, ribut dan panas terpaksa ditempuhi dengan payah..semata2 kerana memenuhi naluri mereka sebagai pemancing.

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Petang Sabtu kami sampai ke gugusan Pulau Jemur berhampiran Pantai Remis, Kuala Selangor dengan bot En. Omar. 3 buah pulau telah ditandang oleh pemancing iaitu pulau berbatu seperti di dalam gambar. 4 pemancing berada di atasnya. Pulau ini hanya mempunyai segugus pokok, tidak cukup pun untuk berteduh di panas terik. Sebuah pulau lagi mempunyai pokok sekunder dengan tebing berbatu yang tinggi. 3 pemancing kelihatan di situ. Sebuah pulau lagi merupakan tempat kajian dan observasi sebuah Kolej Universiti bagi kajian bio marin. Di pulau ini terdapat jeti yang panjang merentangi pulau, hujung ke hujung. Terdapat ramai pemancing hujung minggu di sini kerana ia lebih selesa.

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Pulau berbatu nampak kemerahan di bawah panas matahari. 3 pemancing di satu tanjung dan 1 pemancing lagi di hujung yang bertentangan. Bot kami berlabuh 20 meter berhampiran pulau tersebut. Ternampak kelibat pemancing menarik joran, beberapa gelama berjaya dinaikkan. Tak dapat bayangkan bagaimana mereka menahan terik matahari bermula dari pagi tadi tanpa sebarang pokok untuk berteduh. Sudah mesti baju sudah berbau hamis akibat peluh. Malamnya setelah kami memancing di beberapa lubuk disekitar gugusan pulau, angin bertiup dengan kencang dan dikuti pula hujan lebat. Nasib baik bot kami berbumbung. Tapi apa nasib pemancing di pulau tersebut. Tak nampak pun khemah mereka, kalau buka khemah pun mesti berterbangan ditiup angin kencang. Menggigil kesejukan lah mereka di sana. Kami dalam bot dengan pakaian kering pun mengerekut kesejukan.

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Pagi esoknya sekitar 9.00am bot kami berlabuh semula berhampiran pulau berbatu itu. Pemancing2 nampak ceria. Beberapa kali mereka bersorak keriangan kerana pancing mengena ikan sembilang. Agak kasar juga saiznya, ada yang sebesar lengan dewasa. Pemancing berbaju putih yang mengambil lokasi di tengah sahaja yang asyik mengena sembilang. 5-6 ekor juga dalam masa 1 jam. Yang lain sekadar ikan gelama.

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Pukul 10.00am bot laju tiba untuk mengambil mereka. Bila difikir-fikirkan, agak jerih juga pertualangan mereka. Dibasahi hujan lebat, kesejukan angin menderu di waktu malam, kepanasan bagai cacing dibakar bila tengahari...begitulah kalau dah hobi!

Penangan Gelama Pulau Jemur I

Hujung minggu lepas, kami memancing ke Pulau Jemur menaiki bot En. Omar Che Mat. Sudah hampir 2 tahun tak menaiki bot beliau, selepas saya berpindah ke Nilai dan sibuk menjaga kedai yang dibuka pada Sept 2005. Sekarang bila semua dah stabil, kena bagi masa untuk memancing la pulak.

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Petang tersebut saya, En. Omar, Rosli dan warga Indon Nuril menaiki bot dari jeti Persatuan Nelayan Pulau Indah. Cuaca sangat baik, laut sangat tenang. Perjalanan ke Pulau Jemur mengambil masa 45 minit sahaja. En. Omar yang baru balik memancing dari perairan pelantar minyak di Terengganu minggu lepas, juga minggu sebelumnya ke Tg Pinang, Indonesia masih kelihatan letih. Tapi kami mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kerana masih sudi membawa kami ke Pulau Jemur biarpun keletihan masih terpapar di riak mukanya.

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Pulau Jemur sangat terkenal dengan jenahak tandanya yang mana trip2 kami sebelum ini tidak pernah gagal menaikkan spesis tersebut. Sampai sahaja ke perairan Pulau Jemur, masing2 begitu bersemangat membaling umpan. Umpan yg digunakan kali ini ialah pumpun, sotong pasar dan udang hidup. Umpan pertama disambut oleh gelama selebar 3 jari melalui pancing En. Omar. Selepas itu kami berempat berjaya menaikkan gelama selain diselang seli oleh ikan duri. Kata orang jika kawasan tersebut ada gelama, maka ikan besar tidak bermain di situ.

Sauh diangkat dan kami menduga di atas batu karang di mana air hanya sedalam 16 kaki. Untuk seketika joran aksi ringan En. Omar berjaya menaikkan ikan gelam yg berwarna agak gelap. Beberapa minit setelah didaratkan warna gelama tersebut bertukar menjadi cerah. Mungkin ikan2 dasaran berubah warna untuk tujuan penyamaran.

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Kami berlegar di beberapa lubuk berhampiran, termasuk di kawasan lubuk yang dispot oleh tekong handalan Pak Abu. Juga kami menaikkan gelama sahaja, kali ini semuanya berwarna keemasan. Hairannya, mana ikan tetanda yang terkenal itu, seekor pun tiada yang menyentuh umpan.

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Pada malamnya langit mula menjadi kelam. Angin bertiup dengan agak kuat dan laut beralun tinggi. En. Omar merapatkan bot berhampiran pulau untuk menggelakkan angin kuat. Dua sauh digunakan sekali gus bagi menggelakkan bot dari hanyut oleh tolakan arus dan angin yang kencang. Tirai ditarik bagi menepis tempias hujan. Air dimasak untuk pekena mee segera dan kopi keras, enaknya makan ditengah laut. Selepas itu masing2 merebahkan diri di kusyen bot untuk lena yang panjang. Sungguh enak tidur di atas bot dengan cuaca yang sejuk dan berbuai2 kerana alunan ombak.

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Pagi tersebut sekitar 7am, masing2 terjaga. Perut di alas dengan kopi panas serta roti sekaya sebelum meneruskan pemancingan berhampiran pulau berbatu. Disini bagai lubuk gelama. Baling saja, umpan akan terus disambar. Kadang-kala belum pun umpan sampai ke dasar, gelama dengan rakusnya menelan. Kami bagaikan berpesta ikan gelama. Nuril yang masih pening2 begitu teruja sehingga hilang mabuk lautnya. Satu umpan pumpun yang digunakan boleh digunakan (recycle) untuk 3 atau 4 gelama. Sehingga 1 jam selepas itu bila umpan pumpun kami kehabisan, barulah ragutan berkurangan. Gelama di lubuk ini agak kasar saiznya iaitu ada yang selebar tapak tangan. Warnanya pula perak berkilau. Rupa2nya sekitar gugusan pulau ini ada berbagai jenis gelama iaitu berwarna keperakan, keemasan dan gelap comot.

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Selepas itu sauh diangkat untuk kembali ke Pulau Indah. Lubuk terakhir diduga berhampiran jeti. Bot yang berlabuh disebelah bot kami dinaiki oleh Cikgu Zahari di mana minggu lepas beliau berjaya menaikkan jenahak 14kg di spot tersebut. Umpan udang hidup kami tidak disentuh hinggalah 5 minit terakhir, joran saya mencangkuk erat seekor tetuka 400g.

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Di akhir sesi pemancingan kami berjaya mendaratkan lebih 100 ekor gelama dan ikan duri. Tak mengapa, lain kali kami akan memburu jenahak tanda bila tiba musimnya.

Geng Kedah - Cerita Pancing anda!!

Selepas trip kami pada 10 Februari ke Pulau Sembilan, Geng Kedah pula menduga di P9. Tadi beliau menelefon Kamarul mengatakan mereka dapat hasil yang super lumayan. Kalau dulu kami dapat sekitar 120 ekor talang dan cencaru, kali ini mereka dapat 400 ekor!!!

Sila hantar kisah saudara berserta dengan gambar untuk tatapan bersama. Hantar melalui email kepada nizam.mnl@gmail.com. Jika gambar digital camera, sila edit, resize kpd 'web large'. jadi space yg digunakan akan kecil.

Saudara boleh juga menghantar secara pos, jika gambar ditangkap menggunakan kamera still/biasa, hantar lah sekali beberapa keping. Alamat: 12-19 Jln Terminal Nilai 1, Nilai Sentral, 71800 Nilai. U.P: Kamarul.

Pancingan Bergelora Pulau Sembilan

Ini merupakan trip yang ke 4 kami ke Pulau Sembilan. Entah mengapa, tarikan ke Pulau Sembilan agak kuat walaupun kami telah menduga banyak lubuk seperti di Rompin, Terengganu, Mersing dan sebagainya. Mungkin jarak yang dekat dari KL menyebabkan P9 mudah untuk dikunjungi.

Trip yang dikoordinasi oleh Cikgu Aziz Setiawan telah dirancang sebulan sebelum itu. Beberapa hari sebelum pergi, Cikgu Aziz menelefon memberitahu bahawa laut agak bergelora. Tekong kegemaran, Abang Talang juga tidak senang kerana terpaksa membawa Pengarah Pelajaran Perak untuk trip lain. Yang ada hanya abang beliau.

Perbincangan dibuat dengan kaki pancing yang telah menempah untuk trip tersebut samada untuk meneruskan aktiviti atau tidak. Memandangkan plan telah dibuat begitu lama, kami bercadang meneruskan juga.

Seperti biasa, kami menaiki bot di subuh bening di Teluk Batik. Saya, Rosli (Sr), Kamarul, Bob, Cikgu Aziz dan Ashrif. Zakil membatalkan namanya di saat akhir. Tekong menuju ke bot pukat bilis tetapi malangnya hanya ada 2 bot yang sedang memukat. Bila didekati, tiada ikan bilis yang ditangkap. Tekong melilau mencari bot pukat lain, namun tiada di perairan Pangkor. Mungkin bukan musim bilis, maka tiada bot di sana.

Hendak tak hendak kami menggunakan umpan pasar seperti sotong, kembung dan udang yang dibeli oleh tekong. Sampai ke lubuk pertama, kami melabuhkan pancing. Dengan umpan udang dan sotong, hanya kerapu yang meragut. Selepas beberapa ketika, apabila tiada ragutan, tekong beralih ke lubuk berikutnya.

Umpan sotong dan udang disambar bertalu2 oleh ikan Taufu bersaiz 2 tapak tangan. Ikan yang berwarna merah pudar dengan belang hijau tak berhenti2 menyambar umpan. Kadang2 pemancing yang memakai 2 mata disambar 2 ekor sekaligus. Disebelah petangnya kami memancing hampir ke satu pulau batu. Disini hanya ikan kambing, ikan kecil yang juga berwarna merah kelabu bercampur kuning yang menggetu umpan. Ikan tersebut layak dibuat umpan sahaja. Seekor ikan taufu yang dibuat umpan pancingan permukaan disambar rakus oleh Alu2. Ia berjaya dinaikkan dengan gancu, satu2nya ikan besar kali ini.

Sebelah malamnya, laut mula bergelora. Masing2 pening lalat, ramai yang terbungkam di dek bot. Mabuk laut. Aktiviti malam hanya tidur dan tidur. Keesokan paginya tekong menghidang teh tarik halia. Bob menggeluarkan sardin untuk dimakan dengan roti. Kombinasi yang tak sesuai menyebabkan ada yang muntah hijau, ditambah lagi dengan keadaan laut yang bergelora. Dalam perjalanan pulang, tekong singgah di lubuk kapal karam. Nampak terpacak tiang kapal dari permukaan laut. Namun tiada sentuhan ikan, mungkin disebabkan umpan yang tidak segar lagi.

Untuk trip kali ini, saya kategorikan sebagai 2 bintang sahaja. Tiada ikan yang betul2 menguji kemampuan pancing kami.

Micheal Schubert in Action

Hi everybody. Just to share our recent “The Victorian Gamefish Classic 2007” held at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia on 16 – 17 February. Here were our programs:

Friday:
Members from the South Gippsland and Victorian Game Fishing Clubs arrived at Rhyll Angling club for the registration and tournament briefing. A total of 65 teams comprising 187 anglers, 169 fishing section 1 and 18 fishing section 2 of the competition. There were 160 male, 15 female, 9 junior and 3 small fry entries into the computer. The tournament briefing was held at 9:15pm with most anglers in attendance.
We must thank the Rhyll angling club for the use of their club rooms for the registration and briefing with a special thanks to the ladies of the club for the constant supply of finger food for all to enjoy.

Saturday:
The morning began with a fantastic breakfast of egg, bacon, sausages, coffee, tea and orange juice, graciously sponsored by Darren Whelan from the Alberton Roadhouse. Most boats headed to sea to find calm fine conditions. Fishing commenced at 6:30am with reports of fish starting to air by 7:30am. Weather for the day was good, although I think many would have preferred a little more sea breeze in the afternoon to cool it off a bit.
There were plenty of fish tagged and taken during the day with 3 pending Victorian State Records amongst them. The Saturday night meal was great with thank to the SGGFC for organising it, the meal seemed to be enjoyed by all.

Sunday:
With the weather report for 20-30 knots from the north for Sunday thing were not looking promising, but with a clear calm start to the day most ventured out into Bass Strait for a look at conditions to be confronted with a pearler of a day. Again there was little if any wind for the day, clam seas and a few fish reported. The record breaking of Saturday unfortunately was not repeated on Sunday, although many good fish were tagged and taken throughout the day. With the fishing completed by 3:30pm the race was on to finalise the tournament results for the presentation.

Result:

Heaviest capture on fly - Not Won

Heaviest capture 37 / 60 kg line - Not Won

Heaviest capture 15 / 24 kg line – Steve Pearce – 253 kg Mako on 15kg line

Heaviest capture 8 / 10 kg line – Darren Morgan – 50.8 kg Mako on 10kg line

Heaviest capture 4 / 6 kg line – Clint Arlington – 47.5 kg Mako on 4kg line

Perghh power gile. Menewaskan Yu Mako 253kg dengan tali pancing 15kg. Clint lak pakai tali 4kg jer, blh naikkan Mako 47.5kg. Tak dapat den bayangkan macamana diaorang layan ikan tu..

Resepi Ikan Masak Singgam

Iron Chef Niazor dari Kuantan memperturunkan rahsia memasak Singgam. Masakan ni sedap di makan panas2 dengan nasi yang di masak sedikit lembik. Kuah biar berdayau dalam nasi tu. Lepas tu makan di beranda rumah sambil mendengar lagu hindustan Sanggam. Pasti mak mertua juling biji mata memandang menantunya makan dengan penuh khusyuk dan syahdu.

Ikan Masak Singgam (citarasa Pahang)
Ikan (aya / kembong)
air 4 cawan
bawang putih 3 ulas (dimayang)
garam secukup rasa
lengkuas (dihiris)
asam keping
hirisan kunyit hidup
lada kecil 4 biji (dibelah dua)

Cara-cara
Masukkan semua bahan-bahan diatas sampai ikan masak dan hidangkan.

Masakan ini juga sesuai bagi ibu2 yg dalam pantang. Kida, kalau letak isi keladi atau timun tua mungkin boleh gak kot, pokcik tak penah cuba. Anyway, selamat mencuba, maaf gambar tidak disertakan. Trimas Chef Niazor, wakarimaska!

Toman Subang Jaya

Tali berdesit2 keluar dari mesin kekili. Nampaknya mangsa begitu utuh mendominasi petualangan. Pemancing tak ampuh menahan asakan demi asakan. "Ketatkan drag!!" jerit pemerhati di tepi tebing kolam. Drag diketatkan sedikit demi sedikit. Tetapi tali florocarbon 15 paun tak boleh diberi tekanan berlebihan, nanti putus. "Kayuh (karau) mesin cepat", satu lagi jeritan penasihat yang tidak bergaji memberi panduan bila mangsa cuba menarik tali keluar ke arah jerumun di dalam air. Kalau lambat dikarau alamatnya tali akan terbelit di celah akar banir yang menjulur di dalam kolam. Bila terbelit, pemancing pasti terpaksa memutuskan tali.

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Joran aksi ringan melendut membentuk huruf 'n'. Tali muntah keluar lagi, berderik2 mesin menahan asakan. Pemancing dan pengunjung tasik semakin rapat untuk menyaksikan aksi terbaik minggu tersebut. Mangsa masih tak mahu mengalah. Peluh berjujun keluar dari dahi pemancing. Siaran tergendala sebentar.....

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Hari Ahad tersebut, saya, Rosli dan Kamarul mencuba spot baru yang panas dikatakan orang. Sebuah tasik umum bertentangan dengan sebuah hotel terkemuka di Subang Jaya. Bersebelahan tasik umum tersebut juga terdapat kolam berbayar. Kami menduga di tasik umum menggunakan umpan cengkerik. Beberapa pemancing berhampiran ada yang menggunakan umpan anak katak dan cacing.

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Beberapa balingan langsung tidak mendapat sambutan ikan. Mungkin air yang jernih menyebabkan ikan takut kepada pemancing. Di hujung laman hotel yang menghadap ke tasik, seekor biawak terjun dan berenang bebas mencari makanan. Hari semakin terik..

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Pemancing di sebelah menggunakan kaedah casting berumpankan anak katak. Beberapa balingan langsung tidak tersentuh hinggakan anak katak pecah kepala kerana dibaling & di karau. Umpan katak baru ditukar. Balingan yang kedua, berdebur air kerana terkaman sang ikan.

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Aksi bermula lagi.. kali ini mangsa membuat junaman ke dasar dengan harapan dapat menanggalkan mataikail dimulutnya. Tarik menarik berlaku antara si ikan dan pemancing. Penonton semakin rapat dan ada yang memberi sokongan yang membina mahupun yang cuba melemahkan semangat. " Kayuh lagi, jangan bagi ikan tu chance untuk masuk jerumun.." Tiba-tiba....'tusss'. Penonton cemas dan hampir kecewa kerana ingatkan tali pancing putus, tetapi rupanya bunyi kentut seorang penontondi khalayak ramai.

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Hampir 10 minit mangsa keletihan begitu juga pemancing. Bayangan hitam muncul di permukaan. Sauk dihulur dan mangsa berjaya didaratkan. Seekor toman berskala 4.5kg. Gemuk dan berat macam mengangkat beras sekampit. Corak batik begitu terselah di badan ikan. Ada penonton yang bertepuk tangan, juga yang mengucap tahniah. Pemancing tersenyum bangga dan puas kerana berjaya mengalahkan sang toman. Ia dilepaskan semula setelah sesi bergambar.