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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Satang Island,Borneo


Finally,after about 6 months of waiting,we went out to the sea for fishing.All this time we were fishing on land(lake,river,seaside and even pay pond,which was the most!) while waiting for the monsoon to be over and the sea 'calm' enough for good fishing.
The location was around Satang Island,about 30 minutes boat ride from Telaga Air fisherman village,using a boat with 15 hp only.
The weather was good,except few times of thunder sound from afar,lightning can be seen far to the southwest,around Sempadi/Lundu area.Small wave,enough to cradle our 18ft-long boat and caused sea sick for a beginner.:P
Dinner on the boat next to the island with beautiful sunset view made fried Luncheon tasted like bacon!
Ironically,there were no squid come up for the light,made us short of fresh life bait.
First catch was a small stripe fish called 'ikan gok' by the local.And then quiet till the night.Heard sound of surfacing turtle couple of time and dolphin whistling,which worried us a bit since the locals belief that the sight of dolphin might be the sign of thunderstorm.But nothing bad happen,maybe because it was just the sound.
Next catch was baby stingray fish..and again stingray fish...and again stripy 'ikan gok' fish....all in baby size.What the heck..where is the monster?
A couple of similar size boats also fishing around that area.One of them followed us and stay near to us.Maybe they thought that we are catching a lot of fish around that area.Well,the blinds always follow the blinds.
Took a nap for a few hours,felt like a baby sleeping in a cradle,with the small wave touching the boat.The nice view of the star and full moon(yeah,full moon with king tide,perfect time for fishing huh?..smart!),didn't last long since it was so cold from the 'romantic' wind of the sea,so we moved inside for a nap.
Woke up again just before sunrise.Caught nothing,so we moved nearer to the river mouth.
A crab got my friend hook and didn't want to let go till he landed on the boat.Prodigy!
No barramundi(siakap) eventhough we did some casting.And the current near the river mouth was so strong until at one time we were drifted for a couple of kilometres.
So,we called it the day and headed back to the fisherman village.The boat owner told us that the water was 'too thick' for fishing and wrong timing.The other guys on the other boats caught nothing!
Had coffee and roti canai before we heading back to Kuching.
Next time we'll check for the perfect time,water and moon before we go for sea fishing.
Anyway...Good try...'Seasick Pirate'! :)















The captain....












Approching the islands.






















Weapons ready...
















Sunset..look at the rod.Bend it like Beckham!















Dinner with options,squid or prawn?






























Baby sting ray.

























Aliens are coming in the cloud!





















Sunrise...beautiful!














Sunrise over the legendary Mount Santubong.

















Captain Jack Sparrow!
















Heading back to the river mouth.



















Prodigy!
















Lets call it the day.Mount Serapi is the landmark to find your way back to the fisherman village.


See ya..don't want to be here....








6 comments:

  1. That is a great hobby. It is where you test your patience. Happy fishing!

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  2. Despite the poor fishing I bet it was great to be out on the sea in a boat. Is it expensive to hire a boat with a captain? (it is here!) I really want to get a boat someday and hopefully a big enough one to go out on the ocean with

    great post-- cheers

    --Brian J.

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  3. Yeah..it was great..really great.
    Not that expensive over here.For this size of boat just MYR 100 and plus MYR 50 for the captain.
    Well,we have the same dream :)

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  4. woww.. love your sunset/sunrise pics. We go fishing by boat because we have a small aluminum boat with only a capacity of 4 persons.

    have a nice day

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  5. That size of boat is what we are going to get next year to hunt for 'toman'(snakehead) in a lake nearby :)

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  6. Lake? You know of a lake near Kuching? I'd love to find a lake...

    I recently got a little 20ft cabin boat, have been fishing with my father in law on Sungai Santubong. Plenty of little stingray, a few catfish, nothing really big so far. Did get one big stingray, about 15 inches across.

    Sad to hear the current is strong near the river mouth, we were planning on going there!

    Best of luck with your fishing adventures - see you on the river...?

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