LURE FISHING for Striped Snakehead (haruan, c. striata) can be very addictive. Not to mention challenging and frustrating at times. Compared to fishing for its big brother the Toman (Giant Snakehead), Haruan fishing is almost finesse. Wild caught Striped Snakehead (Haruan) of this size (60 cm) is sadly getting very uncommon Over the past one […]
The lure of lure fishing for haruan (C. Striata) Read More »
Watch how the fish swims away at the end of the video. This is also the first time I’ve witness this peculiar swimming style.
Grow bigger and hope to catch you later! Read More »
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to one of these pay-to-fish ponds. So when some friends wanted to check out this ‘sort-of-new’ place I decided to tag along to see what’s the scene like. Sealion is located near Northport in Klang Malaysia. Perhaps the premier paypond operator here with 5 ponds in total.
Sealion saltwater paypond Read More »
The snakehead fish is an amazing specie. Branded by some as the Fishzilla, the snakehead also have a huge following around the world by both fish keepers and anglers alike. The following is meant to be a reference guide to the Channa genus of the Channidae family of snakehead fishes. How many types of Snakeheads
Meet the Channa family Read More »
On a recent fishing trip to the west coast, a couple of not-so-pretty looking fish was hooked and landed. Normally we are quite keen to ID unfamiliar species caught but these fellows were just plain ugly. Some wondered if they were edible and that thought was kind of hard to swallow to the rest of
Enter the Toadfish Read More »
