Orange Spotted Trevally Light Tackle Bite-Fest!

This qualifies as a feeding frenzy for sure. It is one of those moments in fishing where you find yourself at the sweet-spot and at the right-time. There have been some memorable feeding-frenzy encounters. Mackerels, Sailfish, Peacock Bass, Snakeheads, Triple-tails, Red Snappers (most delicious), Mahi-Mahi/Dorados (most fun), Tuna and more. You don’t forget those moments

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Blackbanded Amberjack (Seriola Nigrofasciata)

Species: Seriolina nigrofasciata Family: Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) Other common/local names: Blackbanded Trevally, Kingfish, Aji-aji, Pisang-Pisang, Temenong, Bak Hu, Ewe Karm. Though not a giant, the blackbanded amberjack nevertheless lives-up to big brother, the greater amberjack’s reputation by giving a good fight on light-medium tackle. Max length 70cm. Common length 40cm. Max. published weight: 5.2kg

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Peacock Bass fishing in Clearwater Sanctuary Ipoh, Malaysia

It’s always fun to have fishing buddy Oz aka the BangkokHooker coming for a visit. Tackle shopping and fishing is usually on the itinerary. This time we decided to try out some peacock bass fishing over at Clearwater Sanctuary in Batu Gajah, Perak. It’ll be Oz’s first time fishing for peacock bass and since there

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