What makes Kuala Rompin special as a sport fishing destination? It has got to be the huge number of sailfish concentrated at a fairly small area.
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Multiple hookup is very common when sailfish fishing at Kuala Rompin. Not only on the boat you are fishing on but simultaneous hookups of sailfish on every boat within sight in the vicinity!
The sailfish can be everywhere and quite unbelievable. Some will swim pass just a meter or two from the boat. One of the signs to indicate the presence of sailfish is the frigate birds hovering and waiting to dive-in and grab a baitfish that the sailfish have pushed to the surface. It is said that for every bird that you see, there is one sailfish that you don’t see under the surface.
If you set four lines out you will probably have four sailfish hooked on at one time. It’s no guarantee that will happen. Just not uncommon.
Word of advise though. Don’t try this unless you have experienced anglers on board. Inexperienced anglers will get overly excited, shouts for attention and instructions, uncoordinated landings, unnecessarily long fight time, big fish can be dangerous, especially those with nasty dentures or long sharp pointy nose. Mayhem. I’ve witnessed them. Things can get ugly.
a great report, thanks. can you tell us what time of year you visited Rompin? i fancy a trip from phuket via kl sometime soon.
thanks
peter
Thanks, Peter.
The sails are around throughout the year but the numbers really swell-up August to October. Being the peak months bookings are also heavy. Let me know if you need my help to put a trip together.
The season ends after October as the monsoon kicks in from November through February.
thanks for your reply, i would be very interested in a trip down from my home in phuket. if you could let me have some price idea, that would help.late july would be ok for me. cheers, peter
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