“Don’t move” Just after the Chinese New Year holidays, Ben, Dron, Sek, Stefan and myself were hungry for some fishing. The location chosen is the Natural Exotic Fish Fishing Pond at Rawang. With a bad fish itch, we arrived early – before dawn, in the rain, at the closed gate. So I called the owner, […]
Natural Exotic Fishing Pond Rawang – Angry Fish Read More »
I’ve gathered quite a bit of haruan fishing video clips and it’s about tine to put them together. Hope you enjoy it. The haruan, or striped snakehead (channa striata) is the smaller cousin of the giant snakehead. Catching them is a lot of fun and they are great tasting. The haruan can be caught with
The Best of Wild Striped Snakehead – Haruan Sport Fishing [video] Read More »
The black snakehead (Channa melasoma) is one of the more elusive of the channa family of snakeheads. Hence it is always exciting to catch one. Or in this case, a number of them. The black snakehead which is called haruan palas locally, lives in heavily wooded and mostly still water ponds. They do not grow
Black Snakehead – Haruan Palas (Channa Melasoma) Read More »
Sukida Resort is a picturesque place to wet a line. Located along Jalan Sg Lalang in the once sleepy town called Semenyih – located in Selangor, Malaysia (Google map at end of article), it has some of the Malaysian kampung (village) feel to it. Only 3 bucks to fish?! Sukida encourages catch and release, and
Fishing for big pacu and patin at Sukida Resort Read More »
Pa’ku The pacu [Pronounced as pa’ku] originates from the Amazon and Orinoco streams and rivers. The pacu is a common sport fish in Malaysia, first making its appearance during the 1980s if I remember correctly. The local Chinese have an amusing name for it ‘sek yarn chong‘ which literally translates to human-eating pomfret referring to
Red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachyomus) Read More »
The most common peacock bass species found in Malaysia is the butterfly peacock bass which is similar to the introduced species in Florida, USA to control tilapia. King of Fish The local Malays call it ‘Ikan Raja’ and is also known as the ‘Wong Tai Yee’ to the local chinese, both literally translated as King
Butterfly peacock bass (cichla olellaris) in Malaysia Read More »
