Crazy thing about fishing is the fact that you can never tell how the day will end. You creep out of the house early in the morning even before the rooster is awake, clustering your fishing tackle just like you have done hundreds of times before, you look forward to spending some quality time with […]
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Haruan fish or Striped Snakehead (Channa Striata) This is the first of our Haruan 101 series. This will hopefully be a useful fishing reference guide to you for this ubiquitous snakehead fish. Like a opportunistic mugger hidden from view awaiting it’s next unsuspecting victim to stroll by, the haruan often lies in very shallow waters
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What better way to celebrate the labour day holiday weekend than doing some hard labour for wild snakeheads? Good ‘ol buddy Poh recently discovered a hidden wild pond. His text message goes like this “…pond infested with haruan… want to try?”. Haruan INFESTED! OMG. That is like the ultimate way you can ever describe a
Catching the Rare Black Snakehead. Labour Day Fishing at a Snakehead-Infested Pond. Read More »
A good example of the importance of being quick on the cast and accurate as well, will catch us more fish was demonstrated on a recent Haruan (Striped Snakehead) fishing trip. I’ve emphasized on this in a previous post. Please check it out if you missed it. I need to also highlight the need to
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Photo above: Sadly the Olympus camera needed to wear diapers on a recent fishing trip I first realized my Olympus waterproof camera is no longer waterproof about 2 months ago, right after taking the shot above of a Striped Snakehead (haruan). After putting it into the drink for some underwater shots that day like I’ve
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The peacock bass were not shy that day for sure. Between the 3 of us more than 60 was caught and released. In the right conditions, the peacock bass is more than just one the hardest fighting freshwater fish pound-for-pound on the planet but are also a survivor. This brute of the Cichlid family from
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