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Best Fishing Spots in and Around Kuala Lumpur: A Local’s Day Trip Guide

If you’re looking for a place to fish in the city of Kuala Lumpur, your options are basically limited to lakes and parks. You can google for those that are closest to where you are. Most of these lakes and ponds are under the management of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall and will require license

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One Day, Low Water, No Guarantees: Giant Snakehead Fishing in Royal Belum | Malaysia

Is One Day Enough for Toman Fishing? One-day fishing trips are always tricky. There’s no “let’s hope tomorrow will be better”, if you know what I mean. but sometimes, a single day is all you have. As long as we don’t set our expectations too high, there’s always enjoyment in simply being out on the

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Post Event Report – The Malaysia International Fly Fishing Festival 2012.

Held on 16-17 September 2012 in Malaysia, this I think, is the first of such event on this scale ever organised in Asia. Definitely the first in the region. And what a success it was. [This article was first published in October 2, 2012 and updated on July 21, 2022.] Click to see the Pre-Event

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Video: TOMAN (GIANT SNAKEHEAD) Fishing in Malaysia with Warren and Mark

The giant snakehead (channa micropeltes) commonly known as TOMAN, is the largest of its species and most ferocious. Giant snakehead are native to Southeast Asia and this video sees Warren and Mark not only trying to catch one but also experiencing their first freshwater fishing trip in Malaysia. We had an amazing time and a

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Toman (giant snakehead) Fishing Malaysia – Mark and Warren’s Rainforest Escapade 2020

This trip with Mark and Warren was postponed a couple of times due to travel restrictions. We were all very happy when it finally was able to take place and frankly, it was quite a relief for me with all the craziness taking place this year. Everyone’s tired of 2020 and a trip into one

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Video | Raining giant snakeheads in the rain-forest

You know what they say about the rainforest… If it doesn’t rain everyday, it rains all day! And that’s what we encounter on this trip, very wet weather. The good thing about plenty of rain is when the water level rises high enough, the sebarau (jungle perch) will migrate in big numbers into the rivers

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