UTIK ANGLERS

Some fishes fishing with the Chinese Boys

2010-02-27T19:10:00.002+08:00

PARI! UNGAH!!

Sory boys. malas ku menaip panjang2... so far ani nganya yang worth mentioning.

Selamat Tahun Baru!

2010-01-06T03:20:00.001+08:00

Misteri Raksasa di perairan Brunei

2009-12-04T03:10:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum, hello guys! its Dan here. it has been a very long long time since the last update. I know the title seems too much but just bare with me for a little while as we get to that part later on lol (can't wait?? skip to the 'Spin Off' section)

btw, exams should be over by now and the fishing season is officially on!

lalala~~la~~~ lalala~ la~~

it was a nice Wednesday morning, awal-awal si Fadhil mengaga si Ajim (Hazim) di Mamih rah Sg.Hanching, lapas atu, diorang mengambil aku di rumah ku.

Sudah atu, carpool lah kami kan ke rumah si Basyar pasal kami kan mengail pakai boat. udah sampai rumahnya, kira-kira pukul 8 pagi, rupanya si awang Basyar masih tidur! di miscall balik2, nasib jua ia tebangun. time2 menunggu si Basyar, si Razid pun datang join the krew. dalam 15 minit kemudian, baru tia kan keluar rumah si Basyar ane. Batah2 memindahkan kerita (boat kana block), melaha-laha beteri boat (pasal enjin perahu nda mau start) dan breakfast di restoran ampir rumahnya, pukul 9.30 tia udah. betolak tah kami ke Burong Lapas, tampat menurunkan perahu.

Udah sampai, tarus tah kami menurunkan perahu ke sungai. udah selamat diturunkan, naik tah kami semua arah perahu atu. barang pancing, makanan dan segala2nya ok, on sudah, 100% ready, nda ada masalah tapi SATUuuuu~~ saja nda baik, apa nah?? haha enjin perahu masih nda mau start!! kami hanyut udah di sungai! enjin inda pulang bemasalah, beteri saja inda kuat. jadinya, paksa jua kami balik kedarat, kan mengambil beteri kerita si Padil.

Kira-kira 2jam kami hanyut, Alhamdulillah inda jua brapa jauh dari jetty tapi paksa jua aku sama si Ajim bekayuh. ngalih!~~ sakit jua tangan olehnya. boat arah si Farhan sanang sikit dikayuh, boat si Basyar basar sikit, jadi misti ada extra energi and extra syncro haha

itu ini, pukul 12 tangah hari tia udah, beteri kerita si Padil pun dipasang, mau tia start enjin Johnson ah, nyaman mendangar bunyi enjin perahu atu, tambah tah lagi angin sajuk bila bejalan~~ manith~~ manith~~~ =)

Baru tah kami mengail~~ spot pertama, arah mangrove nda jauh damuan kali. inda jua lama kami sana, air pun inda berapa dalam, aktiviti pun inda ada. so kami chow dalam brapa minit ganya.

spot kedua, inda ku tau dimana, between bandar kampong ayer and istana mun inda salah ku lah. si Razid tah yang dahulu dapat ikan, ni nah haha

ikan p*^*^*^

inda sampai sejam, ujan tah ya! labat banar geng~ bejalan tah kami mencari tampat untuk betaduh, campur tah lagi ujan labat, macam kana timbak2! padih bah badan sorang2 haha semua kami basah kuyup, nya bisdiorang, baik plg bawa shampoo, tarus mandi LOL... ujung2, ke jambatan queen/dato ghandi kami betaduh, tapi ngam kami sampai sana, ujan pun nda lagi brapa. Si Padil dari awal udah mengingul kan mengail arah ari atu (time aku inda ada) ampir pulau chermin. so disana tah kami tuju, spot seterusnya.

Disana tah banyak aksi, disana tah kami banyak berulih. baik jua cuaca atu, rahmat banar, inda berapa panas lapas ujan. awal2 kana main2kan kami ane, nya si Ajim "umpan atu malar kana patuk ganya", udah setangah jam, NAH! seorang seorang menaikkan kerapu!

kkkkeerrrrrrraaaaaappuuuuuuuu~~~~

================ SPIN OFF!! =================

inda lama lapas atu, kerasahan kami perahu hanyut, pasal sauh inda 'secure', bila menstart enjin boat ada tia menyangkut arah kipas enjin atu, si Basyar and Razid sibuk mengusahakan masalah atu di belakang, kami (Aku, Padil and Ajim) di dapan perahu ani nampak barang ganjil melintas.

apa yang saya maksudkan atu ialah, kami nampak tali bintur (sama2 floaternya) melintas melawan arus. dari pemandangan kami, segala uras begarak ke kiri, tapi tali bintur atu begarak ke kanan, seolah2 kana tarik atau kana 'bawa' oleh sesuatu. bisai banar tali atu bejalan, macam bernyawa.

Ngam tah orang belakang selasai mengusai kipas enjin atu, si Padil pun mengarahkan untuk membubut tali bintur atu. udah sampai tali atu di sebelah boat, tarus tah si Padil menarik, tapi ia pulang kana tarik balik! tapi inda apa, reinforcement datang! Si Ajim mendengani~ si Basyar time atu masih inda pecaya kami, pikirnya kami main2. Inda batah diorang melawan, kalah jua bisdiorang, lapas atu, aku lagi join! 3 orang menarik tali bintur atu. si Padil pun ngalih brabis, tangan pun sakit udah, nda batah atu si Basyar lagi join! (somehow hehe) ia mengganti si Padil. Ujung2nya, si Razid pun join! semua orang di dapan boat betarik kalat dangan entah, balance pun inda betantu. Since menarik pakai tangan atu sakit, si Padil pun datang dengan satu strategi, strateginya ialah memakai pendayung perahu dan lilitkan tali atu sana.

mencuba-try tah kami, bukan pulang makin sanang, sama jua payahnya! melawan!!! pendayung atu kan balah dua olehnya! perahu pun singit lehnya! dalam 15 ke 20 minit melawan, si Padil pun sampai terlimpang2 menahan, putus tia tali bintur atu....

we all were disappointed because we'll never know what was under that thing. even though it ended that way, there were smiles all around, because its the kind of thing that might only happen once in a lifetime =)

Our first guess of what possibly be under that thing is a Crocodile, but it can't be because it doesn't resurface when we all were busy fighting it (that's like half an hour of tug-of-war). so it could have been a very very big fish. Fadhil suggested it might be 30kgs at first but after the fight, we all think it might be more than that! c'mon, 5 people and all of us lost~~ hmm????....

the memory~

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macam siapa ni ah???

Fishing trip with the FOS ppl

2009-08-09T19:15:00.000+08:00

Ekspidisi menggunakan boat pada 13 Julai 2009

2009-07-26T20:37:00.005+08:00

Sorry for this shot An hehe i'll take a good picture next time!

13th July 2009
TIME	FISH	ID
10:35	UMPAK	Z
10:44	UMPAK	Z
10:44	UMPAK	Z
10:50	UMPAK X2	Z
10:55	UMPAK X3	Z
11:25	UTIK	D
11:30	UMPAK	F
11:45	UMPAK X2	F
11+	TAMBAK	F
11:52	KERAPU	Z
12+	UMPAK	F
12+	UMPAK X2	Z
1:34	UTIK	D
1:34	UMPAK X2	Z
2:10	GONG2	Z
4+	UTIK (GIANT)	Z
4+	UTIK	F
4+	UTIK	B
5+	KERAPU	A
5+	KERAPU	D
5+	UMPAK	Z
5+	GULAMA X2	R

The man of the boat! it was a very nice experience!

Giant ne utik ane, cua liat tu, saiz 9 udah selipar atu.

Katam pigi brunch

Umpak beterais!! (06-06-2009)

2009-07-10T20:33:00.000+08:00

TIME	FISH	ID
9:20	longkang	K
10	umpak	Z
10	rumahan	Z
10	tambak	K
10:15	utik	K
10	utik	Z
10:55	tuka-tuka	D
10	utik x3	Z
11	umpak x3	Z
12:08	tambak	M
12:10	umpak	Z
12:11	longkang	K
12:52	SEA HORSE (jangan risau, kuda laut selamat di lepaskan ke dalam sungai)	A
1	umpak x2	Z
12	umpak	Z
2:03	umpak	M
2:17	kerapu	M
2:17	umpak	K
2:20	umpak	M
2:23	utik & umpak	Z
2:32	umpak x2	R
2:40	umpak	Z
2:50	tambak	M
3:08	umpak	R
3:30	tambak	M
3:39	utik	R
3:50	utik giant	K
4	umpak king	Z
4:01	umpak	R
4:05	umpak	R
4:22	umpak	R
4+	umpak x2	Z
4+	leper	Z
4+	umpak	D
5:10	umpak x2	R
5:10	umpak	Z
5:12	umpak	R
5:21	umpak	Z
5+	umpak	R
5:32	umpak	Z
5:36	langut	D
6:01	tambak	R
6:25	sotong	R

Laporan Memancing di Sangkar 29 - 06 -2009

2009-07-04T08:03:00.001+08:00

TIME	FISH	ID
9:45	GONG GONG	R
9:50	UNKNOWN	R
10:00	BEKULAN	F
10:08	'ANTHONY'	K
10:20	'UNKNOWN 2' A.K.A 'U2'	K
10:23	BEKULAN (X4)	K
11+	UTIK	K
11+	UTIK	B
11+	UTIK	D
11+	TAMBAK	Z
11+	BEKULAN (X4)	R
11+	BEKULAN	R
11+	LAUK PUTIH	R
11:20	UMPAK (X2)	D
11:32	UMPAK	R
11:46	KITANG	R
12:20	UTIK	D
12:40	GONG GONG	R
1:01	GONG GONG	R
1:07	TEMANUNG	R
1:31	KETAMBAK	J
1:36	UTIK	D
1:36	GONG GONG	K
1:42	PILA-PILA	Z
1:52	LAUK PUTIH	D
1:52	GONG GONG	K
2:04	UTIK	K
2:06	GONG GONG	K
3:50	UMPAK	K
4:10	UMPAK	K
4:50	UMPAK	K
Total	38 ekor ikan belurih pada hari Senin, 29 Jun 2009 [well done team! i think this is a record breaker]

table report by Dan Conditions:

a couple of jelly fishes
weather and current was ok
water was not too murky.
it rained in the afternoon.

remember guys,

the night before... it rained~~~ in the morning, we fish~~

mengail d sangkar

2009-06-24T16:17:00.004+08:00

time	fish	id
9:58	lungkang	K
10:48	utik	Z
10:48	kerapu	K
11:30	bedukang	A
11:53	tambak	K
12:25	tambak	K
12:28	tambak	Z
1:34	belut	A
3:35	tambak	A

Conditions
morning

lots of jellyfish!
current was nice and calm.
its was dry and hot.

afternoon

strong current at noon and subsides at 2pm
then it rained for a short while.

Lagu time mengail

2009-06-24T14:31:00.000+08:00

Video Journal post 16-06-09

2009-06-18T16:24:00.000+08:00

Utik Anglers Reignition!

2009-05-22T21:20:00.000+08:00

Bah.. bila ke pantai dapan UBD? Aku alum pernah dapat lauk sana.....

selamat musim baru memancing!

2009-05-17T22:14:00.002+08:00

semester sudah habis kini tiba masanya untuk memancing! ada segelintir akan inda belaku menyubuh memancing si sebabkan ada tugasan masing2 akan tetapi semua itu tidak akan dapat menafikan bahawasanya musim memancing sudah bermula! aku nada kuasa kan me-restore chatbox ah. tanya tuan katip! wassalam! yang benar, Alfredo Montolivo. Johan pancing Sarajevo

Fishing 101

2009-02-28T23:47:00.004+08:00

buring dengan teknik memancing yg sama? buring dengan teknik bottom fishing? mari kita sama2 belajar teknik yg baru. mana tau beruleh. teknik pertama: CASTING. di kenali dengan teknik mengilat. teknik ani sanang saja. cast dan reel. cast dan reel. apa saja jenis umpan pun buleh: ikan hidup atau mati, udang hidup atau mati, ataupun insects. yang penting, nda payah menunggu umpan atu jatuh ke dasar. ngalih plg banar. tapi nda ulah. diri kan mau ikan. biasanya teknik ani mengunakan ikan palsu (ada bejual yo d kadai) tetapi teknik ani hanya sesuai d waktu siang. unless kamu ada umpan glow in the dark. teknik kedua: POPPING. teknik yang sama macam casting, cuma teknik ani memerlukan popper. popper lain dari umpan casting palsu biasa. bejual dengan nama popper ya. kalau di cast, ia akan timbul d permukaan. namanya popper pasal kalau d cast and reel, ia akan mengeluarkan bunyi 'pop' 'pop' di permukaan air. ini akan menarik perhatian ikan2. teknik ketiga: JIGGING. nda sesuai di pakai di sungai, ngam d laut. so aku skip lah teknik jigging ani. teknik keempat: BOTTOM FISHING. teknik tradisional yg selalu kita pakai. iatah namanya ni yo. mancing dasar. hanya beberapa spesis ikan saja ni yg beranang d dasar ani. kamu akan tau jua lambat laun apa jenis2nya. dari statistic yg c danial buat atu, iatah saja ikan2 dasar sungai tu. percayalah pada statistik. teknik kelima: DRIFTING: bukan drifiting initial-D ni ah. jgn tah kan menyeluru. teknik ani namanya teknik menghanyutkan. biasanya makai pelampung. ah. bisai ni makai umpan hidup. umpan mati macam nda sesuai. buleh jua. cuba lah sendiri. teknik ani kadang2 memakan belanja dan tenaga yang tinggi. pelampung mudah hilang dan terutama sekali jikalau kita lalai selalu memacak joran nunggu bell berbunyi, lapas tia ikan atu mencuri umpan. ikut air jua kalau kan makai teknik ani. air mesti tenang. teknik terakhir: TROLLING. teknik ani memerlukan bot dan enjin yang functional. oleh kerana kita cuma hanya ada bot, enjin tadak, nda payah lah kita tahu dulu ttg teknik ani. assesment ku: selalunya kita selalu mancing bottom fishing. ikan2nya sama saja. apa kata kita tukar teknik baru? cuba pakai drifting, mana tau ada ikan lawa2 beranang d tengah2 air. hehe. insya allah, dgn mengetahui info2 ani, sama2 kita akan mendapat ikan yg lebih bagus lagi. sebelum membuat keputusan ttg teknik mana bisai kan d pakai, liat keadaan air; samada tenang atau tidak, sejuk atau suam, semua mempunyai pengaruh yg tinggi di dalam usaha kita menangkap ikan. terima kasih kerana membaca. "fishing is not always about luck, its about how well you create that luck for you"

Fishing 101

2009-02-28T23:27:00.002+08:00

when we go out to fish, sometimes we tend to forget and dont know little details that often have crucial significance. in my first post on fishing 101, lets talk about the importance of the fishing line. kadang2 kita tidak tahu kepentingan tali utama. tali utama adalah lebihan tali dari golongan spool hinggalah ke penghujung pertermuan tali perambut. memastikan keadaan tali yang baik boleh membantu meningkatkan peluang kita untuk menangkap ikan. ini adalah kerana, tali yang baik tidak akan menjadi 'de-formed' dan tidak akan menakutkan ikan2 yang berminat utk memakan umpan kita, sama ada umpan hidup atau pun mati. ikan2 tidak akan berasa resah jikalau tali utama kita di dalam keadaan yang baik. dengan itu sama2 lah kita memerhatikan keadaan tali utama kita di dalam keadaan yang baik tambahan pula, tali perambut mesti lah di tukar setiap kali hendak memulakan sesi memancing yang baru, selepas tali terputus, atau pun setelah lebih dari 4 cast. ikutilah info2 di dalam link ini http://www.rod-and-line.co.uk/techniques/line-care-wise-words-from.shtml setiap kali hendak menukar tali perambut, kita mestilah memotong tali sepanjang 6 kaki, kerana apabila berlakunya 'break-off' kekuatan tali di dalam lingkungan 4-5 kaki dari kawasan terputus menjadi 'de-formed' dan menjadi tidak baik utk d gunakan. maka, potonglah. terima kasih kerana membaca. "fishing is not always about luck, its about how well you create that luck for you"

National Day trip 22 - 23 Feb 2009

2009-02-28T19:48:00.013+08:00

The crew: Dan, Fadhil, Farhan, Mawi, Razid & Zazu. Time of Angling: 11pm - 1pm (13 hours). Weather: varies. Water temperature: moderate. Water current: quite strong at night Location: Sangkar sorry for the late update guys, been busy lately. so let's get down to business straightaway and here's the result of the trip:

R - razid, Z - zazu, A - farhan, F - fadhil, M - mawi, D - dan

	Time	Catch	Crew
night	11pm	utik	R
	1:07am	legend terjatuh (bukan ikan)	Z
	2:00am	gulama	Z
	2:50am	utik	A
	3:53am	bedukang	D
day	6:40am	utik giant	A
	7:05am	utik giant	Z
	8:05am	ketambak	Z
	8:10am	lauk papal	R
	10:25am	ketambak	M
	10:40am	utik	D
	10:42am	utik	R
	11:03	utik	D
	11:??	baung	Z
	11:??	utik	D
	12:22	buntal	R

as usual, another frustrating trip, we only end up doing 'community service' (cleaning out the mascots). im not gonna go through any analysis of the results because obviously, in majority, we lost most of our baits to the catfish. we can't be so unlucky every time, maybe there's something missing or not right in our angling methods. maybe we should be trying something new, spice things up a little bit, c'mon, we've been fishing there like more than a dozen times and yet, we've been successful only a few times (just try to remember when was the last time we hated each other for catching a good fish haha). im gonna list out some of the things we should try soon:

use prawn baits bigger than size 10's.
buy canned cat food - poke some holes, tie it up and let it sink. (experiment)
[you guys can add things to the list]
........................................................

CNY trip 26-01-2009

2009-01-29T23:23:00.022+08:00

The crew: Dan, Fadhil, Farhan, Katip, Mawi, Razid & Zazu. Time of Angling: morning til dusk. Weather: main-main cuacanya masa atu. Water temperature: varies due to rain. Water current: very strong in the afternoon. (water was very dirty in the morning) Location: Sangkar

i really wish i can write something about the trip for 2000 or 5000 words [just exaggerating lol] , but due to the fact that it was not really the kind of trip most of us would expect. we caught a lot of fish!, i mean, we caught a lot of our MASCOT. from the previous trip, being unable to record the time of catch, i just feel that there's something missing. what if we knew when is the 'right' time that a certain fish would come around? if we knew when, then maybe it'll be easier for us to fish a specific species. so i took the initiative to bring along my small notepad to jot down what we caught and what time. And here's the summary:

Time	Catch	Crew
10.20am	bedukang	Zazu
10.40am	utik	Zazu
11.10am	utik	Katip
11.15am	utik	Dan
11.15am	utik	Katip
11.40am	ikan putih	Farhan
11.55am	langut	Katip
12.10pm	ikan putih	Zazu
12.15pm	utik	Dan
01.00pm	utik	Mawi
??.??pm	tambak	Zazu
??.??pm	utik	Fadhil

assuming we all are using the same technique (bottom-fishing). as you can see from the result of this fishing trip, utik can be caught throughout the day, day and night, anytime! i think we need to update the meaning of "bagaikan utik di perairan Brunei", it should say - d mana mana pun ada, bila bila pun ada. LOL other than the data on utik, the highlight is on the ikan putih! they are caught during midday. about half an hour difference from noon. first one caught @11.40am, second one caught @12.10pm. 'thats mean' ikan putih are roaming around or active during that time of the day. ofcourse its not just the time we're suppose to look at, but we have to include the specific conditions of water, weather etc and especially the location where they were caught. (both caught at the back! right guys?) anyways, from my past experience, ikan putih are usually caught in the morning, so this should support that if we fish in the morning, we are likely to have more chance to catch ikan putih. so next time, in the morning, cast di belakang ah heheh i think we have performed very badly for this trip, its like we didn't have that magic at all. but at least 2 of the guys caught some good fish! hehe they're very lucky! but its ok, theres always next time. maybe if we keep on recording this type of data, we'll be much 'luckier' anglers hehe owh, by the way, about the ??.??pm, i kinda ran out of motivation, line got snapped a few times, sinker, hook, all gone and no nice fish. so i lost my consistency to write the data lol i'm sure i must've missed a few utiks in the data haha. And about tambak, there was only one caught, there aren't enough elements for me to make a conclusion of how we can actually increase our chance of catching it. sory for the late update on the pics... ani nganya uleh ku menggambar

Last Trip to Sangkar 07-01-2009

2009-01-09T12:02:00.023+08:00

The crew: Dan, Fadhil, Farhan, Mawi, Metis & Zazu. Time of Angling: morning til dusk. Weather: Dry, humid & freakin' hot! Water temperature: Moderate, ok ok la. Water current: varies through out the day but not that strong. Water tide: stayed at constant level Location: Sangkar

ok guys, i can't really come up with the 'catch / time of catch' list because 1st, i don't know the name of all the fishes, GANJIL! PAYAH! and 2nd, it was pretty chaotic i don't know who caught what at what time lol [i was sleepy the whole time too kekeke]. so i guess its better for me to explain things in a story basis. once a upon a time, 6 friends went for...lol. i'll start off by congratulating Met to have finally joined us for a fishing session and yes, ia pakai baju lawa2, bawa binoculars and some books on birds too lol but the main thing is he managed to catch his first utik! so Welcome to the club Met!! haha the highlight was on Met in the morning for catching the first fish of the day. he was away from the rod but thankfully Zazu was around to put up a fight with the fish. A few minutes later, the line seemed to be stuck, not intending to lose the line, the rod was passed around to Met and me for a few tries. I released the line bit by bit and managed to get the line free [the fish must've swam and free the line somehow]. After that Met just reeled it in and there it is, Lauk Putih! our hands were pretty much empty after that. we had lunch and decided to continue fishing at 2pm. we set up and descended the boat down onto the water and with the help of Zazu's high tech plastic paddles lol the journey began. Crew on board: Mawi, Fadhil & Metis. while they were busy casting along the mangroves, Zazu and I was watching them from a distance and suddenly we saw a big fish JUMPED out of the water! about 5 meters away from the boat! 3 to 4 feet high in the air! amazingly, people on the boat didn't see it but they heard the splash. It was pretty big, length of an arm or even longer and a white body. nda ku tau ikan apa. then Zazu went onboard to join them after that. Met said that he had a big encounter but it got away. The one who caught fishes on the boat was Fadhil and they weren't oridinary looking fish. He caught 2 fishes of the same species that we all don't know what its called. here's the picture.

weird, right? buat masa ani kami panggil ia ikan muncung saja haha

Back at sangkar, me and Farhan continued to cast but no luck. While taking cover from the sun, i rebait my spool [kirikan] then let it down and a few minutes after that, dapat Tambak seekor. 4pm. Baits were almost out by that time, the boating stopped cause it was too hot and motivation seemed to have gone down too. masing2 tah menyambung mengail perlahan-lahan, rileks2, mengitang dan melihat haiwan2 disekeliling sangkar seperti Monyet Belanda dengan menggunakan teropong berjenama Leica kepunyaan Metis. Im not really sure when did this happened but while Mawi was mengitang, ikan Tambak pulang naik. Its called 'Mengitang', so Kitang was expected not Tambak, tukar jadi 'Menambak' karang lol Metis caught his second fish, Umpak, somewhere in that time frame i think. Don't know much details cause i was taking a short nap. With the last of our live prawn, Farhan hit the strike! and this is what he caught!

a flounder!

Right after that catch, Metis hit another one! we don't know what, macam ikan pucung + mud skipper haha.

we'll call it Alien fish for now haha

5pm. Baits all finished. Without bait, cemana kan mengitang atau mengail? so Fadhil had a big idea, he took a net and scoop up ikan Pusu that was swimming around in one of the fish cage. Ikan Pusu tah menjadi umpan kami. i don't think anybody really believed in using Ikan Pusu as bait except for Fadhil, what else is there to do? ada umpan, pakai lah! so we all used it not putting high hopes and suddenly! Nah! Zazu dapat ikan Tambak, pakai ikan pusu tah lagi! that catch was what its all about. An experimental bait, good fight and an end with a victorious smile haha puas ati banar =)

ikan tambak tangkapan Zazu dengan menggunakan ikan pusu

the atmosphere changed right away, laku tarus pusu atu. Nda kali payah membali udang nanti. I gave it a try myself, put on 2 pusu, one dead, one alive. casted infront of sangkar. seems like no luck, no nibble and nothing. when i reel it in, i noticed that my line was kinda heavier, when i gave it a jerk, no response, so i think it must be hooked on some rubbish. As i reel it in and lift the rod, at first sight, i thought it was a bunch of leaves and when i looked at it closer, its a STARFISH!

starfish aka tapak sulaiman

haha of all the fishes in the sea/river, why a starfish???? its almost like someone is making a pratical joke hahaha with that catch, i was so entertained, it makes me wanna laugh just thinking about it! [as you have may noticed i didn't put utik as part of the highlights in this update but as a reminder, we did catch some lol even by using pusu as bait!] Summary:

Farhan - flounder
Zazu - tambak [umpan pusu]
Mawi - tambak [semasa mengitang]
Fadhil - ikan muncung x2 [masa arah boat]
Danial - tambak [kirikan], starfish [umpan pusu]
Metis - lauk putih, umpak, ikan alien

Met, you have done well, seems like you have outrun us for this session hahaha but all in all, its like a whole new experience for everyone. Mungkin memang jua takdir umpan udang hidup yang di bali atu sikit ganya, kalau inda, tertutup lah minda kitani hingga ke sesi memancing yang akan datang. Udang~~~ tah ganya tu. Atupun kalau tanpa idea si Fadhil atu, PAYAH jadinya! misti ada semangat ingin mecuba atu. Its because of that idea, everyone got a fish. big applause to Fadhil and his ikan Pusu!

i'll add more pictures soon!

Trip to farhan's and finding fishing spots

2008-12-26T16:18:00.000+08:00

im too lazy to blog... but here are some pictures of our recent activities. Pic 1 and 2 are pictures of fishing at farhan's week 3 the rest are pics of places me and danial went to. we were trying to find fishing spots in Serasa. :D

and this is my new fishing kit :D

Utik, stamp Negara East Timor

2008-12-20T00:38:00.000+08:00

i was looking for a picture to incorporate in the logo I'm working on and i came across with this! lol

ok, it's either a rare species OR symbolizes something in the country OR the stamp manufacturer mental sal dapat utik ganya masa ia mengail lol "NAH! print tia gambar utik arah stamp!!"

Fish Outing December

2008-12-11T05:57:00.000+08:00

TUTONG First trip was at Tutong with Zazu, Danial, Katip and Naz... sory nda banyak gambar.. gelap gulita yo! Kami sampai d Tutotng around 12 tgh Malam. awal2 d pantai seri kenangan... Danial with his First Cast First Fish of the night, dpt ketambak... and for two hours.. nda lagi kami belurih lepas atu. Sekali pindah ke tempat jeti pacah atu (refer to old posts) well.. awal2 ramai org d sana so kami mengail sebalah nya... ampir masjid dan kubur... naik bulu ku yow~ d sana danial with his first cast and first fish of the location.... and then iatah nganya kami belurih dlm masa dua jam tu.... pas tu pinda g kami... arah tempat penurunan boat ampir jambatan d tutong atu... d sana after 2 jam kali baru tah belurih... c naz kalau baik nasib nya dpt 3 ekor ikan putih tu.. tapi sayang.. mencabur balik ke air dua ekor. kesian.. dont worry everyone has experienced that before.. terutama sekali aku... haha and then aku dapat lauk putih sama utik (nda hairan)...

iatah uleh aku sama c naz ni... Sungai Tutong?

SANGKAR C FARHAN second trip kami ke sangkar c farhan d kampung serdang... yang ikut... aku, mawi, fadhil, zazu, farhan and danial... I think this is the first time kami dpt ikan yang banyak dalam sekali outing... and kami telah memecah record mengail utik yang paling banyak dalam sehari... kalau di kirakan dalam 17 ekor utik kami dpt... kami bagi2 jua lah yg damit2 atu ke selungsung yang d sangkar c farhan

utikanglers tah banaa

Top story of the day.

C fadhil mengitang (menangkap ikan kitang menggunakan kirikan berjampi) and dapat dlm 8 ekor kitang (sory kalau salah.. nda ku mengira bui... sakit sudah hati ku dpt utik nganya)
c mawi dpt ketambak dlm 4-5 ekor and 3 ekor kurapu
zazu dapat 2 ikan putih
aku dapat dua ekor ketambak sama satu ikan nda ku tahu apa namanya yang penting basar lah (mau lagi tu..)
Danial dapat seekor kurapu saja
Farhan dapat utik saja... sama plastic sampah.... kesian...

gambar d bawah ani tah sebagai bukti lauk kami :)

aku dan lauk yang nda ku tau apa namanya... basar lagi ia dari tapak tangan ku....

bah bila lagi?

morale of the day - jangan mengail malam... palui tu and nda berbaloi!

team Utik Anglers

2008-12-05T19:11:00.001+08:00

kali ini, saya ingin meng-introduce to all of you to the team members of the Utik Anglers. respect.
	Profile 1 Name: Abg Ahmad Farhan Nickname: Aan, Ji, Parhan. Best Catch Recorded: Tambak. Ikan Marlin d bawah sangkar ikan. Equipment: joran bermacam2. ada family punya, ada kepunyaan peribadi. topeng terrorist. Strength: Determine. dapat menyediakan sangkar utk teman2 utik anglers memancing. penyembayang. Primary Skills: Mengitang, memotong ikan utk d bari makan ikan d sangkar.
	Profile 2 Name: Ahmad Jauzi Zainul Kamal alias bermacam macam Nickname: Bajau, Jau, Zainul, Kamal, Zain, Kam, Kamis. Best Catch Recorded: Utik Giant Brutal yg berdarah darah(Jahan) Equipment: Kirikan. Strength: menakutkan pemancing lain utk nda asi2 kan ikut memancing d tmpt utik anglers mancing jua pasal badannya basar. makan kuaci. Primary Skills: Menyanyi
	Profile 3 Name: Mr Mawi Nickname: Maw, Mawau. Best Catch Recorded: Packet Chili Kimball kali. Tambak.Equipment: joran family sama joran kecil sendiri. Strength: menangkap ikan2 kecil seperti bilis. pandai memanggil utik, makan kuaci. Primary Skill: berkantut, menangkap uras.
	Profile 4 Name: Khatib Sadikien Ibrahim Nickname: Katip, Tip Best Catch Recorded: Alu-alu yg nda sengaja d release d saat2 kan menaikkan. Tuka2. Equipment: Joran family, joran sendiri yg baru d beli. baju pink. Strength: ketekunan, keyakinan, makan kuaci. Primary Skill: pandai bercali kalau dtg frustnya.
	Profile 5 Name: Metis Wong Kuan Lee Nickname: Metis Wong Kuan Lee Best Catch Recorded: Pufferfish. Equipment: Joran Pinjam Strength: memakai baju lawa ketika memancing. Primary Skill: nda pandai ada2 lagi ikut mancing walaupun beribu kali d jemput.
	Profile 6 Name: Danial Othman Nickname: Dan, Danny Boy Best Catch Recorded: Ketumbang. Equipment: Joran 'the legend' yang patah sedikit. lampu2 kecil dari lighter yg d laha-nya. sigup. Strength: ia ganya kan menangkap ikan. Primary Skill: ia ganya kan menangkap ikan. ikan d bawa balik kan d bagi kucing.
	Profile 7 Name: Fadhil Masri Nickname: padil Best Catch Recorded: Tambak, Sumpit2. Equipment: Joran family Strength: kuat becali. Primary Skill. Punca segala punca.
	Profile 8 Name: Khairil Basyar Nickname: Kiril Best Catch Recorded: Dorado. Ikan Masin. Equipment: Joran perbuatan sendiri. Joran d beli. sigup Strength: Tidur ketika Ngail. Tekun. Sabar. Penyembayang. Primary Skill: menyanyi lagu the stokes. Karate.
	Profile 9 Name: Abdul Razid Nickname: zid Best Catch: Lupaku. tabak2 saja tia- ikan pisang2. Equipment: state of the art joran, sigup Strength: selalu ikut memancing tak kira apa situasi dan context. Primary Skill: Tidur ketika waktu memancing di jalankan.
	Profile 10 Name: Azizul Azri Nickname: Zazu Best Catch: Sembilang. Equipment: joran 'the legend' tersendiri. sigup. topeng ninja. Strength: oleh kerana aku yg membuat post ani aku nda buleh suka2 hatiku membuat apa kelebihan ku. Primary Skill: nangkap sembilang.

The Search For Utik at Tutong: 2nd Episode [18-11-2008]

2008-11-28T12:19:00.000+08:00

If i have to make a report it'll be like this! sorry for the late update guys. The crew: Dan, Zazu & Naz (newbie!).

Time of Angling: Midnight til Dawn Weather: Cold, Minor rain Water temperature: Moderate, not too cold. Water current: Extremely strong by 4am onwards Location:

1st spot - Kuala Tutong [12am - 2.30am]
2nd spot - Danau [3am - 6am]

The catch [time of catch]:

Kuala Tutong - Langut [2am]
Danau - Utik [6am]

Culprits suspected of taking our baits: Pak Katam & Ikan damit

Just another nice trip to Tutong, thanks to Zazu and Naz for bringing me along with you guys. It was a good one, i can say it was a successful one in terms of catching our target species. Didn't took that long for our bells to ring after the first casts, though it wasn't a 'first cast-first catch' hehe but that was good enough to tell us the fishes' presence for the night. Zazu encountered a feisty one but it got away at the 1st spot, daym~~ bro. I'm sure that must've been a big fish! though that got away, he caught a lil baby langut, a bit bigger than an average index finger. Badan damit tapi temakan jua udang basar bah~ hehe. Conditions changed by 1.30am, it was cold and foggy ( fog and mist - vapor condensed to fine particles of water suspended in the lower atmosphere that differs from cloud only in being near the ground - - we were wondering what was the difference between a fog and a mist, so i'm just adding it cause i didn't know that too!). Moved to Danau by 2.30am and reached there by 3am. The current was Ok for the first 20 minutes then it got insanely strong til a huge log hit the jetty we were on, thank God it was a strong cemented jetty, if not, die lah~~ :s I tend to get really frustrated because my bait kept on bitten off but no catch at all, I have a feeling it was the work of crabs all the time. The strong current wasn't helping either because it limits our casting area to only one side of the jetty where the water flows away. So i stuffed 2 heavy sinkers and threw at the other side from where the water current was coming. The sinkers was heavy enough that it wasn't affected by the strong current. I casted a few dozen times til we almost call it a day and there yea go, I caught an Utik!

Fishing outing with Danny

2008-11-18T01:35:00.000+08:00

Yeap... for the first time this month, i went out fishing... just with danny... kami dua saja... razid nda jadi takut ujan... well awal2 plan kan d pusat kesenian. p ramai org.. so pindah ke Sungai Matan... awal2 mcm baik nasib... baru skali cast, ada tia ku belurih lauk... huhuhuhh tapi badung saja.. bukan lauk mahal.. haha jadi tah.. asal bukan utik.... tapinya kan..... sebatah2 kami sana atu...... iatah nganya uleh kami tu... kwang kwang kwang... haha bah nanti lagi mengail

its just a dream

2008-10-23T00:34:00.000+08:00

wont we all love this to happen in this forsaken fishing spot... haha... saja... baru belajar kedaigambar (photoshop)

Baby Whale Shark Mistaken for a Giant Catfish in China

2008-10-18T17:50:00.000+08:00

There has been an email circulating around showing the pictures below stating that a giant catfish was caught but the thing is, it is not a catfish. I guess people get over excited to spread the news rather than to take their time to identify it. One of the most distinctive feature of catfishes are their barbels ('misai' or whiskers). Although there are a few species of catfish that do not have barbels, there is another way to identify them. Another feature that i think is distinctive is the position of dorsal fins. When you examine the pictures thoroughly, firstly, it doesn't have any barbels and secondly, the dorsal fin is way behind, towards the middle of the body. Just by comparing the distance between dorsal fin and gill slits, you can tell whether if it is a catfish or not. Catfishes should have their dorsal fins closer to their gill slits.

no whiskers

dorsal fin is towards the middle of the body emm~~ fresh meat with lots of white fats!

Catfishing with wacky baits

2008-10-03T21:24:00.000+08:00

Since this site highlights catfish, so i think it would be a good idea to do research on them and share it with everyone. I’ve found an interesting article on baits used to catch catfish.

BABY CHICKS (freshly dead) - don't be mad, i know its unethical but it was used more than 60 years ago according to the article. I don't recommend this but it is Wacky! (crazy)
SOAP - yes, sabun untuk mandi.
SCENT BAIT - such as asafetida, a type of stink/scented bait derived from a herbaceous plant. used as spice. i think the previous post mentioned by Zazu, about using belacan and flour falls under this category of bait type.
FRUIT BAITS - such as muscadines, mulberries, haw fruits, acorns and hickory nuts. note that the article is from US so the fruits here ain't the same. maybe we should try durians and see if we can catch a catfish.
CATFISH itself - 3" to 6" long without the barbels, spine and dorsal fin/s (bleeding)
GROCERY STORE BAIT - e.g. minced meat, frozen shrimps, cheese, beef/ chicken sausage, bread and bacon.
UNORTHODOX BAITS –

ROAD KILL! - anything road killed
WD-40 - yes, the spray contains shark liver oil. Spray your bait and increase your luck!
BUBBLE GUM - no comment LoL

AND FOR THE FINALE, THE BAIT IS

NO BAIT at all! Believe it or not, for more information, here's the link of the article that I referred to http://www.gameandfishmag.com/fishing/catfish-fishing/gf_aa086704a/

learn as we go

2008-10-03T10:38:00.000+08:00

i learn things everywhere i go. most definitely if it concerns on fishing. it helps me a lot to understand new techniques and methods to be an efficient angler. i learned a couple of techniques already. that you can use a piece of plastic as bait. that you can use belacan covered with flour as bait. i am yet to try it. some people say it works. all this depends though on which new knowledges that are truly useful or sometime a complete waste of time . hahaha. selamat hari raya

Selamat Hari Raya

2008-10-02T11:05:00.000+08:00

Saya selaku wakil pengail utik, ingin mengucapkan selamat menyambut hari raya aidilfitri, maaf zahir dan batin.... jika ada tersilap kata, teplanting batu time casting, te-cross line kamu, ter cabul2 time mengail, temakan dan teminum makanan kamu and membawa kamu mengail tapi nda belurih. moga2 harap di maafkan. bukan nya senghaja tapi sudah nasib.... :D bah, hari raya jgn lupa datang rumah... p/s: awal2 ku mbari tau ni... nada ampau ni ah... lol

Kenali Ikan Kita

2008-10-01T13:05:00.001+08:00

kalau kamu kan tahu cemana usul badukang, nah, liat tia banar2.

iatah badukang (catfish) ni namanya. badannya bebalang, hidungnya basar, ada misai, dan selalu senyum.

di negara ani, badukang di pandang rendah. seolah olah ianyanya adalah ikan yang sial, nda bisai, nda bagus, mengacau dan lain lain. banar pulang, badukang ani makan apa saja termasuk najis2 manusia. kalau kita imbas kembali, dorang ani memainkan peranan yg penting di ekosistem kitani, tanpa dorang, nda lagi ada sistem pembersih air sungai yang semula jadi. bisdorg ani patut di hormati. cuba kita lihat di bawah.

liat tu orang puteh. nda memilih kan? utik lagi ulehnya. cuba orang brunei, kata2 lagi kalau dapat utik. hahaha!

banar plg, basar wah utiknya.

The Search For Utik at Tutong [28th Sept 2008]

2008-09-30T21:56:00.000+08:00

only zazu and me went for the trip, lain2 yg nda dapat join atu dipahami. ada yang damam, ada yang sibuk shopping, ada yang nda bejuran LoL jk.. anyways, it was a spontaneous thing by Mr.Zazu, awal2 beceta sal tampat mengail sekali ia membgitau aku ia kan mengail di Tutong, so i thought he was planning for the near future and he said "bah, karang lah kesana mencuba". I'm like, "WHAT!!!!?", but anyways, i'm was up for it, nothing much to do anyways hehe

1st stop: Pekan Tutong [10pm - 2.30am] 2nd stop: Kuala Tutong [3.30am - 7am] bait: prawn, mixed size [Umpan dari Manggis PS: HYPER BANAR!] catches:

bedukang @ Pekan Tutong
lauk putih @ Kuala Tutong

Bedukang, Z's first catch after a long time zazu's catch: lauk putih here are some misc pictures i took at Kuala Tutong early in the morning

Break from fishing...

2008-09-24T16:25:00.000+08:00

so i think, we are... well at least i am on a break from fishing... for at least until i get my assignments finished... or when i have the time to slot in a fishing outing... i can see my future... i wont be free for the next 4 weeks week 1 - preparation for raya week 2 - Hari Raya week 3 - Assignments due week 4 - Another Assignments due... so if i have any luck, ill be able to go fishing between week 3 and 4... but see first lah... musim nda belauk tah lagi nyamu....

Fishing For Water

2008-09-21T19:26:00.000+08:00

3 kali turun mengail, nada belurih.... pedah pedah... iatah kerenah kami ni mun ikan nda timbul....

imagine bermain drum sama kayu

tidur

tidur.... buruk~ buruk

ditto...

ada lauk, tapi lauk bedukang... batah plg dah ni gambar ani

ani mcm tidur jua usulnya

iatah lubuk alu-alu kami ni... kes sasak nda belauk main guli lagi siuk sapa mau main kaya?

More pictures

2008-09-19T01:42:00.001+08:00

More pictures from our fishing trips a few months back... taken from jauzi's and metis' blog

Metis with his puffer...

punca segala punca - fadhil

Jauzi's first and only catch so far

Welcome

2008-09-19T01:42:00.000+08:00

hello people... this is the first post for this blog... we have started fishing as a hobby early this year. so we have been fishing plenty of times so far... so i start this blog to remember all the memories of the fishes we catch :) cheers

First catch of the year

My first ever catch

Fishing in KB

My fish and Danial's

Tuka-tuka batu marang

Sharon's first catch

Note: kalau ada gambar2 kamu mengail bari deh arah ku... dapat ku upload