Temenggor - 23rd June - 25th June - Pt III

My setup for the 3 days 2 nights of fishing at Temenggor -

1) ABU Revo SX with Berkley Series One, 14lbs. 2) Ryobi Zauber 2000 with TD Light & Tough, 10lbs.

Btw, the Zauber was busted on the last day. Hahahaha... YEAH!! I went to Sykt Kepong yesterday at 6pm all prepared to get the Stella '07 3000, but unfortunately they were closed, suprisingly.

All geared up on day 1 afternoon. Rods & reels. Lures. Straw hat. Boga grip. Pliers. Pouch with sunblock, chocolates, antiseptic cream and plaster, camera, mp3 player, compass, whistle, etc.

Overall catch rate of the trip was very poor, for me at least. But with such high water level, can't really complain especially when all of us caught something. Still waiting for more pictures from the other kakis as I didn't take much. Hope to get them soon, if ever :-s

Temenggor - Part I

Temenggor - Part II

Temenggor - 23rd June - 25th June - Pt II

Here we are approaching the boathouse. One of the two chalets where you can stay, besides the boathouse.

Closer view of the boathouse. To the left is the dinning on the lower floor, and rooms on the upper. To the right is the kitchen and toilets.
This is the other side of the boat house, dining area. This is where we had our dinner on the 1st night, steam boat.
Seriously, how high is the water level....
Astro, DVD player with karaoke facilities, fan, spacious table. All in all, very comfy place to just chill and relax.
Some watersports available; kayaking, banana boat, etc. Seriously, why would anyone wanna do banana boat in a dam/lake...you always see logs floating around in these places. Imagine landing on one when you are flipped from the banana boat. :-s


Mahjong table for the gamblers.They are preparing our dinner on the second night, barbecue! :-)
Some side entertainment.
Hahaha...local resident...Mr Garfield..


- to be continued -

Temenggor - Part I

Temenggor - Part III

Temenggor - 23rd June - 25th June - Pt I

This trip was planned almost 2 months ago. After so many disappointing trips, I've given up on the anticipation part of most trips. Usually, before my trips, I'll be really excited and kept on thinking what and how much I'll catch and all. Not anymore. 2 months ago, my friend called and asked if I wanna go Temenggor, I asked how much and just said 'Go! Go! Go!'. And didn't think about it ever since then. :-)

We (4 of us) left KL on the 22nd June (Friday) evening and drove all the way to Gerik to spend the nite. Another group is leaving KL the next day at 6am. We stopever at Ipoh for some Ipoh Chicken and taugeh.

Here are some pictures from the journey. :-)

Right opposite where we had our dinner/supper, a biscuit shop with very bright and delicious biscuits!

Looks really nice. So we bought some for to Temenggor.

This is where we had our tauge & chicken. Supposedly one of the better ones.

20 years ago, income tax people came here and sat at their shop to count how many chicken heads they chopped in a day. They stopped counting at 100 and told the owner to start declaring income tax or close shop. :-o
Chicken, tauge and flat noodles. :-) taste normal to me...
This is where we spent the nite in Gerik. RM65 with 2 double beds and 2 single beds. Cheap cheap good good. We checked in around 12 midnight.
Approaching Temenggor.
The moment we reached, we were all pretty shocked. Check out the water level. The canteen and toilets were all submerged under water. High water level is never good when you fish at a dam because the fish too spread out.

Our transportation to the boat house :-) we were joined by 3/4 other groups, families, friends, couples, etc.
-to be continue-

Temenggor - Part II

Temenggor - Part III

The 3rd Gen

Today marks the 200th day (i think) since my very first post on the 21st of November, 2006 :-) So lets officially mark the day with a new layout! :-D

1st Gen

2nd Gen
3rd Gen - Current

Nenasi (铁钉岛) - 27th May 2007

40 days! That's how long I stayed high and dry since my KK fishing trip. I was supposed to have gone to Nenasi couple times in the past few weeks but got caught up at work and stuffs. It was quite a tiring trip as we had to leave KL at 1am on a Sunday morning and we reached Nenasi, Pahang at around 5am. I was the part-time cum co-driver so I didn't sleep at all.

The boat ride to 铁钉岛/Nail Island took us about two and a half hours. Our main objective to 铁钉岛 was popping. But unfortunately, my only popping rod is a PE7 8 footer which I felt was WAY overkill. So I went 'light and easy' bringing my haruans outfit.

Arsenal -

1) Throlling/Bottom - G Craft Jekyll Short Rodder PE6 with Avet SX 40lbs
2) Popping/Casting - Berkley Series One (12-20lbs) with ABU Revo SX 15lbs
3) Popping/Casting - Team Daiwa Light & Tough (10-17lbs) with Shimano Technium 4000 30lbs
4) Jigging - Extreme Anglers Custom PE1.8 with Daiwa Caldia Kix 4000 30lbs

We started off the morning popping round and round 铁钉岛. On 1 of the kaki's first cast, there was already a strike but no hookup. Damn you blind fishes!! We popped for 2 hours around the island but we didn't land anything :-) Pretty normal by my standard. Hahahah...!! We had many strikes in the 2 hours and even MORE missed ones!!! DAMN YOU BLIND FISHES!!! AIM PROPERLY pls!! In the 2 hours, I had 3 missed strikes and 2 strikes but no solid hookup. 1 I suspect is Todak. Both managed to peel line from my Shimano Technium straight out for 10 seconds non-stop. the Todak jumped and flipped out my mini poppers :-p FUN!! Both lost. STILL FUN!!

After popping, we started throlling around the island. I was throlling a Rapala red head with my Short Rodder and Avet SX. On the second round, STRIKE! Shiok............!!! Tenggiri!! HAHAHAHA!!! Unfortunately, that was the only decent size fish landed the whole day. Fortunately, it was landed by ME!! 13lbs on the Boga! Kekeke... We continued throlling for an hour and proceeded on to sotong jigging around the nearby 'unjangs'.

After throlling, everyone else started bottoming and squiding, and I spent the rest of the day jigging; non-stop til 4:30pm, under the sun, with shorts and short sleeve collar T, still haven't slept, and no fish... From now on, I shall be called...KY the Burnt Jinxed Jigger :-s There were not much 'jigging' fun with this group as no one jig throughout the day. What's even worst is they started saying stuffs like 'no need to jig la...no fish!', 'so hot outside, you crazy ah?', 'if got fish, not need to jig so long one.' Annoying.

Anyway, we headed back to land around 5:30pm and we shower at the boatman's house. It was quite funky as their bathroom don't have a door. Just a piece of cloth which keeps on swinging to the wind. I cleaned myself in 2 minutes, or was it 1?

Overall this was a happy trip. Although it was just 1 Tenggiri, it was also the ONLY decent fish landed. And I've not caught anything decent for quite a while. I guess when you're running on a dry spell, a single drop of rain is enough to send you to heaven :-)

The early sunrise The early fisherman
Approaching 铁钉岛/Nail Island
It is suppose to look like a nail from certain angle :-)
Some green eyes :-)

I think they call these 'kunyit'. This was what everyone was catching when I was jigging under the sun. And some other small fishes. Baby barracuda :-) The only fish caught on jig throughout the day. Well at least I caught something... Released to fight another day.
One of the giant green eye.
Tenggiri / Mackerel :-)
Cruising to another 'unjang'.
1 little 2 little 3 little Indians...4 little 5 little 6 little Indians...They were damn noisy...!!
Check out how burnt I am?! :-s Poor spider...

Egg York Sunset :-D And the 'lonely' tree.
This is where we always have our dinner after fishing in Pekan/Merchung/Nenasi. Its right before Kuantan. Good food. Most importantly, FAST!!