Sunday 16 September 2012

Mancing dipelantar minyak 9-12 Apr 2011


With Taiwan in the distance, a lifelong chase for marlin

With Taiwan in the distance, a lifelong chase for marlin

Off Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, an old man has spent a lifetimegoing after one of the ocean's largest predatorial fishes

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , Yonaguni Island, Japan

Hiroshi Fukumine, 74, a fisherman, searches for marlins off the shore of Yonaguni Island, Japan. Fukumine is known for his boldness in going out to stormy seas when others dare not to.

PHOTO: NY TIMES

The bonito with its large black back and silvery sides flopped aboard the fishing boat, scattering blood on the white deck. After reeling in a couple more, Hiroshi Fukumine, 74, pressed the throttle, and his boat began gaining speed, land receding into the distance.
Over the next hour, as warm waves crashed aboard and left big grains of salt on the skin, the boat roared into the East China Sea, with Fukumine's gaze fixed at a destination known only to himself. For on this morning, as on every other morning, the bonito were just bait for marlin.
Maybe today, as he had one day last year, he would catch a 500kg marlin, the biggest in a lifetime spent prowling the sea. His son, Hiroaki, 51, recently decided to succeed him, and the father spoke of retiring soon. His 74-year-old knees wobbled and his back ached. Age had changed his view of the sea.
"Before, I was never afraid," he said later that day. "But as I've gotten older, I find myself fearing the waves. The sea can take your life."
Here on Japan's westernmost island, where Taiwan is visible on a clear day, four fishermen in their 70s continue to search the seas for the marlin that ends up on dinner tables across the nation. Born just as the commercial fishing of marlin began here in the 1930s, the old men, like the one in Hemingway's story, used to fish alone in skiffs.
Now the boats are bigger and have engines, but the fishing remains the same. The fishermen drag a bonito, attached to a hook and line, across the waters until a marlin bites, and then fight to reel in a fish that can weigh several times more than they do and that can swim at more than 70kph.
It is a contest the fishermen have often lost, sometimes fatally, before mechanized reels became popular here, about two decades ago.
Back then, once a marlin struck, the line would whip around as the fisherman scrambled to grasp it. Sometimes it would become entangled around his fingers or legs, and the marlin would yank him into the sea. In the most famous case, an 81-year-old named Shigeru Itokazu was killed in 1990 after a line became coiled around his thumb and a marlin pulled him into the sea, shortly after he had appeared as the subject of a documentary, The Old Man and the East China Sea.
A lean man, standing 165cm, Fukumine once had his middle-finger entangled in a line and ripped away by a marlin. A doctor here reattached the finger, but upside-down. He had it properly reattached in Ishigaki, a bigger island in Okinawa, and had missing flesh replaced from his backside.
After World War II, this island served as a focal point for a black-market trade between Japan and Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. Fukumine worked on boats that smuggled goods, like women's clothing, until the US occupying forces cracked down on the black-market trade in 1950. Then over the next two decades, he joined eight-man fishing boats that hauled in several marlin a day, before setting out aboard his own skiff.
Of the old men here, Fukumine is known for his boldness, in going out to stormy seas when others dare not to.
One day two decades ago, when waves were so high that no one else went out to sea, Fukumine did. Trying to reel in a fish, he fell overboard, as his boat moved on toward the island of Iriomote. He drifted for two hours and washed up against some rocks, where a search party found him despite mistaking him at first for a turtle.
These days, Fukumine tends to avoid such risks. So on a recent day when Taiwan became visible -- a sign that can mean, at this time of the year, that a typhoon is approaching -- he did not go out to sea. Instead, he spent the day drinking with fellow fishermen, untalkative at sea but voluble on land over drinks.
On this particular morning, with the waves settling down, he was back on the water, this time with his son. He had pushed so deep into the sea that Yonaguni's elongated silhouette, punctuated by its promontory, had vanished into the horizon.
Hours passed. Fukumine's face remained taut. Father and son rarely talked.
Then in the late afternoon, without saying a word, the son began reeling in the line, but without the urgency that would have suggested a big catch. The bonito had disappeared, as had the hook and part of the line. Only a shark could have swallowed it all, Fukumine said later.
Later that evening, after taking a bath, Fukumine sat alone in his living room. His son's wife had set bonito soup and other dishes on the table before him. He wore a relaxed countenance and a robe open at the chest, revealing an old man's shriveled skin. A support belt for his bad back lay next to him.
"When I don't catch marlin, even alcohol doesn't taste good," he said.
Fukumine spoke of bequeathing the boat to his son by year's end, and of retiring and getting a small one for himself. He was tired of talking, he told his visitors, but answered one more question about whether, after all these years, he loved the sea.
"The sea is beautiful," Fukumine said, then added, "The sea is my friend. It allows me to take fish."

Source:  http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/07/14/2003178986

Punggah dua dozen tenggiri tuas

Oleh Abu Bakar Ali


(DARI kiri) Tekong Wan Ahmad, Cikgu Mi, penulis dan Sidek menunjukkan tenggiri yang dipancing di tuas dalam perairan Yan, baru-baru ini.
(DARI kiri) Tekong Wan Ahmad, Cikgu Mi, penulis dan Sidek menunjukkan tenggiri yang dipancing di tuas dalam perairan Yan, baru-baru ini.




















YAN: Angin bertiup perlahan diiringi ombak kecil. Ini keadaan yang paling digemari pemancing dan nelayan untuk menguji beberapa tuas (unjam) di sekitar perairan daerah ini yang popular dengan tenggiri.
YAN: Angin bertiup perlahan diiringi ombak kecil. Ini keadaan yang paling digemari pemancing dan nelayan untuk menguji beberapa tuas (unjam) di sekitar perairan daerah ini yang popular dengan tenggiri.

Penulis bersama tiga rakan dari Petaling Jaya iaitu Haji Yusof, Kamal dan Sidek berkesempatan mengunjungi tuas di sini ditemani Tekong Wan Ahmad yang juga anak jati Yan bersama Cikgu Mi.

Sebenarnya hasrat hendak ke tuas sudah lama dipendam. Namun ketiadaan hubungan (tekong atau pemancing yang dikenali), membuatkan ia hanya sekadar perancangan. Sehinggalah, apabila seorang kenalan baik yang secara kebetulan pernah ke sana, memberikan nama dan nombor telefon Tekong Wan Ahmad kepada penulis untuk dihubungi.

Dalam perjalanan kami memasang angan-angan hendak menarik seberapa banyak tenggiri. Ini kerana sebelum itu ada pemancing pernah mendapat lebih 10 ekor tenggiri jika kena air dan umpan.

Justeru, langkah pertama sejurus bot bergerak ke lokasi ialah mencari umpan hidup yang menjadi kegemaran tenggiri.

Setibanya di tuas pertama, kelihatan sekumpulan burung camar berlegar-legar di atas buluh menandakan terdapat anak ikan atau umpan di situ. Apa lagi, penulis dan rakan-rakan tidak sabar-sabar menghulur pancing apollo bagi mencari selar kuning, kembung dan cencaru.

Hampir penuh tong Coleman 54 Qt dan pada masa yang sama, penulis sempat menghulurkan belon bagi teknik pancing apungan. Ternyata usaha itu tidak sia-sia, tidak sampai lima minit, belon pecah yang menandakan ada ikan sudah mengena.

Akhirnya tumpas seekor tenggiri. Selepas ditimbang beratnya kira-kira 4 kilogram (kg). Ini sudah cukup memuaskan hati kami. Dalam asyik membicarakan tangkapan penulis, giliran joran Kamal pula diragut tenggiri.

Selepas hampir lapan jam memancing, penulis bersama rakan kembali ke jeti. Apabila dikira, kami memperoleh 24 ekor tenggiri dengan berat antara 4 hingga 8 kg seekor. Kami menganggap trip mencatatkan tangkapan paling lumayan.

Kami kemudian dipelawa ke rumah Tekong Wan Ahmad untuk mandi dan menikmati juadah petang sebelum meneruskan perjalanan pulang ke ibu negara.



Sumber Artikel:  Joran
More News: www.GoFishTalk.com

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Raja Udang Tomman

 
Raja Udang Tomman

TCE Takles menampilkan kekili menegak Raja Udang Tomman yang terbaru kepada pemancing yang gemarkan aktiviti memancing laut dan air tawar. Dilengkapi gegelung aluminium yang diperkuatkan dengan satu alas bebola bakal memberikan keselesaan kepada pemancing untuk menaikkan ikan skala sederhana dan besar.
 



Raja Udang Tomman

TCE Takles menampilkan kekili menegak Raja Udang Tomman yang terbaru kepada pemancing yang gemarkan aktiviti memancing laut dan air tawar. Dilengkapi gegelung aluminium yang diperkuatkan dengan satu alas bebola bakal memberikan keselesaan kepada pemancing untuk menaikkan ikan skala sederhana dan besar.

Turut dipertingkatkan, sistem keseimbangan rotor, pengayuh tahan karat berkeupayaan tinggi ketika berada di air masin. Disesuaikan juga dengan penggera ketika ikan meragut umpan.

Produk ini pasti memuaskan anda apabila memilikinya. Tersedia dalam warna perak/hitam dan boleh memuatkan tali sehingga 70 meter dengan diameter 0.25 milimeter. Untuk pertanyaan hubungi TCE Tackles di talian 04-4844524.



Bot Marine Explorer E320

Explorer Marin Centre Sdn Bhd menampilkan edisi terbaru produknya kepada peminat bot yang gemarkan aktiviti memancing atau menjadikannya sebagai bot komersial di laut dan sungai.

Bot sepanjang 32 kaki ini mampu memuatkan sehingga 20 orang dan dilihat antara produk yang berkualiti dari Marine Explorer dan disifatkan bakal memberikan kepuasan kepada pemiliknya.

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52 Quart Xtreme Cooler Coleman

Universal Fitness & Leisure Sdn Bhd, memperkenalkan kotak sejuk 52 Quart Xtreme Cooler untuk muatan isian barangan supaya tahan lebih lama ketika melakukan aktiviti perkhemahan, memburu dan memancing dalam hutan dan kawasan pergunungan

Ciri-ciri produk ini, berupaya menyimpan sebanyak 82 tin minuman sehingga lima hari dengan keadaan suhu 90 darjah celsius, dilengkapi dua pemegang untuk memudahkan dibawa ke mana-mana dan selain itu terbina daripada bahan tahan lasak.

Saiz luaran 27.75" x 14.95" x 17.25’ dan dalaman 20.5" x 8.75" x 12.25". Untuk pertanyaan lanjut hubungi UFL Outdoors di talian 03-22825721.

Sumber:  
http://joran.bharian.com.my/Current_News/Joran/News/ProdukBaru/20100116105257/Article/index_html

Old School Fish Story: Giant Grouper Mauls Spearfisherman, Revenge Taken

Old School Fish Story: Giant Grouper Mauls Spearfisherman, Revenge Taken

David Sikes of the Corpus Christi Caller has uncovered a classic fish story from the 1970's that's worth checking out.
The story revolves around a massive Goliath grouper that attempted to eat then 25-year-old spearfisherman Steve Withers.
From the Caller...
" 'He was so big he looked like the bottom," said Withers' diving partner John Beard. "He raised up and I got the hell out of there. I ran around the pipe and got Steve. As we came around we headed toward the bottom beside the fish.'
That's when the Goliath turned, opened its gaping maw and engulf part of Withers, head first.
'He just inhaled him,' Beard told the reporter.
Silt and sand stirred from the bottom by the strike clouded Beard's view of what happened next. Unable to see and therefore unable to help, Beard ascended to the boat, where the wives of the two divers awaited. Beard was prepared to proclaim Withers a lost diver when he spotted his partner bleeding and sitting on the stern nursing his wounds."

After this story was reported to local news outlets, another young spearfisherman named Brian Gulley set out to catch the man-eating Goliath grouper. A few days later Gulley and his dad found monster fish.
Here's the report from the Caller ...
"The big-eyed grouper backed up and maneuvered slowly to one side of a motionless Gulley.
Gully pivoted, aimed and fired in a single motion, plunging the barbed projectile deeply between the fish's eye and gill plate. In a blur, the powerful jewfish turned and bolted.
'He jerked me out of my fins,' Gulley said. 'And he circled around the pipe I don't know how many times with me hanging on. It was 20 minutes of pure rodeo.'
The fish measured 7-foot-4. It was six feet in circumference."

Gulley's fish had an estimated weight of about 650 pounds. He was sure it was the same fish that attacked Withers. But after seeing the fish, Withers said the grouper that attacked him was even bigger.
If you're curious, the world record Goliath grouper weighs in at 680 pounds and was caught off Fernandina Beach, Florida. Swim carefully folks.



Article Source:   http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin%E2%80%99/2012/06/old-school-fish-story-giant-grouper-mauls-spearfisherman-revenge-taken

Haruan Pelahap!!

Haruan Pelahap!!

Ini lah haruan pelahap walaupun bersaiz 2 jadi dewasa katak jenis sure catch pun ditelannya.
Zulhilmi Hat
hilmi@bharian.com.my
Haruan pelahap

KECIL pun kecillah, janji seronok,” kata cikgu Yusmie kepada penulis yang baru-baru ini yang giat memburu ikan persis kepala ular atau haruan (Channa striatus) di sekitar Kuala Selangor untuk dijadikan ubat kepada isterinya yang baru lepas bersalin.

Lubuk haruan di bekas lombong pasir sekitar Batang berjuntai..lihat air dengan pokok rumput apabila katak getah ditarik di celahnya..kelibat haruan pasti mengejar

Lokasi rahsia kami terletak di tasik bekas kuari pasir yang menamatkan operasi sejak sepuluh tahun lalu dan hari ini ia dihuni pelbagai spesies ikan tawar seperti haruan toman dan sebarau dan bujuk.
Perjalanan kami bermula di Bandar Country Homes, Rawang selepas dijanjikan penulis bersama cikgu Yusmie yang akan bergerak menggunakan dua buah motosikal. Kegunaan motosikal sangat fleksibel berbanding kereta kerana kami perlu bergerak pantas untuk meneroka lombong pasir yang berselirat sekitar daerah Kuala Selangor itu.

Peluru digunakan PENULIS iaitu sure catch frog

Setibanya di lokasi petang itu, kami berdua bergegas mempersiapkan alat memancing masing-masing untuk bertempur dengan pemangsa yang paling di gemari kaki mengilat kerana kerakusan spesies ini menyambar umpan.
Cikgu Yusmie mempersiapkan diri dengan joran Abu Garcia Hornet Stringer yang dipasangkan kekili menegak jenis Shimano Calcutta manakala penulis dengan joran Abu Garcia Conolon dan kekili Shimano Scorpion DC yang sememangnya menjadi ‘senjata’ ampuh untuk memikat sang haruan ini.

Senjata bukan calang-calang iaitu Shimano Calcuta dengan Abu Hornet Stringer

Menurut cikgu Yusmie, pemilihan umpan di lokasi ini terdiri katak getah berekor atau plastik lembut replika ikan yang biasa digunakan sebelum ini. Dua jenis umpan tiruan ini dianggap gewang ‘pembunuh’ haruan selain katak minyak dan cicak.
Selepas mendengar penerangannya, penulis terus yang menyelak kotak gewang untuk melihat adakah ada lagi gewang simpanan seperti dinyatakan cikgu Yusmie dan mujurlah beberapa gewang jenis itu terdapat dalam simpanan.

Tangkapan cikgu Yusmi@Zauber dengan haruan menggunakan soft plastic
Lokasi pertama kami iaitu lombong pasir sebesar kolam renang yang dalamnya sekitar tiga meter. Di keliling lombong itu pula terdapat berpuluh-puluh lagi lombong di mana saiznya serta kedalaman berbeza-beza dan semuanya mempunyai rumput air yang tumbuh meliar sepanjang tebing lombong itu.


Katak getah warna putih dan Oren juga laku di lubuk ini

Pada pemerhatian penulis, kawasan lombong ini cukup luas dan aktiviti memancing seharian dekat sini belum tentu dapat menghabiskan semua lombong yang ada!

Bekas lombong pasir yang menjadi habitat haruan dan toman

Zingggggg...kedengaran bunyi balingan dilakukan cikgu Yusmie ke tepi lombong mempunyai rumput air dengan katak getah berwarna putihnya. Kayuhan separa laju dibuat untuk mengapungkan katak getah seakan-akan berlari di permukaan air.
Tiba-tiba satu kelibat berwarna hitam dari bawah air muncul dan menghentam katak getah hingga menghasilkan bunyi percikan air ‘debushhh’. Cikgu Yusmie yang bergegas membuat rembatan joran menghala sisi badan bagaimanapun gagal menaikkan ikan itu.
“Ahhh terlepas rezeki untuk orang rumah...besar ikan tu,” keluh cikgu Yusmie yang kecewa akibat sambaran dari mangsa pertama tadi.
Tidak jauh dari cikgu Yusmie, penulis yang beberapa kali membuat balingan di lokasi sama sejak awal tadi dengan katak getah berwarna hijau gagal membuka selera haruan untuk menyambarnya. Katak hijau kemudian di tukar berwarna oren agar haruan terus di hambat mangsa hingga tebing ke tebing lombong.
“Kecil pun kecil la chor, janji ikan mahu makan,” kata cikgu Yusmie yang cuba menenangkan hati penulis.

Akhirnya habuan untuk penulis

Katak jenis hijau turut dibaham tatkala senja menjengah di ufuk timur
Sehingga jam 7 petang, tiada seekor ikan haruan berjaya dinaikkan kami berdua melainkan semuanya terlucut ketika ikan berenang masuk ke dalam rumput air di tebing lombong.

Toman pada lokasi berbeza

Cikgu Yusmie kemudian menukar taktik dengan menggantikan katak getah kepada getah putih yang dipadankan dengan kekipas dan kemudian dibaling tengah lombong menerima sentapan dari mangsa.
Melengkung joran cikgu Yusmie akibat dibawa ikan ke rumput air yang memaksa kayuhan laju dibuat oleh beliau untuk mengekang mangsa masuk lebih dalam ke dalam rumput.
Hampir tiga minit juga cikgu Yusmie mengawal ikan supaya tidak membenamkan diri dalam rumput dan akhirnya haruan berskala 500 gram berjaya didaratkan dengan jayanya.
“Selamat...orang rumah tak marah la balik ni sebab lesen dah dapat,” kata penulis kepada cikgu Yusmie yang dibalas dengan senyum kelat.

Hasil menarik dengan Shimano Scorpion DC:Rod Abu Conolon 20-20lb dan katak getah Mazzy Frog dari Viva

Semakin lewat senja, haruan kelihatan timbul semakin kerap di tepi dan tengah lombong dengan menghasilkan bunyi ‘bushh’ apabila mangsa menyambar kumpulan ikan seluang.
Penulis yang masih setia menggunakan gewang katak berwarna oren membaling ke arah hemburan tadi dan seekor haruan berskala 400g berjaya dibawa ke ke tepi.
Sebelum jam 7.45 petang, kira-kira empat ekor haruan berjaya dijinakkan oleh kami dengan gewang getah dan getah lembut mempunyai bebaling pada hari itu dan tidak termasuk berbelas-belas kali terlucut ketika melakukan sentapan.

Gewang jenis spinner baits turut laku di lombong ini

Namun, hal demikian itu tidak menjadi masalah bagi kami selaku kaki mengilat tegar seperti kami dan apa yang penting misi memancing kami pada hari itu boleh dikatakan berjaya dan cukup untuk mencari lauk untuk isteri cikgu Yusmie yang baru bersalin.

Info:

*Haruan adalah spesies pemangsa yang lazimnya menyerang umpan di permukaan air.
*Umpan katak minyak dan cicak dikatakan paling mujarab untuk menjinakkan persis berkepala ular ini.
*Gewang jenis katak getah menjadi pilihan untuk memburunya.
*Waktu memancing haruan sekitar jam 7-9 pagi atau 6- 7.30 petang.
*Kawasan habitat mudah dikesan dalam lombong mempunyai rumput atau reba kayu, sungai, paya dan sawah padi




Sumber Cerita:  http://joranharian.blogspot.sg/

Extreme Fishing With Robson Green Season 4 Episode 2


Pak Hitam jadi pilihan pemancing

Tekong
























KUALA BESUT: Sebut saja Pelantar Minyak, terbayang kaki pancing akan kehebatan tekong Abdul Ghani Ahmad @ Pak Hitam, yang pakar mengesan lubuk ikan merah, jenahak, kerapu, jemuduk, ebek dan sebagainya.
KUALA BESUT: Sebut saja Pelantar Minyak, terbayang kaki pancing akan kehebatan tekong Abdul Ghani Ahmad @ Pak Hitam (gambar), yang pakar mengesan lubuk ikan merah, jenahak, kerapu, jemuduk, ebek dan sebagainya.

Nama lelaki berusia separuh abad ini bukan saja sering bermain di bibir kaki pancing, malah pakej menariknya menjanjikan hasil tangkapan amat lumayan, menjadi penarik hingga menyebabkan beliau sering ditempah.

Ini terbukti sehingga Jun depan, bot beliau sudah ditempah kaki pancing sama ada dari Lembah Klang, Johor Bahru, Kelantan, Terengganu dan Pahang. Malah, pemancing Singapura juga turut mendapatkan khidmatnya untuk memancing di sekitar pelantar Minyak.

Pak Hitam berkata, beliau aktif menjalankan pakej memancing sejak 1999 selepas diminta seorang rakan kerana dia ketika itu tak boleh membawa kaki pancing kerana kurang sihat.

“Sebenar saya hanya tekong nelayan yang sekadar menangkap ikan di perairan yang jauhnya lapan batu nautika dari pantai Kuala Besut. Bagaimanapun, selepas menjadi tekong bidang terjun, saya terus bergerak aktif menawarkan pakej memancing.

“Pengalaman luas dengan perairan Kuala Besut, ditambah pula dengan memiliki lebih daripada 200 lubuk ikan bersaiz XL, menjadikan saya orang pilihan pemancing. Tidak pernah ada orang merungut atau melahirkan rasa kecewa apabila pergi memancing dengan saya, rata-rata memuji dengan hasil tangkapan di lubuk yang dibawa,” katanya.

Antara lokasi kegemarannya ialah Karang Luas, Karang Wahab, Unjam Pak Hitam, Karang Haji Rahman, Lubuk 10 minit dan banyak lagi. Malah kewujudan spesies ikan tenggiri, kerapu, merah, ebek, tambak dan banyak lagi ikan bermutu di kawasan karang di sini mampu memberi kepuasan kepada pemancing dan nelayan amnya.

Bot kayu sepanjang 50 kaki berpangkalan di jeti nelayan Kuala Besut, biasanya mengambil masa lebih 12 jam untuk ke destinasi dan selesa dengan membawa 10 pemancing pada satu trip.

Menariknya Pak Hitam ialah, sepanjang perjalanan ke destinasi utama, beliau akan singgah di beberapa unjam atau karang laut bagi mencari umpan. Jika bernasib baik ikan besar boleh didapati.

Jika ada pemancing ingin merasai tarikan ganas merah pucat bersaiz besar, hubungi Pak Itam: 019-9403715.



Sumber Artikel:   Joran
More News:  www.GoFishTalk.com

Rare fish sighting thrills world's experts

Rare fish sighting thrills world's experts





See-Through: The juvenile spiderfish photographed at the Poor Knights. See-Through: The juvenile spiderfish photographed at the Poor Knights.
Crispin Middleton

 

  
Marine scientists around the world are excited about the first sighting of a rare deepwater fish at the Poor Knights.

The 10cm translucent whisp captured by photographer Crispin Middleton has been identified as a juvenile spiderfish.

Ngunguru-based Marine specialist Wade Doak, who forwarded the photos to fish expert Andrew Stewart for identification, said these were the first photos taken of a spiderfish, alive and swimming at the Poor Knights.

"It has excellent camouflage," Mr Doak said. "It looks like jellyfish or salp and has total translucency which would mean it is seldom preyed upon."

Mr Stewart said there were five recorded species in the Bathypterois genus in deep waters around New Zealand.

The iconic deep-sea animals were not common above 1500m depth.

Juveniles are known to live near the surface, descending to the dark, unlit depths when they mature. The genus is sometimes known in other parts of the world as tripod fish or feelerfish.

 
Spiderfish species grow up to 45cm and most have wing-like, ultra-sensitive fins to prop themselves on the seabed. They use their fins to herd crustaceans into their mouths and needle-sharp teeth. They are thought to be almost sightless because of the blind, dark depths they inhabit.

Mr Doak has posted information and Mr Middleton's photos on his website www.wadedoak.com
 
 
Article Source:  http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/rare-fish-sighting-thrills-worlds-experts/1037516/
 


















Freshwater
March 22, 2012
Tackle Test: Polarized Sunglasses Are a Must Have For Fishermen -2

Admittedly, I’m not much of a “fashion” kind of guy when it comes to fishing gear. Functionality is more my game. My favorite item being a pair of six-pocket, standard army issue pants.
As the name implies, they’re endowed with six pockets for all the “stuff” I need on a regular basis: my cell phone, wallet, reading glasses, bags of worms, beef jerky, contour maps, the occasional Boca grip, grocery list, spray-on worm goop and pliers. On occasion, there might be a half eaten sandwich in there too — when the biting is just too good to choke down the entire deli treat. Packs of Lance Nip-E-Cheese crackers nestle nicely in the cavernous camouflaged pockets too.
What’s odd is that of all the fishing gear I have, I rely on my polarized glasses more than most, yet I never give them a second thought. I’m of the opinion that a quality pair of peeps should be standard issue for every serious fisherman.
For example, I was out with a fishing buddy on a local lake, running the trolling motor and looking for signs of anything that might bite. While peering into the water I saw a bed with a gargandous female on it. Yikes! I eased the boat back around and told my buddy to come up front and check out the find.
As I pointed her out to him, he leaned closer and said, “Where?” Keep in mind this fish was big enough to swallow a small dairy cow. I pointed again, my arms flailing in even more exaggerated gestures, gruffing “right there!” He was still lost. After a few disparaging comments about his advancing age, family lineage and having lost his eyesight, I glanced at his sunglasses: he found that gem in the dollar bin. No wonder my buddy was blind as a bat to the world around him.

For those in the know, a quality pair of polarized glasses is a must when angling. Quality polarized glasses remove glare from the water’s surface and filter the sun’s harmful ultra-violet rays while providing a distortion-free field of view. Cheap sunglasses do none of these.

So if you’re thinking about getting a pair of glasses, there are two types of lenses available: glass and polycarbonate. Both offer unique advantages.

Glass lenses don’t scratch but they’re heavier than polycarbonate. Polycarbonate lenses on the other hand, scratch easier, but are lighter and offer protection against flying objects.

I recently tried a pair from Numa Sport Optics. Numa products are developed by military Special Forces personnel searching for rugged eyewear that would stand up to the rigors of combat. A tall order for sure.

I found my Numa’s very light thanks to their proprietary frame material. The polycarbonate lenses are very scratch resistant, while offering protection against unwanted flying objects. You know the stuff; slip-sinkers, jigs, topwater baits and anything you find yourself dodging as it whistles by your head. Not to mention those giant (and particularly juicy) bugs when you’re blistering across the lake.

My Numa’s had broad temple arms that keep stray sunlight from entering through the periphery of the frames. Nice. After a few days on the water, I can recommend the Numa’s wholeheartedly. Oh, and for all the other fashionistas out there just like me, rest assured, they look really cool too. ($139.99)





















 
 


Peacock Bass Air Kuning, Kampar Perak ,Malaysia

Peacock Bass Air Kuning, Kampar Perak ,Malaysia
 
PB masak cili...pernah cuba?.. MUSIM memancing ikan Peacock Bass (PB) sudah tiba di sekitar Perak pada bulan Mac hingga Oktober di mana ikan spesies pendatang ini dikatakan sedang galak memakan umpan yang di baling kepadanya. Pada ketika itu baling saja gewang jenis permukaan, terampai dan teggelam pasti di sambar ikan pelahap yang bersifat kewilayahan itu. Lantas, menerusi perkenalan singkat dalam laman sosial FB iaitu MRR Rizal bersama penulis mengatur trip ke Air Kuning baru-baru ini (Jun 2012) apabila melihat foto dalam laman FBnya penuh dengan spesies ini. Justeru, trip kami bermula apabila rakan MMR Rizal iaitu Moktar dengan kenderaan 4x4 beliau digunakan untuk merealisasikan tangkapan PB di bekas lombong bijih timah itu. Jom saksikan gambarnya:
 
Suzuki Vitara bertemankan cartopper gentian kaca berkuasakan 'truster' digunakan kami menempuh ladang kelapa sawit sekitar Kampar. Perjalanan mengambil masa kira-kira 30 minit ke lokasi PB.

 
PB berskala 30 cm yang diperdaya menggunakan JACKSON 7cm warna oren cukup laku di Air Kuning. Apa diperhatikan penulis gewang berwarna natural sekakan anak toman bersaiz sekitar 7-10 cm adalah penjerat terbaik PB di Air Kuning

 
LAGI PB oleh MRR Rizal menggunakan gewang permukaan STORM CHUGBUG

 
PENULIS menggunakan SPOON BAKAU turut menerima sambaran ketika sesudu terbabit dibaling ke lumut disambar PB.

 
Lesen PB bersaiz 40cm yang terbesar dalam trip ini menggunakan STORM FLUTTERSTICK. Ada lagi PB bersaiz 50cm dalam lombong ini.

 
TUDIA....PB yang berjaya didaratkan penulis ketika aktiviti memancing di tebig kolam. Gewang berwarna hijau menjadi pilihan PM kali ini. Tangkapan berlaku sekitar jam 11 pagi. Tip menancing di Air Kuning. *Kenderaan terbaik ke sini menggunakan 4x4 kerana jalannya berlopak dalam dan tidak rata. *Gunakan set BC/ Spinning beratio sederhana rendah seperti 5:1.1, 6:3.1 *Joran beraksi medium, ultrlight *Semua jenis gewang berskala 7-10 cm. Big lure for Big Fish!! *Pakai seluar/ baju berlengan panjang kerana cuaca lombong ini sangat panas. *Jangan lupa bawa cermin mata polarized dan sonar pengesan ikan *Menaiki bot/ kayak adalah langkah terbaik untuk menjarah lombong dalam masa yang singkat *Toman turut bermastautin dalam lombong ini. tamat



Sumber Cerita:  http://joranharian.blogspot.sg/ 




Getting Started in Surf Fishing


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Berkayuh belakang buaya disangka sampan

Berkayuh belakang buaya disangka sampan

Oleh Nuri Angkasa


ENTAH macam mana, hatinya pada malam itu tergesa-gesa hendak ke sungai memancing udang galah seperti yang di harapkan oleh isterinya yang sedang hamil empat bulan, cerita Suhaimi kepada penulis sebaik tiba di rumah Tok Penghulu Batin Itam, di sebuah perkampungan orang asli hulu Sungai Pahang.





















ENTAH macam mana, hatinya pada malam itu tergesa-gesa hendak ke sungai memancing udang galah seperti yang di harapkan oleh isterinya yang sedang hamil empat bulan, cerita Suhaimi kepada penulis sebaik tiba di rumah Tok Penghulu Batin Itam, di sebuah perkampungan orang asli hulu Sungai Pahang.

Kerana tidak mahu menghampakan hajat isterinya, Suhaimi bersama seorang rakan karibnya (Alang Ali) terus menghulu sungai berkenaan yang sudah biasa dengan mereka malah lubuk-lubuk udang dan liku sungai sudah terpeta dalam kepala mereka. Justeru atas keyakinan itulah membuatkan isteri Suhaimi tidak merasa bimbang pemergian suaminya meredah malam itu untuk memancing udang galah yang diidamkan sejak kebelakangan ini.

Begitu juga dengan Alang Ali yang berketurunan darah waris orang asli masih kukuh berpegang kepada kepercayaan bahawa sesuatu yang berlaku itu datangnya dari Allah maka kepadaNyalah kita minta pertolongan. Alang Ali dan keluarga sudah lama memeluk agama Islam.

Beliau masih bujang tapi berkeluarga rapat dengan Penghulu Batin Itam yang terkenal dengan dakwahnya untuk menarik lebih ramai masyarakat orang asli di kampung itu memeluk agama Islam.

Sebaik tiba di pangkalan dengan tidak menggunakan sebarang lampu, cuma bantuan cahaya bulan di langit mereka menaiki sebuah sampan kecil yang cuma selesa untuk dua orang saja lalu meneruskan perjalanan ke hulu sungai dengan berkayuh.

Keadaan cuaca pada malam itu seperti biasa saja, cuma sesekali ada rasa berlainan ketika berkayuh. Pengalaman dua rakan pemancing udang di sungai berkenaan tidak diragukan jika dengan pantas mereka berjumpa lubuk udang galah.

Oleh kerana kawasan lubuk itu terlindung dari arus deras, sampan tidak dilabuhkan, tapi ianya terapung diam bagi memberikan keselesaan memancing kepada Suhaimi dan Alang Ali. Lubuk berkenaan mendatangkan hasil tangkapan yang lumayan spesies udang galah bersaiz besar.

Masing-masing dengan hanya menggunakan dua batang joran setiap seorang sudah menghasilkan belasan udang galah dan dalam waktu yang sama sampan bergerak perlahan ke lokasi yang lebih tenang tapi kurang disenangi kedua-dua pemancing berpengalaman itu.

Alang Ali cuba berkayuh menghala arah lain tapi sampan tidak mengikut arah yang kemudian oleh Suhaimi, tapi lokasi itu juga mereka banyak mendaratkan udang yang lebih besar.

Kerana rezeki sudah lebih dari mencukupi mereka pulang semula ke pangkalan tapi sepanjang jalan mereka merasa berlainan dengan sampan yang mereka naiki, kerana sesekali bagaikan ada air menyimbah masuk dalam sampan. Alang Ali dan Suhaimi tidak mahu memikirkan itu semua kerana yang lebih di harapkan agar mereka selamat tiba di pangkalan.
Sebaik mendarat di daratan sampan yang mereka naiki tenggelam dan timbul tidak jauh dari pangkalan lalu menghilang ketengah sungai. Suhaimi dan Alang Ali menarik nafas panjang kerana tidak menyangka rupanya bukan sampan yang mereka naiki sepanjang melakukan aktiviti memancing.

Mereka tidak sepatah pun bersuara tentang sampan yang mereka naiki, cuma isteri Suhaimi saja yang ada menyebut tentang sampan yang digunakan oleh suaminya serentak dengan itu Suhaimi teringat bahawa isterinya adalah waris cucu kepada Awang Dolmat (Pawang buaya).



Sumber Cerita: 
 http://joran.bharian.com.my/Current_News/Joran/News/Misteri/20091218113204/Article/index_html

Manta ray at Poor Knights thrills spectators

Manta ray at Poor Knights thrills spectators





MAJESTIC: A graceful manta ray at the Poor Knights Islands makes the metre-long Kingfish look very small. PHOTO/GINES PASTOR

MAJESTIC: A graceful manta ray at the Poor Knights Islands makes the metre-long Kingfish look very small. PHOTO/GINES PASTOR

 

 
For Spanish dive instructor Gines Pastor swimming with a manta ray at one of the world's best dive sites was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The manta ray spotted near the Poor Knights Islands was one of a few seen by boaties along Northland's coastline over the past few days.

As warm sea currents flow closer to the coast, not only are they bringing game fish like marlin and tuna but huge manta rays.

Mr Pastor, an instructor with Dive Tutukaka, was with a chartered dive group at Calypso Bay last Saturday when he saw the impressive fish.

"It's fabulous when you see a majestic 4-metre-long fish just gliding along," he said.

"I've been diving for half my life and this is the first time I have seen a manta ray. No doubt it's one of the best dive experiences I've had and the Poor Knights are one of the best dive spots."

He managed to take some pictures of the graceful fish and said the metre-long kingfish seemed tiny as they swam alongside the manta ray.

The ray circled over the top of Mr Pastor before swimming off into the blue.

"It was quite awesome."

Dive Tutukaka marketing manager Kate Malcolm said there had been plenty of sealife action on the coast over the past few weeks with a variety of whales as well as a pod of orca. Dolphins were being spotted on a daily basis.

She said manta rays had also been cruising the waters around the Poor Knights Islands.

"This is another example of a marine reserve that works."

Marine conservationist Wade Doak, who lives on the Tutukaka Coast, said manta ray were regular visitors and were attracted by plankton, which they fed on.

When feeding, they did somersaults in the cloud of plankton rather than swimming straight through.

"They are inspiring creatures," Mr Doak said.

In the Bay of Islands, a manta ray provided a rare but welcome sight for a number of people cruising around the weekend.

The ray was seen by about 65 guests, as well as staff, on board a Discover the Bay cruise run by Explore NZ on Saturday afternoon.

Department of Conservation marine scientist Clinton Duffy said the sighting was a treat because, although they migrated here each year, they were rarely seen.
 
 

Manta Rays
Have the largest brain to body ratio of all sharks and rays on Earth.

Have an average life span of 20 years.

Are close relatives of the shark and also closely related to the stingray, but don't have a stinger.

Are classified as fish.

Don't have a skeleton made from bone.

Are only surpassed in size in the marine world by sharks and whales.

Have many rows of sharp teeth - they aren't used for eating, but as a filtering system.

Are completely protected in New Zealand waters under the Wildlife Act.



Article Source:   http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/gentle-giant-sighting-thrills-spectators/1272618/

Grilled Trout with Herbs

Grilled Trout with Herbs


grilled trout This grilled trout recipe is a great way to cook this fish. Trout is best cooked as a whole fish so you can fill the cavity with herbs to pack it with flavor. The fish can be accompanied with greens and potatoes and you have yourself a delicious meal. Serves 4.

Ingredients
  • 4 rainbow trout
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 3 1/4 oz of butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon of grated lemon rind
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons of fresh basil, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary, sliced
Cooking Instructions
Rinse trout, pat dry with a paper towel and cut each trout lengthwise on the belly of each fish to make a cavity for filling.
Combine the chopped parsley, basil, rosemary, garlic, and a little olive oil into the cavities of each trout.
Lightly brush the outside of each trout with olive oil. Cook the fish on preheated BBQ plate or grill for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until the fish flakes when touched.
Combine the butter, lemon juice and lemon rind into a small bowl and mix all the ingredients thoroughly together. Top each fish with a spoonful of the butter mixture before serving to make it more flavorful.

Source:  http://www.freerecipes.org/