Friday, July 19, 2013

The Dream Catch (Giant Snakehead) channa micropeltes

 After few months of no catches, i finally caught one and its happen to bemy dream fish (fresh water) which is the Giant Snakehead or channa micropeltes after a few attempts for the last few weeks in my quest to catch this fish in Victoria Dam.I'll be aiming to catch bigger ones after this but i need to learn more on how to control my settings to enable me to catch the monster of the freshwater fishes in Victoria
 Historic moment on 19th July 2013, 5:45pm
 caught with my T1 Terminator Spinner bait
55cm weighing around 2 kg

Sunday, May 19, 2013

7th April 2013 - Banana Snake Heads gone wild (Strike No. 30)

One clear sunday morning, I went to my usual spot in Location X in the island of Victoria, Malaysia. My third cast caught me this snakehead which went wild for a while going left and right before i manage to tame it ....hehehhee....here are some of the pic from that moment
 This naughty snakehead is around 37cm when i manage to measure it properly
 caught it with my kimkas frog using my shimano scorpion DC with surecatch capella rod 
a pic to remember between me and the snakehead 


will update you on my latest catch ... will be very busy in school ...hopefully i'll have time to go and add to my collection 

Thursday, April 4, 2013

4th April 2013 - Channa striata giant (Strike No. 29)

After a bad day of football for my under-15 team in the field, I decided to lay off some steam to my favourite spot in location X to try and see if my luck has not run out for the day. After casting few times in the late evening........STRIKE!!!! It was quite strong and gave a fight for few minutes before i land it. Here are some of the moments after the fight ....
 Channa Striata caught using Kimkas Frog with Shimano Scorpion DC, Viper II rod and 20lb PowerPro line
50cm snakehead weighing almost 2kg


Wednesday, March 27, 2013

26 March 2013 (Snakeheads Papar Hunt)

On a cloudy Tuesday morning, I went to friend's place in Papar to assist him in getting rid of his snakeheads problem in his tilapia pond but at the same time it is my opportunity to add to my collection. I started at around 9 am in the morning after the surveying the place for a while. Here are some of the pics that i have captured during my good moments that morning
 my first catch (a 36 cm snakehead using my new magnum froggie with Abu Garcia Blue Max and stren 20lb line)

 Took me a while to remove the lure since the snakehead swallowed the whole thing in his mouth 
It was wonderful morning catch using my magnum froggie. Wished i brought my other lures from Labuan.

I have given all my catches to my friend's mom since she likes to eat it but the pleasure to catch this ferocious predator of the freshwater fishes was a pleasure. Will update you again when i try to solve my uncle's pond problem of snakeheads.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Snakehead Hunting begins -2013

The fascination on fishing freshwater fishes came in 2012 when i transferred from my previous workplace in Sabah to the island of Labuan or in England they would called this place Victoria Island. Beforehand, i was more fishing on salt water fishes back when i started fishing in 2008 but the freshwater experience really changed me and I want to share my experiences in learning and understanding these types of freshwater fishes and the one i'm more focus on now is the top predator of the fresh water fishes, the striped snakehead (Channa striata). Here are my some of my personal collections from this year - up to today I have caught and photographed 28 of my catches.
So from this count of 28 catches, I'll be continuing my collection of this unique fish this year and I'm targeting to catch 100 of striped snakeheads in different sizes and weight to be documented and shared to all who are reading my blog.

Let the fishing begin and good luck to me....Thank you GOD for giving me this opportunity to do something more worthwhile than things that are bad and are of no use to me.