The Asian Angler - January 2013 Digital Issue - Malaysia - English

January 2013

The Asian Angler

Asia’s Angling Lifestyle Magazine

The Aldebaran REV3 STX

Smoother Than Silk Abu’s New Workhorse

Megabass Margay X-Rated & Live

Fishing Vietnam Back To Basics

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My fellow angling buddies,

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Anglers looking for the perfect balance between super strong and ultra smooth performance in their lines are no longer restricted by the existing category limitations.

We have survived 21st December 2012. We are now in 2013. Happy New Year to all of you. 2012 has been a fabulous year and we hope for an even more fabulous 2013.

It will be a good start for two of our readers who have won the Fish Hunt. Right now we have one winner and we as I write this, we are still awaiting the results of the final weeks hunt.

In this issue we have included more interesting sections. One of them is a section introducing our local fish species (Sporting Fishes). This will be of great help to those from other countries wanting to fish here as well as local anglers (beginners) who need more information.

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Contents Test Drive : Megabass Live-X Margay Test Drive : Abu Garcia Popping Rockets Test Drive : Shimano Aldebaran Test Drive : Abu Garcia Revo STX Knowledge Wise : The Fuss About Brakes Part 2 Angler’s Heavens : Swiss Garden, Damai Laut Skill Enhancers : Advance Bait Casting - Introduction Sporting Fishes : The Giant Snakehead : Toman Happening : The Battle Of Champions Happening : Berkley Soft Bait Clinic Fishy Tales : Fishing Vietnam Fishin’ Tech : Fly Fishing 3D HD Featuring : Products Classifieds Fishing Directory

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Test Drives

Megabass Live-X Margay

By Philemon Foo

With so many lure choices in

the market today, one can easily get confused. Heck, even season anglers get confused.

Sometimes we buy lures because of what our friends and masters recommend. Sometimes we buy lures because of what we read in magazines such as this. Sometimes we buy lures just because of design and color. Lures are designed to catch the angler...

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What A Jerk Recently I was handed a few lures to test. One of them is the Megabass Live-X Margay of which is a jerkbait. It comes with a bib long enough to drive it to the bottom. How deep I am not sure but the one I was playing made little trenches at the bottom of the lake.

Oh yes, the lake I went to is situated in the Clearwater Sanctuary, Perak. Early in the morning at about 7.15am, I gave the Live-X Margay a little swimming lesson just off the balcony. Chalet number 126 is ideal for lure fishing off the balcony as the water area there is free of lily pads and underwater snags. To the left of it is a dense lily pad and snag area. To the right are some lily pads and a bit of snags. The balcony of chalet 126 is really strategic (for now).

Good swimmer and loves to dig.

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Erratic Dancer If the Live-X Margay were to be doing an exotic dance, guys will be throwing lots of cash. It is an easily managed lure and can certainly mimic an injured fish well. Its erratic swimming action is what we anglers pay for and it is this erratic action that caught two peacock basses and a good size marble goby.

So what do I think about this lure? It caught 3 fishes within an hour of fishing and we buy lures to help us catch fish, right? The Live-X Margay lived up to its expectations. Price wise, you will have to consult your pocket. It is okay to pay a little more once in a while for a good lure especially when you really want one.

It dances so wildly even the plastic frogy wanted to have a go.

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There are cheap lures, there are expensive lures, and there are good lures. You will probably still buy lures that your friends say are good, that magazines say are good, and lures that capture your eyes. Well, this is a good lure and it will capture eyes... (continuation of my statement in the first paragraph).... and it is up to the angler’s skill in using the lure that caught him or her, to catch the fish.

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Test Drives

Abu Garcia’s Popping Rockets

By Philemon Foo

When it comes to lures we want lures

that allows us to play them easily and well. We want them to mimic something that has a heart and swims. We also want them to create disturbances and attract the fish or angry predators.

“Pop” Culture One of these lures is a popper. Most anglers would have heard of a popper but a lot I dare say, have not used one before. Popping is an art and it requires a certain amount of skills to get it going, at least that was what it used to be. These days, brands that manufacture them have been making them in a way where they pop easy.

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One such easy popper is the Abu Garcia Rocket Popper. I have on several occasions used the Rocket Popper and they pop really well. They are also almost self-popping. Just cast them out and twitch them back. The popping is almost automatic.

Anyone Can Pop Wanting to take a photo of the Abu Garcia Rocket Popper in action, I got my wife to pop the popper while I took some shots. It was really surprising how she managed to do it despite not having used one before. All I said was to try to get the lure to make splashes and I showed her the rod movement. After that, she was popping and she did it pretty well. She even almost caught a fish.

The Abu Garcia Rocket Popper is very easy to pop with.

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My Thoughts If you want to try popping but have not gotten to it, the Abu Garcia Rocket Poppers are a very easy way to start. They are easy to pop and they pop relatively well. Definitely something to consider.

My wife playing the Abu Garcia Rocket Popper ALMOST like a pro.

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Test Drives

Shimano Aldebaran - Smoother That Silk

By Philemon foo

What is the difference between a muscle-car,

say the Ford Mustang and an Audi A8 or perhaps a BMW 7 series? The muscle car, here being the Ford Mustang, is powerful, smokes its tyres, corners like a dog with some oil on its legs, and is freaking loud and obnoxious.

The Audi A8 or the BMW 7 series is quiet, not as fast, corners with elegance, and arrives in styles and glamour. Both categories of cars have their followers and most followers have both categories of cars.

Well, this test drive I had the opportunity to play with the Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG of which falls under the Audi A8 and BMW 7series category, yes, the elegantly glamorous one.

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Missing Something The instant the Shimano Alderbaran BFS XG landed on my hands I knew that something was missing. I am no psychic but I can tell. I also know exactly what it is that is missing. The answer is grams. Yes the Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG has been on a diet and has lost some weight. I dare say that it is the lightest low profile baitcasting reel around.

This proves that the war of the “weightlessness” goes on between fishing tackle brands, and we like it.

Boo To Silk Is silk really the smoothest thing around? If you think so, you are seriously outdated. And no, it is not the baby’s bottom either, as the English put it. Give the Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG a cast and you will be feeling the smoothest cast you have ever felt from any low profile baitcasting reel.

The feeling is seriously magical. A light cast would send the lure out easily and with such smoothness that would put silk to shame. When it comes to casting light lures and paperclips, this will be the reel to use.

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Casting Or Flying?

I have cast many reels in my previous line of work and also in my life of fishing. I have been impressed many times with reels that can cast long distances. The Shimano Aldebaran is a reel that you do not cast your lure with. It is a reel that you would be flying your lures with.

The lightest cast would send your lure to distances that most reels can achieve with harder casts. Push the cast a bit further and you will be hitting that squirrel off the tree at the opposite side of the lake. Well, depending on how large the lake is of course. What I am trying to say is that this reel can and will easily outcast many other reels currently available in the market. It is one of the best reels around for casting light lures.

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Yumeya’s Influence The Aldebaran comes with a shallow spool and a unique centrifugal braking system also known as the Special BFS Yumeya Spool and Brake system. The centrifugal braking system of the Aldebaran comes in 8 points, meaning there are 8 brake blocks that helps you to control the spool.

Overall Performance Drag strength is rated at 3.5kg. I did not catch any fish with it and thus I am unable to comment but 3.5kg drag for a reel like this is acceptable since it is for finesse fishing. I did not have the reel for a long time but what I can say is that when it comes to casting, nothing beats it, and it feels just like driving an elegant, quiet, smooth, and refined luxury car. All loveliness comes with equally impressive price tag.

Specs Special BFS Yumeya 8 point braking system Special BFS Yumeya ultra light magnesium alloy spool 6 Star clicking star drag Gear ration 8.0:1 (Darn, that is fast) Ultra light magnesium alloy body Hyper tensile brass gears

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What I Think If you can afford it, go for it. Life is too short to not have some of the best things every once in a while. For the rest of us, there are always muscle-cars to pull brutes out of their holes and fill their lungs with tyre smoke.

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Test Drives

Abu Garcia REV3 STX Abu’s New Workhorse

By Philemon Foo

The Abu Garcia Revo STX has been a work-

horse of a reel under the Revo series for quite some time now. Their latest offering is an attractive lower profiled reel with a larger gearbox. I had the opportunity to put one to the test recently and I must say that it is quite an exciting reel.

The Sleek Prowler Taking a look around and about the Abu Garcia Revo STX shows a sleek sporty baitcaster, very much like an exotic sports car. With a lower profile the reel sat comfortably in my hands giving me a better grip. A better grip to me adds confidence to the cast.

The larger gearbox boasts of the reels hidden power, the power to crank. Usually when someone tells me this I would want to test this out myself. Playing deep divers can be tiring on the wrist and arm especially with a less powerful reel as these lures have higher resistance in water. The Revo STX does this quite well.

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There is some weight reduction on the new Revo STX. The reel feels lighter and Abu Garcia claims to have trimmed off some 29% of its fat. This is great news as a lighter reel makes for a less tiring fishing trip.

Stopping Power Every reel has some amount of stopping power and the Revo STX have a good amount of it. To test this I took the Revo STX to the exotic pond. This pond allowed me to pit the Abu Garcia Revo STX against the red tail catfishes of the Amazon and another species from someplace else. These fishes tested the power of the drag that sat inside the Revo STX. The fishes were easily defeated by this powerhouse.

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With 20lb of max drag, playing the red tails was easy. It has more than enough drag to tame the brutes allowing my thumb a more relaxing fishing time instead of having to come in hard as secondary drag.

Apart from fishing at the Exotic Pond I also had the pleasure of having the Revo STX accompany me on a trip to the Clearwater Sanctuary in Perak.

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Casting In Hard Places The Abu Garcia Revo STX is one of those reels blessed with good casting abilities. Having good casting abilities helped a lot especially when I was fishing from the balcony of one of the chalets at the Clearwater Sanctuary. Casting lures from the balcony is not as easy as one may think. There are obstructions everywhere such as the roof, the wooden roller shades, metal cables, etc.

However, with a smooth spool and braking system, the Revo STX allowed me to cast using various casting techniques with ease. With a combination of a strong and smooth drag as well as brakes, catching a few peacock basses and a good size marble goby, and bringing them up to the balcony was made easy.

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Dual Braking Action Having both centrifugal and magnetic brakes in a reel is great. It helps a lot with casting as well as reducing birds nesting. The Abu Garcia Revo STX comes with both the centrifugal and magnetic brakes making this reel a superb reel for learning baitscasting if one is willing to spend a little more for a mid price range reel and I think you should if you can.

Safe From Speed Cameras The model I tested looked sporty but when it came to speed, it reacted more like an executive sedan and not the sports car that it looked like.

With a 6.4:1 gear ratio, this Revo STX was great when it came to playing lures. No qualms at all. It is when you are casting for the sebaraus (Hampala Barb) that a faster reel or rather higher gear ratio reel would be preferred. Still, there is no one reel for all types of fishing. Would you compete in a F1 race driving a Volkswagen Polo STi?

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If you are the law breaking, speed camera teasing, lure racer; the Abu Garcia Revo STX do have faster models.

They have the “AMG class” 7.1:1 gear ratio which puts you in the realms of the “smokin’ hot” Abu Garcia Revo MGX (the MGX is lighter and... HOT); and the super high speed 8.0:1 model which would put many a Porsche to shame retrieving at a blazing 33 inches per turn (IPT).

The sebaraus will be wondering what the heck hit them. I am not sure when or if Pure fishing Malaysia will be bring them in but it will be nice to have a go at them.

Features: 10 High Performance Corrosion Resistant (HPCR®) bearings + 1 roller bearing provides increased corrosion protection X2- Cräftic™ alloy frame for increased corrosion resistance C6 carbon sideplates provide significant weight reduction without sacrificing strength and durability Carbon Matrix™ drag system provides smooth, consistent drag pressure across the entire drag range D2 Gear Design™ provides a more efficient gear system while improving gear durability Infini™ brake system allows almost limitless adjustability to handle any fishing situation

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Infini II™ spool design for extended castability and extreme loads Compact bent handle and star provide a more ergonomic design Ti coated line guide reduces friction and improves durability

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What I Think To me, this is indeed one of the best ever STX especially if the 7.1:1 and 8.0:1 hits our shores; 7.1:1 because its speed is ideal, and the 8.0:1 because I would love to put it through the mill. The Abu Garcia Revo STX (RVO3) is a reel I will have with me on all trips. I may be fishing with more refined reels such as the Revo MGX or a Shimano Scorpion, but when the brutes are on the rise, the Abu Garcia Revo STX would give me more confidence.

Note: I am in no way claiming that the Abu Garcia Revo STX is superior to the Revo MGX or the Shimano Scorpion reels.

What I really meant is that every reel no matter how good has its strengths and limitations. Knowing you reels is as important as knowing your opponents. There is no such thing as a reel for everything.

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Abu Garcia New Revo Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vXsa7YU0jU&list

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Knowledge Wise The Fuss About Brakes Part 2: Magnetic Brakes

By Philemon Foo

In the December issue we dove deep into the

centrifugal braking systems. In this issue we will take a look at the magnetic braking systems.

Magnetic braking systems are nothing new. In fact they have been around for quite some time.

They are being used in trains, roller coasters, etc. It actually wasn’t that recent that the use of magnetic brakes made its way into fishing reels.

In fact the magnetic braking systems have been used in reels for a considerably long time.

I have had many interesting conversations about reels with anglers and I have been asked before many a time how do the magnetic brakes really work. What’s baffling is that the spools of which these magnets seem to have some control over are made of aluminium, a material of which is not affected by magnetic forces.

If the spools are not attracted to magnets, something must magical must be happening within the reel. Either that or tackle manufacturers and their R&D engineers have been bullshitting us all along.

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There is no bullshit nor is there anything magical inside these reels. The engineers actually applied science into their research and development, and after spending a large amounts of money, gave us the magnetic braking system.

Magnetic Brakes I am sure you have played with magnets and are familiar with how magnets work. Think back to a time when you were still in school (this applies to those who are no longer in school), during the science lessons, when you did an experiment about magnetic fields using metal shavings, a board, and a magnet.

By placing a magnet under a board of which contains metal shavings on top of the board; the metal shaving suddenly moves and lo and behold forms a design.

That design is that of the magnetic field.

Move any piece of metal even those not affected by magnets like the aluminium spool close enough to the magnets and it creates a disturbance in the magnetic field. Magnetic fields are produced by moving electric charges.

Moving any piece of metal that conducts electricity such as aluminium (although unaffected by magnets), through a magnetic field, produces an electric current across the conductor, in this case the aluminium spool.

This creates the disturbance in the magnetic field and this disturbance is called an eddy current.

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The magnetic braking system goes to work as the aluminium spool rotates, creating eddy currents through electromagnetic induction of which creates resistance thus having an effect on the aluminium spool.

A short and more laymen explanation is that the magnetic braking system uses magnets to create an electrical force that helps control the spool via friction generated by the eddy currents.

All magnetic brake systems including that of the Shimano Digital Control Brake System (DC) work using the same principles. Shimano’s DC system is a more “techie” in a sense as it uses its own power to operate the system of which is indeed an electromagnetic system. It doesn’t have batteries so what happens is that when you cast and the spool rotates, power is generated (like a dynamo), and that power is used to control the electromagnetic system.

Controlling The Forces To set the magnetic brakes on most baitcasting reels, simple turn the dial that is located at the side plate of your reel. Turning the dial up to max (maximum) actually moves the magnets closer to the spool while turning the dial to min (minimum) brings the magnets away from the spool.

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DC Brakes on the Calcutta

Putting Both Brakes Together So how do the centrifugal and magnetic brakes work? The centrifugal brakes help you to control the spool from the start of the cast to about 70% of it where the speed of rotation of the spool has reduced significantly enough to lose the effect of the centrifugal forces.

The magnetic brakes come into effect at the end of the cast or the balance 30% of the cast where the slower rotation of the spool allows the magnetic brakes to be increasingly more effective. Note that the forces applied are similar throughout the cast.

It is only because of the slower rotations that the effect of the force becomes stronger.

Well, there you have it. I hope you understand how the brakes in your reel work and can apply them more effectively in accordance to your needs.

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Angler ’s Heaven Swiss Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut

By Philemon Foo

This month we head to the Swiss-

Garden Golf Resort and Spa Damai Laut Resort in Lumut. The name is indeed quite a mouth full.

Lumut is this place with links to many fishing spots. You can take a boat and go fish to your heart’s content from here. Pulau Sembilan, Pulau Jarak, Pulau Pangkor,

With Family In Tow Oh yes, you are on holiday with your family and going away to fish, leaving them for a day or two is not what this column is about. SwissGarden Golf Resort and Spa Damai Laut (darn it is indeed a long name) is one of those special family (with anglers) places. You know what; I’ll just call it Swiss-Garden Damai Laut for this article.

The Angler’s View: Beyond the pool and trees.

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Location Located in the state of Perak, it took us about three hours to get to the resort, starting our journey at Subang Jaya, Selangor, and having two short breaks along the way. We used the North South Expressway and exited at Bidor. After Bidor it was small roads and slower moving cars all the way. The road condition is something of which makes one wish that car link-arms, absorbers, tyres, and rims should be tax deductable. After all is it not the fault of the Road Transport Department that road conditions are bad?

There are other ways to get there. You can get there from Klang, Kuala Selangor, Simpang Pulai, Tanjung Malim, Changkat Jering, etc.

Lumut town, one of the towns near the resort.

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Nearby Towns There are a few towns nearby. The resort is like 20 over kilometres to Lumut as well as Sitiawan. Lumut is the jetty area to Pangkor Island. You can also do some shopping there for t-shirts, arts and crafts, and there is also this tackle shop there of which I saw an old Rapala Magnum lure.

Sitiawan is like a small developing town with historical buildings as well as modern shop lots. There is also a huge Giant Hypermart, Huge Tesco Hypermart, and Aeon Shopping center where you can do some shopping before heading to the resort.

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The Resort The Swiss-Garden Damai Laut sits on a huge piece of land which comprises of land (forest, golf course, roads, etc), beach and also a jetty with boats to Pangkor, and swamp (looks like it). One could have fun exploring the area.

There is some wildlife within its grounds such as monkey, birds, beetles, etc. A reminder though is to never ever feed these animals. The food that we throw to them may kill them or hurt them in the long run.

They can also get violent and attack.

You do not want to be attacked by a macaque. They may be smaller in size but what they lack they make up with speed and sharp teeth (fangs).

Vast piece of land with a golf course, some mangrove, and beach.

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Rooms There are generally two types of accommodations available. There are the hotel rooms which are sweet and there are the apartments such as the Swiss-Court apartments which are currently undergoing some refurbishments and they will be sweet too once they are done.

As for the hotel rooms there are rooms overlooking the jungle (trees), garden, car park (for those who want to ensure security of their vehicle I guess), and of course the pool and sea. The once overlooking the pool and sea will be the loveliest.

The room that we stayed in.

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Fun For The Family The resort itself is located by the sea and they have lots of activities for the family. There is a swimming pool, some driving thing, sea sports, kids club, obstacle course, golf, driving range, spa, etc. There are also excursions like island hoping, snorkelling, trip to Pangkor Island, fishing, etc. They do land excursions as well to places like certain temples, charcoal factory, fishing village, etc.

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One thing though, exercise is forced upon you. You will have to do lots of walking to get to the beach, to the restaurants, to the recreation centre, to everywhere. Walk, walk, walk, and more walk.

What About Us Anglers?

Yes, there are fishing spots. You could book a fishing excursion with the resort.

It cost RM550 for a few hours out at sea.

Night Fishing is RM900. What if I don’t want to spend that kind of money? What if I just want to do some leisure fishing and steal perhaps an hour or two from my family to wet some lines?

The beach area takes a lot of exercise to get too.

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First there is a place at the resort’s beach area where you can fish. It is located just off the beach restaurant. The resort has fishing gear for rental but it is always better to bring your own. Bring your own baits as well. Get a cooler box, fill it with ice and put some drinks in there for the trip. Sneak a sealed pack of squid or prawns in there as well for your fishing.

Carry your fishing tackle and packet of bait to the beach. Before reaching the beach you will see the restaurant.

Walk to the platform that is built out to sea (well, just a little) and look left.

You will see some rocks there. You could park your bait there during high tide.

Fishing area for anglersby the resort’s beach.

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There is another place which is away from the public eye. Drive down to the jetty (resort’s jetty) of which is about 8 minutes drive from the resort’s lobby. You will see this tall lookout tower that also looks like a lighthouse. Head towards the jetty and you will be looking at some mighty fine water.

Note that you are not allowed to fish at the jetty and / or from the jetty. The jetty is not accessible most of the time anyway so it is very unlikely that you will be breaking the “no fishing” rule there. However, there is no where written that you are not allowed to fish from land. Just walk about the rocks (beside the wooden walkway to the jetty) and you will be able to cast your bait out into the river. You could actually cast towards the jetty and areas surrounding it if you want. Fishes like structures right?

Jetty where resort guests can board a boat to Pangkor Island.

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There you have it. Swiss-Garden Golf Resort and Spa Damai Laut, one of the resorts where us anglers can wet our lines and our family members will not complain that we do not spend time with them even on family vacation.

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SKILL ENHANCERS

Advance Baitcasting: Introduction

By Philemon Foo When we talk about advance baitcast-

ing, many anglers like it. There are also some anglers who call us show-offs. To me, the more tricks you have up your sleeves the better. When we talk about advance batcasting, we are not talking about shooting at flying cans or lighting a cigarette with a match (although I would very much want to see this).

Tools of the trade. Learning how to use them well will benefit you greatly.

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Advance baitcasting is actually more on the different casting techniques that you can apply to different fishing conditions.

Sometimes when we are fishing, our opportunity to catch that big fish is gone just because we are unable to cast out our bait. It could be that we do not have the needed space above and beside us to do a cast, but right there in the water is a large adult predator fish just laughing at Most anglers who fish in our jungle streams or from certain balconies know how important it is to be able to cast without needing the normal required space or an amount of space that we normally need for a comfortable cast.

Are You Ready?

Before we embark on this journey, you should be able to cast relatively well and have good control over the baitcasting reel. You must have the basic foundation of baitcasting and must be able to use them without much thinking, meaning they are second nature to you.

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Advance baitcasting requires you to come out of your comfort zone and do things that may seem quite impossible. Needless to say, the better equipped you are with the basics, the easier it will be for you to advance and pick up new techniques.

Okay, enough of scaring you. With this I am assuming that you are indeed ready to move on to advance baitcasting techniques.

Learning Tools It is very important that you get the right tools to help you pick up these new techniques. Okay, the term “right tools� may not be the most accurate term to use, perhaps I should say, appropriate tools.

I would assume that you already have a baitcasting reel, rod, etc. with you and you have been using them for some time now. To help you learn faster there are three things that I do recommend.

Having the right learning tools is essential.

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Casting Rod Medium Light action to a maximum of Medium action casting rod will be good especially one that has a softer or a more forgiving tip. As for length, the preferred length will be 5’6” to a maximum of 6’ and not more (with the exception of flipping and twitching). Flipping and twitching are usually done on longer rods 7’and sometime longer, but you can still learn and practise on a 5’6” or 6’ rod.

I learnt advance casting techniques using a Berkley AMP 5’6” casting rod and during my time with Pure Fishing, developed the Shakespeare Neptune rod NEC562MA for learning and practising purpose. The Fenwick Eagle GT too has a good rod to learn with.

Lines As for lines my recommendation would be to use braided lines of not more than 10lb. Ensure that the line is spooled in with a good amount of tension and pressure. Thinner lines are easier to cast and personally I feel that braided lines are easier to manage.

One of the recommended rods would be the Fenwick Eagle GT model EGTC 561 ML.

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Casting Plug You will need something to cast and one of the things you can cast is a casting plug. Tie the line directly to the casting plug. Some techniques that you will be learning require the plug to be as closed to the tip of the rod as possible.

Casting Techniques We will be learning a few casting techniques.

Some of these techniques will help you get your lure into the water with as little noise as possible, a method that is very important when fishing in high pressured waters where the fishes are easily spooked.

Some of the techniques will help you to cast out your lure in the most difficult of situations where space is an issue but the fishes are there. It makes good sense to have the ability to do so as these places where anglers are normally unable to cast a lure into become good safe haven for fishes to hide out.

Casting Plug; one the best things to learn casting with.

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Let us take a look at some of the more advance casting techniques that we will be looking at: a. Side cast. A cast done from the side of the angler of which the rod and reel is held.

Somewhat like doing a serve in badminton.

This casting technique will help you to cast when you cannot do a normal overhead cast due to overhanging branches or perhaps a roof and or in a situation where there is something perhaps a tree right in front of you. Also a useful technique when fishing on a boat with another angler.

Side cast: doing a cast fromt he side of your casting hand.

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b. Backhand cast. A cast done from the side of the angler opposite that of which the rod and reel is held. Somewhat like taking a backhand shot in badminton. This casting technique will help you to cast when you cannot use the overhead cast or the side cast.

Just imagine taking a backhand shot while playing badminton.

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c. Pitching. A technique that helps you to get your lure out when you are not able to do a overhead cast, side cast, and the backhand cast. This technique allows you to drop your lure in the water with relative quietness.

A great technique to get your lures out when normal casting space is unavailable.

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d. Flipping. A cast similar to pitching but used for more accurate and quiet presentation. This cast is great in especially high pressured waters and when fishing in holes amongst water vegetation. This technique doesn’t give you distance but it gives you the greatest amount of accuracy and stealth. e. Underhand cast. Imagine a reverse overhead cast and you will have the underhand cast. This cast is designed to give you distance even when you are unable to do an overhead cast, side cast, and backhand cast, and when you need distance that you are unable to achieve with pitching.

Flipping: best technique for an accurate and quiet entry. Distance however, is limited.

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These are some of the things that we will be going through in advance baitcasting, in the course of a few months. Meanwhile do practise the basics in preparation for the advanced techniques.

Practise and practise and more practise.

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Sporting Fishes

The Giant Snakehead: Toman Giant Snakehead, Toman

By Philemon Foo

By Philemon Foo

Our statistics show that The

Asian Angler managed to attract readers in many countries from our neighbours such as Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, brunei, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines to those as far away as Australia, Japan, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States of America.

With that in mind we have decided to include a section on sport fishes within our region. This section will be great for introducing our type of fishing to anglers from other countries as well as anglers within our region who are looking for fishing tips and improving their fishing knowledge.

An appropriate fish to start with will be the toman also known as the giant snakehead.

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Toman (Channa micropeltes) The toman is known by many anglers to be the freshwater gangster fish. Some call it the tiger of the Malaysian freshwaters. They are territorial in nature and can be aggressive. There have been stories of fingers getting chomped off and one of the most intriguing stories is one concerning a military personal that was diving in one of the Malaysian lakes and got attacked by a toman. The toman bit a huge chunk off his flippers. How true these stories are, well, your guess is as good as mine.

Ferocious fish with stripes like a tiger.

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Tomans have been known to grow really large in days of old. Reports of barrel size specimens crushing lures and pushing over boats have been mentioned in some literature. Given the opportunity they can grow beyond 20kg in weight.

The average size these days will be within the region of 1.5kg to 4kg. There are larger specimens but they are rare.

Where Are They Found Tomans can be found all over Malaysia including Sabah and Sarawak as well as in neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Laos. They thrive in lakes, rivers, and dams. Tomans feed on smaller fishes such as tilapias, lizards, frogs, etc.

Season: Thourghout the year.

Tomans readily take lures. They have been known to crush them as well.

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Fishing Tomans Tomans are air breathers. They will have to come up for air. Casting lures right at them when they rise usually triggers a bite. For areas where there are a lot of rises, use surface lures. If there are two anglers in a boat, one angler could use surface lures while the other could be on deep divers.

When there are no rises and no activities, usage of deep divers may trigger a bite.

The other alternative is to cast poppers and propeller baits to create commotion on the surface of which usually triggers the tomans instinct to check out the commotion at the surface.

Plastic lures, soft baits, live bait, etc. would trigger an attack by the toman. However, they are cautious too and would readily give the offering a miss.

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For soft plastic bait users, cast the soft plastics to the rise and if the fish decides to give the bait a miss, allow the soft plastic bait to swim to the bottom. If that fails to register a hit, twitch the soft plastic upwards about a foot and allow to drop again. After a few times of twitching unsuccessfully, retrieve your bait and keep a look out for the next rise.

Proven soft plastic baits: paddle tails, minnows, pogy, lizards, frogs, and large worms (Berkley Power Worm).

Proven hard lures: walkers, deep divers, poppers, and propeller lures.

Proven colours: Firetiger, dark colors, red heads, and natural colors.

Proven live bait: Catfish

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Recommended Tackle General AnglersRods: Medium to Med Heavy action Main line: 25lb Leader lines: Fluorocarbon 35lb Reel Spinning: 5000 size Reel Baitcast: Requires strong drag Extreme AnglersRods: Medium action Main line: 10lb to 15lb Leader lines: Fluorocarbon 30lb to 35lb Reel Spinning: 3000 size Reel Baitcast: Any will do For more information on Toman aka giant snakeheads (Channa micropeltes) fishing, feel free to send us an email at phil@theasianangler.com.

Do not put fingers in its mouth. Look at those teeth.

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Happenings The Battle Of Champions Royal Selangor Yacht Club (RSYC) & Pengail Fishing Competition 2012

By Philemon Foo

For quite a few years now the Royal Selan-

gor Yacht Club and Pengail (Persatuan Pengail Selangor or Selangor Anglers Club) has been hosting a fishing competition around the seas of Port Klang (Straits Of Malacca), annually.

The number of participants have also increased over the years of which is a sure sign that the committee that handles the fishing competition, headed this year by a very committed Mr Michael Tay, is doing everything right.

Some of the entries during the competition.

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This year’s competition was held on the 8th and 9th December 2012. The competition started at 2pm on the 8th December 2012 with boats and yachts leaving the safety of the marina and heading out to sea.

Strong Winds And Rain Storms Come what may, strong winds, or rain storms, even both; these hardcore competitors grabbed the weather by its collar and fought on hard at sea. From what I was told, the winds were blowing hard, the rains were pelting their boats like rocks from heaven, and the lighting was turning night into day, but they fished on. Not for money, but for pride and glory.

Some nice prizes for the winners.

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Spending a day and a half, not forgetting the stormy night at sea, paid off.

One would be surprised to see large specimens of fishes being caught off Port Klang if one is not familiar. Ask any angler who is not familiar with its waters and you will receive a stare followed by “Port Klang? Doesn’t have good fish right?” Wrong.

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Trophy Fishes At about 4.30pm on the 9th December, I returned from sea and waited at the weighing station to see what giants got hauled off the sea. There were barracudas, a very good size Spanish mackerel, senohong (African Giant Threadfin Salmon), kurau (Indian threadfin), senangin (threadfin), tebal pipi (brown sweet lips), jenahak (golden snapper), merah (red snapper), etc.

Not only were the catches big, they were of quality fishes as well such as red snapper, grouper, and Spanish mackerels.

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Everyone loves A Lucky Draw Prizes such as rods by Abu Garcia, cooler boxes by Coleman, etc. put smiles on many faces during the lucky draw session.

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Here are the winners and their trophy fishes.

Category: Inshore Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Name Rovendran Ariffin Saman Rashid Salamat Mohd Affindi Norazam Abdul Rashid Norias Hadi Azman Antau Amron Jantan Yusof Mohd Ali

Fish Stingray Stingray Stingray Stingray Senangin Kurau Kurau Tebal pipi Tebal pipi Tebal pipi

Weight kg 20 13.00 12.00 6.90 2.30 2.00 1.90 1.35 1.05 0.90

Points 140 91 84 48 46 40 38 27 21 18

Fish Senohong Grouper Jenahak Jenahak Jenahak Jenahak Merah Grouper Kurau Queen fish

Weight kg 8.40 4.90 4.70 4.70 4.35 4.35 3.00 1.75 1.35 3.15

Points 168 98 94 94 87 87 60 35 27 25

Category: Offshore Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 119

Name Johnson Jeffrey Voon Chee Boon Seng Chen Poh Huat Sim Chuan Ringgil Abd Rahman Lee Ah Seng Han Lim Han Ho

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Johnson, the grand champion of the fishing competition

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Special prizes: Accurate weight: 1212 – won by Adam with a triple tail.

The Grand Champion of the was awarded to Mr Johnson for his catch, a 8.4kg senohong, accumulating a total of 168 points.

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There is also a competition between the Royal Selangor Yacht Club and the Pengail. Members representing the Royal Selangor Yacht Club and those representing Pengail battle each other to win the challenge trophy. This year, the winner of the challenge trophy remains with the defending champions, the Royal Selangor Yacht Club.

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Sponsors Who Made This Possible 1) Pure Fishing Malaysia (lots of rods and reels) 2) Coleman Malaysia (Hunter boat, ice boxes, camping stoves, and life jackets) 3) Morib Gold Coast (room nights stay) 4) Kepong Tackle (rods and reels) 5) Rantau Marine (Boat builders) 6) Setiawest Marines (importers of powerboats from America) 7) Port Klang Outboard Sdn. Bhd. (distributors of outboard en gines and boats) 8) Chia Tackle (fishing equipment) 9) AT Bulk Sdn. Bhd. (T-shirts) 10) RSYC ANNEX (T-shirts) 11) Tuan Hj Jailani (Hampers) 12) Tuan Pok Mud (Rods & Reels)

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Bits And Bobs Of The RSYC It all started in 1969 when a group of boating and sailing enthusiasts registered a yacht club. Back then it was called Port Swettenham Yacht Club. The club members invested in a 20-tonne slipway of which served hundred of members and visitors over the years.

In 1972, the club changed its name to “Selangor Yacht Club�. Further investments were made for a pontoon system that was imported from Sweden, allowing members and their guests to board in comfort and safety.

2012 Commodore of the Royal Selangor Yacht Club giving a speech during the dinner of the competition.

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On its 20th anniversary (March 1989), the “Royal Selangor Yacht Club” was officially opened and given its new name by the Patron, His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor. His Royal Highness was a frequent visitor to the Club with his family members, thus awarded the Club his warrant.

First Commodore of the RSYC, then called Port Swettenham Yacht Club, Gordon Lang.

However, in the year 1992 a fire that spread from the adjacent commercial fuel jetty, destroyed the Clubhouse. The staffs managed to rescue vital administrative records and continued its business in temporary offices located at the present Yard Office whilst the new Clubhouse was being constructed. The new Clubhouse was completed and launched in 1996.

Today, with over 1,000 members, a moored fleet of 90 (30 keelboats and 60 powerboats), and a further 130 boats on the Club’s handstand, the RSYC is the largest and most active yacht club in the country.

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Doing Its Bit For The Community The Royal Selangor Yacht Club is not just about sailing and playing seafarers. They have also been promoting the sport of fishing.

The Royal Selangor Yacht Club is the first to conduct fishing lessons called “Learn To Fish� for all walks of life and these lessons are open to the public as well, with the first done on the 1st of December 2012.

It is the aim of the Royal Selangor Yacht Club to get the younger generation off their butts, out of their rooms, away from the internet, and to go do some outdoor activities. They will be organizing boating and sailing lessons soon. For more information please write to the RSYC at info@rsyc.com.my.

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Happenings Berkley Soft Bait Clinic

By Philemon Foo Berkley, one of the world’s biggest brands

in soft plastic baits famous for Gulp! And Powerbaits who are right smack in the middle of the Bass Masters in the USA, have been instrumental in teaching anglers here in Malaysia how to use soft plastic baits effectively.

On the 8th December 2012, Berkley Malaysia organized one of these clinics and I could not help but to be of attendance.

There were about thirty over participants, mainly anglers from around Selangor with the exception of a few from faraway places such as Pahang and Kedah.

What would be so attractive that participants are willing to drive hours just to attend a soft plastic bait clinic and drive a few hours back home can sometimes be beyond comprehension of most people but one understand why when one too participates in such a clinic.

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Knowledge Is Power The more knowledge you have the better you can be at what you are doing. Same goes to fishing. To be better anglers and to catch more fish, we need to pick up more skills, techniques, and knowledge. These are our tools and the more tools we have, the better we can perform, and the more fish we catch.

Playing soft plastic baits is not just casting them out and reeling them back in. Soft plastic baits are soft, and according to Ming of Pure Fishing Malaysia, they can be made to swim like a live fish, and injured live fish or a scrumptious meal as long as you play them well.

If you have not seen how a soft plastic bait swims underwater you probably will not know how best to play them. Pure Fishing Malaysia brought along an aquarium so that we need not have to jump into the lake to see how the soft plastic bait swims. Ming was like a magician performing miraculous illusions of turning soft plastic fishes into sexy live swimmers. All these were done without us getting wet.

Ming of Pure Fishing Malaysia explaining how to work soft baits.

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Slow Moe Speed of play is an important factor. You can twitch fast and you can reel them slow. You can bounce them off the bottom or just let them swim in the currents. Whatever your choice of play, the soft plastic baits can do it. However, when it comes to Gulp! and Powerbait, and generally most scented baits, you want them to be in “the zone� for a longer period of time, just enough for the fishes to pick up on the scent and swim for the bait.

Anywhere with water is as good a place to fish for hardcore anglers.

Here Ming is showing how a soft bait swim in water.

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Reward For The Deserving Everyone who attended the clinic deserved a reward. It takes a lot to drag oneself out of bed early on a Saturday (weekend), and go attend a clinic. Pure Fishing Malaysia knows that and thus ended the class with a lucky draw.

Lucky winners walked home with rods, caps, etc.

If you have missed this event for whatever reason, you should not miss the next one. There is always something new to learn in every clinic. .

Pure Fishing Malaysia gave out some really nice prizes during the lucky draw to lucky winners.

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Fishy Tales Back To Basics: Fishing Vietnam

By Philemon Foo

When I mention Vietnam, what comes to your mind?

For some it could be the history of war. For some it could be culture and tradition. For some it could be a place to visit for a holiday. It is also a lovely place to do some shopping if you like leather goods (minus the premium paid for branding) and other artsy stuffs.

What about anglers?

Well, I am an angler and when a friend invited me to Vietnam, in my mind I was asking a question, “how do they fish there?� In Malaysia and Singapore we are quite advanced when it comes to fishing as we follow the American and Japanese fishing trends. We have gone from heavy equipment to ultralight tackle and lures do tickle our fancy.

Old School Fishing; a walk down memory lane.

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Do As The Locals Do To do as the locals do is one of my fishing mantras.Things are very different in Vietnam. The traditional method of fishing is with the pole of which the majority of angler uses, and those that use rods and reels use heavy rods with medium to large size reels.

Rod lengths are also longer. I was using a 9 feet rod for pond fishing which is quite normal (they average 10 feet to 12 feet).

Anyway, I happily followed my friend to a paypond near his office known to house a lot of Mekong catfish although sizes are not as big as those in Bungsamran. On the side I also requested to use a 6 foot medium action rod for added fun.

Beer By The Crates We fished at some pondok (platform with roof) that were built on stilts over the water. There are four round tables that would sit eight comfortably in the platform. We occupied two tables; one with our fishing gears and the other where we sat and did our fishing.

Weird photo angle but this is how the locals rest their rods when they fish.

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The table next to us was occupied by a family of six. They were having their lunch and were drinking lots of beer. It surprised me that they ordered beer by crates. Crate after crate came and they downed bottle after bottle. It seems that beer in Vietnam is so cheap that they prefer to drink beer to water (those that can afford).

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Bait Of A Different Sort On our way to the fishing pond we stopped at a few places to buy bait of which consist of bread, stinky rice noodles (not vermicelli but thicker ones), and instant noodles. “I am about to learn something here” I told myself.

Rigging the noodles to the hook took some getting used to. The vermicelli is soft and fragile. They break easily. We had to take a bunch of vermicelli and hide the hook within the bunch. Next we would take thread and secure the vermicelli by wrapping the bunch with loops of thread.

Casting the vermicelli bait took gentleness and control. Too hard a cast and the bunch of vermicelli would simply come off. To soft a cast and you will not be able to get your bait to where the fishes are, or where we were told they’d be hiding out.

There are some baits that seem unusual to us when we fish in other countries. This here is one of them.

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The instant noodle bait was easier to rig as they are not as soft and fragile as the vermicelli. The method of rigging it the same as the vermicelli bait. However, the catch rate on the instant noodles is not as high as that of the vermicelli.

Bread didn’t catch much but it was a bait that I am most used too amongst the three. One problem is that the bread bait is far less superior in catching fish as compared to both vermicelli and instant noodles.

The Hunted Casting out the vermicelli took a lot of getting used to.

The first few casts saw the bait dropping off and flying to places unintended. A longer and heavier rod and reel made things tougher. After a while of casting I finally managed to get a hang of things.

Not long later we started catching lots of fish like tilapias, carps, and catfish. There is a lot of fish in the pond by Malaysian standards but my friend was not very happy as he says that the catch rate is a lot higher on normal days.

Instant noodles as fish bait? Well, it works.

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Anyway, I lost count of how many fishes we caught during our 5 hours of fishing but what I can say is that when we travel to a distant land to fish, it is best to do what the locals do. You can still use more advanced techniques but local knowledge goes a long way when it comes to catching fish.

All in all I had a fantastic time going back to the basics and catching fish without lures, thin lines, and small rods. It was an experience, fishing with different baits that I would have never thought of fishing with. Anyhow, I’ll be fishing Vietnam again but this time I will be more ready and perhaps bring along lighter tackle, some lures, and some soft baits.

Fishes big and small took to the bait. Casting nearer the hut landed us a few carps.

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Fishing Vietnam And Things To Bring Other than the heavy rod and reel, here are some things that you can bring along on your fishing trip to Vietnam.

1. Lighter rods spinning or casting. 6 feet rods will be good enough if using small diameter braided lines.

2. Braided lines of about 15lb to 20lb.

Lighter if fishing with small lures and softbaits at the side of the pond.

They have haruans (snakeheads) and kalui (gouramy) at the banks.

3. Mid size spinning reel for the catfish and size 100 reel for casting around the bank.

4. Bell or bite alarm if you decide to sit around and chat with friends.

Double hookups were frequent. Tripple hookups do happen although not as frequent. Lots of fish in this pond indeed.

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Tips: For catfish and carp, cast to the middle of the pond. For other fishes like tilapia, jelawat (a carp species), haruans (snakehead), etc. cast around the bank area or under the platform.

Our friend with his catch.

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A Knot A Month Sponsored by Penn Fishing

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Tying good knots is one of the most important things that any angler must learn. Certain knots should not be used on braided lines as braided lines are known to cut or damage themselves. Certain types of fishing requires thicker lines and yet smaller knots. There are knots for connecting lines to lines. There are knots for connecting lines to hooks. There are knots connecting lines to spool.

There are knots everywhere in fishing.

While there are many knots that you could use, you will probably stick to your favourites. Anyway, it is good to learn all of them. For this issue we will show you one of the simpler but effective knots, the Palomar Knot.

The Two Turn Clinch Knot The Two Turn Clinch Knot (aka Trilene Knot) is a simple knot that is a great choice for attaching monofilament and fluorocarbon fishing lines to hooks, lures and swivels. It is also a great knot choice for novice anglers to learn how to tie and experts like the knot because it can be easily tied at night in complete darkness.

Always moisten your line with saliva or water before pulling tight.

This is especially important on fluorocarbon lines that are easily damaged by heat from friction.

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Fly Fishing 3D HD

By Philemon Foo

Who doesn’t have a smart phone these days? I am sure there

are but most people do have a smart phone and we seem to be unable to go through a day without them.

Recently my Iphone decided to play hide and seek with me in my car, and for two days I was without it. Those two days were driving me crazy. The guys who washed my car found it and returned it to me. What a relief.

With smart phones we have applications to keep us busy during times when we have nothing much to do. For anglers, a fishing application would be ideal. So for this month we will look at a fishing game.

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Title

: Fly Fishing 3D HD (Free)

Version

: 2.02

Developer

: Pascal Inc

Size

: 9.9MB

Language

: English, Japanese

Requirements

: Compatible with Ipad. Ios 4.3 or later

Rating

: 4+

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I have played a few fishing games and this is one that I did not delete of my phone. Although it is not realistic but it keeps me occupied when I need to wait in queue for something. Fly fishos will definitely find this game to be fun as it is fly related.

Game play is quite good. Graphics are considered good for mobile gaming.

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The graphics are nice in a cartoony way that reminds me of the first generation Play Station by Sony. This game allows you to fish in different areas and lakes with different flies. Playing the fish is a bit tricky though. It took some getting used to.

Overall I like the game. It is basic and doesn’t feel as advanced as games on other game consoles but heck, this is a game on a phone, a device made for communication and not gaming. Great to have especially when you have to wait for something and you are getting bored.

On to a fish. The experience of playing the fish is far from the real thing but you have got to monitor the line tension and play carefully lest you lose the fish. Still a good amount of fun.

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Fishing Directory

Tackle Shop Locations

Tackle Shops

Address

State

ATLANTIC OCEAN TRADING

LC 219, JALAN BAGAN,PADANG SERAI, KEDAH 09400 MALAYSIA

Kedah

ENG KIM SPORT TRADING

NO.3-C KOMPLEKS SRI AWANA JALAN BUTTERWORTH TIKAM BATU, SG.PETANI, KEDAH 08600 MALAYSIA

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GSL FISHTECH TRADING

NO.13, PENGKALAN KAPAL, ALOR STAR KEDAH 05000 MALAYSIA

Kedah

HWA LEE AQUARIUM & PET CENTRE

NO.31, JALAN STESEN, PEKAN KODIANG, KODIANG, KEDAH 06100 MALAYSIA

Kedah

MM PARADISE

NO.4C, LORONG PEKAKA, JALAN TUNKU ABD.HALIM, ALOR SETAR 05100 KEDAH

Kedah

MERLIN WATER SPORT CENTRE

1127, LORONG BELIBIS 1/1, TAMAN TUNKU PUTRA, KULIM, KEDAH 09000 MALAYSIA

Kedah

C-75, LORONG 9,TAMAN SEJATI PERNIAGAAN CABARAN BELINDAH,SUNGAI PETANI, KEDAH 08000 ANTARA MALAYSIA SEA HUNTER TRADING

LOT 684, PEKAN JITRA DUA, JALAN TOK KESOP, JITRA, KEDAH 06000 MALAYSIA

Kedah

SOO TONG HUAT

NO.9, JALAN DULANG,SUNGAI YAN, YAN, KEDAH 06900 MALAYSIA

Kedah

TEIK HUAT

25-F, JALAN KAMPUNG BARU,SUNGAI PETANI, KEDAH 08000 MALAYSIA

Kedah

PUSAT PERALATAN MEMANC- 82, KAWASAN PERUSAHAAN TANDOP ING T.A.T BARU, ALOR SETAR, KEDAH 05050

Kedah

WENG CHUAN TACKLES SPORT

Kedah

BENG & ANN TRADING BOON JEE TRADING KEDAI LEE SIN TENG HO ENTERPRISE

173

Kedah

938A, JALAN LANGGAR, LORONG MERPATI, 05200 ALOR STAR, KEDAH MALAYSIA NO.2, JALAN BESAR,PADANG BESAR, PERLIS 02100 MALAYSIA 30,JALAN SADAO, LORONG TIGA GAPURA SQUARE,PADANG BESAR, PERLIS 02100 MALAYSIA NO.59, PEKAN ARAU,ARAU, PERLIS 02600 MALAYSIA NO.24, JALAN KAPITOL,OFF JALAN PENJARA KANGAR, PERLIS 01000 MALAYSIA

Perlis Perlis Perlis Perlis

174

IGFA ENTERPRISE-IPOH JAZA FISHING SHOP

NO.1, ARKED MARA,KAMPONG GAJAH, PERAK 36800 MALAYSIA

Perak Perak

KAMUNTING ENTERPRISE

NO.47, LORONG 1,KAMUNTING, TAIPING, PERAK 34600 MALAYSIA

Perak

AKUARIUM KAWAN

NO.23, JALAN TAIPING, PARIT BUNTAR, PERAK 34200 MALAYSIA

Perak

KUN TIT ENTERPRISE

NO.16, JALAN SEPAKAT,PUSAT BANDAR BAGAN SERAI,BAGAN SERAI, PERAK 34300 MALAYSIA

LAW FISHING EQUIPMENT ENTERPRISE MAXEDGE STROKERS

C 10, JALAN PASAR,BEHRANG STATION,TANJUNG MALIM, PERAK 35900 MALAYSIA NO.9, JALAN PANDAK AKHAT,BATU GAJAH, PERAK 31000 MALAYSIA

Perak

Perak Perak

NG TON YEE

NO.D-5, TEPI SUNGAI,KUALA KANGSAR, PERAK 33000 MALAYSIA

Perak

PERNIAGAAN HENG TAT

309, LORONG THE AIK TENG,SG SIPUT UTARA,PERAK 31100 MALAYSIA

Perak

PERNIAGAAN YAU YEUN PHONG LEE TRADING SDN BHD PUSAT AK. & BINATANG KESAYANGAN SILIBIN

175

338, JALAN PASIR PUTEH,IPOH, PERAK 31650 MALAYSIA

212, MAIN ROAD,GUNUNG RAPAT,IPOH, PERAK 31350 MALAYSIA 1A-B-C, PERSIARAN TASIK TIMUR 5,TMN MEDAN BERCHAM,BERCHAM IPOH, PERAK 31400 MALAYSIA 32,34 PERSIARAN SILIBIN UTARA,SILIBIN, IPOH, PERAK 30020 MALAYSIA

REDLINE ENTERPRISE

2453, TAMAN SAMUDERA,SRI MANJUNG, PERAK 32040 MALAYSIA

Perak

RIVER FISH ENTERPRISE

NO.8, GERAI PASAR LAMA, SUNGKAI PERAK 35600 MALAYSIA

Perak

SEAHORSE ANGLERS CENTRE

4, TAMAN SERI INDAH,AYER TAWAR, PERAK 32400 MALAYSIA

Perak

SEVEN SEA TACKLES

263, BWH JALAN LAHAT, FALIM, 30200 IPOH PERAK MALAYSIA

Perak

SEBARAU SPORTS ENTERPRISE

NO.685, JALAN TASEK,TAMAN MUSIM BUNGA,IPOH, PERAK 31400 MALAYSIA

Perak

KEDAI RUNCIT-SHENG LEE

NO.39, JALAN TAKONG DATUK,GERIK, PERAK 33300 MALAYSIA

Perak

WENG HWA COMPANY

NO.54, JALAN SULTAN ABDULLAH,TAIPING, PERAK 34000 MALAYSIA

Perak

TACKLES CITY (MUSIC CITY)

NO.107, TINGKAT BAWAH, WISMA GANDA,JALAN RAJA OMAR,SITIAWAN, PERAK 32000 MALAYSIA

Perak

TECK HOO ENTERPRISE

NO.21, TAMAN WONG BENG HEA,KAMPUNG KOH,SITIAWAN, PERAK 32000 MALAYSIA

Perak

WENG YANG TRADING

10, PERSIARAN SENGAT BARU 37, TMN BERSATU PULAI, KG.KEPAYANG, IPOH, PERAK 31300 MALAYSIA

Perak

XIN TENG TRADING

NO.590, MUKIM 4, PERMATANG PAUH, BUKIT MERTAJAM PERMATANG PAUH PULAU PINANG 13500

Penang

ZATSHEN SDN BHD

470 LEBUH PANTAI PENANG 10300 MALAYSIA

Penang

Perak Perak Perak

176

GT SPORT FISHING

NO.7092, JALAN BAGAN AJAM BUTTERWORTH PULAU PINANG 12300

Penang

HLF FISHING SUPPLIES SDN BHD

265, GROUND FLOOR, BEACH STREET,PENANG 10300 MALAYSIA

Penang

HWA TAT ENTERPRISE

NO.4613, JLN CHAIN FERRY,BUTTERWORTH, PENANG 12100 MALAYSIA

Penang

LH PRO LEISURE OUTDOOR STATION

NO.69, LEBUH MELAKA, GEORGETOWN, PULAU PINANG 10400

Penang

MAA PHARMACY

NO.6-G-7 & 8, MUKIM 11, LINTANG SG.BATU, TMN TELUK KUMBAR, BAYAN LEPAS PULAU PINANG 11920

Penang

MIAO YEN ENTERPRISE

NO.2186, KWS PERNIAGAAN ASAS MURNI, BUKIT MERTAJAM P.PINANG 14000

Penang

PUSAT ALAT-ALAT PERIKANAN CHUAN GIAP

12, JALAN STESEN,BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG 14000 MALAYSIA

Penang

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GROUND FLOOR NO.122, LOT 4113, TMN SAKURA INDAH,JLN DESA WIRA, JLN BATU KAWA, KUCHING 93250 SARAWAK

Sarawak

1-STOP TACKLE

AA102, BATU KAWAH NEW TOWNSHIP,JALAN BATU KAWA,KUCHING, SARAWAK 93250 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

CHOP LIM HENG TECK

NO.4, WHARF ROAD,SARIKEI, SARAWAK 96100 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

CHOW PRO-TACKLE

GROUND FLOOR NO. 12F, LOT 425 LORONG 6, JALAN NANAS,KUCHING, SARAWAK 93400 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

EK FATT ENTERPRISE

LOT 261, GROUND FLOOR,TAMAN JADE MANIS,MIRI, SARAWAK 98000 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

FISHERMAN SHOP

SUBLOT 29, LOT 389 MEDAN SETIA RAJA, MUKAH SARAWAK 96400

Sarawak

GING LIN COMPANY

69B, GROUND FLOOR, JALAN ABANG GALAU, 97000 BINTULU, SARAWAK

Sarawak

HONG GUAN

57, JALAN TIONG UNG HUNG, P.O.BOX 165, KAPIT, SARAWAK 96800 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

KIM HO FISH TACKLE

SUBLOT 1, BLOCK 7, KOTA SENTOSA, COMMERCIAL CENTRE, JLN TAPANG KOTA SENTOSA, KUCHING SARAWAK 93250

Sarawak

SIN GHEE HUAT TRADING

47, JALAN IRVING,PULAU PINANG 10400 MALAYSIA

Penang

LI HUP TRADING COMPANY

B-2, MARKET STREET, KUCHING SARAWAK 93000

Sarawak

SIN LEE KEE TRADING

NO.3876, MARKET ROAD, BUTTERWORTH, PULAU PINANG 12200 MALAYSIA

Penang

LIAN HING

NO.21E, CHANNEL ROAD, SIBU SARAWAK 96000

Sarawak

MING FISHING TACKLE CENTRE

LOT 333, GROUND FLOOR,JALAN RUBBER,KUCHING, SARAWAK 93400 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

AE108, BATU KAWAH NEW TOWNPOH KWONG FISHING TACKLE SHIP (MJC),JALAN BATU KAWAH CENTRE KUCHING, SARAWAK 93250

Sarawak

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178

POWER TACKLE TRADING COMPANY

53, GROUND FLOOR,PUSAT TAMAN SRI SINONG, JALAN MASJID, BINTULU, SARAWAK 97000

REJANG ELECTRONIC DEALER

NO.6A, G/F, ZENITH MINT THEATRE,REJANG PARK,SIBU, SARAWAK 96000 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

SIM KWANG HENG

135 TAMAN SRI DAGANG,P.O.BOX 128,BINTULU, SARAWAK 97007 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

SIN HWA TRADING

SIONG SPORT TRADING

SLC FISHING TACKLE

179

Sarawak

NO. 1 KINGSWAY STREET,P.O.BOX 1585 Sarawak MIRI, SARAWAK 98008 MALAYSIA RUG 4 SARAWAK PLAZA JALAN TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN,KUCHING, SARAWAK Sarawak 93100 MALAYSIA NO.45-46. 10TH MILE PENRISSEN ROAD,KOTA PADAWAN,KUCHING, SAR- Sarawak AWAK 93250 MALAYSIA

PUSAT AQUATIC JIN JIN

TB 903, TAMAN BINTANG, BT 3, JALAN APAS, TAWAU SABAH 91000

Sabah

RED SEA TACKLES

LOT 43A, BLOCK F, TINGKAT BAWAH, BANDAR UTAMA, BATU 6, JLN UTARA SANDAKAN SABAH 90000

Sabah

SS KOTA MARINE (M) SDN BHD

LOT 5, GROUND & 1ST FLOOR,BLOCK M, SINSURAN COMPLEX, KOTA KINABALU, SABAH 88000 MALAYSIA

Sabah

TOKO CHI HING

MDLD 0121, GROUND FLOOR 1ST FLOOR, JALAN KENANGA,LAHAD Sabah DATU, SABAH MALAYSIA

TROPICAL AQUARIUM CENTRE

TB 24, GROUND FLOOR,DUNLOP STREET,TAWAU, SABAH 91000 MALAYSIA

Sabah

V.T.R.FISHING EQUIPMENT CENTRE

TB 445, LOT 8 BLOCK K,BANDAR SABINDO,TAWAU, SABAH 91000 MALAYSIA

Sabah

HOBBY MIX

LOT U0112, JALAN BUNGA RAYA, LABUAN, W.P. LABUAN, 87000 MALAYSIA

Labuan

Labuan

Labuan

SOON MING TRADING & SERVICING CO.,

LOT 16, LUTONG BAZAAR, LUTONG, MIRI, SARAWAK 98100 MALAYSIA

SYN NAM MUI TRADING CO.,

NO.4, KOTA SENTOSA,JALAN PENRISSEN,KUCHING, SARAWAK 93250 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

X GEAR

LOT 2475, GROUND FLOOR, BLOCK 5, BOULEVARD COMMERCIAL CENTRE, MCLD MIRI, SARAWAK 98000

Sarawak

KONG WAH TRADING (LABUAN) SDN BHD

MPWPL U0003, LOT 2,P.C.K.BUILDING, HUJUNG PASIR, P.O.BOX 18 W.P. LABUAN 87008 MALAYSIA

ZHEN ZHEN ENTERPRISE

LOT 1342, NO.876 & LOT 1335,NO.869,TABUAN JAYA SHOPPING CENTRE,KUCHING, SARAWAK 93350

Sarawak

TACKLEWORLD SPORT & FISHING

U0105, JALAN OKK AWANG BESAR, W.P.LABUAN 87000

HANS TRADING

BLOCK C, LOT NO.6, YICK MING COMMERCIAL CENTRE, KOTA BELUD, SABAH 89157 MALAYSIA

Sabah

K.B.S.TRADING CO.,

LOT 10, GROUND FLOOR, MILLENNIUM CENTRE, JLN LINTAS KEPAYAN, PENAMPANG, KOTA KINABALU SABAH 88200

Sabah

PUSAT MEMANCING HIGH FIGHT TACKLE

LOT 5B,BLOCK D,BANDAR LEILA,JALAN LEILA, P.O.BOX NO: 714 SANDAKAN, Sabah SABAH 90708 MALAYSIA

Sarawak

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180

SENIC ENTERPRISE

NO.3, BANGUNAN U.M.N.O,JALAN IBRAHIM,TEMERLOH, PAHANG 28000 MALAYSIA

Pahang

SILVER SEA AQUARIUM

32, JLN TUN RAZAK,RAUB, PAHANG 27600 MALAYSIA

Pahang

SYARIKAT ENG HIN SYARIKAT HAJI IBRAHIM ANAK BERANAK

181

NO.A-13, BANGUNAN L.K.N.P SIMPANG SONGSANG,TEMERLOH, PAHANG 28000 Pahang MALAYSIA NO.44, LORONG JED 1,NADI KOTA,BANDAR JENGKA, PAHANG 26400 Pahang MALAYSIA

SYARIKAT PERNIAGAAN NYAN HIN

99-A, JALAN ALOR TEMBESU,DUNGUN, TERENGGANU 23000 MALAYSIA

SYARIKAT PERNIAGAAN SENG KEE

NO.59, JALAN TENGKU ARIF BENDAHARA,PEKAN, PAHANG 26600 MALAYSIA

Pahang

TAY SENG TONG

NO.44, JALAN AHMAD,PEKAN, PAHANG 26600 MALAYSIA

Pahang

UNIK KAIL ENTERPRISE

NO.20, JALAN DATUK BAHAMAN 2, TEMERLOH PAHANG 28000 MALAYSIA

Pahang

BINGO TRADING

NO.7, TANJUNG GEMOK ENDAU, TAMAN TANJUNG PAHANG ROMPIN PAHANG Pahang 26800

Pahang

D.T.TRADING

483, JALAN PENGKALAN CHEPA,PADANG BONGOR, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN 15400 MALAYSIA

GREAT TEAM ENTERPRISE

PT 7743, TAMAN MESRA, GUA MUSANG KELANTAN 18300 MALAYSIA

KA ZEN TRADING

S/47 1640-E, PAYA BEMBAN,JALAN HOSPITAL KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN 15200 Kelantan MALAYSIA

Kelantan

Kelantan

KEDAI IKAN ANIKA

B-346, JALAN JEDOK,TANAH MERAH, KELANTAN 17500 MALAYSIA

KEDAI LIW

117 JALAN CHIN HWA,KUALA KRAI, KELKelantan ANTAN 18000 MALAYSIA

KIM WAH

LOT 2793,JLN PADANG,RANTAU PANJANG, KELANTAN 17200 MALAYSIA

PENIAGAAN EWATT

S/2-7, KAMPUNG CHINA,KOTA BHARU, Kelantan KELANTAN 15350 MALAYSIA

WENCHERN TRADING

1510-C,KG.PAYA RAMBAI,JALAN BAYAM KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN 15200

Kelantan

555, BANGUNAN MAIK,JALAN NARA, RAPALA FISHING SPORT ENPASIR PUTEH, KELANTAN 16800 MATERPRISE LAYSIA

Kelantan

CHOP LEE HONG

NO.73, KAMPONG CHINA,KUALA TERENGGANU, TERENGGANU 20100 MALAYSIA

Terengganu

PERNIAGAAN RIA

193, JLN LIM TECK WAN,DUNGUN, TERENGGANU 23000 MALAYSIA

Terengganu

PUSAT KELENGKAPAN MEMANCING SAMUDRA

NO.16-D, JALAN AIR JERNIH,KUALA TERENGGANU, TERENGGANU 20300 MALAYSIA

Terengganu

NO.20, SIMPANG TOK KU KUALA PUSAT KLKP MEMANCING & TERENGGANU, TERENGGANU 21000 ELEKTRIK CT MALAYSIA

Terengganu

NYIOR TUJUH TRADING(SEPADU MAJU)

1625A,BATU 5, KAMPUNG PENGADANG BARU, KUALA TERENGGANU, TERENGGANU 20050

Terengganu

TAN AKUARIUM

NO.K-9679 & K-9680, TAMAN CUKAI UTAMA, KEMAMAN, TERENGGANU 24000 MALAYSIA

Terengganu

TROPIKA AKUARIUM

NO.9, JALAN TOK LAM, KUALA TERENGGANU, TERENGGANU DARUL Terengganu IMAN 20100 MALAYSIA

TROPICANA AQUARIUM

PT.275, JLN PASIR AKAR,JERTEH, BESUT, TERENGGANU 22000 MALAYSIA

Kelantan

Terengganu

Kelantan

182

NO.17(BAWAH), JALAN NIAGA 2,KOTA TINGGI, JOHOR D.T 81900 MALAYSIA

Johor

57, JALAN PERANG,TAMAN PELANGI,JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 80400 MALAYSIA

Johor

CHANNEL TACKLES

14, JALAN GENUANG SEGAMAT, JOHOR 85000 MALAYSIA

Johor

CHEE KEE STORE

SH 137, JALAN BESAR,PEKAN NENAS, PONTIAN, JOHOR 81500 MALAYSIA

CORAL AQUARIUM CENTRE

181, JALAN PAHLAWAN 1, TAMAN UNGKU TUN AMINAH, SKUDAI, JOHOR BAHRU JOHOR 81300 MALAYSIA

BLUE FISH TRADING BLUE WATER TACKLE & SPORTS

183

Johor

Johor

HOUYI NINETY NINE

NO.1572, TAMAN TANGKAK JAYA, TANGKAK, JOHOR 84900 MALAYSIA

JD ARTAC

NO.531, JALAN PERSISIRAN PERLING 1,TAMAN PERLING,JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR Johor 81200 MALAYSIA

JORAN BAGUS

NO.10, JALAN NIAGA 5,PUSAT PERDAGANGAN,KOTA TINGGI, JOHOR 81900 MALAYSIA

Johor

JPS ENTERPRISE

NO.8, JALAN ROTAN TANAH,TAMAN RIA, JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 81750 MALAYSIA

Johor

Johor

BERJAYA KLUANG ENTER- NO.12 & 13, JALAN LADA HITAM, TAMAN PRISE SRI TENGAH, 86000 KLUANG, JOHOR

Johor

KEONG MING SPORTS TRADING

15, JALAN JEMALUANG,MERSING, JOHOR 86800 MALAYSIA

Johor

D.JORAN

15-4, JALAN IDRUS,BATU PAHAT, JOHOR 83000 MALAYSIA

Johor

EROS ENTERPRISE

18, JALAN SALLEH,MUAR, JOHOR 84000 MALAYSIA

Johor

KK FISHING TACKLE TRADING

36,JALAN 9/12,PERJIRANAN 9, TAMAN AIR BIRU, PASIR GUDANG JOHOR 81700

Johor

FISHERMAN SPORT FISHING & TRADING

47G&47H, JALAN PERMAS 4, BANDAR BARU PERMAS JAYA, JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 81750

Johor

KOH AQUARIUM AND PETS TRADING

NO.39, TAMAN SRI KULAI BARU,KULAI, JOHOR 81000 MALAYSIA

Johor

FISHINGLINE TACKLE (M) SDN.BHD.

NO.36, JALAN PERMAS 10/5,BANDAR BARU PERMAS JAYA,JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 81750 MALAYSIA

Johor

LEE GARDEN AQUARIUM & AUDIO

NO.177, JALAN ISMAIL,SENGGARANG, JOHOR D.T 83200 MALAYSIA

Johor

MG SEA SPORTS & ENTERPRISE

NO.303, JALAN WAWASAN 3, TAMAN WAWASAN, MERSING JOHOR 86800 MALAYSIA 3, JALAN TUN RAZAK,CHA’AH, JOHOR 85400 MALAYSIA

Johor

FISH FIGHTER ENTERPRISE

NO.5, JALAN TANJUNG INDAH 3, TAMAN TANJUNG INDAH, BATU PAHAT, JOHOR 83000

Johor

FONG YUAN TRADING

16, JALAN PINANG 23,TAMAN DAYA,JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 81100 MALAYSIA

Johor

ONE STOP FISHING ACCESSORIES & SPORTS

Johor

GREEN PARK TRADING

LOT 232, BATU 2 1/2,JALAN BULOH KASAP,SEGAMAT, JOHOR 85000 MALAYSIA

NO.21, JALAN KUNDANG,TAMAN BUKIT PASIR,BATU PAHAT, JOHOR 83000 MALAYSIA

Johor

PUSAT AKUARIUM IKANIKAN

NO.28, JALAN UTAMA 2, TAMAN UTAMA, PEKAN NANAS,PONTIAN,JOHOR 81500

Johor

HENG FISHING TACKLE

S-14B, JALAN TEMBUSU ULU TIRAM, JOHOR 81800 MALAYSIA

TAY YU HIANG (HONG NGIAP)

23, JALAN JABBAR,PARIT JAWA,MUAR, Johor JOHOR 84150 MALAYSIA

MOK TRADING

Johor

PERNIAGAAN SUKAN J.S SENG HENG AQUARIUM

Johor

NO.24, JLN KEBUDAYAAN 16,TAMAN UNIVERSITI,SKUDAI, JOHOR BAHRU 81300 Johor MALAYSIA 29, JALAN BESAR PAGOH, MUAR JOHOR Johor 84600 MALAYSIA

SHIN BEE SPORTS CENTRE

NO.50, JALAN MAHARANI, MUAR, JOHOR 84000 MALAYSIA

Johor

SIM LIM RECORDING & STATIONERY

NO.105, JALAN BESAR, SIMPANG RENGGAM KLUANG JOHOR 86200 MALAYSIA

Johor

184

SIN HUAT

NO.77, JALAN MAHARANI,MUAR, JOHOR 84000 MALAYSIA

167, JALAN KERIS SATU,TAMAN SRI TEBRAU,JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR 80050 MALAYSIA NO.12, JALAN EMAS, JALAN EMAS, VICTOR FISHING EQUIPBATU PAHAT JOHOR 83000 MALAYMENT TRADING SIA NO.7, JALAN STATION, KLUANG JOYUN LOONG ENTERPRISE HOR 86000 MALAYSIA

SYARIKAT KIM YANG

Johor Johor Johor Johor

13, JALAN BUNGA RAYA 7,TMN TASIK HT TACKLES ENTERPRISE JAYA, SENAWANG BUSINESS CENNegeri Sembilan TRE, N. SEMBILAN 70400 MALAYSIA NO.4, TINGKAT BAWAH,TAMAN TEMPLER,JALAN TUN DR.ISMAIL, SEREMBAN,NSDK 70200

Negeri Sembilan

KEDAI ALAT MEMANCING OCEAN ENTERPRISE

NO.9, SI RUSA JAYA, BATU 6, JALAN PANTAI, 71000 PORT DICKSON, N.SEMBILAN MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

KEY SENG TRADING

NO.18, TINGKAT BAWAH,JALAN MAHLIGAI,BAHAU, N. SEMBILAN 72100 MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

LUCKY STAR FISH SHOP

204, JALAN TUNG YEN, KUALA PILAH, NEGERI SEMBILAN 72000

Negeri Sembilan

MEI JIA MINI MARKET

33, 34 & 35 JLN.PERDANA 1, TMN. PERINDUSTRIAN PERDANA NEGERI SEMBILAN 71010 MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

PERNIAGAAN KONG HAI

PT.4636, BANDAR GEMAS,GEMAS, N. Negeri Sembilan SEMBILAN 73400 MALAYSIA

JIN FATT AQUARIUM

185

NO.54-56, JALAN PORTUGIS KAMPRO TANYO ENTERPRISE PONG HULU, 75200 MELAKA, MALAYSIA NO.7, JLN.TANGGA BATU 1/2, TMN. SPORTFISHING TACKLES TANGGA BATU, SEKSYEN 1, MELAKA 76400 SYARIKAT PERNIAGAAN NO.5228-C SUNGAI UDANG, MELAKA MEE FAH 76300 MALAYSIA

Melaka Melaka Melaka

TAT LEE TRADING

120, JALAN MUNSHI ABDULLAH, MELAKA 75100 MALAYSIA

Melaka

TOP TEN

56, JALAN KAMPUNG HULU,MELAKA 75200 MALAYSIA

Melaka

AKUARIUM & AVIARY SUNNY

NO.1, LOT 3036, PERINGKAT 3B,TAMAN NIRWANA INDAH,SG BESAR, SELANGOR 45300 MALAYSIA

Selangor

KEDAI AKUARIUM & BURUNG PERTAMA

NO.140, JALAN UTAMA,TAMAN JAYA UTAMA,TLK.P.GARANG, SELANGOR 42500 MALAYSIA

Selangor

SOON KIANG AQUARIUM

PT 3-E, JALAN MENTERI,SEKINCHAN, SELANGOR 45400 MALAYSIA

Selangor

AQUARIUM SUI YIN

176, JALAN PANGLIMA 2,TAMAN EMAS, TELOK PANGLIME GARANG, KUALA LANGAT, SELANGOR 42500

Selangor

BANTING AQUARIUM

NO.31, JALAN JURGA,BANTING, SELANGOR 42700 MALAYSIA

Selangor

BANTING AQUARIUMBRANCH

NO.41, JALAN KEMBOJA 33, OFF JLN SULTAN ALAM SHAH, BANTING SELANGOR 42700

Selangor

BOON CHUAN AQUARIUM

NO.46,LORONG 1, TAMAN YAYASAN FASA 1,SG.JAROM, JENJAROM, SELANGOR 42600 MALAYSIA

Selangor

CHIA FISHING TACKLE TRADING

NO.886, JALAN BESAR,PENDAMARAN,PORT KLANG, SELANGOR 42000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

NO.5, JALAN MALINJA,TAMAN MALINJA,TANJONG KARANG, SELANGOR 45500 MALAYSIA

Selangor

PERNIAGAAN PERALATAN NO. B5128-C JALAN BESAR,TAMPIN, OCEAN N. SEMBILAN 73000 MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

SIM CHOW FISHING SPECIALIST CENTRE

17-A, JALAN LEE SAM,SEREMBAN, N. SEMBILAN 70000

Negeri Sembilan

SPECIAL TIME ENTERPRISE

NO.23, JALAN 3/1,NILAI 3, WHOLESALE CENTRE NILAI, N. SEMBILAN 71800 MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

CHOP KIM TONG HOE

SYARIKAT CAHAYA SURI

119, JALAN BESAR, RANTAU, N. SEMBILAN 71200 MALAYSIA

Negeri Sembilan

CHOP LEONG HUAT

NO.99, JALAN MORIB, BANTING, SELANGOR 42700 MALAYSIA

Selangor

CHAI DURIAN TUNGGAL ENTERPRISE

DT 679 LORONG DESA 1, TAMAN DESA IDAMAN, DURIAN TUNGGAL, 76100 MELAKA MALAYSIA

Melaka

CHUNG KIM CHEONG

NO.61, JALAN BESAR,SEMENYIH,SELANGOR 43500 MALAYSIA

Selangor

OCEANIC TACKLES

NO.141, JALAN KUBU, MELAKA 75300 MALAYSIA

Melaka

DIGITAL AQUARIUM

NO.9, JALAN PERDANA 3/1,TAMAN PUCHONG PERDANA PUCHONG, SELANGOR 47100 MALAYSIA

Selangor

186

EXTREME ANGLERS TRADING

187

16, SS 3/35,UNIVERSITY GARDEN,PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR 47300 MALAYSIA

Selangor

SPORT LINE PRO FISHING NO.12, JALAN ADIL 25/10, TAMAN SRI MUDA, SHOP SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR 40000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

SYARIKAT PERNIAGAAN HONG MENG

NO.1, JALAN SG 1/1, TAMAN SRI GOMBAK, BATU CAVES, SELANGOR 68100 MALAYSIA

Selangor

C-G-24 BLOCK C, RUMAH PANGSA DAMANSARA BISTARI, JALAN HARAPAN, OFF JLN 46300 PETALING JAYA SELANGOR

Selangor

AKUARIUM MAHKOTA

17, JALAN INDAH 2/2,TAMAN PUCHONG INDAH,PUCHONG, SELANGOR 47100 MALAYSIA

Selangor

GMYS ENTERPRISE

NO.3, JALAN RAYA TIMUR, KLANG, SELANGOR 41050

Selangor

SS TWO FISHING FEVER ANGLER

HONGTA TRADING

NO.94, JALAN BATU UNJUR 1,TAMAN BAYU PERDANA,KLANG, SELANGOR 42100 MALAYSIA

Selangor

WIJAYA TACKLE SDN.BHD.

NO. 12, TAMAN HIJAU,JALAN SG. CHUA KAJANG, SELANGOR 43000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

TEMAN SETIA ENTERPRISE

NO. 446, BATU 2½, JALAN KAPAR, KLANG, SELANGOR 41405 MALAYSIA

Selangor

THYE FOH THONG

2, JALAN PERMAI 1,TAMAN BANGI PERMAI, BANGI,KAJANG, SELANGOR 43000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

WOON KEONG SPORT FISHING

NO.9, JALAN BESAR, ULU YAM BHARU,BATANG KALI,SELANGOR 44300 MALAYSIA

Selangor

AKUARIUM KOH

33, JALAN 8A/133 SRI SENTOSA,TAMAN SRI SENTOSA KUALA LUMPUR, 58000 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

ANG SPORTFISHING

NO.4 & 5 GERAI PLB, BATU 30,HULU YAM LAMA, JALAN IPOH KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

GREAT ONO SPORTFISHING SDN BHD

11, JALAN MAHARAJALELA, (SHOP)KUALA LUMPUR, 50150 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

A.O.ENTERPRISE(JORAN BARA)

NO.64, BLOCK 5, JALAN JUJUR,BANDAR TUN RAZAK CHERAS 2C,KUALA LUMPUR, 56000 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

LOON FATT ENTERPRISE

15, JALAN 10/133,TAMAN SERI SENTOSA,JALAN KELANG LAMA,, KUALA LUMPUR 58000 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

PERNIAGAAN SHUN TECK

NO.6, JALAN HJ SALLEH,KUALA LUMPUR, 51000 WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

IDEAL GIFT TRADING

12, LORONG CP 4/38, CHERAS PERDANA, BATU 9, JALAN CHERAS, KAJANG SELANGOR 43200 MALAYSIA

Selangor

IGFA FISHING SPORT ENTERPRISE

BLK 12-G-16, JLN MEWAH 4, TAMAN PANDAN MEWAH, AMPANG SELANGOR 68000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

JARING TACKLE ENTERPRISE

42A, JLN IJOK UTAMA 1, TMN IJOK UTAMA, IJOK BATANG BERJUNTAI SELANGOR 45600

Selangor

JING CAI AQUARIUM

NO.5, LORONG BAHAGIA 2, JALAN SUNGAI KAJANG, TANJONG KARANG SELANGOR 45500

Selangor

OCEAN SEA ENTERPRISE NO.15, JALAN PSK 6,PUSAT PERDAGANGAN SERI (BIG SEA ENT.) KEMBANGAN, SRI KEMBANGAN, SELANGOR 43300

Selangor

ORCHID TACKLE AND AQUARIUM

7A, JALAN SENA, OFF JALAN NANAS,KLANG, SELANGOR 41400 MALAYSIA

Selangor

PERALATAN MEMANCING IKAN QIAO YEN

NO.79, JALAN WELMAN,RAWANG, SELANGOR 48000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

PERNIAGAAN SOON LEE

NO.8, JALAN 11-A,SELAYANG BARU, BATU CAVES, SELANGOR 68100 MALAYSIA

Selangor

PUSAT ALAT-ALAT PANCING JEMI

82-E, JALAN PULASAN,OFF JALAN TENGKU KELANA,KLANG, SELANGOR 41000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

RED HOT ANGLERS SDN BHD

16, JALAN SS26/4,TAMAN MAYANG JAYA,PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR 47400

Selangor

RONEZIKA AQUALIFE

27, JALAN BRP 1/5,BUKIT RAHMAN PUTRA,SG BULOH, SELANGOR 47000 MALAYSIA

Selangor

SEA BASS ENTERPRISE

LOT 1206, JALAN B.N.O, SIMPANG 4, SABAK BERNAM, SELANGOR 45200 MALAYSIA

SEMENYIH AQUARISTS & PET CORNER

NO.50, TKT.BAWAH,JALAN PASAR BARU,SEMENYIH, SELANGOR 43500 MALAYSIA

PUSAT AQUATIC THYE LEE HENG PROANGLERS CENTRE

23, JLN 5/116B KUCHAI ENTERPRENEUR’S PARK OFF JALAN KUCHAI LAMA,KUALA LUMPUR 58200 NO.33, JALAN PANDAN INDAH 1/20, KUALA LUMPUR 55100 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur

SOON HENG TRADING

450, JALAN PAHANG,SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR 53000 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

SYARIKAT BAN FOONG TRADING

NO.168, MAIN STREET,AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR 68000 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

Selangor

KEPONG TACKLE SDN BHD

NO.62-68, JALAN BESAR KEPONG, 52100 KEPONG KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

Selangor

YOUNG TRADING STORE

383, JALAN PUDU,KUALA LUMPUR 55100 MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

188

189

CHANGI VILLAGE PROFISHING

BLK 1, CHANGI VILLAGE ROAD,# 012038 SINGAPORE, 500001 SINGAPORE

Singapore

HOT SPOT BAIT & TACKLES

17, BAGHDAD STREET,SINGAPORE, 199656 SINGAPORE

Singapore

JOE FISHING TACKLE PTE LTD

331 BEACH ROAD,SINGAPORE, 199562 SINGAPORE

Singapore

BLK 399, YUNG SHENG ROAD,TAMAN REGAL TANG ENTERPRISE JURONG SHOPPING CENTRE #01-40 SINGAPORE 678944

Singapore

SINCERE FISHING TACKLES

BLK 744 YISHUN STREET 72 #01-187 SINGAPORE, 760744 SINGAPORE

Singapore

TOPGEAR FISHING TACKLE

79, GEYLANG ROAD,SINGAPORE 389198

Singapore

TEAM 7 PRO TACKLE

731 YISHUN STREET 72 #01-23 SINGAPORE 760731

Singapore

ZEN BLUE MARINE AQUARIUM TRADING

51 #01-805 CIRCUIT RD SINGAPORE 370051

Singapore

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