Twitch, jerk and pause?!

Saturday 17 October 2009 0 comments




For the last 3 weeks I’ve been logging in on YouTube, watching UFC or MMA, PES 2009 tricks and skills and fishing for Mangrove Jack and Large Mouth Bass. What YouTube makes it useful is that some video teaches you things you don’t know. So whenever I’m not fishing and done updating my status and playing Mafia Wars on Facebook, I would log in to YouTubeand search on how to cast your lure successfully with a catch. After browsing and watched all the videos, my brain was filled with fishing knowledge and was eager to try it the next morning. To my amazed, I caught some fish (mostly Jacks) and it truly shows the technique I learnt was effective. You’d probably be wondering, “So, what’s the technique KO?” and let me tell you right now that “it’s all about the PAUSE”, yes!! PAUSE!! Haha! Some anglers would just reel their lures slow and even fast. If I was a predatory fish like a Mangrove Jack, I wouldn’t catch a prey when it zoom pass me or when it swims normally without looking injured.  Predatory fish would take any opportunity to grab an easy bite when a prey look injured or swim closely to its lair. To make your lure look injured, simply jerk or twitch it 2-3 times and then pause for 3-5 seconds. After pausing, twitch it again and repeat until it reaches you. 90% of the strike comes from the pause so, be patient. Keep doing it until you get the hang of it or you successfully get a strike. If you don’t get a strike, it’s obvious that there is no fish in the estuaries or where ever you’re casting. Lol! Once you find this technique effective, you won’t look live bait fishing the same way again. Haha! I used to fish using live bait but sometimes it could be costly and not worth the money, especially when you’re not catching a single hook up. Casting using a hard or soft body lure will definitely changed the way you fish as I vow to myself that I will NOT use live bait. I hope my tips will increase your catch and remember, “It’s all about the PAUSE” On the next post, I will talk about the types of lures that I used, insya’allah.

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Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus).

Friday 16 October 2009 0 comments

I've always got interested in fishing since I started watching Rex Hunt. So last year, I started to learn how to fish thanks to my brother Sofian who sponsored all the fishing gear including a Lemax rod, Daiwa 4000 reel and a 30lb Power Pro braided line, and also a popper lure. It was kinda tough at first as I didn't catch a fish after around 2 months when I had my first strike. It was a Tarpon, not a big one, just a juvenile but it really lifted my spirits. Another month gone by, I caught a Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus). It was still a baby (around 400g) but the fight it gave me was incredible. It was there that I fell in love with the Jackaroonie. I even have one in an aquarium which I keep as a pet. MJ ranges from copper, to bronze and dark reddish-brown depending on its age and environment and what I like about 'em is the blue lining on the cheeks just below its eye. So here are some MJ pics that I caught here in Brunei, and hope you like 'em. I will post more about Mangrove Jack and how some Brunei anglers simply do not practice "Catch & Release" method.




























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Early Eid...

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1st photo update?!

Thursday 15 October 2009 0 comments





This photo was taken on the first day of Hari Raya (Eid Mubarak) Just to give you an idea how my family look like. Hehe...

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My first time blogging ...

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Hola! This is my first time. See how it goes ...

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