After a disappointing Sunday trip from Tutong, Walid (of KB-ians anglers) and I planned a Labi trip today hoping to catch Sebarau (Hampala Barb). We left KB around 1.30pm and reached our destination at 3pm. As usual, I'm still into my Berkley Gulp plastic lure and Walid used all sorts of lure from popper to a torpedo lure and so on... P.S: Recently I bought a "brand new" fishing rod (Berkley), reel (Shimano Biomaster C3000) and braid (Berkley fireline 15lbs) from Deep Blue Fishing Tutong and what a bargain!! I was using two rods, one for hardbody and one for my Berkley Gulp. As we started to cast, we could see water splashing just about everywhere. Then at around 4pm, something gave my Gulp a nudge and I was immediately thrilled. I then threw a second cast, reeling and twitching it and POW!! A STRIKE!! An adrenalin rush swept through me as my mind was thinking, "Finally I caught a Sebarau!" The fish had no chance against my Biomaster. As I reeled it out off the murky water and took it to land, to my surprise it wasn't the Sebarau I was hoping for, instead it was a Knifefish @ Belida (commonly known as featherbacks, or scientific name Chitala Chitala). Sebarau or not, I was equally ecstatic. It was one of my fishing accomplishment and I know someday I will catch the illusive Sebarau, and Barramundi. Haha! It was a tough day for Walid as he missed two strikes from the Sebarau. Don't worry buddy! We'll get 'em on our next trip.
Knifefish@Belida estimation around 1+kg.
Another Berkley Gulp strike.
Bonus pic from Tyco Kembura (Duo Fishing) using "MY" Berkley Gulp. This pic was taken last Saturday for our Tarpon hunting/ Berkley Gulp experiment (on its effectiveness) and I actually wanted to turn Tyco into a Berkley Gulp believer! In the end, he caught two and I caught five. Haha!
Only one picture of Tarpon strike would suffice (thanks to BG) because I couldn't be bothered to take five pics of Tarpon strikes of mine. Haha!
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