the flying frog (top water)

the lucky lure of the day!

1st strike solid hook up...

release back the snakehead to its natural home...

closed up view with the lure...

the spot near my home...

after a good rest at home kota belud... me and my wife going out to the spot just minute drive from my home... i cast out the top water lure... few minutes just nothing would like to take it... after i change my casting spot, then i got a strike just as the lure reach the water... bbuuusss! the snakehead strike on the lure, this time 1 st strike 1 st hook up for the lure! i quickly retrieve it back before the snakehead getting inside the snaggy area around the pond... i reach my wife and the photo was taken by her... this is the 1st time the lure got strike! after that only some few strike on the lure and no more catch... before going back home, i release back the snakehead to its natural habit... another record for my lure today!

more on Berkley Powerbait!

the small size snakehead...

solid bite and solid hook up!

catch and release for future...

After the Boyd pond trip... i try back the regular spot i've been casting for... this time, i use the Berkley Powerbait Grub 2" charteuse colour... the colour of the water is a bit muddy after some rain fall an hour before... the spinnerbait is not in range of the snakehead view after a few throw out the water... then i rig my berkley powerbait and threw it to the spot where some snakehead rises... only the 1 st cast i got strike, but no hook up.. then the 2nd cast also got strike! this time i let it bite more on the lure... then with a soft stirke i hook up a small snakehead... solid hook up at its mouth... this is another achivement on the berkley powerbait i've been using for my casting...

Boyd pond, KG Popok, Kota Marudu. Sabah.

new record catch with my yozuri minnow red head..

the 500 - 700 gram snakehead with yozuri red head minnow..

total catch of the day, will repeat other time with Boyd..

1st catch of the day, with berkley powerbait gulp...

the snakehead swallow all the soft plastic...

this 2nd catch also want to swallow all my lure...

2nd catch with berkley powerbait gulp, charteuse..

new record of my casting, snakehead with yozuri red head minnow...

After arranging several times with my friend Boyd, finally i get back to his pond for a casting trip... its a half day oppurtunity for me as Boyd was clearing his pond area... i try out several lure, and my strike pro popper was strike by an unknown fish, which i think was Tarpon... several strike but no solid hook up with the fish... then we went to several other pond that surrounding the area, i reach out my berkley powerbait gulp, charteuse colour... then i cast out and only the first cast i manage to catch the 1 st snakehead... small 1 around 300 - 400 gram... the snakehead swallow in all the lure and the jig head... the second catch also the first cast after releasing my 1 fish out of hook... this time the snakehead also almost swallow all the soft plastic... then the pond become quite for a while, and no more catch or strike with the soft plastic... i look into my box, then i pick up my yozuri red head minnow. i cast out through the pond and the 3 rd cast had given a smile! a fish strike! when i retrieve back, the fish as i guest it was another snakehead, this time around 500 - 700 gram weight... what a record! my 1st fish hook up on lure! after that i try my bomber bushwhacker spinnerbait... hook up with some snakehead but all the hook up is not solid enough to bring the snakehead out of the water... we finish our session at 12 noon... and the fish i give it to the owner, my friend Boyd... hope i will go there again and try to cast the larger 1 and also the fish that strike my popper...

tiny with berkley powerbait 2" grub

tiny 1 with berkley powerbait 2" grub.

small & tiny...

posing with the snakehead...

release back to water, for future conservation...

almost the same size with my thumb...

After for a long while i didn't catch any snakehead or fish with the soft plastic, finally i manage to catch 1... only a small and tiny 1 of snakehead. i landed this 1 at the estate area whereas the new port for me... after i saw some of the tiny one popping up the water, i cast out my berkley powerbait 2" grub... just the grub drop in the water, the tiny snakehead strike it, and try to took it away, i let it drift few second before i jerk a bit to hook up the tiny... after the photo shoot i quickly remove the worm hook and release it back to the water... hopefully it will grow larger...

POISONED!

the large size of death snakehead...

some other snakehead and fish death..

the water seems like being poisoned!

another good size of snakehead also died...

all the dead fish was scattered all over the pond..

the morning i arrive to work i notice this pong as my refular spot was being channelized and the water pour out from the channelized culvert... and 1 more thing even saddened me... all the fish was dead! i am really shock with the scene... i take some photo and i check the water quality... seems like it was being poisoned! some snakehead even could reach a 2 kg mark was dead! all the fish floating all over the pond... very cruel thing these whoever done the poisoned to the pond! i get my camera and take all the photo of the surrounding and the dead fish...
after i taken all the photo, i made a report to the fishery department here... along with the photo i got... hopefully they could check the water quality and do something about it. very sad to see this kind of human destruction to our nature and the fish habitat... hopefully after anybody seeing this photo i taken and the destruction of the fish habitat, no more of this action be done anywhere else... please preserve our fish stock and their own habitat... please catch and release for the future!

regular spot, new catch!

no friend to help taking photo...

snakehead posing with the shakespeare rod...

good size of 700 gram..

after the last catch of 1.95 kg at the regular pond i cast... i dont had any cathces until this latest 1... before this the water level is too deep and a bit muddy... after few days of clear skies i finally caught another 1 at this spot... by using the bomber bushwhacker... the fight is good where i use my shakespeare rod after the Fenwick HMX IM7 rod snap... the snakehead i caught was release back after my casting session done...

FENWICK HMX IM7 SNAP!

close up with the snap area...

right at the ring spot the snap occurs...

dont know why this happening...

this sad moment occurs when i was casting at the regular pond i cast... the sequence happening by second only... after several cast throughout the pond, i suddenly got a hard strike... and when i just strike back, snap! the Fenwick HMX IM7 rod 7' had broken into 2... the snakehead got away... and i just couldn't believe what i saw with my rod... i bought it with the money i kept and this was the results... huh... very sad and heart break to see the RM 300 rod broke into 2 piece... dont even know what is the problem... i strike too hard or what else... but, after this have to sum up again some money to buy a new 1 in 7'........

new port new catch!

latest catch 08-08-08

almost want to go home i catch this small 1..

the small also strike my bomber lure..

practice catch and release..

another snakehead from the new spot..

small size of snakead at the new spot..

this is the largest 1 i caught at the new spot..

after finding some new port for my casting activities, finally i got a port that was introduce to me by my friend Lim... i try out the spot several times, and got strike from small 1 up to a 500 gram 1... only those larger size staying within the branches of palm left inside the water... the port was good and seems never being play with artificial lure... i've try several times with berkley powerbait soft plastic, and i only got strike by some small snakehead, not fit enough the 3" berkley grub inside its mouth maybe, and only get away safe from my worm hook... i reach back my Bomber Bushwhacker to try at this spot, and got strike! even the small 1 get hook up with it... very wild of this snakehead here...