Snakehead After Snakehead!

Clay 2nd catch... just loose the hook when landed...

berkley grub lost again after the snkahead stirke!

1st cast & 1st catch! Clay are getting better with the snakehead casting!

After yesterday trip, myself & Clay met again at Kota Marudu, and we are going cast for the snakehead again at Tandek area. the open earth drain was cleaned last week & saw some rise of the snakehead, but only some few small 1... this time Clay also got 2 catches! 1st & 2nd catch almost the same spot... only this spot had being netted for almost evereyday from its clearing cycle here... very sad to saw some net around the area, which are trying to catch all of the fish here! Please everyone, practice CATCH & RELEASE for our future! if not all the fish of our native will be going extinct!

SNAKEHEAD HUNTING OF KOTA BELUD!

Group photo L - R : Fei, Donald, Kenny, Mizlan, Jifat & Clay.

Jifat 2nd catch of the trip!

inline spinner + grub from Clay.

Clay posing with his catch, behind Jifat trying to cast out the snakehead!

Jifat with his first catch of the day...

mazzy frog do the tricks for snakehead...

Clay, release back the snakehead, as we are practising
CATCH & RELEASE!

Clay 1st catch!

sweet smile from Clay for his catches!

This trip was arrange earlier to search for the snakehead species of Kota Belud. this trip was attended by caster from Labuan / Mizlan, Kota Marudu / Clay, Kota Belud & Kota Marudu / myself, Kota Belud / Jifat / Fei / Kenny / Donald. but, only 4 of us are casting from morning to evening. 4 port of potential snakehead being covered to search for the species... only Clay & Jifat got both 2 catches, others include myself were only got strike and no hook up! the wheater are quite challenging, the water of the spot were almost all of it in muddy colour... but the trip are not just casting for snakehead, but to know each other and exchanging tips of fishing, especially for our senior caster, Jifat... all catch are using berkley powerbait soft plastic, except the first catch from jifat are using the mazzy frog, from japan... by casting we already get more friends and this such trip would be arrange again in the future to gather more caster & friend around. all the snakehead catch were release back to its own habitat for future, hopefully after this we will all be in a group & going places for casting again! thanks to Clay & Mizlan for coming to Kota Belud to done this trip!

flying frog do the job!

the small & maybe hungry snakehead..

flying frog catches...

after yesterday i miss out a snakehead after an acrobatic limp out of the water, finally i stop by at the port today and try again at almost the same spot, then after few cast, i finally got strike! this time its solid hook up with the small snakehead... finally got another catch with the flying frog... then i saw so many people wondering around the area, they carrying net, they fix their net and also do some netting along the small darin... very sad to see almost all the fish there were already going zero quantity... sad to see it... i release the snakehead at a spot that are less people netting... hopefully the snakehead grow larger and populate more...

Berkley powerbait, Black Grub, stole the action of snakehead.

the small 1 are also very entertaining...

berkley powerbait grub, black colour.

I was trying the berkley powerbait Grub, black colour yesterday. and its also good for these snakehead. when the water are muddy, or the colour are dark in chocolate, we can use the black grub of berkley powerbait. these grub will definately show good eye sight for the snakehead to attack on the SP... the water can be horrible after rain... try to use the berkley powerbait in different ways, you'll find it more interesting! and even catch more fish!

Catch After Catch... with berkley powerbait soft plastic!

small... but fat one...

the killer lure... inline + berkley powerbait...

the catch that i release back to the pond...

today, i went out again to the pond inside the palm estate of my friend... i didnt saw any much rise from the snakehead, but since i was already there, i gave it a try... maybe the snakehead just becoming short in numbers inside the pond... i cast out my berkley powerbait lure with the inline spinner to the rises of the snakehead... after a lot of cast, i finally got strike! but the snakehead just ripped off my berkley 3" grub tail... leaving it with only half of the tail... emmm... still can be used... then i cast again to the same spot, after 2 cast, i got a good strike, the snakehead just strike it and try to speed away, the strike happen just about 1 meter from my spot... only a small 1... but very though this small 1... i then capture some photo and then release it back to the pond... PRACTICE CATCH & RELEASE for our future !!!

Small time catch...

small catch only... with my hybrid lure...

the snakehead maybe hungry...

this short casting time i done on last saturday... just trying to check the spot if its still had snakehead within the area... and showed up was a small snakehead catching my hybrid lure... still have some snakehead here, but the spot was always interrupted by others which using net to catch all the fish here... if this be going on for a long time... i can sure, no more fish around the small river near my wife village... very sad to see such a condition... PLEASE CATCH & RELEASE FOR OUR FUTURE...

Berkley Powerbait 3" Grub...

the catch with the berkley powerbait 3" grub + inline spinner...

my second catch yesterday...

1st catch... ouch... the snakehead move a lot until its hurt...

1st catch trying to break loose after striking my berkley grub...

Today i follow a friend to a pond of his at Kg Donsom Kota Marudu... 1st we went to the pond that are full of plankton inside it... i saw the scene, and could see many snakehead popping at water, but not in the sight of our casting area... i cast out my flying frog... only once a small sizes of snakehead trying to catch the lure... there are huge snakehead there but, maybe next time...

we went to the other pond about 5 minutes walk from the 1st pond... this time my friend, also called Lim, got 2 strike... 1st the snakehead got loose... then the 2nd also got loose... from the bait his using i ask him to change it to the smaller 1... the berkley powerbait 3' grub... i also change my set to the berkley powerbait 3" grub... 1st the fire tiger colour being strike about 2 meter away from my post... small 1, but trying to get loose with the catch in its mouth... the 2nd catch i use the hybird of Berkley Powerbait 3" grub + the Ofmer inline spinner... this time the snakehead also strike and trying to pull away the grub + inline... oh... maybe its hungry and scared of other snakehead would take away its meal... i landed it in and smaller than the 1st one... we stop our casting at 6 pm... the area are getting darker because we are inside a palm estate... maybe next time i will go back to the weedy pond in search for the largest snakehead of Borneo!

Finally, Kota Belud Snakehead.

today catch of Kota Belud snakehead...finally got snakehead of Kota Belud...

flying frog half swallen by the 600 gram snakehead...

long body, but only 600 gram...

jifat with the GOBY spesies, bonus catch cikgu!

the GOBY with jifat Daiwa Caldia set...

After few months without any catch in my home ground Kota Belud, finally today i catch 1 snakehead with the so called "flying frog" lure... only by second cast i got these 600 gram of snakehead... a sudden buusss! of the strike and the snakehead trying to get loose by swimming to the snaggy area, i control it by lifting my rod high... and the snakehead was landed safely... half of the lure were swallen by the snakehead... but i successfully got it out within time...

after the strike, my friend Cikgu Edaffi @ jifat, got a bonus catch with a spesies of GOBY fish... this spesies were very rare to strike on lures... but good catch too from jifat!

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Snakehead of Pitas...!

this catch had ripped off my berkley powerbait grub from the jighead...

only small catch today... this are the 3rd catch.

this one are the largest out of the 3 snakehead i caught using berkley powerbait
3" grub today...

my Abu Cardinal set 302... comparing to the 2nd catch of the day...

this cute & tiny 1 just trying to run away with my lure...

not the size of the Baitcaster set, but surely a good catch too!

Pitas, another district within my region of working area still had a lot of spot for these snakehead... here in Pitas i still didn't saw any anglers yet using soft lure like Soft Plastic... maybe for hard lures already there's somebody using it here... but very rare to see anyone catching these snakehead with artificial lure. i stop by 3 spot and catch these 3 snakehead. 1st are a earth drain that ponding up and not flowing... 1 strike from a large snakehead, but it got loose away! feww... what a waste... then coma a strike, after the 1st 1... but the tiny snakehead can pull away the inline spinner + berkley powerbait SP that i retrieve slowly... good try, but i landed it easily...

after lunch break, i try back the spot at a bridge that i had try before this early year... the water are good, but it just wont make my day here, the water are flowing fast because of the tide from the sea level... i lost 1 jig head with berkley SP grub & 1 inline spinner + berkley grub here... maybe next time would be my day... i will be back here...

on way going back to my office at Kota Marudu, i stop by a medium size pond by the road side to try my luck here... there are many rises of the snakehead, i only use my jig head with grub here... about 10 minutes of casting i got a hrad strike of the berkley powerbait grub... then i strike back after 3-5 second... the size of the snakehead are a bit larger from the 1st one i got at the morning cast. then i cast back to the next side of the pond... this time i presented the berkley powerbait SP with jerk & pause... only 2 jerk & pause i then got another strike! these snakehead here just wont bare to see anything moving around its area... gratefully i didnt gave it much time to swim into snaggy part of the pond, if not i will surely be losing another jig head...

after this catch from Pitas, i will arrange another trip to Pitas again. this time i will be trying all the spot i've seen in Pitas! wait for another magic & catch from the berkley powerbait! i will be grateful to announce that the BERKLEY POWERBAIT soft plastic are very effective for casting trip! make sure you all had 1 of these soft plastic in your casting trip! HAPPY FISHING!

Keep on going!

latest catch from my baitcaster set!

small snakehead only... release it back so it can grow bigger & get populate more!

After few days without any catch, finally today my luck is back! i just going back to some of the natural habitat of the snakehead as alos my usual port... my target are practising the baitcaster reel... after i cast the whole stretch of the earth drain, suddenly my bomber bushwhacker got strike! i guess it already, its a small 1... but good enough to made my day complete with the catch, my bomber lure also not getting any catch for a while after this catch!
perfect catch but almost drop the snakehead back to the water if i'm not getting it out quickly from the water, the shaking from the snakehead just when landed on soil had detach the hook of the bomber lure from its mouth... ffuuhhh... just in time... if not i will not getting any photo from it... wait for my next catch!