GT Kuala Sibuti (Ursula Reef)

 It's been four years since the last time we fish here,mostly due to the scamdemic and other earthly factors.

This home/padang GT never disappoint us if the current and sea condition is permit able...

The reef is the continuity of the Niah Cave limestone hill some 10-20 miles on the shore and is rich of teeming unscared marine lifes(so far,and forever hopefully)... 

Eventho best record here(by popping) never exceed 40kg,but 15-30kg sizes are fun to play with and challenging,since the risk of getting your line cut here is high due to the depth of the sharp reef is just 5-20m below your boat.

We had 2 days of fun anyway, 3 Sarawakians and one Danish that even jumped into the sea to weather the hot sun on the second day,after being punished by the storm on the first day just after about 30 minutes of fishing...

And as always,the hospitality of the villagers of Kampung Kuala Sibuti is always at top notch,a lot of friendly familiar faces,and new as well...those kids that now grown up...and you can feel they sincerely miss you after the four years and there is that natural charm in this village,the food,the river,the beach,the sea and even the chicken and the goats!!!

And the ratio;

4 GTs landed ,3 on poppers and one on stick bait,all by SALACIA LURES.

2 GTs broke the main line,about 5 'spitted' out the lures and maybe 10 GTs miss stroke the lures...

Not bad for Miri' water standard.

Enjoy the pics...untill another time...

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Queen fish and barracuda on Tun's first popping trip!!!

Dancing GT. Popping during sunset.

Sunset fishing around islands in Borneo

Full tide near sunset seem to be the best time for the pelagic species to hunt. Popping with light tackles, we got few strikes on this trip. One GT straightened the treble hook and another GT snapped the main line. Anyway..just one aggressive Barracuda is landed.
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GT popping Sarawak

In most places in Borneo you have to cast hundreds or thousands of times before you can get a strike for a decent size GT...and for 'bonus'...you 'need' to miss a couple of these 'muscle car of the sea' before you can land one...that is probably the reason why we are so content with these trophies...😊

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Ensurai..The Ent of Borneo

The final frontier of our rivers

I love this tree...it's one of the most beautiful trees I've seen in the world!! Another one is probably the weeping willow tree:) .I consider myself a sport angler,fishing from the drain,upper river jungle,sea and even ice fishing in artic circle.This blessed me with the opportunity to appreciate nature and the wild life.

Provide shade and filtering UV ray for the fish eggs and fries..

Ensurai as we called it here in Sarawak,is blessed for its 'never straightness' nature...that spare them from being use as timber,even since the older days.And they can almost grow on rock with almost a slight present of soil by the river bank.They only give up to bizarre massive flood or the big part of the bank give away.

Minimize erosion on the river bank.

Their fruits are similar to Engkabang,with 2 or 3 wings that glide them further from the tree and spin like an helicopter as they fall.This helps to spread the seed if they don't fall in the river.The fruit also a favourite food for Semah,Empurau,Hampala and others.

Playground for monkeys and human.

Dead trunks and branches that fall into river provide homes and shelters to many river dwellers like masheer,hampala,upper river snakehead and other fish...

To the trees!!!

The more you look at these trees,the more you appreciate them.Cruising through on a longboat ride underneath their arches give me a feeling that you are entering Rivendell...thus we shall keep these Ents and other nature beauties that we borrow from the future generations, survive and thrive through developement,commercial farming like oil palm,hidro electric dams and other 'progresses'...

Minimize hyper tension...

Keep you focus

And get rewarded..

Always see below the surface..

Flow may change..

The colour and shape..

Batu kudi or storm rock😊

The forgotten Lamborghini...

Dead branches provide firewood for campers.

King prawn here much sweeter than those found in the lower rivers.

Scorpions

Vs Oasis...

Small branch good to toast your bread in the morning...

*Ensurai,

(Dipterocarpus oblongifolius) is called Neram in Malay

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Beauty and the beast...

This little hidden paradise is located in Bau,at Lorong 9,Jalan Taiton..
Been fishing here for more than 10 years and the amount of trash here getting more and more over the years.This area was featured in one of the Sarawak tourism videos with a scene showing two cyclists riding on a path in between two lakes with nice limestone wall and forest at the edge of the lake.But the video was taken in an angle that only shows the beautiful side of the area.Just slightly further out is the ugly side,which of course,not shown.

The beautiful lake and the limestone hills from a touristic angle...

The untold side..

The ugly truth..

Literally,fishing here can be rubbish!

These are not all...too disgusted and depressed to stay longer to take more pictures...

How long more this place will be neglected?..it's a very potential side for rock climbing,the limestone wall way better than those man made at the shopping malls...there's also a cave here which was created during the coal and gold mining here few decades ago.

Local council and other responsible authorities have to take actions before the trash get taller than the surrounding hills...

Nature is the beauty...we human are the beasts..

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