In the quest for a new fishing heaven...

Weather is not really friendly for fishing lately..it's almost impossible to go out fishing to the sea.Couple of days ago,we were almost crash to the rock by an island by two big freak waves.And made things worse,the engine died on us,and took us quite sometime to start it in a panic situation. This afternoon,we went out driving out of the town to try a new river that according to a source,is a territory for the jungle perch.The rain was a bit heavy on our way to the area.But there was hope since the sky toward the area was clear. We get there with a fairly nice weather for fishing,not sunny,slightly cloudy,but not pouring.After calling the source for a detail direction,we park our car by the road side and walk down along the river bank from a bridge. The water was slightly murky...but it didn't stop us from keep going and casting. Not so far down,2 strikes were received,one from Runtu (snake head fish) and another one was probably Adong,the jungle perch. A loud sound from a bird,a kind of a hornbill, followed us from the bridge down the river.It was a big lonely black bird,sounds like it was telling us something,but we didn't understand or just ignorance. Along the way down the river,we found a durian fruit with no durian tree around the area..weird! And then a close encounter with a king cobra that just changed its scale.You still can see the old scale left on the ground. And then a water snake swimming across the river.Strange signs that as seem as telling you to go back. And the final one,a sudden down pour of heavy rain.So we rushed back to the car,drive back home and called it the day. And the rain continued all the way till we get home,with heavy vehicles on the road made the journey back felt so long... Another bad day fishing...

The other side of the lake....

Yup....finally we made it to the other side of the lake...where the mega giant snakehead always splash and show off their majestic power and reputation as the best fighter of the fresh water fish.

Me,Ernesto,Dan from Victoria,Canada,Justin From Melbourne,Australia and Lewis as our 'local guide' went through the small jungle and reach the site(about 15 mins),safe,excited and amazed with the view and the imagination of what beneath the surface of the lake,giant snakehead colony and something else.(this is the place where the other group of anglers get greeted by a giant king cobra) !

Lewis and Ernesto walked a little bit further but came back since the jungle get thicker and 'unpenetrateable' without a macheti or chainsaw to clear your way.

New reel and new long cast rod...lure and life catfish...but zero.
There was hope until the thunderstorm chased us away.

And the way back is much more shorter in time since we just want to get back to civilization a.s.a.p before we get too wet..but we got really drenched anyway.

But anyway,as always..bad day fishing is better than a good day in the office.Cool! :)

Me and Justin

Ernesto

New reel,new rod,new site.

We made it out of the jungle....