Dam!!! By now i think you guys already know that we’ve underestimated the fish at Boon Ma. We thought it was just like any of those paypond we went to. Wrong!!! The barramundi at Boon Ma are feed with fresh tamban/herring hence the extra ordinary power. They have the power of a wild siakap. With good water irrigation and all, the siakap at Boon Ma come close to a wild siakap fight.
Mike and EK lost 6 barra at the first pond we went to while myself and the Thai Fishing Guide did not get any strike after that. Barra at this pond are huge, well over 8kgs and they are easily ’spooked’. John has warn us about this, he told us that the fishes at this ‘matured pond’ are huge and ’smart’. Actually the Thai fishing guide had arranged for us to goto the ‘new’ pond where the siakap will hit on anything that moves. The new pond where the siakap are about 4-7kgs and are ‘new fish’ where not many ppl has fished before thus the lack of ‘experience’ and they will whack on anything that moves basically one cast one fish.
We insisted on going to the ‘matured pond’ because we are not looking for quantity, we are looking for quality like those larger siakap at the matured pond. After 6 line snap, the siakap at this matured pond are all spooked and went into hibernation. Total silence.
Not wanting to give up, we keep on casting and casting our lure into this ‘matured pond’ which yield no result. At this time, the Thai Fishing Guide then suggested to us to change pond. He suggested we leave this pond for a while and goto the ‘new pond’ after lunch. Lunch was simple, just a packet of fried rice and that’s well enough for us. Our mind is not on the food that day but as to why we was defeated by the fishes…..
We finish our quick lunch and at about 1.30pm we walked to the new pond which is a stone throw away from the matured pond. Mike and EK Wong askedthe Thai Fishing Guide to retie their rig. I insist on using my own rigging and this time i’ll will try the Thailand Handcrafted lure. My rig and knots has caught me many wild siakap/barramundi at Port Klang before hence my confidence in them.
Here’s a peep at what i’ve caught before at Port Klang estuary. A whoopping 24kgs siakap/barramundi….
ps:sorry the the bad quality image as this pic was scan from an old ‘film photo’. If anyone knows anybody that can ‘repair’ my old photo, pls do let me know. thanks.
Even with all the experience i have, i can’t believe what has been installed for us for the next 2 hours at this new pond. We was hitting siakap at the rate of one cast one fish as promised by the Thai fishing guide with the Thailand Handcrafted lure. We are hitting pond siakap that has the power of wild siakap. We caught about 20 siakap in the first hour itself!!! Crazy!!!
For those who has caught a wild siakap before, you surely knows that this fish tends to play dirty like ‘flipping’ the lures out when they are airborne and always charge toward snags if there’s any. The only snag available in that new pond is the ‘feeding platform’ and the water pump and that’s where they will charge. Mike can tell you better about this feeding platform cos one of his siakap actually did managed to dived under the platform and circle around it hence snag!!!
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Double hook-up at the ‘new pond’
A good size barra for a happy Mike
Not bad at all, this pond barra has the power of a wild siakap!!!
EK Wong with his airborne barra
Finally, he landed one!!!
A member of PEMM and JT Fishing Bazaar on Double Hook-Up!!!
Nice!!!!!
Another good size barra from Mike, infact most of the barra we landed that day are about this size…..EXCEPT FOR ONE!!!!
Just two hours in the new pond and we have fought more than 20 barras between me and Mike. EK Wong came unprepared and serve him right for landing less than us. He did not listen to John advise hence the lesser catch. Me and Mike was using the Thailand Handcrafted lure while EK was using his own lures. I saw him casting and casting his lure into the new pond without yielding any result. I would purposely walk near him and cast at where he casted his lure and WHAAAAAAAMMMM, strike on my rod. EK would curse SHIIITTT!!! SHIIIIIIIIITTTTT!!!…..and i would laugh till my arse roll on the floor looking at his pity face……hahaha……
I did that not once but a couple of time just to prove how effective this Thailand Handcrafted lure. Now i understand why the Thai fishing guide insisted us to use this Thai lure and why he said “In case the barras not biting, use this Thai lure”. As a fishing guide myself, i know never-2 argue with the local guide if you wanna catch fish. Listening to the local guide and you might learn something new. You can be a Pro in the place you comes from but once you go to other ppl place, it’s entirely different story altogether. So, listen to the local guide if you wanna catch fish.
Luckily i bought some of my trusty Berkley interlocking swivel to BKK. Mike and EK lost many fish due to swivel breakage. My trusty Berkley swivel has proven itself once again that it can be trusted although it cost a little more compare to other swivel.
This is what Mike were trying to tell you guys about his 80lbs swivel….hehee……
EK Wong was still trying his best to lure a barra with his own lures while i was enjoying one cast one fish until my arms cramp. Feeling pity for my good brother, i pass EK the Thailand Handcrafted lure that i was using for one cast one fish. He took it and put it on his rod and true enough, he got a strike on the very first cast!!! But after a few minutes of fight…
Aduuuiiiii….how can this happen?????[:o)][:D][:D]
He broke my Thailand Handcrafted lure!!!!!! ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! Why on earth must i borrow my Thai Lure to him????? Noooooooooo…!!!!! But then, he gave me a doggie face look and all was OK, brother ma…..
That one lure itself has landed me more than 20 barras in one hour and luckily i bought more than one Thai lure at the local Tackle shop earlier…..
I walked back to our hut to get me another Thai lure and i notice my arm was trembling. The whole morning i was lure casting and after that, within one hour, fought more that twenty 4 to 7 kgs barras!!! I thought to myself, “Tonight it’s gonna ache like hell, how to continue fishing tomorrow?” Tomorrow Mike and EK will be going to a local paypond for more barras and toman!!!
It took me much thinking about what i am suppose to do with all the body aching and this dilemma is kinna making me worry. How on earth i can continue fishing in this situation. I can’t concentrate anymore thus i decided to take a rest at our rented hut to clear my mind.
I decided to take things as it goes. It was about 4.30pm now and the matured pond looks calm. I took my rod with the Thailand Handcrafted lure attached to it and cast at it…..and WHHHAAAAAMMMPPP!!!!…something took my lure. Knowing this pond only have huge barras, i cautiously strike and it’s hook on!!! I played to the rhythm of the fish fight pattern. This fish pull and pull till it reaches the other end of the pond and make an quick U turn and heads for the water pump. I uses the short stroke technique to turn its head like ‘riding a horse’. Before it reaches the water pump, i managed to turn its’ charging path towards the clear area. I can feel the strength of this fish as it pull my line to where it wanted to go. Then, it this barra swim towards the ‘feeding platform’ and i pump the bugger back and it gave a aerobatic jump!!! WoW, it was huge!!!
With my aching arms, i fought this barra till it was totally exhausted . It took me a good 15 minutes to land this momma siakap!!! It weight at the boga grip a good 10 kgs!!! I am totally bashed by this fish and i know it was a good fight!!! Kudos to Boon Ma barras!!! All of us shared the moment of joy and took a group photo together with this momma siakap and ended our fishing day at Boon Ma. We headed back to our hotel and had a lovely Thai dinner with Mike family and EK Wong’s business partner at the restaurant nearby our hotel.
After much thought, i’ve decided to rest one day and continue on the next day at IT Monster lake while Mike and EK would goto the local paypond. From what i’ve heard, Mike and EK had about 8 barras each that day before Mike ended the day with a treble hook hooked on his hand. John rush him to the nearest hospital where 6 preety nurses attended to him.
Before Mike and EK headed to the local paypond, John had arrange for me to stay at another hotel at Rachada. While Mike and EK Wong was at the local paypond, i took the opportunity to visit a local massage parlour at RCA. The therapist at this massage parlour gave me an intensive 4 hour massage that heals my aching body. After the massage, i travel back to Rachada where my hotel is located and this is where i had the best dinner ever in my life.
I went to the street market at Rachada to have my dinner. The street was bustling with hawkers at both side of the road. The aroma of all the delicious Thai food makes me awaken and refreshen up 100% again….
Woolalaaa……
And guess what did i had for dinner at Rachada?????
Yeap, i had the best dinner in my life at this Rachada street market. Mike and EK Wong prolly on their way home to KL by now as their flight back to KL was 8.30pm BKK time. I was alone traveling along the Rachada street market when i stumbled upon ‘this’ which reminds me of the Thai Fishing Guide posting once….i remembered he mentioned this once, “By eating ‘this’, you will have extra energy and power”…..
This is what i had for dinner at Rachada!!!!!
The Attack of the Creepy Crawlies!!!!
One bite on this babies and your energy level will zoom to 110%!!!
Some says better than Viagra!!!
Besides those creepy crawlies, i also had….
Thai BBQ Herbal Haruan
According to the Thais, the best part of this herbal haruan is at the guts. That’s why this fish comes with its guts and all….wooalalaaa!!!
I also had fresh oyster…..
And this is the ‘dip’ for Thai fresh oyster….*slurrppss*…….
In one gulp, i swallow!!!…*guuuulp*…….
All wash down with couple bottles of Singha….
After the lovely dinner, i headed back to my hotel and sleep. This are the places i did NOT go…..muahahahaaa……..
…to be continue….*NEXT :- IT MONSTER LAKE where ULTRAMAN DEFEATED DRAGON!!!*
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