Picking up a family tradition - fishing

These days, it's been a while i'd sit down to update my blog as i'm getting caught up with a new/old hobby - angling! Thanks to my dad's influence over the years, i'm trying my hands these days of fishing! After loosing all my cichlids over a tank leak a few months back, we've decided these time around to catch 'em fishes :) Twas' began a new era of bluffing 'em fishies! Above is a picture of the cyberjaya lake where i saw a pair of tomans swimming around a half-eaten tilapia! They were huge and beautiful. Obviously, this is a non-fishing spot unfortunately. Makes me wonder why can't we be civilized and promote a catch-click-n-release method! Unlike Singapore where folks would fish in beautiful public ponds, no doubt for the fun on angling. Whatever they do catch goes back into the pond, lake, river, tributaries... 

So, alas for us malaysian, we're stuck to fising in dis-used mining lakes, dirty rivers and poluted seas... here's my favourite spot for the midas cichlids i've been catching! It's called Tasik Prima Puchong and i've heard of people catching huge peacock bass and tomans weighing in at 7-8kg monsters! The stories you hear from other fishing folks :P For good reasons, i ain't gonna give u directions to this spot! Afterall, every angler has their secret fishing spots :) If u really ask nicely...maybe i'll divulge :)

Here you can see the beautiful midas cichlids hugging the lake-sides. Sad to say, i brought the wrong lens for the job hence the really bad picture. If u squint really really hard, the reddish spots in the waters are the cichlids! I've caught thus far, a dozen or so midas cichlids, a few synspilum, one baby peacock bass, a few jaguar cichlids and a few flowerhorns! I've seen really big peacock basses swimming around, a few baby marble gobies too and even a baby snake head (haruan)! 

As mentioned, the place is strewed with rubbish. Feels more like a dumping ground then a cherished location where one could bring your kids to for picnics and lunches. Maybe it's the development in the location... you'd either have a municiple that clean up the lakes and not allow fishing, or goes the opposite of that and leaves the lakes to rot away, while the public pollutes. This is where it ticks me off, to think of what heritage we'll leave behind for our younger generation. It was in this context, i've found out about Nik Rahimi and his efforts to setup a fly-fishing/artificial lure catch and release pond in Shah Alam! The place is called "Empangan Air Kuning" at Bukit Cherakah, Shah Alam. It's a beautiful natural spot, where the water is crystal clear and one could practically see the fishes swimming around. With lil' to no disruption to mother nature and something we the public can enjoy while not killing the natural environment. It really is a beautiful spot which our government should encourage and learn from in support of other nature recreational spots. I can't wait to go back to try out a spot of fly-fishing :)

Check out the forum link below!

http://www.fishing.net.my/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14907.

The person to contact if u've got more questions is Nik Rahimi on 012-3246959

Below's their brochure which i've downloaded from here!