By the way, the red snapper above, is mostly “rokoh” or tough to eat,
only very small one is OK to eat… And these snapper eats practically
anything, just chop a selayang head, or tail, it will take it…ha..ha..
Don’t know what to call it, but it looks like the Ang Hu here in Penang,
although our Ang Hu here never grow so big and much much bettter eating quality.
Kuching there got so much fish, the fish there like never see hook
and line before… taruh makan… taruh makan…
Yeap…agree…but sometime it depends on your “LUCK” also…especially when local angler like myself only spend for a 1 day fishing trip (i.e. Saturday afternoon go - Sunday afternoon at jetty already).
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also the current there is consider very slow being an open South China Sea,
unlike the Malacca Straits which is like a funnel, and the depth that we
fishes in Kuching is like 40m mostly. You can actually use a light reel,
like Abu Garcia reels to fish at Kuching spot, enough liao.
Size i.e. Daiwa 4000 spinning reel will be more than enough here in Kuching
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Another thing is fishing there, the boat never park during day time, just
moving from one spot to another, so you drop your rig when the tekong
honk one time, then just let the line out and float away with the boat,
the longer you soak the bait the better. When everyone's rig already up,
then only you retrieve your rig, and you will likely get a full house.
Correct. Even if you use small boat…the tekong still using the same technique - drifting.
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One kaki that went on our trip there, not only rig a paternoster, but
continue at the bottom with a spreader rig, with further apollo rig
on the spreader branch. So, effectively he got like 6 hooks in the
water and most of the time he get multiple hookups by soaking the
bait the longest there.
Wow…very creative…but not practical if using light reel IMHO. Great idea anyway.
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So, it is very different kind of fishing, you guys have it good there
with abundant fish with less fishing pressure.
Here in Penang, the fishes that remains obviously are the “smarter”
or “sensitive” one, otherwise, they already long gone …ha..ha..
Fish in Penang not “smarter”…but you guys too “ganas”…so the fish TAKUT. Hahaha…
There are loads of tekongs here with loads of secret spots you can go. Let me know if you want to come to Kuching again. Maybe I can join you & your team…[:D][:D][:D]
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By the way, the red snapper above, is mostly "rokoh" or tough to eat,
only very small one is OK to eat... ;-) And these snapper eats practically
anything, just chop a selayang head, or tail, it will take it...ha..ha..
Don’t know what to call it, but it looks like the Ang Hu here in Penang,
although our Ang Hu here never grow so big and much much bettter eating quality.
We call it Ang Kei (in Chinese) or Ikan Merah (in Malay) here. Aiyahh…maybe you need to learn Sarawak style to cook this “rokoh” properly…right? We here no problem eating this big size ang kei…[:D][:D][:D]
By the way, how much is the weight of that Kacik you holding as in the picture? YUMMY…
quote:Originally posted by petestop Oh, how to cook the Ang Kei ? Need to braised it ?
The Kaci around 3.5kg gua, nice to eat meh, I find the meat kinda course though.
The best eating fish we caught there was the Red-spotted grouper, which is same
species as in Penang, but Kuching side grows quite a bit bigger.
We also caught a lot of tenggiris, more than 80pcs, at night, taruh-makan, taruh-makan.
What cooking style you want? Bidayuh recipe? Iban? Malay? Jawa? Chinese (Hokkien / Foochow)? Melanau?[:D][:D] I need to ask my mom about this. She’s the cooking expert. AKU CUMA PANDAI MAKAN SAJA…[:D][:D][:D]
Yeah…here red-spotted grouper kinda large & “sweet”. Will try jig tenggiri for next week trip on Saturday (if I have enough energy & time).
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p/s-maybe you should try the Melanau recipe - UMAI. They eat the fish raw (make sure you clean the fillet properly…then slice it like french fries). Add some lime, onion & cili padi. Fulauweh…air liur meleleh…[:D][:D][:D]
Just google UMAI & you can find what I mean. Below are some links to save your time. Cheers.
And these snapper eats practically