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Hi landokbujang,
Sorry to hear about your bad experience.
Unfortunately, it is the “modus operandi” of the Lumut charters. Every charter
tekong and deckie fishes there, typically they take up the bow area, but some,
like the once famous “Seagull” or “Hai-O” actually reserves position #1
(that is in the middle at the back of the boat) for the Tekong.
I strongly suspect it is due to the Lumut charters typically have different
owners who hired these Tekongs/Deckhands. So, they are not worried if the
charter “name” is spoilt, they just move on to other boats.
Typically they will outfish you, more out of experience, since they do this
everyweek if not everyday. They know the spot they are fishing, and what
bait to use and when to use it.
That said, I have been on most Lumut charter boats, and frankly, the
Southern Star, skippered by Peter, is one of the better ones.
Meaning you haven’t been on the worst
Also, if I were you, I would reexamine my fishing rig as to why the
catch is poor. I have found that different places, you have to fish
different style, even if it is only subtle differences.
A few tips to fish at Lumut:
-
you need to use heavy sinkers, at least size 24 (1kg) and above.
This is because everybody does so, including the Tekong, and most
of them uses electric reel. It was said that Lumut charters had the
earliest electric reel in Malaysia. Lumut fishing is almost 100%
bottom fishing.
I suspect, because of this, the Tekong also park the boat they
way they do.
If everybody use the same sinkers, chances are majority will be
into fish.
-
You need to us appropriate spreader. In fact, Tekong Peter actually
design his own spreader, you can buy these spreader from some tackle
shops in Perak.
Using his spreader, you can drop your bait by totally free-spool,
no need to use your body parts to control the descend.
So, most of the time, when you still putting down your baits, they already
start reeling in fishes
- If you notice carefully, the Tekong and Deckhand will be fishing for live
squid at night, they are particularly adept at that using artificial lures.
This is their secret bait, and will outfish you, if you continue to stick
with kembong only.
- Tekong Peter (and many other Tekong) can be cranky, and it is like
adding salt to injury, when many gets no fish.
However, he can be a treasure trove of knowledge when it comes to
bottom-fishing, it will take time for you to buddy up with him and
pick his brains on his fishing techniques.
Given some time to reflect and improve on your fishing techniques,
you will find that pretty soon, you will outfish them, because for
one, you should have higher eagerness and motivation.
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