last time, there are so many big sebarau (badong) there, but because of the vast netting activities and over fishing, all the sebarau left are now the size smaller then an adult palm. there’re are also big patin there, even my friend caught a 25kg++ patin there, I saw the picture for proof…
but now, only toman left in the dam. if you want to find toman, that’s the place to be (but not landbase la, so hard to fish), but for other fish, I dont think so.. even small lampam and samai already dissapear now…
toman at semenyih also now really shy, unless they are really angry or hungry
launching a boat at Semenyih dam is actually illegal as with all gazetted dams in Malaysia. That had not stopped the locals from doing so. But then so is illegal netting.
to me now, fishing is for pleasure it is not worth the trouble to break the laws just to fish even if it is seldom if ever enforced.
what I do know is that the locals are still netting because there is fish. If you are a hardcore angler you could gain the local knowledge and fish there (even getting the local to guide you), but to me, the main question is , it is worth it?
big patin landed before… those are the fish left behind after the fish cage farming proposal scrapped… they are huge and carrying one is like carrying corpse, seen it b4 too
everything left is small sebbie and toman only haha… even toman baby are hard to catch consistantly let alone the big one
Novice angler here, any constructive advices greatly appreciated. Thank you
ekwong, I was told from the locals, they said that before the dam exist, there are 2 rivers there. the locals will go to the river to catch fish either netting or fishing, or 'bubu’ing, that’s their income. they are called freshwater fisherman. after the dam exist and illegal to enter or fish, they are still many freshwater fisherman went there to catch fish until the quantity depleted.
but now many of the fisherman already got another job becoz’ the lifestyle changed, need more money to live, have to find job that can earn more money rather than to be a fisherman in a spot that got not so many fish.
I don’t know whether the story true or not, but that’s what the locals told me…
