It was a very clear and shinny day. Three of us were ready for fishing. Today a trip to a newly crowned fishing spot in Kedah, "Titi Yan". The tides was high that day, but it was a good day to fish.

A car and a motorcycle were good enuf for the exciting trip. The "Titi" (bridge) is about 4 kilometers long and at the end of the bridge seamlessly connected a small island named Pulau Bidan (Traditional Nurse Island) :) sorry for the direct translation.

The baits, we bought a kilo of ikan kembung (small mackerel) and fresh and lively prawn caught the night before

We went straight away to the island. Our first intention was to jungle track to the back of the island. Because we heard that there is a coral reef area, with a lot of fish. Our target was senangin, kerisi, banang and kerapu (bass). However our effort was turned down by the high tides. "Too young to die". So we parked at the small rocky lagoon that we suspect there were lot of fish there. We crossed our fingers for that.

No luck. We were three for 3 hours for nothing. The tides still rising. Therefore we moved back to bridge and we tried our luck under the bridge. We started popping and casting. But still no luck. Fishes seemed not to attracted to our lines.

An hour after that dark cloud hovered that area. Imminent rain was going to happen. Luckily I brought big canvas. It became our shelter for the heavy rain. We didn't stop fishing in the rain. It seemed like the rain had bring good luck for us. By using apollo hooked with cut fresh prawn, we got a lot of small fishes like pelata, lembu, unknowned fish etc. It was fishing frenzy.

The catch of the day came after I used live pelata as the bait. Using own made two-way rig, I hooked the pelata at the top hook and live prawn on the other. After about three minutes my bait touched the surface of the water I got something heavy. To my surprise it was 1.5 kilos kerapu (bass)

Tips for others if you plan to go to Titi Yan

• Bring small, medium and hard action rod for flexibility


• Don't forget to bring APOLLO. You can use it to fish live fish bait for the big fish


• Two way rig seems to be very effective


• Look for the tides normally high tides in the morning and decreasing in the afternoon is type of tides suitable for fishing time

Wooow!!