At last finally..we managed to organize a game fishing tournament at Teluk Kechai (Kuala Kedah, Kedah, Malaysia). 18 participants altogether were at the saltwater pond as early as 0800 Malaysian time. The objective...to land the mega-size fishes the likes of siakap (perch), katia (red perch), kerapu (grouper) etc. Of course if they could land fish heavier that 4 kilos...cold hard cash awaited!!

We were given warm-up round to fish for 30 minutes before the games began. So at 0900 Malaysia time the games began. First fish was landed by Mr Jamil Ismail at around 1100 Malaysian time. A siakap (perch) weighed about one and a half kilo just made Mr Jamil couldn't stop smiling.

Then came the real threat to all fishermen. Mr Rafiee was struggling, fighting with a big monster. Left and right, right and left, and after 15 minutes of fighting he finally landed a 4 kilo siakap (perch). Pheww...Mr Jamil began to sulk. :) Both Mr Jamil and Mr Rafiee caught their monsters at right far corner of the pond. Yeah that's the spot. The other spot likely to get fishes is location nearby the breeding cage of the fishes. This is due to the fact that when the pond owner start to put it additional fishes into the pond. Those lines which are nearby will likely get hit first. Normally the pond owner will start throwing the fishes inside at 1000 Malaysian time. After 1200 all other participants started to get their long awaited reward. But all were smaller size.

I didn't fish that day... I need to attend my friends weeding.

Fishing tips

• For float - use any kind of floats. Torpedo float is easier and popular


• Leader for float - length from the pin about 1 meter. You can also use two-way. Hook - size 3/0 is good to catch big size monster here


• For casting - see last picture. 1 feet long of leader with small weight at the end. It is look like texas rig.