Cheong invited me on a 3D2N relax trip near one of the tropical islands near Sibu Island at Malaysia. I told myself why not... and quickly confirmed my slot. Joining me on the trip were Tian and his Malaysian friends who were organising the trip. His Malaysian friends were actually driving up from Malacca. That was even further than us! We boarded the speedboat at Tanjung Leman Jetty and arrived at the island. We will be doing 3 x 6 hrs of offshore fishing whenever we wanted to. It was free and easy offshore. All meals will be on the island and we had a nice room set up for us. Those that want to stay on the island can just stay on the island. Note that the island is a marine reserve and you cannot fish there. The island looks very promising for squid and smaller GT. Live prawns! Mingling at the jetty Island view Chalet Lunch before we went off to fishing offshore for the afternoon session Live prawns and market squid were the baits that we brought up to the trip. Initially,...

I went to Bangkok last week to do some fishing and here's part two in the series. I've never caught a Mekong Catfish before and the only catfishes i caught were the Chao Phraya Catfish and Patin from farmway 3. If anyone thought the fight would be similar, you are DEAD wrong. We headed to the popular fishing pond at Bungsamram which fishing grounds have been graced by many fishing pros since long long time ago. It happened that Robson Green did an episode here as well. The place was clean, very professional and BIG. It was nice to see a world class destination where fishing was the sport and anglers were the customers. A place specially made for anglers The charges John had his own photo up there which just shows his experience Their very own in house tackle shop. On the way to the hut We engaged John as our guide again and this time he had Boon Soong. Boon Soong was one of the local fish guides at Bungsamram. He's a friendly chap and spoke sporadic English. ...

I got my first glimpse of the Arapaima while watching Robson Green's Extreme Fishing . Imagine the thoughts in my head when my fishing guide BKKguy guaranteed me some Arapaima when we changed the location from Boon ma to Amazon Lake. The thought that i would be catching a species regarded as one of the holy grails of freshwater fishing was coursing through my mind from the moment i touched down at the airport to the moment that i made my last cast there. Yes if you don't know yet, i am in Thailand trying to do a Robson Green! I'm trying to get my first Mekong Catfish and Arapaima with the help of John(bkkguy) who has been a guide there for many years. He speaks English, Chinese, Thai and was the best choice for the mission. John advised me to get some small lures for the fishes as the fishes like to take small lures there. In addition, he got for me some baby giron to try out at the pond. But the secret weapon was only unveiled to me when the fishing started. It was ...