We started this trip from KL at 2pm on 29th Apr. I took a half day leave for today so that we can start our journey earlier and get a rest in Pekan. Actually for this trip, there were 2 of us from KL, and there is another 2 person coming all the way from Penang. The Penangites are my colleague's friend. They bought the live prawn from Penang, and bring it to Pekan for this trip.We stopped by at Kepong Tackle to buy some accessorries. Actually we wanted to buy "Jackson Pintails" for sailfish purposes. However, it was sold out there. I didn't buy anything at the end. We continue our journey and reached Genting Sempah. Stopped by here for a refreshment at McDonald and waiting for our friend from Penang. From here, we continue our journey to Pekan.
Actually we have booked our accomodation at Polo Inn, and we manage to find the inn. It is situated next to Royal Pahang Polo Club, and also palace. Pekan is royal city for Pahang. We were informed by the guard that we should check-in to Melati Inn which not far from here. Though tired throughout the journey, we still need to our way to the inn. Once we checked-in, we looking for our dinner in the town and settle down for the night. I was very excited thinking about the fishing trip the next day...
The next morning (30th Apr), we started our trip at 7am. Gathered at the jetty, we met our boatmen and depart. We started the day to fish "parrot fish". Boatmen told us that the sea water was very clear, and it might not be a good fishing trip. Once we parked our boat for the first fishing spot, we actually able to see the bottom of the sea even though it was 50 feets deep down.It's not my day though, I couldn't get any fish till noon. The rest of them manage to get themselves types of fishes. Not until evening, I'm able to get the biggest parrot fish for the day. We rounded up our day with quite a number of fishes, at least for me.
On the second day (1st May), we also started our trip at 7am. Once we finished our breakfast and packed some foods for ourselves, we immediately depart from the jetty again. Today we are again going for few spots. Actually we wanted to go to ship wreck spot, but the boatman said it is wasting time to go there as the water is very clear and hard to get fish over there. At the end, we changed few spots and get some other fishes.
At the last spot, we went to fish mackerel. Boatmen helped us to fish as well. At this spot, we able to catch few. I saw a sailfish want to biting our bait, and chasing all the way to under our boat's engine. This is the first time I see sailfish, though we didn't catch any in this trip.
At the end of this trip, we divided our catches equally among four of us. Later, we went to take our dinner for our usual restaurant but too bad, it was close on today. At the end, we end up taking our dinner at a Malay restaurant. Once we finished our dinner, we continue our journey back to KL. For the Penangites, they stayed over night and continue their journey back to Penang the next day.
For this trip, it was quite sad that my brother-in-law not able to make it. We are planning for another trip to Pekan again so that he can join in. And also for the next trip, we try to get another boatman which is good in bottom fishing. Hopefully, the next trip is not far away...
