About Me

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Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

IGFA-Rolex International Fishing Tournament, Spratly Islands.

My first wahoo from the Spratly.

Team Odyssey 2007
This big hammerhead shark was
cut loose as sharks were not
accepted for the tournament
(a very good move).



A map of the Spratly, where we
fished.
Team Odyssey 2006
One of my jigging trophies.



Not big, but fun on jigs.
A good one from jigging.

Better than nothing
when action is slow.
Team Odyssey 2004.
The champion team.

I was lucky to have attended the Rolex-IGFA International Fishing Competion in the years 2004, 2006 and 2007 with Team Odyssey. The whole experience could be sum up as a fantastic fishing experience, with a team of professionals (under Captain C M Lam), whose team spirit and friendliness is second to non. To all the team members of Odyssey through out the years, I would like to say a big 'Thanks You'.
The Spratly of Malaysia consist of Layang Layang Island, Dallas, Ardasier, Marivelas, Erica and the Investigator Reef. To reach the nearest, that is the Layang Layang, we have to travel non-stop for 18 hours. Many of the fish caught there could not be found in the waters of our peninsular. One thing for sure, the fish there are huge and can always put up a gutsy fight. People with lesser tackles will have a hard time handling them. To sum up, Spratly is Malaysia's last fishing frontier.
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