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'.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Tackling the Giant Trevally of Malaysia.

A popping specimen.
Sometimes big one can
be caught at night.
Some can be caught by
random popping.














This nice fish was hooked
during one of the GT frenzies.
Another one from night popping.













The giant trevallies (Charanx ignobilis) are flat bodied fighters. They are normally found near reefs and islands. On the westcoast of Peninsular Malaysia, the methods used by sport anglers are usually popping and jigging. And the hotspots are Pulau Jarak and Tekun Perak. In the South China Sea, they are very common around oil rigs. Sometime trolling can also be an effective method to catch them.
When hooked, GTs would just bored down deep, using their flat bodies and the sea current to their fullest advantage.
All my GTs were released alive.
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