Fishing at Monkey Beach, Penang during Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!!

How do you celebrate your valentine days with your darling? Me and my wife have a special valentine celebration in Monkey Beach. We have a wonderful fishing picnic trip in Monkey Beach. This is my first time to experience sea fishing & if you follow my blog, you will find that this is the first time my posting has so many pictures.

Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach is located in Penang National Park. It is very famous among tourist for the white & blue sea. To reach Monkey Beach, we have to register yourselves at Register Office at Teluk Bahang. Monkey Beach is located about 3km from register office. If you choose to walk to Monkey Beach, it takes about 60minutes or you can straight go inside by renting fishing boat.

Monkey Beach

My wife & I start our journey by check in Register Office at 9.20am. After long hiking & picture photographing along the way, we reach Monkey Beach by 10.50am & have some rest.


Finally reach Monkey Beach after 3km hiking


Nice wave view

Before start fishing, we first fill our stomach with my per-ready curry chicken lunch box. For more detail on the recipe of curry chicken lunch box , pls click on the hyperlink. I cook the curry chicken one night before & cook the rice on that morning. That's really yummy & delicious. We finish our lunch right beside the blue sea, accompany with slow wind & romantic wave rhythm.


My lunch box for Valentine's Day fishing trip


Enjoy my lunch box first before start fishing


Start Fishing at Monkey Beach
Before I decide to fish in Monkey Beach, I've made survey that fish that can be found here are ikan kerapu (石斑鱼grouper), ikan pari (魔鬼鱼stringgray), todak & others. So, I've ready fresh prawn as the bait. Using my lovely ryobi fishing rod, I throw the bait as far as I can into the sea.

Right just I put down my fishing rod, there is a small respond showing at my fishing rod. Since lack of experience, I dont realise that and just let it go. After 5 minutes, I keep the line & found that my bait already finish. That excited me, proof that my thniking is correct that there is fish in this place. I put on another bait & throw into same place. Again after 5 minutes, my bait finish & that continue for several time.

Finally start to catch fish
I dont give up & keep throwing into deep blue sea. This time, I simply give it a spike when there is small respind on fishing rod. Ha, luckily, a fish hook on. I quickly keep the line & land the fish within 2 minutes. It is a puffer fish河豚! I never thought that there is puffer fish here.


First catch of the day: puffer fish

Right after the first fish, I continue to get another 2 ikan temengung (成鱼sea catfish). This common catfish (no-value fish) can found anywhere in Malaysia including fresh water. My target fish of ikan kerapu & ikan pari still no respond.


2nd fish of the day: ikan temenggung (type of cat fish)


Catfish again?

No choice, I have to put more effort. I try to throw into another place near to rocks. Unluckily, that cost me one hook where my hook get stuck to the rock. Again, I throw to another place to my left side. Just 2 minutes, I can feel a sudden hit to my bait. Without any delay, I hit back. Another puffer fish is landed. After 3 minutes, another unlucky fellow is landed. This biggest catch of the day is hooked at the eye and approximately weighed 300g. After this unlucky fellow, I miss 3~4 golden opportunities. My bait is stolen by unknown target.


4th catch of the day: puffer fish again


Closer view of puffer fish


More closer view of puffer fish


Unlucky fellow hooked on eye


Change place
After about 2 hours fishing in Monkey Beach, I decide to change place. We walk along the hiking track backward to Register Office to search for suitable spot. Finally, we stop again in a rock groups near to USM research center. Again, using prawn as bait, i throw it into the deep blue sea & wait for the bite.


The only fish fighting image capture for the trip


Last fish of the day: cat fish again

The fish is not active as Monkey Beach. I have to wait for about 10minutes only get first bite by the fish. Again another cat fish is landed & release back to the sea. The following 5 minutes, I get no respond at all by the fish so I decide to end the fish trip. All in all, this fishing trip give me a great experience since this is my first sea fishing trip especially during Valentine's Day.



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Fishing in Penang: Monkey beach

Jungle tracking & fishing


View from Monkey Beach

Recently, my wife and me have a trip to Penang for hiking to Monkey Beach. Along the way, we are fascinating by the beautiful natural seaside. While we are continue our hiking using the jungle track, we found some people walk along the seaside with fish rod. Another discovery! A place can jungle tracking & fishing in Penang. I shall always go over to Penang & more surprise discovery.

There are many big rocks along the seaside start from the tourist center until Monkey Beach. This has been became a good habitat for fish like ikan kerapu (grouper), ikan pari (stinggray), todak, and many other unknown small fish. I have chance to have a short talk to the fisher and they confirm to me that ikan kerapu (grouper) is the most frequent fish can found here.

I nit yet have experience on sea fishing. I think, i shoudl try this out one day.



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Fishing in Penang: Esplanade

Fishing in Penang: Esplanade seaside


Peoples fishing along the seaside of Esplanade, Penang

Yesterday, me and my wife went to Penang for dating. I'm very seldom to Penang so actually I not really recognize the Penang road. While we are looking for place for lunch, we past Esplanade. I saw many peoples fishing at the seaside infront of Esplanade. What a good discover! I never know that fishin in Penang is so easy right just beside main road. We quickly make another round to look for lunch. Luckily, we found a foodcourt easily & finish lunch quickly & get back to Esplanade.

I think this is same characteristic among fishing person where will go for a look if found people fishing somewhere. Right under a big tree, there are 4 persons fishing while another person is preparing. This is a good place man, no hot (lunch time!), very clean & accompany with soft wind. We stop there for about 15minutes enjoy the wave rhythm & soft wind while watch people fishing. Within 15minutes, we saw a luckily guy get 3 todak fish in one time but all todak just with 15cm. Another guy right beside me go home with a fish i only known in Chinese, 花点鲳. I found most of them using sea worm (cacing laut) as bait and try to throw as far as can into sea & just keep waiting.

I never try sea fishing before, may be next time I can bring my wife for dating while fishing here.


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Fishing in Jitra

Fishing holiday before Chinese New Year

My whole family members (except my mother) love to fish. My father, me & another 3 elder brothers are kingfisher. So, during this Chinese New Year holiday (2days before CNY, remember CNY cannot involve in killing include fishing), father bring us for a "reunion" during fishing trip.

Fishing in Jitra
This time, again, father bring us deep into country side of Jitra. After a long drive, turn right & left, we come into a small Malay village. I totally don't know where the hell we are now. The road is small until only one car can pass at a time. Anyway, when we are appear with the target river, it is so beautiful. Many fish are playing the water give us challenge. The picture of fish fighting start to appear in my mind........ I start to see myself fight a big Snake head using my lovely ryobi & shimano......


Nice river view in Jitra for fishing



3rd bro in action searching for snakehead

Without delay any time, we quickly put on the bait & throw into the river. Even though this is very nice river & many fish playing water around, no fish would like our bait. No matter how many times I throw the small frog into the place where fish play water, no fish is attracted. My father who just finish smoking, now just put on bait and throw into target spot. What a lucky fellow, first throw already get fish. Anyway, this is just a small snakehead with only 15cm. The small Snake head is released back into the river.

We keep our hardwork to throw the small frog while the fish also keep hard wok to playing around. Suddenly, my bait is hit by a big guy & pull my line away. I quickly give it a hit. What xxx!, My fishing rod hit on the tree & the big fish is run away & left empty hook for me....... This is the only bite in this beautiful river. Even though no fish, i still fascinated with the beautiful scenery there.

Change place


Big bro in action fighting with snakehead

After about 1.5 hour without any fish in that unknown beautiful river, we change place. Again, father drive us into another unknown small Malay village to a pond surround by gate. Inside the pond, 50% is covered by water lilly. Each of us put on the bait & throw into the pond to our target place.

Finally, big bro the is first lucky guy who get bite by the Snake head. Big bro slowly let go some line & give it a hit after the line is tight. Sxxx! This clever Snake head already get into the root of water lilly & runaway. This is just not our day, another person is losing to the fish.


3rd bro with snakehead

Suddenly, I saw 3rd bro stand up from sit & quickly keep his line. After just 1 minutes, a beautiful Snake head is landed. Next, is my showtime. I put down my rod with bait inside the pond, to take picture for 3rd bro, a unlucky fellow slowly stole my small frog. When I come back to my fishing rod, the line already tight & without any delay, I hit it. A small Snake head is land within just 30s. The Snake head is released back to the pond.

Right after that, for following 1 hour, no more fish bite our bait. Thus, we keep all thing & back home for CNY celebrating.

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