Fishing in The Red Sea

I went on a trip on 20th May 2011 with Mejor(B) Ismail Feisol to a fishing spot in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.

 Nice fish..

 Nice Grouper..

 Mejor Ismail with a caught Grouper..

 It was 8.45am when we set sail...

Nice water... just like Maldives..

Crabbing in the Red Sea

We stalks blue crabs (Ketam Renjong dan Ketam Bunga) after nightfall as crabs will not run that much at night. On many occasions, crabs will 'fight back' when we flashed them with flash lights..thus make it easier to catch... It was fun! (but not always, since kumpau is often as well!)

These crabs were caught off Red Sea coastline sometimes in April 2011 in the shallow 'Padang Ragut' some 100km away South ward from Jeddah, near Qattan Resort. The water was just knee high and it was pretty easy to catch.. but you need to be aware of the strong claws that are ever willing to clamp your fingers to no avail. Some people speared the crabs, but I choose to scoop them with fish landing net and then grab them by hand (using diving gloves as extra security). Catch them alive.. and eat them fresh... that's the best way!

Spear Fishing in Saudi Arabia

Red Sea is a great place for anglers.. spear fishing hunters and divers... Here I would like to show some pictures of fishes that was caught by Malaysian Meccans in the sea near Jeddah.. These are fishes caught using spear fishing techniques..

 Giant Trevallys are plenty...

Here is Abdul Aziz Filfilan with his prize catch a 34kg GTs.. Caught sometimes in April 2011. This guy is a diehard spearfishing hunter... 

ELFY 1 - The Conqueror of Tukun Perak

This is my father's boat 60 foot long built in the year 1995... Handcrafted by Mr. Cha Bo in Butterworth Penang using the best of woods such as 'Cengal Emas'... It was named ELFY 1 after my son's name, AHMAD ELFY HAFIEZAL.. my father's first Grand Son... After a decade of running charters to Tukun Perak among other destinations, this boat is no more within our sight.. Mismanagement by 'trusted peoples' had crippled the operation. The boat is believed to be in Pak Bara, Thailand now...

Popping in the Red Sea...

Saudi Arabia is blessed with Red Sea that is rich with a lot of fish,... Yet it is rather unexplored... You can go popping for Trevally at any time of the day and you will be almost guaranteed to come home not empty handed.

Last January, I had tried my luck popping, after it rained on our barbecue camp some 100km away from Jeddah.. it was Sothward near Qattan... After 30 minutes I caught one and fish started swarming my area, I had to stop because I just carried my rod without fish landing net or gaft.. it was just an experiment popping while raving the sea water waist high some 250 m ashore.. I will surely returns to the spot. Insha Allah.

Assalamu'alaikum and Hello!

..all in a sudden, I felt that I should have a separate blog for angling.. So, here it is... macam ilham tercipta pula..