Kemaman, Terengganu Field Report..

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Hello Folks! Greetings from Malaysia..



Just got back from an overnite jigging trip off the coast of Kemaman, a town off Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast which is about 5 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur, our capital City. The sea was pretty rough on Saturday May 5, so, we optimised our trip with some intensive jigging. This time of the year, its squid season and Terengganu is known to yield a good catch. Large 'sotong torak', cuttlefish and calamaries are known to spawn here. My buddies and I have charted an 'A' class inshore vessel and spent about 12 hours jigging. The results were encouraging but we didn't really experience feeding frenzy. Anyways, I tried my Williamson Lure Chokka jig which was very effective in landing several good table sized squids.. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />







The 'A' class vessels charge about RM600 a day for squid-jigging trips. They depart at about 3 in the afternoon till the next morning..







A scene from Kemaman..







Sea conditions were quite rough yesterday evening due to strong Easterly winds.. It came to a dead calm at night and continued to pour in the morning..







Here's me trying out my luck..



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