I’ve heard a lot about this new place and interest piqued about the many monster fish they have. Where is D’ Semarak Kolam Monster D’ Semarak is the local name for this fishing pond located in the idyllic and hilly town of Batang Kali about 50km north of the Kuala Lumpur city center (about a […]
Saujana D’Rimba: Monster Pacu Fishing Pond
Located just outside of the Semenyih town in the southern part of the Selangor state (scroll to bottom for location map), is the Saujana D’Rimba fishing ponds with arguably some of the biggest pacu to be caught in Malaysia. [Editor note: This post was first published in May 2019] Semenyih is somewhat notorious for a […]
How to Fly Fishing for Big Pacu in Saujana D’Rimba Malaysia
I didn’t think I’d have much more to say and write about pacu fishing here in Saujana D’Rimba after writing about it a couple of times and making a few videos about it. Apparently I’m wrong. Find out more about Saujana D’Rimba here if you’re not already familiar. I often get asked about how I […]
Raiding LS Fishing Pond
The Party Is Over, Again. Update: 10 Oct 2019. It’s happened again. Fish here although aplenty are no longer receptive to artificials such as lure or fly fishing. The pond has seen a lot pressure from bait fishing (bottom fishing) and that’s about the only effective way of catching the fish here now. We see […]
Getting Our Rear Kicked At The Pacu Pond
Stocked pond, pay pond, whatever you want to call them are not always easy to fish, even if you’re familiar with the place. That’s what happen to David and me when we went for a morning session of pacu fishing at one of our regular spots. It has been months since our last trip here […]
Pacu Fishing In EAK With Etlon and Myra on Boxing Day
South African Etlon and Myra came over from the Philippines for a week between Christmas and New Year 2017 for a fishing holiday and a catch up with the Malaysian fly fishing community. The main fishing is targeting toman (giant snakehead) and sebarau (hampala barb) in Royal Belum Temenggor Lake. Before that, we went fishing […]