Jigging Crusader

Another sailfish trip last week. This time our customer is Mr. Victor Seah from Nestle Malaysia with his son Timothy and Dato' T Jasudasen (High Commissioner For Republic Of Singapore). Our first day trip was not so good because of strong wind and the sea was choppy. No sailfish around and we are forced to leave sailfish ground early because of weather condition are getting worst on the evening. On Sunday the sea ondition is getting better and calm. Other than sailfish we caught a nice size Spanish Mackerel and a Queen Fish. Here some picture from our trip.

From left : Dato' Jasudasen, Mr. Victor Seah and Timothy

Victor have a good fight with Spanish Mackeral

Timothy taking a picture with the Mack

After few minute we change to another spot and a sailfish taking a bait. This sail give a good fight and jump few time for first few minute until it tangled itself to the mainline.

Dato' Jasudesan with sailfish

And for the closing trip a nice size of queen fish taking a bait and give a good fight to Mr. Victor Seah




To Mr. Victor Seah, Timothy and Dato' Jasudasen we hope you have a good time with us and see you again on August. Thanks a million for choosing our fishing guide services.

Sailfish on surface

Our guest from Germany : Olaf Pahl & his girlfriend

Sea condition... So calm

Our boat interior

1st fish landed.

Nice triple tail

Another triple tail  Spanish Mackerel   Another Spanish Mackerel

Olaf with his first sailfish

Fight continue

Olaf with his 1st sailfish

Revive & release the sailfish

At Tioman Island Jetty. Drop this happy couple to continue their holidays in Tioman Island

Some of their catch.

Total catch for this trip:
1 Sailfish
5 Spanish Mackerel
2 tripletail
1 dorado
and countless another fish

I read this tips on sport fishing magazine. All the credit goes to the writer.  Just want to share to all enthusiast topwater anglers.

• Know when bigger is better – and when it isn’t.

For many situations, a popper can’t be too big or too noisy. For example, calling up fish from a reef requires you to get their attention. However, even for large yellowfin often smaller topwaters work more effectively, generally because that reflects the size of prey they’re feeding on.

• Hey, not so fast !

Part of being skilled popper angler means knowing when to rip a lure along the surface at top speed – as is the case to persuade fast-moving pelagic like wahoo and mahi-mahi to strike – and when to slow it down. Some species prefer frequent or long pregnant pauses between pops. Don’t hesitate to vary your retrieve speed.

• Change your rod angle

Pop ‘em high, pop ‘em low – how you hold the rod will definitelyaffect the action of a topwater. Many variables determine what best, including target species, situation (depth, water clarity & etc), type of topwaters and so on. Again, don’t hesitate to vary your rod retrieve angle.

• Be rigged and ready to throw !

That’s hard to overemphasize. Almost no matter where a boat happens to be, odds are good for predators to show up at some point where you or someone aboard will see them. Often it’s enpassant, though and thesnoozers are the losers. Being able to grab your rod and toss a topwaters in the path of moving game fish gives you a good shoot at a hookup. This includes offshore, where sighting floatsam 100 feet of the bow calls for a rapid response.

• Put on gloves !

This doesn’t mean cutoff fingers, either – at least not the index finger of your right hand (unless you’re lefty) when throwing big, heavy poppers on heavy braided line all day long. You need that finger, which continually pick up line from the bail, protected inside a glove.

• Go your own way

When throwing a surface lure into frantic baitfish, try to crank it back so it moves in a direction different from scattering baitfish. Like a stray or wounded baitfish saperated from the baitball. It will get more attention !