Fishing Excursion to Tioman/Pemanggil 2007

Fishing Excursion to Pemanggil and Tioman Island (April 23-26, 2007)

The journey began after maghrib prayer at Bandar Putra Kulai. Five of us travelled in a black Unser driven by Adnan. We were to meet Mat Husin in Mersing and scheduled to depart around 10 pm, the night of 23rd April 2007. Awal came earlier that morning from Kuala Lumpur. On the way, we stopped for dinner at "Sup Daud" in Kota Tinggi.

At 11 pm we boarded the rented boat. As I offered my hand to Black, the boatman's assistant, he smiled and said "it has been a long time since we last fish together.The last time was when we hit a school of Tenggiri in Tioman". Yeaah, I said. Probably we'll repeat it again.

We reached Pemanggil Island at about 3 in the morning. I was asleep all the way, but without delay, we started for the action. We had quite a number of ikan Tambak, Tanda and few other species that early morning. As usual at the early hours of the day, you'll never miss Wijay's azan, calling for the dawn prayer, and as usual, we offered our prayer in congregation at the front compartment of the boat.

After breakfast, we went to one of the Unjam nearby. The aim was to catch some small fish to be used as bait later at night plus whatever available. I was taught not to be so fussy at sea. Just take it easy and enjoy the trip, I was always reminded by my innerself. Yes we did take it easy... On the way to Unjam, we caught some Tongkol Putih (Tuna).

The unjam turned out to be generous that day. We caught lots of Ikan Tamban (small herring) plus some big ones such as Tenggiri (Spannish Mackerel) and Belitung (Dorado).

Lunch was served on the boat. It was a delicious Tenggiri Masak Kicap offered by Tholudin, the chef of the group. We are a group of "leisure anglers" who treat deep sea fishing as a holiday. It has always been enjoyable and we like to keep it that way.

On the morning of 26th april we were supposed to spend about 2 hours fishing at unjam near Tioman Island, targetting for small fish such as Kembung, Selar, Kerisi or Cencaru. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side. The sight of storm was evident and we decided to leave early. We departed and reached Mersing at noon.

alhamdulillah, a good trip it was.

Some of the catch

Fishing at Tioman Island - April 2004

Memancing di Pulau Tioman (April 04)

“Arshad, kita bertolak malam lah, esok air pasang lambat.” kata Pak Sharif kepada saya. “OK lah bang, kami sampai pukul 9 malam.” jawab saya. Perjalanan kami dicepatkan kali ini. Selalunya kami bertolak pagi sabtu tetapi kali ini bertukar menjadi petang jumaat. “Mudah-mudahan ada barakah.” kata hati kecil saya.... Kumpulan kami kali ini terdiri dari saya (Arshad), Adnan, Amran, Aidee, Fazly dan Faiz.

Benar, memang malam itu penuh dengan barakah. Kami berlabuh di sekitar Pulau Rimau dan lihatlah beberapa gambar hasil tangkapan pada malam itu.

Hari Kedua

Hari in Saturday the 13th, bukan Friday the 13th...
Kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Pulau Tioman, menerusi perairan yang amat saya sukai. Hati merasa girang kerana tangkapan malam tadi amat memberangsangkan. Kaci, tenggiri, pari, kacang dan lain-lain.




Kami berhenti di umjam pertama untuk menangkap ikan-ikan yang biasa di sana. Pengalaman di pagi itu amat menarik sekali kerana kami menemui sekawan ikan Telinga Gajah. Apakah umpan yang sesuai? mmm... Roti Gardenia. Selepas menangkap 15 ekor Telinga Gajah berserta ikan lain, kami berehat berdekatan pantai di rumah api Pulau Tioman, sambil menyediakan makan tengahari. mmm.... amat menyelerakan, ikan tenggiri masak lemak cili api.

Dalam perjalanan, kami juga berjumpa dengan sekawan dolphin yang bermain tidak jauh di belakang bot kami. Indah sungguh suasana itu, lupa segala masalah yang ada, buat seketika.

Petang hari kami pergi mencari ikan di batu karang. Seperti biasa, sasaran ialah ikan Kerapu, Tombak, kunyit dan sebagainya. Ini memang dirancang kerana menu makan malam kami antara lain ialah kerapu 3 rasa. Alhamdulillah, seperti biasa harapan kami direstui tuhan. Malam itu kami menikmati jamuan yang dihajatkan di Kg. Juara, Pulau Tioman.















Hari ke 3

Tengahari 15/4/07 kami tiba di jeti Mersing. Masing-masing tersenyum puas. Satu pengalaman yang cukup menarik. Walaupun kebanyakan kami adalah pemancing amatur, namun hasil yang diperolehi melebihi harga sewa bot. Kami bersyukur dan mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Pak Sharif dan Black.