Went to one of my usual spots with my fishing buddy, was targeting stingrays, but the current was strong and fast... So I caught them instead... At 3am, got the Duri,
fought for abt 15 minutes, and at 4am, I got the eel tail 1. Both got on my 7ft spinning boat rod. Interestingly, I "recaught" the 2nd Catfish, cause I lost it 1st time, as I was brewing coffee when it strike. Fought for good 5 minutes, kept diving down, went to right, paused then dived to left, round the pillar and snapped the line. Retied and rebaited, cast towards inside, fought it for about 10 minutes, landed without gaff, risky cause 15lb leader, and it was struggling a bit. When i unhooked it, saw my 15 lb leader line from the break coming out of its mouth, the hook lodged in the throat... Fried the Duri, and make fish fillet with the Sembilan, delicious! Apparently the preparation process was abit tedious, but worth it. 1 thing I couldn't wrap my head around was that the Eeltail could survive out of water in my icebox, and another hour in a pail with tapwater... Very hardy fish...
Lastly I need help in ID the small fish... It Makes Croaking Noise when landed, it ate seaworm on hook, same rod...
https://imgur.com/gallery/0wXsI
Mozambique Sea Catfish.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZGjiL
Black Eeltail Catfish.
https://imgur.com/gallery/skcu7
Size Comparison.
https://imgur.com/gallery/I5mXe
Size Comparison.
https://imgur.com/gallery/RKrA7
Hard to clean, took me 2 hours to clean... :/
https://imgur.com/gallery/TmYrc
The Mozambique Sea Catfish, fried traditional style.
https://imgur.com/gallery/Hx6lF
Did fish fillet with the Eel Tail Catfish...
https://imgur.com/gallery/gN7D9
I don't know what is this, I need help in ID'ing it... Thanks!
Catch Report.
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Sounds like an exciting night. The golden colour one is what they called "Kim Seng", usually regarded as the better than the white ones, not as common as well. Most catfish has very good meat texture, the eeltail ones are especially good. The dishes you made looks delicious! The last one should be a Belanger's Croaker.
Thanks for sharing with us your catches.
Thanks for sharing with us your catches.
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Thanks Peace for ID!
Yeah, the dishes tasted great, even though it was my 1st time experimenting with frying the catfish haha
Will continue to share more catches in the future!
Yeah, the dishes tasted great, even though it was my 1st time experimenting with frying the catfish haha
Will continue to share more catches in the future!
Fishing is #AWESOME!!!
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Well done Commando_YR_Chin! Nice catch, good to see some frying catfish as they taste absolutely amazing.Commando_YR_Chin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:53 pmWent to one of my usual spots with my fishing buddy, was targeting stingrays, but the current was strong and fast... So I caught them instead... At 3am, got the Duri,
fought for abt 15 minutes, and at 4am, I got the eel tail 1. Both got on my 7ft spinning boat rod. Interestingly, I "recaught" the 2nd Catfish, cause I lost it 1st time, as I was brewing coffee when it strike. Fought for good 5 minutes, kept diving down, went to right, paused then dived to left, round the pillar and snapped the line. Retied and rebaited, cast towards inside, fought it for about 10 minutes, landed without gaff, risky cause 15lb leader, and it was struggling a bit. When i unhooked it, saw my 15 lb leader line from the break coming out of its mouth, the hook lodged in the throat... Fried the Duri, and make fish fillet with the Sembilan, delicious! Apparently the preparation process was abit tedious, but worth it. 1 thing I couldn't wrap my head around was that the Eeltail could survive out of water in my icebox, and another hour in a pail with tapwater... Very hardy fish...
Lastly I need help in ID the small fish... It Makes Croaking Noise when landed, it ate seaworm on hook, same rod...
https://imgur.com/gallery/0wXsI
Mozambique Sea Catfish.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZGjiL
Black Eeltail Catfish.
https://imgur.com/gallery/skcu7
Size Comparison.
https://imgur.com/gallery/I5mXe
Size Comparison.
https://imgur.com/gallery/RKrA7
Hard to clean, took me 2 hours to clean... :/
https://imgur.com/gallery/TmYrc
The Mozambique Sea Catfish, fried traditional style.
https://imgur.com/gallery/Hx6lF
Did fish fillet with the Eel Tail Catfish...
https://imgur.com/gallery/gN7D9
I don't know what is this, I need help in ID'ing it... Thanks!
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