East bali 17 December 2012

Waking up on Monday  morning at 3:30 took a lot of effort! Thanks to yerbas mate tea it solved all the problem. Dimas showed up late, is his first spearfishing trip and Enk showed  at 4:00 am already smoking Kretek cigarette. 5:00 am we head straight to East Bali to hunt.

I haven't seen Ketut the boat owner for 2 year and he is one of my favorite, he never judge or question my demand. He so patience and chilled.

Before sunrise we were heading to the first spot. A bit nervous about the visibilty but it payoff waking up extra early to watch the beautiful sunrise. The water is great and visibility was acceptable. We didnt see any Dogtooth or big GT. Only saw 1.5 kg skipjack and few grouper.

 The next spot was the same nothing worth pulling the trigger, but it was good dive. happy to see sea turtle on both spot and some whitetip.

Third spot is where i encounter  big Dogtooth in the past but today result was nil. We chum the whole area but no sign of them. The place is also a favorite spot for local jiggers. Ketut also said the whole year his customers only caught one 40 kg  Dogtooth. Is sad to hear that and is even more sad not to see any big fish. Enk manage to shoot a small GT and that was the highlight of the third spot.

second spot good visibility

Heading back from the third spot

The last spot was our last hope in bringing dinner home. The visibility was really poor, Milky on the top but clear on bottom. I have no choice but to start shooting anything decent, which was Rainbow runners for fish and chips. Then queen fish start coming when i still have the rainbow runner on shaft. As soon as i reload they were gone. It was nice 3-5 kg size. Then me and enk start shooting more rainbow runner and i shot trevally. But the queen fish is nowhere to be seen.The last spot is famous for Mangrove jack and Scribbled snapper but they all decided to chilled at their hiding spots.

Overall it was a nice day at the ocean, we save in total 5 turtle in different spot, enk saw the biggest one in his life, so it must be a huge one. We also saw solo dolphin, it either sick or ready to give birth because it was swimming in seclude bay. There was few 1 kg size Dogtooth hopefully it will grow and get super fat soon to reach a good size. We also saw 10kg size school of rainbow runner but dissapeared in a second. Thank you to Dimas for all the nice Picture and hopefully one day will join us future hunting trips.

Dimas chilling

Steam Coral trout

Dinner for the children Rainbow runner

7/3/2009 first time at the scribbled snapper terittory

Rent a boat with Mr. Ketut at kedongan beach. We took a two-five minute boat trip to the spot there was school of fish eating frenzy. right away i jump and a shot a Blue trevally l. After the first shot, i was surrounded with hundred of them and  i wish I had another gun because the biggest one from the school swim 1 meter next to me.

remaining of the day was good, shot Flowery cod and scribbled snapper. The visibilty was poor during the day but toward the afternoon was better. thats when the scribbled snapper start coming out..

4/28/2009 West bali

Water visibility was 5-8 meter. a lot of current, No snapper but manage to shot Golden trevally and some rabbit fish

2/4/2009 "Kampuh Home"

It was clear day, full of scribbled snapper , Peacock rockcod, rabbit fish. It was a great of spearfishing enjoy the visibility. U can see the amazing small underwater canyon all over airport reef. many white tips sharks. Me , arvid and pak sate was chasing scribled snapper all over the place. they dont stop coming and tease you. If we weren't to excited we would have taken additional 20kg of scribble snapper. One of the best moment in Airport reef...