Snakehead Murrel, Channa Striata AKA Haruan

"The snakehead murrel, Channa striata, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, and striped snakehead. It is native to South and Southeast Asia. It grows up to 1 m in length, though because of fishing, this size is rarely found in the wild.

Adults are dark brown in colour with faint black bands visible across its entire body. Males and females both help to construct a nest out of water vegetation during breeding time. Eggs are guarded by both parents. Fry are reddish orange and are guarded by both parents until they turn greenish brown at around 5–6 cm.

It is common in freshwater plains, where it migrates from rivers and lakes into flooded fields, returning to the permanent water bodies in the dry season, where it survives by burrowing in the mud. It preys on frogs, water bugs, smaller fish, and it will attack anything moving when breeding." Extracted from Wikipedia.

We are called Snakehead for a damn good reason..

This post is dedicated to our beloved Haruan, whom gave us happy fishing times but secretly, we thought of your big ass cousin, the Giant Snakeheads.. ;P WAH PIANG EH.. Thought of resting today but got an unexpected off day so went fishing again and again and again.. Reached spot already afternoon, sun glaring but water calm.. Hit first pot at PeeBee... Wah, this one mouth very loose fly cannot set hook easily. Change lure and HOOK SET!!! FISH ON!!! Nice fight on 4lb setup. Mood went up 30%..

Mouth damn loose~~~

30cm over handsome shiny PeeBee landed! Quickly snapped photos and release back. Next, found another pot but decidedly very spooky but think Banhock bro haven't ka ciao today so HOOK SET!!! FISH ON!!! DIY RIG DID IT! LOL Nice fight on my blue rod but not as powerful as Banhock's.. Mood add 60%+30%=90%!

First time use STORM tape so abit off, 37+7=44 cm Mama Haruan! ^^

 

Look like scary slug with pointed eyes... WEIRD

Fishy gave me a nice splashing upon releasing.. Handphone wet wet.. ZZZzzz.. Finally my last 10% mood up goes to this last pot, the Mayan Cichlid, who kept staring at me the whole goddamn time.. Okay 100% mood up feeling great but weather not so great. RAIN CAME and so that's the end of this catch report. Body and mind now exhausted.. Not going fishing so soon I guess~~~ Cya Fishos~~~

'Nobody nobody but jiu~~~'

Haruan One Night Stand

Wah piang eh... Think I kenna poisoned deep deep.. Went training fishing again this morning for 3 consecutive days liao. Slowly beginning to understand more and more of our fishy friends behavior.. Although no PeeBees are landed I had fun with a super spooky Mama Haruan which I disturbed for most of my 2hrs session, experimenting several lures until it pek cek and do a dolphin leap! I was like 'WTF!!! WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!!!' LOL

Night time and after work I popped over a waterhole near my workplace for a 1hr quickie session with some new rigs.. My intention is to work the rigs over shallow waters and see if they can be weedless. Cast, retrieve and pause. Fishing is pleasure. Then BOOM! I was like what happened? Some funny tilapias again? Nice pull so I whacked and cos the area is shallow I quickly landed with my 4lb setup..

 

Me and my itchy mouth~~~

Caught this 30cm over Haruan! Didn't know they work night shift! No wonder whole afternoon all go under weeds ZZZ... Hur hur... Tried to unhook the bugger for quite some time cos the thin hook very deep inside. Fishy is caught and released and after experimenting with other rigs I was satisfied with the answer.. I sibei noob still need to learn more! Cya Fishos~~~

PS: NOW I KNOW WHY MORNING NO GET!!! NICE ONE BANHOCK BRO!!

'heeheehee.. early bird catches the hee..'

Suck Thumb Post

Haiz.. Seem like the sizes of my PeeBee catches are getting smaller and smaller.. The earlier caught ones are now getting smarter by the day, with so much attention garnered.. Which led to the million dollar question. Are the bigger Tomans, smarter and wiser? Of course lah, even I landed my lure right atop their bony head, they also bo chup.. Hur hur... Which means.. Time to target the smaller Tomans or whichever haven't open their itchy mouth.

Itchy mouths getting smaller~~~ ZZZzzz

 

The fins very erect though.

Caught this hungry fella while I'm trying to catch Green Chromides.. Only memorable note, it broke my 4lb line upon landing and weirdly enough it doesn't swam too far off, just dive into some weeds nearby and the break line still close to the bank. Hur hur.. Handline fishing! Anyway, think abrasions must have cut the line loh. Okay Fishos, hopefully can land some decent size catches! Time to experiment DIY rigs! Cya~~

PS: By the way... My secret training is not this.. Hopefully netters dun catch on to this idea.. ;P

Valentine Day Fishing~~~

Went over my usual haunt this sunny day to cure my fishing itch. Already, some Fishos are prancing the area enjoying their fishing so I quickly set up my rods and join in the fun. Quickly spotted a pair of PeeBee stalking around so I casted my lure but fishy bo chap... Some more casts and they swam off spooked.. LOL But luckily yet another itchy mouth came and whack. Hur hur... Landed one PeeBee on my 4lb line.

Valentine's Day and you give me thumb to suck???

Oh well, that's about the only catch I could manage in my 2 hrs session. Recce around, could not see any Toman commotions and the only interest are the 'basketballs' really really daring, came so close to bank but when u cast lure at them they stop like at traffic light. ZZZzzz.. Met long time Fisho of the area, Bro Dan and we spotted a PeeBee buffet with smallie Toman joining in the fun. Parents must have went out for V-day celebration.. Nature really are cruel sometimes.. Anyway tried to hunt the hunters but I no luck today spooking the PeeBee in and out.. LOL Maybe next time..