Semporna Offshore Fishing

Semporna Offshore fishing can be quite productive if you charter the better boat. Inferior boat charter usually fish close to shore which has been over-fished and you end up with small fish in shallow water. Here is the trip report for my recent Semporna fishing trip.

We flew to Tawau and took a MPV to Semporna. The hotel is just by the jetty and is surrounded by many eateries.  

 

Kyoto Fishing Tackle Shops

Kitagawa fishing tackle shop

Kitagawa fishing tackle shop is location in Kyoto and is often visited by local Japanese because they can get very good deals there. The shop is big and the goods are stacked up to the ceiling, you will need to use a pole with a grip or ladder to reach the items that the top. I bought quite a number of off-season lures there and they even have catch report of the lures to show that those lures works. Although they can process tourist tax rebate there, they do charge a small admin fee for it. 

Address : 19 Chudoji Mibukawacho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8806, Japan

Fishing Eight Kyoto Fushimi

This is the largest fishing tackle shop in Kyoto with 3 floors of fishing goodies! The best thing is that they actually have signs saying photo and video taking are OKAY. I bought a 2021 Daiwa reel which is marked 50% off retail and when you take into account the exchange rate and tax rebate, it is a steal! Another tourist and I lamented that we should have bought a bigger luggage because there was just so much to buy. One thing I would bring next time is an empty rod tube because the 1-piece rod are crazy affordable, and they have seasonal deals, like this is Tailwalk month and all Tailwalk product have an additional 20% off on top of the off-season reduced price.

Fishing Max, Kyoto Sanjo Teramachi

This shop is located on the 2nd floor in the heart of the shopping district. You can pop by after eating the delicious food around the area. This shop is smaller than it counter part in Osaka but some special deals in the shop.

Malaysia Rompin & Tioman Fishing Guide

I created some slides and decided to convert it to a video. I have people asking the same old questions and so doing this is more a more efficient use of my time. For any other questions, I shall address them in another video.

Below are some of the suggest tackle from the video.

SAILFISH

Live Baiting

• Tackle –
• 5-6ft PE4-6 boat rod
• Reel that can set 10kg drag (line must withstand, duh)
• Line capacity of at least 250m 
• Spinning set up is preferred
• Rig – 
• 60lb leader or more
• Circle Hooks of Mustad Size 6/0 – 8/0 equivalent.
• Ask the crew for preference
• Others method such as popping, luring, flyfishing, you probably have your preference and you can get expert advise elsewhere. 

SQUID

Squid Jig

• Tackle – 
• 6ft light rod (PE0.5-1.5)
• Reel to match the rod (Shimano 2000-2500)
• Set minimal drag to bring the squid to the surface
• Rig – 
• Squid jig #2.5/#3 with additional weight 
• Paternoster rig with squid jig.
• Do not bring your 8ft eging rod to the boat, you don’t need to cast far and the soft rod cannot work well with the additional weight.

BOTTOM FISH

Baiting

• Tackle
• Rod – PE4-6 boat rod that can handle >250g sinker comfortably. 
• Reel – Drag capable of more than 5kg else you need to thumb.
• Rig  
• Paternoster rig with 60lb leader. Just one branch is enough.
• Daiichi DX SOI #20/#22 J hook or equivalent size. 
• Bait  
• Live fish or squid strips are preferred. 
• “Butterfly” the dead fish for better presentation
• Again, the deckhand will know what is effective.
• Not recommended to use rigs with very long paternoster branches because it will annoy everyone around you and the rig will probably get stuck on the sea bed.

SPANISH MACKEREL

• Live Baiting
• Use 7x7 uncoated wired leader
• Luring
• Use 35-60g Sinking Minnow
• Jigging
• Use treble and/or wired assist hooks

Hope this is helpful.