Victor

ohhhh snap

Actually I did try eating them already at a restaurant, deep fried. It was quite good but then alot of fish taste similar when deep fried. I wouldn't eat anything from where I was fishing, lots of sewage outlet mixed in with gasoline :S.

I have no idea what it's called in English, but I know its chinese name. I guess "rabbit fish" it is. However I don't think they are herbivores. These fish like to eat crap (literally crap), you find them around the dirtier water and they have tiny mouths. Here in HK people usually use an octopus hook (basically like 8 hooks all on one shank), put some dough above the hooks and snag them. these would be considered local fisheries and they should be cheaper/fresher. The fish are probably caught by netting and the crabs/shrimp by submerging cages. As for the clams and other hardshelled seafood I have no idea :S

Congrats on yet another successful outing Mike & Ant! I'm guessing the lady friend finally let you use your own camera?? lol!

Hey all, I'm currently on my grad trip in Hong Kong. I have been here since Apr 21 and will be staying till beginning of June. However, even though I'm on the other side of the globe I still come on every so often and I still think fishing everyday . Did a side trip to Taiwan for 10 days and I dropped lots of $$ at the tackle shops there already. Most fishing in Taiwan and Hong Kong is saltwater and their tackle/technique is very different. Yesterday I visited the public pier at Saigon, Hong Kong. Along the pier all these fishermen display/sell their catch to the pedestrians on the pier, once the buyer pick out what he wants, the fisherman would use a long net to deliver the items. Creatures in saltwater are just so colorful and pretty. Of course I did a little bit of fishing and tried out the new whip that I bought in Taiwan. That was the only fish that I caught but I'm happy to catch anything. I did raise a decent sized crab at one point but it let go of the bait when I tried to lift it out of the water. O well. I have made plans to fish for squid later in the week. I hope everyone is doing great back home and I will post again on my squid trip if I'm successful Victor

I'm back on the night of June 3rd, which means I'll be good to go on June 4th !!! Aren't you guys using Ant's? You should just do bursts, take multiple pics all in short period of time and I'm pretty sure one out of many would be nice.

Nice work guys, that fish is absolutely gorgeous!!! Can't wait till I'm back so I can join you guys.

Biggest of the year so far eh I'm sure you'll get one bigger very soon.

I just bought a 3.6m whip here in Taiwan lol ... next time I'll go and catch all the fish before you have a chance to reach them

Greetings from Taiwan! psh, it's all small fish. jk Congrats on a successful trip!

Nice work buddy!

Great report Stephen! Looks like you have been having lots of fun and success lately! I certainly have to get Randy to teach me how to fish with the whip one day. I find that the smaller carp here are usually grey/silvery (maybe up to about 5lbs or so) ... then the bigger ones are all golden/yellow/orangey

Sounds like you had a great weekend Carole! (minus the work anyway )

Thanks for the report Dan, the weather was pretty nice today.

amazing video, now i want to have a pet fish

Nice work guys, and the poets mike lol. It's too bad I missed out this year ... but I'm just one exam away from freedom!

Uh, it's MY spot lol, I thought you went somewhere else. We should have just gone there on Saturday, I'll never listen to those online flow data again lol. congrats on the mirror!

Nice meows! I'm hoping to find a day to get down there!! thanks for sharing

The lift probably did touch the wires and it's grounded to the ground (tires) ... glad that he's fine

good luck dude, hopefully this warm spell has turned them on. Please report back!

I'm so jealous that you have a honeyhole so close to home that'd produce this time of the year Nice work!

I heard that it was a slow day. I think the only fish caught was a channel cat? Lorne? Marko? update us!

If you don't fish for the table, and only does C&R, it doesn't really matter how they look like. You can hook into big fish and potentially get decent numbers as well within a 15 minutes drive from home. (seeing that you're from Hamilton, I'm actually very jealous of that) They do fight harder when it's warmer, maybe all the ones you've hooked into so far were caught during the cooler months? If you have a couple of hours to kill, give it another go when it's warmer. Hamilton Harbour houses alot of big fish, there are some 30s in there and even 40s have been caught.

Congrats on the fully scaled mirror! Is that your first ever?

Happy Birthday Beans! I'm looking forward to summer so we can hook up for some carp again!