Merchung Fishing Trip Photos

Just before I and my friends go for the fishing trip, we received a call from the Merchung boatman saying that the sea was quite rough and it is not recommended to go out for fishing. Due to this situation, we hold a meeting and all agreed that the trip have to be “on” because the whole purpose for the fishing trip was not about catching fish but more for togetherness and enjoy the seafood. We proceeded our journey and by 7.30pm we reached Kuala Rompin and had our dinner there. The weather looks good on that day but no one knows about tomorrow’s weather. After dinner we went to buy some fruits and foods at the nearby mini market before heading to Merchung. As usual when we are in the chalets everyone would be busy preparing their fishing gear and talks about jokes, families, and many other topics. This is the time of real fellowship!


We went to sleep about 11.30pm and woke up at 6.30am for breakfast. The weather doesn’t look good but improving. After breakfast, we waited for another 2 hours just to see if the weather improves or not. At about 9.00am the sky was bright and clear and we sent a boat to observe the situation. We got a called from the first boat saying that the sea condition was a little bit choppy and still tolerable and he added if you wish to come you may do so. We made a decision to go out and if the sea is bad we will come back and just fish at the riverbank. I was in the second boat and we cruise along the river for about 15 minutes before we could reach the wide open sea.

True enough the sea condition was still not improving and we decided to fish at the riverbank. I could see some of my fishing buddies were quite disappointed-me too but we can always make a trip back here anytime. There is always a better tomorrow. No point to force ourselves and we heard from the boatman said that there was once a boat capsized not long ago due to big wave. This time around the climate was very unusual; by right the sea should be calm at this season. Some boatman said it was the effect of the tsunami happened in the Solomon island recently. How true was it, I’m not so sure. There could be other causes too such as global warming and etc.

There is no fun fishing at the riverbank and after 1 hour we went back to our chalets waiting for the fist boat. While waiting, we do some casting at the jetty and caught some small fishes. We chatted again at the jetty, and enjoy the beautiful scenery and heard birds chirping. This kind of condition you can’t find it in KL and it was so relaxing and the mind really refreshed!


Finally the first boat arrived and after shower, we packed our things and went to nearby fishing village to search for fish to buy. We managed to buy three lobsters for dinner and 3 of my friends bought a 8kg ebek fish (trevally family). They want to bring it home and show it to their wives. We told them please don’t buy salmon and cod fish (it’ an imported fish and can’t be found in Malaysia water) and show it to their wives-we all laughed.

Dinner served at about 6.45pm, had some chat again and then we went back home about 7.30pm. It was a little bit tiring but very refreshing. I’m looking forward for more trips like this but of course with good weather. Check out the rest of the photos below:

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