July 29, 2009 – Gopeng, Perak (by Gerald K). After our memorable kayak fishing trip to Tronoh Mines, Mah and I were toying with the idea of exploring new kayak fishing sites at least once a month. Hardly two weeks later, Mah called me and said he remembered another ex-mining lake he had once fished in. The lake was in Kota Bahru (Perak, not Kelantan) and about 20km from Tronoh Mines. He recalled he had caught PBs and Mayans in this lake.
Lake with no name, Kota Bahru, Gopeng
I too couldn’t wait for another exciting fishing trip. We decided we should do it sooner than later. Two days later, exactly two weeks after our Tronoh trip, we were on our way to Kota Bahru, Perak. I arrived at Mah’s house at 10 past 5am and began our journey 20 minutes later. Like our Tronoh trip, it had started to rain soon after we left PJ.
We arrived at the lake 3 hours later and quickly surveyed the place for a launching site. We could see dark clouds hovering above us. We had brought along our ponchos and decided to push ahead rain or shine.
We decided to fish nearby just in case it started to pour. I had brought along my soon-to-be-launched Boogeese kayak (named after the fearless Bugis people of the Malay Archipelago aka the Bogeyman) for a real test. We quickly landed Mayans soon after. Not long after, the wind came and blew the dark clouds away. We then paddled out in search of bigger fish and the elusive PBs. The wind kept blowing and made flyfishing difficult.
In search of Peacock Bass...
A duck farm nearby
Me and my Boogeese
My catch...Mayan cichlids
Mah's catch...more Mayan cichlids
By 3.30pm we had landed only Mayans. I guess the PBs had taken the day off. There were big splashes too, but it looked like only the Mayans were interested to play. Half an hour later, we were on our way back to KL.
Another exciting kayak fishing experience nonetheless.
Thanks author , What a nice Title Kayak Fishing @ Kota Bahru (Gopeng, Perak).