Oce@ Lures Lunaticos: The Deadliest Catch

Terengganu Oil & Gas Field. This trip will cover Dulang, Bekok, Seligi, Tinggi & Pulai. Located around 180nm from Kuala Besut Jetty. It's take about 22hrs~24hrs non stop journey from jetty by local fisherman boat.

This is place that we want to conquer.

our team member from left Juragan M.Aris, Prince Ainiel, Inspektor Pink Laili, Tobeng Enal, Me, Our Captain Che Mat, Mat Ishak Dry, RadziV, and sitting down from left Chef Along, Prof Chot & Navy Nizam The Sailorman.

Get some last discussion about our last trip there. Hopefully success as before.

Loading our stuff & need at LKIM Kuala Besut Jetty.

Easy access to jetty & parking at our Captain House.

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Too many stuff to carry.... is it possible...

Our Boat. Sapura TRF881 own by Che Mat the local fisherman who only dare to fish far away as Pulai just to fill our satisfaction.

The up stair deck, not too comfortable but for me, better than nothing... can manage to load our luggage & just nice to 6~8 person in term to sleepzzzzzzzz..

Covered by canvas, so can open for easy natural wind come inside for ventilation.

front deck, extra fresh water needed as our trip is 5days 4nights.

need to arrange our tool & equipment properly to make sure our comfortable..

this is i mean our stuff...hehe

enough for 15 person

On the journey some kaki's manage to make their last preparation, tieing leader & so on- so on...

Prepare rod holder for trolling.....

The journey Begin.....

July 11,09

We left Kuala Besut Jetty around 10.00am & assume to reach our 1st spot, Dulang around 10 at the night. It's is the long & boring journey which take 12hrs for arrive at our 1st pit stop. I declare to other kaki's to sleep since all of them just chatting around and tieing their leader & prepare their set-up. I just fixed it at home already. So no more tieing on the bot. I need some rest after driving from KL which take 7hrs at 700km. I feel so tired & sick at my back. Sleep might be help.

After wake-up from my "chiky sleepzz", there are still have my kaki's can't manage to sleep. I think they are very exited right know coz this is his 1st trip there. In term i feel better right know, i prepare some of my setup at the front deck.

We reached Dulang Rig around 10.30pm, & as usual before they drop their jig, i have to land my 1st trophy with my Saltiga . Dulang normally home for Bigeye & rainbow runner. But no rainbow runner landed that night. We only landed 12 of Bigeye Jackal 4~7kg. 4 landed by me...

We have to stop our jigging sensation this time coz the super duper Mother of S.E wind hit us at 11.30pm. I & my buddy Prof Chot try to jig, but nothing we can do... We defeat by nature. Our condition at this time just like boarding Northwestern at the Bering Sea in the Deadliest Catch. The different is our bot are so tiny compare their boat which conduct by Captain Sig.hehehhehe

Our tekong proposed we anchor behind the Puteri Dulang Platform for safety since 8 from 10 of our kaki's are trauma & seasick. Cannot stand at all, how to jiggg.. so we manage to sleepzzz & drop the bottom arsenal to do their job....

Aris Juragan posing.... but the date at this pic must be wrong i think...

July 12,09

Our journey continue at 10.00 on the morning but the S.E wind not like to stop hitting us part by part..We moved to Bekok which usually take 4 hours. But in this wavy scenario we reach there about 6 hours. No picture taken at this day since 8 of our mate still trauma & seasick. Rest of them vomit a long day until nothing more to pull out. This time we call "puasa" before the season coz the some of the Vomit Member which we call them Vomittee cannot eat at all. Not just eat, even drink also can't & they just laying on the deck all day...wuarrggg..wuaarrgh.. this time we know who are the fit & tough guy...hehehehehe can't declare you are the Hardcore Anglerzzzz la..

Since our mate laying on deck floor for take their breath, me, Along Crew & Prof Chot manage to apply new tactical of jigging... by sitting la wei... can not stand at all.. wave hitting us about 3m~6m height... it's not choppy anymore..it's crazy wavy & windy.. sometime our bot was hit by crazy wavy which also damage our nasi for lunch.... our nasi become salty porridge..hehehe

All rest of this day we cannot landed any fish, even can't fish anymore... so our tekong board us to our next spot and hope this S.E wind can leave us. As our guess, this wind just following us wherever we go... so no choice of us. Who among us dare to jig in this condition continue our mission.. as usually only me, Along Crew, Prof Chot & Juragan Aris(on/off) love to try.... another mate still laying on the deck floor for ICU condition...hehehehe

After boring on this situation, we ask our Captain boarding to our next pit stop...The GT Triangle (Seligi, Tinggi & Pulai). Another 5hrs to 6hrs needed to reach there on this carzy wavy condition. As usual, only me, Along Crew, Prof Chot & Juragan Aris dare to jigging in this situation. We landed 2 GT, 5kg-8kg and forgot about 5 bigeye 4kg-6kg on jig. I try to cast my Adhek Gecko Popper but the distance we cast only about 20m & can't reach the spot. The wind quite strong this time so i can see my popper fly away from my target cast... how to poppppp... so kept back my popping gear & continue jigging for bigeye...

I cast my jig near the rig structure & jig faster... suddenly i feel shock from fish attacked but the fish more faster to cut away my leader & take home my 7C revolver...tiu na ma.... what the hell of fishhhhh this is... perhaps tenggiri or barracuda... Suddenly Prof Chot who jig beside me got stike from fish.... after fighting around 5 minutes, about 7kg tenggiri lay on his jig & the kevlar assist just broken when the gaff touch it's body... we just lucky at this time...

i lost about 3 numbers of my favorite jig by feeding this tenggiri here & we ask our tekong go to our next spot for ambush the mysterious GT .

Lepak for light jigging of Cermins.

July 13, 09

We lepak-lepak at nearest "Unjam" for group of cermin sensation. We landed about 130 cermin here with our light arsenal. Some of us still in the deck coz the wavy not stop yet & more crazy than before at this "Unjam". We can see the wave are higher than our boat... at this time our captain show his skill to cleave the crazy wavy.

We just start our jigging session at 5 on that evening. And again we visit our greatest spot hopefully there are GT there... after jigging for few hours, can only landed 3 GT, 7kg to 12kg and some bigeye scale 4kg to 6kg... it's frustrated feeling cause we have to move back tonight slowly to the jetty by stopover at Seligi, Bekok & Dulang again .... Huaarrrr.... It's ok maybe the weather condition not support us this time, so it will be another time to visit.... next year lor...

July 14, 09

We reach Bekok at 12pm and jig for few hours before we went to dulang. We landed some Bigeye scale 4kg~6kg here.

We move to dulang for last jigging & bulu casting before we back to the jetty. We reach dulang around 4pm and make our last session jigging & bulu casting. I landed 2 of Rainbow Runner on Bulu 2kg~4kg with 4 occupide strike. No more luck for us on this trip....perhaps next year the weather will compromise with us... good bye oil rig...see you next year..