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TRIP PULAU SEMBILAN

Lokasi                : Pulau Sembilan

Tarikh                : 14 Disember 2013

Geng GTOdak    : Zul, Sheli, Sura, Razlan, Razlan Junior, Kamarul, Hj.Mahzan

Tangkapan         : 20 ekor Ikan Talang, 1 ekor Grut2 ,1 ekor Cermin/Cupak dan pelbagai spesis ikan    kecil (Kerapu,Lolong Bara,Selar dll)

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Angler catches bizarre mystery fish

by Mohamad Abdullah, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on November 6, 2013, Wednesday

MIRI: An angler here caught a bizarre yet to be identified fish on Sunday.

The mystery fish has a large head and is covered with sharp spines on the top and bottom of its body.

Its body gets progressively smaller towards the tail.

The fish measuring over one foot in length has two tusk-like spikes near its mouth.

Sapar Mansor, 43, from Taman Ceria, Permyjaya, caught the strange creature in the sea near Tudan.

“This is the first time in my life that I have seen this type of fish. I brought it home to my wife and informed her of the rare catch,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

Sapar said he and a friend went out in a fishing boat and travelled two hours from Miri River to the sea.

They started fishing around 5am and caught many fish with their fishing rods.

After about an hour of fishing at the location many miles from Miri, he landed his surprising catch.

“My husband caught this rare species and I was surprised to see the fish,” said his wife Siti Kadariah, 35.

“When my husband brought the fish home, both my children were stunned because of its shape and uniqueness.”

She said the children have taken to calling the creature an ‘Armour Fish’ because of its sharp spines.

Siti has decided to dry the fish so that it can be preserved and kept at their home.

“It is God’s gift and I and my family will keep the fish,” she added.

New Straits Times

Monday, Feb 18, 2013

PORT DICKSON, Malaysia - A fisherman here survived a freak accident when he was impaled by a swordfish at Teluk Kemang here on Feb 11.

 

Abu Bakar Bachik, better known as "Pak Abu", 57, and his friend Rosli Manap, 55, were returning from their daily catch when the incident occurred near the PD Marina about 3am.

Abu Bakar said he felt like being punched hard in his stomach when he was impaled. "I saw blood gushing out from my T-shirt and realised what had happened," he said when met at Jeti Nelayan yesterday.

"I will never forget the sight of the fish flying towards me before impaling me in the stomach right next to my navel," he said.

Abu Bakar said the 1m-long fish eventually jumped back into the water.

"Rosli steered the boat back to the jetty so that I could be rushed to Port Dickson Hospital," he said, adding it was discovered that his intestines were badly damaged in the incident.

"I was referred to Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban (HTJS) where I underwent a six-hour operation."

Rosli said that in his 30 years of being a fisherman, he had never been in such an incident.

"We have been going to sea for 30 years and this is the first time we had ever been attacked by a swordfish."

He said it was common to see swordfish jumping in and out of the water but was shocking to see one impaling his friend.

"This is the first incident of its kind for any fisherman here as we had only heard stories of Singaporean fishermen being attacked by swordfish. Now, I have witnessed my own friend being attacked by one."

Pak Abu said the experience would not dampen his spirit to carry on as a fisherman because he had already become "one with the sea" a long time ago.

"Maybe this swordfish sought revenge from me because my stepdad was fondly known as 'Hashim Todak' (swordfish) because in his youth, he liked fishing for swordfish."

He said he did not know how long it would take him to get back to fishing and that he felt sorry his friend would have to brave the sea alone for the time being.

"Life goes on, I hope that the Telok Kemang Fishing Association will be kind enough to lend me a helping hand since I am a registered fisherman with the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority."

sumber: New Straits Times,Monday, Feb 18, 2013