croxfiber - sportfishos lounge

game fish... so beautiful!

smooth dogfish shark (mustelus canis)

cunner (tautogolabrus adspersus)

bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus)

open water mangrove jack / rocky mangrove jack

blackfin tuna (thunnus atlanticus)

email-images from middle-east sportfishos

those marine creatures 're fantastic!
oj - please air them.. feel it!
abgCF - no problem bro

grouper

fish spa... hahahaaaaa

haji latif binadan with grouper

zimin pudak & monster grouper 10kg+ (jewfish)

brrrrrr

another red phase grouper

isa pintal wanna feel it too..

sand tiger shark 30 kg

the sand tiger shark (odontaspis taurus) is found
in warm-temperature coastal waters..

fancy to attack swimmers & skindivers

can grows to 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) & 300 lb (135 kg)

Isa's toying on monoline 20 lb & leader 80 lb
with vmc hook size 6

patches zone... you're hooked!

zimin pudak & isa with 6 ft 1 in & 30 kg shark

isa - pakai kerikan ku ganya.. syok mamintal hehehe, 5 minit alhamdulillah naik tah sand tiger shark ani..
zimin pudak - hafiCF, aku & hj latif pun passing passing cuba memintal.. lain mainnya yu ani.. syok ehh, 1st time tah ku merasai ni.. feel it!

credits: the new encyclopedia of fishing/ various info

game fish!

shark on my head..

dubai sea..

fun.. fish..fantastic!

credits: oj/dubaimind.com

abasKFC (king fisher adventure) onboard :
croxfiber boat : July 20, 2009

hits! strikeee

awang ahad's (hardcore jigger) witnessing
the buzz, excitement & thrill

it'sss gettttting closerrr

get the net!

SHARK! endangered species..
perhaps 10 to 13 kg.. catch & release..

reel - avet : rod - shino : leader line - lemax 80 lb
bait - king prawn : location - the american wreck

The American Wreck (World War II wreck)
Identification - The US Navy's 808-tonne Admirable Class mine-hunter USS Salute

Size - 56m (185ft) by 10m (33ft) by 5m (16ft)

Built - November 11, 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co of Seattle;
the ship was launched on February 6, 1943 (sponsored by Miss Patricia Lindgren) and commissioned on December 4, 1943

Operations - It was first put into service in Hawaii in 1944 escorting convoys between Pearl Harbour & several ports in the Far East. Later it was involved in intense action, providing protection for anti-aircraft vessels & submarines, as well as mine sweeping. Numerous mine sweeping in the Philippines, the ship began in Brunei Bay where it stuck a mine in 1945

Sunk - June 8, 1945



Info:-
1. The wreck is broken in half & folded on itself; with the bow lying on top of the stern. The bottom is at 30m (100ft) on the sand & the shallowest part (the bow) is at 12m (40ft)

2. The fish fauna is good, with shoals of batfish, spotted & stripped sweetlips, cardinalfish, sweepers and fusiliers

3. Numerous of butterflyfish, angelfish, scorpoinfish, lionfish, octopus, grouper, moray eels, barracuda, small sharks, snappers and putterfish

4. Dutch vessel SS De Klerk is known as Australian wreck which is not quite a distance from the American wreck

5. Average depth normally 20m (65ft) and 30m (100ft) maximum

credits: dive guide malaysia over 110 top dive & snorkel sites including sabah, sarawak & singapore - jack jackson / perbadanan labuan - the tourism & culture division