Prawning (15/12/2008)

Well since i've not been updating my blog as often as i used to due to work load and busy schedule. Today i found some lil time in between to update what i did yesterday.

After work went home and prepared my hooks for some prawning session with a friend who's so engrossed and curious on how i catch these tiger prawns.

He witnessed it and he tried it.. i think he's hooked to it as well. Thats good cause his mum don't really need to buy prawns from the market anymore.

Some updates on the prawns that i caught yesterday.

Each prawns is averagely about 9 inches. it weights more or less around 100 grams each.

Total catches for the day.. not bad i would say..

so if catch around 10 - 15 it makes a kg. This prawns are huge and.. its so yummy. Can't wait for it to be cooked.

Here are some of the prawns that i caught.. but this photo's are taken a few weeks back just didn't have the time to post.

These are some of the big prawns that i had previously. Freshly caught and steamed with egg white with lots of chinese rice wine. Taste heavenly!

I would say.. my hobby is a lil worth it.. why do i say that.. my mum don't need to buy anymore prawns from market.. my family only eat tiger prawns now.. my gf likes prawns to the max.. so its like 1 arrow hitting a few bull eyes hehee..

Next food post.. Coffee Crab...

TIger Prawning Revisit!!

Well one of my favourite Tiger Pay Ponds closed shop due to bad business..



I can say the previous owner does not know how to maintain the business.. but anyway .. its back in business with a new owner..



Located along Jalan Meru..



I Was there on monday night for 3 hours.. total catch 1.4kg... I would say its very good already.. cause some prawns its about 9 inches.. damn the prawns are huge.. As I’m posting this I can imagine my gf drooling over the prawns already. Its very challenging as the prawns are huge and the fight is awesome.. Lost a lot of biggies.. Averagely each prawns for the big ones is about 80 - 100 grams each. Had fun looking at the bend telescopic rod and a mere 6lbs monofilament line..





Tiger Rambutan anyone??

Just four prawns enought to cover my whole palms already.

Can't wait to eat the big, juicy and fat prawns hehe..

Anyone interested in joining me? Give me a buzz..

Prawning!!

Well.. what is prawning you people might ask.. Well its simply a word used when you're fishing for prawns.. It would be wrong if you would say i'm going to fish prawns.. Other people might ask you.. So you're going fishing fish or fishing prawns.

Well in order not to complicate things.

Fish = Fishing
Prawns = Prawning

Its just my own definition.. I don't think there is such word in the dictionary.
Anyway.. back to the topic, i used to go for fresh water prawning for Udang Galah (big head prawns) it looks like this


Total catch of the day



I used to fish it in Kota Kemuning Prawn fishing pond. I no longer fish for this kind of prawns cause of the reasons below.
1) The prawn meat is not sweet
2) Its too costly to fish already(Rm 38 for 3 hours, RM 12 p/hour + Rm 2 for Jackpot)
3) I hardly catch more than a kg and market is selling RM 30 per kg.

Although its quite fun catching this kinda prawn using a light fishing rod.. but at the end of the day.. not worth it la. Below is the biggest big head prawn that i've caught so far.. its about 148 grams.. Jackpot contender.. but didn't win.


Then i was introduces to another kind of prawning.. its called Tiger Prawning cause the prawns are all tiger prawns.. There are alot of reasons why its better compared to the Big head prawns..mainly.. its far more worth it fishing and you don't need to wait long.. for people with no patience at all this is something you should try.
This is how a farmed tiger prawn looks like..

I just love the colour of it.. looks like someone spray paint on it.


One of the biggies that i caught.


Total catch for my tiger prawns


Steamed fresh tiger prawns..nothing taste better than fresh prawns!!


coming up next blog... Fishing..