Friday, June 24, 2011

Monster Fish in China - Yellow Cheek!!

It's been a year since my 1st encounter with the monster fish - Yellow Cheek Carp in Shanghai area. I'm now back for a 2nd challenge....... It is supposed to be a very warm weather during this season of the year BUT I don't know why when I come here, the weather is always against me. And the weather forcast says it is going to rain for the rest of the week......Sighhhh....

In this trip, besides myself, 2 fly fishermen came for the challenge too....

Chris - our guest all the way from USA, has made a Record of catching the first Chinese Yellow Cheek Carp ever landed by fly.... Congrats!

And a Skygazer too.....

Our host - Lin Fong, also caught himself a decent size Skygazer........

Gong Lei wasn't to be out done - By catching a giant Seabass as well...... Wooo Cheers bud!!

And for me, I have my first Yellow Cheek landed with Nories Laydown Minnow......

Yippeeee!!!....

The water where monster fish live.....

My second fish,.... also caught with the same lure.......

Yes! A nice size.....

And my third one was caught with the Daiwa 130mm Seabass Hunter III lure...... Can't believe it. It actually swallowed the whole 130mm lure...... Woooh!!!

Look at this 8.5kg fat monster Yellow Cheek Carp...... Beautiful!!

Gong Lei was also trying his luck at the same area......



....... with a good reward of a big Skygazer....... You are lucky one!!

Beautiful fish it was......

After some actions in a day,..... we also heavily stuffed ourself with many delicacies......

What a feast to behold....... I still drool when I posting the photos......



We have to thank our host for this sumptuous meal during our visit...... Especially to our bud - Gong Lei,.... Cheers to you, Man!!

The next day, back to the same place for more action........



Wooow! Gong Lei has caught a biggie with a top water pencil popper lure......

Woow! Look at the teeth mark,.... aggressive bite!!

Cheers to you, bud!!

Beautiful fish......

Suddenly, Dennis hooked up a monster with his wobbling fly...... immediatelly the line was burning his hand, and the monster was dashing out to the main canal. You can see how hard Dennis is fighting from his expression.......

Finally, after a few minutes fighting, Dennis has landed his first Yellow Cheek with fly...... Congrats!! And we believe it may just be the biggest Yellow Cheek Carp ever caught with Fly Fishing yet.......
After that, I was also rewarded with a Yellow Cheek too.....



Thanks & Bye!! I will try to pay you a visit next time...... I think it might not be happy to see me though..... Caught a small Seabass with a Rapala X-Rap Deep.......Nice!!.....



Heading back to town after much satisfaction.......Time for a gooooood meal again......



Placing our orders......

My favourite yellow wine......

You can tell it will be a good long night........ with all this wonderful food and wine..... Yummy!!





It was a magnificent fishing trip for everyone...... Cheers!!

On the last day, I had a little bit time before my flight..... So, Gong Lei took me to another place to try my luck.... Unbelievable! I managed to catch another two more Yellow Cheek before going home.....A photo taken on the way to the airport through the Yangtze River Tunnel...... Like a sci-fi movie - beaming home instantly without long suffer plane ride.....