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#1 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:54 PM

A year ago, I found out that my cousin was getting married in December 2016. I wanted to attend the wedding in Hong Kong, and at the same time use this excuse to travel in southeast Asia some more. My sister and I decided on Indonesia and Cambodia after looking at several options.

We spent a week in Indonesia splitting the time between Komodo National Park and Bali. Komodo was definitely my favourite of the entire trip.

This is the first part of our trip. I'm in the midst of sorting pictures for the second part of the trip.

Here's the link to the series of blog posts starting with Day 1. I encourage you to visit the blog to read about the adventures and see additional photos. I've changed my blog layout a bit. So the Blog Archive is on the right side panel now. You can find the links to the rest of the days there.

http://muskiebaitadv...modo-day-1.html

Let's start with some scenery and wildlife pictures first.

Komodo National Park

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#2 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:55 PM

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Panorama

Palau Padar

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Komodo Sunset

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Palau Sebayur

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YouTube video of Manta Ray

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#3 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:55 PM

Bali

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Panaroma

Tegalalang rice terraces

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Mount Batur

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:57 PM

Now onto the fishes...

Komodo National Park is surrounded by the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth. Needless to say, the fishing was fantastic! I fished an hour here and two hours there over 4 days in Komodo can caught 48 species!

I was expecting the fishing to be great as well in Bali, but it was very disappointing. After fishing a total of 7 hours, I only caught 3 new species and maybe 6 fish in total.

Here are the Komodo new species...

Golden Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) - Species #635

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Small-toothed Whiptail (Pentapodus caninus) - Species #636

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Cheeklined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma) - Species #637

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Chocolate Hind (Cephalopholis boenak) - Species #638

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Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) - Species #639

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Orange-lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) - Species #640

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Bluespotted Hind (Cephalopholis cyanostigma) - Species #641

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Longfin Emperor (Lethrinus erythropterus) - Species #642

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Halfmoon Triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) - Species #643

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Yellow-tipped Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus nematopus) - Species #644

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:58 PM

Lattice Monocle Bream (Scolopsis taenioptera) - Species #645

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Giant Prawn-goby (Amblyeleotris fontanesii) - Species #646

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Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus furcosus) - Species #647

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Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) - Species #648

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Juvenile Mullet - Species #649

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Damselfish species - Species #650

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Milkspotted Puffer (Chelonodon patoca) - Species #651

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Silver Moony (Monodactylus argenteus) - Species #652

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Yellowmargined Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) - Species #653

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Zenarchopteridae species - Species #654

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#6 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:59 PM

Pennant Coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus) - Species #655

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White-shouldered Whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus) - Species #656

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Redbreast Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) - Species #657

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Spottail Coris (Coris caudimacula) - Species #658

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Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) - Species #659!

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Saw-jawed Monocle Bream (Scolopsis ciliata) - Species #660

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Cardinal species - Species #661

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Spotted-gill Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus chrysopomus) - Species #662

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Spotted Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) - Species #663

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#7 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 05:00 PM

Damselfish species - Species #664

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Tail-spot Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) - Species #665

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Bowtie Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas) - Species #666

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Floral Wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) - Species #667

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Sixbar Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Species #668

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Yellowstripe Monocle Bream (Scolopsis aurata) - Species #669

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Streamlined Spinefoot (Siganus argenteus) - Species #670

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Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) - Species #671

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Black Blotch Emperor (Lethrinus semicinctus) - Species #672

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#8 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 05:01 PM

Two-spot Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar) - Species #673

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Yellowspotted Trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) - Species #674

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Leopard Coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) - Species #675

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Grey Large-eye Bream (Gymnocranius griseus) - Species #676

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Southeast Asian Blackstripe Dottyback (Pseudochromis perspicillatus) - Species #677

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Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) - Species #678

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Red-toothed Triggerfish (Odonus niger) - Species #679

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 05:01 PM

Ornate Emperor (Lethrinus ornatus) - Species #680

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Darkfin Hind (Cephalopholis urodeta) - Species #681

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Redbar Sandperch (Parapercis bimacula) - Species #682

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Speckled Sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) - Species #683

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Here are the Bali new species...

Oceanic Puffer (Lagocephalus lagocephalus) - Species #684

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Common Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) - Species #685

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Onespot Demoiselle (Chrysiptera unimaculata) - Species #686

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 05:26 PM

Your one lucky man muskie.
I would never experience life as you.
If not for your pics. Lol
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#11 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 05:43 PM

Some people fish as much as they can locally. They buy all these lures, new rods and reels and satisfy their fishing needs locally.

I would rather save up the $10 for gas here, and $5 for baits there...and stop buying any unnecessary new gear...and voila, there's $2000 available to take a trip.
 

Oh yeah, it's nice to be single without any student debt as well LOL.

But no, I'm not well off. I was in grad school for 9 years, living on a basic, minimum wage salary while paying for tuition, rent and all living expenses. What makes it work is careful planning of my finances and I was able to save money even when I earned very little. :)


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Posted 17 December 2016 - 07:59 PM

Well done MB, always look forward to your reports.  If you are ever in need of a net man, I'm first in line.


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Posted 17 December 2016 - 09:02 PM

Amazing!

 

Never heard of the "Wahoo" before, found this pic of one online (for educational purposes only):

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 09:22 PM

Amazing!

 

Never heard of the "Wahoo" before, found this pic of one online (for educational purposes only):

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If I have a cute girlfriend who loves to fish, I'd yell "WAHOO" too!

But yeah, that's the species. Wahoo is one of the fastest fish in the ocean. Just pure speed.


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#15 MuskieBait

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Posted 17 December 2016 - 09:25 PM

Well done MB, always look forward to your reports.  If you are ever in need of a net man, I'm first in line.


A few many people have volunteered on that net man list LOL. Maybe you'll get the call one day.


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Posted 18 December 2016 - 09:42 AM

Thanks for sharing MB, amazing.


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Posted 19 December 2016 - 10:56 AM

Being single with no kids is the key. Awesome amount of species, do what you love.


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Posted 19 December 2016 - 08:15 PM

Being single with no kids is the key. Awesome amount of species, do what you love.


At least you have evidence of the lifestyle you are used to when you get to negotiations with the future wife! lol

I didn't know that wahoo were among the fastest swimmers but I know that they hit and destroy muskie baits :)
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Posted 08 May 2017 - 05:20 PM

I know is a old thread. 

Was wondering to Muskiebait, how was your experience fishing at Indonesia ?

You need to try around krakatau for fish sailfish and marlin there, Also for red sniper around 1000 island or Bidadari island.


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