Three More Kings Surrendered..!

Another outing this morning and the three of us were each rewarded with three large size king prawns..

Osman as usual with his king prawn...never misssed a single prawn on every outing this boy...ada ilmu kali!

Hj.Ashar with his wide smile after he finally landed this king prawn..

Syazni with yet another XL size king prawn...

Another King Prawns Defeated..!

This afternoon we went for another king prawn fishing also at the Belait river...though our catch is far less than before but this time we managed to catch the largest king prawn that we ever catch before...!

Osman opening his account with this large king prawn...

This is our record catch...a 300g king prawn!

The king prawn stretches almost 2ft in length....!

Look at those long claws...are they called claws or pincers?? ok whatever...this large king prawn gave a tremendous fight and we were surprised when it finally landed inside the boat that it was actually only get hooked on one of those small legs...what a luck!

Which one is bigger the one on the left or the one on the right..?

Syazni's king prawn on the right...Osman's king prawn on the left...or the other way round???

Osman & Family King Prawn Fishing Trip

Osman and his family went for a king prawn fishing yesterday morning at the Belait river...they managed to capture three king prawns and several small ones! In total they caught around 90+ prawns for the whole day trip...

Osman showing his king prawn...

Caught in the net...

Their total harvest for yesterday...

King Prawn Fishing Trip At Kuala Belait River

We went for another king prawn fishing this morning at the Belait river...although it was raining heavily in the morning it never dampen our spirit. We arrived at our usual boat landing spot around 10.30 am where our friend, Osman was already there waiting...Once onboard we straight away went to our hotspot...

...:: Heading towards our favourite hotspot... ::...

...:: Syazni's first catch ::...

...:: Osman hit the jackpot with this large king prawn...! Abis record kawan ku hahaha...::...

...:: Another catch by Syazni which was no match to Osman's king prawn...citttttt!! ::...

...:: "Queen prawn" by Syazni...still no match! ::...

...:: Another "queen prawn" by Osman... ::...

...:: More prawns caught by Osman & Syazni...I wondered where's Ibnu's pictures...??? ::...

...:: Check out the size of that king prawn compared to the soft drink can...! ::...

Altogether our total catch for the day was only 26 prawns...about half of what we caught last week...but unfortunately our friend Ibnu didn't get a sinlge prawn...atu panasss hehehehe! Nevermind there will always be a next time Ibnu! Cuba lagi kawan...

Get To Know The Giant Freshwater Prawn

The giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), also known as the giant freshwater prawn or the Malaysian prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp (not prawn) native to the Indo-Pacific and northern Australia. This species (as well as other Macrobrachium) is commercially important for its value as a food source.

This species of shrimp can get quite large, attaining a length of nearly one foot and a weight of several ounces.

Giant River Prawns have been farmed using traditional methods in south-east Asia for a long time. First experiments with artificial breeding cultures of M. rosenbergii were done in the early 1960s, where it was discovered that the larvae needed brackish water for survival. Industrial-scale rearing processes were perfected in the early 1970s.

The technologies used in freshwater prawn farming are basically the same as in marine shrimp farming. Hatcheries produce postlarvae, which then are grown and acclimated in nurseries before being transferred into growout ponds, where the prawns are then fed and grown until they reach marketable size. Harvesting is done by either draining the pond and collecting the animals ("batch" harvesting) or by fishing the prawns out of the pond using nets (continuous operation).

...:: Madie showing his king prawn or "udang galah" ::...

...:: The king prawn ::...

p/s: More stories of the catch report [here]