Draft: Introduction to fish the Rabbitfish

Johan · #1 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 23:38

Bros,

Kayanya sudah saatnya kita bikin penjelasan ttg cara mancing baronang dan alat2 yg dibutuhkan, dalam Bahasa Inggris.
Beberapa waktu yll, sudah ada peminat dari daerah Arab Saudi yg sempat posting beberapa kali, tapi kini ga aktif lagi.
Beberapa hari yll, ada lagi member baru dari Singapore yg berminat utk belajar mancing baronang.

Ini gua sudah mulai bikin draft nya. Dengan bahasa alakadarnya yg mudah2an bisa dimengerti oleh orang asing. Tolong masukkannya apa aja yg perlu dirubah, atau ditambah, atau mungkin ada penggunaan kata2 yg salah, supaya draft ini bisa lebih jelas lagi bagi pembaca nya.

Simple things you need to know about fishing rabbitfish.
May be edited many times as I hv might forget something.

I. Introduction
Siganus or rabbitfish can be found in the tropical water from Indo-Pacific through eastern Mediterranean.
They are Herbivorous and feeds mostly on Algae. They live among shallow coral reefs and jetties.
There are many species and some of the species commonly found on Indonesian waters are:
1. Siganus Guttatus or Orange Spotted Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Tompel. (See Pic 01)
2. Siganus Javus or Streaked Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Angin. (See Pic 02)
3. Siganus Canaliculatus or White Spotted Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Susu / Lingkis. (See Pic 03)
4. Siganus Virgatus or Barehead Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Kea2 / Kalung. (See Pic 04)
5. Siganus Stellatus or Brown Spotted Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Lada. (See Pic 05)
6. Siganus Vermiculatus or Vermiculated Spinefoot, or in Indonesian Baronang Batik. (See Pic 06)

II. Equipments.
Though there are a couple of methods used to catch this fish, I will only discuss the method we locally called "Negek".
1. Pole rod: A telescopic, antenna like rod, with no ring guides and real seat. Preferable length from 4.5 - 6.3 meters. With a medium to hard
action. (See Pic 07)

2. Line: 6 - 14lbs mono depending on the target size.

3. Float: A ball, diamond or UFO shape with a hole in the center that goes from top to bottom, is used to detect fishbite.
(See Pic 08.)

4. Hooks: A 6points or more multi hooks. Size varies from # 5-9. (See Pic 09)

5. Stopper: Made from lead (0.1 x 1 cm) or rubber. In some cases, (depending on the bait used), is needed to hold your bait.(See Pic 10)

6. How to rig: (See Pic 11)
- A line is attached to the tip of the pole rod with a length depends on the water depth +1meter. This could varies from 2m to max of rod length.
If the line is longer than the rod length, it will be more difficult to land the fish.
- Insert the float. Leave a space about 1metre from the tip of the rod to the float. And insert a toothpick as thick as the hole in the float to hold
maintain the position of the float.
- Tie up the hook. You need a double line as long as 10cm at the hook's side to tie the hook if you are using baits other than pulverized rice.
The function of the double line is to pinch the bait between it.
- Wrap a lead stopper (sized 0.1 x 1cm) above the hook. Again, this is only needed when you used baits other than pulverized rice.The function
is to tighten the pinched bait on the double line.

III. Baits.
- Since rabbitfish is a Herbivorous, the favourite baits are Algae, depending on the location, colour varies from green to red. Algae can be find
on the rocks or stones near the water, and on the jetties. (See Pic 12)
- Pulverized rice. Made from plain white rice or yellow rice. Put some warm rice on a thick plastic bag, and squeeze/pulverize until they stick
together. (See Pic 13)
- Sliced of fish meat or prawns can also be use to replace Algae.

IV. Location. Favourable depth is ranging from 2-6 metres.
- Under/near jetties (See Pic 14),
- Marina's wave breakers (See Pic 15),
- and rocky bottomed seas.

V. Fishing steps.
Once you have all the equipments needed, and you have prepare the bait, you are ready to fish. Go to a fishing ground, a jetty perhaps. Chum the spot you want to fish with a handfull of regular, unpulvericed rice, to gather the fish. Study the depth and set your rig.
Adjust your rig and your float so that the float will remain about 25cm above the surface while your bait is about 25cm from the bottom. (See Pic 11).
Put the bait on. If you are using Algae, or sliced fish, put some of it between the double line, not on the hooks, but above the hooks, and tighten the stopper. (See Pic 16).
If you are using pulvericed rice, take some, and cover the whole hooks with a ballshaped pulvericed rice. (See Pic 16).
Now you wait, try not to move your hand holding the rod, and concentrate on the float. Winds will blow your float left and right, but, fishbites will vibrate your float up and down in a very fast movement like neddle of sewing machines. Watch carefull as this vibrates are sometimes very unnoticable, depending on the size of the fish. And when it vibrates , strike hard with a sudden jolt movement. Do not be late. And you will feel the strong fight of a Rabbitfish.
Be extra carefull when you are trying to release the fish from the hooks as the spines contains poison. Not seriously danger but very painful which will cure itself in an hour or so. GOODLUCK.

Some photos i used belongs to members of this forum, I hope you guys dont mind.

Johan · #2 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 23:51

Pics Continued.

wongsolo · #3 (**permalink**) 30-04-2008, 23:55

Goods Bro Johan for Introduction Rabbitfish nya .......n Float a ball nya made in siapa bro ?

ong_edward · #4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 00:25

wah boss johan hebat... intronya komplit banget perlu cendol nih tapi sayang udah kepake kemarin2... nyusul dee cendolnya.

itu udah pasti pelampung boss erwin toko "WIN" yang terkenal ampuh

Johan · #5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 00:34

Bro Yanto,
Float a ball? Maksudnya pelampung? yg mana? Yg kiri buatan Erwin.
(Masa ga tau sih??? Kelewatan deh...)
Yg tengah dan kanan pelampung celup beli ditoko lain.

oling · #6 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 02:53

wuihh reportnye mantaff-apalagi picnye bikin sakaw ha3....top abis

wongsolo · #7 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:04

Betul Bro Han......... soalnya tuh pelampung suseh carinye gw dulu beli ama si usup jelambar he he he

Kenthunk · #8 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:14

oom johan....

boleh ajarin saya dong.... Tapi on the field aja kali yah. Kalo disini susah ngertinya.

Ichang · #9 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:33

Ten tumbs up, bos! Udeh sempurna penjelasannye, nggak ada perlu direvisi lagi. Tinggal minta tolong SM or Admin untuk setting thread ini di posisi paling atas bagian FishyRabbit (kaya' model announcement di fishytalk dll - bisa dibantu kan bos Jerry/Yanto/Adri?). Nanti copy thread-nye tak posting sekalian di subforum/fishygroup RAFAC.

Btw, itu gambar no.13 --> Tangan genderuwo yech? Kek..kek..kek.... Item & gede betulllll...!!!

Salam kandidat ketua RAFAC

: smt023

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gajami · #10 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 12:04

bos johan,penjelasannya bagus banget,gambarnya juga bagus...newbie ga perlu repot2 nanya,liat gambar harusnya udah ngerti tuh.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ichang

Btw, itu gambar no.13 --> Tangan Item & gede betulllll...!!!

chang,bukan tangannya johan aja yang gede

tapi kalo warnanya sih ga tau deh.

arip · #11 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 13:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ichang

Btw, itu gambar no.13 --> Tangan genderuwo yech? Kek..kek..kek.... Item & gede betulllll...!!!

Anjriiit, ntu kan tangan gw ... wakakakakak.

Adhie · #12 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by arip

Anjriiit, ntu kan tangan gw ... wakakakakak.

Wekek....kek......kek....kek.....om Ichang ente tega bener seh masa tangan nya Om Arip di samain ama tangan nya gendruwo....

Didi Afandy · #13 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ichang

Btw, itu gambar no.13 --> Tangan genderuwo yech? Kek..kek..kek.... Item & gede betulllll...!!!

Salam kandidat ketua RAFAC

: smt023

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Hua..ha..ha..ha...Bisa aje lo,itu kan temen lo sendiri..hua..ha..ha...

Bos Joe
Top Markotop dah,benul..eh betul kata Ichang asin gak perlu ada yg direvisi lagi sdh jelas..sejelas2nya,walaupun masih ada yg kurang jelas..kan bisa dipost lagi pertanyaannya.

thank's

moebara · #14 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 10:32

T.O.P

(ternyata kalau kirim message harus lebih dari 10 character yah.... )

Jovan · #15 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 11:42

Yess ... the power of garonger udah mulai go international ... mantap boss

monyet · #16 (**permalink**) 02-05-2008, 13:18

Only very minor insignificant or merely no correction needed, anyway its an excellent rubric Pak Joe.

Mister Jopan, you're not allowed to speak, since your license is still grounded. Your right to speak will emerge once you can fish again. So, up to next year, please sit down, stay quiet nicely and wait till the time is come....

KCDL kecian dech loeeeee..... kabuuurrrr (canda... Van canda....)