Fishing
he said he admired the expat lifestyle in his home of Icolos Norte.
Expats waking in the morning to walk meters to the beach and surf fish, break for lunch and a nap, fish again in the afternoon, then maybe shoot the breeze at a local pub over a beer and watch some football in the evening.
Sounds like heaven.
I have enjoyed fishing a couple times in Oton, my inlaws are on Panay. Caught lapu-lapu, snapper and golden trevally. Good times.
God willing, I will spend my retirement living and fishing in the Philippines. I hope to build the world's fastest banka.
So,
Where does a Kano set up camp in the RP to enjoy a retirement
with lots of good fishing?
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I am hoping to hear from those who fish regularly on their own.
Since the poorest folk in the Philippine live by the sea, everything that wriggles close by is eaten. There is a Philippine angling club on the internet that is worth look.
We met a chap who has built large ocean going catamaran with a Mitsubishi pajero engine in each float, he came from the Cebu area and says that there are no fish there. He earns his living by taking out groups of expats far away out to sea overnight. His boat has fish finders and a proper sit down toilet.
So you'd need a large boat to be successful round the main Luzen island.
A friend diver says that the sea round Palawan swarms with fish so that may be the place to look at, just throw a line over the side and his men were catching their dinner ??
i came to the phils with a lot of fishing gear so i was prepared hehe.i wil move to Davao oriental soon ,i spend some time around Davao city ,no good fishing there haha.
but manny places here provide great fishing al kinds of fish ,big game fish to .
so
go for it an catch the catch of ya life here hahahaha
i wil surtenly try to.
greets Dirk
Game fishing is better 3 to 5 miles off shore and from what I'm seeing anyone who goes out come back loaded with large fish. No marina and no place for a big boat. The best thing is to build your own dock. The China Sea is relatively calm and ideal for small craft. Typhoon s generally come from the Pacific and cross the Luzon (mountains) then hit here so by then they have lost their strength. So rarely are there sea disasters involving fishermen.
Ship your gear either by FedEx or DHL....
wen i came here i had my hand carry and the rest of my lugage was a large bag ful of fishing rods weight 28 kilo,the rest of my gear ,reels nets and beach rod stands an so on i alredy sended by air cargo, in a large steel trunk weight 85 kilo, overhere.this costed me 600euro ,not cheap but it was and stil is my intention to stay here so worth wile investment to me he.
greets Dirk
greets Dirk
ps : china merchandise inc, in Manila has a wide range of fishing gear ,the adres with streetplan kan be found on google
silverman wrote:sirrobcentral- Laoag is the other place Iam considering living I know a Canadian filipino that lives in Sarrat and he mentioned I should check Laoag out. Do you know how snorkeling would be within 1hr of Laoag ? Do you fish near Laoag area?
Snorkeling is done by the rock formations and the windmills. I've seen guys in diving gear walking out of the water but no air tanks, my assumption is try they were snorkeling and fishing because they had spear guns. No fish though.... LOL
So yes to within an hour of Sarat and Laoag. Tell your friend to start going to breakfast at Mc Do so I can meet him. I'm now in Marcos Town next to Sarat. The best kept secret here is Lake Paoay near the Laoag Airport. Brackish water so plenty of salties. The other is like I told you... Three miles out big trophies abound buy no Taxidermy.... Hehehe.
the shipping prices can run up ,i complained about it and must say after i told them i knew they were a subdivision of Amazon and these shipping prices were a lot les there ,the shipping prices dropped radicly hehehe
just ya know he.
i checked out the fishing rods for sale in the ph on google ,but,these are second hand rods and in some of them after inlarging the pics i shaw damage ,so i wil never buy there.
greets Dirk
found a reef less than one mile from the beach ,been very busy building a boat it took a long wile to find al i needed to build whit fiberglas but finaly found a good adres in davao.both alredy a 12hp diesel engin propeler and propshaft so nothing can stop me nowww
greets dirk
fishing, also called angling, the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Like hunting, fishing originated as a means of providing food for survival. Fishing as a sport, however, is of considerable antiquity.
fishing, also called angling, the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Like hunting, fishing originated as a means of providing food for survival. Fishing as a sport, however, is of considerable antiquity.
-@ferhana muneer
Welcome to the forum. would that be a little like jostling in a super market? Prefer to relax on my beach, Throw a line in and a catch is a bonus. Antiquity no, I think you got it all backwards.
OMO.
Cheers, Steve.聽
Fishing in rivers, forget it here. For sea fishing I have acquaintances who seasonally fish for the sailfish and dorado off Santa Ana (Cagayan), similar plus marlin off Siargao (Surigao del Norte) and Mati (Davao Oriental), yellowfin tuna of Sablayan (Occ. Mindoro). All good, safe places to live but lacking some of the comfort foods and amenities of Europe/North America.
In the past I fished at Arthur Treacher Fish & Chips.
I brought a bunch of rods, reels and tackle and tried fishing on a couple of the local long piers but I have yet to get a bite using cut fish for bait. I've seen some really nice worms when digging on the property but my mother in law says she would not eat a fish caught with a worm.
Moon Dog said . . . . I brought a bunch of rods, reels and tackle and tried fishing on a couple of the local long piers but I have yet to get a bite using cut fish for bait. I've seen some really nice worms when digging on the property but my mother in law says she would not eat a fish caught with a worm.
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Many years ago when my children were small I took them to a private stocked lake, they charged an admission and you had to keep the fish you caught. Also they charged you by the weight of the fish you caught.
But the interesting thing is that you had to use their Cheese Balls for bait.
@Enzyte Bob whattaracket
@Enzyte Bob whattaracket
-@Larry Fisher
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Sure it may seem like a racket but my children were thrilled to catch fish. Another fishing trip experience with聽 was fishing on Lake Michigan.
I gave the kids a choice a visit to six flags over American or a half day charter on Lake Michigan for Coho Salmon. My son, wife and I all got sea sick but my daughter was not affected at all. The four hour charter was ended early because we all agreed to go back to shore.
Another fishing trip was an area called land of lakes in Illinois. I rented a boat, no motor, but rowed out into the lake. When we got to a nice fishing spot, I discovered that I left the bait on the dock. I rowed back to the dock and then back out again into the lake. A few hours later, not one bite.
So it was well worth the trip to the private stocked lake. The kids caught fish and the trip was cheaper than the charter boat or a visit to six flags.
I brought a bunch of rods, reels and tackle and tried fishing on a couple of the local long piers but I have yet to get a bite using cut fish for bait. I've seen some really nice worms when digging on the property but my mother in law says she would not eat a fish caught with a worm.
-@Moon Dog
I am not an expert at fishing by any means but it seems to me that most fisherman these days will take along several different types of bait and experiment until they find the right set up and bait. Problem now is that unlike when I was a kid and it was one rod, a lot of fishermen seem to fish with three rods. There fishing tackle is probably worth thousands of pounds.
I brought a bunch of rods, reels and tackle and tried fishing on a couple of the local long piers but I have yet to get a bite using cut fish for bait. I've seen some really nice worms when digging on the property but my mother in law says she would not eat a fish caught with a worm.
-@Moon Dog
I am not an expert at fishing by any means but it seems to me that most fisherman these days will take along several different types of bait and experiment until they find the right set up and bait. Problem now is that unlike when I was a kid and it was one rod, a lot of fishermen seem to fish with three rods. There fishing tackle is probably worth thousands of pounds.
-@Cherryann01
I meant their fishing tackle, would not let me correct.
Moon Dog commented . . . I've seen some really nice worms when digging on the property but my mother in law says she would not eat a fish caught with a worm.
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Not quite relate but. . . It's not uncommon when Asian prepare fish the head is left on. When I was a boy the family took a one week vacation to Burleigh Falls Ontario.
The kitchen prepared the fish we caught that day for dinner. The chef/cook left the head on the fish. My Mother refused to eat the fish and Dad asked why? She replied the fish was looking at her.
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