2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

[MuskieBait]

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://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2016/11/2016-asia-komodo-day-1.html

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

Komodo National Park

 

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Panorama

Palau Padar

Komodo Sunset

Palau Sebayur

YouTube video of Manta Ray

https://youtu.be/RJvloh4cnrc

 

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Bali

Panaroma

Tegalalang rice terraces

Mount Batur

 

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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

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

Cheeklined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma) - Species #637

Chocolate Hind (Cephalopholis boenak) - Species #638

Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) - Species #639

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

Bluespotted Hind (Cephalopholis cyanostigma) - Species #641

Longfin Emperor (Lethrinus erythropterus) - Species #642

Halfmoon Triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) - Species #643

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

 

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Lattice Monocle Bream (Scolopsis taenioptera) - Species #645

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

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

Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) - Species #648

Juvenile Mullet - Species #649

Damselfish species - Species #650

Milkspotted Puffer (Chelonodon patoca) - Species #651

Silver Moony (Monodactylus argenteus) - Species #652

Yellowmargined Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) - Species #653

Zenarchopteridae species - Species #654

 

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Pennant Coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus) - Species #655

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

Redbreast Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) - Species #657

Spottail Coris (Coris caudimacula) - Species #658

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) - Species #659!

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

Cardinal species - Species #661

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

Spotted Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) - Species #663

 

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Damselfish species - Species #664

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

Bowtie Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas) - Species #666

Floral Wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) - Species #667

Sixbar Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Species #668

Yellowstripe Monocle Bream (Scolopsis aurata) - Species #669

Streamlined Spinefoot (Siganus argenteus) - Species #670

Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) - Species #671

Black Blotch Emperor (Lethrinus semicinctus) - Species #672

 

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

Yellowspotted Trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) - Species #674

Leopard Coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) - Species #675

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

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

Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) - Species #678

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

 

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Ornate Emperor (Lethrinus ornatus) - Species #680

Darkfin Hind (Cephalopholis urodeta) - Species #681

Redbar Sandperch (Parapercis bimacula) - Species #682

Speckled Sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) - Species #683

Here are the Bali new species...

Oceanic Puffer (Lagocephalus lagocephalus) - Species #684

Common Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) - Species #685

Onespot Demoiselle (Chrysiptera unimaculata) - Species #686

 

[tossing iron]

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

 

[MuskieBait]

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.

 

[Dozer]

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

 

[salmotrutta]

Amazing!

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

 

[MuskieBait]

Amazing!

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

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.

 

[MuskieBait]

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.

 

[fisgfreek]

Thanks for sharing MB, amazing.

 

[bigugly]

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

 

[chinooky]

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

 

[canliq]

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.