Fishing in the Philippines
By livingtwist
@livingtwist (410)
United States
January 27, 2007 1:02pm CST
I'd love to hear about fishing in the Philippines. not the commerical fishing but the just the casual hobby and sport fishing. where the god places are and what type fish are cauagt most often and basic equipment that you use there.
3 responses
@spawnio (45)
• Philippines
28 Jan 07
i did try night fishing in Boracay Island aklan philippines, ok what to catch "red Snapper" or as we call it Lapu-Lapu. the bait small squid chopped small square bait size, the fishing equipment was quite old school .we used a bamboo roller and just a fishing line with 2 hooks. it is best of course to catch during full moon, and we were near the corals. this happened between 10pm-1am. and oh boy did we catch a load of fish.
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@livingtwist (410)
• United States
28 Jan 07
Thanks for the info. It's not any different from here along the Gulf coast. We use the same techique for red snapper here. Squid and shrimp are the normal bait ywe use. Sounds like just about any tackle will work there as well.
@arseniajoaquin (1732)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
I was fond of fishing when I was a child with my father. We just went to the river and used a fishing net. Then when floods came, we catched fishes in the open fields flooded with waters like an ocean and we used what we call "bunuan" made of bamboos.
@livingtwist (410)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Old school is for me as well, I grew up along the coastal area of North Carolina and we fished the rivers and Alantic Ocean using the same equipment. Often a cane pole was the standard. As the years have past I use a rod and reel now days but there is the thrill of catching a few fish with the simplest equipment.
@cambari (30)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
i am from palawan the philippines and been fishing since six years old, so i can tell you a thousand things you want to know about fishing in my province and country.
for starters, the good places/provinces to fish are: offshore/inshore- palawan, batanes/cagayan, davao, surigao, leyte, quezon. inland lake: pantabangan dam (pampanga) and lake caliraya (laguna). equipment: mostly handlines but we also use what you people in the US use for light/medium/deepsea saltwater fishing.
also we make our own lures: trolling feathers, spoons, wooden lures, squidding and octopus jigs, and terminal tackle. there are also fishing associations/clubs in some provinces such as iloilo, also the philippine gamefishing foundation (pgff) for the more affluent sportfishermen.
we catch what are mostly caught in your more tropical waters such as hawaii,florida and california, albeit in other names. okay if you want to know more, be specific in your questions so i can answer them specifically.
glad to hear from you. and soon.
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@cambari (30)
• Philippines
20 Feb 07
whew! if you want to fish in the philippines i advise you to bring your own tackle. there are of course tackle stores in manila where you can buy your needs but they are not as varied in terms of goods to sell as the US.you might not find what you want to use.
on the other hand, why not try fishing the Filipino way?
as for pgff, the people there will more than happy to have you to fish with. very good camaraderie as with all sportfishermen all over the world.but i knew and mingled with them years ago, so i am not familiar with the new crop.i believe the new members will be of the same quality as the pioneers of the organization.
good luck.
@livingtwist (410)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Thats great, thanks for the info and references I'll check out the Philippine Gamefishing Foundation. I kind of thougt it would be about the same as our Sourthern waters. Many years ago I was in PR and Caribean and it to is tropical like climate and fishing there was great. Sounds like the same techniques are used and equipment is the same for just the average fisherman.
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@Eisenherz (2908)
• Portugal
29 Jan 07
This is the info I could get...sorry if it sounds too generic:
The Philippines are a very marine country. The ocean is everywhere, and defines the existence of the archipelago. Obviously, the country relies heavily on fishing for consumption. Therefore it was obvious to go and see the return of the fishermen one early morning.
Many Philippine boats have two floaters on each side, and nearly all of them are colourful displays of fishery art. After returning to shore, the nets are cleaned and the fish are almost directly displayed to those interested on the quay. the fisherman laze off at the deck after a very early rise and active morning hours.
Some of them clean their boats, and get it ready for the next catch in the late afternoon. This ritual is performed daily by so many fishermen around the world. The boats get shiny and their colours are accentuated especially but the bright early morning sun.
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@livingtwist (410)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Still thats a lot of information and have seen this many years ago. I have been there many years ago and have seen the local fishing boats just off shore in the Manila area. I really was most interest in just more as hobby/sport fishing rather than commerical style. But after you mentioned it I recall seein the boats that were colorful and decorated there.
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