Monsoon Kelong Fishing.

Where to fishing when the monsoon season arrive? The first two or three month of a new year also mean the Northeast Monsoon will be roaring in the South China Sea for the next few months.

What is kelong?
A kelong is a Malay word to describe a form of offshore platform built predominantly with wood, and can be found in waters off Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, while only a handful remains around Singapore due to rapid urbanisation. Kelongs are built by fishermen primarily for fishing purposes, although larger structures can also function as dwellings for them and their families.

Though not favourable to boat fishing, the South China Sea is actually best fished during this time on the kelongs built on solid woodwn stakes located along the east coast of Southern Pahang, Johore and Melaka.

This is the time to go after the biggies which often come near to these wooden platform for shelter as well as for food. The common species to be caught includes all kinds of baitfishes, such as selar, tamban. bigeye scad (lolong). as well as barracuda, ebek, tenggiri and many species of fish in Malaysia. The squids are also always there for the taking

Some of the popular kelong includes :

Johor (Off Pulau Sibu)
Kelong Ah Fatt (Tel: 019-755 4356, 019-751 8858)
Kelong 511 (Tel: 013- 721 2332, 012-771 1775)
Kelong Wing Sing (Tel: 019-771 2879, 019-766 9215)
Hot Boys Fishing (Tel: 019-745 3016, 65-988 03436)

Pahang
Acheh Kelong (Tel: 019-779 2684, 019-777 2684)
Inu Kelong (Tel: 012-770 1959, 012-722 5685)

Selangor (Bagan Lalang)
Mahmod Kelong (Tel: 019-661 1448)

The platform use for fishing

One of the Kelong