Sea Fishing

[Tawi2]

Anyone have experience of fishing the rivers or shore ?

From a lake in Mindanao I caught loads of siamese catfish(pla buk)they are stocked as fast growing foodfish,other freshwater has been raped,fished in a few places and caught very,very little,I have seen guys electro fishing streams and catching next to nothing,similarly the shores have mile after mile of small-mesh gill nets denuding fish stocks on unimaginable scaleOnly place I fished from the shore with good results was sulu and jolo
Theres a reason Robson Green in extreme fishing caught very little in pinas,lots and lots of subsistance farmers taking every single fish they can get their hands on,catch and release doesnt figure highly in their practice
I am not in Pinas at the moment,but was just off the coast of north africa when I saw the sunfish today.A better bet if your into freshwater fishing in asia is thailand,some of the best lake and river fishing I have ever done,comparable to anywhere in the world.

[Tawi2]

Just got a nice pair of rods as the Tuna are about to start running,if I get one when trolling I will stick up a pick,also got the lat/long for a sub wreck which holds big conger

[Tawi2]

Was out earlier,just over 20 miles offshore,Tuna were showing everywhere,saw several dozen,trolled for just over an hour without even a hint of interestSaw several large sunfish and a load of smaller specimens on the run back to port and watched a local unload octopus from his boatHaving another session in the morning,lots of Tuna in the area,they either arent feeding or I am not offering them what they want