Kenali Jenis & Nama Ikan

CEO's2001-2009

Untuk sesiapa yang tak kenal ikan...boleh rujuk kat sini...pancing tu pancing jugak..tapi kene tahu mana ikan yang boleh dimakang, beracun & berbisa, ader sengat ke tidak..ikan darat ke ikan laut...siler tepek gambar ikang yer

Syd

nak tahu jenis2 ikan yang beracun. tq

CEO's2001-2009

ini adalah ikang buntal...tidak boleh dimakan..kalau makang alamat tercucuk duri la..

penah dapat ikan buntal semasa memancing atas jetty di Pulau Ketam

[ Last edited by  Ceo-Of-Cari at 14-1-2009 03:17 PM ]

Syd

ohhh comey nyeee

CEO's2001-2009

ini ikang sembilang...hati-hati ader sengat dekat insang dia...macam ikang keli je rupanya...tapi wujud dilaut

Syd

aik..

ikan sembilang pun ada kat darat kan?

ikan sembilang, keli & limbat ke apa nama dia

lebih kurang sama je...rasanya limbat tu..mcm panjang skit badan dia..dan color kuning2 lumpur gitu

CEO's2001-2009

ikan bandaraya...tak boleh dimakan

ketotmerah

sori..nak tanya..saya ada bela ikan bandaraya ni dlm akuarium..bela ikan puyu + ikan lampam + udang..ikan bandaraya ni dulu nya kecik..sekarang ni..mak aii! makin membesar..org kata kalau ikan bandaraya ni dah besar buang jer kat kolam ..betul ke?nape mesti buang?berlumut laa dinding akuarium tu

pojikun85

waduh2..mcm kelas la plak nak knl2 ikan..
cikgu2 ikan kat pangkor nama lain berbanding dgn nama tmpt lain...


sapa tau ikan PUTIDAMAR?????

sila jwb n ade hadiah mnnt..hehe

libra_gurlz

nak tanya gak.........

per beza ikan jenahak dgn ikan merah??

selalu ikut hubby pi paso beli ikan...

ada keratan ikan jenahak and ikan merah..

LG nampak sama jer tp nyonya tu kata ikan jenahak x sama dgn ikan merah.....

pojikun85

Originally posted by libra_gurlz at 14-1-2009 03:56 PM
nak tanya gak.........

per beza ikan jenahak dgn ikan merah??

selalu ikut hubby pi paso beli ikan...

ada keratan ikan jenahak and ikan merah..

LG nampak sama jer tp nyonya tu k ...

mmg tak sme la kak...

kalu kan jenahak..hrga mhl lagi  rasanya..warna dia putih n keemasan kt bhgina atas bdn..ada titik hitam kat ekor dia...sgt best kalu di pancing...

ikan merah warna dh ttu merah tapi ader mcm2 jenis la..

rasa dua ikan ni lebih kurang jer...still dari keluarga yg sm..snapper kot...

Joe_Shaper

Sebarau Cyprinidae family, subfamily Cyprininae, genus Hampala van Hasselt This is probably our liveliest sportfish! Weight for weight, I personally rank it as the hardest fighting freshwater fish in Malaysia! From the sudden thumping strike till the last seconds before it is landed, the sebarau just never gives up fighting the angler! In comparing it to the fish of the temperate climates, I'd say its traits are similar to the rainbow trout. The sebarau readily takes artificial lures with its aggressive character. The habitat too is very similar. It can be found in the larger streams, rivers, old mining ponds with streams running in, lakes and dams. They will lurk around structure in the flowing water. Using the eddies of fallen trees, branches and rocks to wait for passing prey. In still waters, the smaller sebarau can be found in and around shallow weedbeds. However the bigger sebarau will take up residence in deep waters. Areas with submerged tree trunks or fallen logs will produce sizable sebarau that sit in these deep waters. Sebarau up to a kilo give great sport on light casting tackle. Bigger sebarau require heavier tackle especially in snaggy areas. A sebarau over 2 kilos would be regarded as a rewarding catch. Sebarau as big as 5-7 kilos have been caught. Artificial lures like spoons, soft plastics, spinners, spinnerbaits and minnow profile plugs readily account for most of the sebarau caught. Flies like poppers, clouser minnow and deceivers will work for the fly fisherman. The sebarau has no teeth or sharp spines, therefore it is easily handled. It is a fish with good eating qualities (the only drawback are the Y shaped bones), it is fish in high demand. So I personally encourage anglers to practise catch and release, as they should for all our fishes.

Joe_Shaper

Haruan
Channidae family, Channa striatus Bloch

Also known as the Snakehead, or Sang Yee, the Haruan is probably the most fished for predatory fish in our fresh waters near the cities and large towns.

The reason for its popularity is its ability to survive in any little puddle, ditches by the road side, old mining ponds, slow moving streams, paddy fields and swamps. This ensures haruan can be found almost any where water is found. Its ability to survive in minimal water is due to the presence of a accessory respiratory apparatus. In other words, they breathe air. In fact they will "drown" if prevented from breathing. They have been found to "walk" from one body of water to another by lateral undulations of its body.

Every weekend you'll find haruan fishermen fishing all sorts of puddles by the roadsides. Surprisingly to the non-haruan fisher-person, haruan up too 2-3kgs are sometimes pulled out in these little "puddles"! Other favourite places are old mining ponds and swampy places.

The favourite local bait are frogs. One tackle shop owner told me he used to sell 10,000 frogs a week! Rigged up weedless and cast towards the haruan's lair will often result in an aggressive take. Another productive method is lures: soft plastic lures fished weedless for snaggy areas, spinner baits, spoons, spinners and plugs. Fly fishing catches haruan too! Flies that imitate baitfish, like deceivers, clousers, poppers and dahlberg divers have been found to be successful. Anything that will trigger the haruans predatory instinct works!

The haruan will hang out near structure, be it dead branches or a clump of weeds. In fact if there is more weed than water, chances are there'll be haruan deep among the grass. Therefore most haruan fishing is done with frogs, that can be cast into these holes among the weeds and slowly twitched along.

Sometimes the take can be a vicious strike. At other times it could be a gentle tap. One should slowly release the line, letting the haruan swim away till a fine trail of bubbles is seen. Then set the hook. This will ensure that the whole frog is swallowed, allowing the buried hook to find a grip within the haruans mouth. If artificial lures are used the hooks should be set immediately before the haruan drops the lure.

They can be caught as big as a kilo in heavily fished waters, but in untouched places sizes of 2-3 kilos is normal with haruan as big as 7 kilo caught occasionally! One could equate this fish to the American Large mouth bass.

This common Malaysian fish is also found throughout SE Asia and the Channidae family is found as far North as China and Korea! No doubt as in Malaysia, it provides anglers in those countries angling thrills too!

Joe_Shaper

Toman Chanidae family, genus Channa micropeltes (Cuvier and Valenciennes) Also known as the Giant Snakehead, this is a fiercesome looking fish, with a set of teeth to match. The character of the fish matches its looks, vicious! They have been known to grow over a meter in length, in excess of 20 kilos. But 4-6 kilos would be a common catch in the dams. Their fighting qualities essentially are similar to a runaway train or bulldozer! Unstoppable! On taken a lure or bait it will take off and head for the nearest snag! These fiercesome traits combined with its readiness to take artificial lures makes it a very popular sportfish! You could call it a cross between the Pike/Muskie and a American Largemouth Bass. Frequently found in dams, slow rivers, old mining ponds, lakes and swamps. In still waters it can be found lurking among the submerged timber and stream mouths. Like its smaller brethren the haruan it comes up regularly to the surface to breathe. Often a cast to a rise will result in a vicious strike! When the fish aren't rising, casting to structure will often yield results. But be ready to hang onto the rod and reel as the toman takes off towards a snag. The result? Another lure hanging on an underwater tree branch, and the lure manufacturers sales in increasing. Almost any lure in the market has been known to take toman, plugs, spoons, spinners, spinnerbaits, and soft plastics, they all work! The diet of the toman includes more than aquatic creatures, birds and even monkeys have fallen prey to the large toman. There is a story of a man that was drowned by a toman the size of a barrel, how true this is I really don't know. But surely this story only serves to show how feared the toman is as a predator! Live baiting with toman is also popular. Due to its sharp teeth the use of a short wire trace or heavy mono must be used to ensure that the line isn't cut through. Baits of whole or strips of fish can be used too. Other baits like catfish or chicken intestines are commonly used and successful. Toman readily provide sport for the fly fisherman too. Any baitfish type fly or popper should do the trick. Probably the bigger the better. But a stout fly rod, preferably a 8-9wt or higher would be required to stop this powerful fish in its tracks! Undoubtedly this fish provides the angler with heart stopping thrills in our Malaysian waters!

Joe_Shaper

Grass Carp
Ctenopharyngodon idellus

A native of China, it has firmly established it self in our local ponds. Being one of the larger fish found in the ponds it is popular with anglers looking for a bigger catch than the tilapia or lampam jawa.

It can often be seen cruising near the surface looking for tasty morsels. Throwing it an unweighted piece of bread often results in a hook up!

Fishing dough is effective when the fish aren't taking bait on the surface. Being a herbivore, carp will also take certain types of leaves, like ubi kayu (tapioca) leaves and kang-kung (a vegetable that grows by water). I have also seen them eat shoots of grass and flowers by pushing their head above the water to eat the tasty green matter on the bank side. On occasion worms and crickets do take grass carp too.

Grass carp grow to excess of 20kgs, but a catch of 5kgs or more would make most anglers esctatic! Most good catches are around 2kgs.

I consider carp a very smart fish. With its large nostrils it has very sensitive sense of smell. This helps it to locate and identify food easily, but it also seems to the fish able to identify baits that have previously caught its mates. I find that on day one, I'd be able to catch them on a certain bait. Day two, maybe one straggler on the same bait, more if I change baits. This goes on till I run out of baits, and except for the odd straggler, it can be months before they will take baits again! It is certainly a challenging fish to catch!

In this part of the world, carp is a food fish. When cooked well it makes a tasty dish. Like other fish in this family it has "Y" bones. However, when are carp bigger than a kilo the "Y" bones are easy to pick out.

Joe_Shaper

Tilapia Tilapia nilotica, Tilapia mossambica Probably the most common still water fish in our low lands. It is not indigenous to Malaysia but originates from Africa. Tilapia mossambica is presumed to have been introduced from Java in the early 40's. Now it is found it almost every freshwater pond in Peninsula Malaysia!A very hardy fish, it survives where even the local fishes perish! It is so hardy it has even acclimatised it self in saltwater estuaries in Port Klang and Straits of Tebrau, Johor! Being so widespread, it is targeted by many coarse anglers. Common baits used are worms, crickets, dough and bread. Use of lures for this fish here is rare, but I have caught them on small plastic grubs and even a 4" diving minnow! I believe one of the reasons this fish has survived is because it seems to learn fast! It learns the baits to avoid. Try fishing in a pond that has been neglected for several months by anglers. The fish will take any bait! You'll pull them up by the dozens! On the 3rd to 4th trip, a marked reduction of the catch will be noted unless the bait is changed! In the end the fish will get so cunning it will learn how to gently pick off the bait leaving the hook bare in time! When that happens, only by refining ones skill in coarse angling will the fish be caught. Usage of ultra light fishing gear will ensure a good catch and great sport! Tilapia less than a pound are common and easily caught in the wild. It is the bigger ones exceeding a kilo that are cunning and bait shy. Its eating quality is fair.There is another tilapia hybrid (originally from Taiwan), light red to pale pink found in the aqua-culture ponds. These are quite prevalent in the commercial fishing ponds.

Joe_Shaper

Lampam Jawa Puntius gonionotus Found in ponds and mining ponds in the low lands. Originally from Indonesia, it was brought here for aqua-culture purposes. It is an excellent catch on light tackle, generally giving the angler a good fight even though it doesn't grow very large. Catches above a kilo is very good. The most common bait used is dough and bread. Nevertheless it does sometimes take crickets and worms. Starchy fruits like bananas work too. Lampam can be quite aggressive feeders, furiously hitting the bait within seconds of landing in the water. Use of berley (chum) will improve the fishing. The flesh is quite sweet, but the only draw back is the many "Y" bones in the flesh. So to enjoy the sweet flesh one has to pick the "Y" bones out!

Joe_Shaper

Kelah Cyprininae, Tor tambroides. Also known as the Malaysian Mahseer. Also known as the Malaysian Mahseer, this hard fighting fish is considered the king of freshwater sport fish in Malaysia by many anglers! Just the mention of this fish will bring out reminisces of previous expeditions and the dreams of anglers yet to catch a kelah. This member of the carp family is well muscled and protected with large golden scales, as its habitat is the fast rocky rivers. The environment it lives in accounts for the power and tenacity of the fish when hooked up! Many an angler has lost the kelah due to its powerful runs into snag territory! Submerged timber the most common type of snag found in the rivers. These old tree trunks and branches washed down during flash floods. The kelah is found in our clean waters in many of the major rivers that are still unpolluted by man. The rivers in our national parks and those feeding Kenyir Dam and Temenggor dam are just some of the rivers known to hold kelah. Smaller rivers in the other states have kelah too. During the day kelah can be found lurking in the deep holes in the rivers. Placing a suitable bait there may entice it to bite. When night falls the kelah will leave its daytime haunts to feed in the shallow. It looks for food in the shallow waters and below the rapids. One can hear it actually turning over rocks looking for a tasty morsel! Thus fishing for kelah at night requires slightly different tactics. As kelah gets spooked easily, stealthy tactics are the way to go! Most kelah experts recommend very quiet movements and little light used at night. They usually fish alone as talking to a buddy might spook the fish. Kelah take a wide variety baits, but the most common are palm oil seeds and tapioca roots (ubi kayu). The palm oil seeds are obtained from remnants of harvested palm oil seeds found at the palm oil plantations. This oily seed can be used whole for large quarry or strips of its fibrous flesh used for the smaller fish. The use of ripe seeds are the best as it has a lot of oil (and smell). If it is overripe it is soft and doesn't hold well on the hook, under ripe it is very hard and doesn't hold as much oil. Tapioca roots that are slightly "rotten" are the best as it produces a strong aroma! The tuber is cut into cubes, a slit made in it and the hook buried in the slit. The size of the cube of tuber used varies from river to river. In some rivers the kelah will take tiny tapioca baits one centimetre square, in other rivers larger pieces are preferred. When the river is high and muddy due to heavy rains, bait like grubs or worms are preferred (these are the sort of food found washed into the river due to the rains). Large freshwater prawns found beneath the rocks in the river make good baits too. Natural forest fruits or nuts (neram, maris, ara, buah mata lembu, buah perah & jambu air) that are found by the river are extremely suitable baits during the appropriate fruit season. The kelah mouth/throat is very, very strong, to eat these hard natural foods. Many an angler has found the treble or single hook mangled up and returned! (Minus the fish of course!) Kelah do take lures like spoons and spinners on occasion too, but most anglers prefer to fish with bait. Ground baiting the day before fishing is important to increase the chances of catching kelah. Generally the best way of keeping crushed palm oil seeds or tapioca in the spot is to place the ground bait in a gunny sack weighed down with stones. The enticing smells will drive the kelah wild! Kelah grow in excess of 10 kilos but the 2-3 kilo range is considered satisfactory. It is also a delicious fish, very highly prized for its eating qualities. Not only that but the large scales are edible too! This fast disappearing fish is a treasure to anglers here and should be conserved. Catch and release is the only way to enjoy its fighting qualities and still preserve this fish in our waters!

Joe_Shaper

Siakap a.k.a. Kakap Putih, Gelungsung, Barramundi, Giant Seaperch, Sea Bass. Siakap - Lates calcarifer Locally referred to as the Siakap on the west coast of Peninsula Malaysia or as Kakap Putih on the east coat of Peninsula Malaysia, this fish is also found elsewhere throughout Australasia and known as Barramundi, Giant Perch, or Sea Bass. The Siakap is an exciting sport fish and gives the angler thrills with its spectacular gill shaking aerial jumps! Upon hook up this fish will tear off and commence to leap out of the water to throw the hook. If the hook isn't embedded firmly, chances are the fish will get away scot free! Local haunts Generally an estuary fish, found in mangroves or at the river mouths to the sea, it also can be found further up river in freshwater. Catching it a few miles offshore is possible too. Like most fish it haunts structure like fallen trees, rock piles or depressions. Small channel runoffs into the main channel in the mangroves are favourite spots for the siakap to wait for food being washed into the main channel by the receding tide. The big siakap can also be found in the deep channels, waiting for tasty morsels to be swept in and out with the tides. The small siakap tend to school together. If one is caught, then subsequent casts will often produce several more siakap. The larger siakap tend to be loners. Luring the siakap Siakap are normally caught with bait like fresh prawns or fish. However, live prawns or fish make the best bait to catch this fish. Casting or trolling with lures is effective too. Any lure that looks like the local bait fish is found to be effective, but then lures that look nothing like natural food can be effective too. Different estuaries in Malaysia have different successful lures. It is best to check with the local anglers (if they will reveal the "secrets") or the local tackle shops. When targeting the big siakap, use lures that look like the mullet (belanak), 6-8 inches long. Soft plastic minnow shads or grubs can be very deadly, especially when fished next to cover, or in open water too. Flies like the seaducer, pink thing, whistler, clouser minnow, deceiver, poppers and dalhberg divers are enticing fly fishing lures for this fish. No teeth There are sharp spines on the fins of this fish, so care should be exercised when handling it. It has no teeth, so the best way of handling it is by gripping it at the lower jaw lip with the thumb and forefinger. The lips are like sand paper, so the use of wire is not necessary. Mono leader of 20-40lb is sufficient to withstand the abrasion of its sandpaper like lips. Sharp gill rakers are beneath the outer most gill covers, so it is possible for the mono leaders to be cut when the fish flares its gills and shakes its head. Nevertheless the use of wire leaders is not recommended as the fish tends not to hit bait or lures with wire leaders attached. Not many siakap are lost due to the mono leader being cut by the gill rakers as the angle has to be just right. Thus the mono leader is preferred. Fish farms The siakap is commonly stocked in the commercial saltwater angling ponds these days, giving the casual angler the opportunity to tangle with this great sportfish. The only draw back is that the fight is not as great as with a wild siakap, especially when the influence of the anaesthetic drugs used for transporting the fish to these ponds is still in effect. Siakap is a popular fish in our local restaurants, thus the existence of many fish farms raising siakap as there is a great demand for it. However the eating quality of the wild siakap far surpasses those raised in the fish farms. This I know from personal experience. Nonetheless only those found in saltwater are good eating, those found upstream in freshwater don't have a very nice flavour, so I'm told. Catches of siakap range from half a kilo to fifteen kilos, but any catch over 5 kgs these days is considered exceptional. However there are still some rivers in Peninsula Malaysia where a siakap up to 10 kgs does not raise any eyebrows but a 20kg siakap is considered worth talking about! Catch and release recommended I would recommend all large siakap above 5 kgs to be released unharmed. The reason for this is that these big siakap are all females. They are the spawners that will continue the life cycle of the siakap in the river, giving the angler continued sport. The bigger the siakap, the more grounds for releasing the fish, as they will have more eggs to spawn! Siakap are protandrous hermaphrodite, they start out as males and then become females when reaching more than approximately 5kg. This figure varies from place to place, of course. Siakap spawn in the river mouths and estuaries. The fry will then migrate upstream and spend their growing period in brackish and freshwater. After a few years they will return to the sea. When sexually mature they will return to the estuaries to spawn again. Interesting fish, isn't it? The snook from Florida, USA looks very similar to the siakap/barramundi. The main difference is the snook has a horizontal line on its body, and the siakap grows much larger than the snook.

Joe_Shaper

Rahsia Gerut Gerut Dan Tebal Pipi

Antara Gerut Gerut Dan Tebal Pipi
Tebal Pipi, satu nama spesies yang jarang didengari di kalangan pemancing Pantai Timur. Sebelum melihat sendiri, sukar untuk membayangkan rupa spesies ikan yang dikatakan mempunyai pipi tebal. Saya tidak dapat bayangkan sebesar manakah pipi yang dikatakan tebal atau muka yang gemuk seperti ikan buntal sehinggalah melihatnya sendiri. Tebal muka istilah yang biasa diperkatakan, namun tiada istilah tebal pipi. Tebal pipi biasanya dipanggil 'tembam' atau pipi yang montel. Kerana pipilah ikan ini mendapat namanya.
Keluarga yang sama atau sepupu rapatnya ialah gerut-gerut (gegerut). Perbezaan yang paling ketara antara tebal pipi dan gerut-gerut ialah pada bahagian pipi dan warna sirip serta ridip. Namun kedua-duanya mempunyai tabiat yang sama iaitu mengeluarkan bunyi 'grooot... krooot' atau anda sendiri pernah mendengamya apabila ia dinaikkan. Tapi hanya gerut-gerut yang lebih dahulu menempah nama ini, 'groot' sehingga sekarang. Dapat nama dari bunyi. Gerut-gerut atau gegerut mempunyai bahagian sekata di muka, pipi atau dekat bahagian insang rata dan tidak menonjol keluar serta warna badan perak keemasan, warna tompok-tompok hitam di atas garisan deria dan bahagian ekor putih dan hitam di bahagian hujung.
Manakala tebal pipi mempunyai bahagian insang membengkak dan tulang pipi menonjol keluar, badan berwarna perak dan kekuningan di bahagian bawah terutama sirip, ridip dan ekor, kombinasi warna badan lebih cantik dari gerut-gerut, mempunyai tompok-tompok bintik hitam di bahagian atas serta badannya lebih gempal dari gerut-gerut. Namun kedua-dua jenis spesies ini mempunyai habitat dan diet yang hampir sama. Mungkin gerut-gerut mudah diperolehi oleh pemancing berbanding tebal pipi (perangkaan saya 20 gerut-gerut dan I tebal pipi). Ini kerana gerut-gerut mempunyai 3 spesies yang berlainan sedikit walaupun bentuk hampir sama dan bilangannya lebih banyak dari tebal pipi.
Namun saiz gerut-gerut yang mudah diperolehi sekitar 100 hingga 500 gram. Untuk memperolehi spesies yang lebih besar ia biasa dijumpai di air yang agak dalam dan terkeluar sedikit dari muara terutama paloh (laluan utama sungai) serta kawasan pulau persisiran pantai serta laut bebas. Saiz yang biasa dilihat untuk gerut-gerut di air dalam di antara 600 gram hingga 3kg. Tebal pipi jarang berada pada air cetek dan saiz yang biasa diperolehi agak besar dari 500 gram hingga 3kg. Ada pemancing dan nelayan menyatakan paling besar mereka perolehi ialah 5kg dan ia boleh membesar hingga sepanjang 80 cm, Tebal pipi yang paling besar saya perolehi ialah hampir 3kg manakala gerut-gerut terberat yang pernah dipancing di antara sekilogram hingga 2kg.
Peralatan Dan Teknik
Menggunakan pancing bersaiz sederhana dengan kekuatan tali 10 hingga 25 paun sudah memadai dan disyorkan jika pemancing ingin satu pertarungan yang adil serta sengit. Anda perlu gunakan mata pancing yang tajam kerana gerut-gerut dan tebal pipi yang bersaiz sekitar sekilogram mempunyai bahagian mulut yang keras terutama pada sebelah atas bahagian lelangit. Jika memancing di air yang mempunyai kedalaman lebih 15 meter, peluang untuk mendapatkan spesies yang lebih besar adalah cerah jika dibandingkan air yang cetek.
Di air dalam, cara dua spesies ini memakan umpan seperti ikan kecil, henjutan pada hujung joran tidak begitu ketara sehingga mata pancing sudah masuk ke dalam mulutnya. Saiz mulut yang tidak begitu besar memberi kelebihan kepada dua spesies yang mempunyai tabiat dan rupa yang hampir sama ini. Pemancing akan kehilangan hasil jika mata terlalu besar. Saiz mata kail yang disyorkan ialah 1/0 atau 2/0. Untuk mengelakkan umpan dicuri ikan yang lebih kecil pada pendapat saya, sotong kurita (jejari) adalah umpan terbaik selain cumit hidup, udang dan ikan bilis. Mungkin di kawasan perairan Pulau Sembilan, umpan ikan bilis paling mudah dan sesuai digunakan.
Baru-baru ini ramai pemancing dari Rantau Panjang, Kelang berjaya memperolehi 20 hingga 40 ekor tebal pipi sehari bersaiz purata sekilogram di Selat Kering iaitu di bahagian muara selat dari Pulau Angsa. Kawasan ini juga merupakan paluh (laluan yang agak dalam). Waktu paling sesuai ialah ketika air mati dengan umpan udang hidup, jejari sotong kurita dan juga perumpun. Kawasan tersebut adalah berpasir dengan dasar mendatar di kuala selat tersebut dan mempunyai kedalaman sekitar 15 hingga 25 meter. Pulau Ketam juga mempunyai potensi untuk memancing spesies berekor kuning ini sewaktu air mati atau besar dan jika kegiatan menjaring dikurangkan supaya baki yang tinggal menjadi habuan pemancing yang biasanya tidak menyapu bersih jumlah yang ada.
Gerut-gerut yang biasa diperolehi di kawasan muara dan air cetek sesuai menggunakan perumpun dan mata yang lebih kecil. Kalau mata pancing yang digunakan terlalu besar anda perlu selalu memasang umpan baru setiap kali selepas henjutan berlaku di hujung joran.
Habitat
Tebal Pipi boleh didapati di kedalaman air sehingga 60 meter (200 kaki). Sungai dan kawasan pantai yang dalamnya lebih dari 10 meter juga menjadi pilihan spesies yang mempunyai pipi kiri dan kanan yang tebal ini. Jarang didengari ia bejaya dipancing di kedalaman kurang dari 3 meter kerana sifat ikan tebal pipi ini gemar kepada air yang lebih dalam. Sekiranya air kawasan padang pancing bersih atau jernih di kawasan dasar, warna terutama di bawah perutnya lebih kuning dari bahagian badan yang lain kerana sisik yang bertindak balas dengan air persekitaran. la lebih gemar kepada kawasan dasar berpasir dan kadang-kala merayau di kawasan batu karang kecil atau berkelompok kecil di kawasan berpasir sesuai dengan tabiatnya mencari makanan di dasar. Spesies ini lebih banyak terdapat di Pantai Barat semenanjung.
Gerut-gerut boleh diperolehi di kawasan air cetek sehingga kurang dari satu meter tetapi kebanyakannya bersaiz kecil. Gerut-gerut yang bersaiz besar 500 gram ke atas hanya boleh diperolehi di perairan yang dalam, lebih dari 10 meter. Gerut-gerut gemar kepada kawasan kuala sungai, pantai dan kawasan batu karang di persisiran pantai atau pulau. Pilihan utama gerut-gerut ialah di kawasan kuala sungai yang berpasir dan juga di kawasan reba pokok bakau.
Walaupun bersaiz kecil, ia boleh mengejutkan pemancing dengan larian pantas ketika melarikan diri dan marnpu menghabiskan umpan yang dua kali ganda besar dari mulutnya. Gerut-gerut yang bersaiz 500 gram ke atas sangat popular di Australia sebagai salah satu sumber protein mereka.
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Gerut-gerut lebih enak dimasak kari, tumis pedas atau stim. Anda juga perlu berwaspada kerana sesetengah gerut-gerut mempunyai daging yang agak liat dari kebiasaan. Kes ini biasanya terjadi pada spesies yang mati mengejut (pendapat orang lama) selepas dinaikkan terutama separuh badan hilang disambar pemangsa yang lebih besar. Tebal pipi mempunyai isi yang lebih sedap berbanding gerut-gerut dan djual lebih mahal. Namun sukar untuk mendapatkannya di pasar kerana ia amat kurang diperolehi berbanding gerut-gerut.