• they were rehearsing how to use the shale net
  • here we go~
  • they started to wade in...
  • okay...good...
  • spread out into a circle..
  • drag the net to enclose the fishes (hopefully!)
  • 'scary' people scaring the fishes (hopefully...) towards the net
  • okay...close into the shore
  • almost done....there was a pouch at the far end of the net to gather the fishes (hopefully~)
  • pull the net in!!
  • let's see what we have...
  • we started sampling the catch
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  • WE CAUGHT THIS!! MY GROUP!! a Northern Pike. It was 1.6kg.
  • Instructor explaining the characteristics of the pike
  • the Northern Pike has pores on the top of its head for sensing...
  • finally we got to release the fishes...Val has the honour because they still had  their suits on
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  • the pike was so heavy they had to weigh it this way
  • the pike again, this was the 2nd pike, merely 0.9kg
  • the guy in green is my TA, he hiked Gunung Tahan, Malaysia 6 months ago.
  • red-backed salamander
  • leopard frog..with deformed hind limbs
  • the wet-area of the Molson Reserve, our 'nature reserve'. Molson is the family of a BIG local be
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