Honest to goodness boatman in Zambales

November 2, 2008. Yeah, it was All Souls Day. But it was a free day for most of the FilAnglers. So we headed off to Brgy. Pundaquit, San Antonio, Zambales for some fishing. A few of us already caught some good sized game in Pundaquit, JL caught a 4kg King Mackarel and a 11kg Yellow Fin Tuna, Alan Caught a 12kg King Mackarel, I caught a 6kg King Mackarel and a 4.5kg Trevally. We were hopefull that the group will get a good haul.
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A month ago, I visited a new spot in San Antonio, Zambales area. The location is a fishing village and a few tourist resorts sprouted on it’s shoreline. A few kilometers from the shore, there you will find Capones and Camara Islands, and on a clear day you can see the clear white sands and tropical blue waters. Tourists are frequenting the place to bask at the secluded island beach merely a few hours drive from manila.

I was led to Pundaquit not because of it’s crystal blue …

Yellow-fin Tuna (Thunnus albacares ) reach a maximum size of 450 pounds. Yellowfin have thick round, elongated bodies, dark blue or black above with yellow on the sides and fins tinged in yellow with the finlets yellow and can be found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Yellowfin Tuna are a highly prized gamefish. They are schooling fish that toils on the deeper part of the ocean. They will undoubtedly burst onto the surface when feeding and running after baitfish. Schools of tuna will sometime set up residence on the …

Crunch-Time-Angler Alan had a free sunday from his busy sched and decided to go fishing and tagged along me and johnnyboy. When we left santolan around 2:30 am, we were contemplaing on what to do; trolling? jigging perhaps or bouy hopping? Definitely all three of us wanted to try jigging so it’s one of the agenda. Arriving at Laiya a little before 6am and asked Tereso and Rosen what are biting. It’s definite daw that there’s no dorados so it will be trolling and jigging.

Capones and Camara Islands are small Islets located in the area of Pundaquit town in San Antonio, Zambales. A mere 45 min. bus ride from Subic or a 3-hour from Manila (Victory Liner station in Monumento)
JL, Randy and I, already went there a month or two ago. We came there almost after a storm, ended up soaking wet, and caught a few small snappers, groupers but none were notable sized. I caught two papakols around a kg each but I wasn’t able to take a pic. I think it’s still …

A cheap (P50.00) alternative to a fighting belt.