Fishing in Sembilan Island (P9) is one of the great place for fishing in Malaysia. These island is located 10 miles off Pangkor Island, a famous tourist destination in Malaysia. It is part of Perak State, Malaysia. Sembilan Island is popular local fishing spots. On weekend there are many local fisherman made fishing trip to Sembilan Island.
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Sembilan Islands are uninhabited islands consists of nine islands namely Lalang Island, Saga Island, Rumbia Island, Agas Island, Payong Island, Buluh Island, Nipis Island, White Rock and Black Rock. The waters around these islands is not only popular for fishing, but also diving site with good condition all year around.
Fishing in Sembilan Island is more fun. It has great coral reefs, steep slope coral where a lot of grouper and snapper are flocking and hiding in the crevices and under overhangs. You may fish around Rumbia and Buluh Island where many fish to catch. Besides, Saga and Lalang Island are also the great fishing spots in Sembilan Island.
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The fish you can catch in Sembilan Islands are giant trevally, queen-fish, barracuda, grouper and snapper. Anglers who come for fishing in Sembilan Islands, they are also going for fishing in Jarak Island and Pangkor Island fishing.
There are also many other nice fishing spots in Sembilan Islands. White Rock is one of best fishing spots to catch hard-tail scads or also known as torpedo scads in abundant by bottom fishing. The fish also can be catch with micro jig 5-7 gr, 10-15 gr. Jigging with the micro jigs that similar like tiny fish will attract the fish to grab. May be it is not a target fish to catch, but the fish is great to catch. You may also cast a lure near the rock with light medium tackle to catch some trevallies.
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Sembilan Island is also popular island for camping and nearshore fishing especially in Lalang and Rumbia Island. Aside of fishing and diving, there is also a popular phenomenon sight in the island called “blue tears”. It is luminescent planktons in abundance emits a blue color glow in the dark can be seen after dusk along the shorelines of the islands.
How to get to Sembilan Islands
You can fly to Kuala Lumpur and taking a bus depart from Kuala Lumpur to Lumut. It takes about 4 hours. You will find a jetty in Lumut depart to Sembilan Islands.
