2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

[MuskieBait]

A year ago, I found out that my cousin was getting married in December 2016. I wanted to attend the wedding in Hong Kong, and at the same time use this excuse to travel in southeast Asia some more. My sister and I decided on Indonesia and Cambodia after looking at several options.

We spent a week in Indonesia splitting the time between Komodo National Park and Bali. Komodo was definitely my favourite of the entire trip.

This is the first part of our trip. I'm in the midst of sorting pictures for the second part of the trip.

Here's the link to the series of blog posts starting with Day 1. I encourage you to visit the blog to read about the adventures and see additional photos. I've changed my blog layout a bit. So the Blog Archive is on the right side panel now. You can find the links to the rest of the days there.

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/...day-1.html

Let's start with some scenery and wildlife pictures first.

Komodo National Park

































Panorama

Palau Padar



Komodo Sunset



Palau Sebayur



YouTube video of Manta Ray

https://youtu.be/RJvloh4cnrc

Bali











Panaroma

Tegalalang rice terraces



Mount Batur



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Now onto the fishes...

Komodo National Park is surrounded by the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth. Needless to say, the fishing was fantastic! I fished an hour here and two hours there over 4 days in Komodo can caught 48 species!

I was expecting the fishing to be great as well in Bali, but it was very disappointing. After fishing a total of 7 hours, I only caught 3 new species and maybe 6 fish in total.

Here are the Komodo new species...

Golden Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) - Species #635



Small-toothed Whiptail (Pentapodus caninus) - Species #636



Cheeklined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma) - Species #637



Chocolate Hind (Cephalopholis boenak) - Species #638



Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) - Species #639



Orange-lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) - Species #640



Bluespotted Hind (Cephalopholis cyanostigma) - Species #641



Longfin Emperor (Lethrinus erythropterus) - Species #642



Halfmoon Triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) - Species #643



Yellow-tipped Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus nematopus) - Species #644



Lattice Monocle Bream (Scolopsis taenioptera) - Species #645



Giant Prawn-goby (Amblyeleotris fontanesii) - Species #646



Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus furcosus) - Species #647



Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) - Species #648



Juvenile Mullet - Species #649



Damselfish species - Species #650



Milkspotted Puffer (Chelonodon patoca) - Species #651



Silver Moony (Monodactylus argenteus) - Species #652



Yellowmargined Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) - Species #653



Zenarchopteridae species - Species #654



Pennant Coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus) - Species #655



White-shouldered Whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus) - Species #656



Redbreast Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) - Species #657



Spottail Coris (Coris caudimacula) - Species #658



Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) - Species #659!





Saw-jawed Monocle Bream (Scolopsis ciliata) - Species #660



Cardinal species - Species #661



Spotted-gill Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus chrysopomus) - Species #662



Spotted Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) - Species #663



Damselfish species - Species #664



Tail-spot Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) - Species #665



Bowtie Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas) - Species #666



Floral Wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) - Species #667



Sixbar Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Species #668



Yellowstripe Monocle Bream (Scolopsis aurata) - Species #669



Streamlined Spinefoot (Siganus argenteus) - Species #670



Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) - Species #671



Black Blotch Emperor (Lethrinus semicinctus) - Species #672



Two-spot Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar) - Species #673





Yellowspotted Trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) - Species #674





Leopard Coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) - Species #675





Grey Large-eye Bream (Gymnocranius griseus) - Species #676



Southeast Asian Blackstripe Dottyback (Pseudochromis perspicillatus) - Species #677



Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) - Species #678



Red-toothed Triggerfish (Odonus niger) - Species #679



Ornate Emperor (Lethrinus ornatus) - Species #680



Darkfin Hind (Cephalopholis urodeta) - Species #681



Redbar Sandperch (Parapercis bimacula) - Species #682



Speckled Sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) - Species #683



Here are the Bali new species...

Oceanic Puffer (Lagocephalus lagocephalus) - Species #684



Common Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) - Species #685



Onespot Demoiselle (Chrysiptera unimaculata) - Species #686

[OldTimer]

Spectacular adventure!

The landscape of Palau Padar is amazing.

Nice wahoo.....all lit up too........ did you make a meal of some?

Thanks again for sharing your always interesting expeditions............... good stuff.

Cheers,

OldTimer

[MuskieBait]

Thanks OT.

I made sure to photograph the Wahoo ASAP to get the best colour, since they tend to fade very quickly.

We had some panfried Wahoo steaks...but to be honest, the bland, firm white flesh is far from my favourite. I'd rather eat a Spanish Mackerel if I have a choice. I love oily fish with soft moist flesh...like Turbot.

[Deadfisher]

Amazing!
Besides sportfishing, an aquarium enthusiast's wet dream.