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
