2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

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2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

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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

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Panorama

Palau Padar

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Komodo Sunset

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Palau Sebayur

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YouTube video of Manta Ray

https://youtu.be/RJvloh4cnrc

Bali

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Panaroma

Tegalalang rice terraces

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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

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

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Cheeklined Wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma) - Species #637

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Chocolate Hind (Cephalopholis boenak) - Species #638

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Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) - Species #639

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

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Bluespotted Hind (Cephalopholis cyanostigma) - Species #641

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Longfin Emperor (Lethrinus erythropterus) - Species #642

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Halfmoon Triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) - Species #643

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

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Lattice Monocle Bream (Scolopsis taenioptera) - Species #645

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

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

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Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) - Species #648

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Juvenile Mullet - Species #649

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Damselfish species - Species #650

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Milkspotted Puffer (Chelonodon patoca) - Species #651

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Silver Moony (Monodactylus argenteus) - Species #652

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Yellowmargined Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) - Species #653

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Zenarchopteridae species - Species #654

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Pennant Coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus) - Species #655

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

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Redbreast Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) - Species #657

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Spottail Coris (Coris caudimacula) - Species #658

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Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) - Species #659!

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

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Cardinal species - Species #661

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

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Spotted Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) - Species #663

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Damselfish species - Species #664

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

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Bowtie Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas) - Species #666

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Floral Wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) - Species #667

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Sixbar Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Species #668

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Yellowstripe Monocle Bream (Scolopsis aurata) - Species #669

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Streamlined Spinefoot (Siganus argenteus) - Species #670

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Green Wrasse (Halichoeres solorensis) - Species #671

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Black Blotch Emperor (Lethrinus semicinctus) - Species #672

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

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Yellowspotted Trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) - Species #674

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Leopard Coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) - Species #675

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

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

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Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) - Species #678

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

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Ornate Emperor (Lethrinus ornatus) - Species #680

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Darkfin Hind (Cephalopholis urodeta) - Species #681

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Redbar Sandperch (Parapercis bimacula) - Species #682

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Speckled Sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma) - Species #683

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Here are the Bali new species...

Oceanic Puffer (Lagocephalus lagocephalus) - Species #684

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Common Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) - Species #685

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Onespot Demoiselle (Chrysiptera unimaculata) - Species #686

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Re: 2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

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Great report as always. Komodo is on my bucket list.
Dreaming the dream that one day I can be as good as some of the boatless pros and catch some 12 inch mangrove snapper.

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Re: 2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

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Like the 2-spot red snapper. You hit a good deal of fish on this trip, and a sweet hoo as well.
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Re: 2016 SE Asia - Komodo and Bali

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Thanks guys!

Komodo has fantastic big game. I wasn't in a boat suitable to chase big game, so didn't bother to bring any jigging gear. But there are charters in the area that will give you those opportunities.

I'm just happy to have DIY a Wahoo off a liveaboard boat. :lol:

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