Monday, June 29, 2009

Fear of Fish / Phobia terhadap ikan

Fear of fish or ichthyophobia may refer to various cultural phenomena, such as fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish, as well as to a specific phobia.

Hari ini, saya bertemu dengan satu pemancing yang mempunyai "kelainan" yang sangat unik. Saya menyebut kelainan, karena dia mempunyai phobia yang sangat-sangat jarang ditemui, dan baru kali ini dalam hidup saya menjumpai kasus demikian. Ali (samaran) mempunyai phobia atau ketakutan yang amat sangat terhadap ikan. Tak peduli itu ikan besar maupun ikan kecil. Menurut Ali, sewaktu kecil dia pernah bermimpi dimakan ikan. Dan mulai sejak itu, Ali takut terhadap ikan dan jangankan keberanian untuk memakannya, bahkan melihatnya saja dia takut. Yang uniknya lagi, dia suka mancing.
Today, I met with someone who have "weird" phobia. I called it weird because during my lifetime, this is the first time I'd heard this kind of phobia. Ali (not real name) have the fear of fish phobia, and a very serious one no matter what size the fish is. According to Ali, he had a dream as a child about being eaten alive by fish. And after then, Ali scared of fish, don't say of eating one, he can't even see one. Another weird thing is he likes fishing.

Malam ini, dia main handline mancing sotong di KTM. Strike pertama, cumi jarum ukuran sedang yang langsung ditariknya ke atas tanpa babibu. Untuk tinta cumi jarum gak banyak, kalau enggak, hitamlah kita semua. Selang 1 jam, terlihat dia mulai menarik lagi "sesuatu" yang berat dari dalam laut. Begitu naik kepermukaan, ternyata sotong batu ukuran hampir 2Kg!!! Begitu nampak, Ali langsung teriak,"APA ITU!!!" sambil melempar benang pancingnya ke teman pancing yang berada disebelahnya dan dia lompat ke atas lantai yang lebih tinggi...hahahha....Sayangnya, karena sotong batu kumisnya pendek dan gak menancap dengan sempurna, sotong batu mendapatkan kesempatan hidup sekali lagi...kekeke...
Tonight, he handlined for squid at KTM. First catch was a moderate size aero squid which he pulled without delay. Luckily, aero squid doesn't have much ink, or else we were all covered with black squid ink. After around 1 hour, he was like pulling something heavy from the sea. By the time the thing emerges, it was a Baktao that weight around 2Kg!!! When he saw it, he immediatelly shout,"WHAT'S THAT!!!" and throw his line to somebody next to him and jumped to higher floor...hahahah...but pittily, because Baktao have shorter tentacles and didn't hook nicely to the egi, the squid have a second chance to live...

Aku malam ini, mendapatkan beberapa sotong size sedang dan 1 ekor yang berukuran lebih kurang 1 Kg. Waktu siang hari, kami berhasil memancing beberapa ekor todak yang dibohong dengan umpan udang. Sekarang, aku kehabisan egi Yo-Zuri dan sedang menunggu beberapa teman dari Singapore yang aku kenal dari web untuk membawa pesanan beberapa koleksi egi ke Batam. Di Batam, sangat susah untuk mendapatkan egi keluaran Yozuri, yang ada pun cuman sisa-sisa model lama. Mungkin karena harga yang hanya bisa dibeli oleh kalangan tertentu dan oleh orang yang benar-benar mencintai nyumi. Setelah menggunakan egi bagus, aku seperti kehilangan kepercayaan kepada merek yang lebih murah. Seperti kurang "main"lah. Memang merek tidak begitu bermasalah dibanding teknik, tetapi akan sangat membantu apabila dipadu dengan teknik yang bagus. Sekarang, aku menggunakan egi Yozuri laser color yang mulai menampakkan potensial sebagai cumi killer berikutnya.
I caught some medium sized squid and 1 that weight around 1 Kg. At daytime, we also caught some todak. I had ran out of Yo-Zuri egi and still waiting from friends from Singapore that I know from the web to bring in some new fresh egi which I ask them to help to find. It's very difficult to find this brand in Batam, only some very old leftover. Maybe because of the price that only few people can afford to buy and have high interest in squidding. After using good brand egi, I seemed to lack of confident in using cheaper egi. It just doesn't have the kick. Althought I believe that expensive brands is not a guarantee to strike big compared to good technique, but it will boost the hit rate if combined. Currently, I was using the laser color Yozuri squid jig which was very potential in hitting big fin squid.



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