Went to the Pyongtaek river and got skunked, but between my Brother in Law Gene (Tall guy with the big ass grin), and Jimbo (the man with the purple sweat shirt), they caught a total of about 10 bass, all their first for 08. I’m still waiting on mine. None were monsters but at least they caught some. My Borther in Law caught two with my son’s Zebco 33 combo and a rooster tail with only one hook while the rest were caught on small spinner baits and small plastic worms (4″ dark Senkos and 4″ green paddle worms). Note the beautiful background on one of the pictures (nice trash and old matresses left by our friendly lazy slobs). Also note we tried to keep our spot secret by taking a picture of one of the bass on an unknown gravel ground just like Nomad does since we couldn’t find a worthy rock 
A Zebco 33 with a rooster tail with one hook…just goes to show you that you don’t need fancy-shmancy gear to catch fish! Nice pics and thanks for the post.
Come on man, where did you go? Tell me, I’ll keep it a secret
I have a Zebco Rhino and actually like it a lot.
LOL, I do too and I like mine as well
lol, I started out with a 202 when I was around 9 or 10 years old. Ah, the good old days.
Sweeeet.
Tex, keep at it, you’ll get yours soon.
There has been many a fish succumb to the good ole Zebco 33.
I’ve got 2 of them here with me mounted on trigger style rods.
I prefer them to a baitcaster any day when I’m chunking a crank bait or going after schooling whites. Plus they are easy to use for any kids or relatives not used to fishing.
Plus I’ve never had a bird’s nest with a 33.
However, I still like spinning gear with anything fished slow.
I’ve never tried one of those kind of reels before…are they some kind of mix between a spinning and baitcasting reel ????
Sorry you skunked Tex Mex, but great photos. I know what you mean about all the trash lying around the lakes and rivers…it’s the same down here
The trash that these so called outdoorsman leave behind just pisses me off. Everytime you think you found a nice place in Korea, you look a little harder or walk a little further and there it is, TRASH. I believe I spoke about an incident before where I went Amberjack fishing in the Pusan area. When it was time to leave I started putting my stuff away and started seeing trash floating next to the boat. You name it; cans, cardboard boxes, styrafoam, all thrown into the water by the lazy-ass Captain of the boat. This guy makes a living from that sea and does this, incredible. Anyways, I am just like you all and hate that type of crap left by the lazy, worthless pretend to be human beings. Oh and this will be the last time I get skunked. This only make me want to get out there again quickly to break the spell.
TexMex,
The trash was one of the first things I noticed when I statrted going fishing over here, at Idong. No matter where I went on that lake, there was trash everywhere on the shore; soju bottles, plastic bags, you name it. It’s one of my pet peeves and I don’t understand it…Korea has such limited natural resources. In years to come, kids and grandkids won’t be able to enjoy outdoor activities like fishing, camping and hiking because there won’t be anything left for them. Good thing we’re putting it all down for prosperity, they’ll know what it was like in the “good old days.”
How many times have I said that?
TexMex,
Speaking of Pusan, I am VERY interested in making a few trips this fall for some lesser amberjack fishing. I love fishing for their larger cousins off the Texas coast. I want to make a few trips with my wife’s family. Any info on guides, charters, etc would be greatly appreciated if you were willing to give it up.
You can contact me through e-mail via Rob or Nomad. They both know how to get ahold of me.
Dave
TexMex, if you have any of the old emails I sent to you with
detailed maps to all of Nomad’s secret fishing spotssome of the Pyongtaek river fishing spots, Dave is the “other guy” on those. LOLDAve,
The Amberjacks start coming into the Korea area about Early September with the best time to go being early Oct-late Sep. I go to a place called Dadepo, which is about a 10-15 minute drive from what used to be Camp Hialeah. Once you get there, there are tons of guides out there that will take you out. We always got a boat to ourselves with about five folks in total. Price is about $100.00 a piece or 500,000KW for renting the boat for about an 8 hour period. If Rob/Nomad sends me your e-mail I will scan and send you a copy of the business card to the guy we go with. That area is very beautuful except again when you get up to the boat area where you will see a ton of trash. The town though is very nice. There is a hotel about a 2 minute walk from where we go that cost $40,000 KW a night, which is not bad. The rigs they use out there are different from the states as they have to deal with a strong current below. They use sinking bobbers that control how quick your bait drops so you can put the bait where the fish are located. Those amberjacks are also some good eating fish when you split them in two and put them on a BBQ grill. Add some beer and soju and it just doesn’t get any better than that.
I might have to try a bit of that myself. Is all the rods and tackle provided by the guide ??
Steve,
I purchased me a long Korean style telescopic ocean rod and put one of my larger Daiwa spinning reels on it. Two years ago I tried using a heavy freshwater type spinning rod and the second fish I caught snapped it in two. My friend also tried using a baitcaster rod and reel combo and also had his rod snapped in two. We probably should have set our drag a little looser but it’s to late now for that. The long Korean rods really have a lot of bending power, which helps when these boys run. You will have to buy your hooks and special bobbers and I believe we each paid $10.00 extra for about eight big boxes of shrimp. They will use some to chum the water and the rest to fish. If you go, buy yourself saltwater American style hooks with a hole because they use hooks with no holes that are a pain in the ass to tie. I guess I really did not answer your question Steve but No, they don’t provide the tackle. They will only show you what you need if you go the day before so you have time to purchase it at one of the several fishing stores out there.
Tex,
I have two 10 foot and one 9 foot surfcasting rods like we use in the Padre surf here with me. I would think those should suffice. They have some HUGE spinning reels attached. I brought them thinking that Korea is surrounded on 3 sides by ocean and there should be some good surf fishing here.
I also have a little bit of larger tackle and some molds to pour up some large sinkers if need be.
Dave
Dave,
I am currently TDY and will get you the card with info to your email when I get back. Just don’t want you to think I forgot. Those rods you have will more than do. Wish I could be here to go again but I will be leaving in Aug to Colorado Springs. I will have to adapt to the states as I have been living overseas for 12 years already. Heard they got some good trout fishing out there but not much bass.