Crockers rocked!

Izwan (Matt) and friends started their crocking trip for the first time in Kinarut early Nov - and saw nothing. I don't blame them because I was also in the boat and we chose the wrong time (because there was no right time). Then we did Beringgis (Kawang). Tidal chart indicates that low tide is at 0417. I foolishly planned to hit Bringgis, going upstream at 0330 (thinking at that time, most of the tide is already gone). It hadn't. In fact the water was very much going out to sea, fast and unrelentless. The 30hp outboard was screaming, belching white noxious smoke and we went up slowly. Pushpa said "All we need is one eye... only one, and that will be enough, and we'll go home".

Fair Dinkum. There not one, but two eyes! Apparently the other eye of the baby croc was still very much intact! Pak Jurin struggled to get his boat close to the mudflat. Between his excellent manuever and the pushing water, croc was gone. But we were all happy, the happiest was Matt - now that his burning question (for the thesis) is answered! Yene silently clocked her data, parasiting on the locations baby crocs.

We didn't go home, though and kept seeing eyes, there were 6 of them all hatchlings. Sorry guys, no picture of croc babies yet.

Feeza crocked Serudong in the wee hours of Dec 10th - departing from Pulau Sebatik and reported to Wallace Bay Police Station and Sebatik PGA post near the Indonesiaon border, she sat mid-boat with Yene, Matt, Azniza and me. Jang Asoi was skipper and just shot a buck two days earlier. I must tell you guys, we had the best crocking condition and the river had compeletely released the tide off into Cowie Bay. We saw 9 crocs.

But, as if that was not enough, Yene, Feeza and Matt joined me crocking Tenegang at Kinabatangan. Bad time - flood! But we saw 3 crocs.

I'll have some of pics during the three trips soon. I'm happy. Matt is planning to hit Klias after Eid - I'm already jealous of what he'll find!