fishing lures from the philipines??

My company is setting up an offshore outsource in Cebu, Phillipines. I was not slated to go over with the initial team but I expect to be sent over shortly. What kind of new tackle might I find over there?

-Brian G

string wrapped around a can and a rusty hook?

Brian, YOU are the lure.  Just troll around and see what you can catch!!!

Seriously, there is not much sportfishing done in the Philippines so I don't expect you'll find anything interesting.  There is, however, some great scuba diving around Cebu.

-Allen

Bummer on the tackle.

I'm not scuba certified but now that you mention it I bet there are lot of great wreckage dive sites. Might be worth it to get certified.

-Brian G

Never been to Cebu but most of my family and friends have visited there at one point and have said that Cebu is growing more and more and is turning out to be the biggest city next to Manila itself. And yes, I also heard that the Scuba Diving industry in Cebu is top shelf.

And I agree with Allen - unfortunately fishing is not too popular in the Islands.....I grew up in Manila and never saw a "lure"....all I used back then was a bamboo pole, mono , hook, a trusty night crawler and a homemade slip float - made out of a piece of rubber from a flip flop. "Proper fishing tackle" was only available / affordable for the rich.

Speaking of rich....the Dollar goes a loooooong way in the Islands....prepare to get spoiled

Oh, and learning the language is almost useless cause If you hop on to another Island, you'll have to learn another language  There's about 80 or more different dialects in the Philippines.....I only know two.....Tagalog and "taglish" (Tagalog with a mixture of English)

And be careful about what Island to visit if you ever make it out there....there are 2 factions of separatists / Rebels that like to kidnap foreigners for a living  

I heard they sell these around Joel's hometown. http://www.spamgift.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=1083

Very nice Mike 

Brian,

I certified in the phillipines, it was in Subic of course, but I know it is real cheap. Very worth it, the diving there is great, the water isnt the brilliant blue of Belize, but it makes up for it in clarity. Be careful diving around any rivers flowing into the ocean there, without going into detail, the water there if very shitty....... . Have fun I know I did 20 years ago.....

I hear there's some dynamite fishing there:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/30/MN232485.DTL

I was just going to say 'hand grenades', but you beat me to it. 

I can see it now...airport security arresting me for bringing back "fishing tackle"!

-Brian G

DISCLAIMER FOR ANY FEDERAL AGENTS: I WILL NOT BRING PHILIPINE FISHING EQUIPMENT WITH ME ON A PLANE   

Here's a report that I found on another board.

http://myfishingreports.net/07-06.html