Hampala fish is one of the prima donna for freshwater fisherman to be targeted in hunting especially by using casting technique. Habitat of this fish is very like swimming in the river with fast-flowing and a lot of rocks, natural food of these fish are small fish and insects.
Characteristics between Hampala whose habitat in rivers and lake / reservoir habitats tend to be almost the same. What distinguishes is the river Hampala more powerful when doing resistance rather than Hampala lake. Basically, Hampala as one of the predators of fresh water has the habit of hunting small fish. The fast flow of the river to forge Hampala becomes more aggressive. For its habitat, the river area with its current flowing rocks into the best location where Hampala is behind the rocks. In addition to the rocks, the ruins of the tree trunks on the banks of rivers and lakes are also a favorite shelter in waiting Hampala prey.
For fishing this fish requires a lot of patience, especially if the spot will be used for fishing is a river that many rocks, automatically in physical and stamina needs the prime when we explore looking for potential points where the predator is located. Fish Hampala has a Latin name Hampala macrolepidota or often also called Jungleperch or commonly called fish Trench. Why is it called a fish Trench ....? Hampala has the tendency of looking for a hiding place in the deep river basin or trough, so that the fish called Hampalan fish trough.