22 Jan 2012 | Articles, Destinations, News, Reports & Reviews, Slider No Comments

Monster Oman GT

Nick and the boys at Ocean Active have guided French angler, George Arnaud to an extraordinary capture of a GT estimated to be 65-70kg - what a beast!   "Yesterday the guys caught a 158cm GT in Southern Oman! Tomy was guiding the clients and they caught just the one fish for the day but it was a donkey! The fish must be close to 70kgs!! I'm heading ...

16 Nov 2011 | News, Reports & Reviews, Slider No Comments

Moutoukenmaru Field Testing

GTPopping.com just unhitched the trailer from a field-testing mission over the weekend. Depsite adverse conditions, a number of new prototype lures were tested with success! Here's to an endless summer full of big GT! For more information about Moutoukenmaru in Australia, please visit Gara Pro Shop. [caption id="attachment_165" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Moutoukenmaru GT & Hiramasa Prototype - Image by TD"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_172" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="You wish you were ...

24 Oct 2011 | Destinations, News, Slider No Comments

Tokara – The Pilgrimage

The pursuit of Caranx  is one of the true sports where the hunter, losing line rapidly to his quarry, becomes like the hunted.  There are only a handful of places in the world where monster GT can be encountered with some degree of regularity. These areas offer GT fishing at its prime, each with it’s own distinct environment and unique challenges in respect to fishing ...

18 Oct 2011 | News, Slider No Comments

Monster GT Caught in Tokara

Check this out! A monster GT caught on Carpenter Pandora in the Tokara Islands, Southern Japan Prefecture. This monster GT was weighed on scales at 65kg and successfully released to breed and terrorise the reefs once again! Who will catch it next and how big will it be? Weight: 65kg weighed Length: 161cm Fight: 8 min Lure: Carpenter Pandora Reel: Shimano TwinPower 12000HG Boat/Skipper: Big Dipper / Kenzaburo Fukui [caption id="attachment_50" align="alignright" ...