Your GT PB's

[Marc Towers]

 Hi Guys,

Here are some shots of fish taken on my first ever jigging / popping trip - admittedly all the fish in the photos were taken on the jig - sea rocks mainly. Conditions were not ideal for popper fishing..

[Sam Conacher]

geez,   some solid GT'S taken jigging.



if it's ok of me asking,


what destination is that at?

[Luke Wyrsta]

Did you eat all those GT's Marc?

[Stephen C]

My 1st GT is my PB, Elusive Reef in May 2009 , Nomad boys called it 35kg, 1st time doing it,and after casting and popping for 20mins felt 100kg

[Nathan Cefai]

My 1st GT is my PB, Elusive Reef in May 2009 , Nomad boys called it 35kg, 1st time doing it,and after casting and popping for 20mins felt 100kg

BOUT TIME MATE 

[Nathan Cefai]

geez,   some solid GT'S taken jigging.



if it's ok of me asking,


what destination is that at?

Madagascar mate

[Nathan Cefai]

Now there are a few thumpers in that lot boys!!

[Andy Rowe]

My 1st GT is my PB, Elusive Reef in May 2009 , Nomad boys called it 35kg, 1st time doing it,and after casting and popping for 20mins felt 100kg

G'Day Clarkey,

Nice fish, any GT taken that trip, and they were rare, was well earned.

Cheers Mate

[Marc Towers]

 Hi Guys,

 A little more info on the fishing in Madagascar for those interested..

 The pictures put up were of the best fish taken during the the trip (8 days - but only 1 real fisherman - myself, plus my girlfriend who fished along with the skipper / deck-hand at times). There were numerous other smaller GT's - triple hook-ups on jig and double hook-ups on popper were not uncommon - actually in some places all you had to do was let the jig go, retrieve a few turns of line and fish on..! There were other species caught on the jig - numerous snapper and grouper species, jobfish, couta (i think spanish mackeral in Oz..?!) Average number of fish per day is 40-60 if conditions are decent.

 I only spent about half the time jigging/popping as i also did some trolling / live bait bonito fishing thes rest of the time - this resulted in black marlin, sailfish, wahoo, barracuda, YFT (small), dorado etc - a good all round trip. Most fish were released if in good condition - not always easy if the grouper etc were brought up from depth - a lot of sharks nabbing weak fish on the way down i suspect also, as they could be a problem in some areas whilst jigging.. Even had the unnerving (but thrilling) site of a huge GT hit a smaller GT of about 8-10 kgs on the way up - thought it was a shark at first glance..!

Fishing is done out of Nosy Be, which largely caters for French speaking anglers. The actual fishing is done in areas around nosy be - there are numerous areas - nosy mitsio, nosy radama, cap st sebastien etc.

I hope this helps..

[Nathan Cefai]

 Hi Guys,

 A little more info on the fishing in Madagascar for those interested..

 The pictures put up were of the best fish taken during the the trip (8 days - but only 1 real fisherman - myself, plus my girlfriend who fished along with the skipper / deck-hand at times). There were numerous other smaller GT's - triple hook-ups on jig and double hook-ups on popper were not uncommon - actually in some places all you had to do was let the jig go, retrieve a few turns of line and fish on..! There were other species caught on the jig - numerous snapper and grouper species, jobfish, couta (i think spanish mackeral in Oz..?!) Average number of fish per day is 40-60 if conditions are decent.

 I only spent about half the time jigging/popping as i also did some trolling / live bait bonito fishing thes rest of the time - this resulted in black marlin, sailfish, wahoo, barracuda, YFT (small), dorado etc - a good all round trip. Most fish were released if in good condition - not always easy if the grouper etc were brought up from depth - a lot of sharks nabbing weak fish on the way down i suspect also, as they could be a problem in some areas whilst jigging.. Even had the unnerving (but thrilling) site of a huge GT hit a smaller GT of about 8-10 kgs on the way up - thought it was a shark at first glance..!

Fishing is done out of Nosy Be, which largely caters for French speaking anglers. The actual fishing is done in areas around nosy be - there are numerous areas - nosy mitsio, nosy radama, cap st sebastien etc.

I hope this helps..

Cheers for that mate,some big fish there i tell ya!!

[Stephen C]

You know it Andy, tough 1st hit out..How are things?