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Jeen Raj

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Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 05:20:01 AM
Every Year end we( Me and my sons Rahul & Jeenu) make a trip to Lakadives group of Islands off the souther tip of India ( close to home) .Like all our friends here this is again a search for "that" big GT. We fished 4 days . Many Gts, lots of colourful by catch. This was probably the closest we came to a real big Gt.

Rahul hooked a monster on a  carpenter Gt gamma Nemo fought the fight of his life, the fish stripped him twice on near locked drag  allowing us to see the centre of his spool a couple of times till he stopped it palming the spool. The fish surfaced near the boat and I took the leader. This Gt was a monster I have never seen a Gt this big in all our trips. Minimum 55 Kg!! I would say . The boat captian and jeenu were at the tail of the fish working out a plan to haul this monster in when the leader parted in my hands, the fish floated ever so slowly, righted it self and lazily swam away with the nemo attached to it. I wonder if we will ever see a fish this big again .
 
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Sami Ghandour

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 06:48:41 AM
Awesome report Jeen  :)
sorry about the loss of a life time fish but regardless of the loss you guys did a great damage!
well done!

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 08:06:08 AM
Awesome report and pictures.

Sorry for  your huge GT....and for the gamma ... :) :)

Nathan Cefai

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 10:41:31 AM
thanks for sharing mate,looks like a great spot for popping..well done pal.. ;)

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 11:04:45 AM
Some good pics again Jeen, bad luck on the 'Monster Class' GT  :(.
I didn't see your 'Welcome Back' sign this year  :D
Greg 'FFF' Burt

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 17, 2011, 11:10:50 AM
Top report,

Shame about the loss of the monster..!

Those Maori Wrasse are beautifull fish....That pale one looks fantastic..!!

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 20, 2011, 09:39:55 AM
Great report Jeen, enjoyed the read and the photos.

I like my different lures but can't confess to being a true tackle junkie so I need to ask - what is the stickbait in photos 8 and 11?


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Re: Laksadweep again
January 20, 2011, 10:54:38 AM
Look like a Gamma

Pete

Jeen Raj

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 20, 2011, 05:24:10 PM
Gregg, You are right there was no "welcome back" to the Islands as the govt has closed down the usual resort we go to  ;D

Travis, Pete is right those were Carpenter GT gammas. Lost three on this trip to big fish.



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Re: Laksadweep again
January 20, 2011, 08:09:35 PM
Excellent report Jeen - really enjoyed reading it.

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 21, 2011, 01:20:21 PM
awesome pics.  nice napolean!!

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 23, 2011, 05:54:36 AM
Nice reports and fish... nice tackle too!   ;)

Like someone else said, that little pale Napoleon is really cool!

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Re: Laksadweep again
January 23, 2011, 02:41:30 PM
nice fish. love the wrasse!