New Caledonia with Le Poisson Banane - November 2010

[Gary Prerost]

Hats of to you Brandon really well written almost felt I was there. Can you elaborate more on the stickbait techniques how they swim rod high low anything you may have observed , his technique is obviously where we need to be . Just loved it Brandon. Now I just have to finish the damn deck my wife insists on and the back garden and shade house the dog fence Oh and run a business and I should be away

[Tony Busscher]

Brandon ,and Tak   Congratulations on well planned trip ,and many captures of theses big GTs ,it also shows the carpenter people are fisherman ,Well written as well ,exciting to read makes one more eager to learn more every day .Keep it coming cant wait for the next exciting installment

[Michael Mihajlov]

Great report, great fish and great times...makes me want to go fishing!

[Laurent Thiriet]

wouaouhh!!
massive fishes and good weather 

[Mark Gwynne]

That's some awesome fish there, well done!!

[Luke Wyrsta]

Hi Brandon ,

This is a trip one can only dream of , the South Pacific areas must be experiencing good weather and favourable fishing condition nowaday , those who went to NZ for YTK had a good time too .

Now if you can only elaborate on the tackles used n tested , please ?

Congratulation !

Jon .

Sorry Jon...there were no Carpenters used on this trip.

[Matt Harvey]

Fantastic report Brandon -TFS

The bite mark on that Doggie is incredible!

[Mick Cunningham]

Thank's Brandon for sharing with us 
Ohh Awesome stuff !!!
loved the bird story 
Would love to hit New Cal one day 

[Scott Maybury]

Wicked fish and weather looks superb too, they only come in big and bigger there hey?

well done Brandon

[Jeen Raj]

Super Stuff Brandon,

Got a note from David  and straigt away checked on the forum and saw your post. Insane!! There i something new to learn about stick bait techniques ever day. Where they fishing PE10?

Those GTs are HUGE!!

Cheers,

Jeen

[Brandon Khoo]

Gary, sorry but there is no way i can think of how to describe his rod action. He ahs the rod both high and low depending on what he si trying to make the stickbait do. He makes it look so simple but for some obscure reason, his stickbait swims so much better than mine!

Hats of to you Brandon really well written almost felt I was there. Can you elaborate more on the stickbait techniques how they swim rod high low anything you may have observed , his technique is obviously where we need to be . Just loved it Brandon. Now I just have to finish the damn deck my wife insists on and the back garden and shade house the dog fence Oh and run a business and I should be away

[Brandon Khoo]

Not quite, Scott
check this one out!

Wicked fish and weather looks superb too, they only come in big and bigger there hey?

well done Brandon

[Peter Morris]

That SS is magnificent.

Pete

[Brandon Khoo]

I agree - it is a truly magnificent SS.
Do you think it would have won the prize at Elusive?

[Aaron Concord]

Brandon,

As per usual, you have taken a humble look at yourself and Malcolm Crane.

"New Caledonia obviously loves great anglers because it rolled out good weather for Kenji, unlike what it has done for myself and Malcolm on some of our trips in the past!"

I know we all aspire to the next level of Konishi-san, but to imply that you and Mal can't more than handle your own, well I think that is a bit hard on yourself and I feel others would agree!

Konishi-san is a freak of nature with all things surface luring related.
Most have to realize that he is the bloke who has designed and tuned these lures to his timing and fishing style/ability.
It is merely a sad lack of days on the water for most of us to get THAT good at it!

Thanks for sharing the trip mate. 
Its always a great read.
That doggie must have been a mutant 200kg model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaron.